i have done a search for this and came up with nothing so here it goes. I have a folderof images and thumbs. I am currently using a bar preloader. What I want is for the thumbnails to appear after the images are loaded into the container movies. Any help or resources are much appreciated. ...more >>

I have loaded a Flash movie with buttons on an html page. The flash rollover script only becomes functional after I have released a button when I expect ed the rollover script to become active once the movie is loaded. How do I make the rollover script active upon loading the movie? ...more >>

i want to 'call' a function from the root movie to a child movie. So in the root i have: _root.child_mc.functionName(); in the child_mc: functionName = function() ... I can do the 'reverse' : in the root: functionName = function() ... in the child_mc: _parent.functionName can...more >>

Heya, Can you all give your opinion on this site... http://www.hookmedia.biz/cabinet_source Be brutal, but constructive, thanks folks. Spence...more >>

Ok, my problem is as follows: I have a Flash MX file with several scenes. With the first scene starts my soundtrack which is as long as the flash movie is going to be. This is supposed throughout the whole move without intteruption through the scenes. Now when the file is playing and sce...more >>

on (press) { this.stop() } this pauses my movie but how do you resume play? on same button? please reply to my email victor@aurorabiomed.com, it's kind of urgent. thanks so much!!! ...more >>

I am trying to make a "request page" where a user can type in name, email, phone, in their own boxes and be able to have the information submitted to an email account. any one have any suggestions/ thanks, hutch ...more >>

It took me hours yesterday to track down why this was occurring, but now that I solved the riddle, I'm wondering if this is a defect or intentional (or both). Simplest recreation: 1) Create a new symbol that is a 100x100 square black border with no fill. 2) Drag instance of new symbol to s...more >>

I made a like using the text tool, then put in the address in the properties panel. and when I went to control-test movie the link dident work. will it work...just not in the test mode?...more >>

I?m working with Poser6 and Swift3D4.5 to bring 3D character animation into flash. Once the character is rendered in Swift3D it usually requires a little cleanup in Flash before being dropped into the final animation. In FlashMX04 this was usually a non-issue ? just required a few clicks to...more >>

I'm editing a .fla file handed down from the previous designer, which is basically a navigation map for a website. It's been a few years since I've worked in Flash, but I thought this was a simple file. We're not changing the design, just the links on each button (the site is being retrofitted...more >>

I have made a huge flash file about 6.000 frames. I have exported it as a PNG-sequence Then I have imported the sequence to After Effects, and added the music I used for the timing in Flash. But now it?s not in sync anymore! In the end, the sound is about 9 frames longer WHY? I hav...more >>

Hello, I am interested in purchasing Flash. I am teaching a class on Flash to school age students this summer and I haven't used it since I took a class on Flash 5 a few years ago. I need to practice to shake the rust off my skills and discover the newer features (at least actionscript 2.0 -...more >>

Posted this in the Action scripts category with no response so maybe I posted it in the wrong area? I need help. I would like to have a black index "splash" page that contains only a flash file with only audio on it and after the audio ends go to another "Main" page. Is this possible ...more >>

Hello all, I've run into an odd "bug" with Flash 8's BitmapData Object. If I generate a 256x256 BitmapData object and attach it to a movie clip and then scale the movie clip indefinitely, the BitmapData image will eventually disappear, then eventually reappear, then eventually disappear, a...more >>

I just installed Flash 8 in a school environment. The application ran fine as an administrator. However when students, who are registered as computer users, not afministrators, launch the application, it tries to install itself again. The install fails of course because the user is not an a...more >>

Whenever I go to a website and scroll over a flash movie a little box appears around the movie. If you hold the mouse there for a second it says "Click to activate and use this control." It appears to be a security feature. Niether one of my computers did this a week ago and now all of a sudde...more >>

I'm working on a project and wanted to know if anyone had any insight: My client wants to Provide 5 interactive stations with Mac Mini's running Flash Player 8 on 42-inch suspended LCD Sceens. The Content is full screen running at a resolution of 1280X760 and includes video and transition...more >>

i have this code attached to a 'go' button: on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") { if ("amexpub" eq user) { gotoAndStop(2); } else { gotoAndStop(3); } } works fine ? but what if i want to send the person who enters 'amexpub' to a specific url rather than to another frame in ...more >>

Hi: We are slowing building our eLearning group in our company. We are finding that we really need a system like SourceSafe. The question is, does anyone know if SourceSafe (or some other system handles): FLA, SWF files BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG files WAV files DOC files PDF files ...more >>

I've been running Flash 8 since it came out. Flash has always been buggy, but this is a new one; it won't remain open unless I unplug my network cable. I start Flash, it opens, but immediately crashes once all its windows are open. I unplug the network, and everything's fine. Any thoughts? ...more >>

:confused; I have created a jsp page where an .swf file is inserted. I have passed the parameters to Flash and the same thing is working fine in the Internet Explorer, but not in Mozilla. Has anyone faced similar problem? Is there any solution for the same? Is the way of passing parameters ...more >>

Hey - I have button that on Over state plays movie. but as soon you click off it stops - is there way to tell Flash that when you click once it plays the whole movie till the end? Some kind command that tells play "this" till the end?:frown; ...more >>

When my flash movie loads, it takes a while to diaplay the loading frame because it is too busy exporting the components on the first frame. What is the best way of avoiding this, while still being able to use the components through the .swf? Thanks for any help, ~Oni. ...more >>

Please look at the following link; http://www.giraffeads.com/clients/nz/flash_navigation.htm The problem is that when the user rolls over the navigation buttons, I want the buttons to move down once and then stop, rather that repeat the rollover when the mouse is kept on the button. ...more >>

Hi. I've made a button on my homepage for downloading a resume but haven't figured out how to make it work yet. Can anyone elaborate on the standard "zip up the files & use Get URL" answer? What I've got is a button with actionscript that goes: -------------------------------------------...more >>

hi, how to convert all texts to shapes in one command in document window to publish for swf movie please help thank u. kannan ks...more >>

www.jeffreymachine.com/testmovie.htm All advice/help appreciated! BG ...more >>

Hi there, Just wondering if anyone can tell me what dimensions i should make my flash movie? It is going to be for a cd-rom and be executed at full screen......just wondering if anyone has some guidelines for this. Thanks, Nathan ...more >>

Ey guys. anybody know how to do this in flash? > www.magwerk.com click on one of their e-zine 1. the thing that i'm after is loading each movieclips in levels. 2. music not playing even though movie is loaded beneath a movieclip 3. button actionscript how did they do this? Or does anybody k...more >>

Hello, I should probably not care so much about this, but I'm wondering how to make an image have a rollover state without making it a clickable button. See the link below, and when it all loads, move your mouse over the "go home" button at the bottom. I'd like for that rollover to happen bu...more >>

Can anyone help? I want to set up a sniffer (or something similar) so that when the Flash File is viewed on the web it will re-direct the viewer to a 'download flash' page if they don't have the required flash player. I'm having trouble understanding whether I should creat a sniffer or a flas...more >>

I am on XP and have Flash 8 installed. Yet as I rollover navigation on site I see this box come up: Click to Activate and Use this control or Press Spacebar to activate and use this control. In some case a black ouline goes around an entire map or nav bar along with this message. Once I c...more >>

Hi, How can I convert a swf file to .EXE or self executable file? Any help would be appreciated, Rose ...more >>

for my specific situation - which is taking in a movie clip from final cut, inserting it into a flash document, adding buttons and text and other flash stuff around the movie, and then exporting it as an swf and slapping it in a webpage... am i gaining anything by using an FLV? the pro...more >>

I've created a lot of my graphics for a flash MX banner in Illustrator CS and was wondering what .extension will show off my vector art to its best. Thanks for the advise....more >>

Hi all, I'm a newbie so go easy. :-) I trawled the forum to try and find something like this and came up with nothing. Basically people will register with a website and evertime someone registers, an XML file will be updated by increments of 1. This is to be displayed on screen via a ...more >>

When I make a selection in my combo box component the opened selection box closes however the border of the selection box remains visible. How can I resolve this?...more >>

hi there, I've created a movie that play some FLV. when I test in local, it's all ok and it works. while i upload it on my website it doesn't work. no FLVs start. dunno why. i've try to change contentPath... absolute, relative but the result it's the same... :-/ the movie itself s...more >>