Hello, I made this simple explosion effect using some 200 particles. I did it programmatically through actionscript since it would have been pretty long to place 200 particles using the visual editor. Now I'd like to export this to a sequence of png's so i can use this pre-rendered explosi...more >>

Hi. Is there any way I can copy files from a swf in a CD ROM to users computer? Some kind of "save to..." from within flash... ? Maybe I can explain better what I need to do: I have an external .swf, loaded into an .EXE. In the .swf, I need to put buttons to downloads of wallpapers and s...more >>

hi, i m new to flash and still in the process of learning .i want to improve my skills but dont know how to do that.is there anyplace i can find some gud small projects on which i can practice and polish my flash skills .also i want to get live experience on some project by being an assistan...more >>

Issue: My button returns to the Up state after I click it, even though the mouse is still hovering over it. Only after I wiggle it one pixel does it return to the correct Over state. This occurs only when I was just previously editing a cell in a DataGrid. How can I correct this issue? ...more >>

Hello, i have got a serious problem: when I click a "browse" button to open my personal folders on my harddisk and "browse" trough the files, my webbrowser just closes down. It only happens with websites who are using flash. no problems at all with HTML pages. It appears at any site with f...more >>

My Datagrid is populated with data from a database using a webservice. It works great, and I can resort using the column headers, etc... But what I would like to do is drag a row to the top, or anywhere amongst the other rows to reorder the grid that way. Is this possible? I've searched all...more >>

Hi everyone - please let me know if you've experienced the same and somehow recovered your .fla file. I'm working on a mac powerbook w/ OS X 10.3.9. While I was using Flash my computer froze and so I had to manually reboot. I then discovered that I am unable to re-open the .fla file. The error...more >>

When I create a new SWF - only sometimes - the SWF shows (in Flash Player, Projector, Exe ONLY) up blank or missing quite a bit of the animation, buttons, etc. It plays fine when opened in the Flash application or as a "Test Movie" but not when opened directly from the Flash Player! Any id...more >>

in the last month, suddenly, flash files in the explorer, appears as buttons (one big button) until i press ones and then everything works as usual. it happends to all flash files, not only the ones that I published. any one knows anything about it? thanks ...more >>

I have got the trial version of Macromedia Flash 8 (professional). I have no problem running the Macromedia Flash but when I tried to run the Macromedia Flash 8 Vedio Encoder for the First time, as it was trying to install the Encoder it gives me an error as it cannot locate an installation f...more >>

How do I stop a tween after it has tweened once? I think it is with actions but how do I do it to just one layer. In the motion tween box I have 0 for repeats. I don't want to stop the entire movie, just the one motion tween. ...more >>

Hi On my document I have an image that goes over the canvas but I when I publish it I dont want the image that is not on the canvas to display. Is there a publish setting that I can change to only display the images on the canvas? ...more >>

Hi, I was wondering... If I have a "swf " file that I would like to present in DVD format, how can I do it? It?s there a special conversion software? Any suggestion would be appreciated :cool;...more >>

Alright, when I open an existing file, it gives me an error saying: "Seek failure..blah blah" What the heck does this mean!!! How do I get to open my file again, or will I ever!!! I have been working on it for the past 4 d**n months! Help please. ...more >>

When inserting a flash movie into an HTML doc and then viewing in web browser or online, when the mouse rolls over the flash movie a board box appears as if the entire movie has a link. The mouse arrow changes to a selection hand and a pop text appears that states: Click To Activate and Us...more >>

I'm trying to play an MP3 with a MediaDisplay component and when i publish the movie for some reason a short clip of the audio file is played and then the file goes back to the beginning and plays? any ideas on what could be causing this? Jason ...more >>

Hi, Just wondering if it is possible to encode a .mpeg2 file to a .flv file in Flash 8. Thanks. Bob...more >>

Hello-- machine A from domain A serves my flash file which is trying to connect to domain B from server B. Server B has a socket server listening on port 21, waiting for the following request from my flash file: "-policy-file-request/-". My socket server sends the following policy file to f...more >>

I have converted some MP3 files to flash SWF (using SWiSHjukebox). When I play them using the flash player the resolution is not as good as the original MP3s were! They definitely sound compressed and lacking in bass. The good folks at SWiSH tell me that jukebox does not do any further compres...more >>

I've created a slideshow using Flash. I've got controls on each slide that enable the user to go forward, back, beginning and end. When the slideshow loads in its window the opening slide loops, but I don't want it to. I've unchecked the loop option in Dreamweaver where I've put the slidesh...more >>

I'm hoping someone can give me some advice or direciton on how I might achieve the following: I've embeded a simple FLV into a flash timeline as a MC. The FLV itself is about 5 seconds in lenght sized at approx 640x480. Ive put a few stops and plays to create the sense of interactivity, ...more >>

I've seen this issue before but have never found a good solution. I created a very simple file http://www.craftsmanbuilding.com/temp/test.html and the header text jiggles when it should be just sitting there. It is set up to sit still for 5 frames. I've tried blank frames before the next an...more >>

I'm working on a pc and I need to update a flash document that was created by someone else. The font used Helvetica 75 Bold. This font show up in illustrator and photoshop but not in flash or dreamweaver. A designer I know said that it will show up as Helvetica 55 Roman Bold. I tried t...more >>

I've got a trial version of flash 8. At first it worked fine, but now for quite some time it doesn't start anymore. I've tried everything I could think of, restarting, uninstalling, installing, cleaning anything flash-related from the register. Still it doesn't want to start, i get the loa...more >>

I have inserted Flash buttons on my Navagation bar, all work fine ecxept 1 :( I want it to link to an absoulte but it wont work when clicked I have entered the correct URL the same URL link works perfect on the Alt Nav :confused; Please Help !!!!! ...more >>

Hi, here's a toughie (I think)! I'm reading text from a TXT file into a movieclip. If the text contains an e-mail address, I need to be able to parse the text and make that address clickable in order to send an e-mail to that address. Here's an example. I read in the following text: ...more >>

I've created a movieclip and placed it on the stage. I named the instance 'info'. I then created two buttons that should control what frame of the movieclip to display. When I issue the following commands... info.play(); or info.stop(); the movieclip reacts correctly, but when I a...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way of resizing a whole animation. All the keyframes and everything. i have made an anim in 1280 x 1024 and am resizing it to 800 x 600. I can resize the frame no problem, but the objects/symbols are still the size i drew them. So far I have tried...more >>

Hi.guys. Could somebody tell me how to use the startdrag code in order two movie clips start moving at the same time. actually i want to make a zoom tool and the problem is how to move the mask and the hand at the same time. ...more >>

I'm very new to Flash but have managed to create a Flash file for a website - wwww.shepherdtapp.com which contains a series of photos. They currently display one after the other which is fine, but I want the transition to fade rather than just swap. I would be really grateful if someone cou...more >>

Hi everyone. I just wanted to see if anyone has encountered the same problem I'm having. Basically, I installed an update on my computer like Microsoft wanted with their automatic updates. But when I did that, now everytime I open internet explorer and go to a site with Flash content, it pu...more >>

I want to edit the scrollpane I have added to my document (take border off, change background colour, etc.). But when I click on the scrollpane and go to the edit menu, all the edit options are greyed out. Thanks Ian ...more >>

Hi I'm facing problem when I upload files more than 2 MB of size using the file upload component. The files are not getting uploaded if it is more than 2 MB of size. I have not given any restriction in my code within flash and in PHP. In flash documentation it says upto 100 MB of f...more >>

Hi, I have created an opening page with two layers. The first layer consists of an image converted to a symbol with fades in. The second layer has just the stop action at the end frame. When I play the movie in flash all works fine, when I test the movie it is blank. It seems t...more >>

Heya, I'm trying to create a large, rotating sphere that has a movie clip mapped to its surface. The idea is to have a rotating view of the earth where the user can click on predefined locations to display information about features of that exact area. Is this possible? How could I do it? I ...more >>

Hey guys I'm rendering out my flash movies as ai sequences so I can use the vector ai in after effects. The problem I'm having is with the ai image color. It looks like it's cmyk. I was wondering if anyone would know if it's possible to export an ai sequence from flash 8 as rgb and not cmy...more >>

How can you set the XML connector's URL to a variable? I have a variable called "thisURL" and an XML Connector called "myXMLConnector" Thanks much....more >>