Whenever I set the <b>properties - instance of </b> to play once, it never does. Instead, it just keeps looping. Anyone know why? Thanks...more >>

Hello, I've got a dynamic text box in my flash file that reads a txt file in a directory for information. I'd like for it to have scroll bars like the ones in the component scrollpane. In the help file, it says that the scrollpane can be added to a text box, but when I click on it furt...more >>

Is it possible to have Flash give feedback as to whether a student traces a letter correctly. For example, if a Kindergarten student watches Flash animate the correct way to draw the letter A, can it then determine if the student traces over it correctly? ...more >>

I want to interconnect a control system with a computer to display a 3D image of a room in a screen. The control system gives txt data. I want to display the txt data in real time inside the room model. I also want to give commands to the control system. Is it possible to solve this ...more >>

I can't figure this out I have a object listener for a flv playing through the FLVPlayback component to close the a movie clip when the flv stops playing but it will not work the first time but if I drag the playhead back just a bit and play the flv again then the object listener works perfect...more >>

Hi, How do I load a movie clip from a button? So far on my button (b1), I have this AS: and I want the button to load the movie clip "char1." My button already has some AS: b2.onRollOver = function() { _root.captionFN(true, "Hi!", this); this.onRollOut = function() { captionFN(...more >>

Hi im just wondering how you actualy use the F5 key on a iBook G4 mac becuase when im not in flash it is used as a volume key (to turn it up/off) but in flash it surrpossed to be a "Insert Key Frame" Key but it is still a volume key how do i use it as a insert key frame key. Thanks ...more >>

I'm new to Flash. I have a stage layout with text animations that fad in on the timeline. I want a video to appear along side. I have imported the video to the stage and I see the first frame in a layer, but whenever I try to test the project, the video isn't there. Any help would be oh so...more >>

Hello, I am hoping that some1 can help me :) ...more >>

Hi I want to insert the background music to my flashsite. My flashsite has 4 navigation buttons, each one has 5 frames in one layer. "Home" "Tools" "Links" "Contact" I use actionscripts for all the effects. When I insert the music to my flash, it starts normally and goes fine. However wh...more >>

I imported a .mov file into flash. I notices it was placed on the timeline per frame, there are 100 frames. All i want to do is create a slider that can advance the movie or timeline back and forth. Please help. ...more >>

i push the button to instal flash playier but nothin hapens. i cant see any gold fing when it sais if dowluoding dont start...more >>

Hello to all (on a Sunday afternoon), Briefly: Trying to load 32 movie clips (via the script below) onto the stage (dynamically). In theory, each clip (or box) will load through a For Loop and each name of the clip is loaded through the number created by the loop. The problem is the x and ...more >>

hi iam currently working on my website in flash, but animations seem slow and jerky as if the frame rate is too low, but the frame rate is set at 30fps and even at max 120fps the animation is at the same pace... it is as if flash is not changing my frame rate...does anyone know why this could ...more >>

I am a Computer Science teacher at a high school and I have had my student create some basic flash files that I am wanting to put on my website. In fact they are already there. The files were published with flash as .swf files. Only 1 of them is what I would deem LARGE - 3.1Mb. Some of them ar...more >>

Hello, I have some very large files, around 500MB, that i have compressed with sorenson and made into swf files. what is the best way, to get these files so they are viewable on the web? I dont want to just take the swf and embed it into an html file because it would be just to huge f...more >>

How do I loop a video to play continuously without embedding it? Can I do this using Media Components linked to an external video? Didn't see any settings in components properties. Thanks!...more >>

I'm trying to add a registered mark (circle around an r) into a dynamic text file. I'm using Flash 8 but am publishing for Flash 7. I have tried just doing the key command and also typing in the html code for the registered r mark, but nothing seems to work. I'm new to dynmaic text boxes ...more >>

Hi all! I have a great great problem, and less time to solve it... :-( I created a banner with an flv video, and a preset skin... I published it, and it work...but when I put it on the server and I open the html or swf's banner file it never charge the video and the skin... Why it never work...more >>

I have MX2004 installed. But when I double-click a swf it opens a player 6 window. How can I update this? I have tried open 'with' but not really sure where to find the correct player. When viewing a swf in Browser, I get Player 8 according to right click. Thanks, Robert ...more >>

I have a flash banner in my nav.html. My nav.html is called on each flatpage by using a ssi. The problem is that I don't want the banner movie to restart everytime someone clicks a link to a new flat page... how can I prevent this? ...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm working on a map site, right now it's all in the testing phase. You can find it online here: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.stationarynotes.com/studioI/testMapTween.html If">http://www.stationarynotes.com/studioI/testMapTween.html ...more >>

hi there, here is a question i have but first i want to apologise for my writting im still learning english ok here it is, hoping that some one who can backup his/her answer read this if every time i use png results in small file size WHY do i want to use jpeg instead? im using flash...more >>

I have a project I need to complete very quickly and am in the final stages of developing. It's basically a linear presentation with an audio file as a narration. The problem is that when I create an swf presentation, Flash adds audio pops to the track??? They aren't part of the waveform ...more >>

I'm reading in a phrase from a text file with LoadVariables() and need to output them in a dynamic textbox, coloring each word differently using Actionscript. Apparently I can use setSelectedColor() only with a static textbox. Is there another way of doing this with a dynamic textbox? Can anyo...more >>

I was wondering if anyone knows why when i embed a swf file in a dreamweaver doc it shows up like a link in IE on windows? What i mean by this is if you have say a swf banner and it is not intended to be a link, when you roll over it your cursor treats it like a link and a border forms around...more >>

Importing Photoshop into flash 8 with transparency I?m trying to import an image from Photoshop into flash 8 although when I do this all the transparent parts turn out a solid white Is there a way I can import so that the transparent parts of my image remain transparent in flash? ...more >>

I have to produce an interactive CD-ROM using two videos produced in PremierePro (one in English, one in Spanish). The CD will need two menus. A main menu where the viewer can choose English or Spanish. Then a sub-menu where the viewer can choose to watch the entire video or jump directly to ...more >>

Hi all, I have a container that loads .swf movies. Some of the movies need to load other movies onto the same level as themselves. I can't seem to get this to work properly. The container is on level 0, then I load movies onto level 1, and then I want to click within those movies to load o...more >>

hi all i have a datagrid on the main root level. from time to time, i "show" a movieclip over the top of the datagrid. the movieclip is about half the size of the datagrid, and as such you can obvously "see" part of the datagrid BEHIND the movieclip how does one STOP mouse events from pass...more >>

Thanks in advacne for any help. I have created a fals for an intro page. Upon completion of the flash, I want the flash to cause the page to change to a different page. Does anyone know which script to use and whch fram to place it on. FYI....my swf has three layers (don't know if that matters...more >>

I'm a Flash 8 Pro newbie, and despite tutorials, books and hairpulling, I can't figure out best way to do this: make a Flash movie that consists entirely of about 20 photos with superimposed text. It is in effect a slide show, but I want it to play the way I set it up, without the user having...more >>

I wanna run my SWF ADS Banner for TV with Transparent Background, I am unable to do, all Banners are runing with default white Background, How I gonna solve that problem ...more >>

Does anyone know the most full-proof method for ensuring Flash movies don't cache in both IE, FirefFox and Safari as I am constantly having to instruct clients to remove their temporary internet files every time we update their movies. I've tried the following code but this doesn't seem to...more >>

Just hoping someone can help... I have a mask layer inside a button which masks part of larger image. All looks well on the Flash stage, but when I publish/preview the animation the mask isn't doing its thing...instead I'm seeing the larger image and the mask shape on top..... Am I mis...more >>

I have a flash movie embedded on a we page. You use the cursor keys to control the flash movie. The page is quite long and so has a vertical scroll. The problem I'm having is that when you push up / down on the cursor keys as well as controlling the flash movie it causes the page to scroll up ...more >>

Does anyone know why flash content when viewed on a pc in explorer has a grey box around it. Viewing pages in explorer 6 on the pc and published flash files in MX 2004 on the mac....more >>

Hello, I have an intro page which consists of two layers. one with an image that fades in the other with the stop action. When I upload the movie to the site the loading time is 15 seconds (blank screen) Please could some one help me with a adding a preloader layer? so that veiwers kno...more >>