Hey all -- I've been into flash development for some time now. I've read a lot about attempting to optimize your flash file as far as file size, processor intensity, etc. As I further my development, I have been running into more and more problems/issues with speed. Some of my more...more >>

I purchased Studio 8 and was wondering how I uninstall Flash MX! Can I just drag it into the trash (I am working on Mac)??? Thank for the help in advance....more >>

Is there a way to automate a web photo gallery in flash? Are there any good thirdparty extensions or plugins?...more >>

Hi all, I'm very new to flash and I've created a small flash movie for a site in Flash Professional 8. I uploaded the page with the flash movie to the server, but for some reason the timing of the music is off. There is about a 2 second delay in the start of the music. The link is www.j...more >>

Hi there. I'm trying to embed a Flash 8 movie in my .NET 2.0 form. It looks like it should be pretty simple ,and I have done the following: * added a reference to the ShockwaveFlash COM object (c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash\swflash.ocx), * dragged it onto my form * set the Movie prop...more >>

Hello, friends, I have about 600 sound files (total about 10MB), which will be used by thousands of .swf files. Each .swf file may use only a few of those 600 sound files. I know I can load those sound files into each .swf as needed. However, since those sound files may be changed or m...more >>

I am a flash newb that needs help getting sounds to work on buttons for a very simple soundboard I am trying to have fun with. I'll state what I did, so as you can tell me what I am doing incorrectly. 1) Made text (t) 2) Rectangeled (r) a box around text 3) Selected (v) box with text 4...more >>

I have a simple actionscript inside my .fla file: _root.videoGizmo.height=100; _root.videoGizmo.width=100; _root.videoGizmo.contentPath="timelapse.flv"; And I find that I can get it to play the flv file at whatever height or width I hard code if I just save and re-publish. Can I pass t...more >>

I have been using Dreamweaver and Fireworks for a while but I have never used Flash. Could you guys tell me a good place to get started?? Thanks...........more >>

Im building an html site in dreamweaver, but I want to have a flash header. Im finding that after inserting the flash file, it restarts when I click to go to the next page in the navigation. Any way I can keep it constant while the rest of the page changes. Thanks for anty help! Sean ...more >>

I was told there's a way to prevent the annoying box you have to click before interacting with a flash page, but am having trouble finding it, anyone know where it is?...more >>

Hi, I would like to create a Flash Slide Show that can automatically find images from a specific folder and display them in a nice fade in/out slide show. This slide show is going to display products for a web site, and I would like to update the images just by uploading them to a folder or ...more >>

I am creating a site and have divided various actions into several movies and scenes. Example: On the main timeline, I have a box that opens up with text in it upon the page load. I have buttons at the top of the page. When someone clicks on the "Products" button, I have it move to a frame tha...more >>

I'm having a very strange problem publishing a file in Flash 8. Heres the situation. I have a flash file that uses an include to pull in a script file. This script file references classes that are organized into packages and the classes use Flash Remoting. On my PC at home and another PC here ...more >>

Hey guys, I'm working on a YouTube type video player which you can view here: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://wesohairedesigns.com/clients/one_stop/test/fo/flashobject.html I">http://wesohairedesigns.com/clients/one_stop/test/fo/flashobject.html I</a> need t...more >>

I'm having a problem using mp3 with animation. I simply imported the mp3 onto the library and dragged it onto the stage so it appeared on its own layer in the timeline. On other layers I did simple animations that would go along to certain beats of the song. When I did a preview everything ...more >>

The idea is to see one large movie play seemlessly. I would like help with code to load several external swf's into my main movie, but without using buttons -- i.e. I would like them to load successively. After one movie plays I'd like it to empty out of its current level and be replace with...more >>

hi guys i have a scrollPane component problem that i don't understand... i've been using scrollpanes successfully for a while now but in a website that i'm currently working on 1 ov my scrollpanes - which calls a movieclip that contains much more text than any ov the others - doesn't dis...more >>

I need to have a simple image slider. So maybe up to 20 images and 2 arrows forward and back. I want each image to fade in/out when you click the arrow either forward or back and be easy to add/remove images. Any examples on this ? ...more >>

I have a client that needs a CDrom with data update capabilities. I've never have done something similar, but I thought some like this could (or not!) be done: > The application would create a folder on the user's PC (wich could be > assigned by him, or into a default location) > Would chec...more >>

Help - I'm having problems with the flash elements on my website in the IE browser. If you go to www.thelimecard.co.uk - the flash nav across the top and in the centre only become active when you click on them. IE for some reason (this seems to be only happening on computers with SP2 i...more >>

I want to have the user type a message in an input window and have that information be sent to my client. I forsee it being a simple matter of the user pressing a "submit" button and that text gets sent straight to the client's email. Would anybody be able to help me with this? ...more >>

I am trying to launch my flash output file in exe and have it launch full screen. Does anyone know how to do this? ...more >>

I am trying to launch my flash output file in exe and have it launch full screen. Does anyone know how to do this? ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how can I read swf metadata? Mu explorations about the matter told me that php would do the trick, but I couldn't find a solid tutorial / example on how to do this. Can someone help me out? Thanks in advance, Jorge Olino ...more >>

The company I work (Just Search Ltd) for is presenting a seminar at Ad:Tech London 'Flash: Acessibility Within Natural Search' this september, for the seminar I would like to be able to give a gustimate of what percentage of websites utilise flash. Does anyone know of a survey or even bett...more >>

I've got a Flash file that is positioned over an existing image with the first frames matching the image. I want to load the file to stop and then display a small play button, which will have a call to play. Dreamweaver8 supplied the following JavaScript: <script type="text/JavaScript"> <!-...more >>

I just got macromedia flash 8 yesterday and all of a sudden when i would create lines and rectangles and ovals when i would right click i wouldn't be able to arrange it so i could bring it to front. I noticed when i clicked on the new lines it said shape but with the ones before it got like th...more >>

Can somone explain why on WinXp if I use static text in Flash 8 the font is rendered with quite smooth edges but if I change it to dynamic text it appears all jaggy? TIA Kevin...more >>

In Opera it seems that by default, the option is selected to "Identify as MSIE 6.0", what that suggests to me is that Opera might be a more common browser than it seems at first glance. Problem 1. Trying to upgrade to Flash Player 8, it just says "Success! You upgraded to Flash Player ...more >>

Hello, Newb to Flash, but I am wondering if I can select a certain font and font size for the following code: this.createTextField("home_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 20, 30, 320, 260); home_txt.multiline = true; home_txt.wordWrap = true; for (var i = 0; i<10; i++) { home_txt.t...more >>