Hello, I'm wondering how do I create a line of text that would function as a link to open a persons e-mail client when clicked on....more >>

Is it possible to turn off the top menu bar ( you know the "File Edit View Favorites Tools Help" bar at the top of the browser) before publishing your flash swf file? ...more >>

Cheers, I've got a Flash movie that pulls a .flv file and streams it. The player is embedded. When the movie is over the player is black as it's idle now. How do I add an image or message that would be seen during this idle time? Doug ...more >>

I have a flash file with an mp3 movie in a separate layer which works fine except when I got the play movie again button, there is no music. I have the play agani set as a button with the AS: on (release) { goToAndPlay(1); } the sounds starts at frame one. The only thing I can t...more >>

I searched the forum before I posted this question... How do you edit template text for links? The text is not external because I searched for a text folder within the files and there is none. Also I tried to select the text and it just wouldn't work? So how do I edit the text? Do I have t...more >>

When I publish my flash movie into an html page and then post it to my server I am encountering a glitch. When the user rolls over my flash movie a light gray outline of a box appears and a message appears that says, "Click to activate and use this control". The result is that the user h...more >>

I am trying to see the frame labels in my timeline. I know they're there because I can see them in the property inspector. I can also see the little red icons that indicate they are there, but they are compressed into a little tiny space. Is there any way to expand them so they are vis...more >>

Hello! I am trying to figure out the proper code for my button which should unload a movie and then call an external swf to load within a specific frame of yet another movie clip. Hope that made sense. In other words... I want the new clip to load at a specific frame and play the movie that...more >>

I have a bunch of functions written in C++. I would like to be able to call these functions within my flash application so that I can pass data to the functions and get the returned values. Is this possible with Flash 8? If this is not possible then is there a way that I can have Flash sha...more >>

I am seaching a funny flash clip of singing eggplants, mentioned in several places - such as in here: http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2003/09/japanese_singin.html It is supposed to be in the following URL: http://www8.plala.or.jp/Laputa/flash/nasu.html But obviously it is now ...more >>

How do I disable ALL sound coming from Flash Player plug-in inside IntExp (6.x) ? The actual visual components should not be disabled. If it is not possibl to disable the sound from FlashPlayer plug-in then the second best acceptable solution would be disabling all sound coming from IntExps ...more >>

I've just created my first flash intro. I saved it and then published it. Everything was fine until i made a change to the original .fla file. I was going to add a pre-loader and added two layers with s few frames, then i changed my mind and removed the two layers. The movie still looks right i...more >>

Hi, I'm putting together a website which features a basic home swf, that contains an empty movie clip which new pages load into when buttons are pressed on the original home swf file. At the moment, although the contents of the new pages cover up the original home swf buttons, they ar...more >>

Hiya - sorry to revisit an old issue - but Im still struggling. Most of my sites are under 1MB, but a new one is around 2MB, (I know - Ive told the client ;) Im using a simple percentage loaded script, which Ive used before and Im content with, except this time the delay before the preloader ...more >>

:confused; Hello All - Ive read through some of the posts on the issue surrounding the IE upgrade and the impact is has on designers. Im still finding it difficult to understand exactly WHAT it is I need to do, to allow users to view my flash 7/8 sites with minimum hassle for them. Ive f...more >>

First of all, my problem started by getting some spyware that I was having trouble eliminating. I downloaded and ran a number of different removal tools and after some time was finally able to get rid of it. However, along the way, one of the removal tools messed with my Flash settings and now...more >>

I have some web sites that utilize flash menues. My customers that have gotten the last Windows Update have to click a special place or push the space bar to activate it. Does anyone know of a workaround for this? Thank You ...more >>

Hi, I need to be able to catch control + key press events for my application in flash embedded in IE. For example, I would like to be able to handle ctrl+B inside my flash movie, and not inside IE (this pops up the 'manage favorites' window by default). From the testing I've done so fa...more >>

Hello... I recently i got myself a copy of flash mx 2004 bible... and basically to cut a long story short i've just got flash no 2004 bit. The book came with a demo of the software, i installed flash , and looking at it, it looks a lot different to MX.... argh! Does anyone know if these b...more >>

Hi all, I'm new to Flash 8 and mostly interested in the IMporting and linking to .flv files within a .swf movie. My question is: Is there a way to have the .swf file randomly rotate a number of .flv files? In other words - like being able to upload several .flvs into a directory and th...more >>

So that the flash site has the google player in it - only the url links to the google site. Advice and examples if you know of any would be great please. Thanks. (Flash 8)...more >>

Hi all, I'm working on a game project just now and I'm trying to get thought bubbles come out of characters' heads. I could do this via code and drawing a circle at runtime, but I want to be able to 'tart it up' by creating proper nice bubbles using the normal drawing tools in flash. ...more >>

Hi, we have problem in displaying the flash animations, as it shows a box like surrounding, after when we double click it, it gets activated. We face this problem only in IE and not in any other browsers. We want to know the technical reason for this problem and is that anything because of v...more >>

Hello, For some reason some computers with internet explorer create a boarder around ..swf files on my website,tacolord.com, when the user puts the mouse over the image. I don?t have this problem on my computer with I.E. but a friend does and I haven?t heard of it ever happening on Firefo...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get a button, or image to turn into a button to put on my Flash site, to direct my users to Get Flash Player 8? I've had a good look around this site, but can't see anything anywhere. ...more >>

I'm having a problem with my buttons. The text I'm importing as pngs or jpgs distort and become jaggy, but only when used in a button. I'm using a fine font, (Helvetica, size 11). I'm placing them on whole pixels (i.e. x=152, y=309 as opposed to 152.4, 309.7 etc.), both on the stage and with...more >>

Hi, I would like to find a tutorial on how to pass a value to a flash countdown timer - does anyone know wher I could start? i would like to use PHP to pass the value if that makes any difference. Thanks in advance ...more >>

I need help in figuring out whay I only get the last of 4 pictures loaded. Here's my code (which I burrowed from a sample code) I have jog files named: pic1 pic2 pic3 pic4 var baseUrl:String = "c:\\gallery\\pic\"; for ( var i=1;i<5;i++ ) { imageLoader.loadClip(baseUrl+i+".jpg",imageC...more >>

Dear sirs, all you know the problem with ActiveX and IE6 I downoladed this extension (italian version) FlashActiveContent_it.mxp at this address http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html#flash8 the active content HTTP and active content HTTPS options don't appear in my HTML menu. I...more >>

"Couldn't complete the operation because there was not enough stack space." This is an error I get while publishing out of Flash MX. I also get it when I try to TEST MOVIE I get it after I place an SWF map, originally created in IllustratorCS2. I have the same map placed as a png file with no i...more >>

hey guys.. could you help me with this problem? you see.. im a noob when it comes to Flash.. and i was given a project for school.. i saw this site containing flash at its head.. ::: http://www.pinoybigbrother.com ::: i want to base my animations by that flash... i wonder if yo...more >>

hi all how might i gradually fade a giff imported image in flash. cheersy....more >>

:beer; I haven't been able to find any place online that has a list of the Hex for the various Halo colors. Can anyone provide them? RGB and CMYK would also be useful. Thanks! ~ Joseph ~...more >>

How would I create a slide show that will break the picture up into small squares when clicked and reassemble with the next picture in a series? I'm guessing the only way to do it is to cut the picture up into the number of squares and turn each square into a movie clip and place each one on ...more >>

Now, I guess this isn't really a problem for most Flashes, but I made a little game called https://www.armorgames.com/games/fancypantsadventure_popup.html, and it's killing a lot of people's systems. If you want the RAM usage, it climbs at about a meg a second. I don't know how Flash coul...more >>