Can anyone tell me how to edit photos, text and even enter a avi file into the Sorbose Flash Templates?? I can't even find the place to simply edit the text! Thank you...more >>

I can't make the tween always lock to the guide - a bouncing ball. The ball layer is nested properly under the guide layer but the tween ignors the guide and a tweens directly to the last frame without following the guide. It has worked a few times, but when I try it again to practice it wo...more >>

How can a pass an asp value <%thisvalue%> to a SWF file? I can get the SWF to connect to an XML database but need to be able get a value from the ASP code so I can compare the XML database table and extract the correct information. XML DATABASE ClientNumber Client Name ASP VALUE (c...more >>

New to flash. I'm editing a flash web template and there are some.bmp files within the movie. Its looks like they come from Photoshop as .psd files. My question is two fold; does Flash use the .psd file and during importing does it compress and covert it to .bmp? If it works that way, how can ...more >>

The new Flash 8 download does not seem to work on computers in our network that do not have Admin priviliges. New problem that goes away when user has Admin rights....more >>

I know I have seen a topic about this somewhere but this forum has such a bad searchfunction that I cant find the answer... I have 2 DataGrids, 1 must have the vertical scrollbar on the right side (normal), and 1 must have the vertical scrollbar on the left side (not normal). I have trie...more >>

Ok so in the main time line I create a BOX. lets say it 100x100 Then I have created 5 buttons. I am trying to get the user to roll over these 5 buttons and the 100x100 box should appear in the same position regardless of which button was rolled over. Here is the thing....more >>

Hey Folks...I've been working with flash video for a bit now and am wondering how to actually crop video with out it actually trying to fit all the video in to the the cropped area I have chosen. It is not cropping out for example the top and bottom half of the frame..it is just squeezing the...more >>

How can I make a cd with a flash archive, that runs automaticaly when I insert the cd. ...more >>

I am using MX 2004 Pro for a slide presenation on the web. Problem: viewer can see all the slides load before the start of the show. How do I prevent this?? See: http://www.cba.siu.edu/newsFlash.html HELP! ...more >>

Where can I go to find a flash developer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area? I realize this isn't the forum for this, but I am clueless on where to look. Thanks ...more >>

:confused; Suddenly in windows explorer a viewer has to select the swf file BEFORE they can select a button and interact. This was NOT always the case. What's going on and how do I program around this? ...more >>

I have this serious issue, if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. I am publishing a 30 second movie clip (a tv commercial) with Publish Setting > HTML > "Paused At Start" option checked. Once published I open the file in html and the clip start by itself. Please can anyone advise me h...more >>

The linux plugin download page seems to have a bad link: fpdownload.macromedia.com server not found. It's been like this for a few days for me. Any thoughts on how to get the plugin?...more >>

Hi: We have tried Text Aloud to develop narration for our eLearning and Blended Learning projects in Flash. If you are not familiar with Text Aloud, it is located at: http://www.nextup.com/ . This program enables you to enter text and have a voice give you narration for it. However,...more >>

Hello everyone, I am relatively new to Flash, although I have used it on and off a little here and there for several years... Anyway my questions is this... I would like make some of the content on my flash site to be editable using simple text pad and uploading the text. If anyone could expla...more >>

Hi I am thinking about using Flash for video streaming instead of three formats (media player, real player and QT). From a usability point of view it would be easier if users didn't have to choose, and would be more cost effective and easier to maintain for me to produce just one version....more >>

I am trying to design a presentation for work. I need it to be a static presentation that I can interact with. For example, I don't want to have to press PLAY and have it be in the form of a movie. I want to be able to press "buttons" to get to other parts of the presentation. It should be lik...more >>

Anyone got a solution for the following problem: PROBLEM On exporting the swf / movie or running the test movie command - elements become distorted/jagged/blurred Almost low quality TASK I want to add a preloader to the movie (which is one scene). HOWEVER on either: ...more >>

Hi All, My Flash movie looks totally fine in MSIE, but when i view it in Firefox 1 it squashes the movie into letterbox format!! I have the movie set to 100%x100%. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm using FLash MX 2004 The URL is http://www.publicuk.com/test/ Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi. I am trying to make a SWF open a new browser window when it is clicked, acting as a Splash page that opens the main page. I want the main page to open in a new window 800 x 600 with none of teh address bar, toolbars etc. I've managed this but there are two problems. 1. The little grey ...more >>

Hi all, I have a background animation that I want to run continously its (main.movie1.bgloop). I have animated its loop so that when it reaches its end frame it goes back to frame one and is seamless. My problem is that (main.movie1) in this movies loop when it gets to its own end fra...more >>

I have a problem with has to do with the adobe-transition. In my Flash 8 PDF's are a lot of hyperlinks to online documents. I.e. : On page 1491 of the Components Language reference there is a shortcut to www.macromedia.com/go/data_integration. And I can't find a replacement for this link on ...more >>

I have recently found out that IE6 makes some trouble with Flash pages, it might be the active-x controller???? the problem itself is that you have to activate the area where the SWF file is before you are able to make the SWF react to whatever you want it to do. For exempel if I have a hole f...more >>

Hello, i can't see navigation buttons in my Flash video player.If I run the swf alone there are all the buttons but in my page is onli the video picture but not buttons.What should I do? Can somebody help? ...more >>

Did Flash just get cr*ppier? What the h*ll is going on?? Now that we export our swf, we have to make sure that we f'in mask out the working area? What genius came up with that bulls**t?? Also, when we put actions on buttons we have to go thru a lot more sh*t with typing up all the scripts?...more >>

I am familiarizing myself with Flash 8.1 Professional. I had an older version. I am haviing difficulty finding things like the 'sound library' and the 'designer panel' in 8.1. Is there a LIST OF MENU changes from the MX to the 8.1 version? Thanks! G :) ...more >>

I am working with event cue points and I have it working with action script and embedded cue points. What I am trying to figure out is how to tie a specific events or movie clip with specific cue points. Right now all the movie clips play whenever I hit any cue point. I have not figured...more >>

hi i have a problem with every symbol i use in a movie.... there is kinda strange film (like a white transparant rectangle) behind everything. Text or symbol. I dont know how to get rid of it. maybve someone has an idea how to get rid of this problem?...:( it looks like a flattening problem......more >>

Hi there, i'd like to know about using font form server, like fontforflash.com, i think they are using font from server! how to make some font its available to every body that visit my site ? i made some simple input text using Flash MX 2004, that the result appear at my Dynamic text, for samp...more >>

Is there a way I can get the width of a SWF using Javascript? I want to do something like this: function getSwfWidth(swfName) { var swf = new SWF() swf.src = swfName; return swf.width; }...more >>