Im almost ready to bring a site live. The problem is it isnt pulling my values from the external php page. So none of my truely dynamic display is working because its not getting the variables. Basically on my computer it works fine in ie and firefox and on mac.. but on other machines ru...more >>

var rose_color0:Color = new Color(_level0.rose.cell_[i]); rose_color0.setRGB(0xCCCCCC); var rose_color1:Color = new Color(_level0.rose.cell_[i]); rose_color1.setRGB(0xCCCCCC); var rose_color2:Color = new Color(_level0.rose.cell_[i]); rose_color2.setRGB(0xCCCCCC); I need to create an ar...more >>

All of a sudden I am having an issue opening my FLA file, I am getting An error occurred while opening... This worked fine and of coarse I was about 15min from completing the project. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks Kevin ...more >>

I want to make it so that if the user puts a lower case character into an input text box, that it will be changed into upper case. ...more >>

as some of you you may have seen, i posted this link (http://jacksonpollock.org/) earlier in the week because i thought it was really impressive. well, curiousity got the better of me so i downloaded a decompiler and, uh, decompiled it to see if i could learn a little about how it was done.....more >>

hi - relatively new to flash - i made a short flash with 3 layers. layer 1 are a few jpg's. layer 2 an mp3 file layer 3 - text - "stop sound" i figured out how to add the mp3 and i figured out how to use the "stop sound" to stop the sound - but when the flash starts over the sound play...more >>

I am trying to get a text field to morph into another text via shape tweening, I tried breaking up the text and using dynamic text, but I keep getting the broken line betwen frames. What step am I missing here? ...more >>

Hello Wondered how to play my swf once then on the last image have a "replay" text option for viewer to click and the swf will play once again? Thanks KB...more >>

I am on a site that has videos that are view in Flash (youtube.com) For some reason I can not get them to work any more My JAVA is enabled and I have downloaded Flash Player 8. Here is the message I am getting Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's ...more >>

I want a button to, when released, start an animation on a movie clip called Water. I looked this up in the Flash help and tried this out: //Attached to button on(release) { Water.gotoAndPlay(2); } //On Water frame 1 stop(); //on water frame 10 gotoAndPlay(2); However, wh...more >>

Through a tutorial at (gotoAndLearn.com) I tried to create a thumbnail scrolling panel that moves with the mouse not any buttons. I went over and over the code again and again... I can't see where I went wrong. Can somebody please advise? Please! look at this... this may help you to see what...more >>

Hi- I am working on an animation that is comprised of several Scenes set up in flash. What I am wanting to do is add a mixed musical piece that will play during the whole duration of the animation. I thought I could that by just adding the audio file to the first scene, but what happens ...more >>

I have a swf (home_content.swf )loaded within another swf (home.swf), so how I make a button located in home_content.swf to take you to a expecific frame label located in the main movie or home.swf. I hope I make myself clear. Thank you for your help. ...more >>

Getting away from the technical subjects for a few minutes.. you gotta see this animation. The Flash IDE turns into a battleground. The Flash tools turn into weapons for the stickmen to use. This is truly amazing animation work! I had to post it. http://abum.com/file/shadow/animations/17632...more >>

Recently I have noticed a border around the flash files when using IE even though they are not designed to be clicked on. Once clicked on the border disappears. I think this started to happen after MS updated my operating system because it only happens when using Internet Explorer. Does any...more >>

Okay, I have the oddest little problem here. I can't type in the actionscript window. I can paste text in. I can highlight text that is there. I can right click... but left click to place the cursore doesn't work. I can do most everything else. I can't put the cursor in the window to type...more >>

Sorry if this has been answered before, but I'm not sure what to search under. I have a page made in Flash 8 that is mainly an animated background and a menu on the bottom. I want to be able to click one of the buttons on the menu and have a new "window" open up in the middle of the backgrou...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help me making streaming a video (flv) and an audio file (mp3). Waiting to your answer.. Thanks Zaki ...more >>

How can I set Transparent window in Linux mozilla ? Pls help me Flash groups...more >>

I have a button that was was converted to a movie clip leaving me with a button nested inside of the MC. I need a few instances of this button but with different content (It's navigation elements) Problem is I can't duplicate this a whole and re-use without it effecting the original. I swear t...more >>

I am building a presentation that loads several external swf files into the main timeline. I know this is probably a very simple question, but at the end of the loaded swf I would like the main movie (parent) to go to the next labeled keyframe. I know this would take some sort of action script...more >>

Hi. A long standing client has requested that I create a fully flash website to replace the site I created for them a few years ago. I naively agreed, with quite a limited flash knowledge. I can create the site as one flat file, but the initial preloader would be loading the entire sit...more >>

Hi Everyone, I'm new to flash and I am having a problem with the text area component in Flash 7.2. I place the text area component on the stage and enter the text into the Parameters text field. I can now see the text on the stage but when I press F12 to view the site the page is blank...more >>

HI, I try to paint Image binary data in the Flash Movieclip. I am using Flash MX 2004 AS 2.0, Pls tell me Its possible or not? Note : I think it's possible in Flex 2.0, AS 3.0 Regards flashgroups ...more >>

I have a Director projector from a project I did a few years ago but no longer have the .dir file. I want to be able to display it on my website. Flash won't let me import the .exe directly. Is there any way I can launch the .exe using ActionScript, or maybe import the projector into a new Dir...more >>

Hi I have created a ScrollPane area in my Flash 8 file. It always appears with a grey border, is there an option that let's you remove this? Thanks....more >>

I have designed a CD ROM where I have a number of button instances with code attached to them. I have been advised that it would save a lot more memory if I called on all the navigation from one frame. I was wondering if someone could tell me is this code viable with a frame and button both ...more >>

Hi folks my array is something like this var readingArray:Array= new Array() readingArray[0]="r_2_1_1" readingArray[1]="r_2_1_2" readingArray[2]="r_2_1_3" readingArray[3]="r_2_2_1" readingArray[4]="r_2_2_2" readingArray[5]="r_2_2_3" what I want to be able to do is search the ...more >>

Hi guys, I'm sure you're sick of people buying these templates ans then have to ask for help to make them work but because of lack of time to dive into Flash I assumed a template was the right way to go - all that's left is a bit of cosmetic. Anyhow, my problem is that I'd like to add a page...more >>

Does anyone know how to make a button in flash that when clicked will run a given program, which in my case will be 3 buttons assigned to 3 different program install exe files. The same sort of thing as what runs when you install the macromedia programs. Thanks! -Austin ...more >>

i have downloaded several fonts from www.flashkit.com and would like instructions on how to make it apear in the font selection menu, is there a specific place i have to save it??? somewhere where i can import it??? please help me:wink; ...more >>

This has been going on for quite sometime and I've just never found any solution. On sites with Flash it asks me to download the player. I have the player already, but I download it anyway. The box on the Flash site shows that yes, I do have Flash installed now. Then I go back to the site ...more >>

I have been experiencing major slowdown in the Flash 8 authoring tool... I am working with large files (about 40-50mb .fla). My system specs aren't too bad but maybe not enough? 1.5Ghz Pentium M 512mb RAM 1024mb virtual memory... Is there anything that specifically causes Flash to sl...more >>

My flash layout has changed.http://sunherbgroup.com/html/flasgBug.jpg I have installed flash but still same. Can any one suggest how to rectify this....more >>

Hello, I have been supplied with a .swf file which I am loading into a loader componenet instance, I have the scale property set properly but the .swf won't scale it just comes in full size. Anyone got any ideas? Is there possibly some actionscript in the .swf I am loading which preven...more >>

I am using flash 8, I want use Actionscript 3.0 code. Its possible or not ? Please help me Regrads flash groups...more >>