I don't know why Flash does this...doesn't make any sense to me, but when I duplicate an instance, give it a different name...it changes my original. How can I get the same format of a previous instance, a button for example, and just change the text on it without changing the original one I ...more >>

I have re-done my website to include a series of Flash Movies. The main website program is Microsoft Front Page. When the first Movie appears in my browser, it is surrounded by a box prompting, "Click to activate this control." OK. I see a lot of that on the web, like at www.cartier.com. But I...more >>

Hi all, I couldn't find the answer to this question, so I made a new thread... I've seen animations where the sound and the animation are always in sync regardless of the quality or size settings. However, with my cartoons, if I increase the quality or size, the animation begins to lag beh...more >>

Can someone explain how you make this work. I'm intrigued with the use of organic Flash layout and it's intergration with Dreamweaver. I did study the source code and noticed js , is that what make it flow well? Or is there some simple way to just do Flash and Dreamweaver without a clear unde...more >>

Hi, I am making a site and have just added some sound to the main swf. Funny thing is though, when i view the site so far and go to another website the music continues playing until i click on something? Any Ideas? Im using this code - if(_global.Behaviors == null)_global.Behaviors = {...more >>

Okay, I've been looking at past onRollOver help topics for a while, and trying different variations in my own page, but I can't get anything to work. I have a MovieClip animation named 'photoclip' placed on my page with an instance name of 'blankpic', The movie clip has my picture swinging ...more >>

hey guys. Im doing a page in flash where I want to have options to play certain quicktime movies. I either want to have the quicktime files open on another window but with the the viewer not able to change to the window size, or I want to have the movie to play right there in flash. I know how...more >>

Does anyone know of a Learning Management System that allows your Flash content to call other files in different folders? My problem is that we use the first SWF as a timeline that calls other SWFs as needed. The timeline SWF is stored in a folder titled Annex E and it makes calls to SWFs st...more >>

Does anyone know how to use the v2 list component to let a user drag items from one list to another? Thanks in advance....more >>

Hi, I've created a flash file and uploaded it to the web. It has a preloader percentage count down at the start. On some computers it will load fine, but on others it will get to maybe 44% or 80% for example and freeze and stop loading. It works fine before uploaded to the web. Can any...more >>

:frown; I go to a little website and play flash games a lot they have little macromedia flash player sections that are clickable. they no longer load. the only thing i've done recently differently is I downloaded some games from disk to my computer like Zuma from pop cap and 1800 games fr...more >>

:disgust; Can anyone help me? I have been beating my head against a wall for two days trying to do a simple slide presentation. The tutorial is sooooooooooooooo vague and the example gives steps to doing something I am not in the least interested in doing right now. I think this is the most...more >>

Im using Flash Pro 8. I've got a delima.. I need to take a pic of a t-shirt and allow users to click on the collar, select a color from the color picker, and then it will change the collar to that color. The same idea will be put forth to the t-shirt itself and the trim on the sleves. An...more >>

this is probably a simple one, I wasn't sure what to call this for searching through previous threads... I want to make a site where the whole screen is a flash canvas. Here's an example: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.dopeawards.com/ this">http://www...more >>

I will start by saying yes I did a search, found nothing for a few pages so I thought I would ask. Is there a way to get the path of an object from anywhere in the movie? For example: I have a text input component and wish to set or clear its text value, If i was at root level I know I ...more >>

I can't get flash 8 to read a txt file I'm trying to import. I can get it to read other peoples txt files but if i make one and save it it doesn't open, I've tried making the txt files in word, apple works, and text edit. I have an intel mac maybe there's some incompatibility issue?? ...more >>