<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.spidergourmet.com/site/spider_index_er.html">click here first </a> ...If you click in the search box ...the text cursor comes up like it should. If you click anywhere else inside the flash object it will dissapear like it sh...more >>

First off, I tried installing it using AOL. I clicked the download button, and it brought me to the next page, but nothing came up. I didn't see anything on the page saying that there was an error... Can anyone tell me what's wrong? ...more >>

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.spidergourmet.com/site/spider_index_er.html">Click here first</a>[br] ...If you click in the search box ...the text cursor comes up like it should. If you click anywhere else inside the flash object it will dissapear like it ...more >>

I just moved over to Flash 8 and the text in the actionscript window is not anti-aliased like it is in 7. Is there a preference setting somewhere that I haven't discovered yet? thanks...more >>

During playback in the timeline, everything works fine. But when I export my movie, there are a couple of alpha fades at the end that won't fade. They just appear and dissappear. All my other alpha fades work though. Whats the deal? ...more >>

suddenly and for no apparent reason, when i publish my movie and insert the ..swf into a html page using the "insert, media" command in dreamweaver, when i then upload and try to view the page in internet explorer 7 i get an empty space where the flash movie should be. if i hover my curser ov...more >>

Hello, I'm working on a flash map and am trying to affix "thumb tacks" to the map that maintain their relative position no matter how far in or out the map is zoomed. I have the zoom and pan functions of the map woked out but I'm not sure how I should proceed with this part. I am look...more >>

I have similiar problems with my entire flash project showing on my page (<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.aryinc.com/ary2006/edges/Cutlery.html).">http://www.aryinc.com/ ary2006/edges/Cutlery.html).</a> SOme people can't view the font. If it is because I hav...more >>

I have two ads rotating on a site and for some reason neither will start playing on IE until the mouse pointer touches the area where the ads should appear. Everything works fine in Firefox. Anyone else ever have a problem like this? ...more >>

I like to use the pencil tool but I think it would be more accurate to use if the cursor had a more circular form - something like the brush tool. In PhotoShop you can press Caps lock and get a precicion cursor - is this possible in Flash as well? Thanks Bo www.bodot.dk ...more >>

i just started using it on my sites....everyrthing looks good before i upload. but once viewin it on the web the player no longer has the buttons on the player....the video plays fine id just like to have the play/pause and volume button work..thanks ...more >>

hi im wanting to know if its possible to make a flash based msn if so could someone give me instructions or point me to a tutorial im using flash 8 it would be very helpful ive always wanted to make my own but nether knew how ...more >>

Hey, I'm trying to install Flash Player 8, but whenever I go to the Install Icon on my desktop, it comes up with the message "Setup could not find your browser's plugins directory". What is this directory and where do I find it or where can I get it. I really need this plugin installed because...more >>

okay, so I am doing this tutorial... <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.scottmanning.com/archives/000680.php but,">http://www.scottmanning.com/archives/000680.php but,</a> I have my button inside two movie clips with the instance names ContentHold and con...more >>

I have an iMac G4 1 GHz PPC and am contemplating purchasing Flash 8 (or some software containing Flash) for my son. I recently found a good educational source with a decent price. To my understanding the current version of Flash is PPC only, but it may be able to run under Rosetta on the new I...more >>

Two people have reported that my site shows up blank on their MACs. The site is <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.dfiler.com">My Home Site</a> My portfolio doesn't work either (they claim) this is at <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http:...more >>

I am creating a website for a small business and i was wanting to use Flash to do so to make it more visually interesting and not so boring. But I am starting to get the impression that Flash is not good to create a whole website in. I am somewhat of a beginner still to website design (i've on...more >>

I'm designing a fun little menu <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.prcsd.org">Here</a> when you click on a category, say "Projects/Issues" it goes to the next frame 2 which opens up subcategories which are buttons. All of that works. The problem is that when...more >>

I am building a website for a business, and everytime I put their pictures into Flash, they are getting all pixaly, and it looks really bad... but when I publish them in an html file, they look fine. Is there any way to help with this? ...more >>

What is the best way to animate a graphic symbol to pivot around a cental point? I've tried using a guide layer, and it begins and ends in the right place, but the middle gets kinda funky; the "fulcrum" doesn't stay in the same place. Please help. ...more >>

I'm using a loadvars action to load external .txt file, and it loads the file BUT only will read numbers out of the file. It won't read letters-which make words- which make sentences-which makes me angry. Any idea why this would be? I've tried playing around with the .txt file encoding,...more >>

I am trying to make a flash movie that autoruns from a cdrom. My flash movie is all on one timeline and when i export it as an .exe file it's 285mb. I have put this file along with an inf file pointing to it. [autorun] open=filename.exe However when i insert the cd rom the exe file doe...more >>

Hi, i'm having problems with the quiz templates in flash 2004. I will not let me put my own data into the quiz and although it allows me to change the questions it will still display the demo questions. cannot get any of the types of question in the component inspector like they have done ...more >>

When I tried to open my .fla file in flash mx 2004, I received the error message "The Docfile Has Been Corrupted". Is there a way to recover this file and what caused the problem? Thanks in advance.:frown; ...more >>

Hello, My attached clip shows up now, but the parameters passed aren't affecting it? The dymaic text doesn't show up and the clip is not at the x/y coordinates (assuming x and y are to the stage) I am trying to load a content layout clip dynamically based on which instance of a base page te...more >>

Hi folks -- need help desperately here... I have four very large Flash movies with audio, a couple of which are approaching the 14,000-frame limit. I need them all to play one after the other, in a loop, unattended. I can't copy and paste all the frames into one file because Flash movies s...more >>

Hi all, Ive just noticed that my Adobe Image Ready only allows me to save files names of 27characters in length or less. Is there a general character length rule in working with filenames. I know windows doesnt have a problem what about other OS? Apple etc.? Im just trying to put rea...more >>

I have a website <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.pulseart.co.nz">http://www.pulseart.co.nz</a> , it opens up fine on macs, but for some reason when opened on a pc it is teeny tiny and sits on the top left hand side of the screen. I have made it so that the ...more >>

Whenever I create a new document, or even open an existing document, Flash will open it up to a size smaller than the area I've actually got to work with, ie: so I have to click-and-drag on the re-size widget in the bottom-right corner and pull down and right, to butt up to my Properties bar a...more >>

Hello, I want to create a rotating globe. I was searching in the internet for tutorials but I couldn't find up to date ones. I have already a map of a globe. I want to put it around a ball and let it rotate. I don't know how to do it. Can you give me links to good tutorials or explain how to...more >>

I have been having difficulties importting pdf files into my Flash project. I have managed to import some files, but some will not import for me. There is no real difference in the file size so I am having difficulty understanding why they won't import. When I try to import some of these...more >>

I'm doing some animation and it's all vector files from illustrator. It needs to be under 18k, and it's currently 50k. Is there any way I can compress this?...more >>

I know how to use the geturl to open up a web page, however, it opens outside of my flash site. I would like to create a window in my flash site which is coded to open the geturl. How would i go about doing this? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Looking to see what people are using for flash photo albums. I know I scan search for google and I know if I had flash I could make it. I dont have it, I have cold fusion and I program cold fusion, but for my needs I want to use flash. I like an automated slideshow function with forwar...more >>

Hi can anyone help, when I publish my flash website I recieve this message in the output box but I haven't got a clue how to remove it. Target not found: Target="undefined" Base="_level0" I am using ' _root.transition' a number of times to load external movies into my site so it it s...more >>

Hi i'm quite new at this and i would like to add sound to my flash movie. Can anyone give me a direction - as to how i go about doing that? thanx...more >>

i'm trying to stream an albums worth of titles from my website. is there an easy way to set up a player in flash to do this? i'm using the compnent inspector and i can get one mp3 to stream from my server, but i'd like to be able to skip from one track to the next (and display the titles) wi...more >>

I am getting the trial message in Flash even after installing the full version of Macromedia Studio 8. I uninstalled the trial version and rebooted before installing the full version. When opening the program, it asked if I wanted to install the basic or professional and it has the "get th...more >>