:confused; Greetings, Looking for the right steps to take in order to 1.) create a preloader for an FLV 2.) triggering the FLV by the viewer to play movie Using Flash 8 ( brand noob) to create the process, need production steps to take to get the he preloader to start movie and a ...more >>

i want to go into displaying information from the MySQL database into Flash Grid.... How can I do that and what tutorials will guide me through to be able to that....? Ayo...more >>

I have designed a site totally in flash and need to create a guestbook within that site. Can anyone pleaseeeee help me out here. Not overly experienced with Flash but getting there. Desperate here for someone to help me out. Thanks ...more >>

My animation is complete. However, I would like to make the Flash workspace a bit smaller. When I change the dimensions though, it takes the extra space off the right and bottom. Now my animation is upper-left heavy. Is there any way to resize so the animation stays centered? Thanks. ...more >>

Can you Share Scenes between projects? I would like to take already created scenes and share them between files and projects so multiple people can use them as a resource. Can it be done?:confused;...more >>

My problem is I have recently installed Macromedia Flash Player 9.0.16.0 and as soon as I attempt to play a streaming video, the Flash Player begins to pause for a few seconds before proceeding with the video. These interruptions continue every 5-10 seconds throughout the video play. I bel...more >>

I have a very simple movie that contains 1 input text field, 1 button and 1 dynamic text field I have this action applied to the button[i] on (release) { loadVariables("http://localhost/Hines_LC_VB/dev.aspx?foo=" + name_txt.text, 0, "POST"); lblOutput.text = _level0.retVal; }[/i] ...more >>

I'm pulling out my hair over this. I posted a number of videos in seperate folders which included the flv, the swf file and the skin swf. Tehy all worked fine. Now, only the video plays and the skin is gone. I've redone the projects, reposted. Everything. All of a sudden the skin...more >>

Hi everyone..... We've got some videos encoded with Flash Video, and we're using the FLVPlayBack component to play them. The video is rockin' and the controls are cool, but our audio isn't coming through. We've checked the original source files that the videos were encoded from, and t...more >>

So i've always seem to have troube syncing up audio with the video. When i play the movie for a quick preview, all the audio and animation syncs up all fine, but when i test the movie, it seems like the animation is lagging behind the audio. I was wondering whats going on, and if someone could...more >>

i searched through the old post and all i found was post about people with browsers issues. but i have a script that is in html to make the box <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploader.php" method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" /> Choose a fil...more >>

Hello, I really need some help...I have several movie clips with buttons inside them. Since I know buttons are inactive when placed over a movie clip, I put the buttons on the main timeline (defined by labels) so they work. However, I have several different buttons I need to place on the main ...more >>

I have a list of items in a flash document and I want each item to link to a different picture (ie. you click on the item and the picture appears in a particular space). Basically I know how to do this - just create buttons and place each button over each item in the list and have it open the ...more >>

:confused; I draw a line then use the trans form tool (Q). I move the reg to the bottom so it will rotate (make tick marks like a speedometer) in the transform panel i type in 6.652. In the right bottom cornor i use the copy button, but it rounds my rotation to 6.5. How can I keep it from ro...more >>

I created a flash banner for my site. When I publish the file, the swf file size is 25KB. When I place it in my html page of 17K/3sec, the file jumps to 145k/21sec. How can I reduce the file size? I have deleting bmp that I do not use in the flash library. I have also low the quality of the...more >>

Hello! I want an html-page to fade in, when it is loaded. It has to work in all browsers. Gr?sse, Jens...more >>

Hello everyone, I'm about to purchase my first copy of Flash and I'm having trouble understanding what's missing from the basic version. I've had some very limited experience creating simple flash components before and I'll only be using it for creating 'accents', like headers, banners, ...more >>

Is there a way to link from a Flash exe to doc, pdf and other exe files without using a 3rd party tool or the FScommand subfolder? I want all the files to be in the root folder. Is there some actionscript solution (Flash 8)? Thanks for any help. ...more >>

Hello, I have just started out on the path to incorporating streaming video into my web designs. I just recently designed a web page that included a video, here are the steps that I took: (technically I am sure if this is truly a flash video) Dreamweaver 8 1. Insert - Flash V...more >>

I am importing a giff image that I masked in Photoshop and no matter what I do it has a white edge on it once it comes over. What's the deal? Anyone know a fix?...more >>

Heres my setup: 1) http://www.domain1.com/file1.swf contains a blank movieclip called content and a button. 2) http://www.domain2.com/file2.swf contains a TextField called textField 3) Both file1.swf and file2.swf has "System.security.allowDomain("*");" in first frame 4) Both http://...more >>

I have built a controlled slide show in Flash MX (now using 8) using buttons to advance from one slide to another. I'd like to add a transition that would fade in and out between slides instead of just jumping from one image to another, creating a smoother transition. Does anyone have any id...more >>

In Firefox on a PC the text in my swf is not showing. The text is straight Arial embeded in the flash file. It shows in every other browser on every other platform. You can see the problem at: http://www.forefactor.com Open the link in IE and Firefox. If anyone has any solution...more >>

Hello fellow FLashers, I'm having troubles with the Flash 8 presentation i made when it comes to adding voice (as MP3) on each slide. The problem that i've been facing is that the voice actually start talking at the beginning of the presentation, meaning that when the .swf or .exe of my ...more >>

stopAllSounds() works still ok in Flash9 within one .swf as usual. BUT BUT BUT it has messed up here: Objective: There are n number of sounds button on a same HTML page. if user plays any of the sound that plays in loop. But we want to achieve that when one sound is being played and if us...more >>

Hi All, I've written the following code to help me convert the 3 letter Month value (parsed from a Date Field) (e.g. Jul for July) into the relevant number value for that month (e.g. 07 for July) . . . var strMonth:String = new String(); var strMonth = (strDate.slice(4, 7)); trace(...more >>

I know I am not going crazy but this has just started to happen on the following: Flash 8 Mac OSX - Tiger version 10.4.7 iTunes 6.05 I am using Flash and have iTunes either playing music (MP3s) or on the Radio. If I jump from any application back into Flash, Flash is completely non...more >>

Just came across this: http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1081798064&count=1 sample code: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="300" height="120"> <p...more >>

Hi all, Is it possible to display flash movie over wmv stream in internet explorer? I tried to use div and z-index but the flash was only over the media player UI and not over the movie itself Anyone know if its even possible to do? Thank in advance, Roman ...more >>

I'm a beginner at Flash and was having some problems modifying a Flash banner for a site, the original banner template was for a site navigation, however all I want it for is as a banner, with no control, the buttons have been removed, and the movie plays fine, however when the mouse is hovere...more >>

:sad; I have searched Google, Adobe and the universe and after over 10 hours of searching I am still where I was. Please help me. Here's the deal. I want to do what should be a kinderarten simple task. Import a video and drop it on a web page for display. That I can accomplish, no prob...more >>

Flash is starting to give me a rash. I wrote a simple preloader following a tutorial on Lynda.com. It Everything was peachy for 2 days, and all the sudden it starts stopping on frame 2. Code for preloader here. EXACTLY as tutorial, and like I said, it worked for a couple days. From the b...more >>

When I go to import text-based images into Flash 8 the font looks jagged (but it doesn't look jagged in photoshop where the image originated). Anyone know why this might be?...more >>

I've created a site that reads dynamic text from a text file. I have the font set as Arial and have No characters embedded and also enabled html. It looks fine on most browsers but for some reason on Firefox on the Mac, it looks weird. There is a little html formatting in the text, but only so...more >>

I have done some research and understand the best way to use a .avi movie in Dreamweaver is to convert it and do it in Flash (I have F8). Please could somebody tell me how to go about this or point me to a tutorial? Jo ...more >>

Every time I try and open a certain fla file, I get repeated warnings that say: 'could not open this scene probably because of low memory. To increase available memory, close open documents.' or 'could not open this scene probably because of low memory. To increase available memory, q...more >>

firstly, thank you for your help. I read the whole page and try it, but it can only solve a part of it. because i made those pages with a seperate swf file, so the result is, each time when loading a new flash, i have to click the bar again and again, is there any other solutions? ...more >>

Hi, I've scoured the net looking for the solution and there seems to be quiite a few ways to get round the flash border problem in IE. Just like to ask, whats the best solution; easiest and quickest? I know this topic has been done to death but I'm not sure which solution is best. Th...more >>