I have the following action in "frame.swf" on Frame 1: loadMovie("home.swf", "DisplayArea"); My "home.swf" is exactly 730 x 400, but when it loads into frame.swf, it's much larger. Is there anyway to set the size of the loaded .swf? ...more >>

I need to keep my flash movie on top (fullscreen and visible to the user) while another .exe file starts running underneath it. Does anyone know any commands or script I can use to do this? Thanks!! ...more >>

I have created an swf, and imported a .flv using progressive download. Once imported, I see the video playback box and tools on the screen. However, when I publish the .swf, or "test movie," there is nothing where the .flv should be. The playback tools are not even there. I have set up a butto...more >>

Does anyone know how to fixe the issue with the Scrollpane component showing the content out of bounds and not scrolling it? I have looked everywhere and find a lot of people asking this question, but no real answers on how to fix it. Apparently it only happens in IE on PCs. Thanks... ...more >>

Here's what I'm doing. My main timeline has 3 "pages/mc" on it. One is titled index, which is just the basic design. The next is titled ssfp_mc. Ssfp_mc has a loader_mc that loads external swfs in the content section. Here is the problem: In the external swf's that are being loaded int...more >>

Hi all I have lost my free transform handles on all objects. I can transform by typing in values but when selecting Free Transform after right clicking (or using drop down menu), nothing happens. I had recently installed a few extensions, namely Toon Titan, Nested Timeline and IK Motion. I...more >>

I am trying to learn Flash for the first time. I've been doing some tutorials, which are helpful, but there is somethng very basic that I want to do, that they don't explain very well. I have imported a photo onto the stage which is a line drawing of the orignal photograph. I want to have ...more >>

Hi all, I have decided to us a button from the common library. When I link it to a web page within my site it works when in dreamweaver but when i put it on the ftp server it doesn't work. Anyone have any ideas? If you don't completely understand me please feel free to ask me more. Thank...more >>

I have a document that is 150 by 240 and would like to pan across an image that is, well... huge. I'm thinking that there must be a way to do this. I imported the image to my library then dragged it into the document. Now I can't see the document boundaries as it is covered over by the imag...more >>

Hello, 1. I am making a simple shooting game, but it's not working. I have it so that when you click on the target, the score goes up a point, the action script for the target being: on (release) { score = score + 1; } but what it does is adds a 1 to the score (Starts at 0, then...more >>

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I know virtually nothing about Flash, and have a somewhat limited background in Adobe Premiere. I want to create a Flash intro for my Web site, and I was figuring I could do it first as a video/audio clip in Premiere and then import it into Flash an...more >>

I'm working on a learning module type project and my goal is to load each "chapter" SWF into a movieclip holder as the user gets to that chapter. For example, the user starts on chapter 1 so the asssociated SWF file gets loaded into the 'holder' movieclip. Once the user gets to chapter 2 then ...more >>

I would like to layer animated mist or fog in an existing flash animation I have. Can anyone assist on the particulars? Thanks......more >>

I'm trying to dynamically load a single image multiple times into flash. Basically I want to end up with two movieclips mc1 and mc2 that contain the image. I'm currently using the Loader component (connected to the ProgressBar) to dynamically load the image. It works fine for loading the image...more >>

I'm back! I got in contact with my IT guy and gave him the steps that I found on the adobe site to change the MIME settings. That's done, yet I still can't view my video off of the web server. The video shows good when previewing from my hard drive the problem again is viewing the uploaded ...more >>

hello :) i need the next step of my flash jazz sorting out if any fine coders would help me please i need a mouse listner that if pressed and the X and Y locations match a certain X andY it performs a loadMovie im trying all sorts this.createEmptyMovieClip("Actions_mc", 555); Actio...more >>

I have searched archived messages and although there have been posts about this, no one seemed to have any answers. So, I thought I would ask again. Oh, and please don't laugh! My company had a web site built back in 1998-1999. The outside person they hired to do the site created a Flash a...more >>

Well, Where do I start? If someone would be so kind to explain why Flash 8 Presentations actually load all slides at onces and why a full (40+ slides) presentation actually only exists of 2 frames? You will have to excuse me but i don't really see the point of doing such thing. Y...more >>

I am new to dreamweaver and flash....I have built a site with flash elements in. When the site is live and I scroll over a flash asset a grey box appear around it. I need to double click on the flash buttons to make them work. Can anyone help? ...more >>

Hi, I was hoping you could help me? I am an absolute beginner to Flash 8 and web design in general. I need a kind of "idiots guide" on how to publish my Flash site. At the moment I have about 30 SWF files, one of which being the home page and all of which link together with navigation ...more >>

I am trying to see if there is some best practice for preparing your images for Flash. I can't seem to find anything in the Flash tutorials. Two items that need consideration.. 1) How fast it will eventually download, and 2) how smooth the images appear. I have tried to make the image the sa...more >>

I have imported (embedded) a MOV file into my scene but when the animation is played back in flash it's choppy. I have tried different settings (low res...) but it's still no good. Any ideas? Thanks...more >>

i know i've done this before! i have a swf. 4 labels, a stop at frame 1. i embed this into my main timeline. i have 4 butons in an MC in my main project, going to specific labels in my main timeline, where i have the following code, attempting to load the swf and jump to that label: this.c...more >>

hello :) im wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction i need to display the _x and _y position in 2 dynamic text fields on my movie please please please than ks thanks thanks ...more >>

Hi, I took a two yr program at Seneca College on developing websites and other media aspects. I am now preparing to create a full blown out website for a Martial Arts company who want to advertise their place. The website will contain some flash work and some basic html work. It will hav...more >>

New project and looking for suggestions... We want to integrate full motion video into a page on our site. It will need to have still shots incorporated as well as dissolve effects in-between. We want as part of the page not within an external player. Please offers thoughts and/or suggestio...more >>

I have a flash interface with several buttons and hypertext links on the stage. When a user clicks a button, a panel appears, hiding the other buttons. Q. Is there a way to automatically disable the buttons & text links when they are covered over by the panel? At he moment if a user rolls...more >>

Pardon me as I'm new to Flash. I have a layer where I have built up a number of objects/symbols on top of each other. Unfortunately, I want to move/delete a few that are now fully obscured by other symbols. I can turn on the 'view as outlines' and see the objects, but how can I select them? I ...more >>

I am trying to use either the list component or combo box component to load an external movie clip into an existing clip. I am pretty new at components and actionscript and have no clue what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. You can email me at: beanieb@comporium.net THX! ...more >>

I would like to make a embedded hyperlink (a word of a text) to another frame in a new window (as in HTML)....more >>

I'm trying to open a .ppt file directly into powerpoint or a .pdf file directly into adobe reader. When I use the GetURL actionscript they always open in IE. Is it possible and how do I do it? I'm a newbie to flash so please keep your explanations simple:grin; ...more >>

I have been doing a simple flash presentation for a client, it loads up with a simple animation then has a selection of buttons you can scroll through using a couple of arrows and click each one for more info. http://www.torkproducts.co.uk/main.asp?sitepages=FlashWashroom In firefox it...more >>

Does flash pro provide the ability to convert video files,such as avi, mpeg, etc to flash video? Thanks for the help....more >>

Hey I have created a FLV (encoded with Sorenson Spark for Flash 7). i have it load using 'Progressive Download' and i have the FLV file in the same location on my client when testing as on my live server for when the SWF is published. But the FLV does not play through the SWF when it is...more >>

is it posible Loading and Editing xml data from flash without any programing language using actionscript only?:beer;:grin;:beer;...more >>