:confused;How do i reshape an object so that i see it being reshaped in the movie? ...more >>

Hi guys Ive been trying to add style (bold, italics...) and hyperlinks to some words within a scroll text box with an attached scroll bar, but when adding any style or link to a word all the text in block is modified. I cant seem to be able to edit it word by word. FYI: This text box uses ...more >>

:confused; I have a legal copy of Flash MX 2004. Adobe tech support has been unable to solve my reactivation problem. Would it be illegal for me to circumvent the license activation software? You know what I mean? Also I've read that the licensing software writes info to track 0 on my ha...more >>

Here is a simulation of what I'd like to do. Use mouse to run over an image of sketches, then in the window on the right, show a zoom view in real time. http://studenthome.nku.edu/~wester/ex.jpg Thanks ...more >>

I am making a presentation where I basically built a flash website and put it on a CD. I have an autoboot set up for the CD and everything works properly there. My problem is opening the .swf files. On my computer, the files load fine (since i have Flash installed) however on other computer...more >>

I am a flash newbie so this may be a retarded question. I am trying to turn a multilayered Flash animation into a movieclip symbol. I have shapes on different layers that are shape tweened and many shape hints that go with them. When I go to create a new symbol and paste my frames the shape...more >>

The reason why I want to disable this is because my client does not have admin privileges and gets the autoupdate feature dialog box. Since they are at an enterprise level company, only the IT people can have the privileges of updating the player. After scouring the web, all I could find i...more >>

Hi! Does anybody know if Flash 7 (mobile edition) takes advantage of MS direct3d mobile to bust the performance in Flash apps? We are testing an application on Win CE device and the performance of the flash app has been being really poor. We expected an improvement after install Direct3D,...more >>

Hello All, I've never used Flash before, and I don't know any ActionScript. I am using Flash 8 Professional on Windows XP Professional. I believe my problem is fairly simple to solve, but I have not been able to find any information on the Internet. I would greatly appreciate any help. Tha...more >>

I recently created a header bar in Flash 8. All of the menu buttons were working perfectly in Flash 8 but do not in Flash 9. Did some rules change? The buttons all call getURL functions to load pages. ...more >>

The problem: I have a progressive video of a man talking which loads into the FLVPlayback component on the main timeline. I want to have different movieClip captions play in tendem which visually describe what he's saying- Just like watching the news. Text captions are unfortunately too ...more >>

Within a movie, if you mouseover a button, another clip plays (spinning DVD). However, when you continue to mouseover the button and reach the spinning DVD inside the button, it disappears. When you click on the area where the spinning DVD is suppose to be at, it appears and will be allowed to...more >>

I'm trying to create a series of buttons on Flash MX and my problem is, when I have created an animated button, the short animation (designed to play when the button is clicked) only plays if the mouse button is held down. Is there a way to make it play with just one click of the mouse? ...more >>

hi, two websites i recently completed using macromedia flash 8 show up funny on the new flash player 9. these sites look okay on most computers in the office, but not on my boss' laptop. on his computer, there are dozens of single pixel vertical lines that appear at the edges of text boxes...more >>

I'm trying to have text appear by fading in from left to right and then fade away, again from left to right. Anyone have any idea how to do this? Thanks, Greg...more >>

alright i did everything teh instructions told me to download flash player 9 and even used the active x controls and when the installing secrutiy box pops up and i click install nothing happens, thjeres not even a sign of something downloading except the box where the flash is supposed to appe...more >>

Is there a way you can send some type of object to a server from Flash? Just looking some general direction. Thanks!...more >>

Hi I'm creating a site for a client who wants to be able to update some text on the homepage on a daily basis. Is it possible to do this without having to edit the fla. file? Please help!!!!!!:confused; ...more >>

I'm working on a preloader, which is a movie clip which is 100 frames long. I've got an animation of a line spinning a circle like a minute hand on a clock. I'd like to have wherever the line travels to draw and fill in the same color as the line. I could spend the time to make a mask and a...more >>

Hi I'm creating a site that must contain a page where the user must enter their email address which is then forwarded to the site owner's email address. They must enter this to access a certain section of the site. I've only been able to find a tutorial that shows you how to send info. to an...more >>

Hello all, I am searching for a web technology for displaying dynamic traces (i.e. share prices, temperatures etc.) as part of a new project. My new project will be extracting live continuous data from a database at a set rate (i.e. every 5 seconds) The data returned will be in the form of...more >>

Hi I need to create a TV commercial in Flash. I know that I have to put my fps to 30, and other restrictions. My question is more about the final format. Flash can publish in QuickTime only if I export in Flash 5. That means that all my dropShadow or other MC effect will be lost. That is a r...more >>

I am a Cold Fusion programmer that was asked by the client to include some videos on the website. No big deal - converted from DVD to AVI and imported in to flash with a play button and off I went. Well the client wanted better quality video which meant I went from 3MB Flash to 100MB Flash. ...more >>

Ok this time last week I knew nothing about flash, since then i bought a template to do a website for my boss. html is all fine its just the flash header making me tear my hair out now. I had the header, edited and uploaded and it worked absolutely fine. today i wanted to make the last fe...more >>

Hi When I use the MediaPlayback component, I know that it's a progress download when the .flv reside on the same server (No streaming for that project), but my question is does it take care of the user connection speed or it start when the forst frame is loaded. If it does not take care of t...more >>

Hi, I am a newbie trying to fade in photos. I'm getting errors. Any suggestions? Thanks!!! import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.*; new Tween?mcLoader, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 100, 0, 24, false); ...more >>

I have created a flash movie which i have taken into a html page. when the flash movie has finished i want to load a html page in the current window. What actionscript should i be using to do what i want? ...more >>

Hi I'm creating a site that has two things it must contain. 1.) A registration page where the user must enter their email address(which is forwarded to the site owner's email address) They must enter this to access a certain section of the site. 2.)A blog which can be updated by the site o...more >>

Hi I really want my Flash/HTML page to automatically adjust the size to fill the viewers browser when entering my site. At the moment im publishing my flash movie so it is central within my HTML page - I dont want the movie to change size, i just want the HTML browser window to re adjust a...more >>

I'm working on a slide presentation, and for the most part, I haven't had too many problems. But one quirk I'm trying to overcome is getting a slide to replay if the presenter re-enters it. Say you have a presentation with 3 slides, and each slide has an animation. After slide 1, you move to s...more >>

Hi there... I'm new with Flash... Lets say I'm learning... Sometimes I get things to come along but then other times I cant get them to come along...? My english is not very good, so you'll have to excuse me. My situation is this: I have a bug that I draw in Freehand and I took it with a cop...more >>

Hi, I am just learning how to use flash and I want to import a word that is a graphic from Photoshop, in Photoshop it has a trandparent background but once I bring it into flash to work on it, it has a solid white background, How do I make it transparent so that only the letters are solid? ...more >>

Ok here is my problem, I have macromedia pro 8 I have A button call it HOME now i want it so that when i click it with my mouse to go to a url add. Its been a few years since i have used flash and i dont remember how to do this Please help Me. ...more >>

Ok here is my problem, I have macromedia pro 8 I have A button call it HOME now i want it so that when i click it with my mouse to go to a url add. Its been a few years since i have used flash and i dont remember how to do this Please help Me. ...more >>

Please add another to your list of those whom have been unsucussful with a Flashplayer install. And Very fustrated at this point I may add. I have reinstalled, uninstalled, rebooted, disabled firewall, reinstalled IE, etc. sooooo many times in the past weeks I have lost count. I have verified...more >>

So I've experienced this for the third time now. I create a flash movie and it doesn't work even though the code seems okay. Given that I'm still learning I assume the problem lies within my code. So I create a new file and reconstruct the movie piece by piece to figure out what is causing my ...more >>

I need to create and effect where an image appears out of nowhere like a 'mirage'. Can anyone help me?...more >>

Hi All, I'm creating an interactive program which is to be used on Windows desktops through flash player rather than as a projector or html page. My problem is screen positioning and resize-restrictions. I want to be able to restrict the user from resizing the flash player; the stage s...more >>

So some how I lost my .fla files that allow me to edit my site. the only files i have are the index.html and the .swf files. is there any way to salvage the site with out having to rebuild the whole thing over again? Also, I'm trying to copy an entire scene and past it into another scene, is t...more >>

greetings Flasher, i've been having a small problem for a while and i can't come up with a solution, eventhough i know it will be something stupid. I have a large Flash 8 Presentation in which each slide contains a streaming audio file. When navigating (with keys) i have noticed that ...more >>

I have created a little application, user can draw things typing and creating simple logos. So, is there any way to save the created logo as eps format from the application. Cheers! nalinda...more >>