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formattedtext won't work
Posted by livingwithanangel at 7/3/2006 8:49:36 PM
in the supplied sample files with flash 8 (samples & tutorials/samples/actionscript/loadtext) there's a formattedtext sample that looks perfect wfor what I need, but I cannot get it to work: It's the left box here: http://b143.com/levi/levisite.html but the formatting doesn't work. I tried...more >>


Loading movie clip from button
Posted by cwdavids at 7/3/2006 8:39:49 PM
Hello, I am building my website right now and I want to be able to assign an action to a button that loads a movie clip contained in my library (the movie clip is just an image with a transition fade in). From what I have read it seems that is part of the function of movie clips- that the...more >>

Vector Distort
Posted by zacharyb at 7/3/2006 7:29:15 PM
Clients has a simple vector shape outline to distort. It is an Illustrator file. I import to Flash but how do I distort? I know flash only distorts shapes but since this is a vector graphic, shouldn't I be able to distort it? What is the work around? ...more >>

Extension Manager 1.7 - not seeing Flash 8
Posted by LadynRed56 at 7/3/2006 5:46:50 PM
I searched on this problem and only came up with very, very old posts. I have Studio 8 - DW, FLash, FW etc. The ONLY application that the E.M. displays is Fireworks 8. I cannot load any extensions for Flash (or DW either), it keeps telling me that Flash 8 is required and says the exension will...more >>

Actionscipt date calculations
Posted by gordob at 7/3/2006 5:28:16 PM
How would I calculate the last 5 day's date from the current date with Actionscript? Example: For today July 3, 2006 Desired output: 3,2,1,30,29 So I would get the first days of July and last two of June. ...more >>

Disabling buttons
Posted by Afarchy at 7/3/2006 4:54:20 PM
I'm trying to get a button to disable itself after the user clicks it. I put these actions on the button but, while it did play, it didn't seem to disable the button. on(release) { btn1gfx.gotoAndStop(2); anim = 1; play(); btn_txt._alpha = 0; } ...more >>

gotoSlide problem
Posted by ghereg at 7/3/2006 3:59:19 PM
Greetings, I have a question about Flash 8 Professional on WinXp Professional. I've made Flash Presentation (about 40 slides) and created a menu for it. The menu resides on the presentation slide (so it's available on each slide of the presentation) and had 4 pictures that are used as bu...more >>

I think I Found a bug in the datagrid UI Component
Posted by diesel5598 at 7/3/2006 3:06:36 PM
I've created a datagrid using AS, imbedded it in an accordian control, set the properties of the datagrid using AS, and loaded the data into the datagrid using an array as the datasource. The displayed datagrid works fine at first. If you scroll to the bottom of the datagrid using the down...more >>



How to Trace Images in a Photograph?
Posted by mjm at 7/3/2006 3:00:15 PM
My apologies if this seems like a very simple-minded question. But do any of the graphics programs that come with Macromedia Studio allow quick and easy tracing or outlining of a subject in a photo? For example, if I have a photo or image of an automobile, is there anything that can make a...more >>

Creating a universal Flash player
Posted by AngieFL at 7/3/2006 2:46:26 PM
I have dozens of short movies (around 20 sec e/a) Is there any way to create an universal, standard flash player to be placed in the same movies. Instead of creating a media component everytime I create a movie in Flash? At the end I end up creating 3 files for each movie. Thanks you'all for y...more >>

getUrl
Posted by pellio at 7/3/2006 10:50:26 AM
iv got a flash button which when clicked on i want to open up a new window to display a url. iv got this working but is there anyway to set the size of the window which opens?...more >>

Loading a movie on a given frame?
Posted by Eyphoon at 7/3/2006 9:15:47 AM
Hi, I'm new to Action script and all this stuff so help would be most appreciated, I made a website in flash that starts off with a little bit of sound and eventually when that sound ends there is no sound so I created a little mp3 player and I want to put this mp3 Player onto a particular f...more >>

Turning an image to Grayscale
Posted by makofunk at 7/3/2006 9:13:29 AM
Hi all - i want to turn an image to grayscale from color. In photoshop this is fairly easy. is there an easy way to do this in flash? we made the images using the pen tool and have three colors that we want to change to grayscale. thanks! kevin ...more >>

can local drive fiels be opened
Posted by danieldear at 7/3/2006 8:57:56 AM
if i make a mp3 player can local drive files be opened by flash through selecting desired location in local drive...more >>

mySQL/php data refreshes in Firefox, not IE
Posted by terracotta2323 at 7/3/2006 8:24:44 AM
I hope this isn't another ActiveX problem. I read through most of those posts but didn't find anything that sounded like this: I'm working on a small guest book form that has 4 textinputs and a list object on the same page. If a user fills in the inputs and clicks the 'send' button it in...more >>

Chris Georgenes
Posted by GG at 7/3/2006 7:03:09 AM
I'm trying to be patient but any ideas on when your animation book will be released next year? ...more >>

Moving text
Posted by ANDYTAIWAN at 7/3/2006 6:15:57 AM
To make a moving text as shown here ftp://FLASH:@220.128.135.75/chiper.html 1) Can we create it using FLASH itself ? 2) Or do we have to use another software then insert the file created into FLASH ? 3) If method (2) is used then what is the software ? 4) If method (1) is used then can ...more >>


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