I'm editing someone else's template from a dynamic flash site & it has a movie clip & I need to change the text which I can easily do and it shows up fine on stage, when I play the swf from it it shows the old text. The text also slides in from the side if this is any help. Any help or ideas...more >>

I know how to hide the menu bar in the Flash exe but how can I hide the Flash Title bar without using a 3rd party product? I'd prefer not to have a full white screen surrounding the Flash box (I know you can use Flash commands to do this). Thanks for any help. ...more >>

o.k. this is the issue: I have a flash project that loads several swf files. The navigation is a dropdown menu system (mc) that is constant to the _root movie. Each swf file is loaded on a corresponding labeled keyframe. The drop down menu sends the user to the appropriate keyframe, and th...more >>

Alright, I've been doing this for years and I've had it with no perfect way to display my flash webstie. I would like the movie to pop-up in it's own window without a back button and without a pop-up blocker stopping it. Here is what I've done so far and why; I first made the flash express...more >>

http://www.aigadvisorgroup.com/ I really like the transitions at the beginning of this Flash ad. They are subtle but not jumpy. I've tried changing alphas of my first frame: 0, 50, 90. I tried changing the number of frames from first alpha to last: 10, 5, 3. I've tried changin the fps....more >>

Hey Everyone, I recently upgraded from MX 2004 to FLASH 8 and some things stopped working. I'm currently Publishing in Player 6 and AS 2. Can someone look over this AS and tell me if they see something that keeps this from working? Thanks, Here is some AS for a button that makes a page...more >>

I understand what most of the forums are about, but the Open SWF General Discussion and Flash Remoting have me a little stumped. What are those forums for? Thanks! Tony ...more >>

Is it possible to convert an entire movie into a movie clip? I have a short movie with lots of layers. I need to make it into a movie clip that will fit into another movie. Do i have to recreate the entire thing or is there an easier way? ...more >>

I have successfully place a swf and ipx file on the same html web page using layers and a style sheet, but the ipx image always appears on top of the swf image. The z-index for ipx is set to 2 and the z-index for swf is 4. I've even tried a minus z number for ipx. I've also tried placing th...more >>

Hi, i think the worst thing we can expect is that player actualizations make old sites crash. This in unacceptable. I've installed Flash Player 9 in Explorer, Mozilla and Opera (Windows), to test the latest site i'm developing. No trouble at all in IE, but Mozilla and Opera launch errors...more >>

Hi. I am working on a movie where when a button is pressed, I would like another swf to load on a frame other than the first. Is this possible? Thanks. ...more >>

I have a moviclip with a button inside of it, and I want the movie clip to be draggable. The button I have inside works fine, but as soon as I add the startdrag action to the movie clip the button stops working. I'm trying to build an OS style interface similar to link I provided below. Can so...more >>

Hi I'm doing a redesign on my site, the new one being completely flash. I have made the main part of the site, but the buttons arent working. Theyre supposed to launch a different flash file, but they dont. Attached: http://www.sjwright.co.uk/Flash/Main.fla If you go to the scene cal...more >>

How can I tell flash to play a previous or next label with simple scripting? ...are there any predefined playprevLabel or playnextLabel functionality in the program that can be called simply ? I heard of putting the label names into an array but it seems too convoluted. thanks, Attila ...more >>

Hello all, I am having a problem with codec recognition on several systems. The problem: Whenever an avi is exported from Flash MX with the Techsmith Screen Capture Codec it cannot be directly opened in Camtasia Studio. The file must be first opened in a third party intermediary like Virtu...more >>

1.After finishing a flash file is there any way of viewing which flash player people need to view my movie. 2.Does chooseing the flash number under flash publish settings determine what flash player people need. 3.where can I get that little image with its script so I can use with drea...more >>

I am wanting to use a combo box as part of my site navigation, so that each option will take them to the given frame... but how do you do that? Or maybe the better question...is it possible? or do I need to create a pop-up menu? Thank you for your help... ...more >>

I am working on a project and can't quite figure out the details. I have 5 images with text included and I simply want to have each image fade in and fade out to reveal the next image - I was able to accomplish this by creating a layer for each image and applying timeline effects. I have 2 q...more >>

Is there a way to create a flash player with play,pause,wd,ff,volume controls, that will work for all FLVs in one same location? something like the Windows player will pop up everytime you click on a movie or mp3 file. I'm just looking for a way to not to create 2 files (FLV and SWF) per movie...more >>

I've got a disk on a flash movie I'm animating. I want the disk to appear as if the hands of a clock are moving around the face so as the hand drags in a clockwise motion, then disk appears behind it. I have tried to start with a straight line in the 12:00 position and then have it move to dif...more >>

im working on a flash player that is almost the way i want it. the only problem is that the video "stutters" when it gets to the edge of the download instead of pausing like most players do. http://www.churchillstudios.com .... under "what we do" How do I achieve this? ...more >>

(I thank you all for your help, this is the third post, I'm desparate for a solution...) In Flash MX 2004 I would like to have a row selected after the DataGrid has been populated. Much like a list box <select> in html, I would like to make one row "selected". It must be navigated to and...more >>

I am building the opening page for a website in Flash, I'm not the most experienced with Flash, but I'm getting a lot better and I know many of the functions. However I'm having a problem with an effect. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out, but here it is. I have a US Flag that is squar...more >>

I am building the opening page for a website in Flash, I'm not the most experienced with Flash, but I'm getting a lot better and I know many of the functions. However I'm having a problem with an effect. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out, but here it is. I have a US Flag that is squar...more >>

Hellow fellow Flashers, Does anyone know of an actionscript where the V (used as bullet in a bulletpoint list) draws itself ? Should be something like those signatures that draw itself but i'd need that for a V like the V from the VeriSign logo, anyone with a good idea ? greetz me ...more >>

I've created a site in Flash that I've set as 600x480 and set it in Dreamweaver at 80% height and width. I notice one jpeg and a gif logo that I haven't created do not scale well. does anyone know how I can work a jpeg to scale well in Flash? url: http://www.digitalwebshop.com/andy/home.htm...more >>

We are building a video site, which will be used to showcase users video. We want to playback the video in Flash like Google video or You Tube and also want the ability for users to download the video in iPod, Podcast, Palm and mobile formats. Wondering if anyone here knows how this may be...more >>

I am making a .swf file that will allow people to connect to a teamspeak server and I have run into a problem. I have a button (code below) and I have a textinput box. How do I create a variable that will allow people to type a name in the textinput box and allow them to connect with that name...more >>

hello again. have another question i hope someone can answer. k here goes, when i export a picture into a swf, it sets it to show all and i have have to right click and say 100%. is there anyway i can make it so it automatically stays at 100% when exported ? ...more >>

Hello All, Iam trying to develop an application which deals with personalizing mats. I've a screen area where i can select colors and text as well as designs and make a mat of my choice . When i click on the save button i need to save my mat movie clip(say a specified area of the screen)...more >>

On Flash-8 an attempt to import results in a error saying "A required system library did not initialize properly.Ensure DirectShow 9 and QuickTime 6.5 or higher installed on your system" If I install these two on my computer, will this mean that the resulting SWF will also require DirectShow 9...more >>

i am using 10.2.8 and the latest version of flash which i have downloaded will not work does anyone know where i can get an earlier version which will work as i have searched everywhere thanks for your help pete ...more >>

Hey all, I have a flash.swf file that is embeded in a table nav area, and I'd like to delay its start until the rest of the page has loaded - how can I do this? In other words get it to play once the site has finished loading and to ignore it till that point. Cheers! ...more >>