:confused; Hello folks, I made a nice flash animation for my website. But when I try to view it or post it, it keeps looping over and over. Al I want to achieve is to play that animation only ones, when page opens. How do I set this? Is it in properties setting or in action script, or when...more >>

I have a swf file that has 4 loader components on it. Each loads different ..jpg file. Each loader is set to scale content. In the development environment (MX 2004) it works correctly. In firefox it works correctly. In Internet Explorer 6.x the jpgs load full size. If you click refres...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help. I created a shape tween with text that was broken apart twice. I just wanted the text to dissappear so I made the text go from 100% alpha to 0% alpha and then made the shape tween. It does this but also some of the letters in the text deforms. Does any...more >>

How can I add a flash file to a hotmail email?...more >>

i posted this question couple days ago but there was no response, so i'm trying again. i want to create a macintosh projector on a pc but the default on a pc gives me an .hqx extensions. so when i burn the cd and place it in my mac, the mac reads it as z sit file. what can i do to make thi...more >>

I have a simple Flash animation in an otherwise standard html page in development. It performs normally in Firefox (1.8) and Netscape (7.2), however is sluggish and choppy in Internet Explorer (6.0) - all pc platform. In addition, standard javascript rollovers I have on the same page are made ...more >>

:confused; This is my first attempt to add flash to a web page. I have a graphic on the home page which has hot spot links that are animated. This Flash movie shows up fine when previewed from Dreamweaver in IE, Firefox, or Opera, but when uploaded to the web it doen't show up at all. I hav...more >>

I have a puzzle to solve. I have produced a flash website which works well on all browsers I have access to. However, a couple of my mates can't view the text! I have embedded the pixel font in the Flash SWF file so there should be no portability issues. The only thing I can think is that they...more >>

Hi, I need to create a pre-loader that will load the movie once when you first go into the site, but not if you then go to another site and then go back to the site, as the information should be already on the user's hard drive. Can anyone help? ...more >>

I have created a movie of a series of images which are joined together as a group and converted to a movie symbol. I converted the symbole to a movie tween so that in frame 1 - the X Posn is 0, in the final frame the X Posn is -2000.The movie scrolls across at 2 fps. It slides from left to r...more >>

Hi, I want to create a line of thumbnail images that will move from side to side as the user places their mouse on. And if the users stops on a picture and clicks the image appears above the row in alarger format. Hope this makes sense... Anyone able to help? Michael ...more >>

I have a flash movie that I want to stop when it finishes, wait 10 seconds and then start all over again. In other words, I want the movie to loop but with a 10 second pause before it starts again. I'm not a programmer so I can't write the actionscript to do this. Can somebody help me out? Thank...more >>

Is it possible to use Flash to manipulate the DOM of a browser in the same way Javascript does? Useful things would be to change innerHtml, css classes, styles, etc. Thanks, Geuis...more >>

First i don't even know if Flash can do this but i imagine so. I'm not the greatest at flash but i do know how to use the program so if someone can answer this question no matter how technical i will understand it. Ok, heres my question: this may be a rediculas question but i must know how t...more >>

Hi, I wanted to know how I could load a random image into the background of my website behind my main movie, so it changes everytime you go to the site (a total of 5 different images/backgrounds) How possible is this to do, are there any tutorials on this kind of subject anywhere? Than...more >>

Is it possible to get the URL of the page the SWF is embedded into? ...more >>

Dear all, I'm very new to flash, but I am on the hunt for any form of help or guide or tutorial to aid me in the production of a classy looking menu system for a couple of websites I am building. I am 'OK' at using Dreamweaver, and slowly becoming more proficient with CSS etc, but I ha...more >>

Dear all, I need to import a movie into a layer and position it to fit my layout. I am working in Flash MX. The movie I am uploading was a quicktime movie that is now a swf movie. (I no longer have the original movie or fla file). I need to import my movie into a layer and be able to c...more >>

My agency would like to handle updates manually rather then have users (appox. 1000+ users in one physical location) prompted to update the Flash player. Can this be done? ...more >>

OK, I've tried everything I can think of. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm trying to use Labeled CuePoint Navigation in Flash 8 using the FLVPlayback Component. Things work just fine with the MediaPlayback Component, but I cannot get Flash 8's FLVPlayback Component to work the same way. I'...more >>

Hello, I have been trying to find out ways of transitioning from picture to picture on a web site. I finally found out what it entails in the Flash Help files. However, I have been unsuccessful trying to actually get the pictures to transition correctly. I have used the exact example co...more >>

Hi, im designing a flash site for someone, and they have just asked if it is possible to make a news section on the website which they can update the text daily themselves. Is this possible? It needs to be as simple and easy for them to change the text as possible as i think there compter know...more >>

Hello, I have some flash movies that are not embeded or use the <object> tag. instead they use a javascript in order to eliminate those MS IE rectangular lines. (did anyone sue MS for that unpredictable change?) My problem is that if a user doesn not have Flash Player plugin installed, t...more >>

Im just loking through the settings of flash and can only find X and Y axis. Does flash have the capability of using the Z axis? This would be without using action script as im a bit of a noob and dont know any. Thanks. ...more >>