Can flash play midi files? SteveW ...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to open a .fla file that claims to be version Flash 6.0 r25 in the file properties. This is the same version I get when I create a .fla file. Yet when I try to open the file I get Unexpected File Format. Any help? Note that I don't have the original machine this was created...more >>

I have a WMV file that I ran through the flash 8 video converter. I then dropped it into Flash 8 and created a swf and tested it inside of the flash authoring IDE. Looked fine. Published it and fired up the html in my browser and it looked great. So I FTP the HTML and the SWF up to my web s...more >>

I've been searching on this forum, but I couldn't find anything regarding my topic. I'm sorry if there is already an existing discussion, and if there is please direct me to it. I've been planning on purchasing Flash for a while now, and the desktop I have now is pretty crummy. I was won...more >>

How would I do this? I want to create a toggle button, so when the button is in it's default position it says "Sound On" and when clicked again it says "Sound Off" etc....more >>

I need to build a chatroom on flash, I have not any idea how to start can any body help me with a link of a tutorial or a link to the exchange area where I can download and extencion component or an application that i can use for my website's chatroom project. Thank You! ...more >>

Is there a command that I can use to just show the first frame of a progressive flv? Thanks for any help you can give!!! ...more >>

Let me explain: (Fading Images) My Flash file is made up of images that fade in and out. (For e.g. Frame 1-100 is image 1 fading in and out. Frame 100-200 is image 02 fading in and out etc.) (Audio) I have created an audio track in a separate layer that is the full length of my movie...more >>

I have no problem with embedded pictures. But in order to reduce the size of the flash file and have the ability to quickly change the look of this presentation, I want to load the pictures outside of the flash file. The problem is, I cannot find a way to load them and still have the fade-in ...more >>

Is it true that the only way to get your lip syncing files to play accurately on the majority of computers is by making your files into a Quicktime video? When I've tried viewing them as flash files on various computers the speed varies therefore causing my lip syncing to go out of sync with ...more >>

Does anyone know where I can download a free preloader but edit it to personalize it for my website? Thanks....more >>

Is it necessary (for reducing file size) to make all layers that have objects within a symbol a symbol? For instance, if I make a door symbol, I place the knob, window, lines & door all on separate layers within the symbol. If I leave them as raw objects inside the symbol does that add file ...more >>

Hi, I'm loading some of my pages using external swf's. Here is an example: http://www.dianecollins.com/jsite/ When the page loads initially, it goes to the first photo in the portfolio section. If I click on contact, then back to portfolio, it stays on contact. How can I make it go...more >>

I have a movie with five checkbox instances on the stage with instance names "checkB1", "checkB2", "checkB3", etc. The following code is on frame 1: trace(checkB1); for(i=0;i<5;i++) { trace(checkB[i]); } When I test the movie, all of the traces inside the "for" loop come back as ...more >>

Am I nuts or does http://www.getartisan.com.au/demos/hillier/anim.htm look a little choppy? The framerate's been bumped up to 30fps and image is moving at 1px per frame. Any advice? ...more >>

Hello everyone! I hope this is the right area to post this particular thread. If not, I do apologize in advance...feel free to let me know where an issue of this nature should be posted in the future. Basicall my problem is this: - Having trouble displaying some Flash sites on my Del...more >>

I am designing a website with flash elements (no manually entered action script), to be installed on users laptops. I have been told that when XP Service Pack 2 gets installed, if we have a local website on a users laptop, and they click on a flash element (to play local flash video and au...more >>

It seem that you have to click on the area of a web page used by a SWF file before you can click on any of its buttons. How can this be avoided? Can you do something like set focus in the HTML :confused ...more >>

My IT guy says the reason that I cannot view my flash video from our server is because we need to install "Flash com". Nevertheless, all of the research that I have done points to the MIME settings. I had the opportunity to post my video on a server outside of my job and was able to view...more >>

Hello, I am new to Flash. I have made a small flash program and I can get the tranistions to work when I preview it but when I test or publish it the effect does not work. For example if I fade out text. I will see the fade in the preview process but when I test it nothing will happen. ...more >>

:confused; Hello, has anyone run into this problem. I have a preload on a swf that work on a Linux server but doesn't on a Microsoft IIS server??? Here are the 2 links: Linux - http://test.infinetmg.net/monster/navy.swf Microsoft - http://www.opt-in.us/navy.swf ...more >>

i have been trying to develop a new website for about a little more than a week..but as im still i beginner it goes very slowly forwards..I have now managed to finish both a banner and a menu with all the required buttons in it.. but here i got stuck again.. this is how the page looks l...more >>

Was wondering if anyone has experience with creating FLV movies with the best quality and filesize. I have a few movies which are 464x368 pixels with sound and the original is about 50 mb big. I have tried it myself to compress it with the built in encoder but i got about 15 mb. Which is...more >>

Is it possible to import into Final Cut Pro something that is created in Macromedia Flash? What file format (swf, QT, HTML, etc.) would the Flash file need to be saved at for import? From http://www.developmentnow.com/g/68_0_0_0_0_0/macromedia-flash.htm Posted via DevelopmentNow.com Groups http://...more >>

I made a test in FLASH8 Pro: make file index.fla and 1.fla. Export 3 files: index.exe, index.swf, 1.swf. Use loadMovieNum("1.swf",2) to link 1.swf to the end of index.exe/index.swf. Put those 3 files in a folder in Enlish or numeric name, both index.exe and index.swf can load 1.swf at end to c...more >>

I need to create a multimedia presenation that includes full quality video and still imagery. the presentation is going to need to animate in an interesting way and cannot just be a slide show. I know that i can do this in Flash but i am concerned that the video quality will not be good enough...more >>

I made a fullscreen animation. I used a menu that stay fixed to the top of the screen. Everything works well with Internet Explorer. Unfortunately, with Firefox, the menu stay in the middle of the page. The problem seems solved with the Flash Player 9, but I'm sure there's a way to fix...more >>

This is really a support question but more of a discusion. How do you market an homepages which is built in flash? Coz flashsites don't contain any text for the search engines to search trought. Isen't it possible for adobe (macromedia) to create a flash that has embedded searchinfo? Would be ...more >>

Hi, I've managed to create a text box that displays text contained within a text file in the same directory as the swf. Now the user wants this to be a scrollable blog where they can add text and pics as and when they need to. Is there a way to do this in Flash? If so can anyone help...more >>

My short Q, which I suspect is a FAQ though it doesn't appear on the Director or Flash FAQs on the Macromedia (sorry, Adobe ;-)) site, is: how can you import Director movies (source .dir, or published .dcr) into a Flash movie? I had thought this would be simple, that Flash would have an import fi...more >>

how to create such a swf where we can enter data i need to create a swf where we can enter a text information. and this swf need to call into another swf. ...more >>

I have imported a movie into flash. Went to save it and there is only a .fla no ..swf. ||NOTE|| I have know idea how to use flash, or anything to with flash, Just wanted to put a video onto a site but with no .swf i can't. Any help is great. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I've been looking for a way to make the pre--loader sequence only play once and have obtained the following from a similar topic: Check out the SharedObject function. This will set a flash cookie and check if your movie was already played before. function VisitCheck() { var myL...more >>