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Preventing buttons from "playing sound" again
Posted by rowby at 8/19/2006 10:49:07 PM
I have a button with a sound on "hit". If the visitor hits the button again while the sound is playing, a second instance of the sound plays. Is there a way to prevent this from happening. I don't know the exact "term" but until the sound stops playing I want the button not to cause any ...more >>


Change text box cursor
Posted by david_rose at 8/19/2006 9:33:56 PM
Hi all, I can change the cursor on a flash movie but when the mouse rolls over an input text box I still get the standard text cursor and my custom cursor, is there a way of changing my cursor instead of the windows text curosr appearing? Thanks ...more >>

Linking to external audio file
Posted by rowby at 8/19/2006 6:00:14 PM
I have a flash movie that needs to link to 4 separate audio files. All mp3. (I tried including them in the flash file but it took to long for the page to load.) Any suggestions on how to do it. I have the linkable text created as buttons. Are button links to an external mp3 file a the ...more >>

Is this a noob question?
Posted by Donjworks at 8/19/2006 5:02:41 PM
Hello, I found this code online: on (release) { tellTarget (_root) { gotoAndStop("Draw", 1); } } To help me with a nested button problem, except now whenever I click the button, it restarts the whole movie. What's the problem? Thanks ...more >>

external swf. preloader blues
Posted by DaveCunningham at 8/19/2006 4:49:23 PM
Hiya, I've just finished a website which is nearly ready to go live, all except the preloader. I need to have external swfs preload before running, and after going through a few tutorials and threads, I'm pretty sure that my website is constructed in such a way as to make it difficult to i...more >>

Crossfading banner
Posted by ebdrup at 8/19/2006 4:33:33 PM
Hello! I have to make a banner like this: http://www.canali.it/frame_index.jsp?lingua_id=2, but I have no idea of how to do it, so I really hope that you guys can help me, please! My plan is to make an actionscript, so it will be possible p? change the images, but it will not be necess...more >>

Activex Problem and Flash Detection
Posted by chrisibrow at 8/19/2006 4:27:44 PM
I can publish my flash movie and opt to include the fix when I open the resulting HTML in Dreamweaver but if I use the 'detect flash version' option when publishing (so I can provide alternative content) I can't fix the activex problem. Anbody point me in the right direction? ...more >>

on release doesn't work
Posted by Hermet at 8/19/2006 4:06:49 PM
I have a movieclip (mc1) which consists of a mask and another movieclip (mc2). mc2 has 3 buttons. One code that I attached to one of the buttons (and which doens't work) is as follows: on (release) { getURL("http://science.nasa.gov/"); } why doesn't that work? mc1 has the follow...more >>



Error Startup screen Flash on a Mac has an error
Posted by Flite at 8/19/2006 4:03:53 PM
Hi there, I have a problem by starting Flash 8. When the startup-screen appears I see after a few secounds the flash logo on white ground in the upper left corner. Is that maybe a problem with the xml content on the startup page? ... I use a mac with german os tiger. Has anyone else seen tha...more >>

Need Your Help in Make use of Unused Area!
Posted by Khoramdin at 8/19/2006 1:20:27 PM
Hello, I have created a Flash which uses a bigger area to start with (Due to Moving Object) and once it is settled down it becomes the Menu. At Start the Object use a bigger area as the result of moving, but once the menu is built out of the moving objects it covers half the used Flash Ar...more >>

drop down menu
Posted by treybraid at 8/19/2006 1:03:55 PM
does anyone know of a good drop down menu component i can go buy... the combo box component is so bloated.... trey...more >>

Unwanted Transparency[F8]
Posted by takennickname at 8/19/2006 12:55:04 PM
Thanks in advance. A problem has just started, and I'm not sure what caused it. I have a base movie that loads another into level1, which loads animations into a mc target. These animations were opaque until recently. I've added various code since, changing the _alpha and _visible options...more >>

Newbie Help?
Posted by Ross M. Greenberg at 8/19/2006 8:58:03 AM
Warning: I'm a Flash newbie, so please be prepared for some really stupid questions. Be kind and forgiving please! For my first flash project, I want to have some graphics created with paint shop Pro with a transparent background go from point a to point b, varying in size from way one by...more >>

accessing my website
Posted by redescorpion at 8/19/2006 2:37:53 AM
Hi, I'm a beginner...maybe my problem is something simple... I built a website and uploaded it. On my computer everything looks fine. But when access the website from others, when move the cursor over any page, the outline of the page appears. Then I have to click once and then click again t...more >>

Dynamic Text in Flash 8?
Posted by cook_scott at 8/19/2006 1:26:46 AM
In Flash 7 I was able to link to a plain text document by simply including the variable name as the first line of the text document. (Ex. content= message here) Since upgrading to Flash 8 I can't get the text to show up. What has changed? ...more >>

Flash Text
Posted by eegvt at 8/19/2006 12:10:21 AM
It is my understanding that if you use a font that is out of the "norm" it is best to put it in "Flash Text" to be able to be seen by all browsers, is this true? Thanks......more >>

Unwanted lines and a disappearing act
Posted by itsreallyme at 8/19/2006 12:00:00 AM
I'm finding that, when allowed to sit for a little over a minute, black vertical lines appear to left and right of certain movie clips. After another 30 seconds or so, the movie clips disappear altogether. Here's a link to the site: http://www.annsmalley.com/annsmalley.htm Simply ...more >>

HELP! I cant work my flash player
Posted by tyefinnegan at 8/19/2006 12:00:00 AM
this has been annoying me for quite a while; i installed flash player 9 ages ago and it still works on some sites and doesnt on others. and when it doesnt the site says "please install flash player 9", and then i go to install it the little video thing that says "You Have Successfully Installe...more >>

transparent property not working in mozilla
Posted by fooflash at 8/19/2006 12:00:00 AM
m made a flash banner with transparent background. and embedd code in <param>&<embed> tag in html. it work well in IE but in mozilla the transparent windows ahows white backgound. pls solve...more >>


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