i am being forced to develope a game and really only know the basics of flash. What i need to have happen is have a movie clip drag something but only when the clip is in its closed position. Essentially it would be like having a movie clip of a hand that opened and closed and when the hand wa...more >>

Does Flash 8 Pro come with On2VP6 or other codec included, or must these be bought separately as plugins? Is it possible to import other video format into Flash 8 Pro other than FLV or SWF?...more >>

Here's the problem. I have 2 flash objects on a singe html page. One is a control bar (Play, Pause, Stop etc.) and the other is a screen in which the movie is played. Unfortunately the Control bar and the Screen can not be combined into a single flash object. How do I control the Screen to Pla...more >>

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I'm trying to center variable text coming in and shown on a plasma. No problem centering the text horizontally... ...I can't figure out how to center the text vertically If one line is entered it would be at the center of screen ...If three lines were entered, I want the second line to be ...more >>

hello all, I need some button help. I have a swf file we will call it (Swf A) that loads an external swf file we will call it (Swf B). I want to be able to unload the swf B file by using a button within the Swf B movie. Is this possible? Any and all help would be wonderful! Thank you All!...more >>

Have site working well on the LAN inside the domain & from the web thru the router with port forwarding. However, when publishing thru Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server, Flash doesn't complete loading. I figure I need to add a protocol to my ISA filter but don't know whic...more >>

OK, I'm a Flash newbie. Using Flash MX 04 I want to make a bmp look like it's falling over. Scaling and skewing the undistorted bmp gives me the end frame I need but Flash won't let me tween the distorted and undistorted frames. I get the warning "Shape tweening will not occur on layers contai...more >>

I have added a que point to my flv file using the parameters panel. Is it possible to add actionscript that will unload an swf file once this que point is reached? If so where do I assign the actionscript? Please help, Thank you. ...more >>

I can't seem to find the link for submitting bugs to Adobe like MM's old wish list page. Can anyone direct me to it? Or do we now have to file a support request? Thanks....more >>

Hi, I have a strange problem. When I test my movie, my photo gallery doesn't load. But, it I test it again while the swf is already open, it works. Is there a way to fix this? I'm trying to upload the page onto the web, but once I place the swf in an html document, is doesn't work. A...more >>

I'm making anmation, and I have layer what contains 20 frames. I need it during animation many times, and I was thinking that is it pssible to loop one layer example 5 times or infinitely? That would save lot of work. So is it possible and if it is, how I can make it? Thank you. Any help i...more >>

With FL8 there is a http fileupload. We want to use ftp instead, because of the large file size >100MB. Where can we find Flash FTP? Thanks...more >>

I have a problem that occurs with IE6 when a user clicks on a button within a flash player (Flash player file being generated by Captivate 1.0). The user is asked to click on some button on the .swf file begin displayed in the player. Should only be one click (standard l...more >>

I working in Flash 8 animating at 15 fps. When I play back my animation, I notice it fluctuating from 8-15 fps in various places along the timeline. Is this normal? Note: This is while using motion tweens on several dif layers. ...more >>

Hi, Is there a quicker way to do a global search within a large flash file to see if any movie clips still exist, without having to open every frame & check ea symbol individually on the timeline to check in addition to searching the library? thanks. ...more >>

Hello. On some of my flash files, I am finding "tween" symbols in my library. If I delete them, they remove the actual motion tweens I set up on my main timeline (using graphic symbols). I know this is incorrect - does anyone know why my symbols are turning into new "tween" symbols and h...more >>

How does adding "+1" to .getDate() affect the display on the 31st? Will it display a new month and day or will it add 1 and display for instance: Thu Aug 32 10:06:29 GMT-0400 2006 ?...more >>

Since no one responded to my last question.. I figured I would try this a different way. Is there a way to preload a SWF which has a linked FLV (media display component) so the FLV is completed buffered before the SWF starts to play? I was thinking of maybe using some sort of movie containe...more >>

Im being really stupid, im making a simple button (ive made the up, over, down and hit states) but i want the button to remain selected in the hit colour not just when it is pressed but when it is selected. Is there a way of adding a selected state?? Thanks for any help ...more >>

Hello! :) The preface: We have 2 domains: www.server1.com and www.server2.com There is a SWF1 file on www.server1.com and it stores SharedObject on user's computer. There is also SWF2 file on www.server2.com The question: Can we load the SWF1's SharedObject in SWF2 fi...more >>

I have nothing open that I am aware of. I don't know how to proceed....more >>

Hi all I've been trying to have a button that supposed to launch the user's default email app. It launches my email app, the "To:" field is populated, but I can't get the Subject or Body fields to fill in. I've done some searching and found a bunch of things that say to do this: on(r...more >>

I have followed all of the tutorials and references and I still cannot view my flash video from a regular server. The MIME settings have been changed and I have even tried posting to another server that has the MIME settings in order. I am not doing anything out of the ordinary when posting ...more >>

Im being really stupid, im making a simple button (ive made the up, over, down and hit states) but i want the button to remain selected in the hit colour not just when it is pressed but when it is selected. Is there a way of adding a selected state?? Thanks for any help ...more >>

I know from programming in Java how to pop values in and out of hex, but does anyone know if Macrodobe have any plans to support this in the next round of Flash. Seems like a bit of handy functionality that's missing. On a trip to a conference recently I had to draw out on a napkin what bi...more >>

I Want to create a button with three states (basically exactly the same as the buttons on the left hand of the opening page of this website www.bleed.no) I have kind have got it working with this code below but the problem i have is when the button is clicked it does not remain highlighted. Im...more >>

I have been asked to produce movie titles. I'd prefer to use flash if it can export in a format that's good enough - the movie's in DVDPRO 720p24 - can Flash do it?...more >>

So here's my problem. I'm loading in multiple swf movies to a blank projector file (981kb) : main.swf (the intro) - 41,722kb about.swf - 17,740kb apprenticeships.swf - 17,209kb conferencing.swf - 17,209kb engineering - 17,209kb h_and_s - 18,639kb powerplqnt - 17,210kb So the...more >>

I'm trying to make an animated button in flash. The button has the four states and the first "UP" state is supposed to be animated. For whatever reason the graphic is imported as static. In other words it does not play. It along with the other 3 states have been imported in to the Libra...more >>

I have skinned the combo box (mainly the up/down arrows) - it all works if I export classes on the first frame, but I need to do it on some other frame for progressive downloading. I have checked the linkage of everything related to this, I think, and they all have "export in first frame" ...more >>

If I make a flash projector on my ibook g4 (flash 8) and I share it to a mac intel. Is the mac intel will play ? Some one help me I need to make a flash play in full screen... And, I don't want make it run in safari I want a FULLSCREEN. ...more >>

Has anyone come up with a good fix for the Active X issue now that Microsoft lost the law suit? Thanks...more >>