I'm in the middle of building an interactive flash demo. It has your normal page turning bells and whistles. I need a way to make the demo go back to the home page after three minutes of inactivity by the user. i've looked for code on the web but i guess i'm asking the wrong keywords in my sea...more >>

I am working on a product catalog, I would like to scroll the graphics files, vertically and there is more than one images in a row. I know how to scroll text using scrollbar UI COmponent, but does not know regarding how to scroll graphic files. If anyone knows please help. Thanks in a...more >>

I built a series of very simple Flash animations for the following site: http://www.fishinglodgecapcana.com The animations consist of rather large images that slowly scroll down then up across the narrower stage. My problem is that after the first loop which displays fine, some of the anim...more >>

I don't know if this can be done but here it goes. I have 2 flash anamation on my site. Both have several scenes in them. My question is? When linking over from one Fla. to another. Can you script it to start at a specific scene or must you start at the begining of the fla. Thanks ...more >>

http://dev.choreo.com/Intro/ I have temporarily posted a small Flash Intro File I purchased from a Flash Stock service at the link above. I am needing to add some custom items to this intro and for the life of me I cannot figure out what software package or tool was used to create the anim...more >>

I have a script ASP to send a HTML form model is ok. If I create a form in Flash 8, How I use this script ASP to send data ? thanks Marina ...more >>

Basically i have a download button and when its clicked on i want the 'save as' screen to pop up, hows is this done in flash? i also have an email button where i want an automatic email screen to pop up just as what happens if u use the mailto code in html. it may be basic, im not sure, ...more >>

Will gradients view correctly on tv? Or should they all be changed prior while preparing files for television. (Using Flash 8) Thank you....more >>

I've read on the macromedia site, that the stage size should be 720 x 540 when designing for tv. Therefore, all my files are set at this size even files I plan on using for the web for using quicktime video's and flash animations. Will this pose a problem for viewers on the internet and can ...more >>

While working in a flash 8 file, I have come across this problem in a couple of places in my main timeline. I have a cartoon character & in some frames when I go to swap his head for another head (w/dif facial expression) it won't let me whereas it did in other parts of the timeline. Note: a...more >>

Hi I have managed to load an external jpg into an swf and was wondering if there was a way to load the image into the centre of the movie clip with some extra actionscript or something? The jpeg file loaded in won't always have exactly the same dimensions so I need it to be positioned cen...more >>

ive seen it done before with a jpeg there was even a tut for it but i dont remember where. If any one know where i can find a tut jpeg cloud loop i'd be happy ...more >>

Hello Have a 3 layer effect in Flash Prof 8...I need to combine these three layers into one and then into a single movie clip - how do I do this? Thanks KB...more >>

Does anyone know how or can point me to a good tutorial on how to make a line of text rotate around a globe????? I would like it to go around from front to back. So if anyone knows please let me know! Thanks! ...more >>

As the titles suggest, this is not specific to flash, but as there is no forum for general questions, here is my question: My school has the entire Flash 8 Studio, and i would like it too. At the moment, i'm running out of trial time on my Flash 8 trial, so i wondered, is there any way of b...more >>

I just upgraded my dreamweaver to 8.0.2 and it asked me if I wanted it to update my code, and now it doesn't work in the browser. Here's the code it converted it to: <script type="text/javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swf...more >>

I've been in web design for quite sometime, and have used flash for navigations/interactivity and such. I've used it previously with a lot of actionscript... but not a lot of animating. never to do things such as an entire site in flash or anything like it, because of what I see as un-profes...more >>

I've got a simple flash animation consisting of some motion tweens. The first part of the movie has a graphic starting out blown up and shrinking down to nothing 3 times, the second part has some letters coming down to create the word "grouplink". On my computer at work and my home comput...more >>

I have a container movie that loads external swf's into an empty movie clip. I had three of them done, when I went back to them thismorning, all of the fla's look the same! How? They have the same image as the on FLA i made copies from? I didn't make them that way? Why are they changed all the...more >>

Hey Flash gurus. I?m finishing a flash project where I need to convert my static text links into dynamic links which pull text and links from a simple external XML file. After some research I found some legal examples online that I was able to tweak to my needs. I made a single SWF fi...more >>

Hi All, I designed a navigation bar in fireworks and export the file (s)..The navigation bar (www.9dcateringhk.com/menu.php)is working fine if I use graphic (Jpg or gif) image in next row..(Means I can see drop down stuff If I insert simple graphic in next row) However, The drop down hide...more >>

how do i animate a contineous cloud loop i needed it to include in a header for a website..does any one have a tutorial. PS. it must be countineous and seemless without jitters. i only have flash and a cloud pic. ...more >>

Hi, I've got a site running online that uses the MovieClipLoader to load a variety of jpegs. This works great while testing on my machine. Online, particularly after the site has been open, but I've been looking at a different window (i.e. the site has not had focus from the viewer for a ...more >>

now im not very advanced so please explain what you tell me visit this website..... www.lamaisoninteriordesign.com/lamaison.swf now i want to take the pics(they are also buttons,they are in a movie clip, and are seperate not grouped) and i want them to link to something like a frame ...more >>

Hi I?m trying to get a object to reverse follow or run away from the mouse something similar to this https://www.amadeodecada.com/V2/secure.html I the script is use to follow the mouse is onClipEvent (load) { _x = 0; _y = 0; speed = 5; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { endX...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know how to tween the color of a clip by using AS2.0? For example I want myclip to tween to color 0xffcc00 from 0x000000. Thanks Pascal...more >>

a few weeks ago, i had used Flash MX 2004 to create a flash-based mp3 player to be used on a friend's myspace.com profile. This mp3 player used loadSound to load external mp3 files from the internet and play them in flash. This mp3 player worked flawlessly (as displayed on the above-mentioned ...more >>

At end of my movie, I through a stop with actionscript to prevent looping of the movie. I have sound effects and flash effects inside the movie, but what I also want is even though the movie is stopped, I want the music to continue looping until someone exits the page. How can I do this? Al...more >>

All, I've done animations, dynamic content using xml, video and forms in Flash. But what type of development model is being used to develop these type of sites? www.YouTube.com www.Singshot.com YouTube.com How are these videos processed/converted on the fly? Is there something that ...more >>

Just installed the Flash 9 taster (as it were) to explore the delights of as3 - boomshanka - no helpfiles, have not nosed around yet to see what else is ary Anyone else had good or bad experiences with this update?? ...more >>

Has something changed with Flash? For some reason a file I created a few weeks ago that has buttons targetting frames no longer works. It used to. I even created a new simple .swf with the following script on the button: on(release){ getURL("yellow.html", "mainFrame"); getURL("red2.htm...more >>