I have flash 8 on a g5 mac. I'm looking for something that will give me a typing or old-style computer terminal effect for text on a page I'm building. I'd rather not to all of it by hand with masks if I can avoid it. I payed for and downloaded Red Giants "Text FX" program, which does d...more >>

hi everybody! can i set to bold and italic from an external css in a dynamic textfield, which loads an external html? how? thanx in advance cheers!...more >>

Hello, I am making a website, and things just started going wrong. Firstly, the site was WAY to big, so I deleted the intro, that made up most of the file size. After I deleted the intro, all the buttons started screwing up. It seems like all the buttons are acting like their ActionScript is...more >>

Hello, I am stuck on how to accomplish a function with my FLV video files. I have an FLV that plays automatically when entering a frame. It plays in an FLV video component. After the video has played through, I want the viewer to automatically go to frame 2 where there is an option to clic...more >>

I'm fairly new to Flash and am developing a project with a series of frames that contain unique movie clips. Each of these frames are accessible through a chapter based menu as well as being viewable straight through as a regular movie. I've just added the audio for each "chapter" / frame th...more >>

I pasted a part of animations from an old file to a new file and when I did this the animations moved off of the white background. I select everything and try to move, but it ends up wrecking my last motion tween. How can I move the animations all together? ...more >>

I am working on a mail form in Flash. When i make the text area (input) with the letter-tool it makes a black outline arond the white text block. Is it a way to get rid of this black line? I am also wondering how to tranform text area blocks and apply for example rounded corners. Please he...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm pretty much computer illiterate but I was wondering if there was a way to not have to "click to activate and use this control" everytime an activex, flash embedded item is in a webpage. Can anyone direct me how to change this? I have Window's XP Service Pack 2 IE Versio...more >>

I am hoping this is simple: Here is my HTML code: <param name="movie" value="orig2.swf" /><param name=FlashVars VALUE="sname=video1.flv"><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> I need to pass video1.flv to the flash movie. Here is the MOVIE ...more >>

Okay, here are links to two separate .SWFs. One of them has a mask, one doesn't (as indicated by the SWF name in the URL)... The "buttons" are all MCs where the bottom layer has a green "flash" and the top layer has the text of the button (dynamically loaded from an XML file). Any idea w...more >>

Hi, I have 4 Ethernet Internet cameras in our office, all have their IP Address and can be accessed through the web. I created a page for each of these cameras and I'm using a Java Applet to view the video of each. My question is if there is a way to see the video in Flash so that I don't ...more >>

Sorry if this is too basic for this forum, but I've spent 30 minutes searching the Adobe website to no avail. I want to create some very simple Flash presentations that will be mostly a "replay" of a long (60-90 minutes) Windows session, going back and forth among several different applica...more >>

If you visit www.fishtv.tv there is a flash document on the left side, it is a box with pictures scrolling. I NEED to know how what to open it with, and how to add a picture into it. Please if you have any information how to accomplish this task reply to this thread, OR send me an email at wi...more >>

I can't figure out why the "for" loop that I wrote in this code isn't working. It's supposed to create a number of MC instances (lowering each one by 20 pixels each time), but it seems as though only one keeps getting created. The following link (only 8kb) has my Flash file along with the su...more >>

In the last days I've updated flash player 9 to the more recent. All the movies(with forms) I've compiled before the actualization run perfect well. But all the movie I've compiled after that, work well in SAFlashPlayer version 8.0 r33, but I tried to run the movie from the IE or Firefox iI ju...more >>

I was wondering if there is any way to use Flash as a menu front end through integrateing it with a Game Engine. The Specific engine we are using is Irrlicht (http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/) which is writen in primarily C++. Any help would be appreciated. ~Knale ...more >>

Does anyone know of a tool available that I can use to create Flash Xtras? Thank you!...more >>

Hi Can anybody help please? How do I stop the music after playing once, as it just keeps on repeating & repeating. I'm a newbie at this and this is my first try. Thank you for ANY help...more >>

I've created a movie and it all plays properly except for one clip on one link. If you go to http://www.lucyohara.talktlk.net/new/flashcv.htm and then click on qualifications. It all works well, but when you click on experience the scroll pane isn't there, it's just grey. The scroll pane is th...more >>

Hello, what do I type in as my link if I want a button to send an email from a form without going through outlook or something like that? I just want it to go straight from the online form. Is that possible? Thank you!!! Amber ...more >>

How do I publish for flash player 9? using macromedia mx 2004...more >>

I have put together a Flash doc using images that fade in to each other. I don't know how to make the final image/final frame fade into the first image/first frame, so that with looping it all fades seamlessly rather than going to the background color at the end of each loop. Anyone? Tha...more >>

I presented new web pages on someone elses computer and had to install flash player (no problem). The header of the website was done in flash, which displayed properly after installing player. The problem arises when someone tries to view the flash movie and it doesn't play. How can I make s...more >>

hi, can explanation each blend mode in flash pro 8 ? specially this blend mode : Darken, Lighten, Hard light, Difference, Invert, Alpha & Erase . thanks in advance :)...more >>

So here's the story. I dunno if it's familiar or not but here goes. I'm a student at McMaster university trying out Flash. Just downloaded it and installed (absolutely fine). So I decide "well how about I try something crazy... like turning on the program". I double-click the brand-new shi...more >>

I'Can anyone explain how I could create a page turning effect. Actually use the mouse to turn the page on a book. TIA...more >>

I want to know some sort of scripting code for me to add to a frame or something so that during the preloading phrase of the document on the internet, There is a image there. I'm not sure how this is done. I just want to have an image instead of regular white. After loading is done I want the ...more >>

Hi, I have an image that is taller than my published flash screen. I want the user to be able to scroll up and down - using scrollbars or buttons - to view the rest of the image. How can I best accomplish this? thanks, sage ...more >>

Hi! I'm hoping someone out there can be of some assistants, I'm currently working on a animation, and I've pretty much finished now and am trying to export the full animation so I can use this within Director MX 2004. Only, now I've discovered that ideally to produce an animation I should have...more >>

i can´t manage to do this animation, all i get is a strange rotation with center in one of the sides, i know i can do 2 frames animations and just that. but i need to do one that uses frames for all movement. I know it probably is a easy one. ...more >>

I'm told that all fonts used in my animation need to be in the library, but I don't know how to add them. I've tried Import under the file menu but it doesn't work. Thanks for helping my clueless self.... ...more >>

Is the Linux version of Adobe Flash going to be updated any time soon?...more >>

I have been trying to update my site using Dreamweaver. When I tried to upload my flash swf. an error screen came up and said "FTP" error, access denied or permission denied. What does this mean? How can I correct this? I've been able to upload Flash in the past, why this error now? ...more >>