I am looking to find out how to detect an animation's state. Specifically that it has stopped playing or reached the end of the animation. Do i do that in the Actionscript? or can i detect it with some html or javascript code on the page that embeds the animation? For example. I utili...more >>

I would like to create a flash page that will allow the end user to create a video with a webcam or ? and uploade it to me so I can edit and place on our site, anyone have any ideas how to get started? Chris ...more >>

I have an animation here: http://masencolisionesyaccesorios.com/ I used the wmode, transparent which had worked fine in other cases but not now, it's only working in IE 6, can anyone tell me why? ...more >>

I have an swf that is quite large (7 minutes). I tried embedding it in Dreamweaver, but when I go to open the page, it just hangs and reads "page loading". First off - should I be streaming this instead? If so, how? Do I need to call my ISP and get a streaming feature added or something? H...more >>

All my buttons are on stage before I reach this script in the timeline, but only "Q1_1st_btn" works. They have all been named as instances exactly as the script? stop(); Q1_1st_btn.onRelease = function() { gotoAndPlay("Q1.2"); }; Q1_3rd_btn.onRelease = function() { gotoAndPla...more >>

does anyone know a simple action script to put on a button to mute a streaming .flv? I tried using stop all sounds, but it also stops the movie...more >>

I got the new CS3 and I uninstalled my older version on flash, and every time I have to open up and .swf file I have to open up Flash and publish it. I already downloaded the newest player but still does not play muy swf files. How can I fix it? thanks ...more >>

The company I work for pays a 3rd Party for streaming services. Usually it is displayed through Windows Media Player etc. I would like to use a video file from the 3rd party service in a Flash application I am building. At first I thought it would be as easy as imputing the url of the video...more >>

Has anyone worked with the Slide show Presentations in Flash 8 Professional? I'm trying to create a simple presentation and I've come across a couple of issues... No matter what type of preloader I use it doesn't seem to work and the file doesn't do a progressive download as you would th...more >>

hey. i have finally completed my flash portfolio. a portfolio that i intend to send my email to hopefuly get a job...soon. (-i obviously wont be a flash designer! haha.) ok, 2 issues: 1. when i publish my flash to swf or projector (to the directory where i have my files organized) ...more >>

Ok, I have been following a whole bunch of tutorials, and a lot of the tutorials I've found are using Flash 8. I downloaded the trial for Flash CS3 and when I'm following the tutorial on adding an action, or link, to a button, they say... "Click the button" "Hit F9, to open the actions ...more >>

Does anyone have information or can refer me to somewhere that i can learn about best practices when beginning a Flash Animation Presentation? It seems my work has been utilizing me more and more to create 1-2 minute sales/advertising Flash animations for the company. So i'm wanting to learn h...more >>

I am trying to place an image in the background behind my Tree component. AS2 components btw. In order to do this, I need to disable the background color of the Tree, but when I simply disable it, I can no longer select any of the items, nor do rollovers work. It seems as though all of the l...more >>

I have a flash movie that's aroung 500k, it has two pics, without them the movie weights about 40k. Some people has told me it takes a while for their browser to load the movie. Is 500k too much? what's the ideal size a flash movie should have? ...more >>

I am doing a flash presentation project for college. This projuect for me is to make a presentation for a hotel and it is to include a copy of the menu. the menu changes regually and would like to know could i update this without loading the project in flash and making the changes to the menu....more >>

Sorry, but I am a still in the very basics. That being said, does anyone know of a way to simply scale my moive size? I've done all my animations and realized that instead of being 700x200 pixels wide, I need it down to 650x186. The height can scale down in proportion as well. When I set t...more >>

I set fla properties canvas size to 1000px by 800px , In publish preview page looks fine but after uploaded to ftp and linked to it opens at about three quarters of fla size, http://islamujeres.ws/flash/islabonito.swf Any ideas anyone Thanks Gary ...more >>

Is it possible for a flash app embedded in a web page to "spill" its controls beyond the bounding rectangle? E.g., I want my app to have a pop-up list that will be taller than the app itself....more >>

http://www.betawavepool.com/testing/hula/hulacard_as2_14p98.html We've been having a lot of trouble with the video playback in this tool. We created a version of this a few years ago and it was ok, but when we updated it for AS2, the video playback became jerky. Drag any of the first thr...more >>

Hi guys, I am at a loss with my flash movie. It consists of 11 scenes, each one is linked to the next via a click button. When I export the movie, it plays the first 6 fine, and then jumps to the end of the movie and re-starts. I have checked the offeding scene for any misplaced actions, and...more >>

When creating the exe in Flash CS3 the exe file will have a digital signature on it by default. The signature is from adobe and is invalid. Can I remove this? I can't find any options in flash that specifies which certificate I want to use. Is it a bug? OS Vista 64-bit CS3 Master Col...more >>

I have a flv file....I build controller with forward button and also back button.... Is it possible to use a forward command in this case...I know I can use stop or play...but as for forward with flv file ? ...more >>

Hello all, I am developing an app for MAC OS X using C++ Flash as UI. what I exactly need is the communication between Flash & C++. how can I accomplish it?(using [b]ExternalInterface[/b] or any other way is there... like shared object or XMLsockets?) I want to transfer data(string format) v...more >>