Hi, I can't figure out how to move to another scene, from inside a movieclip. From my experiments, you can only change scenes from _root, so I tried _root.gotoAndStop('Scene 2', 1), but that doesn't work either. I also tried to make an if statement in the _root, but it doesn't seem to wo...more >>

hi. I am doing an interactive CD, and I have an option download (to download from CD to hard disk). The filereference is not the solution, because only from a web site do it. May you helpme? thanks...more >>

I've just read all previous posts (I think) on the topic of flvs not playing completely. The solutions haven't worked, and my problem is slightly different. We have many swfs that play external .flvs using the FLVPlayback component. They've worked just fine. Recently we had the audio tran...more >>

Working on Classroom in a Book Flash CS3 Professional (p 77 for those who have it) I drew a looped path for my rocket to follow, but my rocket won't follow the path, it just flies from the beginning point to the end point I checked orient to path, sync and snap Any ideas? ...more >>

Hi, I as using CS3 and have manage to get my site previewing fine. In Flash Player, the links will open the desired page in a browser or mail program. The links will not work once in the browser though. All files are in the same folder. Would appreciate any advice. Rangy ...more >>

Ok. I'm not a newbie, as the question might suggest, but I've come across something I can't figure. Ever since f7 I've been using one form of progressive download or another (the components or the raw netconnection class), this based on Adobe's documentation and virtually every article und...more >>

I'm currently using Flash 8 on Windows and am thinking about upgrading to CS3 and switching to Mac as that's where I have Photoshop and Illustrator. I still need to be able to publish Windows executables. I can't find any info pertaining to this on the webiste and my forum search has led anywh...more >>

I'm creating a page-turning module. Throughout the module there is a progress bar that updates both visually and by percentage how much of the module has been completed. I'm not sure how to program this and help is appreciated. As you can see by the mockup I have so far ( below) I've got the p...more >>

I recently went into my Flash project and started lowering my picture's file sizes. My files were way to big, so I opened them in Photoshop CS3, made the images smaller, and "saved for web" using jpeg medium & png-24 for transparencies. After importing them into my Flash library and auto repla...more >>

I have been working on a band site and now I am looking for a streaming MP3 player to finish up. I was working with the component media player in CS3 but I am unhappy with the results - it's too clunky visually out of the box and I can't figure out how to edit it graphically. I don't need too ...more >>

Okay, where are the Flash based components? There seems to be several in Flex and extremely limited set in Flash? What does Adobe think designers can't handle data or what!...more >>

Adobe have a HD demo which links to the file; http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/fullscreendemo/backcountry_bombs hells_4min_HD_1500_96.flv When you play the video and inspect it, the bitrate is 1500kbs, audio is 96kbps, but the resolution is 854x480. Surely this is not HD...more >>

I have an "Email Webmaster" link at the bottom of my Flash 8 web page. I have it so that when you click on the link, it opens an email to me, with a specific default subject line. I used the following link info in Flash for that text box: mailto:myname@domain.com? subject=Website. I also chos...more >>

hi guys, can anyone help me with this. how do i make a random movie in flash everytime i open a new browser? which means everytime i open a new browser there will be differents movies showing on the ie. For example, i have movie 1,2 and 3. if i open the first browser it will open movie2. a...more >>

Looking to teach myself Flash. Would appreciate suggestions for best books, tutorials and videos...more >>

Hello, We have a navigation menus in our oracle portal, which few are mouse over drop down menus. When a flash movie is added to the page, the mouse over drop downs doesn't work. If we remove the flash video, it works. What could be the reason for this? Any help is highly appreciable be...more >>

Hi all, how to set the FLV Playback Custom UI's mute button to default state to "OFF"? Any ideas?...more >>

i have created a botton using flash mx 2004, i have linked it using this code on (release) { getURL("http://www.google.com/"); } for some reason it dont work, i have never done this before, i even tried to link a different botton but still not worked. please help ...more >>

Hello everybody ! I will try to explain clearly my question. I have a swf effect 600 X 140 px size, with a letter effect (firework effect) I would like the effect flying through all my html page as a background image I see more and more advertisments doing the effect now, and I would like ...more >>

Need some help here. I have problem using Flash CS3 to open Flash files which have been done in Flash 8. Every time when I open there will be a error message prompt and the application (CS3) will automatically close. Are we able to open the previous FlasH version in the latest one? ...more >>