This one REALLY has me stumped.. I am working on a Mac Dual 2-Gig G5 running OS 10.4.10 and Flash CS3. I have a web site for a client posted ( http://www.aronwiesenfeld.com ). This site has been running flawlessly for over a year published to Version 8 Flash Player AS v2.0. This client a...more >>

can anyone help me i?m new to flash and i need to put a flash menu inside a html page, i?ve put this inside flash var url=_root.url; if (url=="clientes") { _root.gotoAndPlay(30); } else if (url=="servicios") { _root.gotoAndPlay(20); } else if (url=="home") { _root.g...more >>

I am trying to have an index page go to the home page once the flash animation have loaded. When I do Control->Test Movie it works fine and automatically goes to the page. When I publish it to an html file it will not. The animation works fine, just not the action. Can anyone help? ...more >>

I am more used to Flash 8, and it has been replaced by CS3. Does anyone know where I can get it? ...more >>

I am making a flash website for our company, and I walked into a brick wall today. I will try to explain, hope you understand: I have 4 buttons on main stage, with movieclip effects that start and stop with rollover and rollout actionscript. (This works fine) I also have an movieclip anima...more >>

OK, this is really stumping me. I've done a lot with Flash for a lot of years, and have done a bunch of video with it, but the latest batch of things I'm trying to get online as FLV just refuse to progressively download. They are short video clips, and I've tried processing them with the follo...more >>

when i import video into flash and export/publish it - everything works well on my pc. however, when i upload the files to my web sever the video doesnt play. i have tried to enter the direct url to the .flv file, but i get an error message upon exporting/publishing saying the .flv file can no...more >>

I would just like to know if you all buy your flash stuff off adobe or if you buy the software off places like amazon and ebay? Tanks...more >>

Is Flash 8 the precessor of Flash CS3 Professional? Tanks...more >>

Say I have "Symbol 1" in FLA document "DocOne". I drag this symbol from DocOne's library into "DocTwo"'s library. Now, in DocTwo's library, the properties for Symbol 1 show that the source is "DocOne". I can use the symbol update functionality to update it from DocOne. Is there a way t...more >>

I need to embed the flvplayer in a page on one server, but the player and movie are on a different server. Is this possible, and how is that done? I've been trying with full URLs, and I can get the flvplayer to show up, but I can't get it to play the movie. It plays it just fine when I access ...more >>

I'm a new Flash user, currently using Flash 8. I've built an animation with a number of elements that fade in and out over time. The client wants the first element to linger a few seconds longer before it fades, so I figured there would be an easy way to just insert blank time or frames in an ...more >>

Hi I've got a myspace, which has a www.lovemyflash.com layout on it. All was working well untill a few days ago. It stopped animating just for me on my computer. I also can not view the www.lovemyflash.com website anymore however know that it is viewable from other computers. I've checked inte...more >>

I am having trouble with some FLV files not rewinding in the FLVPlayback component. I have the same problems whether I'm using Flash 8 or Flash CS3. Some of the FLV files will rewind when finished and others just hang up. When they hang, the dashed green buffer lines start palying again and th...more >>

(Flash newbie here - bear with me...) I have two graphic objects on the stage overlapping each other. The first I was able to position to the document boundaries just fine. When adding the second object, however, the first object covers the boundaries so I cannot see them to align the se...more >>

Hi, I'm a newbie and I'm not sure how to accomplish this.... I've got an intro/splash swf that includes a spinning globe. My boss wants the globe to continue to spin after the rest of the swf has played. The "spinning globe" was imported from an animated gif. I'm practically brand new at ...more >>

Flashers: I would rather not delete one symbol and paint in another. I expect that might break all the links, keyframes, etc, to the new symbol. I have inherited a flash file with the wrong "instance of" value in the Properties panel for the instance of one symbols. How should I change tha...more >>

Hello, One of my clients wants a flash countdown timer on his new years party invitation. I figure this is something that has already been created by many people - does anyone know where I might download a pre-built timer like this? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I was wondering what the reason is for using them. I have always used movie clips on the main timeline. Am I missing out on some cool functionality?...more >>

I have flash cs3. It's worked fine for months but now when I go to publish it shuts down. Any idea why this happens and how to fix it? thanks ...more >>

We have begun developing a component based eLearning template, One of our developers (who isn't component friendly) wants to add mouse over events to the Button component (I think they are just being difficult). I don't see where this can be done, but I hate to say no. Any suggestions? Even a...more >>

I work for a private manufacturing company and the company paid a developer to create an internal web site. The developer used Director to create all the links, text and import the images.. etc... then took the .DCR file and placed it into an .html file .... Problem is he is no longer here a...more >>

I've created several fla files in the trial version of Flash CS3, but now that the trial has expired, I'm considering buying a copy of MX. If I do so, will I be able to open what I've already created? If not, are there any utilities that could convert the files to the older version? ...more >>

hey, i am newbie to flash. i wonder whether it is possible to run video player, such as windows media player, quicktime, realplayer in the flash. i know you can run those inside a html webpage, however, what about in flash? if i want to play a video in flash, does it have to be converted...more >>

I have submit button for form application that I need data sent to a email address upon submit. I'm close but can not seem to find right method.Possibly not entering correct as url? mailto:geegadget etc... I have done this before but can not remember. Thanks for any ...more >>

Is it possible to overlay Flash on top of an incoming CCTV feed? I don't as yet need to 'read' the video footage at pixel level (would be nice if possible). Thanks Rick...more >>

Hi All, I have created a XML file and in CDATA placing the HTML code. And trying to display that in FLASH( Dynamic text field with html true option is selected) Following is the sample XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <main> - <name> - <![CDATA[ Welcome to [B]XY...more >>

Im learning Flash to develop games. Now i hv decided to create complete gamges But i want to clear some confusions first... Where do i find Flash [Online] Game Publishers? is there Any guidelines before breaking into Flash Gaming? Thanks in Advance ...more >>

I am trying to use the autorun to open an html file but it won't work. I've used this with the .exe file but this is the first time I've tried with an html. Does it only work with an .exe file? Thanks for the help. ...more >>