Is there a way to change the thickness of the border for a TextField? I can turn it on or off and change the color of it... but what if I want to make it thicker?...more >>

I have made buttons like this hundreds of times, and today it does not work. Only part of the button works, as if the hit state is undersized, but it is not. Totally puzzled and seeking advice please. It's the home button that only has a part hit state. Enable simple buttons works. P...more >>

I have a wmv video file, which I want to import into flash. When I click on a button I want to be able to jump to a specific point in the video. Is this possible? Thanks...more >>

I was wondering if there is an easy way to copy my "template" scene 1 with 13 layers and 50 frames to the next scene 2 so I dont have to "rebuild" scene 2. Not having any luck with 'copy' and 'paste'. thanks for any assistance. Im sure this is an easy question. I just hope it is possible. jo...more >>

Hello! I am starting an internship and have been given a project that I hope you guys might be able to help me with. Currently, the company has the podcast available in a few different ways. There is an RSS feed, and it is uploaded to Hipcast. Hipcasts player is then posted on a website se...more >>

Hi, I have put a progressive video in the first frame of a flash scene and would like the video to finish before a URL opens. The trouble I have is getting the web page to open after the movie ends, right now it opens at the same time the video starts. Any help is appreciated, Thanks ...more >>

I have a motion tween that I want to ease on both the beginning and end of the motion. As far as I can tell I can only set one value for easing and in the easing graph I can't add more points. The only way I've been able to have both ease in and out is to create another keyframe in the...more >>

I am trying to efficiently create the following looped effect: a bunch of shapes constantly following a motion guide (a closed circle). Basically the object could be a conveyor belt or something else. [L]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i302/Cablestein/dfg.jpg I want to avoid having to do...more >>

I am newbie and I have no idea how to do this. I have a table (Excel File) about 1000 rows and 3 columns. I want to load this table to the Flash and then be able to fetch data by referring to its first column. I am grateful for a tip to how to this. Thanx ...more >>

I am following the tutorial for creating drop-down menus in Building Flash Websites for Dummies. I am stuck and was hoping to cross reference the notes in my book elsewhere. I can¹t find anything in the Flash help. Can anyone point me in the direction of a helpful tutorial? Many thanks N...more >>

I am new to Flash and XML so I hope I am not asking a completely dumb question. I have figured out how to retrieve data from and XML file by the node possition but now I would like to know how to pull it by a specific node name. Here is what I currently have: on (rollOver) { myLot =...more >>

Why is it when I create a text box and then make it into a button, you have to have master precision to click through? I can create a graphic and then import it, but that seems like going to a lot of trouble. Thanks. ...more >>

OK...so I am having a problem with the adobe flash player, since every time I try and open a web page needing flash, it says that i need to download it. However, I already did download it...and each time I go back to try and download it again...it again says it was installed successfully. F...more >>

I am getting some pixilation during one of my movie on my site and I was wondering if there was a way to publish the flash movie, with different settings or something, that would not put out these pixilated parts. you can see the page at: www.shootingheadcowboys.com/main_try.php ...more >>

Hi all, Following installation of Flash Player 9.0.28.0 I find that there are still two down-rev versions on my system, 9.0.16.0 and version 4.0.7.0 of Micromedia Flash Player. How do I uninstall the older versions of Adobe Flash Player and replace or uninstall the older version of Mic...more >>

I have installed the new Linux Flash player (Flash 9.0 r31) on Firefox 2.0.0.1. My distro is PCLinuxOS 0.93. When I navigate to the url: www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor13, Firefox crashes. I tried installing it as root, and as a local user. Both times, the Firefox browser crashed. ...more >>

Hey, I've been messing around with hitTest and I'm confused about the shapeFlag option. I'd appreciate whatever help I can get. I can get the expected response when I use hitTest(target_mc); However, when I use hitTest(target_mc._x, target_mc._y, true) only the actual registration poin...more >>

I have created some very simple quizzes using the learning interactions components - specifically one of the quiz templates. When testing the .swf on its own, everything works, including the last page that tallies the number of right and wrong responses and calculates a percentage based on tho...more >>

We host several flash ads on our servers that affiliate websites link to remotely. Browsers with Flash 9 can view the banners but when clicked, nothing happens (they're suppossed to link to our homepage). The banners work correctly in browsers running Flash 8 and below. Also, the banners work ...more >>

Hi everyone - I used some software to record screen movements (so you can create a software demo) - the software creates a SWF file which I placed on the stage. In some cases, I want to show the movie at a reduced size (i.e. 33%). When I resize the movie and then preview it, the image is ...more >>

Dear Sir, This is regarding the error which i am getting when i open one perticuler adobe application "error adobe flash player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation " I got one cisco flash presentation i am not able to open the file because of this error. It would be really he...more >>

Does Flash/Flex/ActionScript support Unicode surrogate pairs? I read those pages, but they don't mention about surrogates. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/201/langref/String.html http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?h ref=Part2_DevApps_048_1.h...more >>

Hi, I am looking for creating a chart containing sets of items, a two dimension chart containing 3 numbers each time. for example: tab=new Array({1,0,0},{0,1,0},{0,0,0}); That code doesn't work, how can I do it? Thanks ...more >>

We are working on a online coloring book. The user has a basic outline and a palate of colors and they can color on the screen. Once colored, I would like the ability to print and/or email the finished work. How would I go about this in Flash? -Kirk...more >>

A couple of things have always bugged me about flash and i thought maybe i'm missing something. When i create something like a web banner i often have to change the order of certain items on the time line or add extra frames at the beginning of the animation. Only way i seem to be able to...more >>

hi - i'm making a flash movie that will be played over and over at a trade show. there is to be no interaction with the flash movie - it will just keep repeating. i have some FLV movies that i want to play. the problem is i can't figure out how to tell flash to go on to the next scene in...more >>

Good monring. I wish to change the way operating systems see my exported Flash movie. Once the .exe is exported Windows and Mac OS use the defualt flash player icon. Is there anyway to change this to a custom made icon? Do I need different software, or is this possible in flash? I'm using ...more >>

I saw this a while back and have no idea how it's achieved, but need it now. When an image that is loading in starts off pixelated and becomes clearer as it loads through. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. M ...more >>

Please, I have two swf files. 1. the main movie main.swf and 2. the meni.swf which I would like to load to main movie. Now, I would like when meni.swf is loaded into main movie to keep all its original properties, and not to take properties of the main movie. which function do I use loadMo...more >>

I have one problem with two external flv clips in flash, one on top of other, the top one has transparency. When the bottom one is ON the top one loses it's quality and when the bottom clip is OFF the top one looks great, at least that's what happens on my comp. Both clips are compressed at...more >>

Dear all, I am encountering the following problem, please help. I am using Flash 8 Professioanl. I write the following code in frame 1 for a layer in a scene. li_framePos = 17 ; ls_frameName = ?sectionA? ; If I write gotoAndPlay(li_frmaePos); then it works correctly ? go ...more >>

I got a prompt to uninstall and re-install Flash Player (7) on my Mac using OS9.1 -- did the uninstall, and my old Flash 7 installer is corrupted -- and now I can't find a download player compatible with OS9 at all. Would GREATLY appreciate any leads or tips for finding and OS9-compatible ...more >>

I published my movie in HTML and it won't play on anyone's computer but mine. Any help would be great! I am new to Flash!...more >>

Within the components panel in flash 8, how do you give your new component an icon, instead of the 3 little box design that automatically resides as the default icon. Can I also create my own component icon from scratch and display it in my panel? These 2 questions are more or less the s...more >>

Work is upgrading my 2 CRT monitors, with a 20" Apple Cinema Display plus a second monitor. The question is what second monitor should i get? A second 20" Apple Cinema Display is too costly, so their thinking of a Dell 17", but was wondering on your thoughts in regards to Flash and it's setup....more >>