Hello all, we are developping a flash application, and we would like it, to be able to work only on one PC. So i am looking for a solution that could work like this: - For the first use of the application (flash exe), on the user's computer, to be able to store a data such as an in...more >>

why would all the preinstalled timeline effects product errors? Even after a clean install of Studio 8?...more >>

If I embed a swf in my page with wmode set to 'transparent', and that swf contains either grey alpha transparency (eg. a dropshadow) or blending which is set to blend through to the html background, these transparent bits will repeatedly darken in Safari if I scroll the page or roll over links...more >>

Hello. I am stuck. I have figured how to animate an object along a path, but what I want to do is animate a path along a stationary object. I am trying to animate a train track from above and want it to appear as though the track snakes around, but tays central to the page. A bit like o...more >>

Hi, I have many dynamic text fields in my application, wih strings of various lengths in them. All the text boxes are the same size but the boxes with les characters in are stretching the text, is there a way to stop this? Thanks for your advice ...more >>

Hello there, Can anyone help? I'm trying to make a scrollable area in part of a SWF file. To demonstrate what exactly I mean, I can send you a screenshot by email with the area I would like to be scrollable highlighted. My email address is as follows: kristopherkerr@btinternet.com Than...more >>

Trying to insert flash video into DW8 Template I created. Getting error message "Making this change would require changing code that is locked by a template or translator." Can you help?...more >>

All, I have set up an html page with two frames, frMain on the left and frDocuments on the right. I am putting a Flash object in the frMain frame and trying to get it to open html pages in the frDocuments frame. It doesn't work. Every time it is popping up in a new window instead. M...more >>

I'm creating a Flash software demo that will employ numerous screenshots of a software product. So far, the imported screenshots are looking a bit lossy once they are imported and published in Flash. Does anyone have a best practice for importing these types of graphics and keeping the qu...more >>

bonjour, j'ai crée une animation flash, mais elle est trop rapide, comment faire pour la ralentir afin de visualiser tous les textes...more >>

Hi all, I've got a problem with a Flash application I'm developing. I'm creating an application with multiple nested screens, each of these screens is a Window component. The problem that I'm having is that if I move a Window by dragging it then set its "_visible" property to false then ...more >>

I'm trying to add a short .aif sound file to an action to the navigation buttons on http://splashgrafx.com/clapboard/stageshome.html How do I add the .aif file so that is plays before the clapboard movie plays? I want the new sound to play after someone clicks on the button but before the ...more >>

We have a client that want us to do a flash presentation that will play in a loop for there trade show booth. This will be shown on a 50' plasma TV. I have a few questions about doing this. 1. what pixel size sould I start with in my flash file (needs to fill TV) 2. what would be the best ...more >>

Hi, This is a crazy stupid question, but maybe some of you have encountered it before. Occasionally, when I draw a 1 pixel wide line at authoring time, it disappears at runtime. I'm using Flash 8 on a PC. I don't know if this weirdness affects other platforms or not. Please let me ...more >>

Hello Earth-lings, Good Day! First of all, I have created a website for a client of mine but whenever they wanted to visit their 100% Flash website, they can see the 'Flash Detection - Download Flash Player from Adobe' prompt but they could not install the downloaded Flash Player ...more >>

Hello Earth-lings, Good Day! First of all, I have created a website for a client of mine but whenever they wanted to visit their 100% Flash website, they can see the 'Flash Detection - Download Flash Player from Adobe' prompt but they could not install the downloaded Flash Player ...more >>

Need to create site with several buttons that have 4 states for normal, hover, mouse down, and active (button relevant to the current page user is on) . I am new to flash and need to find examples, tutorials, or anything that can help me build these buttons. I've gone thru the flash intro and ...more >>

Hi All, thanks in advance. I created a Flash detection from Flash 8 to check for 6 0 29 or higher. We did some testing and a user downloaded from Adobe's site the Flash 6 Player. He completely unistalled Flash and viewed Browser Hawk. It said Flash was not installed. He then ins...more >>

I have a long paragraph that has some key words in it that I would like to use to link to other parts of my sites. I am concern about creating buttons that float above the text because the fonts in the paragraph are device fonts and may change position or look on certain computers. Can I link ...more >>

I am going mad guys with the alpha changing using tween. I have tried the following method but all failed. Can anyone advise me? Method 1 1) Create a text symbol as graphic 2) Frame 1 Alpha 100% 3) Fram 15 Alpha 0% (IT FAILED TO CHANGE!!!!!) Method 2 1) Create a text symbol1 as graph...more >>

Has anyone ever created a .swf banner and used it as a MS Outlook Signature? I am getting the impression this is not possible. Any ideas?...more >>

I can't export from [b]Flash MX2004[/b] to [b]Quick Time 7.1.3 [/b] because "En error occurred because a required Quick time component Could not be found" If i by QT Pro will that solve the problem? I have searched the forum and the net but I can't find an answer. ...more >>

Please help me. I have a problem with my Simulation project. I have no knowledge on how to integrate/connect Matlab with Flash. The plan is, I will use Matlab for Mathematical computations and use the variables or computations computed by passing them to the Macromedia Flash and use them...more >>

Whenever I download Flash from this site, then try to watch a movie in WMP, the movie starts to play, but a popup comes up every few seconds that says "Internet Explorer Cannot Download. Unspecified Error" until I kill the page. When I uninstall Flash everything works fine (except things tha...more >>

I'm very new at flash and just started picking it up a few days ago. I already everything else but this. I'm trying to make a Add Comment Box with like a text area to type in and a summit button to send the post. If someone can help please post, If not thank you for your time reading thi...more >>

I go to a website that requires flash media player and click on the link to download it and I go to the website and then I click download there and nothing happens. The page advances but nothing happens. I need flash for numorous websites and it will not download. the website says that i need ...more >>

Hi to all, please any one help me on flash slide presenation...how to do with slides in flash, can any one provide me sample file for this... Thanks & Regards Satish Kumar Rajula...more >>

I can get a flash movie to play in Internet explorer 7. It will not load the movie. Does anybody know of this and if anyone may have a html code to tell IE7 to load and play this (my) movie. thanks martin ...more >>

:confused; Probably not the right words to use for the topic, but maybe it helps. I have a website I am building and the main/home page is stationary, while the other 5 pages shift in and out over the main page when their corresponding button is clicked. Problem is, while my other pages...more >>

:confused; I am trying to animate a palm tree on a yellow background. The palm tree and the background were saved in Photo Shop as a png files. I can place the background in one layer, then the palm tree parts in another layer, converting the palm tree parts as symbols, but if I place the ...more >>

The symptom: I'm not able to get a swf to show or play in an html page on a web server. The html page shows blank (though right clicking confirms there's an invisible swf on the page). I followed the well written Adobe Design Center tutorial at http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorial...more >>

First let me say, I am a print designer, so web is a bit foreign to me. I am attempting to create an online portfolio website for my print design work, and have run into a few problems. Does anyone know how to make a button proceed to the next frame when it is pressed, but not go past a c...more >>