Hi I was wondering if somebody can tell me how the drop down menus are created on adobe website. Is it created using Flash or fireworks??? I wanted to implement somewhat the same kind on my website. Thanks ...more >>

I just encoded a 13 minute video to FLV and to WMV, and at 2 different sizes. Not only was the 240x180 FLV file nearly the same file size (45MB) as the 320x240 FLV, but the WMV files were about half that size (appx 27MB). Can someone explain this to me? I thought FLV was supposed to be about t...more >>

I have tried every way to load a very simple text file into a Flash document and display it in a textField. Works fine on my machine, when I upload it to the hosting server (same configuration, same everything) stops working. Please can someone even tell me what to look at. Out of ideas. Tha...more >>

Hi i need some help. I need to make a picture viewer for my website i have found the template in flash but know very little about flash, I need to know why i cant get it too load properly in my website once i have added it, and how to make the buttons work. Thanks in advance to anyone who can...more >>

I?m in my last year of my degree and am considering doing a bit of freelance web developing (mainly flash but also html) alongside which ever initial jobs I manage to get when I leave. I currently work on an old 15? 1024*768 pixel LCDs and frankly I amazed myself I have survived so long using ...more >>

I am a Flash newbie and have a very similar issue to sond007. I have created horizontal a drop-down menu which is activated on Œmouse over¹ and deactivated on Œmouse out¹. To see what I mean the .swf and .fla files can be found at http://www.rockcorp.com.au/new_site/flash/flash_files.html. ...more >>

My question is...do I have to use the flash encoder to import a video? Basically, I have compiled a .flv file from within Adobe Premiere Pro using the Adobe Media Encoder within Premiere. Now, I have to compile the frame size at 320x240 in order for the video to fit within the stage area (600x...more >>

I was browsing around books on amazon and it looks like I could really get some mx 2004 books cheap on amazon. Would it be a good idea to save a few bucks and buy those books instead of getting newer books? ...more >>

Hello, I am looking for a tutorial to zoom and pan on a map. What i am looking for is exactly what you will find on the following link http://www.baiadomizia.it/default.htm The site is in italian, so click on english, then on campsite, then on pitching sites, then on camping map. A pop u...more >>

So I 'm basically trying to to what the title says. I have a somewhat complex animation involving mutliple objects on multiple layers (and folders) and want to set the entire thing slowly down the frame. For example, say I have several boxes that are flashing on and off and also moving from le...more >>

The following movie freezes up for no discernable reason, there's not even any actionscript or tweening or anything. It's just shapes in keys: http://www.mentalpicture.net/misc/test.html The small web file (http://www.mentalpicture.net/misc/test.swf) runs fine directly in the flash player...more >>

My Flash 8 (Education Version) wont import an MP3 to library or direct to stage. An error pops up 'One or more files were not imported due to there being problems reading them' Has anyone got any ideas what's wrong? Richard ...more >>

(Intec-Mac - OSX - 1.5 GB RAM) Has anyone heard of this before? Any time I switch from any other open program to a project in Flash, I get a super long wait time before I'm able to work with Flash again. The lag time [b]only[/b] happens when switching to Flash (I get the spinning ball of d...more >>

Hello! I am new to the forum and have a big problem. I am trying to execute an application with fscommand on a Intel Mac usin the latest standalone player (9.0.28) This is the code: fscommand("exec", "myapp.app"); myapp.app resides in a subfolder called "fscommand" This does not ...more >>

I've just ported a large application to Flash 8 from Flash MX 2004. Smooth sailing except for ALL of the components! Comboboxes show and populate but wont pull down. Lists and trees show up as a small rectangle (about 50 pixels) with a smaller square in their top left corner. Datagrids, sc...more >>

OK, I think our decision is to require users of this CD to have Acrobat Reader installed. In testing on systems with Reader, it seems to work just fine. May not be the most elegant method, but... Next question that came from management. Is it possible to control how the PDF file initially ...more >>

I search the Flash 8 Pro Help for a Preloader. I found "Creating a progress bar to display data loading progress" in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Flash. I gave it a try for a simple standalone document and it worked fine. But when I tried to use it in the first frame of a far more complex ...more >>

Ive made some animated button with a collection of gifs and movie clips. All works great and Im very happy with them. However, after I click on the button, once I release the mouse, the 'over' animation plays again - I just want to show the 'up' state What am i doing wrong? If Im no...more >>

(Sorry for the long post, trying to explain in detail what I'm looking for ...) Maybe you guys can tell me if this is possible using the current version of Flash (I will not be doing this myself, but I need to know if Flash is the way to go). 1) Embed several videos/audio files in an H...more >>

Hello Forums: I've been curious to see a technique that I've been seeing a lot recently in Flash website, where a small video clip is cut into images or what not and then played, almost like a video, in Flash. How is this done? Example here: http://www.eccentris.com/splash.htm Cl...more >>

Hi and help! Veeeerrrrry new to Flash. I can't find a safe title guide of any kind (need one for broadcast at the moment). A search here turned up nada. Nothing in the book I have so far. I'm sure this is in the program somewhere. Thanks ...more >>

Anyone know how to expend the threshold result from 160x120 to 320x240? http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion.html...more >>

I'm trying to create a Flash activity using the slideshow method. When I drop other swfs onto the slide and test the movie, the swf just cycles rapidly and will not work. Does anyone know how to get around this problem? TIA! Rick ...more >>

I have a flash app that is about 75 frames in length. There is a button that was copied into every frame of the animation. How can I quickly and easily delete that button from every frame, instead of individually clicking on every frame and manually deleting it from every frame? ...more >>

I have tried everything in my publish settings to stop my movies from looping when in a browser :( what else can I do outside of my Publish settings? It will not stop looping when in a browser?...more >>