Greetings! Started using flash to help my boss with his website and he's asked me two questions I don't know the answer to! 1. What is the opportune data rate for the general population for videos when using flash? He has a small production company and most of the people he is selling...more >>

I would like to get the data that is in the datagrid. Not the index or the columnName, but the actual data that is held in the cells. Such as, the column ProjectName, contains a list of all the different project names (projectA, projectB). LMK Thanks, Ken M.:confused; ...more >>

http://www.hypertemplates.com/templates/9108.html Check out the button sound on this template, which is a nice, totally unobnoxious soft click. Where can I get sounds like this, preferably for free? Thanks, have an awesome new year! ...more >>

Hello, I have a problem. When a create a file with Flash, every time there is an active box, like a frame. When I click it disappears immediately. Also when I import the file in Dreamweaver there is always thath box. thanks ...more >>

I've been using the FLVplayback component successfully for some time. Recently, I found that when I uploaded a new application using one of the standard skins, the controls disappeared. They aren't just hidden, they are totally absent. The movie is loading (you can see the first frame and it p...more >>

Why do I have to publish my movie on the box that contains the fonts I embed? I work on several different boxes, and when I publish from a pc, my fonts I embedded with my mac get lost. I'm not expecting them to render in the authoring environment (I guess, hehe) but what causes the embedded fo...more >>

I'm looking for an easy way to create a scrollable block of text without getting into all the action script (I think I'm allergic to scripting and programming of all kinds, I just like to make stuff look cool, which I'm good at). I tried using a text area component, which seems to work fine, ...more >>

Why do I have to publish my movie on the box that contains the fonts I embed? I work on several different boxes, and when I publish from a pc, my fonts I embedded with my mac get lost. I'm not expecting them to render in the authoring environment (I guess, hehe) but what causes the embedded fo...more >>

:confused; If someone could help me out, I cannot install Flash 9 on my Mac. Everytime it tries to install [b]'flashplayer.xpt'[/b] I get an [b]error code: 1008:5,-5000 Acess denied error [/b]and then it tells me I do not have enough access privileges for this installation even though [b]I am ...more >>

I've created a couple of websites and in the recent couple of months I've become aware of a similar problem. If you load http://www.sleepsavannah.com/ you may notice that it shows only a couple of the items when it should show you meunu items and text...this only happens on some computers,...more >>

Hi, I've recently got hold of a template which I've succesfully managed to modify. I have an html page which loads the falsh movie. Currently it has a fixed width and height and I know on certain PC's such as laptops, the flash movie doesn't fit on the page. I know that I'm able to change th...more >>

Here's the url: http://www.hypertemplates.com/templates/11195.html I'm trying to create a similar nav system for my website, I'm not concerned with the search features, but I just want the top nav portion to have all the elements "fly into place" after loading, then have the main pic hav...more >>

Hi all, Here is my question. When I view my Flash movies on my own monitor or similar size monitors, my movies are sized the way I like them, and fill up the screen the way I want them too. However, the other day I was in my boss's office, talking to him. He viewed some of my Flash wor...more >>

I am a novice and have someone helping me upload a one page flash presentation. When using the domain name www.peacefullyours.com the screen comes up blank. In order to get the flash file alleluia2.swf it has to be added to the domain name. Then it works. Someone helped me in the browser they ...more >>

Hello there, What I'm wanting to achieve is a photo gallery where there are thumbnails on the left and in the centre is where, once a thumbnail is clicked the pictures appears in large (in the centre). I'd be most grateful if anyone could help. Regards, Kristopher (UK). ...more >>

I am trying to use the FLV player to add video to an ad. The problem I am having is I have to upload the main SWF to the ad sever so I have to reference the skin absolutely rather then relatively. The FLV is also referencing a file already on the web. When I publish the file and view on ...more >>

Hi, another question: I'm pulling a jpeg into a flash file using this: loadMovie("digitalP_bg_2.jpg", "holder"); i have a shape over the image which is being pulled in, and this shape is supposed to fade after the jpeg is loaded - i've used straight forward tweening for the fade. how...more >>

I am trying to fix a playback controller that has a Play/Pause button and a scrubber. It divides the number of frames in the animation by the lenght of the slider bar to control the movie. The scrubber works fine going to the right, but when you drag it left, it wont go to the beginning frame...more >>

Greetings. I have a main movie (slot machine) where I loaded 3 external .swf's ( vertical scrolable menus). 1.I would like those menus to start rotating at some speed immediately when they load to main movie( not to stay still ) 2. I would like them to continue rotating at some speed when ...more >>

Hi Starting out with Flash I have a logo which I cut into polygon shapes in photoshop elements then saved each bit as a jpeg. This is so that in Flash I can get them to animate as a shape tween to appear and then fit together. Problem is even thought the background was transparent in elem...more >>

hi all would someone beable to help me with creating a player for songs, maybe direct me to some tech notes on how to?? here's an example of what I'm trying to do http://www.theclashonline.com how do I get the time and the animated bar going across as the song is playing?? any...more >>

I would like to have 5 FLV files play in a single SWF file. Is this possible? I am able to get my SWF file to play with all of the movies, but when I upload that SWF file to my FTP site it does nothing. I have the right SWF and FLA files. How do I get the neccesary FLV file to play the S...more >>

Is there a way for me to find out how long I've been working on a project? E.g. just in case... Right click a MS Word document, left click properties and then click on the tab titled statistics. When Statistics pops up in a dialog box it tells you how long you've been working on the file ...more >>

Hi all, I would like to create a flash page. Basically I have got two door photos(close door and open door). When click on first door, it should open up and move into a room. How do I do that please? Is there any tutorial for that. Many thanks. ...more >>

I just upgraded to Flash 8 tonight, so I'm a little bit of a newbie as to the new FLV Player that's included (so cool though!!!) I was supposed to add a Preloader to a client's file tonight and got nowhere :( The Flash video that's being loaded into the FLV Player is choppy and I can't f...more >>

I have quite a few files sent to me by a client and they're always created in v.8. I use MX2004 and I don't do enough Flash work to justify an upgrade to 8.0--everything I do I can manage in MX2004. This presents me with the "Unexpected File Format" error everytime I get a file. I usually h...more >>

Hello! Is anybody familiar with a website/s, forums or blogs which has/have examples or tips of creating medical animations, as they are quite complicated to create. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi - Having a hard time getting Flash 8 to recognize the internal iSight camera on a 15" MacBook Pro. Same goes for an external one, if plugged in. As a last resort been running the demos only to find the same result: a blank space where the video window is supposed to be. Here's what ...more >>

Hi, Iv been making video's for awhile but what still confuses me is whats the best way to link one scene to another? on adobe premiere elements its got alot of different ways to link media files but most i don't tend to use because i don't want the transactions to distract me when making, i ...more >>

hi i am using the slide presentation template in flash8 for my site and i am running into a problem that the rollover button stop working after i applied another rollover actions to them i am using the up and down key frame in a button to create the color change in rollover buttons and t...more >>

hi, Is there any way to get the server response for any type of flash file upload?? I know it is not possible with flash8 upload but is any other way possible to upload the file and get the server response. Thanks ...more >>