i have a 15 second intro that when it stops, the user has 4 buttons to choose from to launch one of four different website for that company. if the user comes back, i don't want to have them watch the intro again, other than adding a 'skip intro' button, is there a way to know that this user h...more >>

I have been trying to make a scrolling image gallery from only ActionScript. I found a tutorial that is exactly as I want it, but it scroll horizontally instead of vertically. I can change the movie clips and such, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make the images scroll vertic...more >>

I have a btn that opens an external swf. can I have that btn open the swf and have it go to a specific fram within that swf. for example the button would load the swf and start playing at frame 3 thanks stark ...more >>

Hi - I have a project I built with Fl8 Pro on Mac OSX (10.4.8) PowerBook G4. The project has flvs. Yesterday I noticed that the one flv I'm using to test all the links was playing back jerkily. It never did that before. It was playing right off my harddrive. Then I noticed that all the...more >>

According to the list of programs installed on my computer I have "Adobe Flash Player 9 Activex." I also have Incredimail. Up until a couple of days ago I was able to go to a site like USA Today and play the sudoku. Now, when I try, the puzzle doesn't open. On the Washington Post webs...more >>

Let's say I am building a site where I will use LoadMovie or MovieClipLoader to load external swf's. BUT how do you guys decide if you should do that or if you should just load MC's ? should I build my site and then see how big the swf is ? then decide if I should edit some of the swf and crea...more >>

Hi, I created a website in dreamweaver that has flash elements to it, however when I view my website it takes awhile for the flash to load, the flash is a image viewer that contains jpegs of images, do I need to use lower resolution images? How can I tell if my flash file is too big? Plea...more >>

Hi, does anyone know how to import into Flash (if possible), a scr file made with director . i know you can import swf in Director but can't find anything for the contrary. thanx...more >>

Is there a way to open a Windows Explorer window with the current directory that your Flash Player file is running in? For example, if the file is running on a CD, can you open a Windows Explorer window with that CD directory displayed? ...more >>

Yesterday a message came up on the computer for a update to Flash. Now when I try to go on the computer with Netscape 7.2 my homepage will come up and then crash to the desktop as soon as Flash starts to load. My email incredimail will also not work now. I can't imagine Macromedia or Adobe ta...more >>

Hi Is it possible to alter the opacity of an image (imported) to give say, a fade in fade out effect helps appreciated Si ...more >>

I have small doubt in Flash remoting, it is possible to use the Flash 8 As2 remoting component for Action script version 1? I have installed Flash8 As2 components but in my project everthing wrote in action script 1. any one help me how can i use the flash8 components in Actionscript1? ...more >>

I have been working with a Flash file on and off for a few weeks and now I am unable to open the file. When trying to open it I see the following error dialog "An api call exited abnormally". Could anybody tell me what may be causing this and how it could be resolved. There is nothing too ...more >>

Hi everyone! My computer's default browser is IE because my husband uses that it for al his favorites. I use Firefox for my bookmarked favorites, plus Firefox offers so much great website design extensions/plug-ins help. . Dreamweaver and GoLive have settings to add any browser that you...more >>

I have a list of strings that I need to search for instances of a certain word (or part of that word) is there a way of doing this in flash please?...more >>

Hello - I would like to mix colour in Flash using transparency to create something like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SubtractiveColor.svg (no interactivity required): If I create Cyan, Magenta and Yellow movie clips and change the Alpha transparency, obviously the whole colour become...more >>

Hello, I have a movie... with a preloader in 1-st frame. The problem is that when I publish it to the internet and I begin to load the movie I get a blank screen and when the preloader gets on the screen it shows 80 or 90% loader... How to make the preloader to show when the loading... st...more >>

Hi, Now my turn, facing problem :smile; This is my 1st question here, hope some one can answer it. I import a picture (any format), break apart (Ctrl B) slice to pieces (draw lines across or select rectangular area) convert each slice to symbol (graphic or movieclip) publish to swf...more >>

I've only completed an 8 week evening introductory course to Flash so please forgive my ignorance. When I import .swf files into my Website they are all showing the message 'Click to activate and use this control' even when there is no interactivity built into the file. How do I prevent this...more >>

Hi, I'm a new Flash user running Flash 8 Professional on a Mac (OS 10.4.8). I noticed when making motion tweens that sometimes a black vertical bar separates the left side of the last keyframe from the tween and sometimes the line is absent. http://igbidesign.com/temp/tween.gif I...more >>

I've installed Flash 9 beta and see no help files at all in Flash Help (F1) section. Is it OK, or that's a bug? Is it possible to insert into F1 window a standart Flash 8 Help "books" ("How to use help", "Getting started with Flash", "Using components" ans so on) and also a new AS 3....more >>

I need to put a flash detection scrip on my page as some of my friends can't view my page. Can you advise? Thank You Kevin...more >>