My SWF files are missing text when opened or displayed on web pages( static text) . They display perfectly on Internet Explorer 7, but they were created on a machine with Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 6.0. They are created with Macromedia Professional 8. Any answers? ...more >>

I imported an avi file into a flash file and published it to my internal server web site. If I open the test html file from the server over a mapped drive or directly while logged onto the server, it plays just fine. If I try to play it from the server using the web page's URL, it just shows...more >>

I'm having an issue with fonts dropping out of my .SWF files. I'm running Flash 8 on Mac 10.4.8. You can view the flash at: www.sardismedia.com/ver/LSFlsh.html If your running a Mac with Firefox it looks great. Look at it through a Windows Machine and you get varied results. IE7 drops th...more >>

I am loading a swf into a web page from an external server and I can not get the buttons that link out to work. [b]Example:[/b] I have a swf with a square button at http://mixxncompany.com/button.swf. When you click on this button it opens a new window for google.com. But when I load t...more >>

I am trying to animate a bouncing ball (I have successfully done this); and trying to add a realistic drop shadow (on the "ground") so that the shadow is soft and blurry when the ball is at the highest point and strongest when it meets with the ball on the ground. I'm new to Flash and am not s...more >>

Hi All, I have a problem with my flash movie displaying outside of the us and the uk. I have checked with people in Latin American countries - and the movie doesn't display. I have also heard that the movie will not display in the netherlands. But I know that it works fine in the US and ...more >>

I have a text animation that plays over a series of 4 photos that appear in a banner for a website (the photos change every couple of seconds). Is there a way to add a black border around white text? Or a shadow? Or any other way to make the text letter stand out from the photos that are...more >>

As I start my venture into a web cartoon we are starting I am having issues with keeping sounds and video together for a video. I have tried almost everything but I would just like to know what the best practice is for getting a cartoon to full motion video. I am very good with actionscripting...more >>

We are developing a website which requires the use of multiple flash movies on the same page to play different short sound files (mp3s). The SWF file is the same for each of the buttons but calls a different MP3 file to play. In IE 6, 7 everything works fine. In Firefox (version 2.0) with Flas...more >>

Just doing a quick proof of concept to see if a SWF published as a projector file is able to access variables from an internet URL. Apparently this is supposed to work?? ( using Flash 8 on Windows XP ). The swf works when served from the same url that the loadVariables is called from ( as...more >>

I have several swf files that use the next button, first showing but disabled and then enabled after audio is complete. They work most of the time, but sometimes the button only becomes enabled when the mouse is over it. This is in Flash 8. Any ideas on what might cause this? Or how to f...more >>

Hi, I am not very well versed in Flash, mostly I dont get the chance to improve my skills. Well, today I have to take an earlier created animation that is on my website and create a hotspot on it. in DW its easily done with images, where one can just create a hotspot on the image, a...more >>

can someone please help me clean up my mess or just tell me what part of this code is unneccessary? thanks so much... <object width="483" height="164" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve ...more >>

Hi i just download this free flash intro template here: http://www.templatemonster.com/free-templates.php?PHPSESSID=e631f74151c7d99a1a9a 3938927c5a22 It is the one called Free Flash Intro. Well i downloaded it installed all the fonts and stuff. I open it up through flash but i don't know ...more >>

Hi folks, i just have finished my website, but now I am concerned about the size of the bandwidth. There are 3 pages. On each page there is an embeded video (14 mb) which starts to play everytime viewer visits that page. So that is total of about 40 mb of video files, which will be playing b...more >>

I've been using Flash for a while, and done dozens of buttons, but for some reason I can't make these ones work: www.aerta.co.uk/hub/intro2.swf The buttons should lead to new URLS; I've highlighted the buttons on the stage, added the action on (release) { getURL("http://www.aerta...more >>

Hi Friends I have just join this group ... I want to learn cartooning with falsh ...... plz guid me from where i start ?? I am Freelance Web Developer and Designer from India ....... and Familier with Flash ....... I have creat many sites in flash ....... If any one have books for cart...more >>

Help please, I've put together a website using a drop down menu system that needs to drop down over a flash animation - I've managed to get the drop downs to go in front of the animation using the transparent tag - but each option has to be clicked on twice to get the link to work. Does a...more >>

I am using the fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); fscommand("allowscale", "true"); for a .swf And I am using images that are 1024 x 768 and they come out fine in 800x600 but in 1280 x 1024 it has bars at the top and bottom - but this is the same aspect ratio I dont understand why I ...more >>

Hi there - for whatever reason flash movies on a web page will not validate to W3C standards. I have read of some hacks and workarounds but they seem to come with their own faults / problems. Does anybody know of a simple method to make a web page containing flash validate that doesnt ...more >>

Hello and thank you for your time, there are 2 things I would like to know how to do, the first is how to get my mp3 in my play/stop button only to download when someone hits play? You may see my stop start button here: http://www.msresume.com.au The second it that my mp3 keep on repeating ...more >>

hi i want to to add many gif files into 1 swf file with out changing their compression and file size i used a tool gif2swf but the movie plays automatically and when i load it from another movie using loadMovie it doesn't stop using newmovie.stop() what to do ...more >>