:disgust; I have used firefox for months now with no problem. My web site has an intro page that is flash. I installed studio 8 and now the flash won't work. What happened. I works on my laptop with IE and no studio 8. suggestions. I've tried uninstalling, but not sure if I ever got it uninsta...more >>

I'm having trouble just simply opening my flash software. The ONLY way it will open, is if I remove the "Flash 2004 Registration" in my system prefs and re-enter my serial code. But even then doing just that, Flash will crash if I click out of it (to desktop or another program) and click back ...more >>

Just wondering if any one could send me some code so I can have preloder countdown the percent loaded not count up? Thanks all!!...more >>

I'm new to flash and want to take a class in it. The instructor requires flash 8, but I'd like to purchase falsh cs3. Can that work or are they just so different? ...more >>

Does anyone know how to take an image of grass and make it look like it's blowing in the wind? I've seen images bent in directions before, just don't know how. Please help. Thanks....more >>

I recently got Windows Vista and have been having problems with it. Right now, the problem is in Flash (7, I think). I assume it's caused by Vista because it didn't happen on XP. So the problem seems to be that whenever I drag the tools around, Flash closes itself. I've already lo...more >>

Is there a difference between the way that the Windows and Mac versions of Flash 8 Pro handle alpha channels on .bmp files? We are working with a .fla that was created in the Windows version of Flash 8, but we are editing it with the Mac version. When we import the .bmp files that we made on o...more >>

Hello, I am new to flash and have no idea how to best go about accomplishing this; I would like to loop the last 10-15 seconds of a 45-60 second movie, so that instead of the entire movie looping only the last 10-15 seconds loop. Could someone please recommend a good way of doing this ? ...more >>

Simple: This works in IE AND Firefox - http://www.clamptools.com/ This works in IE, but NOT in Firefox - http://www.clamptools.com/press.html The 2nd page (along with a few others on the site) gives me the error message: [b]This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js. In Flash run "Apply A...more >>

I have three movie clips, and want to alternate their depths based on certain mouse actions. I have been reading the Flash help, and they mention one method of doing this is to use the DepthManager class. They also go on to say, "To use the DepthManager class for movie clip instances, you need...more >>

I produced a pure Flash web page for some friends who have a small local fashion label. I made the movie with Flash MX Version 6 and made a primitive HTML-wrapper for it in Dreamweaver MX. The page has behaved very well over years and was enhanced with occasional updates. Recently however...more >>

Hi, I need to make a simple contact form. Fields like Name, Phone, Email, and a field like "How can we help you?" to have the user write a quick question. The info would go in email format, like text. Could anybody give me any simple tutorial to do this? or recommend me a good website to g...more >>

Hello to you all, hope your Friday is treating you well. So I was talking to a client, and they wanted a slideshow/gallery for their site that uses thumbnails that a user can click on to see a larger image. But the rub is they want to update themselves. And they have no knowledge of Flash ...more >>

Hello, I would like an audio on/off button placed on a web page (done in Flash 8). I tried this so far: I made 2 buttons inside one movie clip. Inside the movie clip timeline I have the sound off button in frame 1, and the sound on button in frame 2. Where exactly does the audio go if I...more >>

What I want to do is have the enitire alphabet in 50% black scroll past the screen and when each letter approches dead center it shape tweens to black and a larger size and then shape tweens back again as it leaves dead center. Very similar to the effect the menu bar on a new MAC has when mous...more >>

when i mouse over my movie in a browser a dashed box appears around it and a text box comes up saying click to activate this control. how do i stop this?...more >>

AS2 I cant understand what I am doing wrong. No matter what I do, I cannot get teh onPress ot work. Thoughts?: dealer = this.getLogoInfo(); trace(dealer['photo']+" -> "+dealer['link']); this.logo_next.onPress = function(){ trace("click"); getURL(_parent.dea...more >>

Does anybody know of an image view that scrolls images across the screen (left to right) but if the cursor is over the viewer it stops scrolling. If you put mouse towards left/right of the viewer the images scroll in that direction. When cursor leaves viewer the viewer carries on scrolling as ...more >>

How ould I go about changing the fonts, colours , sizes etc of Flash form components, and is there a way of turning the drop down (combo box) to the Flash equivalent of an HTML select multiple="true" to allow the user to control click multiple options? Thanks, Paul ...more >>

Howdy folks. I've been trying to figure out a way to make those expandable banner ads you see around the web sometimes. You know, a normal sized banner but when you rollover it, the bottom drops down over the HTML web page content to reveal more info? Does anyone know how this is done exa...more >>

Hi all, Is it possible to achieve the same effect as clicking a button by holding the cursor over it for a few seconds? If so, how would I achieve this? Many thanks, Paul...more >>

I am sure this has been asked and answered, but I just cant find it here. Trying to make Flash work well... I am taking an RGB image (bitmap), a photo with a green tree, blue sky and clouds and have knocked out the tree sky and clouds to separate layers (I use coral's knockout for many y...more >>

Hey all, I'm new. Basically, I just spent about five hours constructing an animation for a project due tomorrow. I did not save (I know, I'm extremely stupid), but it was a fantastic animation. (I know, I know, I need to get into the habit!) I hit Ctrl+Enter multiple times to test the ani...more >>

Hey guys, I got a project coming up which will require me to compile all my swf & path as a single exe application for use on the desktop, Any Ideas How? Any help will be greatly appreciated, Thanks! ...more >>

I have a dual CPU quad core for a total of 8 cores on XP 32-bit. When I begin encoding only 1 of the cores is maxed and my CPU load is 10 percent overall. No other cores are touched. Instead of waiting around for a couple of hours, I would like to get all of my processor churning. Does any...more >>

I'm new to flash and making my first (unofficial) project. I made a play button by creating a rectangle on a separate layer and on the same layer I put "play" on top of the rectangle. Selecting the rectangle and text I converted to a button symbol and there did the action script and the button...more >>

I made an FLV player for a customer and he insists that the resolution of the FLVs he's playing in it are of a lesser quality than in other stock players he's used. Tried to tell him the player has no control on FLV quality other than resizing the SWF object. The FLV resizes with the player....more >>

I'm in Flash 8 on a PC. I'm trying to export a quicktime movie, but I keep getting the following error: "An error occurred because a required Quicktime component could not be found" Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks, Dan P. ...more >>

Hi Everyone, I have a little swf file, that is horizontal that Id like to flip to vertical ( 90degrees) How do I do that? Ive searched everywhere... to no avail.. I guess rotating an .swf isnt nice and simple like rotating a .jpg. help would be most appreciated, Thanks Ter...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to zoom in an image without having the image distorted? thanks in advance....more >>

I've got a problem with the javascript which should detect the flash plugin version, if it ist deactivated or if there is a flash plugin installed. I deactivated Flash in my browser. Now I want my page to tell me that I have to activate the flash plugin. If I try it locally on my pc everythi...more >>

hi all would someone beable to direct me to a tutorial on how to create an mp3player in flash using as cheers for your help...more >>

Hi, I've done some banners with Flash without any problems untill yesterday. When I send over the banner to the site where it should be published they told me there's some problem with the click tag. Sounds strange to me because I've used the same code as I used on other banners. What ...more >>

Dear all, I am considering to move to adobe flash cs3. but first i just want to know from anyone that ever use flash cs3: - Can we detect right click mouse event in adobe flash cs3? - Does Adobe flash cs3 support streaming from mms protocol beside http and rtmp? regards zy_lord...more >>

Hi guys Below is the code i used in my html to make my swf 100 % and noscale. The issue is that it works fine in explorer 7 but my swf is squashed in firefox and netscape. Site can be viewed http://www.gilbertsoobraydoo.com Anyone knows about this issue, is there a workaround. Thanks....more >>

Right now, I have a person alpha channeled out on screen. I placed him there using the flvplayback component and when the flv finishes, he disappears. can anyone tell me how to pause the video when it reaches the end? i have tried numerous things and i can not get it to work. thanks. ...more >>

Just received my new Wacom Intuos 9x12 tablet. I'm loving it with all my creative design programs. I've been experimenting with Flash and drawing. However, it locks up and shuts down on me. I can restart it without a reboot and continue. Of course if I were working a project I would lose ...more >>

Here's my new website: http://www.ClampTools.com/Press.html When I view it in IE it looks great. When I view it in Firefox (like for the Press link) I get this error: This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js. In Flash run "Apply Active Content Update" in the Commands menu to copy AC_Ru...more >>

I dragged a new Video onto my stage (like a tutorial in the flash 8 help instructed) and gave it an instance name of my_video. I put this actionscript on the timeline: // Create a NetConnection object var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); // Create a local streaming connecti...more >>

I am a total newby. I can't even figure out how to ask a question here. I need to have a tutorial on flash. I have installed studio 8 and I can get into all the components. (which doesn't help much since I know nothing) but I can not find a tutorial anywhere. Surely this product has a tut...more >>

Trying to open a Captivate 2 file in Flash 8 brings up an error message indicating that the Captivate file is probably corrupted. Tried generating new Captivate 2 files and get the same message every time. Captivate 1 files will open in Flash. Any ideas? ...more >>

Hi, Anyone know where the Flash trial version's gone off to? I'm offsite and would love to do some Flash work, but it's gone, and no info (as far as I can tell that's definite) saying when it'll be back. (And it seems ALL the biggies are gone: Photoshop, Illustrator...) I'm guessing th...more >>

I have a swf which contains several input text boxes , named a1 , a2 , a3 etc. Is there a way of getting the cursor to go to a particular text box when the swf starts rather than having to click on it first.? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I have been able to take snapshots in jpg format of the video object in my app and save it to file for profile previews works great. I was asked to now create some sort of app that will automatically seek to a position in a recorded flv and take a snapshot and archive it with the flv. I...more >>

Hi Im designing my site and would like to include 8 flash films on one page (chosen from thumbnails on the left hand side) Similar to that of a photo slide show, the viewer would select a thumbnail to show a film and it would appear in a designated area in the right hand side of the page...more >>

I created a Movie symbol, and its motion is in 4 steps: 1) object starts at surface of water and sinks to a certain depth 2) object stays at that depth for time "t1" 3) object floats to surface 4) object stays at surface for time "t2" I will be using several instances of this symbol, and...more >>

I'm new to flash and I tried creating a menu using FlashMenuFactory (sorry Adobe) but when I put it on the website (www.cooltoneamps.com/rcc) it takes up verticle space to the amount required for the drop-down menus to display. Is this normal? Rut ...more >>

Please Help... everytime I publish my .fla file I experience two problems: I get only the .swf file with no .html file associated with it when I have Version: Flash Player 8 in the Flash tab of the Publish Settings window eventough the Flash and HTML are both checked in the Format tab, plus ...more >>

I am trying to create an FLV from Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 on an Intel Mac. I have intalled the exporter plugin but it does not show up as an export option in FCP. Does anyone know why this is happening? Do they not yet have an FLV exporter for FInal Cut Pro 5? I am stumped any help would be gr...more >>

HI, I have a movie clip as a button. I want to fire the button when the user press over the mc. When I use onPress - I need hold the mouse button for the entire move to play - If i just press the mouse once, it only plays for second. I've tried all the event functions (including onKeyD...more >>