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NEW HTML / SWF PROBLEM
Posted by bcounts at 3/1/2007 11:06:39 PM
I have an html/swf that I am defining through the percentage values (swf) at 100% x 100% causing a full screen website. I am trying to have the swf movie stay 800 x 650 pixels in the browser window no matter what the persons screen resolution is set to - I hate how the movie will look one ...more >>


preloader late start
Posted by Deaf Mike at 3/1/2007 10:25:37 PM
http://aslcenter.gallaudet.edu/template.html My question for you related to the above Flash movie is - I added a preloader. It works fine if you have a high-speed connection, but when I simulate a 56k connection, the preloader bar and % counter does not come on until about 60k or ...more >>

Two Questions
Posted by Jallen02 at 3/1/2007 10:05:43 PM
I just wanted to know how to combine all the scenes in flash so I can add a layer to ALL of them at once, if thats possible. Also wanted to know if there is a way to import a Windows Media Player file into flash. I just have one on my desktop that has the music I want for my movie. Tha...more >>

swf files don't print from browser on OS X
Posted by richcapone at 3/1/2007 9:11:19 PM
Everytime I try to print a swf file from a web page using Safari, IE, or Firefox on OS X, they show up blank. Am I missing something? This has happened with 3 other people I've asked. And I can't find a reason why swf files can't be printed from the Mac OS X. And there doesn't seem to be a...more >>

Cannot get movie to display
Posted by ihsutd at 3/1/2007 7:34:02 PM
Embedded a slide show into a php page via the dreamweaver embed functionality. Below is a code snippet. For the life of me, I caannot figure out why it will not show on the test page. the swf file on my server does not show, but the html file I get upon publishing containing that swf DOES play...more >>

getURL or javascript resolution? to controlling PDF browser
Posted by Ruth H at 3/1/2007 6:36:29 PM
Okay.. so here is the scenario. I am creating a CD that has a Flash projector. The Flash projector links to PDF files located on the same CD. Everything works great.. except that when you click on the link to open up the PDFs, they open in separate windows. So you could have 8 windows open...more >>

for..in loop doesn't work
Posted by ritpas at 3/1/2007 6:13:31 PM
Hello, I want to disable all the Movieclips contained in _root. I use the following test example : I create a sqaure clip named clip1 on _root. With the following code, I get no output (I expect "name : clip1") : for (var obj in _root) { if (_root["obj"] instanceof MovieClip) { ...more >>

Game Help
Posted by ashker at 3/1/2007 5:36:23 PM
Hi there, i am creating a game on flash and i am stuck on part. I was wondering if there is any way to load up another level when my player collides with the portal. Please Help...more >>



HTML tags for dynamic text field
Posted by oepx at 3/1/2007 4:23:06 PM
I have a scrolling dynamic text field for a site I am developing, but I need more control on different words in the paragraph (to change color and or positioning). I think this is possible to do with HTML tags, but I cannot get them to work. Do they go in the actual dynamic text field parag...more >>

Clipping Mask?
Posted by dsulkers at 3/1/2007 4:16:08 PM
Basically I have a rounded rectangle border and a larger picture. I want the border to frame the picture. How can I use the border to create a clipping mask or cut away the parts of the picture that exceed the border? ...more >>

Powerpoint Transitions pauses in Flash
Posted by Mindfieldz at 3/1/2007 4:08:02 PM
I am trying to convert a Powerpoint slide presentation into a flash video. I've gotten it all to work fine with the exception of the timing between each slide during the animation. Is there a way to control how much of a pause each frame sits on before advancing to the next? Seems like I w...more >>

FLV Video Pause on Load
Posted by Oliver Alexander at 3/1/2007 4:05:40 PM
Hello, Can someone please offer some assistance. I currently have a video file in my timeline which is being called using the Netstream Connection. Once the video has been buffered, I would like it to stop on the first frame, and only start when the user hits the play button. Can someone p...more >>

photoshop web gallery
Posted by huherco at 3/1/2007 3:54:26 PM
hey, I am looking for a solution to the following problem I have: I am trying to implement a photoshop CS2 web gallery (the flash ones) into an other flash site. As photoshop CS2 automatically exports an swf file it, should be possiable to insert it into a flash 8 project/site. But al...more >>

Active Content Update ruins my Flash Intro
Posted by John_Webb at 3/1/2007 3:33:55 PM
Forum, I installed the Active Content Update to get rid of the "Click here to Activate this Content" message during mouseovers on my Flash Intro. However, now that the message is gone, I have two problems that are somehow being controlled by the AC_RunActiveContent.js or something. ...more >>

Flash transparency
Posted by bb73 at 3/1/2007 2:44:27 PM
Hello, I was wondering if it's possible to set part of a Flash document to be transparent so that the desktop can be seen beneath. I've built a project that runs off of a CD with the document properties set at 800x600. Since I don't want it to be scaled to fit larger monitors I set the ...more >>

HTML / SWF
Posted by bcounts at 3/1/2007 3:46:16 AM
I have a html/swf - is there a way to have it automatically resize or stay 800 x 650 Pixels no matter what a persons screen resolution is set to? I do not like how it looks when it is blown up becuase of a screen resolution on a persons computer Is there a code or way to do this - I woul...more >>

How did Western Union create their hompage video?
Posted by SUISSECH at 3/1/2007 3:26:58 AM
Dear ALL, If you go to http://www.westernunion.com/index_consumer.asp?country=US&origination=global you will see (eventually) a lady come on screen (NO background - as if she is standing in front of the actual screen. If you right click on her you get a Adobe Flash (popup?) menu. H...more >>

imported SWF loose part of animation
Posted by Gatta Design at 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
I have imported an SWF (butterfly following a path, flapping the wings) into a FLA project library and have dragged it onto a frame in my project. When I publish the FLA the butterfly is following the path, but the wings are no longer flapping... How come? When I play the butterfly SWF alone w...more >>

Can't find flv file
Posted by BruceMCE at 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
I created a movie with 3 buttons, each button loads a corresponding flv file into the player component. When I test the movie, the player component shows up where it's supposed to, but if I click the play button on the player component, I get the following error message: 1000: Unable to ma...more >>

Floating talking person
Posted by chunkeung at 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
There are some sites I visited where I saw a floating person talking appearing on the bottom of the browser window. I'm trying to figure out how to create something similar. If I'm correct I've to film the person talking in a green screen and then do the editing in Premiere. I've been searchin...more >>

FLV play reliably from CD-ROM?
Posted by Axoncom at 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Can a FLV video w/ a frame size of 800x450 reliably play off of a CD-ROM? (It has a simple voiceover audio track, and will be around 5 minutes long. The FLV will be embedded in an 800x600 flash movie.). This is being produced for mass distribution with full motion video being intersperced ...more >>

form
Posted by subinrhyme at 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi, i created a simple form, stop(); submit_btn.onRelease = function(){ description.text = ""; var myArray = new Array(fullName.text, age.text, number.text, email.text); // trace(myArray[2]); if((myArray[0] == "" || myArray[0] == null) || (myArray[1] == "" || myArray[1] == null) || (...more >>

movie while another movie loading
Posted by batgirl_Sa at 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
In my website i have a slide show.. in some machines or cases the slide show takes a while to load . SO in the mean-time i would like the person viewing the website to be entertained by anything while he/she is waiting that also indicates that somehtign is loading... My slide show is in the mi...more >>

Flash Template
Posted by Dibble1000 at 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hello I want to use a Flash provided template or build my own template and create pages from this. If I then make a change to the original template - will the pages I have created update automatically, as they do in Dreamweaver? If not - how do I get the pages to update with the template...more >>


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