Hi, I have a button on a site with a link to sending an email, I'm using the following; on (release) { getURL("mailto:blabla@blabla.com"); } I upload the file and test it online, and get the following error message when clicking on that button: RUNDLL Error loading C:\PROGRA~...more >>

I've forgot how to move the "outer/original" Registration point of a movieclip? With registration point I mean the one which decides the movieclips x & y position (see picture) http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4711/regpointmcdh1.jpg In other words Im NOT looking for the pivot point that ...more >>

I?m building a movie with a lot of sound files. They are in the Library, marked for "Export for ActionScript". Then I attach them to a Sound object when they need to play. Because of the large file size, I need a preloader. For various reasons, I want the preloader to be part of the main m...more >>

I need to get an object to spin. Not rotate CW or CCW. Any help would be appreciated....more >>

Dear Readers I am puzzled! lol. I was looking at the Radio 1 homepage today http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 On the homepage there is a Flash menu with a series of buttons titled "300 exclusive" and "Groove-y Mix" etc etc. These buttons finish their loop cycle even though the mous-out event...more >>

: D any coding help will save me! need to loop once, then stop on last frame... thanks! Jane...more >>

I am trying to assign the Over keyframe of a button to fade in a .fal document ( a picture ). I have been looking everywere in the manual and help for somthing on button keyframes and have found very little. Could someone point me in the right direction on button keyframes and there abilty to ...more >>

Thanks for the code, it works but still is playing the movie 3 times, I only need it to play twice... I guess that's one loop?...more >>

We are currently building a test version of a site and have added a couple ..swf's. One is an xml-slide-show and another is a series of rotating quotes also using xml. If one looks at the home page of the demo,... http://www.talkingboxmedia.com/demo/SWW-Final-C3/index.htm you can see b...more >>

If anyone out there can help, I would appreciate it! (Ad is due by 5 today, ahhh!!) : o Jane...more >>

I?ve built a Flash movie that includes a number of sound files. These are saved as MP3s in the Library, exported for ActionScript and loaded into a Sound object as needed. All of this works fine. The problem is that the sound quality on one clip is much poorer than all the others. All the ...more >>

When you already have a flash file completed using several layers - how can you move everything over about 20 frames to the right giving you some blank frames prior to all the existing frames all at once? If I just insert (f5) blank frames it just keeps adding more frames into my tweens that ...more >>

Hello, I am working on a project where I need to display radicals, fractions, etc. in their correct formats along with text. Can anyone point me in the right direction in figuring out how to display these special layouts correctly along with regular text. I am wanting something that can...more >>

Hi there, dont know if any of you can help, but I am having a problem with a black screen on load up in Internet Explorer. Basically the whole screen is Black for about 40 seconds when you first load the site, no loading bar etc, just a black page. The file is quite big and as a result should ...more >>

I know this is probably easy to someone but I have spent too much time on it so I give up. Can someone tell me how to select all the elements in every frame on the stage and simply move it up? Appreciate any feedback! ...more >>

On some of my buttons the clickable areas are only on the bottom half of the graphical button. What is causing this? The HIT frame of the button is fine. For an example, go to my main menu and click on "Rain Mirror." Mouse over the button picture of the man at the top left. You'll see the curs...more >>

Hello all. I'm facing a vexing problem regarding masks. It appears I'm going to need an alternative method of revealing content through a "window". I have a movie clip that contains another movie clip which has an input text box inside it. The user can click an up or down button to scroll ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004 Pro. I've got a movie where I load a second SWF file. I need to control the sound in the second external SWF from the primary movie once the external SWF file is loaded. I've tried using the following: var movie_sound:Sound = new Sound (sound); movie_sound.sto...more >>

This is my first Flash animation, and the client is waiting for the final swf file. I was wondering if someone out there can help, I don't want to ask the clients web programmers, for obvious reasons. : ) Thanks! Jane ...more >>

i've been using capitvate to create an online user guide - but the files are rather chunky... can i stream a swf file, like i would video? is this possible?...more >>

How do i get the combo box to work? Ive got the items that i need to appear in the box working but its nothing past that.. How do i get it to go to the frame that it is is intended? I need some big help... Thanks ...more >>

I'm making a website which is going to have lots of different swf's loaded into it. i'm using the Math.round Math.random code so that the various swfs load up in randomly, however i don't want any of the swfs to double up, is there any code which can stop this from happening?? Thanks ...more >>

Hi I am using an xml file to display text in a flash file. It works fine when it?s horizontal but I need to display the text vertical, the screens that will be playing the flash will be rotated 90 degrees so that they are in portrait view. When I do this the text does not display at all. ...more >>

I have some files which are FTP'd up to a folder on our webserver and I want to be able to read/open some of those files in Flash and display their content in textboxes. Now I've got the Flash to read and display them successfully if they are stored in the same directory (NOT the FTP direct...more >>

Hi all. I am creating a slideshow in Flash, following the tutorial here: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_slideshow.htm. My movie inports an xml file which has a list of photos (fine), each with an annotation. In one of the annotations, I have a French MC: the French version of...more >>

Has anyone had experience building one of these? I need to create something like the flash paper viewer where I can load PDF files into it dynamically though ASP.NET. Thanks in advance, Bob ...more >>

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Professional shows 2 ways to scroll a text field, including using scroll bar and create a button to control the scroll bar. I create 2 buttons, up and down, how do I write a action script for 2 these buttons in order that when I press (not release yet) or put the mous...more >>

I have a code that works, however I need a small alteration that I can not seem to figure out. I would like to alter the 8th line below that attaches the movie and makes it visable. I would instaed like it to go into a movie clip called "hibernate" and play a frame label called "p1" Ca...more >>

:confused; I put animation on the stage that are to bounce back when they hit the edge. They do just fine at top and left. At right and bottom they keep on going. Script calls for the bounce at edge of stage. It works fine if I use firm size. But I want it to work what ever the stage size. ...more >>

I have a movie clip called "mainsite". I have a few pop-overs and would like to diable the movie clip underneath when they are up. I am using: mainsite.enabled=false; however it will not work - does this only work with buttons? If so can someone reccommed a code that will disable the Mov...more >>

Dear Font Gurus I've been trying to resolve this on my own, with help files and with google for a while now but I think I need to branch out and seek some help from you guys. I am updating a flash 5 movie from someone else but I'm having issues with one font type. The same movie with...more >>

I have tried and tried to get flash 8 to load on my computer, but to no avail. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, redownloaded, etc etc, and nothing has seemed to work. I am running windows xp professional. Macromedia Flash 8. I have a dell inspiron with 1.5 gigs of ram. My spec's are fairly goo...more >>

I remember MM Director and I'm sure a good few folks here do aswell. It was good - but it became so complex that very few people could get the most from it. Is the same thing happening to Flash ? The last two versions have had very little for designers and a great deal for programmers. F...more >>

Dear folks, We have a big problem. On our website http://www.notwithoutit.com under "Contacts" there is a contact form that actually works. When a visitor fill the form and push on submit button - via a contact.php file we receive email from the visitor. But this contact form sends us ...more >>

I have my original disc's for Flash 5 and the Flash MX upgrade. I do not have the codes anymore so I cannot install them on my upgraded machine. I was a registered user with Macromedia, but here I can't seem to get an answer. Are my disc's worthless now? I wanted to play around some before...more >>

I have a very basic question. I have created a button in Flash - a a rect filled box with some text on it. However, on testing the movie, the text rectangle area remains inactive. I have tried everything - grouping the text with the box, putting the text on a separate layer in the button ed...more >>

HEY ALL Ok here's my problem I have a SWF file I want to load into my main movie. The file loads in but it is aligned in the top left hand corner how do I get it to go where I need it to go on the X Y axis? here is the code I use, by the way for newbies this code works if you don't c...more >>

I would like to open/import several .avi files from my camera, to put them onto CD/DVD in .swf format (or any other flash format). Could somebody please point me in the right direction or a tutorial? -- Jo ...more >>

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]kglad[/b][/b][/i] if you're using a flash 9 player you can use the Stage's "displayState" property to go fullscreen. otherwise, none of the old javascript tricks work with the ie security fixes.[/q] I installed the patch for IE, tried to center, came on ...more >>

I attached a loadmovie command to a button, to load external swf's into a clip box on stage. When the external swf loads the graphics load fine but the block of dynamic text attached to a scrollbar do not (the scroll bar does, and the text is selectable, but not visible). When I change the t...more >>

I'm trying to add a scrollbar to text but there is no scrollbar in my components panel, only a scrollpane. I'm using Flash MX professional 2004. I'm new to flash so please feel free to state the obvious. many thanks ...more >>

Im having a problem with Flash on the internet. Even though i do have flash installed on my machine and i see the "Installation Complete" .FLV that plays when you install Flash I cannot seem to access any Flash media anywhere on the net (E.g. YouTube, Flash games, Flash Movies, etc), I am simp...more >>

I have three images that I have made into button symbols and have assigned one image to the Up, one to the Over and one to the Down. Everything works fine when I have only the Up and the Over stacked on top of eachother using the "enable simple buttons" command but when I stack the Down image ...more >>