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 >>

Hello; I have a .avi. I have imported it to the library and placed it on the stage.it is about 200 frames long; However, audio and video are not synchronized. Any thoughts? Shannon...more >>

I have a flash (.swf) that loads just fine in IE 6 but loops in Netscape 8. I have downloaded and installed the latest Flash Player from Adobe, but it continues to loop. I have tried it on different computers and the same symptoms apply. Code is: <OBJECT id=allpurpose2 codeBase=http://down...more >>

bonjourno anyone have any idea how you link to an html page from flash and make the browser window that opens a fixed size and no scrolly bars? thanks in advance james...more >>

1. I made a button mc 2. I copied the button mc 3. I duplicated the copy so that I have two separate buttons with different names 4. I changed the appearance of the new button mc 5. I test the movie and when I click on the second button the first button moves and the othyer way ar...more >>

I have a musician client that wants to update her news and journal sections herself. Does anyone have a sample they can provide - or tutorial they can point me to - to create an password protected page that she can simply add her title and text herself - and that will update the txt or xml file...more >>

Hey i got one of those free flash intros and i figured out how to change the writing. But their is this symbol that that goes through the flash and i found out how to only select that symbol. How do i replace that image with something else and have it still do the same animation. Like its this...more >>

I know the solution to this is probably amazingly simple, but I've had very little experience using video in flash. I have a flash movie that allows the user to watch a video, but can skip it by pressing a button, moving them to another frame. The problem is, the video continues to play ...more >>

Hi everyone, i need to know when a flv ends so I can trigger some events , i want to do this w/o the cue , any help or suggestions ? thanks....more >>

I have "succesfully installed" Flash Player on my PC in IE6, I have XP Pro sp2, but every time I visit a site that requires Flash to view it properly, it says that I need to install it. So I go to the Flash site and install it again, and the saga continues. According to every site I visit...more >>

Hi! I created a rollover button which, when "over", changes colour and shows a text field and an image. Unfortunately, it also changes colour and shows both text and image when i roll over the areas defined for the text and for the picture. How can I make sure that the text and the image o...more >>

Is it just me or is the Flash help function the worst help function ever? In other software you get the results you were looking for in seconds in Flash everytime you do a search you get like a hundred different search results and usually none cover the topic you were looking for. Its often...more >>

Need help cause Im going out of my mind. I have created a webpage with some frame by frame animations and I've tried it in Flash at different simulated download speeds and it works perfect. But when uploaded to internet it runs like slowmotion in both Firefox and IE To be honest Ive neve...more >>