Hi, Does anyone know if Macromedia makes a free standalone Flash Player so that I do not need to use the IE plugin or purchase Flash. Thanks...more >>

I am slowly realizing that there are a lot of things that require Flash Player 9. I have tried at least 15 times to install this, but everytime it pops up the security box, i click install, and the 'F' comes up with the spiral underneath. It goes away, the security box reappears, i click insta...more >>

i have a crousel of images (being brought in by xml) along with other dynamic text and masking and such, and with all the images loaded, it slows down everything to what seems like 3fps. is there a better way of loading the images so its not so slow when they're moving? ...more >>

Is it possible to control 2 different (but on the same frame) FLV playback components but from 1 flv playback controller. We are trying to create a video of two layer, a back ground video , and a presenter with alpha transparency in front. The plan is to add a slider to turn the opacity of...more >>

Is there a way to avoid this? I'm quite good with Flash, but rapid motion tweens, flicker and I haven't found a good way to stop it with out slowing the animation down waaaay to much. It's, like, seizure inducing. Thanks, KB ...more >>

I want to create a video template with a video category. How to create a new folder/category? And when I "saved as", do I find it in the drop-down.. Than, I later wanted to delete it. How can I do this? I went into the folder on HD, but when I deleted it here, it doesn't go away in drop-d...more >>

is it possible to change the color, so its not white. lets say color #484848...more >>

I'm looking for some example *.FLA files I can look at to design my own courses. The templates are just quizes. I want to train then quiz. How do i add my training to a quiz template? Need to give the user feedback when they get the question wrong. I also need the final project to be scorm com...more >>

Hi All, I got a question. I use the following function to fadein and out: function fader(clip, alphaMax, alphaMin, fadeSpeed) { rolled = !rolled; clip.onEnterFrame = function() { if (rolled) { (clip._alpha<alphaMax) ? clip._alpha += fadeSpeed : delete clip.onEnterFrame; }...more >>

Hello, I've just upgraded my monitor to a 30" flat screen and now when I test my movies it does not appear on screen. I see the bottom of it occasionally up high the monitor. When I try to drag it down it stretches but doesn't move the whole window down. Is there a place I can set my tes...more >>

I have several websites that use a trigger to trigger the load of shared fonts before going on to load the main menu. The problem is that flash does not wait like it should for the shared fonts to load before going onto the main menu. Has this been fixed in flash cs3? I tried searching th...more >>

Hi, I have a movie clip that animates a (button) graphic. I was curious to see how I can duplicate the animation to the other navigation buttons instead of recreating the actions, labels, and tweens for each? Thanks for any feedback....more >>

I was wondering if anyone knows a way that I can have pictures loaded without having to number them or even telling flash the folder that they are located in. I thought that I might be able to read the folders in a directory and the name of the folder might be the name of the gallery. Then t...more >>

Hello, sorry for my english... here is the script which does not work : var envoi_lv = new LoadVars(); var chargement_lv = new LoadVars(); ///***************** Chargement du menu ******************* chargement_lv.load("menu.php"); chargement_lv.onLoad = function(success) { if (...more >>

I have flash 8 pro and I have lost my case with the serial number now I am wondering is there a way to get the serial number from flash i looked under About Flash and it had nothing. Is there any other place to look. ...more >>

I have a drop-down menu with 5 items under the main object. I created this button as a movie clip with a "collapsed" and "expanded" state and an animation to get to the fully expanded state. If I make the button onRollover open the menu, thats fine, but then the onRollOut causes the menu to cl...more >>

How do you make customer service requests? Do you have to call? And how do you send them e-mails, and/or where do you find there e-mail address(es)?...more >>

Please can you help me. I am new to Flash and I am only amending some flash content that someone else has created. I have been doing well apart from problem that seems should be so easy. I have stored the *fla file on our server http://www.boastassociates.com/port.zip. What I am after is...more >>

Hi, I tried putting the if...else statement into a frame for a button, and it doesn't work. This is the AS: if (_root.main_mc._currentframe == 1) { on (_root.top_mc.web_btn.onRelease) { _root.main_mc.play(); } } Why doesn't this work? It says that mouse conditions are only f...more >>

Hi im new here, My pc is way outdated... So Im thinkng of geting a new one. But there is 1 problem I need to migrate Stuido8 Is it posible what do I use (I dont want to re-buy it)? Im gona hoprfully have it on a vista pc. Im willing to buy a proghram to do this for me... as long as its under $...more >>

Ive been having trouble installing flash. i have it working properly on one account but thats not my main admin account. ive tried the uninstaller method and when i go to reinstall it instead of the compeletion movie i get nothin just " " absolutly nothin. ...more >>

Hi guys, Im just doing a simple multichoice quiz and my question is this... is it possible, that after the user has clicked on one of the buttons, that i can disable their function. I want to make them still visable, but not allow the user to click on it. Thanks in advance... Lee ...more >>

Hi, This issue is a bit hard to describe. I have a stage with a background layer, and that's set to be at the very bottom- the very back. I also have a few Symbols on the Stage. Midway through the video, I chose to swap the picture of the background to another. But when I'm exporting and...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know of a utility that will convert FLA document to older versions. For example, Flash CS3 to Flash MX2004 or MX. This is a recurring time consuming task for me. Right now I have to open about a dozen Flash documents with Flash CS3 and save as Flash 8. Then open Flash 8 a...more >>

Can anyone help me out with this? I have Flash 8 Pro installed on my Windows XP Pro SP2 machine. Everything worked great when I installed it. Now, about a month after it was installed, it crashes anytime I move the mouse over the blank stage. I basically start Flash 8 pro, it loads OK, the int...more >>

I have 2 admin accounts in windows xp and one of them will not install the new Flash 9. I tried fixing this problem with the info from a previous topic but no help. It will always work on one of my accounts but not on anyother one. I downloaded the uninstall program to both of my desktops t...more >>

Yes I know I'm not discussing flash but I'm trying to voice for some of my flash movies. The recording program I use is Audacity. Is it possible to give my voice a darker deeper tone to it like demonic with a small echo? I don't specifics but just advise what I should mess with to attain t...more >>

Hello, My apologies as to the nature of this question... I do not have much experience in flash; and have not found a method to solve it. I created a logo for my personal website a few years ago, and lost the original .FLA when my hard drive crashed. The .SWF is not locked, and can be ...more >>

Hi. I have a button called 'my_btn' inside of a movie clip(mc) called 'my_mc'. I have another mc outside of my_mc, called other_mc. I want the button to make other_mc to play when pressed, but don't know how to do that. I tried on (release) { other_mc.play(); } but that doesn'...more >>

I'm need to use some flash video in MySpace and I want the controls to be overlayed and dissapear when not in use... the perfect tool for this is the FLV Playback component, but all the skins for this component require that the skin.swf file be placed in the same directory as the loading HTML ...more >>

I just visited CNET's review site and tried to watch a video. A message said Macromedia Flash Player must be installed. I already have FlashPlayer 9 installed on my computer. The site plays the video fine if I switch to a different profile on my computer. Both profiles have administrator rig...more >>

Hi I've got a new site to do where I need to scroll up and down a fishing rod. I have found a golf club site where they section the club into sections and when you click on a section it shoots to that part of the club. The site is http://www.taylormadegolf.com/pickone/ (you then need to...more >>

I have created a Flash 8 button runnig in a menu frame that is supposed to open an html in the mainframe. Without regard to whatever fix I attempt it doesn't work. Finally I published it as Flash MX 2004 and it works exactly as it is supposed to. Three days I have been messing with thi...more >>

hello, I've just started using flash a few hours ago, and have a few questions. First: How might I instert a bmp with a transparent color in it? For example, I draw a stick figure using windows paint, and import it into flash, yet it still has the rectangle surrounding it. I've tried re...more >>

:confused; i'm new to using flash. i am making a website for a student radio service and they want a now / next DJ section. i have searched the internet far and wide and have come up with nothing. thing thing i need to know is a) are there any pre made. or b) how do i set up a script so th...more >>

Hi I have created a flash presentation with narrations that relate to specific frames. It is all working well and I am controlling the sounds with actionscript . My resulting file size is about 6 MB, so I created a preloader in frame 1. All my sounds are exported in frame 1, so the prel...more >>

i have an html doc that i want to place the swf file in and having the swf file scale 100% x 100%. When i change the width and height parametres of the swf file to 100% x 100% once i have placed it in the html doc it doesn't recognise it anymore. Now if I export an html doc straight from f...more >>

Hello, Well on to my second question- I've found many tutorials regarding making animations and Tweening. But I'd like to know how to make animations play from pre-rendered pictures. So let's say I have Object A, with 5 pre-drawn frames for it's animation. Would anyone mind telling me wha...more >>

Hi people, im using Flash MX 2004 and want to know if I can load a Ms Word document from the .swf file once it has been published. I dont expect it to insert the text into the flash file, just to open up Ms Word. Thanks in advance... Lee ...more >>

I have a flash movie that is right under my java rollover menus. In Firefox, most of the menu is hidden, some of it displays below the flash movie. I fixed the problem in IE by using wmode transparent, but this does not work in Firefox. Anyone have a solution? I have an updated site going live...more >>

I have made a small animation and wanted to test the use of buttons. On my button I have entered the following code using actionscript 3.0 on (release) { gotoAndPlay ("moviestart"); } and it says 1087: Syntax error: extra characters found after end of program. the source is on (rele...more >>

I'd like to know why I've never seen a forum (like this one) or a blog made out of flash. Is there a technical hurdle? Is it because Google won't be able to index it? Thanks....more >>

I want to load a flash-movie as a background instead of loading a jpeg. And then load my actual flash web-site on top of that so it operates independently of the background. Make sense? My objective is to allow people to scroll through the top flash site (which is 2000 pixels high) while...more >>

Hi there, I'm using an older version of Flash, (MX 2004 I think), and I'm having a real trouble trying to put a dynamic text box in a movie clip. It all works fine when I have the text box on the main time line, (_root), but as soon as I try and put it in a movie clip flash can't seem to fi...more >>

Hi, I hope to design a 3D room that the user can move around via the mouse. They will have the ability to interact with elements in the animation, for example click a book on a coffee table and it will link to a website promoting the book. I would like to build the 3D room with still ima...more >>

Hey all, I have come to a point where I need to learn how to use Flash at my job. If anyone has any resources, preferably books and cd-roms, please let me know. Thanks to everyone that replies. ...more >>

Hey folks I have a flash photo gallery that uses XML to tell the flash what pics to load in and display. Works really great but I want to take it a step further and be able to specify the xml file being loaded from HTML. I guess using Flashvars unless there's another method that works bett...more >>

Greetings, Can anyone tell me how to configure Flash video from automatically beginning the download process as soon as the page loads? I've set autoPlay to false, so it does stop on the first frame. But I can still see the download progress bar when it should wait for a click. Thanks...more >>

I am working on a site for a woman who has written a children's book, I want to do a pop-up page that has a player in it that displays a few pages from the book. I want it to have the little "turn the page thing" at the bottom so that the person viewing the site can flip it to the next page, ...more >>

The following page is designed with transparent flash overlaying each page on the site. In Mac/Firefox the scroll for the div does not show, while in all other OS/Browser combinations it appears to work including PC/Firefox. http://www.dcpronline.com/demos/ipy/test.asp Is there a code/css ...more >>