Hi, Any ideas? My animation is fairly large - I can paste small amounts of frames at a time, but I want to duplicate larger sections without crashing every time I paste frames. I went to try to increase the applications memory but realized in OSX I don't actually know how. Could this be ...more >>

When working with jpgs that will be embedded in a flash document, I typically make the jpg the needed size at 72 dpI and save for web in Photoshop or some program.......in the highest quality settings when needed. Is there a way to create or save Jpgs for flash so that when you have a scal...more >>

I import an animated GIF into flash 8. i want to change it's location on the screen, but then i need to move it frame by frame. I tried importing it into a movie clip, but when i drag the movie clip on, only 1 keyframe is on the timeline, so there's no animation. help plz ...more >>

Hi, Can Actionscript be used like PHP, but without reloading the page to exicute it? Like submiting a form, but just going to another frame, not another web page, sending an email, or doing things like getting info from the ?whatever=somevalue&somemore=anothervalue stuff, like in php with...more >>

Hi. I have a small box, with a mailing address. I got to copy to the clipboard when clicked on, but would like to copy the address as multiple lines: e.g. 'Billy Bob, 12345 Boulevard St. Townsville, NY 98765' vs. 'Billy Bob 12345 Boulevard St. Townsville, NY 98765' I get an error ...more >>

Unabble to install Adobe Flash Paley 9 keep getting ultrashim.cab error! I have tried numerous thing on several PC's, the wierd thing about this installation I can run this in another building that we support with no problems andalso any server? ...more >>

When I try to double click a symbol to edit it in place it takes forever to open up. The doted outline moves slowly from the inside out. The same thing happens when I try to close the symbol, it is very slow and anoying. I had flash installed on XP and did not have this problem. Recently I got...more >>

Hi. Just want to know if there is a currentFrame(); tag, or something like that, to use in the if statement. I am making a button thing that I want to switch to another pic if the mouse rollsOut, but not switch under certain conditions(The current frame is a certain frame). Is there such a ...more >>

i'm trying to use progressive download to play an .flv file on an html page. i'm using flash and dreamweaver 8, and when i insert the .flv and open the html file locally with a browser, the video plays just fine. however, when i upload the files (along with the flv_player and skin .swfs) to...more >>

I use Flash Pro 8 on Windows XP. It has been very stable, but lately it has crashed a couple of times while doing Publish Preview. The error message is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library -------------------...more >>

I am putting together a system that will output three videos (DVD, MPG or FLV) to display on 3 separate monitors. I talked with ATI and did some test on my systems and it works. My problem is starting all videos at the same time. I tried using VideoLan with command line to do this but in th...more >>

I have some flash projects from 8 that use the remoting classes and amfphp on the server side. they don't work under CS3. I don't see any install for remoting under cs3, and just copying the classes over doesn't seem to do it. any ideas? ...more >>

Hello- I am creating a Flash presentation on CD-ROM. This presentation has a 15 second movie intro before going to the main navigation menu. I have two questions: 1) What is the best way to insert this video (since it will be on CD)? Embedded or progressive? Other? 2) When I place the ...more >>

I am having problems with a slideshow not working in Firefox. My slideshow works fine in IE6 and IE7, but not in Netscape, Firefox, or Opera. The box area where they would display is there, the controls are there, and the caption for the first image is there, but no images show up and you can...more >>

I published a swf from a video with a playback ui (stop, pause, play controls) When viewing the swf byitself it works fine. If published to a single html page it works fine. When import or enbed the swf to an existing html it only shows the VIDEO but it does NOT shows the playback UI. An...more >>

Hello, I would like to know if Adobe is working with the folks at L=http://laptop.org/]http://laptop.org/ to get full flash player support. I think this could be a real opportunity for Adobe and the $100 laptop people - not to mention developers. Can anybody at Adobe comment about this ...more >>

or something wrong with the way I am asking it? Mainly I want to know if am am even using the right tool for this task. And why the helll this is not working? I am doing a frame by frame animation of something I brought in from Illustrator. I have 20 keyframes, each with one (slightly di...more >>

I am trying to display a tool-tip when a user cursor rolls over a combo box using on the combo box. The tooltip works, but I can no longer interact with the combo box: on (rollOver) { // display tool tip } Is there any (simple) way round this? Thanks ...more >>

Where did all the cool animated shockwave eCards go that use to be on the old shockwave site?...more >>

Hi everyone, Is there a reg key or custom GPO out there that will let me default Flash Player to open in Low Quality mode? Whever a flash site opens, it opens in High Quality. Using Win 2003 SP1, with IE6 with Flash Player 9.0 Is this possible? Thanks in Advance ...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to get rid of that border around a flash item in a web page? That thing where you have to click on the flash item before using it? Thanks...more >>

Hi, I have a Flash 9 AS3 project which simply contains the following 3 lines on a keyframe: var loader:Loader = new Loader(); loader.load(new URLRequest("client.swf")); addChild(loader); I have a second SWF (client.swf) which is Flash 6 AS1 (I also get the problem when it's publi...more >>

Can't seem to find the simple answers. I'm putting together a video player where there are a series of external videos. I want the user to be able to load these videos one at a time into a single named instance of the .flv playback component by pressing buttons on the stage. There will be a butto...more >>

Hi All I'm just starting to get into more advanced actionscripting and I'm particularly interested in the random math functions. I've been studying a few tutorials, including this one: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/random_motionMX.htm and slowly getting my head around it all. Wh...more >>

Hi, I want to develop a routine to make a swf according to config file. Please tell me some method. Thinks first. kuoxin ...more >>

Howdy! I have an issue that probably has a simple answer, just drawing a blank. Look at: http://www.miketurner.com In the swf at the top, it is looping 3 images fading them in and out. Now, on the timeline, I start with one image fading in, then out, and the next one coming in ...more >>

If I have a form with 12 text input fields on one page and on another for a different reason I have 4 text input fields how do I keep this information form the 4 from being passed to my php script? any help would most appreciated. ...more >>

When inserting multiple motion guides on separate layers, what is the secret to keeping an object being inserted a separate layer from snapping to a previous motion guide on a different layer?...more >>

On my website, I want to have a "client" section, where each page is different for each client. I'd like this to be done all in Flash, without getting the server involved. Is there a way to set up a button so that it takes the input from a text field and loads a SWF with the same name as the...more >>

Just trying to figure out how to make a button, that when hovered over, extends to a menu, over the page. Tried it with DW, but the drop down menu doesn't come out of the box. How to do this? Thanks! ...more >>

Just made a cool button, and want it to link to a page. So I went to the behaviors panel, and set it to go to it. Then, I went to the Actions window, and changed the Target of the link. Tested it, and it produces errors. The code and output errors are at the bottom. Why does it produce e...more >>

hi experts, I have flash program that displays exam questions and answers . But it does n't allow me to print the screen. Is there any program that can make this program print flash screens?. Is there a flash screen capture program?. Pls reply. I want it urgent to study these exam. ...more >>

I have a mask layer with a rectangular mask in it. Inder this layer I and a nasked layer with an object to be masked on it This works fine When I all another object to be masked in thesame layer and relevant mask in the same masking layer the sacond object does not show up at all. Does this m...more >>

Hi, I've never used Flash but wonder if it can help me with a project. Is it possible to serve a Flash application from one domain and have that Flash application connect to a different domain to access a web service end point? What will the user's experience involve? Security popup...more >>

Hi, is it possible to control the frames per second at runtime... is there any script to change the FPS at runtime........... Thanks, shanthi....more >>