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 >>

How can I make buttons on their down state when i press a key? is there some actionscript for it? for example (don't know if would work) say the button is called button1 on(keyPress "a"){ //insert what here???? } Thanks! ...more >>

I'm trying to create a wedding dvd (Can be animations or slideshow)...to be played on dvd player. I've flash 8, premiere pro 2, AE and encore DVD. I've never try out Encore DvD before, the others i know some basic, just to find if there's any shortcut to create the DVD using these softwares. ...more >>

I have a symbol behaving as a button that uses the onPress event to increase a counter that's displayed on a label. Repeated clicking on the button behaves as expected untill a combobox on the same movie clip has been activated, at which point repeated clicking increases the count only sporadica...more >>

:frown; i have just recently received Flash MX as a gift...i have no idea how to use it, however i do know how to use premiere and after effects, im not sure if that helps....im not even sure im in the right forum....Well, the question is: How can i get started? where can i find tutorials that...more >>

I have drawn a rectangle, right clicked it, selected convert to symbol, changed it to a button, right clicked it, clicked actions and when I have gone to enter my script I says "Current selection cannot have actions applied to it." If i click on the scene 1 button in the actions menu it applie...more >>

Hey guys, i have created this flash effect "banner" but i need for when people see it to be able to click it so it takes them to my website. Can i add a link to a flash effect? Thanks...more >>

I have created a action button in my movie which when clicked it opens up a weblink in the page it should do, but the text is really small in this button, how do i change the size of the actually text, i can scale the size of the box, but the text stays the same size. Thanks in advance for...more >>

We have a flash application with video that was developed by a third party vendor http://www.lfg.com/LincolnPageServer?LFGPage=/lfg/ipc/index.html (Click on tell me more) We just plugged in the code on our site to open their application. We do not have the source code to debug. Man...more >>

Hello, I've used Flash for my portfolio which has details of websites that I've designed -www.rubydesign.co.uk/portfolio.html but one of my clients has told me that when he googles his name "sean pines" the fourth link that comes up is the flash movie file on my website which looks rubbish....more >>

Hi, I'm converting a quicktime movie into an flv file and am also trying to increase it's speed. I've tried playing about with the frame rates option but it dosn't change anything. Is it possible to do this in the video encoder? Any rays of light thrown on this subject will be greatly so...more >>

Yeah, i sound like a flash n00b... ( Acutally i am lol) How do you make a background continually move as if a car was centred in the middle of the screen but the background moves to make it look like its driving. ...more >>