Hi, Let me describe what is happening: I draw a blue line in the scene. Then I draw a red line over it. When I test the movie by just pressing enter while in the scene, running it from the timeline, it looks ok. Hwoever, when I export it, the blue lines are visible, even though the red l...more >>

Hi, For some reason, the popup window link in my Flash website opens up a popup which doesn't behave to the window size rules I set. The website is www.caveataudiens.net , click on the 'music' button, and then on the Jukebox button to see as example. The Jukebox button has the follow...more >>

I was messing around in flash...and realized out of all the stuff I DO know how to do (I am by know means a pro) one thing that I had never tried, and didnt think would be that hard, is to zoom in on animations etc.... Example - Say I have drawn a building on a website in flash. Theres ...more >>

I have 2 text fields. 1 that the user types in and 1 that displays the text. I want the displayed text to change size depending on how many letters the user enters into the 1st text field. Any idea how to do this? Sample script posted would be great. I have trouble opening .fla files from...more >>

I have designed a website in dreamweaver and have put a flv file a web page. this works perfectly in all browsers wen i check it on my computer, but with the webpage uploaded, the flv file doesn't appear. can someone explain why this would happen? The flv file and the playhead are in a d...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I put a movie clip inside a ScrollPane. Then I masked the scroll pane. Whenever the mask hits a keyframe on the timeline it reloads the movie clip that is inside the ScrollPane. Why? Please help. I don't want the movie clip to reload. I want it to stay...more >>

I downloaded the trial version of Flash last week and it was running until Friday when I got this message: You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstalling and then reinstalling this product or contacting your IT administrator or Adobe customer support...more >>

I am trying to send a file via email but it is too large. I know that there is a way to upload the file on to me website so that it can be downloaded that way, but I do not know how to do this. I have turned it into a zip. file. Can anyone help me out? ...more >>

Hi... I´m new to flash and i´m making my first scene now. But my problem is that the scene is starting from the beginning again and again. how do i stop the scene at the end? thanks...more >>

Is there a simple way to have a user change of a Flash page saved to the server so others will see it? I would like to have a password-protected editable Flash page that could be saved to the server when changes are made on-line by a staff member. I have created a Perl/CGI program that does ...more >>

I'm working on some educational games. I have programed the game interactions and now need to add some animated instructional sequences done by our animators. Each is in its own FLA. The issue is that the reuse many of the same assets, but the assets I have in my FLA have often been change...more >>

Hi, We are redesigning our website in Flash but want it to be SEO friendly so we are using the techniques described in this article: http://blog.deconcept.com/2006/03/13/modern-approach-flash-seo/ The problem with this is that the text version doesnt have a scrollbar due to the requi...more >>

Can anyone help me with this. I need for the user to type a word into a dynamic text field and for that word to show up in another text field as they type. Can anyone please help. Sample script would be much appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

I'm trying to create my first Flash Video. I've successfully created the FLV file from my source video. From there it gets hairy. I'm using Flash Pro 8 and doing the following: Open New flash document Import Video Choose Progressive Download from a Web Server Select Skin "SteelExte...more >>

Hey all, I'm trying to use JavaScript to communicate with my Flash movie using SetVariable and TCallLabel. This works well on Windows in both Firefox and Internet Explorer, all the way back to Flash 7. However, using Flash 7 on my old PPC Mac is problematic. When I try to call movie.SetVar...more >>

I need to know is there a way to set up a button to take users to a paypal secure site to issue payment...more >>

Flash 8 Professional instantly crashes every time I attempt to use Bickham font or try to change a font to Bickham. Obv I'll just import a graphic of what I need from Photoshop, but I was wondering if anyone has the same problem? Is there a trick one can do to prevent this from happening? ...more >>

I have a movie clip inside a movie clip with a dynamic text box in that with the VAR, btntxt. From the main timeline I am changing what the text box says by stating with actionscript _root.movieclip1.movieclip2.btntxt = "hello, how are you doing?"; But this isn't working! The text box disapp...more >>

Hi, In www.sneakcore.com (it contains music), the band can load a html text in a MSSQL database. The content of DB is read and transformed in XML with www.sneakcore.com/sneak.ashx The Html content is encapsuled in a CDATA section. But as you can see, the resulting text in home page is not corr...more >>

Can anyone give me a site address that has a javascript call to bypass the "Click to activate this control" when a page with a flash header loads? I have tried using the examples shown on Adobe, but I'm doing something wrong. Would like to se a page with the script call in the code so I know...more >>

Hello, I have been having trouble with tweens and have never discovered why they sometimes don't work. I have one single object, and I create a keyframe at frame 1, and then at frame 15. At 15, I scale the object some, then I create a tween for the frames in between. Sometimes, on the tim...more >>

Hi, please help!!!...can´t install the trial version of flash cs3 on Vista Home Premium.Me aparece "Base de datos de la instalación dañada" Sorry by the bad english. De antemano si me pueden ayudar Gracias!!!!. ...more >>

Hi, I have a Flash movie (version 8) and a JavaScript function which I want to interact with the Flash. Attached is the code for the ActionScript and then following it is the HTML/JavaScript. Internet Explorer works fine and changes the dynamic text field value (in the Flash movie)...more >>

IWhen I am in internet explorer (on a PC), when I roll over my flash pieces, the movie hets highlighted. How do I stop this from happening?...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to get a checkbox in a form to send a simple 'yes' or 'no' to a php script. The form is in a mclip and the submit button sends the info. to the PHP using the following a.s: on (release) { // send variables in form movieclip (the textfields) // to email PHP page which w...more >>

Hello, I've created some flash menus with 3rd party softwares compatible with the latest player. The problem is: When i integrate them to design my HTML with Dreamveawer 8 or Frontpage, CPU usage goes to %100 or %95 for my Sempron 3100+, 512MB machine. If i run them externally without inte...more >>

I have a small video recorded on Quicktime Format, and I want ito apply to a lyer in Flash... what is the best format to do it ? and the best way to change formats ? thanx in advance......more >>

Okay. So here's the problem. I have a movie clip with 10 frames in it. But when I put it in my canvas and test the movie, I can only see the last frame. That's it. Just the last frame. I tried setting it to Graphic Loop, and I see every frame in the time line appear correctly, but it sti...more >>

Dear Reader, I am attempting to stream Video into Flash non-locally. I have a live stream available (IP with port to web interface and port to stream itself), but i need to parse a username and password to the server to allow me access tot he interface and therefore the steam as far as I c...more >>

Help, I have a dynamic text box that calls in an external text file. My question is how do you write the code for special characters i.e. & and "" within the text file so that they work!! The normal tags work [B] and [LI] but I can't get the others to. Example of the sentence: The local ...more >>

Hi, I am wondering if anyone can help me. I accidentally deleted Flash when removing some other programmes and I am having trouble getting it back. I have tried to download it again from the adobe site but when I click on Install it does nothing. Anybody got any suggestions what might b...more >>

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