Hi I think its a bug , when i create a mask over a layer witch contains a button component instance , the label of this button is masked by the mask while the button it self is displayed fine . any ideas ? thanks ps : it does the same with any text field (static or dynamic) unless ...more >>

I have made three scenes, in the third scene there are 3 layers. I have about 10 buttons that use to navigate to a different keyframe. Using: on(press) { gotoAndStop(6); } It is all working well when i do a Control > Test movie howerever if i do control >test scene e...more >>

Here's the link: http://www.pearlstreetgrilldenver.com/NewWebsite/ I am attempting to use Adobe's fix for Flash in IE so that the user doesn't have to click the SWF once before the rollovers and interactivity becomes active. So, I've created and uploaded the recommended Javascript file (...more >>

I have been building stand-alone Flash presentations for years, but recently have been getting calls from some of my clients saying that the links that open web pages from inside the presentations aren't working correctly. They say that the browser window is opening behind the Flash presentait...more >>

Hi all, We have two Macs at home. One is a dual 500 Mhz PowerPC G4, the other is a single processor 450 Mhz PowerPC G4. The System Requirements for Flash CS3 for Mac state 1 GHz for a PowerPC Mac. Is 1GHz a minimum processor speed for Flash CS3? Will it run OK, except slower, on our ...more >>

I have two SWC files that I want to import so I can use all of the classes within them, this is where I placed the SWC files C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\Configuration\Components and then I closed and reopened Flash CS3 checked the component panel and they were not in there and ...more >>

I made a flash movie and need to publish it to go into my dreamweaver and then up on web page. When you click to publish settings which flash player version should I pick to use that most people will be able to see - I appreciate any help. THANKS ...more >>

I have a button that I have on my web site when I click on it it goes to a frame which It's ok is there an options that once we click on the button again it brings me to another frame like 11 this is what I have now on (release) { gotoAndStop(10); } ...more >>

Hello: I have a .gif image with index transparency, which shows up as I'd expect (i.e. with correct transparency) when incorporated into a web page. However, the transparency does NOT show up in my Flash swf. In ActionScript, I am using the Loader to load the image, and the Bitmapdata that c...more >>

Disabling Embedded Video Link...how can disable the link that?s lies within the embeded videos from such sites as youtube and veoh. I don?t want people clicking through these embedded videos to other video websites. Is there any way I can block a certain website (external link) from opening ...more >>

Hi! I have 2 movieclips that I would like an invisible button to do. 1. on rollOver, change the colour of the button. (Instance name- Plat-TV) 2. on rollOver, trigger another movie to play. (instance name- TV) Here is my AS: on (rollOver) { TV.gotoAndPlay("rollOver"); Plat-TV.got...more >>

Every time I open Flash to either start a new project or edit an existing one, I always have to first go to "window" and "library" to open the library and,if editing an existing project, see the images I have already imported. Is there a way to reset the preference so that upon opening Fla...more >>

Hi there! I created a movie using tween motion, it's a kind of a slide show that moves small pictures from right to left. I put all pictures in one layer and created a motion tween to move from side to side, simple enough. The problem is that the movie looks jerky, the pictures move correctl...more >>

I made a Flash animation with Actionscript (changing alpha value with timer etc. etc.). But on slower PCs it eats pretty much CPU unfortunately. Is it possible to somehow convert this movie into some series of images or something? Or to somehow "capture" movie into barebone movie with no graph...more >>

Sinds we installed Office 2007 we get an message when dealing with XML in our application: Couldn't find library MSVCR80.DLL (required by c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE12\MSOXMLMF.DLL) Copying the DLL to SYSTEM32 or another directory doesn't work. I think it has to do something w...more >>

:confused; Hello, im having some difficulty adding a play, pause and stop button to a movie I imported into flash. The movie was imported using the import wizard in flash 8. I did not add a skin because when I tried adding it , the skin would not show through once I imported the finished s...more >>

Good evening, at http://www.golfandsportperformance.com/home.htm I have used alpha channels for a fading effect. It works properly on the GSPC but it is supposed to be on the Welcome to the as well as the GOLF & SPORT Performance Center. I used the same process on these as I did the GSPC so I ...more >>

hi everyone i am trying out flash cs3. i am making an interactive website that includes audio. i made the framerate 72 fps for fast, smooth animation, and when i upload it to a website and play it, it is veerrrrryy sloooooowww! It is like...12 fps or less! I even added a preloader, but it ...more >>

The new iTunes iPod flash ad running in the past day or two uses a technique I've not seen before, and I'd love to learn how it's done. The dancers in the ad occasionally toss a ball or swing a hand or foot outside the frame of the ad, allowing the silhouette characters in the ad momentarily d...more >>

I created a horizontal image scroller with about 20 images. The .fla file is about 1200 frames @ 30fps. I want it scroll smoothly but it jerks and stutters. I tried adjusting the fps, putting space between the images, and making the strip one long image. Nothing has worked so far. Does anyone ...more >>

:confused; Hey there, I launched a flash site this morning and then discovered that the movie isn't playing in it's entirety in all browsers. It plays perfectly in Firefox but stops half way in IE and Safari. I checked to see if I had any stops in the code but couldn't find any...more >>

How do you use a animated Flash movie as a BG in a html page? ...more >>

I have been hired to make VR objects for a reatail website. I used lightwav 3D 8.5 to export the objects to a Quicktime VR file. My question is, can you import these files into Flash and export them as flash files. More computer users have flash players than quicktime, so I would like to have...more >>

How do I get my dynamic text field to show the text from the imput text field a few movie clips below? Can someone give me sample script? Thanks....more >>

Hi, Presently I've a task to implement a simple(as they said..) Flash app, where I can record the sound getting from PC's sound input devices and storing them as ..mp3 files. Is it possible in Flash..? I've heard that this will need some third-party soft. aslo..! But doesn't have any c...more >>

I can't seem to get a newly created component to hold its properties once its compiled. That is, once I try to compile a newly created component the properties I set on the "pre-compiled" component aren't visible in instances of the compiled version. I've seen them on compiled version of th...more >>

Hi, I have recently moved from PC to mac, i used to always use ctrl+shift+scroll wheel to zoom in and out on the stage in flash how ever i can't seem to find the equivilent shortcut for the mac. There isn't a setting for this in the configure shortcuts menu for either version. Anyone got any ...more >>

Hi everyone My site is www.caveataudiens.net, in the music section there is a button called Jukebox which has this code to open a popup window: on (release) { getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('http://www.caveataudiens.net/music/mp3player ..html','Caveat Audiens','width=300,...more >>

I am using the scroll method to scroll news text on a customers website. I read the news text from a text file and load it into a variable which is then used to diplay the news. The news is displayed in a scroll window which is scrolled up and down by the viewer pressing either of the up or do...more >>

I created a Flash flv file and imported onto a web page. When I tested it locally it worked fine but when I uploaded it to my server the video was missing, as was the skin. Any ideas?...more >>

what is the actionscript option when I want to do a right click mouse click instead of left click ...more >>