Is there a way to tell the movie clip loader to load a .swf file but begin playing on a different frame than frame one. Basically I have multiple buttons that I want to load the same .swf file but I want each button to begin playing the file on a different frame. I've attached the basic MCL ...more >>

Greetings everyone. I'm in a bit of a pickle. I promised a client that I would be able to export the flash piece I did for them into a Quicktime Movie. I am using Flash 8, and using many Flash 8 only features (i.e. blending modes, blur filters). Now, I know that Flash 8's Quicktime export ...more >>

aloha, please help. starting recently whenever i drop a uiscroll component on the dynamic text box i have drawn it no longer resizes itsself to fit the height of the box. why is this? but now even worse any text that i put in the dynamic text box automatically turns this wierd orange a...more >>

I am redesigning our company website which is a reprint company for some major magazines. Besides the point, here is a link to the three samples we're looking at. The iStock community is seeming to slow down on their posting time, so I'm bringing it to my Adobe friends. Could you look over th...more >>

I'm still trying to figure this out after a couple of weeks. I have an input text field and a dynamic text field. When someone enters text into the input field it is displayed in the dynamic text field. Is there any way to make the text in the dynamic text field arched when it is displayed?...more >>

I cant seem to get the TextArea component in Flash 8 to word wrap. I've set the word wrap parameter to "true" but it will not word wrap. It just puts all the text in one line. How do you fix this? Also, is there a way to control the font size in the TextArea component? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi all, I have this bug in Flash CS3 - anyone else find it very annoying? 1. Load a fla which has items in the library, with an item starting with t 2. Click first item in the library 3. Press t on the keyboard Results: The toolbar text tool is activated Expected results: T...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to achieve an effect, I'm hoping someone can help me with. I want an image to fill the entire screen of a browser window & automatically resize to fill the window area no matter the size of the browser; here is the exact effect I'm looking for: http://www.thewreckers.com/ ...more >>

I'm going from mx to cs3 and can't find the copy and paste frames option that used to be in the edit menu. Can anyone help with that?...more >>

I had already installed this program on my computer a few days ago and i had to restore my computer to a earlier date. When i turned the computer back on, the program wasnt there so i downloaded it again and now its not letting me install it. It says to contact support. can someone pleas...more >>

Hello, I am making a small animation showing rays of light coming from the sky and hitting the earth. I would like these rays (ie. glorified arrows) to be seen extending from the heavens to the earth. How does one make objects increase in length over time using flash? ...more >>

When I attempt to visit the http://www.neopets.com/ website using IE 7 for Windows Vista Home Basic, IE crashes. The problem is not duplicated when I use Firefox to visit Neopets. I am suspecting Flash Player 9,0,28,0 as a possible cause of the problem. What should I do? Brandon Taylor ...more >>

I am trying to separate my 'scenes' into individual Flash files instead and need to link them together (using a menu, I need to have each module title go to that specific file). How do I do this??? Like linking scenes but instead linking actual files. There has to be a way...right? Tha...more >>

Hi. New here, and rather new to Flash. I'm working on a presentation template that will be used for over 85 presentations. Is there a way to insert automatic page numbering on the presentation slide, so that the slide number is displayed on each slide, and if/when the order is changed...more >>

Hi digital editions is a flash movie. do you know why flash files cannot be add to the library??? thanks...more >>

Please help me out on this one if you know what is going on. I am confused and at a total loss here. I have positioning statements moving across the screen in motion tweens, and I have two problems: 1-The text is cut off at the end of each word. This is happening at the last few letters....more >>

Is there a way to allow Flash overlays over Flash? Example would be to have a large flash.swf file then another flash transparent swf layer over the larger area....more >>

All browser on Linux does not show correctly html and flash in these sites: http://www.oi.com.br http://www.oi.com.br/data/Pages/30E5C7B0PTBRIE.htm http://www.gm.com.br and several others sites. The flash shouldn't be over html text. ...more >>

Hi! I have a pop up window which goes full screen when opens (index_pop.html). In index_pop.html I have a flash movie (swf) set to 100%. It is meant to take over the screen entirely. The problem I have is in Safari and IE, it works fine but when tested on Firefox, it is this tiny movie while ...more >>

Hi there everyone! How can i read a filename, the string of the name, on flash? Thanks in advance for any help! ...more >>

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it is stuttering big time on playback. And i'm thinking that even with a long buffering period...a file of this size just won't play smoothly within a reasonable amount of time. What do you suggest I do with it? I was thinking of buying one of those flv components. What size of...more >>

I'm building a website in flash, and having a few problems. My current problem is the site won't move on from one frame section (called 'Intro') to the next (called 'Home'). It's set up so the site jumps to 'intro', which is a single frame, on #45. There's a 25 frame animation nested wi...more >>

What persentage of people have Flash Player 8 Installed? Do you have to have player 8 installed if you want to view a site that was exported as a flash 8 ..swf? If number of users with flash 8 is less than half then I will do away with the bells and whistles of Flash 8 and export as a f...more >>

Man. I've never been so disappointed in a company relating to its technical support. First off, I just wrote a new post (few hours ago) about a Flash problem that it crashed during startup. I'm still having this problem. But the big issue now is that my post isn't even listed anymore in th...more >>

Hi Could anyone explain to me how I can display the length of a video embedded in Flash!? The video is 26 seconds long and I would like the customer to see that. Ive looked all over and cant find the an answer. Is this only possible with streamed video? Do I need a special FLV Playback ...more >>

I work on a really fast computer. How will I know if I need to create a loading bar for my Flash movie I want to put on my domain? its about 4,300 KB at the moment. whats the normal KB size needed to put a loading bar in? ...more >>

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Hello, A little background: I am new to the whole SOAP/WebServices thing. Spent the last week playing around with SOAP in Python, PHP and Javascript etc. to see if I understood it all. We still use Flash 8 / AS 2.0 here at the studio and don't want to change to Flash CS3 right before a c...more >>

Round rectangles created with the vector shape tool have very poor looking rounded corners (if you stretch them in the length more than the height). Correcting them via the vector shape tool is almost impossible for small shapes. I tried to use ps2vs but this tool seems to need Director8. ...more >>

How do i make it so when you when you click on the button it changes the button.. for example normal > red rollover > green when clicked > stays blue...more >>