I have managed to make some changes to a flash template... but when converted to SWF and placed online the fonts are really small and the fuzzy... i didnt make any changes to the code other then add my text in the place holders.. i dont know enough about action scripts and flash itself.. so...more >>

I've created 6 buttons already for this flash file I have and they all work fine. I'm doing the same for these two new buttons and they dont work fine. Instead, they dont act as buttons! It's very frustrating that I can't click anywhere on the button even though I did the same thing to create ...more >>

I have a website at http://www.cerebellumsoftware.com . My SWF was made in Flash 8. I have actionscript 1.0 and Flash 8 publish settings. My site works flawlessly in Firefox and other browsers, but all users who visit the site in Internet Explorer 7 report bugs. See for yourself! What's the pr...more >>

So since I have loaded CS3, the only program to work flawlessly has been Fireworks. Brief inital rant over, here is the latest problem I am having. I closed Flash yesterday with my Actions panel at an acceptable size. I open it today and the panel has resized to larger than my monitor which m...more >>

the motion guide path is on its own layer, and each of the 3 components are on their own layer. i've put them in their own folder, but i cant move this group with out it breaking apart from the motion path. ...more >>

Hi, I don't know how it happened but suddenly my stage is at the left of my timeline. I think it should be easy to fix but I can't figure it out. Is there a way to get back to my factory settings? I even tried to reload my Flash program and it came back looking the same. Help! Pl...more >>

I am using Flash CS3 and have an animation setup on the timeline with multiple parts. now I find I need to move the registration point so when I rotate it in actionscript it will rotate in the center of the animation. Right now the registration point is in the upper left but I need it to be in...more >>

hi guys, amd fairly new to flash web design and have been trying to create my portfolio.However, i hv created thumbnails which i want 2 act as buttons and when clicked to ,i would like the main image to appear in the centre with others on the sides.something similar to the gallery of http://ov...more >>

I am a user of flash mx, recently begin to utilize flash 8. My problem is that "to publish" (in flash 8) my done work in MX not achievement to see it. What I can do? Thanks ...more >>

Is there a way to make one dynamic text field go out and find info displayed in a different dynamic text field, then get that info and display it in itself?...more >>

I have created a flash movie that is 766 px wide by 750 px high. The html page that the flash movie is embedded in uses jpg. images to fill the remaiming browers area. (so it appears to the viewer that flash movie and html page are one seemless page) The problem I am having is matching (alig...more >>

Hi, I want to box in an animation, so I have placed a layer at the top and drew a line around the edges, much like a border. Though when I test it, my line does not show. How can that be when there is a hierarchy? (I'm calling my line a "cover up"). thanks! ...more >>

Hello. We are considering adding some Flash headers/footers on our site. We will purchase Adobe Flash CS3, but do I need to have any software running on the server? Thank you for your help. Jim...more >>

I have a slide presentation I have created with a slide counter. My problem I am haveing is the slide counter updates current frame and total number of frames from the "_root" or which is the begining of the flash document. I have created a preloader on a previous scene. What happens is the sl...more >>

Hey guys, I got a question here. I am doing a flash presentation and one my first slide, I want a background color of white, and on the other one, I want a background color of black. But I think the main slide determines the whole background color...Is there a way to change each slide back...more >>

We created our portfolio in Flash http://www.smolinskistudios.com and now need a preloader. We were able to create one that waits until the entire swf is loaded. We need a visual to indicate that the movie is loading but don't want our viewers to have to wait for the entire swf to load. ...more >>

Whenever I open the setup for Flash CS3 Pro trial thingy it says initializing and then some window flashes then nothing happens. I tried opening the setup a couple times and it does the same thing. Please help. ...more >>

Hi, How to get dll in Flash 8? Give me any example Plz. Thanks in advance...more >>

The topic summary says it all. I'm somewhat of a new Flash user and I want to create an email contact form, similar to what can be done in HTML. Can someone point me in the right direction to get started? And do I need some external CGI script? Thanks! ...more >>

I've got a scrollable dynamic text box and I want to manually create a list in it. The problem is that for the every list item, the multiple spaces in front are being reduced to a single space, screwing up the layout of my list. I know that HTML can be utilized and I've even given it a test ru...more >>

I am working on a Flah presentation, using a presentation document. Users navigatie the presentation with a forward and a back button, plus the keyboard arrows or spacebar (forward only). When going back to a slide that was already viewed, it doesn't replay the animation but goes directly ...more >>

I read somewhere that if I used specialty fonts that I could embed them or export them somehow with the file so that the file would display as it was created. The down side was that it balloons the file so that normally it is not recommended. Trouble is I can't find the information that I ...more >>

A client of mine wants a freeflowing webpage. In other words, completely flash where elements are able to freely roam the browser. I know a certain way to do it is to load a background .swf and just let it fill the browser. However i'm having trouble identifying how to structure the ...more >>

The Flash intro movie on my site index page ends with an "enter" button which links to the home page. When people view the movie on the web, the cursor has to be directly over individual font characters for the link to work. If you move the cursor ever so slightly off a piece of the white text...more >>

Hi there, I am wondering, I have a button that has rollover features (some informational text appears) but there is no click through for it. When the mouse pointer goes over the button it turns into the pointer hand. Does this have to occur? As is suggests there is a click through, when th...more >>

I don't intend to start a war of words between the platform police here but I'd like to hear some feedback on how Vista fares. I bought a copy of XP Pro a few months back and have received a copy of Vista as they had promised to anyone purchasing XP during that time. Vista still sits in its bo...more >>

Does anyone know what type of script creates motions like the one in the Creative Suite 3 - Creative license website, as in this link here ? http://www.adobe.com/creativelicense/ hope you can help me regards, Paulo paulosmith@personaweb.net ...more >>

Hey All, I am new with flash and i am creating a site and i have created a button which i want to modify. So i basically copied it and now when i make chnages to one button, it effects the other ones also. Can someone help me, its prob easy but i am blind. I have done a search al...more >>

Hi, I have a few movieclips which are gonna be loaded into a blank movieclip container (place holder) depending on which button the user presses. Now, the good thing is that with this technique the movieclip automatically unloads... The bad thing is, that I wanna control the transiti...more >>

Are there any plans to upgrade the SDK to version 8 or 9 or release a updated flash version for the Wii. It's ridiculous that Adobe has not done this already considering the sheer volume of people using the Wii web browser. ...more >>

where to sell flash templates . iam an freelance flash template creator, i want to know the website or company which buys flash templates. can any body suggest?...more >>

Hey everyone, I've searched the forums and I'm having a hard time finding any information on creating a form that collects a users data and then allows you to submit a picture. I'd like the user to be able to click a Browse button, locate the image and then submit the form with the data an...more >>

I have looked at a few tutorials and none i found really seem to help This is what im looking to do(im completly new to flash) I have created a stupid bg image in mspaint that i want as the background Have a mp3 playing the whole time the flash is run. and a picture of my mate i cut ...more >>