I have not used flash for a while ...so I must have forgotten .. how can I get play head to just play the section so I can match graphic to sound I have a streaming file ... but seem to be only able to play song from beginning I am sure this is simple ..and I am overlooking something ....more >>

Hello there I've made SWF in which, when the user puts their mouse over the movie clip, a rectangle will apear. Now, what I want is the following: as the recangle emerges, for a sound effect to be played at the same time - bearing in mind for it only to happen when the mouse is on the SWF....more >>

Flash Pro CS3 I am not too stong with actionscript, but I have made some thumbnail buttons with the code: on (release) { //Movieclip GotoAndStop Behavior this.gotoAndStop("P02"); //End Behavior } I have 13 of these buttons. On a file let's call "picturebuttons.swf. I am l...more >>

Hello there, I wonder can you help? I have 4 objects on the screen that I want users to drag and drop as they please. The problem is certain objects are higher in the hierarchy than others and when the low priority objects are dragged near the higher priority ones they get stuck. This is v...more >>

Please don't laugh at my question! I'm trying to teach myself flash with a tutorial book....so I'm really new to this! Okay...I am using the 2004 version. I am creating an animation with text that sort of slides horizontally onto the stage from right to left (pretty basic)... HERE'S MY...more >>

I am creating a shopping cart in flash for unique one of a kind items, but I am wondering how to specify the quantities on the items so that only one can be added to the shopping cart. Also, is there a way to make the item unavailable after it has been purchased? I would really appreciate...more >>

I have developed a website fully in Flash MX 2004, with the plan of directing people that i would network with to the my web site by word of mouth. I have since decided that it would be wise to optimize my site so that people could find it by google searching as well, so I see two routes to g...more >>

I have a site, that will need messaging service for up to four people at a time. All users are part of a database in mysql. I want to use my database to extend the usage of the site to live chat. Does anyone know how to start and where to go find out how to start, so far in flash I have textfi...more >>

I'm basically trying to get a movie clip to fade in and move across the stage simultaneously. How can I do this? ...more >>

Does anyone know how to do mirror images or reflections using flash? Can you even do this?...more >>

This is to reiterate the issue originally posted under http://http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=15&c atid=628&threadid=1271056&enterthread=y#4593021. Summary: CS3 encoded FLV (using Quicktime movie as source) stops playing halfway through (likely related ...more >>

Hi, I'm dragging my FLV directly to the stage. It then automatically launches the window pane series to make selections. Now, the media company has already prepped the FLV so that it will stream progressively and said I need not worry about that. Here's the problem, the series of panes a...more >>

Hi! I need to build a window with title bar and close button to display an internal movieclip (mc is in the same movie). Window must be custom resizable and drag & drop. I don' t want to use window component. Please, help me. Thanks in advance... ...more >>

Hello, Just wondered if anyone could tell me how I can have a movie clip that plays, pauses for say a minute, then plays again? Thanks your time....more >>

Hi i wanted to know how to do this carousel effect in flash http://gallery.mac.com/emily_parker#100347&bgcolor=black&view=carousel&sel=0, is it possible i can steal this code and put it in flash so i can use my own images, if i can, how would i go about doing this. Plz if some one can help...more >>

everything is going wrong for me, i tried to follow this tutorial http://www.pixelhivedesign.com/tutorials/Realistic+Flash+Smoke+Effect/ the smoke just sits there, the motion tweening goes wrong saying it cant be done and it doesnt let me insert the code ...more >>

I have a movie clip which is invisible onClipEvent(load). This movie clip is made visible on(release) button, as follows: on(release){_root.cat._visible=true;} after on(release) button, goto next frame. On next frame, on(release) button, go back to previous frame, but the movie clip whic...more >>

I am having issues with the use of clickTAGS. They seem to work fine in Firefox, however in IE both 6 and 7 my url comes up undefined? Is something with IE preventing the variable(clickTAG) from being passed to Flash? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...more >>

Hi All, Running into a frustrating instance that I can't seem to work out (after searcing around for a solution). Basically, I'm using a simple Click Tag technique to allow an action URL to be pulled from the HTML code, rather than within the SWF. So people can change the target URL with...more >>

Is there any way I can use PHP to find out the duration of a FLV file on its web server? Thanks. ...more >>

Lets say I have tall rectangle and I move the transformation point to the bottom the object. I know I can animate that object around that point for over ,say, 10 frames. Can I set up some sort of motion tween to give me the inbetweens, or must I do the inbetweens by hand? I've tried the "Crea...more >>

So I've looked at w3schools.com for a tutorial on how to get a button to link to a URL by clickint the "+" symbol in the action window and click the "GetURL" aciton. but while having the button clicked, the action window says "Current selection cannot have actions applied to it" any he...more >>

I am having a problem with text I tried embedding it is a logo from a free PHPNuke theme all I do is change the letters example: http://www.maddenwiileague.com/~logo23.fla after i export http://www.maddenwiileague.com/~logo.swf All replies are helpfull please help If someone can do...more >>

:grin; Im just starting out in Flash and want to create an SWF file that blurs one image into another image. I want to add this file to my website in dreamweaver. How do I create the bluring technique in flash? ...more >>

About 6 months ago I hired a graphic designer to create a bunch of banner ads for one of my websites. He completed the initial group and then edited a few changing text and colors. He then disappeared & left me in the lurch. You can see what they look like at the bottom of this page: htt...more >>