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Can you copy layers from one scene and paste them in another???
Posted by meesh meesh at 8/16/2007 11:26:35 PM
And if so....how? (and if so...will they be placed in the same position as the others...or will I have to re-position them?) thanks!...more >>

How to Perma-Mute ALL Flash
Posted by FireXtol at 8/16/2007 10:21:06 PM
HI YOU'VE WON!... STFU! Been there? I'm sure you have. I can't even browse the web anymore without being constantly annoyed by stupid flash and it's stupid audio. I want it perma-muted. I like to listen to my music, not some voice telling me I've won an XBOX or some stupid music on every...more >>

Multiline Dynamic text from an outside file does not display correctly when uploaded
Posted by abimpson at 8/16/2007 9:39:13 PM
Hiya, I'm having an issue with a flash website I've created. I have a dynamic text box that loads text from an external text file. This works fine. The text box is set to dynamic text with multiline allowing text wrap. When i view the completed site in my browser offline, it displays fine....more >>

cs3
Posted by stevew at 8/16/2007 9:37:15 PM
If I upgrade can I install on my desktop and laptop or is the whole world MS bound ...more >>

Duplicating a layer or tween
Posted by Buchey at 8/16/2007 8:51:19 PM
I have a site which plays out a flash animation of a list of words. there are currently 5 words and i am trying to extend this to 8 words. the words are contained in a .txt file and are so easy to add on to. To do is, I tried to copy the last layer into a new layer and then renamed the new...more >>

Gettin info about Flash file's data rate (and more) on Mac
Posted by carolbayswan at 8/16/2007 8:49:31 PM
In Quicktime one can get all sorts of info like frame rate, data rate, codecs and more, but flah players don't do this. Right? I see there is special software for this for a PC, but what about Mac? Is there any way to get this info for files I didn't make myself. ...more >>

Another Simple Button
Posted by painlessbart225 at 8/16/2007 6:37:54 PM
I have a Dynamic page that is a parts list in a MySQL database that I show on a page using PHP in Dreamweaver. The page uses a repeat region to list the parts depending on what nav link is clicked and what I want to do is add a flash button to the repeated region that when clicked will take ...more >>

Tabbing with forms in Flash 8
Posted by tslawrence1971 at 8/16/2007 6:33:08 PM
I have a flash form that is inside an swf that is sitting in a container on the main stage. When I tab between the input boxes of the form, it also tabs between the buttons on the parent movie. Is there a way to fix this? I just want it to tab like a regular form in html. Thanks in advan...more >>



Automatic Detection of Flash Player
Posted by bamajr at 8/16/2007 6:24:12 PM
I'm having a really hard time figuring this out. I have been building flash docs for a while. I also do general website design. With in the last year, I have done a lot of combining flash elements into websites. Most of my sites are built with "SMARTY" templating which utilizes PHP in the HTML...more >>

Flash Beta Player as Standalone?
Posted by d_s at 8/16/2007 6:17:16 PM
Does anyone know how to get the latest beta player as a winxp standalone player? I love the multithreaded features of this beta release but want to run content locally. Thanks...more >>

Flash output movies at 300 dpi?
Posted by acoldgobot at 8/16/2007 6:02:54 PM
Hello all, I need some help. A client wants me to create a 3.5 x 4 inch movie in .avi format that will then be used to print a 150 page flipbook from the 150 frames in the movie. The piece is primarily using raster images that zoom in from large out of screen shots to smaller on screen shot...more >>

Applying actionscript to a simple button
Posted by Martha Lodge at 8/16/2007 5:33:16 PM
Hello, I was wondering if someone could please give me a broken down, step by step account of how to apply actions to make a simple button interactive in ActionScript 3. I worked with Flash 5 and then didn't use it for a few years and so am pretty confused with the new version. I'd like t...more >>

Applying actionscript to a simple button
Posted by Martha Lodge at 8/16/2007 5:27:49 PM
Hello, I was wondering if someone could please give me a broken down, step by step account of how to apply actions to make a simple button interactive in ActionScript 3. I worked with Flash 5 and then didn't use it for a few years and so am pretty confused with the new version. I'd like t...more >>

FLV contentPath=variable
Posted by zign_ at 8/16/2007 4:10:03 PM
We are working on a new website located at http://iuvodesign.com/clients/stephen_blackman/ . If you click on "Work" in the menu at the bottom you will get a list of commercials. Clicking on on, eg AOL, sets contentPath for the FLVPlayback component to movs/aol.flv. But if you click on severa...more >>

A Qs!
Posted by AlexMarioru at 8/16/2007 3:49:37 PM
Hi there. A few months ago i have been able to see some tutorials with flash and all produts from Adobe. It was like a site ( i don`t know if it`s in Bridge Home) in flash with all the products and some movies(tutorials) for each one of product. Now i don`t know where i cand find that site or....more >>

What's wrong with my script?
Posted by ugotus at 8/16/2007 3:48:08 PM
Can someone please look to see what's wrong with my navigation bar here: http://www.simple-it.us/index2.html. The links don't work. At the top of the page you can download my files. If you figure it out, please tell me in laymen's terms. Flash is NOT my forte! Thanks! Michelle ...more >>

Pixelated Text/Cannot Create Links
Posted by jlyndseyking at 8/16/2007 3:37:12 PM
I am an After Effects user, so Flash is barely familiar to me. For those of you who are experts, please accept my apology if these are at all "Stupid" questions. I've gone through books, looked online, and no one gives a straight answer one how to create LINKS. I want to have a list of sep...more >>

Horizontal Scrolling Image JITTERY?
Posted by johnnymnemonic66 at 8/16/2007 3:36:01 PM
Hello, I just made a simple flash movie with one 3000 pixel wide jpeg scrolling from left to right, I am using about 500 frames at about 20 frames per second to scroll it using a simple motion tween. There is not much to this movie, but the image is jittery and does not flow SMOOTHLY - any...more >>

tweening png files
Posted by majkman at 8/16/2007 3:27:50 PM
I am attempting to create tear drops from png imaged letters .. and having a hard time coming up with any type of smooth transition .. Just looking for some hints and direction ... Thank you ...more >>

CS3 ate my homework
Posted by KEY_NYC at 8/16/2007 2:13:04 PM
My file was open, in CS3, but had disappeared from it's original folder. When I tried to "save" and "save as", the error message stated that it could not complete the request because the file was missing or was open elsewhere. It was not open anywhere. It was missing along with 2 earlier versi...more >>

flash to open html frames
Posted by dc12 at 8/16/2007 2:02:16 PM
Hi, I'm using this code on my flash button to call an html frame: on (release) { getURL("frameset2.html", "mainFrame"); } I want the frame to open in the same window, but now it's opening a new window. When I add "_self" to the code, it doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks ...more >>

flash to open html frames
Posted by dc12 at 8/16/2007 2:02:11 PM
Hi, I'm using this code on my flash button to call an html frame: on (release) { getURL("frameset2.html", "mainFrame"); } I want the frame to open in the same window, but now it's opening a new window. When I add "_self" to the code, it doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks ...more >>

Contact Form Help!
Posted by c205 at 8/16/2007 1:24:37 PM
I have been trying to get my contact form to work properly. It has been very frustrating! When I check for script errors there is none. I am using Macromedia Flas Professional 8. Here are the codes as I have them. Will someone please tell me what is wrong. Message Box - rec="webteam@Bri...more >>

Print Dialog Box
Posted by Kurrykid at 8/16/2007 1:08:13 PM
I want to print an item without the dialog box, just have it automatically print. Does anyone know how to do this? I am using Flash 8 Professional. Thanks. Dave ...more >>

Font Issue
Posted by hutts72 at 8/16/2007 1:06:29 PM
Before i start i am aware on the x,y whole number issue... this is a different issue...( i think) I am currently using version 8 and recently updated text that i created in a site using mx. The test movie preview shows the bitmap font perfectly. However, when i upload the file to the serve...more >>

gif export
Posted by eoinvincent at 8/16/2007 1:04:40 PM
I have created a nice flash file for our website and there is a desire to add it to a e-mail campaign. Flash does not work with our current e-mail tools, so I was thinking of exporting to Gif. Though when I do so. the animation disappears and becomes a flashing image and the image quali...more >>

form to email
Posted by _adrian at 8/16/2007 9:14:25 AM
could someone point me to a resource on how to have a form in flash send contents to email? I've looked in flash help and found nothing! ...more >>

How to enable a download in flash
Posted by stingermann at 8/16/2007 5:28:20 AM
I am making a flash website and I was wondering how you would enable the user to click on a text and enable a download of a small text file. Is this possible or do i have to link it to an html first and then enable the download somehow?? ...more >>

Too big .swf file from a little .fla file
Posted by wision at 8/16/2007 5:09:53 AM
Hi! I am a Flash CS3 user with AS2. If I export to .swf file an .fla file, sometimes the Flash CS3 makes from a little .fla file a big .swf file. The .fla file have only 58 kB but the .swf file have 540 kB!!! Why? I'ts only a simple regular form with four textfields and I haven't any pictu...more >>

Groove Machine in Flash
Posted by davidjez at 8/16/2007 4:57:00 AM
I have a bunch of loops I've created and wanted to create a groove machine in Flash. The idea would be that a number of buttons would be on the screen and the user could push a button and start looping one of the audio files. You can turn a number of these audio files on, but they have to be...more >>

Choppy animation, need help...
Posted by Spencer Hill at 8/16/2007 12:34:42 AM
Heya, I'm working on my website http://www.firetree.us and my flash animations (primarily the floating island, is choppy. I can't figure out why. I tried increasing the frame rate and the file is very light weight but I just can't seem to figure it out. Can anyone help? Thanks! PS Y...more >>

Scene problems
Posted by monkeypunk3000 at 8/16/2007 12:22:29 AM
After building my site with scenes and then seeing how buggy scenes are...I'm 99% sure I'm going to redo everything in one timeline BUT... Is there a reason why my video (in a dedicated) scene just continuously loops? I've tried everything from nextScene, to a simple stop to gotoandplay("f...more >>

problem adding animation to a button
Posted by meesh meesh at 8/16/2007 12:21:34 AM
Newbie here.... I'm trying to drag a movie clip onto the stage over a button that I want it to animate in the "up" frame....but it's not working. I get an error message that says "you cannot place a symbol inside itself" I think maybe I'm just doing something wrong. Basically I have a ...more >>

flash cannot display data row
Posted by Helpisnice at 8/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
HI All, We have developed a flash application, it needs to load A table with mutil rows/columns of data. It happened that sometimes, one row cannot always display the data. What could be the problem, please emergency help needed. Please! Data load from same domain Thanks ...more >>

Not a preloader bar, but a movie progress bar
Posted by Gailspencer at 8/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
I have a Flash slide show, and need to be able to tell the viewer how far along they are within it. Something similiar to what you see at the bottom of a Quicktime movie. Is this possible in Flash?...more >>

New to flash
Posted by Nielsel at 8/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I am new to flash and I haven't found out how to include a video film .avi or ..mov in good quality. I am publishing it as an .exe file when I am ready. Is there anybody that can give me some directions or where to find a manual on it. Lasse ...more >>

Invitation to beta-test my new game :)
Posted by sinsro at 8/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
Any comments welcome... http://electricoyster.com/gamezone/fireballs/ Thanks :)...more >>

Exporting FLA/SWF to FLV
Posted by Keebsy at 8/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
How can I turn my Flash 8 animation into an FLV file? The only solution I've found is exporting it as a .MOV file. But to do this I have to use Flash 5, which destroys my animation since there's no movieclip filters. There has to be a way to do this, or Adobe is just retarded for not se...more >>

Smooth tweening?
Posted by dafgsdggggg at 8/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
First of all, i'd like to apologise for my stupid nickname. It seemed every nick was already taken (even some that i'm pretty sure nobody used) and i got a bit frustrated and just pushed some keys at random and of course... That name was available. I don't know how to change it so now i'll pro...more >>

How to choose between sound devices
Posted by HCvV at 8/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
On my SuSE Linux sytem I have two sound devices: the original sound card and an USB device (Xitel HiFi-Link). Both devices are seen by the system (/proc/asound/cards and /proc/asound/devices) and can be used by ALSA (using hw:0.0 resp. hw:1.0) or by OSS (via /dev/dsp resp. /dev/dsp1). How...more >>


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