Quick question, hopefully simple answer. I've added the MediaPlayback component so that the user can hear various .mp3 files when they click on different buttons. It works just fine when it's in .swf form, but when I add it to a webpage in Dreamweaver and preview in browser, the .mp3 files wil...more >>

Hello people that are smarter than me. Im working on a site, which i want to put flash elements on...purely because i want to understand flash more. i've created the button and the animation, but when i hover over the button, then animation keeps looping. (it on the "over" that i have t...more >>

I HAVE THE URL OF A VIDEO: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/24/1107832/get_video.flv . HOW PUT THIS VIDEO INSIDE OF MY FLASH MOVIE. HELP MEEEEEEEE. THANK YOU...more >>

I've done this before so I don't know why it's happening. I have an FLV component and 3 other FLV player components: Volume bar, play/pause button, and seek bar. They all have instance names and control the FLV correctly, but the seek bar and volume bar do not like each other. When the vo...more >>

I'm not savvy to what alchemy the current Flash decompilers can do out there. If one selects "Protect From Import" and supplies a unique Password, can someone else still decompile the code from a published .swf file? Second, once a Flash file is published in .exe form, is it safe from de...more >>

I need some help on how to drag a movie clip on a motion guide and all I have is the following code: <blockquote>pinnav_mc.onPress = function() { this.startDrag(true); }; pinnav_mc.onRelease = function() { stopDrag(); }</blockquote> I'm nearly there but it just drags all ...more >>

Hi there! I am newbie in flash and I am learning righ now, I followed step by step flash photo mask tutorial from http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/photo_masking_effects.asp I can see the results in flash (pressing enter) but when I want to test the Movie (ctrl + Enter) it doesn't work. c...more >>

Hey, I need some help with a logo im tracing in flash professional 8, The output needs to be vector as i am preparing the logo for print, Its a detailed logo, and was informed theres a way to use the paint brush? I've seen this method done and am very pleased with it, but I don't know how to d...more >>

Do you think that Flash is a good choice for creating an hour long training presentation with a lot of images and a little video and a lot of audio as well? Do you know any great classes in Denver coming up to help me refresh my memory of what I learned in school?? Thanks ...more >>

Can anyone point me to a tutorial that explains how to create a "winding, swirling" type of mask? Similar to the following : http://images.templatemonster.com/screenshots/15700/15769.swf (look at the green growing leaf , and the green concentric swirl on the left side) I've got the artwo...more >>

Hi, I have a problem about movie clip connected to the rollOver state of a button: Concretely, i'd like to have a animation playing when the user gets on the Hit area and another one when the user leave the Hit area. The first thing is fine, I know how to do it. My problem is to make anot...more >>

Hi i'd like to use flash for a small project that i must do and was wondering if i was possible to * have multiple things running at the same time, such as 2 different slide shows(1 will show pictures and the other general information!!),a clock, and also have a ticker with text at th...more >>

Hi, Can someone help me learn how to embed fonts? I'm using flash 8. Thanks!!!! ...more >>

I am trying to create a flash file for flash player 6 and 7 that plays a flv video and when the video is finished you see, over the last frame of the video, 2 buttons. The buttons would be "replay video" or "go to url". Also how can I make them dissappear if the user wants to play the video ...more >>

Hello all, Could anyone give me a detailed step-by-step process of making a vertical drop down (or pop out) menu with Flash MX? Or could you give me a link to a tutorial for this? I'd be in your debt. Thanks. ...more >>

hi ive got a dell pc running windows xp with 4 login accounts,the pc is regestered to my wife,the problem i am getting is that flash works ok on my login account but will not work on the other 3 accounts,have tried uninstalling,re installing on both mine and my wifes accound but am ...more >>

I'm doing a personal project in Flash 8 and I've used tweens quite a bit. For some reason though, my animation I'm doing is looking very "chunky". It's just a movie clip with a block of color in it that I'm moving across the stage after a button is clicked. Can anyone think of what would the...more >>

Is it possible to cause a mask to show the content that is outside it, rather than the content that is inside it? For example, if I'm in Photoshop and I create a white mask with black all around it, it will show me what is inside the mask and hide everything outside it. But if I create a black...more >>

Why can't a button have 'actions applied to it' in Flash CS3? I'm used to working with buttons in Flash MX and Flash 8 but after creating a button in Flash CS3, I'm getting text that reads 'Current Selection Cannot Have Actions Applied To It' and so the actions menus are greyed out. Wha...more >>

Hi, I have one image that I need to create multiple hotspots (add an icon to identify). Once the mouse goes over the hotspot, I want to display some text associated with the hotspot. When the mouse is moved away from it the text fades or moves away. I have tried a sample where I can have o...more >>

I have done several Flash movies and I have now come across a stumbling block. My Graphic Objects, which have always responded easily to "click and drag" or x/y positioning, SUDDENLY... whatever method I use to move an object to the stage, the graphics jump to x=0 and y=0 !!?? and lock on...more >>

I have a Flash exe on CD and have an autorun.inf file that starts it when the CD is inserted, but sometimes (on some computers) it doesn't work. Does anyone know what would cause it not to work? And how to fix it? Thanks, Denise ...more >>

Could anyone explain why when I put www.perfectfirstaidservices.com into google.co.uk it returns a .swf file that is on the homepage but not the homepage itself ?? The same thing happens with www.gfnmeubles.com.... :confused; ...more >>

I LIKE THIS VIDEO FROM YOUTUBE AND I WANT TO PU IT INSIDE OF MY FLASH MOVIE BUT I DONOT HOW TO DO IT. FROM YOU TUBE I ONLY GET THE URL AND THE EMBED THING. HOW CAN I USE EITHER ONE TO PUT THE VIDEO INSIDE MY FLASH MOVIE?. WHEN I TRY TO IMPORT THE MOVIE, AN ERROR MESSAGE COMES OUT SAYING THE ...more >>

I'm on windows 2000 and Flash CS3 doesn't work with my OS. I know Flash 8 Professional does, but I would like to try it out before shelling out $700 for the full version. However, the free trial for 8.0 doen't seem to be available for download anymore. Does anyone know of a place that I c...more >>

I know this is a very simple question, but i just dont know what im doing wrong Im trying to add a script on a movie clip, but everytime i click on the movie clip then click on the actions i get a message "Current selection cannot have actions applied to it" I have done everything i can ...more >>

------[u]This is a similar thread to one I posted earlier but I believe this one is more detailed to explain my problem[/u]-------- Does anyone know how to change the programs font-face, font-size, font-style etc ... of the console? I'm referring to all of the outer workspace area, not th...more >>

For a current project I am working on in a 3ds Max animation class I decided to do a little Guitar Hero video. I'm pretty ahead of my class and wanted to take this a step further and simulate the rest of the guitar hero interface since i have the time. I've modeled My guitarists and his g...more >>

Posts are being removed after less than 2 months, so popular threads are losing important early postings. What is the point of this? Is Adobe's new strategy to cover up the big issues then? ...more >>

When I export to quicktime from CS3 the progress bar moves all the way to the right then freezes. I have left it overnight and still it hasn't changed. It is only a short Flash movie. What's going on?? I notice some other threads in this NG which seem to point to the same prob, though not s...more >>

I've succefully introduised a flasch SWF document in a PPT presentation. I 've made a autorun CD of this presentation with 'package for CD' tool off powerpoint 2003. Now the SWFfilm wouldn't run, it opens on 'a' page and nothing moves anymore. What can I do to solve this problem, knowing tha...more >>

I'm receiving errors when trying to implement a flash menu into a site system that uses smarty. The errors occur as long as I've got the AC_FL_RunContent on the logo.tpl page (where I need the flash menu). That means, errors occur if I include everything from alert("This page requires...more >>