Hi, I have created a website with Flash on a Mac. I use dreamweaver to place the flash into an html page. On the Mac the site works fine, but on a PC you have to double click the buttons for them to work. The background is acting like a button but it isn't. The home page doesn't even have ...more >>

I have 3 mcs on the stage that i want to move into position in order on a keypress, but after each moves into position, I want a slight delay so it doesn't switch too fast. Is is possible to put a delay in after the mc is in place - maybe with a setInterval or something? stop(); duplicat...more >>

I am using the file 'Scrolling_starfield.fla' found at: http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/event_methods/event_methods07. html Can anyone tell me how to reverse the scroll? I have played around with the AS and can't get it. Currently it scrolls from the Left to the Right. ...more >>

Hello there, Does anybody know how or of any tutorials to create the effect with SWF's. The effect is when a user clicks on a SWF, the SWF enlargens. The effect can be viewed by visiting the following: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/family/ All the best, Kristopher (UK). ...more >>

My company is in the process of impelenting Computer Based Training (CBT) for current Instructor Led (IL) courses. We have three Instructor/Specialists that have attended the Flash Rich Content Creation and Action Scripting courses and/or Flash 8 Designer Academy. We are looking for additio...more >>

The keyboard shortcuts are not working. For now I am merely trying to add frames and cannot get even the first frame in the Timeline to be added by hitting F5. I know I can go in and select Insert>Timeline>Frame and add each frame that way, but of course that would take far too much time. A...more >>

My file has two Scenes. A loader Scene and a main Scene. At the end of the Loader scene is a start button that then loads the main scene. Fairly straightforward. I have added tab orders to each of these scenes, setting it so that only essential items respond to tabs. The Loader Scene tabs ...more >>

I want to make cartoons for 2 venues: 1. the web 2. nonlinear editing suites (Final Cut, Adobe, Etc.) Is flash that great for 2D animation? Or is it just convenient for the internet? I've been using it for about 6 months, and I can't help but wonder if there's software out there...more >>

I think this is a simple problem, though I'm having a hard time summarizing it! Example of issue: a picture fades in and three buttons appear, taking the user to x, y or z. I want the image to fade out when any button is pressed, taking the user to the correct destination (x, y or z). I kno...more >>

Hi, I just installed Flash 9. The debugger in Flash 8 displayed the variables. In Flash 9 the variable field and the debug Console fields are blank. In the Output window it says this: Attemping to launch and connect to Player using URL C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\Desktop\test....more >>

Hi, have Flash from Studio MX 2004 and am on Windows XP. I haven't used Flash in awhile, but I could have sworn I was able to "tab" or move the playhead through the timeline, either by using the arrow buttons or the Tab key?? Have I lost my mind? Or can this be done? Thanks, ...more >>

I'm trying to get the Yahoo weather working, but I'm running into a crossdomain problem. The path to the crossdomain file one of the Yahoo guy's gave me is: http://weather.yahooapis.com/crossdomain.xml And the weather information is being pulled from: http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forec...more >>

Hi there, I've just come across a problem with my website and wondered if anyone could help. Each of the 6 pages in the site is in its own movie clip and has a sort of intro and outro. My problem is that I'm not sure how to tell the buttons to play the outro to that particular page before go...more >>

I'm having an issue with the radioButton component from flash mx, this is, when the timeline arrives to the frame where the radioButtons are, at first, they appear like a blank box, and after they became radioButtons, any idea with this? Thanks in advance ...more >>

:mad; OK So apparently im not the only person with this issue from what ive read in forums online. I have tried all the listed fixs that ive found but every time i go to msn games i get the flash9d.ocx internet explorer has to shut down error. Ive wiped my computer 4 times in the pas...more >>

I'm trying to create a window that launches from a button which the user can drag around the Flash interface and when they're done with it, the hit the close button on the created window (which is an external swf loaded in a movie). The issue I have is startDrag/stopDrag work as easily coded...more >>

Hi I've uploaded a PHP email form, but when clicked it says the message has been sent, but nothing actually happens. I've checked with the host and they do support PHP. I'm thinking that the action script isn't finding the php and maybe I uploaded it incorrectly. I uploaded the php into the sa...more >>

I upgraded the flash player for my browser today. It appears that the Google toolbar was installed without my permission or even any notification that it was going to happen. Do you guys really HAVE to do that? Life is too short to spend it uninstalling unwanted software. Not that ther...more >>

I reported this bug 2 years ago and received official notice from Bentley Wolfe that is was an error and had been added to the list of things to be fixed - it still has not been done In Edit/preferences/General when the Span based selection box is ticked it causes a problem on the timeline...more >>

i have terrible problem. Got my CS3 design premium few months ago. I have started with no activation and used all the software with no harm - also flash. I needed to reinstall the system anyway (for other reasons). After system reinstallation Flash suddenly stopped to start up. it crashes when...more >>

Hiya, I have created a rather complex flash website. Therefore it is a rather large file size :grin; I decided to implement a preloader into the site. This is located in a scene prior to my main site. However, it seems that most of the site content is still trying to load upon the first fr...more >>

Hi I have made my preloaer the main index html file for dreamweaver so it reads it first,, can i attach the plugin code to this first file or should i put it on the main master page? how does it work :confused; ...more >>