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another question - sorry
Posted by GilesW at 10/31/2003 11:34:50 PM
OK, wel i posted this in the actionscript forum,but nobody answered and now its in the archives. Neway, heres what i want to know how to do. I saw in a site somthing ive wanted to do but didnt no how. How do u make it so, when a button it click, a pucture scrools through all the picturs available f...more >>


new site up
Posted by itsrainin at 10/31/2003 8:16:25 PM
site for a local youth group in my arean, let me know what you think www.220power.com still polishing up on it itsrainin ...more >>

site check
Posted by itsrainin at 10/31/2003 8:13:56 PM
site for a local youth group in my arean, let me know what you think www.220power.com still polishing up on it itsrainin ...more >>

I'm stuck with movie clips, please help
Posted by rmitch at 10/31/2003 8:03:15 PM
Hello, I am currently trying to teach myself Flash MX. I am using the book Flash MX Saavy by Ethan Watrall and Norbert Herber. I am on the section where I am learning about movie clips. The instructions say to create the movie (in this book, a fish swimming across the screen) that I go to ...more >>

Animations locks up
Posted by joned at 10/31/2003 5:20:47 PM
I have a basic 4 picture animation on a model website "contact us" page, picture 1 fades out, picture 2 fades in, picture 2 fades out, picture 3 fades in, then after picture 4 returns to pic 1 ...etc. All works fine within flash program and within Dreamweaver, but when the website is uploaded the an...more >>

How To Force a Browser To Refresh an swf Movie.
Posted by ChrisHomer at 10/31/2003 4:13:42 PM
Maybe I have gone about this all wrong, but I have embedded swf's in my site so that when someone clicks an item in the nav menu, the new section loads (ie loadMovie). The problem I am having is if I make a change/update to the embedded swf, the change does not appear in the browser until I clear m...more >>

Site Check Please
Posted by Lobstah at 10/31/2003 3:32:16 PM
We have had this site up for several months now with no complaints. All of a sudden we are getting complaints via email that "the site doesn't work" or "the site doesn't load." We do not understand this problem, as we had tested on several browser versions. Can anyone tell us what the problem is?...more >>

opinion about portfolio
Posted by yoyo at 10/31/2003 1:23:56 PM
www.merlinfactory.com ...more >>



Flash Charging
Posted by D-Loco at 10/31/2003 9:57:34 AM
Right guys.... i am new to web developing and am wondering how much you guys are charging for your work??? Any comments would be good!!! Is it by the hour or a set rate??? Cheers, Gary ...more >>

load complete html in flash
Posted by DV at 10/30/2003 11:24:52 PM
Hi, I was wondering how to load, insert, a complete html page with pictures ... into flashmx Is this possible and how do I do that ? thank you ! ...more >>

Design
Posted by Yngve at 10/30/2003 9:37:51 PM
I have just launched my site and was wondering if somebody would like to comment the site? Referring URLs http://www.swiftz.net/ ...more >>

Modal window
Posted by homygad at 10/30/2003 4:58:20 PM
I have a Flash form (form A) with lots of buttons and other components such as comboboxes on it. Another Flash form (form B) can be opened from the first one. I want to have all components on form A to be disabled while form B is opened, that is, I want form B to behave as a modal window. How can I ...more >>

Substituting an image for a Flash Player movie on the fly
Posted by maflu at 10/30/2003 12:55:08 PM
Hello, I tried the script supplied on the page http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/how/shock/javaplugs/javaplugs04.html but it does not work: the Flash animation appears correctly but the gif image does not appear when the Flash player is not installed. I have a homepage with a Flash ...more >>

How do create scrolling news
Posted by scrolling news at 10/30/2003 9:30:15 AM
I'm trying to create a group of scrolling text on flash 5 that anable others to uses their mouse to link to another html. The problem is I don't know how to command it in such a way that, when users point their mouse over a row of text in this scrolling text flash (before clicking it), the whole ...more >>

a white screen flashing
Posted by Color-Tattoo.com at 10/30/2003 2:53:32 AM
I try to do a scrolling sky with Flash MX. At the end off my timeline, the page refresh and there's a white flashing screen. How can i do to resolve this problem? thank you for your help. ...more >>

How to export SWF inside SWF online
Posted by TG_Laszlo at 10/29/2003 8:39:27 PM
Hi there, I have a project due in a matter of weeks which makes me stress. I need to make a swf file which has a interactive editing tool that allows the user to create a custom swf file from the settings that are preconfigured inside the main swf file. Lets just say its a intro creator and i have p...more >>

load movie parameters
Posted by andii at 10/29/2003 5:42:20 PM
hi i need to load a swf movie into a main one. the second movie i need to load is smaller so I need to assign it a determinated x and Y cordenates. Is there a way to load this movie with a specific location in the first movie stage really thanx in advance andii ...more >>

BUttons w/ Text
Posted by mastrmind11 at 10/29/2003 4:22:27 PM
I have a rollover effect on a bunch of buttons, but the problem is whenever the mouse is on the button and passes over the button label (which is text), the hand pointer changes to the text cursor and the button spazzes out. Any way I can fix this?? PLEASE?!?! Thanks ...more >>

cool effects....help to create
Posted by Sauagecowboy at 10/29/2003 2:40:49 PM
Check this site out www.iwebsolutions.co.uk Would like to get the source code for the Flash effects can anyone help. email me at zidbilal@hotmail.com Thanks for your time Referring URLs www.iwebsolutions.co.uk ...more >>

help... submit problems...
Posted by dickthestick at 10/29/2003 9:31:33 AM
Greetings, I have created a form in my flash website, I added the Pushbutton (submit) and I don't know how to get the values / results emailed to me... PLEASE HEWLP - URGENT Thank you for reading, Richard. ...more >>

Pop up Flash... JUST FLASH!
Posted by Eff NO[at]SPAM CTJ at 10/29/2003 8:46:43 AM
Hello~ I've seen a lot of websites which when u launches the flash website, it pops out an internet explorer which has nothing else (such as toolbars) except the flash and the size is fixed. How do they do that anyway? Even the right-click was disabled... - Eff @ CTJ ;) A mind is a dangero...more >>

Flash Font Help Please
Posted by Wayne Lodwig at 10/29/2003 7:34:52 AM
Hi there I have purchased a number of flash fonts from Fonts for flash. I want to use one on a site - and have the complete site showing this font. In the graphic part it is not a problem - but where I have scrolling text, via txt files, I also want to use this font. Do I have to embed th...more >>

does it still work on PC's? it doesnt on MAcs, can some1 tel me why?
Posted by GilesW at 10/29/2003 7:12:20 AM
ok, wel i made http://www.nuclearfusion.com.au open up in a pop up window, and i was wondering if people can still view the site (Including splash) at all now, the only other computer in my house is a mac and that cant read the java, how do i fix that? main thing for now is does it stil work thanks...more >>

button problem need helps...
Posted by CrabieHK at 10/29/2003 3:42:38 AM
Hi there, To make it simple to be understood my prob : Image A = up & over button Image B = down & hit button My question is how to keep the image B on the stage instead of going back to image A after a on click function. Many thanks in advance. Regards, CrabieHK ...more >>

hosting issue with swf file
Posted by mezulli at 10/29/2003 3:39:22 AM
Hi there, I've just signed up with a hosting service, "dotster.com" and they support flash files. I've used other hosting services before and just uploaded the html page and the corresponding .swf file. For some reason, the flash file is reading as an unknown file. Has anyone out there had a...more >>

stopAllSounds
Posted by CrabieHK at 10/29/2003 3:23:14 AM
Hi there, I imported a video into flash mx and made a stopAllSounds button to control the mute function. Is there any tips on resuming the audio function? Many thanks in advance. Regards, CrabieHK ...more >>

letter by letter text display
Posted by Souske at 10/29/2003 1:58:51 AM
My friend had an idea for a site, where he wanted text to be typed out letter by letter in a movie. Not inputed by the user, but displayed by the movie as a result of user interaction. I'd like to kno if anyone has an idea on how to efficiently implement this design. ...more >>

easiest way to keep flash file updateable (please read)
Posted by itsrainin at 10/28/2003 10:16:57 PM
Ok, Ive been trying to think of a practicle way to have my portfolio in flash, what would be the easyiest way to do this? I would like to have the mainflash movie pull the individual flash movies of the portfolio out of a database or dir taht way i just drop new stuff in the database or dir as i ...more >>

Flash - seperate browser window help
Posted by underground_sound at 10/28/2003 9:54:39 PM
Hey I am Flash newb and was wondering if anyone could tell me how I can make my url links open in seperate windows, I want to keep the main page always in the background. ...more >>

ScrollPane Border, need help
Posted by twotone321X at 10/28/2003 8:47:11 PM
any idea how i can make the scrollpane border invisible or match the colour of the MC in the background? i've been trying for days and i'm no closer to finding a solution ...more >>

Testing website: would you have a look?
Posted by Laiverd.COM at 10/28/2003 7:27:24 PM
Hi, At http://www.laiverd.com/groundzero/laiverd/lad_index.html I have put up a website. I would appreciate it if you would have a look at it and specifically pay attention to the following issues. I'm interested in: - browser and platform compatibility - flash player detection (the site re...more >>

Cartier Site/Easing scroll effect
Posted by trika at 10/28/2003 5:49:56 PM
Can someone please direct me to a tutorial and/or fla or whatever, that will help me to create the type of scrolling effect that Cartier uses in their product catalog online. I am interested in an AS solution rather than setting up numerous levels etc. http://www.cartier.com For example, if you se...more >>

Menu help
Posted by philipwylie2003 at 10/28/2003 3:03:25 PM
Take a look at the fla file and help me get it so when you roll-over "Your Education" the sub-menu appears under without dissapering half way. Any help whould be appreciated. Philip Wylie philipwylie2003@yahoo.co.uk ...more >>

i cant get my popup window to work :(
Posted by GilesW at 10/28/2003 11:29:42 AM
what im i doing wrong? ive folowed the instructions from a tutorial.- i added a get url scrpt to the index movie. saying to open the main flash page then i put a script into the htm version of the index pg, but nothing happenes. all files r below, along with link to tutorial thanx. http://webf...more >>

site check (Not finished yet)
Posted by GilesW at 10/28/2003 5:18:50 AM
not nearly finished! but im head deep in confusion, i have no idea if al the buttons link to things corrrectly and stuff, so if you guys could check it out for me that would be great. thanks alot ...more >>

Need Flash Help
Posted by JoePKing at 10/28/2003 3:11:50 AM
i am a severely disabled web designer, i need some help on flash, please e-mail me at joecool250@brightok.net, just some basic questions, thanks!! my website is at www.joepking.com thanks! Joe ...more >>

sorry for the double post, extending a line, heres the problem.
Posted by jkoorts at 10/28/2003 2:22:30 AM
Hi, I'm new to flash and tried no for hours to do this simple thing: I'd like to take a line and extend it over time. example: at 1s the line looks like this: ___ at 40s the line looks like this: ____________________________ I'm trying the movie tweening thing but that only moves th...more >>

Best way to load dynamic pics with hotspots?
Posted by Flash_Ghost at 10/28/2003 12:57:54 AM
Hello, I am building a site that has over 300 pictures of docutment pages and on each page I will have 'hotspots' where when a user hovers the mouse over them a little caption will appear. Would it be in my best interest to just have the link that calls apon the pic to have the pics loaded in a ...more >>

using Flash to fight Spambots
Posted by Starscream at 10/28/2003 12:38:30 AM
Forgive me for possibly beating a dead horse here, but if I post my mailto: tag within a flash movie, then will that keep the spambots from reading it, since all it will catch is just an swf file? It seems like a rather obious solution to me, but everywhere I search on the subject, everyone is...more >>

FLash And ASP
Posted by itsrainin at 10/27/2003 11:32:08 PM
can asp work in flash? I would like a flash movie to be able to read a database using asp that way it can load all the flash movies in that database that way when i add to my portfolio all i have to do is add the new flash files into the database and the mainflash movie displays it, using asp th...more >>

Action Script for navigation
Posted by Rickado at 10/27/2003 7:14:49 PM
I am working on a Flash training site. My client would like to restrict the student from clicking the foward button unitl they have listened to the complete video or audio on that page. How would this action script read for this to be accomplished? Thanks so much, Rick-a-do ...more >>

choppy graphics - what do i do?
Posted by benthomas1 at 10/27/2003 5:58:16 PM
What can i do to avoid choppy graphics? I imported a jpeg into my library, (black text on a white background, unaliased text...) and when I exported my movie (at 100% quality with no compression) the text became choppy along with a photo. Anyone know how to avoid this or what settings i should be ad...more >>

Assistance Needed...
Posted by dickthestick at 10/27/2003 3:59:51 PM
COMPLETE NOVICE - SORRY... Greetings. I have a big problem with a flash file, I need to change the text displayed on mouse over / hit, But i've tried for days, and can't seem to do it, could someone please help, im desperate to get this done... Here is the file: http://www.freewebs.com/...more >>

what do they use to make these graphics?
Posted by GilesW at 10/27/2003 11:15:43 AM
if you designing a flash site, do you just use the editing tools in flash, or do you make them in photoshop or somthing (Im talking about menue graphics and frames, stull like that) ad example of what i mean is in the media juice site, how did they creat the boarder? thanks Referring URLs ...more >>

guestbook question
Posted by The Emporor at 10/27/2003 10:29:33 AM
I want to create a guestbook and I want to use the guestbook of Flashbible.....or this one: http://www.flash-db.com/GuestBookTut/ But both have problems with special signs like: & $ # % ^* ( ) _ + especially the & sign causes trouble. After the & sign, n text is seen...how can i solve this? ...more >>

Boo! Flash skeleton!
Posted by R. Hamm at 10/27/2003 3:08:16 AM
http://www.rhgrafix.com/skeledance.htm ...more >>

text/font questoin
Posted by The Emporor at 10/26/2003 8:52:04 PM
Question: I have a dynamic text field which is filled by a .txt file. Now I want a certain font in that dynamic text field. But how do i make it? I want everybody to see that font, even if they don't have that certain font installed on their pc.... Help me? Thnx! ...more >>

Date/Time Display
Posted by icai at 10/26/2003 3:28:50 PM
Hello, I want to display the date and time though a dynamic text box in my Flash 5 movie (navigation-bar). I have downloaded several snippets of code to do this but have not found anything that will work sofar.I manage to find my way around in the Flash visual environment OK but I have very little ...more >>

Sound wont work
Posted by Zoboda at 10/26/2003 2:35:33 PM
Im trying to make a site that has a small console on the bottom that controls the music, the sounds are all in one movie clip. The problem is when u switch frames the music overlaps and i cant stop it without making the song restart everytime. Any help will be great Thanks in advance ...more >>

how to update a site...
Posted by Victoria at 10/26/2003 2:15:08 PM
Hi everyone, I was asked to update a web site, made nearly entirely in Flash. I am totally new to Flash (done few tutorials a while ago), and have no idea how to do it. I was wondering if someone may be could give me some directions or some basics regarding this. I would need to update spons...more >>


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