Greetings: I attached this code to a button, hoping for a simple pop up window: on (release) { getURL("javascript:window.open('http://www.yahoo.com','YAHOO','height=400,width=500,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no')",_self); } the problems are:a) two windows pop up - one is the correct one, the other i...more >>

i have a few questions.. im trying to make a website just like http://www.vidasworld.com/vidas.html do anyone have any suggestons on how to do a few things hat they did on her web site.. and can anyone please tell me how to make buttons and target them and do anyone know where i could...more >>

How would i make a navigation bar. Like the pop-up menu bar in fireworks, but in Flash? ...more >>

Hi! I'm testing my site http://www.point-studios.com/test/ please test it with me any comments will be welcomed. And please if any body find gramar or spelling mistakes tell me about it. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a button that i placed over a form. Inside this button is an animated movie clip that plays. What is supposed to happen is when i place the button over the form, the animated mc inside the button should play on rollover, and when its finished playing, allow me to fill out the form underneat...more >>

I have problems using pixel fonts in flash, when I export a movie the pixel fonts got another apparience and see ugly, what can i do to to use pixels fonts in flash correctly?? ...more >>

Ive only worked slightly with flash and web-design in general so im a total n00b at this. Anyways. here's my problem. I can't get any flash movies I make to work on any webapge I make in dreamweaver. I mean, Im probably missing something but it just wont work. Currently Ive been messing around using...more >>

hi everybody, i just launch this new site: http://www.maltax.com Please, refer me about any pb you enconter and any advices would be nice for me to know what to change. Thanks a lot by advance. webmaster@maltax.com or just send answer to this forum Referring URLs http://www.malt...more >>

OK, I am real new to Dreamwearver 4.01. Can anyone explain to me in SIMPLE terms why flash rollover text does not show up in Internet Explorer but works fine in Netscape and explain in SIMPLE terms, how I can fix this. It blows my mind that a common Dreamweaver feature does not work with the m...more >>

Hi, everyone...... I'm working on a project for the company that I'm working with and I'm doing my (gulp) very first Flash project. They sent me to a class and I picked up some useful stuff there. But, I'm having a helluva time with this project on a particular movie.... http://b3com.com/sun...more >>

how do i make a loading animation for my site and make it appear when i a page is loading? ...more >>

hello there, i have created a flash intro page that is scaled to 900 x 600, and situated inside of a centered table in an html page. but naturally, it is cut off in an 800 x 600 monitor. but i was wondering if there is a way to insert code (in either dreamweaver or flash) that will automatically ...more >>

I'm building a site for a furniture design competition in Finland and I have make 2 movies for 2 resolutions 800x600 and 1024x768. Now, there is 9 other resolutions available, for instance one of the clients is using 1200x1600 so he gets a very small view of the flash. If I set the movie to f...more >>

my experiment design.. http://wiqx.magicasp.com what sort? ...more >>

I'm working with a screenshot of a software program that is saved in GIF format. It is the background layer (lowest layer in the stack). In the published movie, as long as there is only 1 frame the graphic is clear, but as soon as I add another frame, the graphic becomes fuzzy and the words look pix...more >>

I'm new to Flash and I'm searching for an excisting fla of the nav menu just like the one at macromedia.com Can anyone help me to get this fla file? Thx Martijn Berger The Netherlands ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to make a flash rollover effect for photo button links, (where a thumbnail image starts out faded, then when rolled over it shows the full colors, and then when rolled off it slowly fades back over again). I currently have both flash 4, and flash mx; if that hel...more >>

I have a flash nav just like this macromedia site but instead of going horizontal I want it to go vertical. Is their any way that this might work??? I tried my ways but only way to make this work was to have the width big enough to support the subnav or the on(release) function does not show the...more >>

I'm trying to use the tellTarget action on a button. The button is on a layer of a movie used for a button roll over. I specify the target as "blueConstruct", a movie in my main timeline. However, when I test, Flash can't find my target. Here is the code for the button with rollover: on ...more >>

Does anyone out there know whether it is possible to enter a title in the subject file on an email? and if so what additional coding needs to be done alongside the: getUrl Mailto:me@companyname.com thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi, Ii've been teaching myself flash for a few years now, my personal website / blog is http://www.stevengapo.com I'd really appreciate any comments / suggestions on it cheers, Steve ...more >>

It seems that the tutorials for the UI Components doesn't offer help on the ScrollPane. Can anyone please tell me how to set the content? I want to set it up so a row of pictures will be bound in a pane with a scrollbar (cuz the row of images is longer than the window, obviously)... ...more >>

Hey gang, I just updated my portfolio site and would like some feedback, both functionally and aesthetically. If the site doesn't seem to function properly, please let me know what your specs are and what seems to be the problem. Here's the link, once there, click "Enter Portfolio >>" http:...more >>

i want to make an intro for a First Person Shooter Gaming Clan. I have little videos that i recorded of In-Game situations, i have about 5. I want to fade them in and possibly move them around while they are playing and fade out according to the music. i have been able to view the movies fad...more >>

I designed a site that loads up different movies on 3 levels to bring the file size down. _level0=Flash Player detector...to...background picture _level5=navigation _level10=individual pages The only problem is that the Back button on the browser brings you back to the first page, rather than ...more >>

Do any of you know if Flash works with Yahoo Geo Cities the free one?? Cuz i put my flash html code in Geo Cities and i saved it and i go and look at my site and it says its loading but i let it load for like a hour and it didnt do anything? why is it doing this? Do i need to go back and do the m...more >>

Here it is. A commercial website for our pet store. It's actually only made in french, but the english version is to come. Please give me your comments, and tell me what browser you're using to run it. Thanks, all comments are welcomed, as long as they're constructive, ø|i ...more >>

How do i make it say Loading before my movie plays, I think thats why its not loading up at all on my site? http://www.geocities.com/band_poo/Home.html?1061918406960 Thats my site, see if you can see why its not loading up thanks.... ...more >>

Hi, This is the issue: I am using dynamic text on my site but the problem is that the font (Portfolio) I am using isn't displaying properly when I am using it dynamically. However, if I make it static text it shows up the way it is supposed to (crisp and sharp). Unfortunately, there isn't a...more >>

Hi guys I just wanted to show my finished site that you helped in some ways to contribute to. http://www.frozenspine.com regards Kris ...more >>

Hello I'm wondering if anybody can update me on the latest/best tool for turning batched bitmap images into vector? I'm hoping to create a series of 2 color movies from original MPEG movie files. As far as I know, to do this I need to: 1. bring the MPEG into FlashMX 2. export it as a PNG se...more >>

I am building a website http://www.mw-studio.com/objects.html and I am running into problems with stopping a movie. You should probably take a look at the link to better understand! When you rollover the button the line art appears and on release the movie starts. What script should I attach to t...more >>

Greetings All, I'm writing a site that has the main content of the site playing on one timeline in several different scenes. The menu for the site is on a higher level and is an animated movie itself wherein the buttons will contoll the playhead on the main timeline. I'm having trouble contro...more >>

Hi, Someone just sent me this site which i really like. Unfortunately i am not the designer. It represent a type of design that i am thinking about for a site i am about to design. I just would like to ask the community what you think about the design etc. Cheers Referring URLs ...more >>

Hello I have a question. I am working on my own web design website which is www.smoovejcmedia.tfang.org. On my first scene and its only that scene I only have one frame consisiting of about 8 layers. Layers are background, buttons, text, media, and etc. I have mainly movie clips which is why its onl...more >>

Hello: I am working in Flash MX, and have attached a motion guide to a layer that also requires a mask. I am not able to link a mask layer to a layer that has a guide already linked to it. I tried doing the mask first and then the guide, but it seems like I'm not able to link more than one la...more >>

hi, i know this subject probably was beaten to death but i cannot find this - i am trying to duplicate a movie clip 30 times and load dynamically 30 jpeg images into it - i am trying to have the preloader preload all 30 images first to then display the images i think i need to get the c...more >>

Hello all, As the title suggests, I can't get my language buttons to work. I've created a Flash intro to a website that has simple text 'French' and 'English' buttons to choose a language to proceed to the website. The movie plays through and I have a stop action in the last frame. When I mouse o...more >>

Does anybody know what the problem would be? Movie works fine in pc. Thank you Antonio Los Angeles, CA US ...more >>

HI, I have my movie set NOT to loop, but in the html code, and in the flash file itself. But when I played it on my webpage (it's on autostart and begins as soon as the page loads) it played completely through, and left the final image on the screen after the movie stopped (this is fine), but after ...more >>

Hi everybody .. How can I create a scroll area inside of FLASH movie?? Thanks for your help ... Madsky ...more >>

I have text that I broke apart on one part of my website and a dynamic text field on another part. The problem is that both text fonts are Times New Roman, however, they look completely different?! Why? Please help! ...more >>

Hi all, newbie here If I set the background of my swf to Grey #CCCCCC and the background of my Dreamweaver html to Grey #CCCCCC. Or even if I use the html that flash5 publishes. It shows up in Explorer as Grey#C2C2C2. The source still claims it is #CCCCCC, but it is definalty the darker shade. T...more >>

You can tell I'm new at this. How do you get the crisp looking fonts I see in many Flash sites. Mine smooth and aren't clear when they are small. ...more >>

I finished some part of my website and I asked some people around me to try it out and I've heard as much good comments as bad ones. First of all, some told me they can't run it with Netscape, the loaded page is blank. Also, some people were using 56k modems, and they told me they had to wait long (...more >>

Hi Folks, Can u please critique my SITE with helpfull suggestions: http://www.ymisitio.com The above link will take u to the Intro Page. http://www.ymisitio.com/flashsiteredone/homey.htm The above link will take u directly to the FLASH-SITE http://www.ymisitio.com/htmlsiteredone/h...more >>

I'm trying to set up this input text box that people will enter thier email into and then email them to me for a mailling list My server doesn't do PHP only Pearl CGI. I've tried doing one of the tutorials on flash kit. I keep on trying. But it didn't work I was wondering whether anyone knows...more >>

I've tried using named anchors to navigate through a flash website cosisting of one .fla file, with about 10 scenes. But it seemed like the browsers back and forward buttons take me through the movies frames respectivly, and not in order of history visits. Is there a way to use named anchors to na...more >>

Junior Member linking flash buttons in dreamweaver! hello all, sorry to sound really naive but i need some help with flash and dreamweaver mx.I created a simple button symbol in flash mx with the hope of importing it into dreamweaver and then linking it to internal documents stored in my we...more >>

I'm building a site for a client that uses Cochin Italic for the headings of each page. The italic version of the font only displays correctly when it is being edited and in the preview of the font selector. When I deselect the text block the font displays as Cochin Regular, but slightly oblique. ...more >>