I'm new to flash, but have a simple embedded swf that streams an mp3 and has a very basic button menu. The flash movie loads into a popup window on the entry page (visitors using popup blocking software will most likely not see it). The trouble I'm having is that the swf does not consistently ...more >>

Hi all, I'm a new user of Flash. My question is how do I attach the URL of another page to a button? Many thanks. Tom. ...more >>

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Hello all, I am trying to create a intro to my website which will include many many jpeg images. I am expecting the file size ot be huge so does anyone have any techniques/suggestions on reducing the size of the resulting swf file? e.g. Does the use of numerous layers increase the size of the fi...more >>

Hi @ll First of all sorry for my english, but is the first time that i write a mail in english ;) I'm a spanish boy that is just learning to use Flash. I was looking the www.2advanced.com site and i would loke to learn how to do some of the things that they use on the site... (I think that this...more >>

Anyone got any ideas for this collection of games.... www.eurekamarketing.co.uk/arcadegames/homescreen.asp Absolutely safe to login with email address - no spam etc... Referring URLs www.eurekamarketing.co.uk/arcadegames/homescreen.asp ...more >>

please critique site: www.kestadc.com thanks Referring URLs www.kestadc.com ...more >>

i just got studio. i've made a few animations with flash and i'd like to convert these to buttons (up and over buttons), and then a drop-down menu from down button. what's the best way to convert flash animations to buttons? thanks em ...more >>

Hello, I have the following problem: I want to put some mouse action on a MC as follows Frame 1 this.onRollOver = function(){ gotoAndStop(5); } The problem is that on frame 5, should appear a complete set of navigation buttons, which are not functionning, because the rollOver event i...more >>

I've created a scroll pane with a series of buttons inside a movie clip which is scrolled. The problem is that after somebody has clicked on one of the buttons I want it's appearance to be slightly different. I've done this by creating lots of frames in the movie clip and adding 'on(release) goToAnd...more >>

Hello, I am new to flash, and web design. I am making a site and i have a a button that brings up a menu, however, when i tries to put the cusor over the menu it goes away, how do i make the menu stay up also, where can i learn about action script. ...more >>

Hi, I'm doing a site that has a flash intro. (To make it simpler, the flash intro site is www.website.com) Buttons in the intro should open up html pages. The code on the buttons is as follows: on (release) { getURL("http://www.website.com/section1.html", "_blank"); } The content page...more >>

Hi - I'm new to the site, but I was hoping I could get some help. I have a flash site that seems to load fine 1/2 the time, and improperly the other half. The website is www.starshidefire.com/intro.html It seems as though the text from all pages loads onto one. A picture of the problem is belo...more >>

Hi. I made an animation with 6 scene in it . Total of around 1000kb. There is a scene that the user have to click on water to take symbol. There is 16 symbols in all. What I want is, when all 16 symbols are click, the other scene can play, but not before all of the 16 mc had been played. ...more >>

I'm currently trying to make a Website with different Scene's. In each scene, theiris the same menu. But when i go to another Scene, and try to open a link, it opens the link in the first Scene, and not in the Scene i want it to. I'm now changing all links in all the Scene's (eg. on(release) { go...more >>

hi, does anyone know of a good site which has tutorials on how to make pop-up flash web ads with a transparent background? here is an example of what I am talking about: http://www.impactproximity.com/work/adidas/beirut/blaster/index.html If you know how to create them and could let me...more >>

Flash MX, I have my flash movie (800px by 540px) and I would like the left edge of the flash movie to be flush with the left side of the browser window. The problem is I align it to the left and there is always about a 1/8" space between the flash movie and the left edge of the browser. Is there any...more >>

I have a site with frames and can successfully navigate between them. However what I would like to do is have one page on the site that opens without frames but at the same time does not open a new window. Is there anyway to do this successfully? ...more >>

Another scripting question. I've got a photo slide show with a soundtrack that is streamed, so it stays syched to the images. I'd like to have a button set-up that could mute and 'unmute' the sound as it plays. I was thinking of a movie clip with two buttons - 'silence' and 'listen'. The 'sil...more >>

Hello all, I have a quick question on something odd that happens. I have had this problem with flash before and I'm not sure a way around it. I will import a jpg or png into flash (usually small) a background, and when I go and put a movie or animate an instance on top of it, part of the background...more >>

Hi i have created a motion tween of my site benner text that comes in form the right and stops in the midle it also fades in aswell. What i cant work out is how do i get the motion tween to stop at the last frame and not loop back to the first frame basicaly i want it to come in from the right fadin...more >>

As above really chaps....how can i make links in a dynamic scrolling text block. its not a moving text block its just dynamic text with a scroll bar that u move manually...i have the text in thier but i want to add a link to another site in it..can i do this.. ? easyiest way possible please lol !...more >>

I'm not even sure what to call what I want. But I'd like to build a slide show of photos with a progress bar that would indicate how far along the show is, AND allow the user to grab the bar and advance or rewind the show. I'm basically a novice with action scripting, most of what I do doesn...more >>

Its game 3 of this arcade system. Currently Pearl Harbor. www.eurekamarketing.co.uk/arcadegames/homescreen.asp Referring URLs www.eurekamarketing.co.uk/arcadegames/homescreen.asp ...more >>

This newsgroup seems to be full of people asking questions which are seldomly answered... Which is the best Flash newsgroup for getting answers? Anyone.....? ...more >>

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Please help...I have made a flash movie in 16:9 format (1777px x 1000px) which I need to convert to a format that can be reproduced by a DVD player to view on a plasma TV screen. When I export to avi, many effects are not shown (mostly the movie clips) , so exporting to avi is not the answer...more >>

I've searched through the archives here and have found this question asked but only vaguely answered. I've tackled the flash tech notes on the subject http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/dynamic_text_scrollmx.htm But I feel like it's either missing a key step or two, or it thinks ...more >>

Ok I got a DHTML menu ( horizontal ) with drop down sub menus that I pulled off of Dynamic Drive. The problem is if I have a flash animation or movie in an area where the menu will drop down, the movie overlaps the submenu and does not allow the user to see the menu. Is there any way around this?...more >>

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just updated my website/portfolio and I'm looking for some constructive (or not so constructive) criticism. www.agddesigns.com thanks ~Alex ...more >>

I found this great sound loop CD for Flash. It has about 1,200 loops on it in various genres. It also includes sound fx, drum loops, and a ton of hits and short clicks, great for flash designers. I found it at http://www.loopkit.com...more >>

Ok, I have got movie B.swf to load into movie A.swf by 'loadmovie' targeting a movieclip place holder in movie A to have it appear in a designated area of that movie. Now how do I get a button in movie B, which is now loaded into movie A, to load another movie clip back into movie A? Any...more >>

I'm just now getting into importing video into my sites, now that I have a better grasp of preloading and the loadMovie command. However, as I have tried to import my movie clips (not the ones I eventually intend to create and use), it says I am not able to import the audio. I'm using a two year...more >>

Hi folks, I have a problem. I'm creating dynamic text boxes for a full-flash site, and i'm trying to add scrollbar components to them. The external text files are loading correctly, and contain enough text to require a scrollbar, but for some reason, the scrollbars show up as being inactive (greye...more >>

Many months ago I created a workable Flash site for the youth group in my church. I had some interesting ways of showing the staff leaders for each age group. (http://www.nsb.org/srhi/index.htm) Now, this year's leaders have come in and I need to change the names and pictures. Changing the ...more >>

I have a 5-minute mp3 to be played when my website opens. The smallest swf I can possibly come up with is over 650 Kb. I've read here that is I stream rather than import the mp3 into the file I can load the page quicker. My questions for all the pro's out there are: 1. How can I export the ...more >>

Does anyone know where I can purchase a flash mx template. I would like to be able to edit the fla file and maybe add some other features. Also, wanted to know what the license aggreement priviledges Kathy ...more >>

This is driving me crazy, I have a main movie, we will call it main, main has action script to load a movie into level 1 (call it home movie) and a script to load a movie into level 2 (call it GUI) SO whem main is launched it loads 2 more movies, the problem is this, The naviagation is in the GUI...more >>

I have created a web site with frames, I have assigned the frames and frameset names, then I have gone into flash, tried creating a link to a page and assigning it to open in the specified frame. However I can only get it to open either the frame the navbar is in or the entire frame set, no matter w...more >>

Does anyone know of a complete FREE template of a full flash website? Where can I get one in .fla format. NOT in .swf? Or can someone please tell me of a good Tutorial on building a complete flash site. One more thing. Does someone know where I can find a good CHAT room for flash? That stays in m...more >>

Someone explain this to me in English ? Wot is coldfusion realy used for ? ...more >>

I'm new with Flash and I need to know if it is possible with Flash to get a menu created dynamically where the information is coming from a database. That supposed we don't know the size and the words that will be display on the browser. I don't want to recreate the menu each time the menu item is...more >>

Is it possible to load a movie clip into different movie? I know I can load a movie clip into the same movie by using 'load movie' and either 'level' or 'target'. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a problem. I sent an email with a .swf file attached. Now the end user said they got the email but could not view the attachment. I tryed it on my computer. I sent the same email with the attachment to my yahoo address. I opened it up on my computer which runs Win 98 with IE 6 and it opened u...more >>

ello all again....right does anyone make/sale like a CD/program full of flash bits and pieces....like if u had a art program,u can by clip art....so does anyone know of any thing for flash with lots of little goodies in it and roughly how much ?? Thanx in advance Rich ...more >>

I was using the Flash UI Componets Set 2 with the draggable pane. I read all the documentation I can find, and nothing will work (to fill the pane). It says some stuff about the URL (which I put in) and only accepts JPG or SWF (dumb to have only 2 formats, but yes it was). And the pane is still e...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if someone could direct me to someone who can give me a quote on the creation of a Flash Intro that starts off with a fireworks display and transitions into a waving flag - something patriotic. Not too "flashy" just simply animated and clean looking. Thank You ...more >>

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