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Problems viewing movie in IE for WinXP
Posted by pixelgem at 10/14/2004 10:05:16 PM
Hello,
I have a Flash movie that of course works in every browser *except* IE for
WinXP. It works in Mozilla for PC, as well as IE Mac, Mozilla (Firefox) Mac
and Netscape Mac (Mac OS X.3 Panther). I've tried various publish settings,
but nothing seems to work. The page simply hangs up a... more >>
delay loading external .txt files
Posted by BeaArthur at 10/14/2004 9:46:59 PM
When I load an external .txt file to my dynamic text box (with custom scroll
bar) there is a very slight delay, during which a line similar to this appears:
_level0.instance1.contentText.content
I assume this is just the script calling up the external file. While it only
flashes briefly ... more >>
Any e-commerce sites you recomend?
Posted by DJS2C at 10/14/2004 9:40:48 PM
Some sites that have a fair amount of selling sections but are flash sites.
Thanks in adavance.
Any type. Music downloads, Ring tones, Products etc. Or any big sites with a
fair amount of content (videos, music, animations)
laters
J
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Print code
Posted by ekora at 10/14/2004 8:25:35 PM
Does anyone know of a script I can use to either print a text area or maybe open up the text area into a new HTML window for easier printing?
Thanks,
~mookdawg
... more >>
Scrolling Non-textual area?
Posted by ekora at 10/14/2004 8:24:12 PM
Is there such thing as a non-text area that can be scrolled?
I'm trying to make a scrollable pic gallery. Any ideas would be great!
Thanks,
mookdawg
... more >>
Realtime Day/Night
Posted by ekora at 10/14/2004 8:19:22 PM
I'm trying to build a small corner in a project that displays realtime day or
night.
I'm basically thinking this but I'm not sure how to code it correctly:
if time >= 06:00 or <= 19:00 then gotoAndPlay ('daytime')
elseif time >= 19:01 then gotoAndPlay('night');
Anyone know how thi... more >>
river flowing
Posted by kimber01 at 10/14/2004 6:50:57 PM
Any pointers on how to make a river look like its flowing on a animated map?... more >>
Need an idea
Posted by swiil at 10/14/2004 5:47:27 PM
Check out
http://www.sapc.edu/main.html
Any other suggestions and thoughts are welcome... the new releases, picture
gallery and contact form load dynamicly in the page.
Thanks very much for your time!
Chris Siefken
Webmaster
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
1700 Dogwood Mile ... more >>
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implementing preloader help!
Posted by shush at 10/14/2004 1:34:06 PM
Hi I have created a pre loader but stupidly dont know where to place it and implement it to my main movie, my site is at www.freshlemon.co.uk could someone please help? thank you... more >>
Flash object as link
Posted by I Believe at 10/14/2004 11:38:40 AM
Hi,
I would like to place a .swf symbol in an html document. When clicking the
..swf symbol, I would like to jump to a certain area of the text contained in
the document. I am struggling to make this happen.
So far, I have put in the symbol:
on (release) {
getURL("#alpha")
... more >>
Saving documents to disk
Posted by Sapient at 10/14/2004 10:15:50 AM
I want to be able to allow end-users to save documents (zip, Doc, PDF) from the server to their system. The equivalent in html is <a href="downloads/document.zip">.
Thank you
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Opinions please! - djdna.com
Posted by garroyo at 10/13/2004 9:18:58 PM
I just finished a flash website and I would like to get some feedback. I still
have a few ideas about how to make it better, but for the most part it is
complete. So whatever you have to say, I want to hear it ? good or bad.
I did this site for a friend for the release of his recent albu... more >>
quite an inspiring site, think so?
Posted by nospamGaryC0828 NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 10/13/2004 8:40:58 PM
came across a site called animos.com, i think they've done a great job
on blending flash technology and story telling, actually, one of the
best site I've seen lately, what do you think?... more >>
Site review...go easy, my first one
Posted by JPI at 10/13/2004 7:50:28 PM
I have a little Flash site, it's my first one, so please go easy on me! I do
need some criticism though, as I want to hopefully get some programming work
someday.
A couple of the "examples" aren't up yet, so be warned, and thanks in
advance.
http://www.jprime.ca
... more >>
Scrolling Site Background Image Help
Posted by gamerastudio at 10/13/2004 6:02:47 PM
Hello, this may be an easy thing to do, but I am currently baffled...
I am trying to get a background image on my flash site to scroll between 5
images when a page is selected. ie: Home page has one image , when another page
is selected the background image scrolls to a new image that I want... more >>
URL Link
Posted by StargrrlGrafx at 10/13/2004 5:49:46 PM
Is there any other way to create a hyperlink in Flash MX besides selecting text and putting the url in the properties panel?
TIA
Amelia... more >>
opening html window from flash
Posted by myselfandi at 10/13/2004 2:43:51 PM
hello.
i'm buding a site with picture page.
I want to know how can I open new html page and display the picture on it (full size) from flash.
thanks. ... more >>
flash to html
Posted by homegrownideas at 10/13/2004 2:23:00 AM
I need to know how to convert flash to html for a freewebs site, i made a banner in flash and the owners of the site cant put the actual file in it..... more >>
Feed back on website
Posted by shush at 10/12/2004 9:20:11 PM
Hi I would appraciate if you could give me feedback on this website please
http://www.freshlemon.co.uk/newsite/lemon.html
Some people have already said they have to click buttons a few times, how
would i go bout correcting this? thanx
... more >>
I need a home page.
Posted by CrazySquirrel765 at 10/12/2004 8:41:00 PM
My website BlackWire.net needs a kool advanced flash powered home page. Please eather post here or IM me on AIM at webz2555 or go to BlackWire.net and post there if you are interested in helping out. ... more >>
Loading flash doc from intro page
Posted by jterhune at 10/12/2004 8:06:07 PM
i created a site in flash for a friend's band. the first page is HTML and
javascript, with no flash (index.html). the idea is that a viewer will click
the logo on this page, and a new customized window will pop up with the flash
site (index2.html). there are two problems i'm having: 1)even ... more >>
website publishing help URGENT!!
Posted by shush at 10/12/2004 7:33:10 PM
Hi i have created a website in flash however when i place it online and it
plays it seems to move the movie to the right so white space appears down the
left and at the top of the window i want it to fit the dimnesions of the movie,
but am having no luck can someoen please help? the site is at... more >>
interactive text on a path
Posted by x NO[at]SPAM x.com at 10/12/2004 3:53:19 PM
This is going to be my first post to this newsgroup...and it's going to be a
doozy...
I need to be able to type text in a field and have that text show up on
another part. Where the text shows up it will be either straight across,
inclined, arced, or arched. Then I will have to be able to rest... more >>
Resolution for best performance?
Posted by Nicolaj Tidemand at 10/11/2004 10:02:12 PM
Hi
I'm going to start to make a new website using Flash5 (only). I am pretty
familiar using flash, but I'm wondering which resolution to use to get the
best performance?? My recent webpages I have exprerienced a couple of
things:
- the text is not as sharp as I would like to (far as sharp as ... more >>
How to optimize Flash site for search engines?
Posted by karltraum at 10/11/2004 8:05:11 PM
I have a flash site that starts out with Macromedia's Flash Detection
Script/SWF on what is otherwise a blank page, that then redirects to a page
holding only a Flash movie.
I thought the best way to handle this for search engines would be to put
keywords in the META tag on the entry page... more >>
How do I create This !!!
Posted by MMirski at 10/11/2004 4:31:57 PM
Here is the link - www.livingwalls.com then Click on the Products. The scrolling menu is what I am looking for. I know it is simple for some of you but I am pretty new to Flash so please help.
MM... more >>
Site Check
Posted by okra123 at 10/11/2004 4:07:26 PM
Made this for a local band - not quite finished but wanted it checked out...too long to load? (don't try with dial up) Smooth running? etc.
http://bogfog.com/CKK.html... more >>
My movie clip buttons will not refer to the main timeline?
Posted by graphik81 NO[at]SPAM aol.com at 10/11/2004 2:40:26 PM
I am new to flash. I am trying to make the buttons in my movie clips send
the action back to the main timeline. However, every time I try to actionscript
the jump goes to the frames in the movie clip timeline and not my main.
Please help, I may shoot myself if not! Thanks... more >>
Blog in Flash!--HTML into Flash Issues
Posted by nikonratm at 10/11/2004 2:09:48 PM
so, i am right now in the process of turning
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/macprojloadvar.htm which
might be the issue since im on a mac, even though it does seem old.
anyway, im absolutely befuddled..the only thing i can think of otherwise is to
convert the blog into ... more >>
detecting flash player online website
Posted by shush at 10/11/2004 10:17:03 AM
Hi I have created a Flash site and want to when the user goes to a url for a
html page to load, when it appears i want it to detect if the user has flash
player if it does then the flash site will open up in its own new window, and
if they dont i want them to b able to download the player, Cou... more >>
help with drop menu! --argh!
Posted by nikonratm at 10/11/2004 4:46:04 AM
so i followed the tutorial on the macromedia site
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/popup_menu.htm and made
myself a nice little menu. it works quite well when i test the scene in and of
itself, the problem is when i try to import it into my larger document. I
import it ... more >>
Placeholder question
Posted by sumertimeinthewindy at 10/10/2004 9:06:59 PM
ok, i have this site which is in mx 2004, i have a placeholder_mc which a have
a external swf is being called into it. the swf however needs to be exported in
flash 4 and has some positioning actionscript in it. its a flash panorama.
Everything works by its self but when i call the sef into th... more >>
Full screen Mode
Posted by brett2_UMBC at 10/10/2004 5:45:32 PM
I have had a request by some we-surfers that they be able to view the site in
full screen mode, taking up the entire computer screen (much like a computer
game). I know that the fscommand("fullscreen", "true); is available for use if
the SWF is based on the local machine; however, I need this... more >>
change HTML background color?
Posted by sroberts209 at 10/9/2004 8:53:39 PM
Hello!
I have a flash movie embedded in an HTML file (see rough example :
http://www.studio209.com/color.html )
When you click on the links ("movie 1", "movie 2", "movie 3") the background
color of the flash movie changes.
is there a way to change the background color of the HTML t... more >>
please help with site intro!
Posted by nikonratm at 10/9/2004 4:18:44 PM
sorry for the long post, i dont know how to ask this quick. so i am a
relative beginner, im pretty much teaching myself flash at the moment, and im
trying to design an intro for this site i made for my brother:
http://giantmecha.com/movie2.html is what i have right now.
1. on the sites mai... more >>
RANDOM FLASH CONTENT ON WEBPAGES
Posted by William... at 10/9/2004 3:05:36 PM
Hi you all,
The title of this speaks for itself. How can one display random flash movies
on a webpage. Take for instance on Macromedia's site. At the hompage, a flash
movie on Volvo is displayed. If you refresh another on Macromedia Breeze is
displayed, if you refresh another again on Macr... more >>
loading jpg into a movieclip
Posted by myselfandi at 10/9/2004 11:22:20 AM
hello
i'm trying to load a jpg file into a movieclip using loadMovie.
the problem is that the size of the container movieclip changes according to
the size of the jpg.
how can I keep the size of the movieclip constant and make the jpg fit the mc?
thanks.
... more >>
from black to transparent background
Posted by camacho_9 at 10/9/2004 9:29:34 AM
hello ,
i want to inderestand why and whow some professionnal use on their bitmap (when importing) a black background but when they use it in animation this background became transparent.
thanks ... more >>
Need Link to email application
Posted by pbodi at 10/8/2004 4:36:40 PM
Hi.
How can you link either text or a button to the email application.
(Maybe even with the email address in the "to" -bar in the email program).
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
... more >>
Publishing a Flash Movie With Buttons
Posted by Christian Foster at 10/8/2004 2:57:39 PM
I have published a flash movie with buttons that change the frame according to
the specific button which is pushed.
Problem 1) When the flash movie is publish in a web browser the button do not
work. The only thing which happens is that the flash movie proceeds to play
without regard ... more >>
help with loadMovie Please!!
Posted by rpfloyd at 10/8/2004 1:18:54 PM
Hi-- I'm a beginner Flash user and I'm having trouble simply bringing in a QT
movie and opening it in a seperate window. I loaded the movie into flash and
then importred it as a .swf and I've been messing around with the loadMovie
command, attempting to load the movie into the site(not in a se... more >>
I upload again !!
Posted by hhdtrang at 10/8/2004 2:45:49 AM
I uploaded file again .
Thanks
Best regrads
Doan TRang... more >>
Movieclip button solutions???
Posted by LittleBlu at 10/8/2004 2:33:03 AM
Hello
I am an intermediate flash mx user and am developing a portfolio site to show
off my prepress graphic design work.
Everything is in categories and each category is a separate flash movie/file.
Within the categories, the art is listed as button symbols within movie-clip
symbols so ... more >>
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