when I clicked 'new topic' I noticed that there hasn't been a reply in a while, but I'm hoping my question get some reply. anyway. at the moment I'm using the "getVariablesNum" function to load some text from an external file into a dynamic text field. I'm wondering if there's no other way,...more >>

can someone knowledgeable in mx 2004 pro please help me figure out how to make a button on an intro lead into the actual site? ive tried on RAC for a week now with no luck. i am going nuts.... thanks in advance... marc ...more >>

i have a start on a new interface http://home.fuse.net/jmdesign i want suggestions on how YOU would finish the project. i'm not trying to steal ideas or i am not out of original ideas. i am interested on how others would approach the interface. i guess i am wanting ideas that are better than what...more >>

Can anyone recommend web sites developed totally in Flash to use for designing my own full Flash site? ...more >>

Hi Can anyone help me find out some information on how to do flash pop-up ads which appear over the website. Freeserve do a lot of these. Thanks for your time ...more >>

Hi, I'm new to all this, but I saw this on the TVR website and i was wondering how you did it?? I have got Dreamweaver MX 2004, is this the right program?? I want to be able changes colours like you can on this TVR website. Here is the link http://www.tvr-eng.co.uk/tvr.htm Click "...more >>

Anybody out there who can and is willing to tell me how this web site was done. Or show me a way to create the same effect: http://www.swedezine.net/agettogether/ Thank you in advance ...more >>

Hi, I find that the MX Tutorials and F1 Help have the Registration Point confused with the Registration Point. I can find no information on how to change an MC's Registration Point once it has been made. AND if you make a box and then Modify it to a Symbol, you never are even given the choice o...more >>

I am just wondering if flash buttons that you see on most flash sites are seperate movie clips or they are just instances that are part of the main movie. I would like to have some animated navigation control on my site and I am wondering what is the best way or the standard way of doing this when ...more >>

I have a movie running at 30FPS. When previewing it with ctrl+enter and with the standalone player, everythings runs smoothly as desired. I inserted the SWF movie on a html page, and now whole movie runs slower. Is that normal? Should I increase the frame rate? Here is the site http://www.ressac...more >>

I used to have a problem controling a ball with the key up, then someone gave me the following script to resolve the problem (thank's TRALFAZ) : onLoad = function() { dir = -1; // up inMotion = 0; } // move ball from 350 y to 150 y when key up is pressed onEnterFrame = function() { ...more >>

Hello! In some Webpages i've seen lots of flash spots with no backgroun. Example, i get in one page, the page load, when the page loaded it's start a flash movie in foreground, but the flash movie has no background, it's like a screensaver. This is usefull to commercial spots. ...more >>

Hi, How do you get back to a scene where you have previously come from. In my movie I have a scene with a form. The user can get to this form by clicking on a button from any of the other scenes in the movie. Does anyone know an action that when the user clicks a back button on the scene with ...more >>

I have a series of thumbnail images in Flash and I want the user to be able to click on the thumbnail and get a larger photo. I know how to make the link what I want to know is how to get a nice clean new window in a color with the phot centered and no white boarder. So say the photo is 250x250 and ...more >>

I know there's a way to easily update content in flash from an external sources like a .txt file. I'm looking for a tutorial to do so... Basically though I would like to use something like NewsPro, Graymatter etc... to post news updates within a flash file for my website. does anyone know...more >>

Is it possible to develop a shopping cart function and incorporate a secure means of sending payment info to a merchant account while using Flash as the primary interface on a webpage? ...more >>

Hello I am building a flash site and I need to have a long page in it, with many lines of text and images in between. The length is much longer then one screen. (Actually about 10 screens). I am thinking about using the scrollpane. But I am having trouble organizing the page. What is the best wa...more >>

Hi there! I'm making a web page where the whole page is a tv. I need one or two of the channels to be blank and just display this "tv snow effect", but can't figure out how... If you are wondering about what I mean (i'm not very good at English, and i don't know exactly what it's called) i've ...more >>

Hi all i want to know there is something in my site .... when preloader complate everything is ok when not some sences does n't appears ... i do not know why ? Referring URLs http://members.lycos.co.uk/saeedashor ...more >>

Hello, I have been using Flash for a couple of years now but I have never used scenes. Whenever I need to change to another page or "scene" I have always either used movieclips or loaded in separate swfs. I cant help feeling I am missing out on all the scene fun. Can anyone tell me what's the ad...more >>

So I made an animation for my website and I want it to run it ionce n the beginning when people go to the home page. Also, I'd like a little box where people can pick to skip the flash intro. How do I do that? ...more >>

How can I build a calendar that is easly updateable in FLASH to show upcomming events. such as the one here: http://www.inhabitedtheband.com/indexflash.htm thanks. ...more >>

hello how to add a rain effect and also consume less memory space Regards James http://www.funspot.com/ Referring URLs prahladfunspot.com ...more >>

I have a site that loads fine on high speed modem but doesnt seem to load at all on 56k. It doesnt seem like the swf is loading at all. I see the page loading at the bottom of the browser window but during and even after explorer says its loaded all 656 k of the site, all I get is a blank white scr...more >>

Using Flash MX 2004 pro. When I create a one scene web site it does not display in Internet Explorer. I have my top layer as the action layer holding the stop(); action and yet it seems to load the file and then dissapear. It displays correctly in Safari, however. Any clue as to why? ...more >>

if you look at the 2advanced site (archived one, not present red-ish one) there is a cloud animation there. can anyone tell me how is that possible to achieve and what do you need to achieve that animation ia format ready for a site ...more >>

Hi, I have a movie with several scenes. On each scene there is button that takes the user to a scen with a form in which they fill in. I want to be able to put a back button on the form scene so that the user can click and go back to the scene they came from. I know you can use the prevscen() ...more >>

I create a presentation cd with Flash 5 When I open the swf file it will always play the film with title bar Flash... and the Menu. I Delete the menu with FSComand, but it delete only the Menu, the top Flash is still there. ...more >>

Can anyone tell me if I can depend on a Flash animated clock to be perfectly accurate, in light of the possibilities that a computer's processor and frequency settings, can be varied? Thanks Geoff ...more >>

What is the procedure for importing a PDF into Flash MX? (I do not have MX 2004). Sorry if this has been asked here before. Thanks, Geoff ...more >>

Hi, I saw a tutorial about Zoom Effect on Text . I was trying to do this, but I have one problem : I make my letters, I break them apart and I do the shape tweening. No problem with that. But I can't seem to find where I can put the alpha-value of every letter to 0. Can you help me with ...more >>

Hi, can somebody tell how I can create an swf file that scales to fill an entire browser window, and resizes according to the browser window. Thanks... ...more >>

Honestly ! I have never seen a software which is that shitty. Flash MX drives me crazy. - I made a graphic and want to create a nice fadeout and fadein. Although visible is set to 0%, you can see a slight shade, which makes me crazy. - After copy and paste there is no way to position the c...more >>

Hi I'm trying to control one MC by pressing the Up Key... That is when I press the up key I want that a ball (my MC) go up and fall in the ground, something like this... (no Key ) ---> ________O________________ O ...more >>

Good Afternoon, Can anyone point me to some good examples of interactive maps built in Flash - maps that are zoomable, draggable etc.. Appologies of this is the wrong forum for asking this type of question. Thanks, Barney Barnaby Kent www.rugbybrain.com...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a menu bar so that when the user rolls over the buttons, a small graphic above "detects" where the on the menu the mouse is and drags towards it. I want to animate this with ease in and out so the graphic appears to have some weight to it but how do i get it to appear fol...more >>

hello, remember when I posted a topic about search boxes? well, I found an fla. at ultrashock which I think may do the trick, But I'm not sure, and I dont know how to add the content in, so i was wondering if you could take a look an explain it to me (sorry, but I'm sure its easier than explaining m...more >>

I created a quiz using Flash MX 2004 on my MacIntosh. When I tested it on my computer it worked fine. The problem is that it doesn't work, more specifically the text field, on the Internet on PCs. I have tested it on at least 5 PCs. I have created other projects on my Mac and it has worked on PC...more >>

One of my friends was wondering if anyone out there could create a site design similar to this one. (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/dvd/ff7ac/) Neither him nor I can work Flash, and we were wondering if someone could set this up for us so that we could just adjust the text and links in Flash. If an...more >>