I need some basic help and understanding of how to make a gradient fill that I apply to a rectaangle stick to all the edges when I pull and shape the rectangle into more of a polygon. I am trying to develop a lower menu navigation bar similar to the one that is shown here. http://home.pacbe...more >>

On my web-site that is currently being designed, I have a menu on the left where the buttons fade in and out. If you'll notice when ever you roll over the button it moves a little bit. I want the animation to be smooth and not move around when you roll over. Pleae Help! url: www.tx-hosted....more >>

Does anyone know how to make a "sniffer" that will test a visitor's version of Flash and then recommend an upgrade to them? With action script 2.0 it seems everyone needs to upgrade and I hate the traditional button that links to mac's site. I want it to be transparent to the visitor to my s...more >>

i want to create a nav bar that has long picture at the top that will change in between other pictures after so many seconds and then loop when done. no big deal i can do that and i figured out how to fade them in and out, but i also want to put some kind of transition effect on it. either hav...more >>

Ok, from past dealings with developing in Flash, I've learned that I must place all font on whole integers on the x and y axes. Also, for the most clarity it is best to use a pixelated font at 8px or multiple of 8. I believe I also need to turn off the anti-aliasing. Having said this, I a...more >>

I have added an action script to my combobox that when an item is selected, text reads in dynamic text fields. Everything works great at this point. One of my text fields would load an email address for a sales representative. I would like this text to be a hyperlink to the sales person's e...more >>

Hello, In html, you can make a link to an intern label in a page like e.g. <A HREF="page.htm#label">Label</A> Is it possible to make a simulate it with actionscript? What have I to add in the following line to make a link to an intern label? getURL("page.htm",target="home"); Many thanks ...more >>

How do I link a button to a frame in the parent movie from a movie clip? I tried gotoAndStop("scene 1",10") but that didn't seem to work. What else can I do?...more >>

EXAMPLE: www.skillet.org that is what i want to do. MY SITE: www.digiconquest.com I want my index page to fit nicely in the browser, but when i open the DSL page i want it to open on top in a centered popup window. IF you know how to do this please hold my hand and walk me throug...more >>

http://www.aliendj.com/intro1.swf or http://www.aliendj.com/intro2.swf help me to choose the best one for my new site's intro.. If you have suggestions I will be happy as well. thanks :) ...more >>

I have a flash intro but the screen is blank untill the intro loads. How do i load a loading icon for that....more >>

I have a few photos on my site, cant figure out how to get them to fade in when i click or fade in and out.. any ideas? http://www.theinfoagency.com/...more >>

when themenus slide into place they jiggle around until they come to a stop/ any idea for a fix? Agency...more >>

wondering if theres anything weird going on? http://www.theinfoagency.com/http://www.theinfoagency.com/ Thanks TB...more >>

I have my flash intro working but it is not centered......and can anyone tell me how to creat the loader icon that shows the movie loading before it plays...HELP !!!...more >>

(Brand noob here so excuse my ignorance) I have a small (632px wide, 107px tall) flash header on a page with three layers. The top is a silhouette of some rooftops, the back is of some static clouds and the middle is some more clouds that move across giving the appearance of rolling clouds. ...more >>

I have a movie clip that I am trying to have start at a specific time in the parent timeline. The parent timeline actually has a goto action that makes it loop the last 30-40 frames infinitely. Now, right before those 30-40 frames is where I'm trying to start a movie clip which has its own loo...more >>

I need to create an online form, when the user fills in this form and submits it, I want it to be sent to an email address. How do I do this? Regards Frazer...more >>

How can I make my flash swf file work as the intro page in dreamweaver....more >>

I have put 100% in all my height and widths. But there is still space. It doesn't look that bad cause i matched the background color as best i could, but it still bothers me. what am i missing www.digiconquest.com ...more >>

Ok, I felt that I was posting too many topics (one on flash swf loading, and another for an exit button) so I thought I'd just make my own thread for my personal questions. Here's my latest question: ~ In my Preloader.swf, I've got a custom mouse pointer that is loaded until the preloader ...more >>

Ok, I've got one swf, a preloader, and after the preloader is complete, I want to have it load another swf (the main part). How do I do this?...more >>

I am creating buttons that have animated rollover and rollout. How can I make the animated rollover complete before the rollout begins. In other words I want the rollover to play all the way through, whether the cursor remains on the button or not, at which point it will hold if the cursor is ...more >>

I'd like to only have to create one Flash navigation menu for each page of a site. My problem is, I'd like the up state of the menu button to reflect the page that the user is on. For example, if you are on the "about us" page, the menu button for "about us" would be highlighted, and the rest ...more >>

ok, I know this shouldn't happen (at least I sure hope not!) but my slides in my screen document are automatically advancing to the next one and then the next one! After about 20 seconds they'll go on the next until it finally reaches the end of all the slides. How can I make them stop?!? ...more >>

Hi guys. I posted a message earlier today about setting up a flash search field (thanks for the help jameslyon) and now I'm looking to incorporate a portion of that code jameslyon gave me into what I'm looking for the search feature to do. Basically, what I want to do is set up a search feat...more >>

I am designing a site that is similar in navigation to the current Macromedia site. In a bar are several text buttons. I want a glow in the over state and an emboss in the down state. Plus, I want the down state to remain "on" when the "page" corresponding to that menu item is loaded. Then I w...more >>

I have downloaded a draggable directory from flashkit.com. http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Interfaces/Navigation/Dragable-Jacob_Bu-902/index ..php I need to resize it to fit a 900X500 document when i change the actionscript "Constraint to rectangle and Lock Mouse to center" to r...more >>

Hi guys. I'm having a problem with a site I'm building in which I have a flash header across the top of my page. This flash header involves the navigational buttons as well. Now however, my client has decided he wants a "Search" bar right alongside these nav buttons, meaning he wants ...more >>

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I just posted my portfolio site, http://www.sleepstudios.com Any feedback, questions, comments, and/or critiques would be greatly appreciated...more >>

I wonder if anybody could point me to a tutorial that could show me how to achieve the rollover images on the right hand side of this site. http://www.classicallinks.ie I have absolutely no experience with Flash and although I have used something similar with JavaScript I really would like to ...more >>

I was looking at http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/ and I liked how the pictures were opened. Could you tell me how they do this effect? Or atleast could someone give me a link to a tutorial that tells you how to do that effect without having to slowly slice off a piece, slice off anothe...more >>

Hi...I have two different scenes in my movie..each with a dynamic text box. Both the dynamic text boxes are exactly the same size and the content of both boxes have exactly the same font attributes. When I view these two scenes it appears af if one text is bolded while the other is not. (Depends ...more >>

Hi, Im Gia and Im totally new to Flash. Im not a web developer nor a web designer but I need to build a flash web page urgently. I selected to work with slide presentations to build my web page but I dont have a clue how to connect automatically each screen of the slide presentation one to ano...more >>

Hello, I am currently looking for a employee (or a couple), who are willing to join my new company, Sundown Design, (name in process), it is a sub company of Tek Entertainment. It is a non-profit wallpaper design company (like desktop wallpaper). All wallpapers are html and have a swf as pic...more >>

Can someone please help me out on the flash menu bar on the left of my web-site. I can't seem to get the animations to be smooth, and I'm gettin a little frustrated. Thanks, Chris URL: http://www.tx-hosted.com/alans ...more >>

I made this website to client's specs and it looked fine on my machine - res set @ 1280x1024. On other monitors mostly set @ 1024x768, the graphics and text look blurred. Zooming in reveals nice crisp borders on the fonts and lines, but at the normal size, the resolution seems to be a proble...more >>

OK, i am very confused. If someone could explain a little better, cause i am new to javascript etc... I want to have my Flash index page open my site in a new window like this www.skillet.org. I downloaded some directions: They go as follows: Place this javascript in between your <head><...more >>

Hi I realized that a lot of sites use a flash version for high bandwith connections and a basic - html version for dial-up connections. Have you evere seen /visited websites using Flash for both high and low bandwith users? I mean two versions of the site - made always with Flash - but with dif...more >>

Hi there, I was curious if anyone knew if it was feesible to export a flash file (swf) with a transparent background. I want to export a swf file and then have a tiled image in dreamweaver show through the transparent background in the swf file. I hope this makes sense.. Thanks in advance....more >>

Hello, I am specifically interested in making Flash Websites, but really would like to concentrate on static graphics, colors, fonts,etc... then want to create a webpage out of the flash file I create. How do I create url links, import graphics,etc... to create a website using flash? ...more >>

Help! My site only works on IE on a Mac, not on Netscape and not on a PC. And even on IE on my Mac it only loads correctly sometimes, others i have to constantly reload or refresh!! What could be wrong? It's a pretty damn simple site. Here's my link: http://www.rachellemozman.com/ajarweb/ind...more >>

I've tried to follow instructions on link:http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-38007 but i'm a newbie on Flash MX Pro... It doesn't work... maybe I do some mistakes but I don't know where... Is there a step by step tutorial for doing this? ...more >>

I am currently developing a web site that works something like the windows interface, i.e. there is a main flash file 800x600 and into this movie I load externally created flash files. The problem is though that some of the files have off stage areas which wouldn't normally be displayed if t...more >>

hello, i'm doing an all flash site. i will periodically check my design in netscape to see what it will look like. first of all i noticed that even though the design is bigger than the browser screen, i'm not getting any scollers to view the whole thing!? also in relation to that , the w...more >>

I`ve been researching and didn?t find an answer o my problems, thanks to anyone who could help me. - From a buton in the movie "a.swf" in the "a.html" file, ?can I make a link to a specific frame to another swf in "b.thml"? - I want a button in a swf movie load another swf file in replace ...more >>

I just can't seem to figure this out and any help would be appreciated. I've built a movie 800X600 @24 FPS for a client. He wants a large block of text (sort of a menu of his work/clients) to scroll vertically while the background color changes and eventually loads images. The background morph ...more >>

Hi there, I really need some help on my flash login page. I have flash 5 and I have made a flash page that has a username and password box, with a submit button. I want to know how to get it to send the username and password information to the site and then open the members.php page once you...more >>

I am trying to locate this rare font and I am not having much success. It is being used in a Flash template I am working on and my Flash MX is converting it to a defualt font because i don't have it. Can anyone help me locate this font? - Malkavian ...more >>

Hi, i am new to Flash and have recently gotten Flash MX PRO 2004... now i would like to download free flash templates or interfaces and update/upgrade my website --> http://www.seanzplace.tk if you know of any good sites with cool flash interfaces or templates can you please let me know? Thank...more >>

Hey i'm new with flash. I am very experienced in adobe photoshop, after fx, i know vegas video, and html. I am trying to break into the film industry one day, and I want to build a website for myself out of all flash. I'm tired of html...can anyone help me? I don't know where to begin. I don't...more >>

anybody knows how's done the effect of scrolling a big image with mouse? an example at http://killbill.movies.go.com/vol1/flash/index.html when you enter a character i.e. o-rein i shi thanks 4 support ...more >>

Is there a way to get text to follow a curve using Flash?...more >>

Hello~ I'm trying to make a slider bar for controling something like a volume control! I know codings for volume but I wanna know how to make a slider bar. I don't want component... That is all~...more >>

hi i have a textfield containing a variable. the font face is _sans. it looks alright on a pc, but it displays three different kinds of typo (helvetica, verdana, arial) on a mac. i dont want to embed the font. any help appreciated cheers lem ...more >>

How do I use this function to link a button (when pushed on) to a url...the page is a subpage of my homepage and it has to be loaded in the same browser. So I use one homepage and in the middle of it the pages switch according to the link you clicked on. e.g When you click on Home the link ha...more >>

Hi guys Would appreciate some feedback on a site I just did for a customer. It's lacking an image on the intro page - working on it now! www.a-r-c.info cheers Billy ...more >>

Anyone know of any other free sites beside Flashkit.com for downloading free stuff. thanx...more >>

http://www.polymermusic.com This is our latest flash site. We implemented alot of new things that we haven't tried before and we're pretty happy with it. We're at the stage now where we are open to any suggestions on how to make the site better, and we'd love to hear what everyone thinks...more >>

Scene problem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am trying to launch a message board as LoadMove 1 so I don't lose the menu for the site. The message board is cgi. Any ideas if this can be done or what I could be missing. I really app...more >>

Who can answer how to clear the border of the ScrollPane Component in Flash MX 2k4, or how to use a SCROLLBAR in flash?...more >>

The message title says it all. How do I link dynamic text to a certain frame?...more >>

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Using Flash Ver 5.0 I'm importing an animated .gif of 280 separate files. I have centred the animation on the stage in Flash using the align tools and when played in Flash the display is centred. Problem is, when I export as Shockwave the stage is centred on the webpage but the animation i...more >>

I have made a intro in flash. I have import that in Dreamweaver. Thats no problem. But the next step is a problem. How can i make the flash movie run and go on the end of the movie to automatical to a html made in dreamweaver? ...more >>

I have added sound to my site but need to have a 'sound off' button but i am not sure how to do it. I thought of loading a swf of the sound to another level, but is this the best way??...more >>

Hie all I am a C++ and VB programmer with very little experience in web design, but lately I have been thoroughly fascinated with Flash and web design. I desperately want to learn how to use Flash but I really want to learn it right NOW. I am a very fast learn and looking for courses the H...more >>

Somehow my .fla file corrupted and looks like the program is finding a very old version of my document. How can this be? I password protect all of my files when I publish. Is there a way for me to decompile my .swf so that I can recover all my lost work? ...more >>