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all groups > macromedia flash sitedesign > august 2004

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Flash and Php Level Problem
Posted by honker at 8/31/2004 11:31:32 PM
Hello, I am fairly experienced with flash and new to php. My basic problem is that my flash file does not load other swfs into levels level when imbedded in php. Heres what I have: I have parent.swf that has a random generator that loads various swfs into level 1. You can see it active by ...more >>

Re: site waiting for some comments!
Posted by behived at 8/31/2004 1:35:43 PM
thanks MyFlashMXIN, i'll consider creating an englisch version ...more >>

flash video with transparency
Posted by webd66 at 8/31/2004 9:49:30 AM
Does anybody guess how is possible to set a transparent masking to the background on a flash video as they did in this site? http://www.sun.com/bignews/nc03q3/ (see the high bandwidth presentation) the persons are talking over a graphic rendered background. thanks for any suggestion or help. ...more >>

Jitter
Posted by baileyboykohl at 8/30/2004 11:23:00 PM
Hi- Can someone tell me how to minimize the jitter in movie clip? Thanks for your help!...more >>

how to make links for popup pages
Posted by Mr-Zee at 8/30/2004 5:38:18 PM
i wanna assign a link in my flash site to a html page that's easy but my problem is that i wanna that page to be opened in the middle of the screen with the dimensions of 400X400 pixel and without address bar, standerd button bar or status bar .. and not resizable i did that in th...more >>

How is this done, Data Grid Tabs?
Posted by MyFlashMXIN at 8/30/2004 3:36:27 PM
http://www.levid.com/v6/?url=ourprocess I love the look and I'd like to duplicate this look in an upcoming project... NOTE: The tabs... I'm looking to do the same thing except in my case it would be to use datagrids or movies... ...more >>

browser window
Posted by cheekybeaver at 8/30/2004 3:14:49 PM
Hi, I'm a newbie and trying to build a flash teaser for my boss for his website. What size should I make the document so that it fills the broswer window when it plays? I'm sure this will be the first of many many questions so thank you in advance! ...more >>

slow movie performance
Posted by supamono at 8/30/2004 1:26:48 PM
Anyone out there, I have updated from flash MX to MX 2004 and my MX sites work perfect on Mac OS X (Safari) but now the sites I have designed in MX 2004 are really slow. I have upgraded my player and program but they still appear the same. Is it the way I'm publishing or do I need yet anothe...more >>



my business flashsite design
Posted by design-boy at 8/30/2004 8:51:41 AM
www.juy.com.cn thanks~~ please tall me your think!...more >>

site waiting for some comments!
Posted by behived at 8/30/2004 8:33:17 AM
please give some feedback on the following site: http://bb.domaindlx.com/bertje/flora/ thanks a lot in advance...more >>

No-Click Dropdown Menu
Posted by ShoobieRat at 8/29/2004 10:51:42 PM
Hi. I want to create a menu like the one above on the Macromedia.com website, where you can just mouse-over a title-topic to open an extended list, then click on the sub-item you want, WITHOUT having to first click on the title-button. Stil with me? ...more >>

want an ecommerce solution?
Posted by peter.bradney1 at 8/28/2004 10:17:31 PM
www.insight-design.co.uk high quality graphic design and web design ...more >>

Can I Zoom in and pan on a stage?
Posted by nworbmit at 8/28/2004 6:29:52 PM
Newbie Question. I would like to Zoom in to a section of the stage, pan to the right, and zoom back out to the entire stage. Is their a way to do this without scaling the objects on the stage? in other words: I do not want to edit the stage, but just zoom in,pan and zoom out. Than yo...more >>

Check my site please
Posted by david at 8/28/2004 2:13:41 PM
Hi, I just finished a site 4 a friend and his band... Any feedback welcome... thanks. www.optigan1.com/oliv/index.htm ...more >>

Help!!!
Posted by FlashPunk at 8/28/2004 12:37:28 PM
Ok...here we go... I just got flash. I have always wanted to make a webpage in flash cause its so much friggin cooler than html. The problem is I have no clue where to even start the only thing I know how to do is to open a new flash document (ya ya I know I'm a newb..XD) So if somebody c...more >>

OK now I'm desperate
Posted by pastense at 8/28/2004 9:05:30 AM
Is there some way to have the site I designed at higher res appear properly on a PC at 800 x 600. Tia. -- save the whales collect the whole set ...more >>

question about dynamic text
Posted by mmcduff at 8/28/2004 12:51:24 AM
So... about 2000 frames into a scene, I want to use dynamic text for the first time in the movie. So I go into actionscript, which I don't use very often and borrow some simple code from the "how do i" tutorials: Features_lv = new LoadVars(); Features_lv.onLoad = onText; Features_lv.loa...more >>

Newbie needs pointing in right direction
Posted by obewonsabogie at 8/27/2004 4:40:29 PM
Hi, I'm a total flash newbie, I have a site with a mysql database which i'd like flash to use but i'm not too sure how to go about doing it. I have questions flying round everywhere.... Do I use php or another server tech? Do i need to change my database type? Whats the flash equivil...more >>

One movie controls another movie
Posted by mstevens1007 at 8/27/2004 4:31:16 PM
Here's my problem. I have an HTML page that has 2 flash movies in it. I'll call them: MovieA.swf and MovieB.swf. These movies run in different frames of the HTML page. I want MoveA.swf, when it gets the command, to load (or control) what is happening in MovieB.swf. Please help with this...more >>

scalable background
Posted by tollady at 8/27/2004 8:02:40 AM
how do you set your background to be scalable only past certain set dimensions, and the content on top to remain 'un-scalable', as displayed in the links below? http://www.revolvercreative.com http://www.hi-res.net cheers, b. how do you set your background to be scalable only pas...more >>

Urgent: Intro to load a file
Posted by lil_pom at 8/26/2004 9:29:57 PM
How do i get my flash intro to load a file once it is complete? i dont want it to load a url i need it to load a html document stored locally on my computer....more >>

opening websites in flash
Posted by mmcduff at 8/26/2004 8:35:56 PM
Is there anyway you can display a website in flash? For example load an html document and show it in half of the screen, while doing other stuff in the other half. (this is what I want to integrate: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/PugetSoundTraffic/cameras/seattlevideomap.htm) thanks ...more >>

Flash Control of Site Appearances
Posted by ShoobieRat at 8/26/2004 7:25:32 PM
Is it possible (and if so, how) to have a flash menu where users can click a button, and have flash tell the page to show/hide layers, or change text on the site or images shown? I have a site with three different color schemes, and I wanted to have a way for users to click a button, open ...more >>

Menu...
Posted by kevin_tx at 8/26/2004 6:50:39 PM
Can someone direct me towards a tutorial whereby you can create a dropdown menu with the following: Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 And if I were to click on Item 3, for example, it would appear as the following: Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 - Item A - Item B - ...more >>

hard carriage returns, txt files, dynamic text
Posted by macron at 8/26/2004 5:52:44 PM
i have a dynamic text file which loads text from some external .txt files. problem is, any hard carriage return in the .txt file shows up as a double space. there are places where i want a hard carriage return, but to maintain the single line spacing. is there a way to control this in acti...more >>

updating pictures at runtime
Posted by mmcduff at 8/26/2004 5:28:59 PM
I am designing a flash animation/site for a monitor that will sit out in the lobby of a building. Instead of updating the flash script everytime I want to change a picture, I was wondering if there was anyway I could just tell it to load a picture from a website (the picture on the website ch...more >>

Disjointed fade
Posted by Chris J at 8/26/2004 12:34:44 PM
I am pulling my hair out trying to accomplish this. On rollover I want to fade an instance on stage or turn off the layer it is on I have tried on (rollOver) { house.setFadeRate(0); } That does nothing. How do I make an instance or a layer disappear on a rollover? thanks cj ...more >>

setvariable javascript
Posted by yogeshhungama at 8/26/2004 7:13:47 AM
Hi I am using setvariable to pass the value from html to flash through javascript. Its working fine and the swf will the the value also. the problem is when the swf loads the other images in the html page stops loading and on the status bar of the browser I will get done. When don't call th...more >>

Linking Web Site to Microsoft Word Document
Posted by mbh1219 at 8/26/2004 2:13:05 AM
How do I link a button I made in Flash to a document in Microsoft Word? Could you give me step by step instructions once I'm in the Actions Panel? I am using Flash 5....more >>

Interesting flash sites.
Posted by Tenshi.sk at 8/26/2004 1:30:44 AM
Hello. I am looking for inspiration and I want to see some good flash sites. Something like this: www.cmart.design.ru www.thehorusproject.com www.hoteloscartangoecholima.com/splash.html please donate some links. Thank you. ...more >>

Critique flash website please
Posted by Arash Dejkam at 8/25/2004 7:39:12 PM
Hello everybody, Last time I posted something here for critique was 2 feb 2002. I received many constructive comments then, I've not touched flash after that until now that I have designed my own homepage with flash. Really like to know how "old fashioned" I have became after 2 years :) http:...more >>

website design
Posted by mar_design2 at 8/25/2004 7:38:35 PM
http://www.daroffdesign.com/sneakpeek/index.html Check out the website I am designing in Flash. I am a beginner and would like any critical opinions on the website or any advice from any experts or anyone.... Thanks marlene ...more >>

Movie Loading Help
Posted by mstevens1007 at 8/25/2004 4:24:28 PM
I need to know if Flash will even do this. I'm guessing it does and someone will know how. I have 3 different flash files running in one application. 1.swf, 2.swf and 3.swf. What I want to do is have 2.swf, load a movie into 3.swf. Please help me with this. Thanks ...more >>

Visit my site
Posted by info NO[at]SPAM innerstudio.net at 8/25/2004 3:49:04 PM
http://www.fxwitz.com Thank You -- Messaggio inviato da 212.171.38.23 via MMKit http://www.mmkit.com/newsgroups.php ...more >>

gizax version 2
Posted by infopre NO[at]SPAM inwind.it at 8/25/2004 3:36:13 PM
Hi Guys, check for me my new version of Gizax Studio Best regards Thx Daniel...more >>

font blurry
Posted by _Icarus_ at 8/25/2004 2:44:20 PM
Hey guys wondering if anyone has a definative answer for the brutal anti-aliasing of fonts in Flash...here we are in version 7 or 8 and still having problems displaying legible fonts. I have tryed using a variety of pixel fonts some work at an 8 pt size which is too small and others are ju...more >>

Import Freehand button state looks funky
Posted by Chris J at 8/25/2004 1:14:52 PM
I create a button in FH MX I import it into FLASH MX 2004 as a graphic on stage it looks fine If I use it as an upstate button it doesn't. It has a gradient on the top of the button that disappears in the upstate any suggestions? thanks, cj ...more >>

HELP ME !!! Files PDF
Posted by montpellier2408 at 8/25/2004 11:56:13 AM
I am a novice with flash. I have a link with pdf file . In some Pc works good but in other it doesn't work. I've tried to re-install Internet Explorer and Acrobat Reader but it doesn't work. Somebody have any idea? ...more >>

my site welcome!!!
Posted by chaeng at 8/25/2004 11:31:51 AM
http://www.chaeng.name thanks chaeng...more >>

disabling buttons
Posted by mtx at 8/25/2004 11:26:08 AM
Is it possible to disable all the buttons in a movie clip without disabling them individually? Thanks. ...more >>

Re: Button Component bug?
Posted by Dave at 8/25/2004 7:05:00 AM
I am experiencing the exact same thing when I use the Button component in MX 2004 Pro. In the development environment all looks well, but when I publish the text shifts slightly on mouse rollover and remains in the shifted position. Very frustrating. I dragged 5 buttons onto the stage, gav...more >>

loadMovie with preloader problem
Posted by shellbrain at 8/24/2004 10:00:42 PM
I am trying to create a photo gallery where a user can click on a thumbnail and see a larger image. The larger image will be loaded through the loadMovie function. The problem comes in there, because I want the larger image to have a preloader to show how much of the larger image has loaded....more >>

hotspots/image mapping
Posted by baileyboykohl at 8/24/2004 7:49:17 PM
Hi- I am trying to create hotspots on a flash movie w/navigation bar that will link to pages in a site that I am creating. Problem is, how do I supply a URL for the hotspot, if one has not yet been created in the site? I've tried referencing index.html for instance, and that obviously does ...more >>

2 Site Checks
Posted by jakobie at 8/24/2004 2:45:42 PM
All feedback is welcome. 1. http://www.jameslawfirm.com 2. http://www.jakobie.com/_clients/schott Thanks, Jake...more >>

Basic site structure
Posted by Kashi* at 8/24/2004 1:22:29 PM
Hi. I have created a few Flash banners and elements for websites but have never constructed an entire Flash site. My question is about site structure. Here is a very rough html version of my website: http://www.aprilkinnelly.com/index3.html What I would like to happen is when yo...more >>

problem with drop down menu
Posted by cheeksofgod at 8/24/2004 10:33:14 AM
i have constructed a drop down menu that fits the basic format i can find on any tutorial using a movieclip. i can get the rollover-dropdown action to work just fine, as well as the over and hit states of my "dropping" sub-buttons. however, the actions i assign the sub-buttons within the movie...more >>

Loading problems PLEASE HELP!
Posted by crazy ute at 8/24/2004 5:40:09 AM
I animated some pictures and words so I published it and saved it as a fla. file and upload it to dreamweaver . Saved it and uploaded to my ftp server and now when i went to go look at it. Trys to upload my flash but goes on half way of loading and stops there. Any help please am i doing it ...more >>

Re: i have a problem with web page
Posted by itisnot_me at 8/23/2004 9:44:15 PM
no it is not if you go to it's properites it goes to http://www.freewebs.com/negative_u/personal.swf that is my web page...more >>

Dynamic Text Problem - Any Takers?
Posted by macron at 8/23/2004 9:43:41 PM
i'm having a dynamic text problem, y'all. can't find a solution anywhere. i have a scrolling dynamic text box http://chandracerrito.com/swf/test_page_hana_outlines.swf and i want to allow the user to toggle between the original text and other texts. but i want the other texts to app...more >>

1)bitmap to vector!!??? 2)Load time??
Posted by rpfloyd at 8/23/2004 3:22:33 PM
Two questions--- 1>)Having major problems in solving bitmap to vector conversions. Have a webpage that must have an adjustable browser and the logo I'm using is bitmap art. Been trying to trace in Freehand and Flash using the trace tools with no success. I have been searching for other ...more >>


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