I purchased a flash website template and customized it myself. Now I want to load it to my host so that when you visit the page, the flash movie plays and all the site functions. The html file that gets published however seems to just be one line of code repeated a whole lot and no real body...more >>

Hello, I need some help adding a custom art scrollbar to a website for a band I am designing. An example of what I want is on the Chimira website ( http://www.chimaira.com/flash.html ). I have the website designed and the arrow as well but I'm using to arows (one for scrolling up and one f...more >>

Okay, I have a frame about 5 fames long. at the end of that little segment I have stop(); obviously so I can stop the timeline, within those frames I have a movie clip about 25 frames long that can't play all the way through because of the stop(); action which has to be there. is there any way...more >>

This is my first attempt at using Flash to build a website. I started with a template and thus far have successfully modified all the existing pages to my liking along with the menu buttons that call them. I want to add a new page that's called by a new menu button that wasn't a part of th...more >>

I'm creating a site that has a scrollpane with a .swf content path. The .swf is wider than the actual site; it's basically a long row of images that serve as buttons. The scrollpane works..sort of. The .swf displays perfectly..except that it won't scroll the entire width of the .swf. So...more >>

Arghhhh! I have been trying to remove quickly and easily the frame around my scrollpane comonent using myscrollpane.setStyle("borderStyle","none"); It does the job removes the borders, but when published, the content movie is clipped to a small box until the pane is clicked on, at whi...more >>

Arghhhh! I have been trying to remove quickly and easily the frame around my scrollpane comonent using myscrollpane.setStyle("borderStyle","none"); It does the job removes the borders, but when published, the content movie is clipped to a small box until the pane is clicked on, at whi...more >>

Hi there, I have just created a new webpage with Flash, but a friend from Singapore said that it takes a lot of time to load. Is there a way to make it faster? ...more >>

Please help, I can't get my template page text to link to my another pages in Dreamweaver. "page not found". I tried the get URL code, still doesn't work the address of my site is www.johnsjewellers.ca. Template pages work ok, just can't get my links to work click "about us" etc .Any help is ...more >>

Hi...flash movie is about 1.2 mb. Preload set to load 110 frames. Not bad. When I test it in flash with download simulation set at DSL (97.7) setting it starts playing in about 8 seconds. When on the server it takes close to a full minute to start playing. Can't figure out what would cause it...more >>

I am trying to make a button a link. But I cannot seem to figure out it (I'm going to be using Dreamweaver for the website). Can someone provide a link to a tutorial on how to do so, or any kind of help? Also, I need to make 3 links. Would it be better to make the 3 buttons at the same tim...more >>

Is there a way to resize a flash movie according to the user's browser or screen width?...more >>

I'm using flash to play a background tune cos I can't get the settings in db poweramp to give an mp3 as good a quality for the same file size as it does in flash. It's just the wav imported into frame one , set as an event in properties and to loop. But when I test the exported file from my...more >>

i am trying to make an on line portfolio out of a bunch of photoshop files. i made everything from the images i want to display to the buttons i want to use in photoshop. everything is imported to the library, but when i right click the button image i made, and open the actions panel, it says ...more >>

Hi I just purchased Studio8 with the intention of using Dreamweaver for creating a site, but one of my coworkers who uses Flash for game development suggested that I learn Flash and that once I did I would forget all about dreamweaver. My question for the group is, Can Flash really...more >>

Hi there, Just need a check on a site ive just finished. http://www.regalcatering.co.uk Cheers Alan...more >>

I have a Flash app main screen that is 1024 x 768 and I have a an empty movie clip where I want to load SWFs My loaded SWF is much smaller about 300 x 400 and it comes in on the upper left of the screen I want it re-positioned in the middle right How do I do this? thank you ...more >>

I'm having trouble transition frames the way I desire. I have pictures in succession separated by say 120 frames and I want the transition from picture to picture to have a fade-in/fade-out effect and not just a quick change. Any suggestions? Thanks! Dave ...more >>

Hi - I've tried searching the forums- but am not finding what I want... I want to use some inages as buttons, but they are silhouetted in photoshop. If I save them as .jpg then the background loses its transparency and I get the white box around my image. The only format that seems to respec...more >>

When I publish my movie with named anchors and I play the html file offline the browser back button works just fine. When I put it online it doesn't regognize the tags and doesn't work. What could be wrong ? See example. Any help appriciated. http://www.xs4all.nl/~maartmo/ ...more >>

I have this page, mortgagemaestor.org and i want to use the box to the upper left in a html page How do i take that part out and make it a seperate flash document...more >>

I am trying something that should be rather simple: I want flash to cycle between 10 pics w/ 15-30 seconds per pic....can someone please email me some flash code for this or explain to me how to get it to work? I cannot get it to work right. Thanks! Dave junfanjkd@gmail.com ...more >>

How do I reselect a group I?ve created before ? Is there somewhere a group icon ? Regards, Frank...more >>

i'm new with flash.. and i have create a site using flash... my question is how can i insert loading bar that we usually see before entering flashsite.....more >>

I recently upgraded from Studio MX to Studio 8. I am using the software on my Powerbook G4 which is running Mac OSX 10.3. I manage my fonts with Extensis Suitcase X1 version 11.0.4.0223. My Powerbook has plenty RAM and has until now not encountered any problems. The Studio 8 programs all open ...more >>

does anyone know what is considered an average size for a flash site...(swf file size that is) i have a site that is 500K and its taking forever to load, im not sure if im pushing it with the size or its another problem... please help!!!! ...more >>

i have a created a dynamic text field during runtime. i want the text to appear on a button that i created, the problem is when the text is displayed on top of the button, it is not clickable, instead it is selectable. how can i make the text clickable without having to position the mouse on t...more >>

Hi! Please, is there a solution to convert wmf files into swf files. I have 4000 wmf files to do that. Thanks!...more >>

Mudbubble very kindly showed me how to do this but i have no clue now where to put a get url on this now: This is what i have done so far: http://www.totalamber.com/default4.htm Mudbubble did this for me: I made a very quick and dirty sample to help get you started: http://www.mu...more >>

i wrote you couple a days ago becouse i was having trouble with flash buttons and you gave me the advice that the buttons should be loaded form second frame i repaired all the buttons and putted them on web when i first opened url http://astrolab-astrologija.com was much better load then be...more >>

Ok, here is the thing. I have just got Macromedia Studio 8 and I am on a Mac. I want to create a website, I have created the first page, but on the next couple of pages I want to use Flash to create them. Can someone help me PLEASE! I can do such basic stuff in Flash, I am ready to start tryin...more >>

I have made a small animation into a mc with an instance name of mcScreeEffect and i have a hit area mc called mcHitArea. The animation has a stop on both the first and last frame of my actions layer and will play fine in the timeline but when i want my hit area to be rolled over and play th...more >>

Is it possible to create an 'office assistant' style helper using flash? if so, what are the steps i could use to create one. also, (i'm new to flash) is it possible to make a flash file that is 750 pixels wide that blends seamlessly into the page to be used as a footer? thanks, Cassy ...more >>

I want to create the effect where the user will drag a 10px by 10px movieclip on a grid that starts at x: 0 and y: 0 to x: 100 and y:100. When the user releases the movieclip it should lock in place. for example x:20 y:50 ...more >>

Hi, i know this site has been mentioned before but i am particularly interested in the effect that is on the small viewer screens where the white screen fill animation apears and they say the word GO on them. They are the main small screens that shwo the clients or work done by the comapny. ...more >>

Ok I have a menu of buttons which i have set as movie clips....they all fade in and upon clicking on one...I have an animating box form under the button and display information...If i were to leave the animation stopped and try and click on another button...the animation for the next button ju...more >>

I?m trying to arrange some stuff on one layer, but the arrange options under Modify>Arrange remain grayed out ... this also is the case when I select the whole layer ... so what is arranging good for when not for objects or layers ? ...more >>

Ive created a flash file and created a movie, i import the movie to the library and then drag it into the blank space, but the movie keeps on looping non stop. why is this? i have added a stop frame in the movie so when i test the movie file it stops but when i integrate it into my flash file ...more >>

Hi. A few months ago I started my own little Flash game company called: Little Fish Entertainment -- littlefishentertainment.com. And made a puzzle game, some what like Tetris mixed with a color matching game, but still a good deal different than either (You have to play it to...more >>