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xml
Posted by NeilAsher at 2/28/2007 10:58:08 PM
What is the best way the create an xml file from a fla file I created? There isn't a Publish Setting?
Thanks
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Why Can't I Import to Stage?
Posted by Peacebean22 at 2/28/2007 7:32:26 PM
Hey folks. Silly question.. why can't I import to stage? It's greyed out and I can't click on it
thanks
N... more >>
Trouble with Masks in Flash 8
Posted by djclark at 2/28/2007 1:24:37 AM
I'm trying to create a sample web page in which a mask scrolls to the left to
reveal text that is hidden underneath it. I can't figure out what's going on
here, because the text isn't displayed regardless of where the mask is. The
mask is a Graphic type and the ordering of layers seems to be... more >>
Full Flash web page
Posted by stew01 at 2/28/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi I'am having a little trouble with my site I would like to know what is the
normal flash dimension(properties) size for a flash page that covers the whole
browser withou any scrollers on the side or bottom.
My page seems to be too big and I've tried other dimension but still no luck.
Thank... more >>
Multiple Images Questions
Posted by euanuk at 2/28/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi,
I am a total beginner with Flash however I have bought a template for my
website and wish to make some additions to it.
Basically when the template loads up it always has a main image present and
the page options down one side. What I would like to do is have multiple images
set f... more >>
In Need of Help - SWF Overlay Problem
Posted by peelmaster at 2/27/2007 5:13:11 PM
I'm really hoping that someone can help me out with this problem. I'm having a
great deal of difficulty trying to get an HTML/CSS menubar that I've created
for a site to overlay an swf file that I've embedded in an object tag.
I have a feeling that the object tag is the problem as no matt... more >>
File Size
Posted by gunthead at 2/27/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hello.
Forgive me as I'm still new to the world of Flash. I have built my first Flash
based site http://www.gbs-ox.co.uk. I have used simple html pages with a movie
embedded in each (probably not the best way of doing things). Loading time is
fine for the pages with little content, but the... more >>
anybody know how to...
Posted by foret at 2/24/2007 5:54:46 PM
anybody know how to fix problem. two movie clips in the their own layers are
active over eachother. if i open movie clip "layer1" and than i open the movie
clip "layer2" the muvie clip #1 react same like if si open by it self. for
example: movie clip1 include some buttons, movie clip2 doesn't,... more >>
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Help - flash movie plays fast by itself, but plays slow when loaded within another flash movie
Posted by slk125 at 2/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
I have a flash website which I tried to update recently. In particular, I am
updating my photo gallery which I load within another flash using loadMovie.
Before updating it, everything worked fine. The update is not completed yet,
but I notice that my photo gallery is playing extremely slow co... more >>
Simple button problem
Posted by MYYZTIK at 2/23/2007 8:29:47 PM
Ok I have 3 simple buttons Ive made about us porfolio and contact. Now in the
fla I provide here as a link the first button about us has a sound on it just
like it should yet the sound doesnt play when you put mouse over it.
And I have no clue why It driving me mad!
I know I just need some... more >>
Disabling "Click to Activate" in Flash
Posted by blarnstone at 2/23/2007 3:32:29 PM
I'm farily new to Flash. We bought Flash MX 2004 about 2 years ago, and have
used it for a few different projects, but we are just no getting around to
redesigning our website (and boy did it need it!) using several Flash elements.
Ever since the Flash 8 player came out there is a "click to ac... more >>
Embedding Flash
Posted by StargrrlGrafx at 2/23/2007 3:30:40 AM
Im using the DW generated code to embed my flash movies. The doctype is:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
When I validate my page W3C seems pretty unhappy about most of this code. Is
there better alternative?
Amel... more >>
Flash and static pages
Posted by t8zm8n18n at 2/23/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hello all. I am new to posting so please be nice. I am building a flash site
and would like a page or something on how-to link my flash.swf file to a page
outside of the flash file (.fla) . Let me explain a bit more... I would like
a way for my wife to be able to use Dreamweaver or someth... more >>
Re: Invisible button rollover, text animation
Posted by djelder at 2/22/2007 7:37:09 PM
I have everything set up, one thing I can't figure out though, do I copy all
of the frames of the .swf to the main layer or should I just use the movie clip
of the .swf animation and point my script to play a frame on that movie clip?
Because if I use all of the frames, I am having a hard ti... more >>
Make a flash video player in MX
Posted by Neasyorc at 2/22/2007 2:55:24 AM
I wanna make a flash video player in Macromedia Flash MX, but i don't have a clue. Please help.... more >>
Research in Flash at SigEx Foundry
Posted by Anneta at 2/21/2007 4:35:20 AM
Hello, Though I am not a programmer, I am a research coordinator
working with Flash developers around the world. I don't know where to
post, so I am doing it here.
I am trying to bring Flash designers together for a large research/
development project by the SigEx Foundry school, funded by Sig... more >>
.FLV start movie wth pic
Posted by latinasincdotcomdude at 2/21/2007 4:21:53 AM
http://www.modfxmodels.com/index.html
There is an .flv file on the right of this website above. I want to do the
same...I want a still picture in place before my movie starts.
Any ideas?
I create my mpeg 1 then convert to .flv file using flash 8 video encoder but
when my move waits f... more >>
Invisible button rollover, text animation
Posted by djelder at 2/20/2007 11:29:05 PM
:beer;
Hi,
I am designing my website, I am good with flash and basic scripting, but I am
running across my first big problem. I will try and lay it out as best as
possible. I have the layout with the text, boxes and logos, I haven't animated
any of those yet, I wanted to get the hard... more >>
Still Image in FLV Player
Posted by GregABC at 2/19/2007 8:52:46 PM
I have a video player with a choice of videos that can be started using buttons
adjacent to the player. So far so good. The correct videos play when I click
the buttons. But is there a way to get a .jpg image to show in the player when
nothing is playing? I have searched the entire site he... more >>
Making an illustration 'draw itself' ??
Posted by smjv at 2/19/2007 6:12:53 PM
I've tried everything I can think of but cannot achieve the look of linework
appearing to draw itself in Flash. Can anyone PLEASE offer some insight? I've
wasted way too many hours spinning my wheels!
The intro to this great little site is similar to what I'm trying to achieve:
http://www.... more >>
iFrame overlay on Flash problem
Posted by raylaur at 2/19/2007 1:44:31 AM
I have a SWF embedded in a Div tag in HTML with z-index=1 and SWF
wmode=transparent. On top of that is a Div containing and iFrame, z-index 99.
The SWF has buttons that load HTML pages into the iFrame.
Problem: sometimes when you click anywhere on the SWF it comes to the
foreground and h... more >>
XML Photo Gallery
Posted by GAMBRKER at 2/18/2007 9:50:01 PM
First off, please don't be mad that I am using a template. I dont know where to
start creating an XML gallery from scratch. Anyway, I've customized one, and
have found that it works fine if it is just the .swf by itself. HOWEVER, if I
load the swf into a movie clip, or if I mask it, it gets al... more >>
Worklow Question: Vegas Movie Studio into .flv (Flash 8)
Posted by RandleL at 2/18/2007 6:31:04 PM
:confused;
Hello everyone,
My goal is to add video to my website with a medium size flash playback
component. I would say somewhere between 320 x 240 ? 720 x 480. I am
searching for the best practice for transferring files into Flash and then to
the site. Here is the current workflow... more >>
Ok...get me started?
Posted by Livelife92 at 2/18/2007 2:26:44 AM
All right all you geniuses,
I would like to start to venture into making websites in flash 8, I have
been playing around with the software, i can't figure out a thing, i have no
professional training in flash or web design, I have just taken a few classes
in my free time. I am fine w... more >>
Problem with "mailto"
Posted by henrywuhu at 2/18/2007 12:22:29 AM
Hi there, i have developed a website in flash and the mailto links do not work
if I use firefox as my regular browser:
I used the following in the GetUrl function : "mailto:some@server.com"
Can anyone tell me how I can make it work in firefox.
Thanks
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Deactivate buttons on lower layers
Posted by rgoth at 2/16/2007 5:29:32 PM
Hi all,
In my page I have included a button that plays a movie. In this movie a balk
box expands open across most of the page with text and pictures in it. Like a
popup in a html web browser. The effect works fine and gives the desired result
but any buttons under the popup frame (that is ... more >>
coordinates
Posted by more_stressed at 2/16/2007 4:38:19 PM
Hi
Regarding Flash 8, is it possible to "reset" the stage X & Y coordinates to a
default setting? I have two different flash documents and I want to copy and
paste content from one to the other. When I paste a button or movie clip into
the second document, I want it to be in exactly the sa... more >>
Convert all-Flash site into html?
Posted by ari_1965 at 2/14/2007 8:16:21 PM
I have an all-flash site (www.CBRTA.org). For the benefit of certain clients
who won't install the Flash plugin, I have to create a mirror html site. Does
anyone know how I go about converting an all-Flash site into html? And quickly?
I have access to Dreamweaver 8 and Flash 8.
... more >>
Bandwidth question
Posted by Jaroush at 2/13/2007 1:12:06 AM
Hi folks,
i just have finished my website, but now I am concerned about the size of the
bandwidth. There are 3 pages. On each page there is an embeded video (14 mb)
which starts to play everytime viewer visits that page. So that is total of
about 40 mb of video files, which will be playing b... more >>
problems with vista
Posted by slickwilly_00 at 2/12/2007 11:31:46 AM
I have recently upgraded to vista (fresh install and it went great. even an
idiot like me can do it). i have several swf based websites with links in them.
they are action scripts like getURL("http://www.penny-arcade.com/", "_blank").
in XP, these worked fine in both IE and FF, but when i went... more >>
Flash or Dreamweaver?
Posted by Jockomofeenahnay at 2/12/2007 5:04:32 AM
How do you decide what parts of a site to do in flash and what parts to do in
dreamweaver? Is it acceptable to just skip the dreamweaver part and just build
the whole site in flash if that is possible? Or is it better to only build the
parts in flash that will need flash's abilities and buil... more >>
why
Posted by beliy333 at 2/11/2007 9:46:42 PM
hey guys! Im building a page and i have a lide show. I used XML code and the
slide show is flash. When i preview it, it works but when I upload it to the
site it doesnt work.
here is were its located, click on the studio pic for the window with the
flash slide show to pop up!
http://... more >>
Flash Drop Down Menu Buttons
Posted by Just the Facts, Jack at 2/11/2007 6:24:57 PM
I was under the impression that Flash allowed one to place buttons within
buttons. Basically I am trying to create a simple drop down navigation menu.
A simple horizontal bar with four buttons that change color and drop down menus
as the viewer scrolls over the buttons. I would then like th... more >>
Is this do-able?
Posted by jamesthefox at 2/11/2007 4:19:00 PM
I am in the process of doing a re-design of my site with my new ident which is
made up of several vector features. I am trying to create the effect of passing
through the different layers of the ident to reach the various pages which
would sit on each layer, though am having difficulty getting... more >>
How to Stop Looping?
Posted by rocker53 at 2/11/2007 9:29:25 AM
A web page I'm working on has a simple swf placed into a template layer that I
want to play once and then stop, as it's text content. The swf itself has a
stop action on it, but despite this, whenever I test the template movie, the
embedded swf loops. I've unchecked every loop playback functio... more >>
Can someone help me make....
Posted by G-Rice1990 at 2/10/2007 2:22:09 AM
hi,
I'm making a website for my church and as the enter page I would love to have
a flash in the beginning. I'm sorta good at flash but i can't really draw and
I'm not creative. No one in my church is. So they wanted me to ask you. If
someone can please help me make a flash introduction. Jus... more >>
Tweening Photographic Images
Posted by Just the Facts, Jack at 2/10/2007 12:00:03 AM
I am having trouble tweening between photographic images. I would like to have one image merge into another image.... more >>
Publishing my first site
Posted by rose-o at 2/9/2007 3:55:54 PM
This will be my first flash site. I've done work in flash creating interactive
media cds, but never published an actual live site. I use a site hosting
company that lets me just load up my files and publish, then it shows up at my
address.
This worked great in Dreamweaver. But now all the ... more >>
How do you load in an executable file in flash?
Posted by Quentin5000 at 2/9/2007 5:55:53 AM
Hey,
Just wondering if anyone can help me out a little bit...
I want to attach an action to a button where when the user clicks on it this
button, it loads up an executable file?
Appreciate the responses in advance.
... more >>
FTP Component?
Posted by choreo at 2/8/2007 9:41:58 AM
Every year now for the past few years I keep checking to see if anyone has
built an FTP component for Flash that will allow file uploads and downloads to
someone's computer from within the Flash environmemt. Still have not found a
solution. Every Printer I work with has this capability on thei... more >>
Why SWF is small in Firefox?
Posted by Jeremy Havnes at 2/7/2007 8:41:51 PM
Hi,
I read on an earlier thread that changing the DOCTYPE can fix the shockwave
file display problem I was having in the Firefox browser (it was way too small,
making me think Firefox didn't recognize height/width as percentages). After I
replaced
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTM... more >>
Hints for a Flash site like this
Posted by oli_hydrangia at 2/7/2007 7:59:10 AM
I am currently learning Flash and recently came across this website:
http://www.location05.com.
I really like the way it presents the images. I even want to create one for
myself. I wanna know if anyone out there knows how to do it? Can anyone give
me some hints? For example: How to... more >>
Maroon 5 Site
Posted by CellaMarr at 2/7/2007 5:51:23 AM
I really like to effects done on the Maroon 5 website. Particularly when the
photos fade/wipe to color. I want to create the same effect. Anyone have any
suggestions as to how to accomplish that effect? Is there a tutorial on doing
something like that? Or can anyone here guide me through creat... more >>
Flash & IE7 Weird Problem
Posted by Kunger88 at 2/6/2007 8:08:52 PM
Help!!!
I'm having a problems getting a site to work in IE7. It works fine in
Firefox, but in IE7, not a chance.
Here's the http://www.kunger.com/Calibre
Once in the site, go to the Gallery. Click on any of the two thumbnails on
the left. A window will open with a short blurb and ... more >>
Invisible button
Posted by cmutters at 2/6/2007 2:27:49 PM
OK, so I am trying to create an inivisible button. I have googled this and
looked it up on adobe.com and every list of directions I find doesn't seem to
work the way they say. Can someone please give me step-by-step directions for
creating an invisible button??? PLEASE! I am creating a men... more >>
I don't want Flash movie to load automatically in Firefox
Posted by Horgy at 2/6/2007 2:31:40 AM
I have built a page with a large movie which I want to start by
clicking/mousing over another image on the page. In IE 7 it works perfectly,
whereby the movie does not load as soon as the page opens. I have to mouse over
another image to get it to load. In Firefox, it's the opposite. After try... more >>
works with firefox not internet explorer
Posted by JeanaNYC at 2/6/2007 2:14:45 AM
My navigation works with one click in firefox. In internet explorer it takes
two. What can I do? When I open the site in dreamweaver it tells me the
<object> tags might not work in internet explorer. Is this the same thing? I am
new to both of these programs. Thanks in advance.
http://015ae... more >>
Two things:
Posted by Enemy13 at 2/6/2007 2:13:47 AM
The first of the two problems (more of a lack of creativity than problem) I'm
having is with my scrollbar:
I have a scrollbar that works when scrolling a movieclip of a fixed length.
Unfortunatly, what I wish to scroll is a dynamic text field whose length will
vary. I can get it to work wi... more >>
Various Questions
Posted by Andore Mordre at 2/5/2007 8:08:19 PM
OK, first, I'm new to Flash Designing, so sorry if I seem a little slow.
I'm trying to write a comic for a website (A parody of the old RPG Quest for
Glory), but I've been having trouble with making the pages. Finally, I chose
making Flash Videos for the comics.
What I'm trying to get i... more >>
Flash audio in IE7
Posted by SmileyGirl23 at 2/5/2007 3:10:10 PM
I have built a site that has Flash content inside of HTML pages. Recently, I
added audio to the swf's. In IE7, however, when you navigate to another HTML
page, the audio from the previous swf continues playing and the audio on the
current swf loads as well, creating a duplicated audio sound ... more >> |
