Any help will be apriciated. How to make choose color background in movie. I would like to make a option for visitors to choose background color of a movie among 4 different colors Thanx in advance I hope you all remember how is to be a newbie :)) ...more >>

I have my movie where I can change text in a box with a txt file. Can I change it so it would read text from and html?? Thanks for any help George Harold Hartshorn III PO 2422 Lake Ozark , MO. 65049 573-365-0909 http://webpages.charter.net/designbygeorge/ < New <<<< ...more >>

If I attach (and duplicate) a movieclip that contains a button, do I lose events set on that button in those new movieclips?...more >>

hello, I would like to cancel a colorisation done by setRGB or setTransform instruction and retrieve the original clip color. I've tyried in many way but without success :-(... Is it possible and how ? Thanks, Frank ...more >>

hey ppl heres my problem in flash i need help making a button disappear from the stage once i have clicked on it any ideas thanks ...more >>

I try to read the value from XML file, it read, but come out all wrong, I don't understand why, here is the code, can someone help me out? thanks ahead! Willy AS code =========================== my_XML = new XML(); my_XML.onLoad = convertXML; my_display = "Loading data ... "; my_XML.load...more >>

Hi, Sorry guys, not a programming question... I've been playing with Flash and other Macromedia software for a while and am attending the MX Downunder conference in Sydney for the first time. Is it worth bringing a laptop - I don't have a Wi-Fi card - but could buy one? Thanks, Paul ...more >>

Using 2004Pro, am I overlooking something, or is there no way to use blend modes (multiply, screen,... like in Photoshop and most other graphic editors) on layers? If I'm right, this might be a very powerfull feature to add in a future version, IMO. I know how to approximate this effect usin...more >>

I made this flash presentation but there is a problem with it. For some reason the presenation goes slow when i play it. The animation is not smooth and it pauses every 2 seconds. When I preview it goes a bit faster with less pauses and a smoother animation. Maybe it's because I'm animati...more >>

Hi, I am creating a slide presentation and on one slide, I have inserted a flash animation. The problem I am having is that I want to insert text into the slide, but when I do and go to view it in full screen, the text has gone. Is there any way I can make the text show? Cheers, Neil...more >>

Hello Everyone. I am new to Flash. I am wondering if this is possible and if it is, how do I go about doing it? I am going to have a Flash .exe (not .swf) running locally on a machine. One of the things that this .exe is going to have in it is a form that a user can fill out. What I want to...more >>

Hi, I have to make an automatic image slider with infinite loop, something like you can see on www.corbis.com (I know it's not a flash stuff !) but it seems too difficult for me... Does someone knows where I can find a tutorial to learn the method or a free/cheap file that does the same ?...more >>

to answer me? how do i make a dinamic text that outputs the current date? help me please!!! ...more >>

Hi all, I'm stumped by the following code: for(i=0; i<100; i++) { tellTarget ("sq"+(i+1)) {numval = i}; trace(i+1); } I have 100 instances of a movieclip named "sq1...100" each with a dynamic text box with a variable named "numval". The code above traces 1 to 100 but the movieclip.dyn...more >>

My son is in a dispute with a well known bookmaker who introduced a flash based game on the 16th December 2004 froma new partner to it's web site it involved betting on a game of darts. The problem lies in the fact that my son on one day (27th Dec) won £5000 and the next day some £13000 with ...more >>

Hi - hoping someone can help, I have implemented a form in flash, using POST to send the contents to my PHP page that processes it. problem is - i am sending a variable name like "this_town" from flash, but it actually seems to send "this%5Ftown" which breaks my form processor - how can i ma...more >>

I'm making a text button, but my problem is that the mouse cursor has to be right on top of the font,, How do I make it so the mouse cursor detect the button in a rectangle area. I'm not drawing a rectangle color on back of it because I want to use transparent background so the text is on top ...more >>

i did look for the FAQ, but the one link I found to "Arty's" FAQ was broken, so I apologize if these have already been asked 1. can a flash applet (are they called applets?) in the browser use more than one OS thread? 2. can a flash applet in the browser get audio input (via mic) from the use...more >>

Where I write the code? In a class file or in the component?...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with my flash presentation. When i preview it isn't the same as when i publish then play it. When i play it from the swf it is slower and animation is not smooth. Anyone else experianced this? I think it happens because the images i use in my presentation are pretty bi...more >>

Is it possiable to write from a flash file to a text file that is in the same folder? With out cgi or php or other programs>>> George Harold Hartshorn III PO 2422 Lake Ozark , MO. 65049 573-365-0909 http://webpages.charter.net/designbygeorge/ < New <<<< ...more >>

could you tell me how to save a *.txt file from flash. that could be some kind of cookies... thanx! ...more >>

I came across a tutorial about a year ago that explained the answer I seek. Now, however, I cannot find the answer anywhere. I have a flash movie that takes some data in a couple of input fields... then does a loadVariablesNum("script.pl", 0,"POST"); call My script.pl file returns somethin...more >>

I'm making a flash movie that has 7 text buttons the user can click. When they roll over one of these buttons a sub-menu appears to the right of that button with maybe 6-8 more text buttons the user can then click. So basically I've created about 40-50 text buttons that all live in the libr...more >>

hi, i do websites for ad agencies as a sub-contractor, servicing clients on their behalf using content they create in house by art director/graphic designer. I usually send the site to them zipped up or post to clients server. Sometimes my clients try to ask me to give them my .fla files. Im...more >>

I have just started using Flash and have created my first movie. I have a button that I would like to open a HTML file (On a CD). I guess this should be a basic function but can find no mention of how to do in the book I have. Can anyone tell me what code I need to attach to the action of the b...more >>

What is the best way to test if variables from a PHP page have been fully loaded and available to Flash? I've tried putting myLoadVars.loaded into a while loop but it never evaluates to true.(Snippet below) I am assuming I must be doing it incorrectly and haven't been able to find a working ans...more >>

Is there a way to set the publish settings so that the preview (ctrl-enter) goes to a folder that is not where the fla is located? Thanks! -- -- Ashot Petrosian University of Texas at Austin, Computer Sciences...more >>

Is there a good way to check for screen resolution and change the movie size accordingly? ...more >>

Hey ppl is the a way i can have flash record how many times a user has pressed a button on the screen have have the number dispalyed. thanks dash ...more >>

Hi All, Am fairly new to flash and need to re-code a HTML domain name checking form, to a Flash based version. Can anyone help? This is the form: <form method="post" action="http://www.mydomain.com/domainnamecheckscript"> <input type="hidden" name="v" value="1"> <input type="hidden" ...more >>

Hi, I'm making a flash movie that has 8 scenes. When the web page opens, the background of the movie fades in and out between different photos. these photos take up the entire background. The fading part is a movie clip that lives in scene one. There are 7 links. When someone clicks on a...more >>

Hi, Wondering about the best way to get a pre loader to work. I have a flash menu (gfx intensive) that comes up (that needs a pre loader) and each item on the menu has a long MC that will individually need pre loading bar (unless already loaded). My worry is that if I do a normal pre loader...more >>

hi everyone. do anyone know if the flash player is an integrated part of windows (xp ie...) or do every user have to install the flash player to watch flash on their computer ? kind regards felisan ...more >>

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Hi I imported an mp3 [layer3 128b 44100hz stereo) into my fla. its original size is 2 MB. the fla. size increased in 20 MB. how do i get it to be smaller? (the .fla, not the .swf) L...more >>

I have a musql database on a personal web server which correctly displays the variable I want in flash. However I wish to change my variables now they are in flash. I had this working but ive edited the code and cannot now get it to work again.. can someone help at all? code in flash......more >>