Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / March 2006

I was wondering if any advanced users could assit and/or direct me somewhere to
learn how to create a single toggle button for music play/stop. My client is
requesting a single button do both functions, possibly with a mouseover to
denote what the button would currently do if ...

I have a button on my .swf file called contact.  I want to have that button open the email client and put my email in the to address line.  How is this done?
TIA

Hi.  I'm a Flash beginner, in the process of creating my first website.  
In my main page, I have a flash that is currently 2.2MB.  It's taking some
time to load, so I'm looking for ways to make it smaller.  What are some of the
simple things I can do?  There are some frames ...

I have been having a problem with full screen projectors on some machines.  I
have develped a projector with buttons that opens PDFs (in acrobat) and web
pages.  Now the problem is that the PDFs and web pages are opening behind the
full screen projector on some PCs.  When I test ...

If I insert a SWF music file into Dreamweaver how do I get the music to keep playing no matter what page I go to on the website?

I have a flash movie that displays pretty much in the middle of my html page.  
When the movie is done playing I want to close the flash object  so that I can
display something else in that same spot (a 360 degree store viewer).  How can
I do this? I found how to unload the movie, ...

How can I see the source file for a Flash presentation?  Is there any way to
view this content without any authoring tools?  Also, If there is Flash content
which was made with a later version of an authoring tool, can this file be
edited with an older version of the same tool?

Does anyone know if there are any command line options when running the Flash
8.0 Professional MSI file (in order to run silently, specify the serial number,
accept the EULA, specify the installation directory etc), for example:
 MsiExec.exe /i Flash 8 Professional.msi /qb- ...

Hi all... I have a flash site that has 40 different frames in it.  It's being
used as a basic page-turner type of learning object.
Somebody had the bright idea that the bottom of each frame should be labeled
at the bottom with:

Hello all! I need help with Flash (MX 2004 or/and 8).
I know there were made many topics about this, I read through many of them but
nothing seem to work..
When I run Flash MX 2004 (I also tryed to download and install Flash 8) it is

I am TRYING TO RUN ANY FLASH PROGRAM ON MY COMPUTER..... i have mx installed mx
2004 and version 8. For some reason all 3 of them crash when they try to run.
Anything I try to open that resembles flash (even lynda.com tutorials) it says
that macromedia projector has crashed. I am ...

Could someone point me to tutorials on adding graphics for each click of the
mouse?
Basically, I need to add an event handler on a background graphic to enable me
to add graphics on top of it. Then, each graphics needs to have the capability

i bought flash mx 2004 on ebay but is the spanish version "well i think it is
because the menus , tools , everything is in spanish . so guys can i change the
language so instead of spanish will be on english ?? please help me i dont
speak spanish and i'd already pay for it

My knowledge of Flash programming is very limited, although I have written html
for over a decade.  Due to security issues, I sometimes want to view a link
target address before I make the decision to click it, so that I can verify its
legitimacy.  This is of particular concern, ...

I've read a few postings here on this. One says put a "_blank" in the mailto: command. Someone else says take it out. Either way I get a browser window. Any additional suggestions?
Thanks!