Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / February 2007

I have a .swf movie that has an FLVplayback component in it, and I'm wondering
if it's possible to have the user click a button or link outside of the flash
movie and have the FLVplayback component play?
Within flash I know I'd have to do a <instancename>.play(); but I'm looking ...

Ok, just was hoping to get a little bit of help in this forum on a bit of an
issue I'm having with Flash.
Currently, I'm working on a project for class -- which is building my entire
portfolio in flash. I have different sections of my work and I'm having a

I have some text in a static text box connected to a scroller.
I just want some of the text to be a link to a website that opens in a new
window. OK ... easy.
But how do I give that text a "rollover" effect so the user knows it's a link?

Ok, so I made an anamation, and when I play it it goes out of the canvas. And I
want it playing within the whole canvas.
It is 271 frames long. And it starts in the center when published and then
goes out of the screen, and it all needs to be seen. Nothing cut off. Does

That's it... that's all i want to know...can you JUST publish a scene?  I need
to get the first scene up on the web but the other stuff is all screwed up
right now ..the first page is stellar and all fixed.....what do you think?

I have a flash toolbar which loads when you first hit the site, but if you go
to any other page, it doesn't appear until you hover over it. Once you move
your mouse over it, it pops right up.  
This only happens in IE, not firefox.  

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

Hey Folks
All my FLV Files are no longer on the stage where they had been placed.  I
moved the folder do I need to relink the paths and tell the program where all
the FLVs are now?  (like in final cut pro?)  how would I do that if so....

I have a list component that I have setup to use an embedded font (Tried arial,
verdana, etc).  When I view the swf all text in the list are anti-aliased.  If
I don't embed the font it looks much better (no anti-aliasing).
Is there any way to prevent the anti-aliasing?

WithFlash MX and a wacom tablet, when I used the back of the stylus as an
eraser, the brush size of the eraser is set to pressure sensitive, as well as
the largest size, so you can eraser large areas quickly, as well as putting
less pressure to get the smaller areas. In Flash ...

i want a video player in a flash movie .It has to play multiple types of video formats from a external folder .
Is there any ways to do it  .?

I've animated a Flash movie on a relatively fast computer with the background
music set to Event. When I tried to run the movie on a slower computer, there
was some dreadul slowdown due to the high graphical content, so the music was
out of synch. Then I read that the music ...

Hey everyone - I made a small flash banner ad to be put up on a web site, and I
was wondering what version I should save it as.  Can I just save it as the
latest version (made in Flash Pro 8), or should I save it as Flash 6 or
something like that.  I want the majority of people ...

I have a simple square clip called clip1.
Clip1 contains a second square clip called clip2
Both clip1 and clip2 have a rollover event .
But only the rollover event for clip1 is working.

I purchased a template off of TemplateMonster.com and have run into a
glitch...there's a piece of Action Script Code that will only work when
published to Flash Player 6. In order for my streaming video to play correctly
I need to publish to Flash Player 8.