Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / December 2007

Is there a way to get a snapshot of a live streaming RTMP feed? I've tried
BitmapData.draw, but this causes a sandbox violation. Is there a way around
this? Is there a way to grab a still image from a live RTMP stream and save it
to disc?

I have a simple intro created in Flash CS3 (http://vanillahousedesign.com). On
my Mac, when published and browsed, it plays and stops. But on a PC/Explorer it
loops. I have changed publish settings html and made sure playback "Loop" is
unchecked, before publishing. I have ...

I am designing a website, which has a drop down menu at the top, and  there is
a flash movie right below it, which is in a loop.
the drop down gets truncated  on the flash section overlay. how can I resolve
that?

Anyone out there have a simple .reg file with all the needed flash registry
entries? The reason I ask is because I had a registry cleaning program tear up
my flash registry entries. I can't install new versions of flash, even when I
remove the old version.

Creative Suite 3, OS-X (Possibly Leopard as well, it's dual-boot).
We're working on our first few flash animations, nothing heavy or anything.
Every time we try to import audio (MP3 or WAV), the computer tries for a while
(shows the little clock icon and a status bar) then ...

Ridiculously simple, but doing my head in - how do I add links into a list
compnent - I'm really new to this actionscripting stuff and I ain't got a clue.
I just want each item in a lst of 7 items to link to a particular keyframe in
the movie. So simple in old versions of Flash, ...

I have 5 dynamic text fields. They are all getting their text property set in a
function when the movie starts. I have a button on frame 2 which makes it
change to frame 3. When the frame changes all the text fields get set back to
their original value.

The company I work for wants me to learn how to use Flash because they want to
start doing video emails and websites and what not. Here's a site that does
this already: www.wowivideo.com 
If anyone knows and would like to explain in idiot terms how to do this that

I am on XP SP2
I recently added new user accounts to my computer, specifically to limit
access for my kids. Originally there was only one account run as computer
administrator. I made two new accounts - a limited for the kids, and another

I have an animation that builds to create a logo, basically inividual shapes
fade in.  Once the logo is built I would like to run a lighting effect at the
bottom of it that will loop, but do not want the whole animation to start over
with the loop.

Hey guys/girls,
Does anyone know how to create a scroll down function for a website page in
flash?? i have been looking at a load of tutorials but they only explain about
text scroll bars!! and i need one for a website page.

I've had Flash for years and have never had the time to learn how to use it. I
currently have Flash MX2004. I would like to understand what is the point of
the .html file which is generated along with the .swf file when I use the
publish function ? If I insert the html code into ...

Hey guys,
Im having a huge problem when exporting a movie from flash. I am currently
working on a website but when i export the movie i only get a quarter of the
site in view. When exporting a friends website using my flash it come out

Having downloaded and installed the programme called BBCiplayer we find that we
are unable to play any of the available videos on the BBC website using this
package
From looking at the help section on the BBCiplayer website it appears that we

hey, I need help with flash. I know how to make the flash media picture and
everything, but I don't know how to save it. I want to save the picture and put
it on a website. Anyone out there that can help, I would really appreciate i.
Thanks.