Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / July 2008

I have a group of buttons that represent a state on the map of the United
States. When the user places the mouse over one of the States an informational
text box is displayed (the text is too large to place within the button).
Everything works fine except the buttons below the ...

I love how I can import a PNG file with transparency and then give it jpeg
compression.  it keeps the transparency, and the file size is a lot smaller.  
What are my options when it comes to importing external PNGs with transparency?
Will I have to put each one in its on swf and ...

Hi, i hope you can help me, i'm making a Flash Application wich is supossed i
have to upload a picture and then loaded, well the problem is that on Internet
Explorer works great also on Safari but on Firefox(2 & 3) doesn't work!, I've
tried a lot of things reading on Internet but ...

I'm using Flash 8 Video Encoder to convert movies to .fla format to use them
on websites. Now trying to do this with movies shot with my new Sony Handycam,
Flash Video Encoder gives an error and doesn't convert the movie.
Any idea what to do?

I cannot install flash player on Windows XP Pro. I did everything that the tech notes said and it still won't install. Just says can't install there is no error.

I created this web page: http://www.centrallutheranaz.org/audio/sermon1.htm.
Everyone who's played the audio track can hear it, but I just get something
like static. I've done the online Flash test and I hear all of the sounds fine.
Any ideas why I'm not hearing the audio file? ...

Need advice for a newbie.
Wanting to loop a set of frames at the end of a scene once the whole scene has
played. Have tried adding an actions layer and added a gotoandplay command on
the last frame. The output is the movie ONLY plays the end section (twinkling

I run a couple of small SWFs on my home page that provide flashy navigation
options to news items and product pages within the site. The SWFs are not
applications. The SWF links don't move one back and forth within the SWFs; they
merely point one to various pages on the site.

I would super grateful if someone could assist me with this HUGE problem:
I have created an interactive flash menu. The menu works and when the buttons
are clicked it directs the flash to the next level which is the contents. This
is where my problem comes in:

i have a png with a transparent background.  when importing from fireworks into
my flash cs3 library, the symbol now contains all the 'blank area' around the
item i need.
is there a way of removing this blank content easier/more effecient than

Im trying to develop a timeline to show the recent siginificant events of a
company.
I have a sliding menu that will navigate to a movie clip containing a jpg when
the corresponding button is clicked. However there are going to be many

I'm using the Macromedia Flash Control in order to play a movie in a hidden
window (MFC program). I then render the window in opengl. However, the control
does not seem to respond correctly to the messages I send it. The MOUSEMOVE
works intermittently and the buttondown and ...

Hey, im looking to create a nice 'simple' slideshow like the one found http://www.jamesellisimaging.co.uk/myspacewebgallery/loader.swf
Can anyone help me? Complete beginner!

I'm brand new to Flash.  I'm working from the "Flash CS3 Professional Classrom
in a Book".  If I rotate text it vanishes when I do a Test Movie or Publish to
SWF.  I've tried this with a simple single frame file.  Set some text and leave
it alone, set another line of text and ...

I work at Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA and I'm attempting to modify a
kiosk that we built for the US Space & Rocket Center here in Huntsville, AL.
I'm fairly new to Flash and our regular Flash guy is on vacation until late
next week and we need to make some modifications the ...