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| Subject | Date Asked |
| CS4 Pro And using AS2 for full screen upon page load | 4/6/2010 |
| Q: How do you get your flash movie to play in full screen instantly upon the page loading. I don't ... A: John, Unfortunately, this cannot be done. You cannot change the Stage.displayState ... | |
| Flash | 1/30/2010 |
| Q: greeting for the great day !! sir..... I have read many books for ASP.Net developments and also ... A: First, I'd like to commend you on wanting to improve your skills. The best Flash resource that I've ... | |
| Flash Video Works In CS3...Not On The Web... | 6/22/2009 |
| Q: Website Address is: http://hwc.ccc.edu/newsite/indextest.aspx. I took the .html file that was ... A: Are you talking about the photo slideshow? It displays for me just fine with Firefox 3 and Safari 4 ... | |
| flv or swf for downloaded language program | 6/2/2009 |
| Q: I asked this question of another person, but would also like to have your opinion. I'm an ... A: My apologies for the late reply. I've been away on vacation and forgot to set the vacation timer on ... | |
| Web design | 5/29/2009 |
| Q: I would like to learn how to make web sites using flash. www.christophercross.com and ... A: The first step in creating Flash-based sites is to acquire Adobe Flash. It's the only real Flash ... | |
| Using the entire stage as a button | 4/28/2009 |
| Q: I have created a map that I want to be clickable. When you click it, it will play an animation of ... A: I suggest that you create a layer on top of everything and draw a transparent rectangle. Next, turn ... | |
| How to Record changes in MovieClips | 4/5/2009 |
| Q: I am new to Action Script2.0. In this program below I had created an instance of MovieClip with ... A: The reason you get that error is because the 'color' variable is only available inside each ... | |
| Antipasti News For You! | 4/2/2009 |
| Q: how do you edit files ... what program do you use? flash? do you edi the fla file or the swf file.. ... A: Flash can only be edited in Adobe Flash. There really are no alternatives for serious developing. ... | |
| Importing into flash | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: I have created a slide show of pictures and saved it as a .swf. I have all the pictures + the xml. ... A: So you have a working SWF and want to incorporate it into another Flash movie? If so, have a look ... | |
| Photoshop Buttons in Falsh | 3/8/2009 |
| Q: I'm creating a flash button menu that will be made up of buttons graphics that I've imported from ... A: It's hard to answer that definitively without seeing the .fla itself. There could be a couple ... | |
| Embeding SWF Below Text and or Images | 12/4/2008 |
| Q: Is there anyway to embed swf as like a background image, or anyway to have swf in the background or ... A: You can use Flash's wmode and CSS z-indexing to layer your other elements on top of your SWF. Have ... | |
| Button linking | 11/9/2008 |
| Q: How do i link a button with other animation on 2 separate scenes i am using flash 5 so tell me the ... A: As I understand your question, you're looking to link one portion of your Flash file to another ... | |
| as2 and 3 | 10/31/2008 |
| Q: i am trying to impliment and avatar service into a flash cs4 file using AS3. is this even possible.? ... A: That's correct. That's exactly what you'll have to do. In fact, it doesn't really matter what ... | |
| as2 and 3 | 10/31/2008 |
| Q: i am trying to impliment and avatar service into a flash cs4 file using AS3. is this even possible.? ... A: It depends on the service and how you're interacting with it. In general, it should be possible. ... | |
| adobe CS3 stops responding | 10/19/2008 |
| Q: my operating system is Windows vista and my i have a 3GB harddrive. Inspite of this when i am ... A: Adobe CS3 products are very resource intensive. If you truly have a 3GB hard drive, than I would ... | |
| Continuously looping | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: Reference to http://www.allexperts.com/user.cgi?m=6&catID=1515&qID=4779336 I have post my problem ... A: .. There were a few small details that you didn't mention that would change the approach of this. ... | |
| Continuously looping | 8/18/2008 |
| Q: I would like to create something like the link below: ... A: from the description that you've given, it's hard for me to visualize yourself. Without an idea of ... | |
| external buttons linking to specific frames within flash content overlay | 8/12/2008 |
| Q: "Hi, I am wondering if you can help me out. I have created a static .jpg background for a site in ... A: .. No, you're not crazy! It's not simple to do what you want, but it certainly is possible. You ... | |
| Continuously looping | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: I would like to create something like the link below: ... A: .. I assume you're referring to this example: ... | |
| How to activate SWF files in Dreamweaver etc | 7/10/2008 |
| Q: I would like to know how to get rid of the frame and alert that pops up when I incorporate SWF files ... A: As you've said, the static method really doesn't alleviate your initial concern -- the "click to ... | |
| How to activate SWF files in Dreamweaver etc | 7/8/2008 |
| Q: I would like to know how to get rid of the frame and alert that pops up when I incorporate SWF files ... A: I'm assuming you're referring to the so-called "Click to activate" feature in Internet Explorer and ... | |
| looping not smooth and attached | 6/9/2008 |
| Q: I have a strip of photos all tied together as a jpeg. It runs great in Flash as it goes scrolling by ... A: See, without actually seeing your creation, I'm just throwing darts to help you out. Judging from ... | |
| looping not smooth and attached | 6/9/2008 |
| Q: I have a strip of photos all tied together as a jpeg. It runs great in Flash as it goes scrolling by ... A: The code you post will position second_photo directly after first_photo. Undoubtedly, this is one ... | |
| looping not smooth and attached | 6/5/2008 |
| Q: I have a strip of photos all tied together as a jpeg. It runs great in Flash as it goes scrolling by ... A: This is a question that comes up a lot. Unfortunately, there isn't a simple fix for it. Any real ... | |
| flash | 5/30/2008 |
| Q: In flash i have to make a clip in which i import a sound(this is a speech). i also write this speech ... A: It's hard to answer that question without knowing the specifics of your Flash setup. I'll make some ... | |
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