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| alpha applied to movieclip | 9/26/2008 |
Q: I have a multi-layer mc with bitmaps on each layer. I want to set the alpha of the mc when i nest it ...
A: Sean, I dont quite understand what you are asking, sorry. Do you mean that the bitmaps are ...
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| alpha applied to movieclip | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I have a multi-layer mc with bitmaps on each layer. I want to set the alpha of the mc when i nest it ...
A: sean, It seems like you are asking how to change the alpha of a mc, without changing the alpha of ...
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| programmer wont let owner of site ftp to the site. holding back the id and password | 8/9/2008 |
Q: programmer wont let owner of site ftp to the site. holding back the id and password. so we want to ...
A: i beleive you were the person who asked this already? i answered it - look at the previous ...
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| swf to flv | 8/8/2008 |
Q: my friend got locked out of his website. i was able to download all his files we got the swf files ...
A: yes, you can get a quality decompiler to make fla's out of swf's. this will require a high level of ...
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| Flash Player | 7/8/2008 |
Q: Hey, my computer says i have flash player on it bit it doesn't work. When i do to a sight that ...
A: I would try going to different sites. The sitre in question might not be using flash detection ...
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| Flash 8 | 6/30/2008 |
Q: Is it possible to click attached movieclips in Flash 8? I have one movieclip on the scene. When I ...
A: i am guessing you never read the flash help documentation on this function. you will need to learn ...
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| FLASH PLAYER | 6/29/2008 |
Q: Vista 32 bit/IE7 Dell Inspiron 9400 I cannot run videos anymore. I deleted Adobe Flash Player 9 ...
A: ouch. i am an expert(not really but thats the site name) on developing with flash, this might be a ...
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| Flash 8 | 6/28/2008 |
Q: Is it possible to click attached movieclips in Flash 8? I have one movieclip on the scene. When I ...
A: Nerijus, You need to assign an unique identifire to new movieclips created with attachMovie. In ...
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| linking a button to another movie clip | 6/18/2008 |
Q: in my main timeline i have two frames. one frame has a movieclip which contains more frames inside ...
A: Char, You will need to separate the clips to different layers and make sure they occupy the same ...
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| input text box | 6/18/2008 |
Q: i was wondering how you can clear a input text box after you submit say a contact form? when i enter ...
A: inside the function that submits the form set all to text = ""; this will place an empty string ...
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| flash actionscript 2 | 6/13/2008 |
Q: i have a problem. when i click on a button, it opens two windows and i don't konw why! here is my ...
A: if this is the case then i dont know what could be wrong. your code is correct, and as you have ...
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| looping in flash | 6/4/2008 |
Q: I have a strip of photos all tied together as a jpeg. It runs great in Flash as it goes scrolling by ...
A: Yvonne, I think I know what you are asking for but I am not sure... I will try. To solve this you ...
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| Flash 8 Workspace | 5/14/2008 |
Q: I was playing around with the tools on my Flash program and I screwed up my workspace. I used to see ...
A: Allie, Flash has this weird thing that if you have a mask, both the mask and the layer it is ...
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| display multiple data in flash | 5/8/2008 |
Q: when I display the data form SQL to flash using dynamic text box. it show only 1 record at 1 time. ...
A: to be honest i am not well versed in bringing sql into flash. I use php to go between the 2. There ...
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| Alpha in Flash | 5/1/2008 |
Q: When I try to use alpha on a symbol, it shows as white. I want it to be black. How can I change it?
A: Debbie, Alpha is transparency. When you change a movieclip's alpha to 0, it is transparent, not ...
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| Stopping a sound in a scene | 5/1/2008 |
Q: I have a number of scenes in an animation that I am creating. In the first scene music starts ...
A: Rod, I do not know much about scenes as I never use them. Are you bringing the sound in using ...
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| Access is denied | 4/23/2008 |
Q: I have embeded swf file in html and when a button is pressed in swf a function(getValue) of html ...
A: Anil, I believe you are having aissues resulting from the flah players security sandbox, which is ...
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| form scroll | 4/10/2008 |
Q: I saw your question regarding wanting to let your form scroll within Flash. The answer provided was ...
A: Paul, I do not know what is going on with your swf exactly. I do know that I have had trouble with ...
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| how to load an external .asp(any dynamic )page to flash site? | 2/20/2008 |
Q: How to load an external .asp(any dynamic )page to flash site?
A: Rejil, it is difficult to understand what you are asking. i use php and flash when i need dynamic ...
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| The ERIKA effect. | 2/20/2008 |
Q: The ERIKA effect. I have been trying to figure this out for days. I am just lost with it. Follow ...
A: Dan, I use After effects to key the video and make an alpha channel, export it for flash. This ...
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| Flash+HTML | 1/25/2008 |
Q: I have finished a Flash website for a friend and am ready to upload. My friend has heard that Flash ...
A: it all depends on the site. sometimes i will use a flash header and menu on an html site, sometimes ...
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| Flash+HTML | 1/22/2008 |
Q: I have finished a Flash website for a friend and am ready to upload. My friend has heard that Flash ...
A: it will change things a little , but as long as you just move the html into a folder, keeping the ...
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| Flash+HTML | 1/21/2008 |
Q: I have finished a Flash website for a friend and am ready to upload. My friend has heard that Flash ...
A: you make an html page called index.html and in there you put links to a flash site and an html site, ...
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| Moving Shape from one .FLA project to another | 1/7/2008 |
Q: a few question about Flash 8 - I installed recently a its my first steps. I have few ready .FLA ...
A: i dont know what panels you are referring to sorry. all i use is the timeline, stage, and library ...
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| Game Problem | 12/24/2007 |
Q: Sir, I like little flash games. For last few days these games have stopped running. When I open the ...
A: Yasir, I don't really know. This seems to be occurring a lot lately. I do not know if there are ...
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| Flash button | 12/24/2007 |
Q: I read your previous answer on basic flash scenes, layers, and actionscripts but it did not help me ...
A: Teyu, To avoid any confusion i would suggest not adding actions to buttons directly. The way I ...
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| puzzle | 12/17/2007 |
Q: I have a puzzle for you. I'm not asking for the code but just your opinion. Go here ...
A: i use fuse. it is a very powerful sequencer engine that is based on the zigoengine. fuse is useful ...
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| flash will not install | 12/16/2007 |
Q: i go on the web sites youtube.com and aim.com but i cant use them. when i go on youtube it says ...
A: this is a browser issue more than a flash issue, but my friend just had this happen to him. i am ...
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| viewing webpage problem | 12/15/2007 |
Q: My son recently designed a webpage for us and used flash and the windows txt editor to edit it ...
A: it is tough to describe if you have little css layout knowledge. You will have to put the flash in a ...
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| viewing webpage problem | 12/14/2007 |
Q: My son recently designed a webpage for us and used flash and the windows txt editor to edit it ...
A: This is a prblem a lot of people run into. The short answer is you need to add a param and some ...
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| Turning a Magazine into flash | 11/30/2007 |
Q: I hope you can help me for I am now desperate:( I am doing an online magazine and I am designing ...
A: As far as I know Indesign does not have an export to flash feature. CS3 does have an export to ...
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| recordings using Flash? | 11/29/2007 |
Q: I want to allow my website visitors to be able to record their voice and play it back using my ...
A: I have not done this on my own, but a quick search brought this up: http://www.wintechmedia.com ...
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| Scrolling an entire form with components in Flash | 11/19/2007 |
Q: I've created a Flash Form with text area, combo box, and text input components. All of these ...
A: In flash you need to make a new movieclip, place it on your main stage in the main timeline, then ...
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| Gallery script help, please | 11/19/2007 |
Q: Gallery script help, please Hello, I'm new to actionscript in general, I do know a little... I ...
A: sandra, I cant get a clean file out of your archive. my advice to you is to look for any code ...
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| Gallery script help, please | 11/17/2007 |
Q: Gallery script help, please Hello, I'm new to actionscript in general, I do know a little... I ...
A: that zip file is broken. also, my policy is not to do pro bono work for someone who is charging ...
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| loadVars Question | 11/15/2007 |
Q: I am fairly new to Flash and have just one question. I have looked exhaustively online to find the ...
A: not that i know of, at least not the way you are describing. you coul dtry some alternatives, such ...
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| contact page script | 11/10/2007 |
Q: You really helped me a lot with that one. Ok I've got some reading to do but I am messing with ...
A: Phil, I dont use a send(); for contact forms. I dont know all of your code, but I'll show you how I ...
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| swf file sive | 10/29/2007 |
Q: some question re file size. 1/ does it matter if my fla file gets bloated with symbols and photos ...
A: Hope things are going well with you. 1. Yes. It doesnt matter as far as the swf is concerned. If ...
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| accidental double click flaw | 10/26/2007 |
Q: Some visitors to a website I'm working on have complained that double clicking on a button takes ...
A: There may be a number of problems casusing this. I will give you my personal practices for button ...
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| Fla files | 10/17/2007 |
Q: I've had a website made for me, where I'm finding it hard to open the Fla file.I have latest ...
A: flash mx is 2 versions old. If it was developed in 8 or 9 (which is a good possibility) you wont be ...
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| Flash | 10/8/2007 |
Q: I would be very grateful if you could advice me of how to go about building my own solitaire games ...
A: I dont know of any software. Perhaps you could look on google for "flash card game source"... souce ...
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| Embed | 10/3/2007 |
Q: Is there an easy way to embed a flash player into a page so that it does not require the 'Click to ...
A: easy is relative. there are a few methods. the method i use is Geoff Stearns' swfobject. Almost all ...
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| axis symmetry | 9/27/2007 |
Q: I've created rectangular coordinate system (two lines - horizontal and vertical, as two movie clips) ...
A: the trick is that you would simply move lines to give the illusion that you are rotating the object. ...
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| macromedia | 9/19/2007 |
Q: not sure if your the person for the question but here it goes. i need to make a learning object ...
A: I think what you are asking is how to make a flash built quiz run off of a server? I would just ...
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| Layer Positon | 8/31/2007 |
Q: Hey i have anI want to make move the position of the layers per actionscript. I now how to switch ...
A: Ok, I understand now! Sorry! Your problem comes from the fact that you are calling swap depths ...
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| Layer Positon | 8/30/2007 |
Q: Hey i have anI want to make move the position of the layers per actionscript. I now how to switch ...
A: I am a little confused. so, you have two animations, neither are movieclips. You want them to switch ...
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| Adding the shockwave flash control in execution time | 8/29/2007 |
Q: i want to add this control by code, the problem comes when I put the movie and i don't see anything. ...
A: This problem is not in flash, but in VB, which is not my area. Im sorry. But I thought your first ...
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| Layer Positon | 8/28/2007 |
Q: Hey i have anI want to make move the position of the layers per actionscript. I now how to switch ...
A: The stacking order, or 'z-order', or depth, is set up by using levels in flash. The key to switching ...
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| Function at the end of a countdown/onPress method | 8/23/2007 |
Q: very helpful I have two questions: I'm making an alarm clock with a sleep function on it (the radio ...
A: I can not get that link to work, so I cant help with the first part. As for the second part I will ...
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| Adding the shockwave flash control in execution time | 8/22/2007 |
Q: i want to add this control by code, the problem comes when I put the movie and i don't see anything. ...
A: I don't know vb well, but I remember reading this: Flash.ocx (SWFlash.ocx) ActiveX component To ...
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| radio buttons/conditional statements | 8/20/2007 |
Q: I'm working in ActionScript 2.0, using the radio button component. I haven't had any success getting ...
A: I do not believe you can use just one radio button. The Flash documentation states: "The ...
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| flv file question | 8/15/2007 |
Q: I have a flv video I want to put on my website. Do you know if its possible to have the flv video ...
A: Yes it is possible. The way to achieve this depends on your video. Are you embedding the video or ...
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| Download movies | 8/11/2007 |
Q: How can I grab a movie from a Shockwave Flash animation? Thanks in advance.
A: Are you asking how to download video that is embedded in flash? I ask this because one of Flash's ...
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