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  1. law78

    Resizing a curved shape

    Hi people, Just wondering if there is an easy way of resizing a shape that has a corner radius applied to it without stretching the shape of the curve. e.g. I scale a shape with a 4px radius corner from 100px x 100px to 500px x 500px whilst still keeping a 4px radius corner. Hope this makes...
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    Freehand to Flash problem

    Hi people, I have created a simple shape in freehand mx that contains a fill patern from the predifined pattern swatches. The fill looks fine in Freehand and 90% looks fine in Freehand, the problem is that there is a seam that I can't seem to get rid of near the bottom of the shape, take a...
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    MS Access remote access

    I have got myself some shared ColdFusion hosting, uploaded my database to their db folder and I have set up an ODBC DSN which is named CFTutorial and I referenced this DSN using the following code: <cfquery name="allEmployees" datasource="CFTutorial"> SELECT * FROM tblEmployees </cfquery>...
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    pop up window

    Hi people, I have created a couple of links in my flash site that link to html pop up's, I have tried adding the same link but to text embedded within a movie clip (scroll pane) that loads from an external swf file (located on level_1) The pop up shows up but not the size that I wanted it to...
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    Remote Editing

    Hi people, I am trying to configure dreamweaver so that I can edit files locally and save remotly. I have coldfusion hosting but I do not have access to the Coldfusion Administration login on the remote server, yet dreamweaver requires this when defining a data source. I have set up database...
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    opening mac saved .fla's on the PC

    Anyone know how to do this? I have just got myself a laptop and can't seem to open my flash files (created in flash mx on Mac OSX 10.3.5) on my Windows XP Home laptop, also running Flash MX. Any Help?
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    Loading MC's via ActionScript

    Hi people, I am currently loading severla mc's in the library by using ActionScript and referencing the identifier name... all fine. The problem is that I can only get the thing to work if I tick the box that says 'export in first frame' from the symbol properties box. I need to try and load...
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    flash 5 v mx

    Hi people, I have been developing some actionscript for a few days now and I wanted to publish to the flash 5 player, I notice that my movie does not work under flash 5 and wanted to know if anyone knew why: Here is the code I have been using: Code on the main timeline: _global.digit = 0...
  9. law78

    simple question

    Can I get the value of a variable that is located on a different timeline?
  10. law78

    variable based loading

    Hi people, How do I load movie clip (illo1_mc, illo2_mc all the way up to 65) which is located on level 1 based on a variable whic is located on the root timeline. Basically, I have buttons that when clicked add a digit to the variable called illo. The button loads via loadMovieNum into...
  11. law78

    artists gallery

    Hi people, I am creating an online gallery for an illustrator: http://www.chriskasch.co.uk I have a main movie which loads into level0 and the thumbnail images load into level one, the problem I have is that there are over 50 illustrations therefore over 50 movies for me to edit and the most...
  12. law78

    what font?

    Hi people, I know its not really a flash question but I couldn't find a typo forum here, anyway, here goes: Does anybody knew what font was used for the following site: http://www.dieseldreams.com I really like the boldness of the font, kinda of like a helvetica but I can't seem to get it as...
  13. law78

    dynamic drawing

    Hi people, I am not a genius when it comes to ActionScript but I trying to create a simple patterned background to my movie, basically just a series of evenly spaced digonal lines, similar to the ones found at http://www.2advanced.com/ I have managed to create a diagonal line using the...
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    animted bitmaps

    Hi people, I am trying to animate waves in a bitmap image, take a look at http://www.starshapedmedia.com/new. Basically I wanted to add a subtle wave effect to the background image, I kept the file size down so far by, cutting out the sky using photoshop and exporting as a PNG file, I wanted...
  15. law78

    Mac OSX 10.3 problem

    Hi people, It seems thats since I upgraded my OS from Mac OSX 10.2 to 10.3 I have had problems with certain text in certain programs: In Dreamweaver MX(Code View) and Flash MX (ActionScript panel/Code) there seems to be unwanted spaces between my code, when I try to delete the spaces it...
  16. law78

    problem with unwanted gaps

    Hi people, This is very strange but there seems to be gaps in my code when working in Dreamweaver MX code view and the Flash Actionscript window. Not sure what it is but if I paste the dreamweaver generated code anywhere else (email, word doc. etc) then it shows up without any spaces (as it...
  17. law78

    email form from CD

    Hi people, I have burnt a Flash site to CD for a client, everything works fine except the email form, it links to a php file located online using the following code attached to thesubmit button: on (release) { // send variables in form movieclip (the textfields) // to email PHP page which...
  18. law78

    email form

    Hi people, I must be honest, I am not at all fluent in the php scripting language and was wondering if anyone can help me with a problem: I am using the code included at the very bottom of this message to send a simple email within the flash environment and includes the fields; NAME, EMAIL AND...
  19. law78

    flash cd site

    Hi people, I have created a cd version of a website for a client but would like to know what happens if you have flash elements on the site, I assume it would be work ok if you have the flash plugin but what if a user has not, I assume that they would not get the usual diolog box alerting the...
  20. law78

    frame rate

    Hi people, I was wondering if it possible to set the frame rate of an externally loaded movie to a different frame rate than the movie it is embedded within. I basically have a flash site that loads flash movies using loadMovie command, however, the frame is lost within these movies and...

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