Miscellaneous

How to insert and embed Flash into PowerPoint 2007, and make it play automatically

Learn to use gradients to make it seem like there are depressions or holes within objects.

Learn how to scroll content in Flash using the ScrollPane Component.

In this detailed lesson made for flash, you will learn how to create 3D animation using the mask and some special flash tricks.

In this Macromedia Flash tutorial I will show you how to make a simple guessing a number game

Learn how to create a Photo slideshow in Flash 8.0 using the in-built Flash Photo Slideshow template.

This tutorial shows you how to integrate an exisitng flash form into your own flash movie.

In this Flash tutorial, you will learn how to move a tank using the arrow keys and shoot using either the spacebar or a mouse click. The topics covered in this tutorial include: using the onEnterFrame, onMouseDown, and onKeyDown events, proper actionscripting technique and basic animation techniques. This is the first in a series of Flash tutorials involving the movement of a tank....
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In this Flash tutorial you will learn how to make the cannon on the tank rotate wherever the mouse is pointing and shoot whenever the left mouse button is clicked. Topics covered in this tutorial: mouse angle detection, onMouseDown event, duplicateMovieClip, rotation and actionscript controlled motion....
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Flash plugin detection is very easy to implement in Flash 8. Its actually built-in. In this tutorial I will show you how to activate Flash plugin detection for whatever version of Flash that your Flash document requires.

A tutorial on how to pass parameters to a flash movie using query string. A second part about calling flash method is added.

A few examples on calling Flash Methods from javascript. There is also a previous section about passing parameters from javascript to flash. Example flash fla are available for download.

The tutorial demonstrate what a mask is and how to use it in Flash. Fla source is provided for download.

As soundboards become increasingly popular, you can see exactly how to make your own using Flash. This tutorial makes use of tools, buttons, sounds and keyframes. A small amount of Flash knowledge is needed for this tutorial.

Learn how to create your own datagrid table in Flash MX 2004 using the Data Connection Wizard.

Content Manager Flash and PHPcreate an external admin panel to modify content of a Flash movie without the need to edit an .fla file.

Here is a fix for pixel fonts (like 8pt fonts) in flash that converts to system fonts or becomes blurry after saved as a swf file.

Flash Remoting is a way Flash uses in order to talk to servers. This communication need to use ColdFusion, or install server side extensions in .Net or Java based servers. AMFPHP is a new proyect that offers the best of Flash Remoting in a free, open source PHP envinronment. This tutorial is a first step to build your own service trough a versy simple example. Also there's a page dedicated to those running Mac OSX...
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This tutorial will teach you 2 ways of making flash file transparent. First in HTML code and second inside Macromedia Flash itself.

This tutorial addresses the problem of getting bitmaps to tile properly in flash.