# programming

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## [How do I build this gallery?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-build-this-gallery/269065)

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**Author:** [@hugh71158](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hugh71158)\
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**Last updated:** [August 22, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-build-this-gallery/269065 "2008-08-22T03:07:41Z")

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Hi, I am trying to build a gallery for myself, and as a beginner, I pretty much have no idea what I am doing. I want there to be a large image, below that a menu bar, and in the middle of that a few thumbnails. I wa…

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## [Some questions on using arrays](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/some-questions-on-using-arrays/269062)

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**Author:** [@Penguin941](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Penguin941)\
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**Last updated:** [August 22, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/some-questions-on-using-arrays/269062 "2008-08-22T02:17:14Z")

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I'm trying to make a tictactoe game as a project and figured arrays would be the best way to go. However, I can't figure them out. How do I define a 3x3 array than link each part of the array to a MC so I can have it w…

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## [Flash 8 Component/Quick way to redo sharedlibraries?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-component-quick-way-to-redo-sharedlibraries/269061)

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**Author:** [@four4swords](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/four4swords)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-component-quick-way-to-redo-sharedlibraries/269061 "2008-08-22T01:59:54Z")

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hi, Does anyone know a component which i can use for flash.. to quickly change the SharedLibrary URL? Thanks!

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## [FLVPlayback seek bar handle disapears after goin fullscreen](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-seek-bar-handle-disapears-after-goin-fullscreen/269058)

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**Author:** [@gregbown](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gregbown)\
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**Last updated:** [August 22, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-seek-bar-handle-disapears-after-goin-fullscreen/269058 "2008-08-22T01:12:57Z")

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I have run into a seek bar handle issue with my player and I'm not sure if anyone could offer some advice. In my first player in I loaded a custom skin that included all the controls. That all worked perfectly. But now I…

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## [Please help - currentFrame / currentLabel undefined](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-currentframe-currentlabel-undefined/269057)

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**Author:** [@le\_girl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/le_girl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-currentframe-currentlabel-undefined/269057 "2008-08-21T23:46:56Z")

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Hi, I'm REALLY desperate so I hope someone can help. I'm making a Flash CS3 application, it has about 200 frames and 40 layers so far which might be the problem. I need to use currentFrame or currentLabel in my cod…

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## [Layering Transparent Flash Content over HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layering-transparent-flash-content-over-html/269055)

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**Author:** [@lhuck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lhuck)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layering-transparent-flash-content-over-html/269055 "2008-08-21T22:01:26Z")

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ActionScript 2.0...Need Help. I am trying to display transparent Flash content over HTML, without disabling the html links under the flash. here's my example: http://wildwood.wildwoodclient.com/portfolio.php so whe…

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## [Event Listener with Array, and retrieving it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-listener-with-array-and-retrieving-it/269054)

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**Author:** [@noverflow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noverflow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-listener-with-array-and-retrieving-it/269054 "2008-08-21T21:40:53Z")

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Im having trouble retrieving events from listeners created by a loop in an array. I can add an event listener to everything in the array without issue, But if I use 'this' to try to to see what was clicked on, the even…

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## [Force/Override Mouse Press](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-override-mouse-press/269049)

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**Author:** [@willfaulds](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/willfaulds)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-override-mouse-press/269049 "2008-08-21T19:59:57Z")

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I am unable to think of a suitable search term relating to this problem and have spent hours researching it already... So my problem relates to the lack of rollOver functionality for htmlText asfunctions. I am looking …

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## [flvPlayback help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-help/269048)

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**Author:** [@Navarone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Navarone)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-help/269048 "2008-08-21T19:31:46Z")

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I am using the flvPlayback component from the flash library and when my video is done I want the playhead to advance to a new frame. I am trying to make sense out of the help file but I not having any luck. This is my c…

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## [Stacking order](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stacking-order/269047)

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**Author:** [@lonski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lonski)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stacking-order/269047 "2008-08-21T19:30:11Z")

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Hi all, I have quite a bit of experience with animation, but I'm a total noob when it comes to actionscripts. I'm currently doing a project at work and I want to learn how to change the stacking order of movies. The tr…

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## [S.O.S. \> using the drawing API on a Sprite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/s-o-s-using-the-drawing-api-on-a-sprite/269046)

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**Author:** [@marianod](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marianod)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/s-o-s-using-the-drawing-api-on-a-sprite/269046 "2008-08-21T19:05:14Z")

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Hello, I'm new to AS3 so I have a few questions, hopefully someone will be able to help me: 1) Is it possible to use the drawing tool features over a Sprite instead of a Bitmap or the canvas should always be a bitmap? …

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## [Help! Troubleshooting a slow down](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-troubleshooting-a-slow-down/269045)

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**Author:** [@kevisazombie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kevisazombie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-troubleshooting-a-slow-down/269045 "2008-08-21T18:34:34Z")

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Hi All, I have a very simple .swf file that is causing some kind of slow down or memory leak. It is effecting the browser its self as moving the mouse cursor around or selecting text becomes sluggish. Within the .swf…

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## [Tween class transitions creating weird visual glitches?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-class-transitions-creating-weird-visual-glitches/269043)

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**Author:** [@yamtunbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yamtunbo)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-class-transitions-creating-weird-visual-glitches/269043 "2008-08-21T18:23:39Z")

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Hullo fine people I've been knocking together a wee image gallery app, and I've used the new AS3 Tween Class to swish the images left and right with cute little scaling and alpha eases. The coding of such transitions…

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## [Passing events up Hierachies](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-events-up-hierachies/269042)

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**Author:** [@Melchior](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Melchior)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-events-up-hierachies/269042 "2008-08-21T18:22:11Z")

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Hi, I have only recently switched to as3 about 2 days ago. I have a moderate understanding of the language however, I cant get buttons inside movie clips (or deeper) to invoke events on the main stage. For example, But…

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## [Close browser timer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/close-browser-timer/269040)

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**Author:** [@Neuhaus3000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Neuhaus3000)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/close-browser-timer/269040 "2008-08-21T18:03:16Z")

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Is here a script that can automatically close a browser (framed website) after 10 minutes of inactivity? :h: Thanks! :thumb2: neuhaus3000

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## [Tell Target help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help/269035)

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**Author:** [@jennly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jennly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help/269035 "2008-08-21T16:57:12Z")

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Hey Everyone, I'm a newbie at Actionscripting and need a little bit of help! The main base of this flash file that I've created contains two movie clips/symbols. Each movie contains their own timelines and interactiv…

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## [Tweener ... when tween completes, object flickers](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweener-when-tween-completes-object-flickers/269034)

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**Author:** [@mattblubaugh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mattblubaugh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweener-when-tween-completes-object-flickers/269034 "2008-08-21T16:36:06Z")

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I have a simple motion tween I've created using tweener that incorporates blur and beziers, but when the tween finishes, the object that was tweened will occasionally flicker. Does anyone know what would be causing this?…

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## [Hover captions -that is dynamic captions!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-captions-that-is-dynamic-captions/269032)

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**Author:** [@Leprakawn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Leprakawn)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-captions-that-is-dynamic-captions/269032 "2008-08-21T16:22:10Z")

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I have a question about Kirupa's "hover captions" tutorial. Is there a way to make the content within the rollover effect change dynamically... say with a db of some sort or an XML file? I am not a Flash expert by any …

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## [Interrupting Loader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interrupting-loader/269031)

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**Author:** [@daidai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daidai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interrupting-loader/269031 "2008-08-21T16:05:22Z")

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I have a problem where I'm trying to load a different section of an XML based gallery, while it is still loading up another. It loads the gallery, but every other of the thumbnails return a height and width of zero, whic…

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## [Reading a Byte in a Byte Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-a-byte-in-a-byte-array/269030)

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**Author:** [@jmjw1985](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jmjw1985)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-a-byte-in-a-byte-array/269030 "2008-08-21T15:52:52Z")

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I'm trying to read and process single values stored within the computeSpectrum byte array. I am unsure how to pick out individual bytes from a specific location within the array, then convert them to numbers. Can anyon…

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## [PHP/MySQL Search Engine](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-search-engine/269026)

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**Author:** [@Patch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Patch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-search-engine/269026 "2008-08-21T15:29:05Z")

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Hello Fellow Kirupians! I have a question about developing a small search engine for a website. Basically, a friend wants me to develop a small yet accurate search engine that users can filter results through a selecti…

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## [Samsung i900 Omnia Silver---$380/Apple iPhone 3G 16GB---$350](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/samsung-i900-omnia-silver-380-apple-iphone-3g-16gb-350/269023)

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**Author:** [@Voltex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voltex)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/samsung-i900-omnia-silver-380-apple-iphone-3g-16gb-350/269023 "2008-08-21T15:17:52Z")

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Voltex Electronics Ltd is a Registered Company With a Work Force of Over 180 Staffs and 40 R & D Research Engineers that always make sure that all products are delivered in good condition. We Mainly Mobile Phones di…

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## [AS3, onLoad, EventListeners and DataGrids](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-onload-eventlisteners-and-datagrids/269020)

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**Author:** [@Seb2812](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb2812)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-onload-eventlisteners-and-datagrids/269020 "2008-08-21T15:12:19Z")

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My greatest apologies for the following. Once upon a time I worked with AS1. That's some years ago and now I'm back in Flash. I bought the CS3 Premium (oh hell, I really bought it. 'twas pretty cheap, as I'm a student:hu…

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## [Problem with targeting a function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-targeting-a-function/269016)

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**Author:** [@iaineach](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iaineach)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-targeting-a-function/269016 "2008-08-21T13:56:57Z")

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I'm trying to call a function (comeon()) that is in a loaded movieclip (haitch), loaded into level3. I thought \_level3.haitch.comeon(); would do it but it doesn't seem to work, and I've even tried built in functions (p…

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## [ioError #2032 solely from IE](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ioerror-2032-solely-from-ie/269014)

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**Author:** [@VisitorG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VisitorG)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ioerror-2032-solely-from-ie/269014 "2008-08-21T13:47:48Z")

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Hi, I'm currently working on some web interface for a client. It is working just fine with Firefox3 or into the flash IDE, but I get an error when launched in IE. The error comes from making a php request to a distan…

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## [as3 webcam still](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-webcam-still/269011)

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**Author:** [@adamsnk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adamsnk)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-webcam-still/269011 "2008-08-21T13:19:48Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be able to tell me how to get the first frame of a webcam video stream and display it in the flash window? Not a video, a still. Thanks, Naomi

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## [XML Feed - scrolling](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-feed-scrolling/269010)

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**Author:** [@LittleBob](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LittleBob)\
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**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-feed-scrolling/269010 "2008-08-21T13:12:38Z")

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I'm new to AS/Flash, and trying to import a feed from XML and have it scroll (looped) across the page. I can import the XML and display it using the code below, but don't know how to make it scroll. Any ideas? headline…

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## [GarbageCollection - is this safe?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbagecollection-is-this-safe/269005)

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**Author:** [@oybrator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oybrator)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbagecollection-is-this-safe/269005 "2008-08-21T11:52:22Z")

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Hi! I was just wondering if anyone could comfirm of this is OK with regards to garbage collection. As you can see, the timer is local (and has limited repeatCount) and the listener is anonymous and the listener is weak…

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## [XML photoslide no cache](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photoslide-no-cache/269003)

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**Author:** [@ahwell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ahwell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photoslide-no-cache/269003 "2008-08-21T11:09:00Z")

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Hi, I did the tutorial XML photoslide on Kirupa(\>\>function loadXML(loaded)..etc..etc..), so I can easily change the jpg's without touching the FLA. Everything went well. Now I found out that the user has to clear their c…

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## [Exporting help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-help/269002)

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**Author:** [@Ninjafox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ninjafox)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-help/269002 "2008-08-21T10:55:32Z")

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Hello, If i export my flash project as a "HTML" file, how do i make it so its in the center of the html page? (without making it look pixelated because my project is 800x600). Everytime i export it as a html file, th…

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