# programming

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## [How to create a border to dynamic MovieClip?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-border-to-dynamic-movieclip/266783)

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**Author:** [@dilipyava](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dilipyava)\
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**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-border-to-dynamic-movieclip/266783 "2008-07-24T10:50:15Z")

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Hi All, I need to know that how to create a border to dynamic MovieClip. I wanted to give a border to thumbnails which is coming through xml. Thanks :\>

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## [Whiteboard with FMS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whiteboard-with-fms3/266779)

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**Author:** [@alaric](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alaric)\
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**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whiteboard-with-fms3/266779 "2008-07-24T08:59:28Z")

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Im using the whiteboard component in flash 8, i want to make it multi-user, using FMS(Flash Media Server 3). I have done the whiteboard part, but how do other users from other computers use it? i have done the necessary …

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## [Image loader to movieclip from extern .as](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-loader-to-movieclip-from-extern-as/266778)

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**Author:** [@BACH](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BACH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-loader-to-movieclip-from-extern-as/266778 "2008-07-24T08:19:36Z")

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Hi all! I'm new here at Kirupa and also pretty noob when it comes to AS3. I'm working on a slideshowproject (like all newbees do!) and I'm stuck trying to load an image into a movieclip. I have my loader in a cla…

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## [Button fails to function yet I recieve no error messages... wtf?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-fails-to-function-yet-i-recieve-no-error-messages-wtf/266775)

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**Author:** [@basementsunrise](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/basementsunrise)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-fails-to-function-yet-i-recieve-no-error-messages-wtf/266775 "2008-07-24T06:20:07Z")

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:hr:So I made a puzzle game and everything works completely all the way down until you get to the simple button that is supposed to start the movie back off at frame 1. It rolls over, it clicks, the actionscript is corre…

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## [Track Time on Site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/track-time-on-site/266772)

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**Author:** [@gregmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gregmax)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/track-time-on-site/266772 "2008-07-24T05:24:50Z")

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I am trying to do a simple time tracker on my site to see how long a user stayed from page to page. I have it keeping track of the appropriate time spent on the page, but I can't seem to store it in the database :/ . Wha…

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## [Event Dispatcher very annoying](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-dispatcher-very-annoying/266771)

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**Author:** [@adnan794](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adnan794)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-dispatcher-very-annoying/266771 "2008-07-24T05:18:10Z")

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Hello I cant believe that just a simple process of dispatching a custom event can be so annoying. I am trying to dispatch a custom complete event but its not working and I have tried everything now. CAN ANYone pleas…

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## [NetStream.Pause.Notify never triggered?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netstream-pause-notify-never-triggered/266770)

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**Author:** [@awflasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/awflasher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netstream-pause-notify-never-triggered/266770 "2008-07-24T05:17:55Z")

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I use NetStream.pause() to pause a video and it works fine. But the event NetStream.Pause.Notify never triggered! Anyone knows why? Thanks in advance!

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## [Referencing Text Field within Custom Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-text-field-within-custom-class/266766)

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**Author:** [@Blazey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Blazey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-text-field-within-custom-class/266766 "2008-07-24T04:54:15Z")

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I have set up two classes, one is the DocumentClass and it imports a custom class i have made called XMLLoader. The problem is I want to change the value of a dynamic text field on the stage with the instance name xml\_tx…

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## [Remove Horizontal Scroll bar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-horizontal-scroll-bar/266765)

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**Author:** [@Delete](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Delete)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-horizontal-scroll-bar/266765 "2008-07-24T04:53:16Z")

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Hi all, i am sorry if this has already been answered somewhere here. I did do a search and couldn't find what i needed, so here is my problem. Currently i am helping some people with there chat site, and on the index.p…

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## [Block certain html/js from loading on a webpage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/block-certain-html-js-from-loading-on-a-webpage/266761)

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**Author:** [@thejoeknows\_com](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thejoeknows_com)\
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**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/block-certain-html-js-from-loading-on-a-webpage/266761 "2008-07-24T04:28:03Z")

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I am making a firefox extension, which are written in js/xul and i was wondering if its possible for the javascript part of the code to tell Firefox to NOT load a certain part of the code, for example, a fuction, or fu…

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## [Global Back button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-back-button/266759)

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**Author:** [@pritam\_sanyal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pritam_sanyal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-back-button/266759 "2008-07-24T04:23:21Z")

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Hi, I need to program a global back button in a offline presentation. Presentation have numbers of scenes and frames. I want go back to previous stopped frame. I dont have any flash scripting knowledge. I am using fl…

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## [How to retrieve global rotation?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retrieve-global-rotation/266758)

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**Author:** [@Stinker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stinker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retrieve-global-rotation/266758 "2008-07-24T04:14:38Z")

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Hey guys, I did a search but to no avail. What I'm trying to achieve is to get the global rotation of a nested movie clip instance. Much like localToGlobal, except for rotation, not x,y. The only solution I can thin…

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## [\[CS3\] catching/EventListener for PrintJob timeOut Exception](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-catching-eventlistener-for-printjob-timeout-exception/266755)

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**Author:** [@Gar\_Fonz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gar_Fonz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-catching-eventlistener-for-printjob-timeout-exception/266755 "2008-07-24T03:34:52Z")

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I've been looking for a way to print a large amount of data with Flash. so far, It seems that the PrintJob methods don't seem to register right. How I read the docs was that you have 15 seconds between printJobObject.s…

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## [SQL UPDATE with CONCAT](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-update-with-concat/266753)

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**Author:** [@unikrl8](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/unikrl8)\
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**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-update-with-concat/266753 "2008-07-24T02:32:15Z")

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I'm trying to split a file with PHP and put it into a LONGBLOB in chunks. Is there some kind of mysql limit? (the chunking should get past the max\_allowable\_packet problem) For some reason it doesn't work with files …

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## [Horizontal Scroller Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-scroller-help/266752)

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**Author:** [@jgreenwood](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jgreenwood)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-scroller-help/266752 "2008-07-24T02:11:00Z")

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I'm trying to make a simple horizontal image gallery scroller. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. I've gotten the slider tab to work properly, but the masked image gallery is not moving at all when the slider is pul…

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## [Simulate Download](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simulate-download/266745)

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**Author:** [@sceneshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sceneshift)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simulate-download/266745 "2008-07-23T23:46:26Z")

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Is there a download simulation tool in Flex? I really need to test my application on a slow connection to see if my preloaders and what not are working.. Google is proving to be useless! Cheers!

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## [Switching Between Two Classes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switching-between-two-classes/266742)

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**Author:** [@dail](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dail)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switching-between-two-classes/266742 "2008-07-23T23:11:29Z")

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Hi, I have this situation where depending on a var, I'd like to be able to choose between two different classes, and then construct objects out of whatever Class I've assigned. But I cant seem to get it going. How do…

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## [\[FMX04\] Newbie needs AS2 help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx04-newbie-needs-as2-help/266741)

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**Author:** [@MalnuRulz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MalnuRulz)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx04-newbie-needs-as2-help/266741 "2008-07-23T22:26:50Z")

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Hi all! I am creating a navigational menu in flash and decided importing HTML with CSS formatting would be the easiest way to go. I took a GREAT tutorial called Using CSS Styles in Flash MX 2004 and got it all working …

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## [Can a button and combobox communicate to each other?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-a-button-and-combobox-communicate-to-each-other/266738)

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**Author:** [@flashfreelancer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashfreelancer)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-a-button-and-combobox-communicate-to-each-other/266738 "2008-07-23T22:04:29Z")

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I want to I am building a stadium seating application. A person can choose a seat on a layout of the stadium and it loads a pic of the spot where they are seated or they can use a drop down menu (ComboBox). How do I sync…

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## [Button and combobox communicate?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-and-combobox-communicate/266737)

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**Author:** [@flashfreelancer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashfreelancer)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-and-combobox-communicate/266737 "2008-07-23T22:03:56Z")

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I want to I am building a stadium seating application. A person can choose a seat on a layout of the stadium and it loads a pic of the spot where they are seated or they can use a drop down menu (ComboBox). How do I sync…

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## [Can Button and Combobox communicate to each other?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-button-and-combobox-communicate-to-each-other/266736)

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**Author:** [@flashfreelancer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashfreelancer)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-button-and-combobox-communicate-to-each-other/266736 "2008-07-23T22:03:03Z")

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I want to I am building a stadium seating application. A person can choose a seat on a layout of the stadium and it loads a pic of the spot where they are seated or they can use a drop down menu (ComboBox). How do I syn…

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## [MP3 Equalizer does not display in browser](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-equalizer-does-not-display-in-browser/266735)

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**Author:** [@kidg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kidg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-equalizer-does-not-display-in-browser/266735 "2008-07-23T21:58:15Z")

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Hello, I've created an AS3 MP3 player that loads a playlist through a call to a server-side XML file. Everything works great except that the equalizer that I've created does not display in a browser when the SWF is ho…

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## [In desperate need of help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-help/266734)

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**Author:** [@Kenwio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kenwio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-help/266734 "2008-07-23T21:56:43Z")

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Hi! :hair: First off, I'm a newbie to Flash/Flex/ActionScript/PHP/MySQL and programming in general. Secondly, I've been trying to get the following thing to work for a loong time now.. You have a PHP script that look…

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## [Displaying flash movies in.... flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-flash-movies-in-flash/266733)

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**Author:** [@aidema](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aidema)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-flash-movies-in-flash/266733 "2008-07-23T21:56:26Z")

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Sounds confusing, but it isn't... I created a slideshow in Flash and had no issues. I recently decided to do a similar slideshow but with videos instead. I do have it working successfully, however, I want to be able …

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## [Need Help Snapping to Target (AS2)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-snapping-to-target-as2/266731)

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**Author:** [@stoopidtypos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stoopidtypos)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-snapping-to-target-as2/266731 "2008-07-23T21:53:18Z")

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I am using Flash CS3 with AS2 and I have made a drag and drop. Everything works fine, but I don't know how to make my movie clips snap to their targets. I have searched the forums, but I can't find anything that will hel…

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## [Item Loading](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/item-loading/266730)

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**Author:** [@badmonur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/badmonur)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/item-loading/266730 "2008-07-23T21:44:29Z")

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Im just looking or some advice here. i was thinking about making a system where it loads the item stats from an external file. I was wondering of anyone had some ideas. I was thinking about using xml or a text fie, but i…

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## [Better than ENTER\_FRAME for this project?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/better-than-enter-frame-for-this-project/266728)

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**Author:** [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/better-than-enter-frame-for-this-project/266728 "2008-07-23T21:07:38Z")

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I'm not a developer and over the course of the past year during which I've learned a lot of AS3, I have probably not come close to applying what would be considered "best practices." I have lots of code that could probab…

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## [FlvPlayback Media Server Help please!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-media-server-help-please/266727)

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**Author:** [@liquidac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/liquidac)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-media-server-help-please/266727 "2008-07-23T20:58:32Z")

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Hi! I'm currently trying to use a flash media server to stream flv. I received space on a server Application URL: rtmp://flash01."secretserver".ca/m\_bourse in it, a folder named "fms" I tried different things read …

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## [XML node is set](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-node-is-set/266726)

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**Author:** [@bungee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bungee)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-node-is-set/266726 "2008-07-23T20:37:21Z")

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Is there a simple way to check that a child node with a specific name exists? I could do that with a for each loop, but I was wondering if there is a simpler way.

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## [Regexp Right To Left](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regexp-right-to-left/266723)

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**Author:** [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regexp-right-to-left/266723 "2008-07-23T20:33:30Z")

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Does anyone know if it's possible to have regexp search from right to left instead of left to right? Or will I have to reverse the string then reverse it back?

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