# programming

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## [Position MovieClips on a curved Line](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-movieclips-on-a-curved-line/262095)

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**Author:** [@colouredFunk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/colouredFunk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-movieclips-on-a-curved-line/262095 "2008-06-11T10:34:59Z")

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Hey, I want to be able to position a series of movieClips along a curve of a cicrcle, well part of it. Basically I need a curved wall. This is where I am at the moment, ...not very close. \_root.rot = -30 for (var i…

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## [Creating photo gallery AS2 to AS3 help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-photo-gallery-as2-to-as3-help/262942)

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**Author:** [@nohugs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nohugs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-photo-gallery-as2-to-as3-help/262942 "2008-06-11T10:19:32Z")

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This script is from the How to create a photo gallery page from this website. Can someone change this to AS3 please? Thanks this.pathToPics = "Pics/"; // fill this array with your pics this.pArray = \["image0.jpg", "ima…

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## [Need help, have a bug with image loader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-have-a-bug-with-image-loader/262342)

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**Author:** [@bahoo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bahoo)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-have-a-bug-with-image-loader/262342 "2008-06-11T09:41:51Z")

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have a big problem with one site that have just finished. i'm not a master in action scripting, i used a simple image loader class with action script 2 with preloader, it works well, preloads and loads the image perfectl…

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## [Grab dynamic form data](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grab-dynamic-form-data/262923)

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**Author:** [@Tsukiyomi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tsukiyomi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grab-dynamic-form-data/262923 "2008-06-11T08:18:06Z")

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I'm dynamically generating form fields from an XML file because my client wants to be able to alter a questionnaire they use in their business, the problem I'm having is submitting the dynamically created form. I have …

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## [Flash menu in a php site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-in-a-php-site/238741)

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**Author:** [@tlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tlk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-in-a-php-site/238741 "2008-06-11T08:14:03Z")

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Hi everybody. I´m a new user from Denmark. I have a question about to use a flash menu in a php site, where the site don´t reload when a button is pressed, but only a target frame. The thing is that i´m confused about…

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## [Flash Game Arrow Key Control, interfering with HTML SCROLL! Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-game-arrow-key-control-interfering-with-html-scroll-help/262933)

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**Author:** [@CARABAO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CARABAO)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-game-arrow-key-control-interfering-with-html-scroll-help/262933 "2008-06-11T07:52:15Z")

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hello guys. i developed a game where which arrow controls are used for the controls. the thing is, the arrow keys scroll the whole page (IE6 has the problem, firefox is okay). I can't turn off the scroll by css because t…

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## [Help: SIMPLE PHP FORM WITH NO MYSQL!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-simple-php-form-with-no-mysql/262199)

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**Author:** [@benghee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benghee)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-simple-php-form-with-no-mysql/262199 "2008-06-11T07:03:40Z")

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Hi all, I'm a newbie in php. Does anyone could guide me in making a very simple php form that have insert, edit, delete features WITHOUT using any Mysql database. All the output will read from a textfile. Thank you.

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## [Destroying a Class Object (Flash GURU'S)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/destroying-a-class-object-flash-gurus/262669)

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**Author:** [@bnns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bnns)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/destroying-a-class-object-flash-gurus/262669 "2008-06-11T06:51:12Z")

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I've recently worked on creating different classes for movieclips within my library so when i create/attach them they have built in functionality. My question is simple how do i destroy them so that other objects don't…

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## [OOP vs Procedural](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oop-vs-procedural/262869)

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**Author:** [@digitalmatt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digitalmatt)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oop-vs-procedural/262869 "2008-06-11T06:42:03Z")

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I'm sure this has been asked around here before. But now that we have Actionscript 3.0, there is so much temptation for me to attempt to build every project to be object-oriented. How can we know when to choose OOP o…

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## [Enemy Rotation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enemy-rotation/262715)

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**Author:** [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enemy-rotation/262715 "2008-06-11T06:16:13Z")

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Hey guys, I have a problem. I need the enemy to rotate in the direction of the player. In other words, as the player moves, the enemy will rotate in the direction of the players movement. I'm trying to make a real time b…

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## [My First Frame is empty but stills shows 128 kb](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-frame-is-empty-but-stills-shows-128-kb/262922)

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**Author:** [@ponyack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ponyack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-frame-is-empty-but-stills-shows-128-kb/262922 "2008-06-11T05:38:38Z")

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Hi, Need some help with why the an empty frame still shows up not empty in the bandwidth profiler? I apologize if this is a redundancy. I read through senoculars tutorial on preloaders but I am still kinda lost. A…

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## [Flash MX 2004 Hands-On Training Book Exercises](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-2004-hands-on-training-book-exercises/262920)

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**Author:** [@toad78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/toad78)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-2004-hands-on-training-book-exercises/262920 "2008-06-11T04:51:47Z")

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Does anyone have the book files for the book Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Hands-On Training from Peachpit? Someone from the publisher made a crummy copy and sent it to me. What's so crummy? Not all of the files that go with …

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## [Minimize Button in Flash Fullscreen Website](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/minimize-button-in-flash-fullscreen-website/57491)

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**Author:** [@vishu2724](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vishu2724)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/minimize-button-in-flash-fullscreen-website/57491 "2008-06-11T04:06:05Z")

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Hi I want to add close and minimize button in my fullscreen flash website. I make two button 1. Exit 2. Minimize and then I give action to close button : \[font=MS Sans Serif\] on (release) { \[/font\]\[font=MS Sans S…

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## [Page flip table of contents](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/page-flip-table-of-contents/262918)

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**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/page-flip-table-of-contents/262918 "2008-06-11T03:58:51Z")

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I have a page flipper that has no control of skipping ahead pages..like a table of contents. I've been looking at this AS for two days now and cant figure out how I would jump to a page? Maybe one of you experts can take…

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## [CSS differences between IE and Firefox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-differences-between-ie-and-firefox/262812)

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**Author:** [@rschoenbach](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rschoenbach)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-differences-between-ie-and-firefox/262812 "2008-06-11T03:46:50Z")

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Can somebody please help me figure out why my page looks different in firefox and in ie? link is dev.ryanschoenbach.com Thanks.

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## [useHandCursor=false](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/usehandcursor-false/262871)

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**Author:** [@MojoMaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MojoMaker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/usehandcursor-false/262871 "2008-06-11T03:04:22Z")

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Hi All! First time poster, and hopefully longtime resident here! I am fairly new to flash, and self taught, so I know that most of my script is probably amature, and I have a tendency to do things the hard way. I have…

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## [Delayed function return? :/](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-function-return/262904)

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**Author:** [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-function-return/262904 "2008-06-11T03:04:06Z")

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I know nesting functions inside functions is bad bad, so if I want a function to return a string that is fetched from a php file .. how would that really look? I mean private static function getInfo():String { var…

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## [User account systems with a database...?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-account-systems-with-a-database/262909)

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**Author:** [@idontknow07](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/idontknow07)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-account-systems-with-a-database/262909 "2008-06-11T03:00:17Z")

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Hey guys, I was wondering if anybody can point me in the right direction on how to create a account system for users using flash. I know I will have to use php/mysql, but I have no idea where to begin... What I ne…

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## [Geolocation: Better to just go with Googlemaps?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geolocation-better-to-just-go-with-googlemaps/262822)

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**Author:** [@Seanlail](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seanlail)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geolocation-better-to-just-go-with-googlemaps/262822 "2008-06-11T02:58:10Z")

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Hi all, I'm working on a map locator for a client at the moment. It's basically a world map and wherever the users clicks, it would zoom in and show the cities around it. The client specifically said he did not wan…

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## [Flash, Html and CSS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-html-and-css/262887)

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**Author:** [@buncreative](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/buncreative)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-html-and-css/262887 "2008-06-11T02:24:01Z")

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Hi there, Can any one help me on this? I am having some problem when I call in my html file with CSS defined to my flash movie. The text appeared in the text box lower that what it suppose to be. Following is the image…

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## [Unusual Loader Behavior](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unusual-loader-behavior/262914)

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**Author:** [@saveth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saveth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unusual-loader-behavior/262914 "2008-06-11T01:56:34Z")

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Hi Guys, I'm trying to do the old effect of a border resizing before a image is loaded into it and I'm running into an issue where it's resizing the image that is loaded in. I attached the file so if anyone can take …

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## [Class extension and inheritance](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-extension-and-inheritance/262893)

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**Author:** [@substance](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/substance)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-extension-and-inheritance/262893 "2008-06-10T23:32:22Z")

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Is it possible for a class to extend 2 different classes? I basically want to create a "base class" that has certain properties/methods. Then I want a class that extends the movieclip class but that also inherits all p…

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## [You Cant Answer This](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/you-cant-answer-this/262839)

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**Author:** [@triad](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/triad)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/you-cant-answer-this/262839 "2008-06-10T23:26:55Z")

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Hi people i have been trying to get an answer to this question but so far no one can help.(come on guys I thought you lot were pro's) I am using flash object to remove the activex controls but when I do I can no longer…

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## [Quick method question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-method-question/262883)

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**Author:** [@substance](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/substance)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-method-question/262883 "2008-06-10T22:57:37Z")

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I made a method for applying force to x and y velocities of an object: public function applyForce(\_xForce:Number = null,\_yForce:Number = null):void { if (\_xForce) { velocity.x \*= \_xForce; } if (\_yForce) { v…

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## [For loop only run once?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-loop-only-run-once/262801)

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**Author:** [@nikomax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikomax)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-loop-only-run-once/262801 "2008-06-10T22:47:10Z")

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Hey there Guys/Gals, I’m trying to get all the data out of a chunk of xml so i wrote this code: for (var i:uint; i \< infoGroup.length(); i++) { trace(infoGroup.@sectionName\*); for (var j:uint; j\<infoGro…

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## [Strange bug in my for loop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-bug-in-my-for-loop/262891)

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**Author:** [@BuG56](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BuG56)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-bug-in-my-for-loop/262891 "2008-06-10T22:18:38Z")

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Hello, all. I'm developing something for IE and something is awry with my loop. I have a table which contains a 4 column header, one of those columns containing an "add row" button which calls addRow();. This adds anoth…

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## [Cross rederence one XML with another to provide glossary pop-ups](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cross-rederence-one-xml-with-another-to-provide-glossary-pop-ups/262900)

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**Author:** [@red2034](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/red2034)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cross-rederence-one-xml-with-another-to-provide-glossary-pop-ups/262900 "2008-06-10T22:09:08Z")

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Does anyone know of a tutorial that will show me how to cross reference a content.xml with a glossary.xml in flash. Meaning that I will load both, then display the content.xml info in a dyn text field with any glossary t…

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## [PHP: do not interpret HTML surrounded by DIV](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-do-not-interpret-html-surrounded-by-div/262771)

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**Author:** [@imagined](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imagined)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-do-not-interpret-html-surrounded-by-div/262771 "2008-06-10T22:02:18Z")

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I'm writing a PHP tutorial. Of course, when I echo HTML tags they get interpreted by the browser, so I do this: $output .= str\_replace('\<', '&lt', $output); $output .= str\_replace('\>', '&gt', $output); But then, at $…

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## [Searching within a Flash file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-within-a-flash-file/262899)

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**Author:** [@fss8221985](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fss8221985)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-within-a-flash-file/262899 "2008-06-10T21:49:30Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to create a search box within a Flash file so that users could search for words that appear within the text of that flash file. When I try to look for answers to this question, …

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## [Search and replace xml text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-and-replace-xml-text/262892)

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**Author:** [@red2034](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/red2034)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-and-replace-xml-text/262892 "2008-06-10T21:05:03Z")

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ok - so I am loading XML and then trying to search and replace some of the text: see below for code (this is after all the xml load stuff....). It is not effecting the xml after loading?!?!?!? please help. function loa…

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