# programming

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## [Drawing Board within a shape](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-board-within-a-shape/259512)

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**Author:** [@Natushi12](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Natushi12)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-board-within-a-shape/259512 "2008-05-06T06:40:25Z")

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Heya everyone, I've been reading up on this drawing board AS and I can get it to work easily by itself, however I want to be placed within a shape and I'm not sure how to adapt to do so (e.g. A drawing board within a c…

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## [TEXT QUALITY FOR UIScrollbar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-quality-for-uiscrollbar/259509)

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**Author:** [@MERCHO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MERCHO)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-quality-for-uiscrollbar/259509 "2008-05-06T05:59:29Z")

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Hi, Im looking for some help. looks simple but, is giving me a hard time... Im using the conventional UIScrollbar from the component panel to scroll a text but it loses all font properties and looks crispy in comparsion …

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## [Mouse trail code help (Flash Player 7)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-trail-code-help-flash-player-7/259508)

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**Author:** [@iMat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iMat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-trail-code-help-flash-player-7/259508 "2008-05-06T05:57:24Z")

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Hello, I really like the effect of this script here: \[U\]http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Effects/Mouse\_Trailers/Thin\_Fol-BuddaH-11692/index.php \[/U\] However, being new to AS (and programming in general), I find the cod…

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## [Help with XML menu from Kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-xml-menu-from-kirupa/259507)

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**Author:** [@iMat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iMat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-xml-menu-from-kirupa/259507 "2008-05-06T05:56:13Z")

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Hello, I really like this menu: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xml\_dropdown\_menu2.htm However, I would like the main menu to act like a submenu, with a movieclip (placed on stage) that acts as the 'main…

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## [Cannot use the fla files from the Tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-use-the-fla-files-from-the-tutorial/259505)

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**Author:** [@mcouncfool](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mcouncfool)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-use-the-fla-files-from-the-tutorial/259505 "2008-05-06T05:46:01Z")

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Hi, I am a complete nubie. Last year I discovered a tutorial to create a flash slide show using an external xml file. It might have been kirupa's, but the fla file worked with Flash MX version 6. The tutorial \[COLOR=…

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## [Attaching and Removing Movie Clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attaching-and-removing-movie-clip/259502)

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**Author:** [@sureshkumar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sureshkumar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attaching-and-removing-movie-clip/259502 "2008-05-06T05:10:03Z")

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Advance Thanks for your valuable help My Concept: When i click an image i want to attach a animated movie clip with that image, i tried attach movie for that concept and its working fine, but i want to remove that …

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## [Links Inside a Draggable Clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/links-inside-a-draggable-clip/259501)

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**Author:** [@trex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trex)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/links-inside-a-draggable-clip/259501 "2008-05-06T04:57:23Z")

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Ok here's my problem... I have a MC on stage that looks like a Newspaper page, where the content of the page (about us, gallery,contact us) appear like headings on the page. The whole page is draggable so that you coul…

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## [Shared variables in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-variables-in-flash/259500)

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**Author:** [@arvi\_mca](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arvi_mca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-variables-in-flash/259500 "2008-05-06T04:42:45Z")

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Hello Everybody, I have created the flv file with the video streaming and i put two buttons, one is for "Enable the Sound" and another one for "Disable the sound" that's working properly. But what i need is there are so …

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## [Movie Clip Animation Loops on Drop Down Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-animation-loops-on-drop-down-menu/259497)

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**Author:** [@ThaJock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ThaJock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-animation-loops-on-drop-down-menu/259497 "2008-05-06T03:44:54Z")

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I have created a drop down menu with an animation taking place within a movie clip called "drop". Long story short the movie clip loops. I tried putting stop actions in the mc but then my animation doesn't play. Can a…

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## [Access Operator Syntax](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-operator-syntax/259496)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
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**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-operator-syntax/259496 "2008-05-06T03:42:15Z")

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I'm trying to say this type of thing: section = "test1.swf"; with this: section = \["test" + curNum + ".swf"\]; But AS doesn't see the result as a file name. Can someone jog my memory about the correct syntax?

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## [Good Quality Image in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-quality-image-in-flash/259493)

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**Author:** [@Majumderit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Majumderit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-quality-image-in-flash/259493 "2008-05-06T02:53:56Z")

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Hi i have seen many sites where they used very good quality images in their sites. Now i am developing a site where i need to display some images. But when i import it, it's quality becomes quite hazy. Is there any to im…

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## [Not another XML Photo Gallery Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-another-xml-photo-gallery-question/259492)

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**Author:** [@fmbns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fmbns)\
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**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-another-xml-photo-gallery-question/259492 "2008-05-06T02:31:00Z")

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I hate to do this, but I'm having a problem with the XML Photo Gallery w/ thumbnails. The images in the thumbnail scroller are enlarged 100% horizontally; the source files are 100x100px. I've used the code as a base for …

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## [.mp4 not black enough](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp4-not-black-enough/259491)

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**Author:** [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp4-not-black-enough/259491 "2008-05-06T01:44:44Z")

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So I have a video file, dream.mp4, it's background is black. Jet black, #000000, 100% black. So I embed the video in my html file, which also has it's background set to #000000, and when I test the page, the video's back…

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## [Class exists, but I can't access it's static members?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-exists-but-i-cant-access-its-static-members/259487)

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**Author:** [@tibberous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tibberous)\
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**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-exists-but-i-cant-access-its-static-members/259487 "2008-05-06T00:37:48Z")

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This is weird. I have a document with a main class. So, I can refer to the main class as 'ClassName', and the the class have a static var, xxx. If I do a trace(ClassName), I get object \[ClassName\], but if I do trace(…

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## [\<div\> and Flash Movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-and-flash-movie/259485)

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**Author:** [@airhead](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/airhead)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-and-flash-movie/259485 "2008-05-06T00:28:15Z")

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Hi guys, Is there a way to play/reload a flash movie when visibility of a \<div\> is set to "visible" from "none"? I guess it could be done from javascript but need a little guidance to the right direction. Thank You.

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## [Getting form output from contents, not value](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-form-output-from-contents-not-value/259483)

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**Author:** [@Zoeman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zoeman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-form-output-from-contents-not-value/259483 "2008-05-06T00:22:40Z")

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Hi all, Just a quick question (I hope). I have a form with with lots of drop-down menus containing long, horrible medication names, which are outputted to a page for the user to print. I've been asked if I can make ima…

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## [Flash Website: Putting it into Dreamweaver?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-website-putting-it-into-dreamweaver/259479)

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**Author:** [@xxjennxx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xxjennxx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-website-putting-it-into-dreamweaver/259479 "2008-05-05T22:20:53Z")

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so i have a website in flash, complete with pages and whatnot i was just wondering how i could put the whole thing into flash so that it comes up as an html document? and if i did that, would i be able to burn it onto a …

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## [Custom Radio Buttons Coding](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-radio-buttons-coding/259472)

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**Author:** [@GFresh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GFresh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-radio-buttons-coding/259472 "2008-05-05T21:11:17Z")

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Does anyone know the actionScript to apply to custom radio buttons? I want them to function exactly like the component radio buttons available in CS3, but I can't use those because adding one makes the .swf about 30k and…

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## [Play Until Done](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-until-done/259471)

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**Author:** [@wahiche](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wahiche)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-until-done/259471 "2008-05-05T21:02:18Z")

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I have never used CS3 before, as I have been using Flash 8. But a question has come up to me and I do not know the answer. I was asked how do we know when a single frame, full actionscript flash movie, finishes playin…

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## [MC traced but not created](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-traced-but-not-created/259469)

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**Author:** [@youwh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youwh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-traced-but-not-created/259469 "2008-05-05T20:01:12Z")

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I've duplicate a series of MC, but the thing is i can traced it and the result is its created with a random position, but it only shows 1 MC on stage, and the MC i traced, the 1st MC position is 0 by x,y,z where it shoul…

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## [My First Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-class/259468)

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**Author:** [@halian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/halian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-class/259468 "2008-05-05T19:54:02Z")

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Hello all. This is my first class. I'm looking for critiques. I'm sure this isn't written perfectly and that's why I'm posting it. Please advise on anything that you may find wrong or just plain....odd. It's a class th…

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## [HELP ==\> load bitmap w/ smoothing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-load-bitmap-w-smoothing/259466)

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**Author:** [@schammy79](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/schammy79)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-load-bitmap-w-smoothing/259466 "2008-05-05T19:26:11Z")

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I have this piece pof code to dynamically load bitmap with smoothing. One thing I want to change is getNextHighestDepth()... Because I have other elements in my swf, and I basically want the img to be the background. \*\* …

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## [What's a Container?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-container/259462)

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**Author:** [@vivaretro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vivaretro)\
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**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-a-container/259462 "2008-05-05T17:35:05Z")

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Hey, working with changing depths of instances and it says I have to have them all in a container first. So, what's a container? Also, how do I swap depths once I get them in some kind of container?

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## [\[Flash CS3\] Changable Font Size Dynamic Text and Scrolling!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-changable-font-size-dynamic-text-and-scrolling/259461)

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**Author:** [@WeHelpSchools](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WeHelpSchools)\
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**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-changable-font-size-dynamic-text-and-scrolling/259461 "2008-05-05T17:34:26Z")

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Hello, I've got a dynamic text box loading text. In the interface there are three buttons to increase or decrease font size. The text box has the usual Flash scrollbar component. When you click on the large font siz…

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## [IE inserting extra space between bottom of div and image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-inserting-extra-space-between-bottom-of-div-and-image/259460)

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**Author:** [@natronp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/natronp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-inserting-extra-space-between-bottom-of-div-and-image/259460 "2008-05-05T17:08:32Z")

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new to CSS and still learning here, encountered a problem with IE 7 inserting what looks to be about an extra 5 pixels between the end of my \<div\> and the following image. this results in the page background showing thr…

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## [Easing as a property in a class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-as-a-property-in-a-class/259459)

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**Author:** [@halian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/halian)\
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**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-as-a-property-in-a-class/259459 "2008-05-05T17:07:53Z")

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I'm curious how I would be able to use easing as a property. As it stands I have: public var transType = Strong.easeOut I was thinking that I would be able to access it with: someVar.transType = Elastic.easeIn; …

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## [I Have a problem on my configuration between Dreamwaver and my PHP Script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-a-problem-on-my-configuration-between-dreamwaver-and-my-php-script/259457)

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**Author:** [@atplerry](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atplerry)\
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**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-a-problem-on-my-configuration-between-dreamwaver-and-my-php-script/259457 "2008-05-05T16:53:21Z")

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i am a new user of php and mysql now i have wampserver install on the computer and dreamwaver, I try to write a phpcode and run it on my browser but it was giving displying page can not be display and before then i try t…

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## [Rotation Tween class problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-tween-class-problem/259455)

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**Author:** [@Woodpeckersam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Woodpeckersam)\
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**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-tween-class-problem/259455 "2008-05-05T16:13:45Z")

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Hey there all, I usually wouldnt post help on Actionscript anymore since I have gained some skill in it but... I cannot seem to find the logic. I know it's a math problem but i cannot seem to figure that problem. He…

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## [What would be the best way to create a Flash Presentation?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-create-a-flash-presentation/259454)

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**Author:** [@fs\_tigre](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fs_tigre)\
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**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-create-a-flash-presentation/259454 "2008-05-05T16:13:10Z")

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\[FONT=Calibri\] What would be the best way to create a Flash presentation? Using the slide presentation option or start a new document and use the time line? \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\] I have no clue in how to use the…

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## [Negative text-indent to hide contents of \<a\> tag](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/negative-text-indent-to-hide-contents-of-a-tag/259451)

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**Author:** [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/negative-text-indent-to-hide-contents-of-a-tag/259451 "2008-05-05T15:50:17Z")

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EDIT: Rather than a negative text-indent, which wasn't working right in IE, I used a "display:none" ... So this thread's title is now a misnomer So I have a nav menu, and the main sections use images rather than actual…

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