# programming

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## [Object tag question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-tag-question/257824)

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**Author:** [@irishcash33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/irishcash33)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-tag-question/257824 "2008-04-17T14:08:25Z")

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Hi, I have a swf file controlled in object tags..I would like to flip the swf horizontally. Is there a way to do this within the tags? \<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://down…

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## [\_droptarget issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-droptarget-issue/257823)

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**Author:** [@JOliver](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JOliver)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-droptarget-issue/257823 "2008-04-17T13:53:15Z")

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Hi there, I'm trying to slide a button over a certain area - and on that happening have my movie go to a new part of the time line. I'm currently using the code: slider\_btn.onRelease = function(){ stopDrag(); If (thi…

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## [Nintendo Wii vs Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nintendo-wii-vs-flash/257822)

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**Author:** [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nintendo-wii-vs-flash/257822 "2008-04-17T13:45:03Z")

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Anyone know anything about Nintendo Wii vs Flash programming? thanks

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## [\[Flash 8\] old actionscript doesn't work in flash... Help please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-old-actionscript-doesnt-work-in-flash-help-please/257821)

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**Author:** [@RHA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RHA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-old-actionscript-doesnt-work-in-flash-help-please/257821 "2008-04-17T13:35:41Z")

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Hello, I have found a old flash file with endles scrolling gallery. I want to use this and edit it in flash 8 but it doesn’t work. So I hope that someone can help me out on this. When i want to test the movie an error …

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## [Need good cheap host for Round Cube Webmail](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-good-cheap-host-for-round-cube-webmail/257812)

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**Author:** [@Moogle\_Media](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Moogle_Media)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-good-cheap-host-for-round-cube-webmail/257812 "2008-04-17T11:13:53Z")

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So we've set-up roundcube on our host. And it works great, only problem is attachments don't send. The roundcube team don't seem to be fixing it and have said it has been fixed, but hasn't. So I was wondering if anyone u…

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## [Problem with loading dynamic text from external file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-dynamic-text-from-external-file/257811)

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**Author:** [@firehawk777](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/firehawk777)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-dynamic-text-from-external-file/257811 "2008-04-17T11:00:48Z")

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I am trying to get a list of email addresses to show in dynamic text boxes on a page loaded from an external text file. All text works from on my system but the email addresses won't show up when loaded from the website. …

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## [Genie-effect!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/genie-effect/257809)

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**Author:** [@Wampiro\_UHA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wampiro_UHA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/genie-effect/257809 "2008-04-17T10:06:27Z")

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Is there a way to create a Genie-like-effect as there is in Mac OS X when you minimize windows? I've seen an example at: http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=691906 but I tried to do it myself, but withou…

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## [Flash + PHP?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-php/257808)

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**Author:** [@Maqrkk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maqrkk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-php/257808 "2008-04-17T09:36:43Z")

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Hello, I'm working on getting Flash to work with database data, and I thought via PHP would be a good idea. I have a PHP script which downloads a value from the database, shows it, and then updates it. It works fine in…

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## [CSS Line Height](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-line-height/257807)

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**Author:** [@coldyn8w](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coldyn8w)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-line-height/257807 "2008-04-17T09:25:09Z")

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Hey there, Does anyone know a fix or hack to get Line-height/leading working with a style sheet and AS3? There is a leading attribute in TextFormat, but you cant apply both CSS and TFmt to a TextField. There are hack…

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## [Loader component refuses to load](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-component-refuses-to-load/257805)

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**Author:** [@vidir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vidir)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-component-refuses-to-load/257805 "2008-04-17T09:13:50Z")

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Hi all, I have made a button which loads a swf file into a loader component. Works fine. Then inside the swf are pictures which I 've converted to buttons and then added the following action onto: on (release) { …

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## [Flash Widgets](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-widgets/257803)

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**Author:** [@dubbeat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dubbeat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-widgets/257803 "2008-04-17T08:45:50Z")

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Hi I'm looking for some advice about building flash widgets. On a lot of widgets I've seen (pretty much all of them) they have a "get this" buton that when you click on it, it shows you a load of html embed code simila…

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## [popUp?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup/257802)

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**Author:** [@peterco](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/peterco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup/257802 "2008-04-17T08:38:11Z")

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Hi In AS2 I often used code like this: "root.instansvar = mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(root, Window, true);" To make a popUp window whith a moviclip in it, can I do this whith AS3 (in Flash)? and then how?

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## [TextFormat not formating my text... Why?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textformat-not-formating-my-text-why/257801)

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**Author:** [@brian914](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brian914)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textformat-not-formating-my-text-why/257801 "2008-04-17T08:31:53Z")

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This is not styling my text. What am I doing wrong? Thank you!!! this.textScroll.createTextField("my\_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 255, 200); textScroll.my\_txt.multiline = true; textScroll.my\_txt.html = tru…

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## [Adding movie clips to a scroll pane... Gah.. Shoot me!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-movie-clips-to-a-scroll-pane-gah-shoot-me/257799)

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**Author:** [@Cyanide](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cyanide)\
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**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-movie-clips-to-a-scroll-pane-gah-shoot-me/257799 "2008-04-17T08:01:44Z")

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Hi I wonder if any one can help, I'm in the midst of doing a Project that requires me to \[LIST=1\] \[\*\]Reads from XML Document (well thats working at least) \[\*\]Then take all the information from XML and add it separate …

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## [3d collison problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-collison-problem/257798)

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**Author:** [@acebuddy29](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/acebuddy29)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-collison-problem/257798 "2008-04-17T07:46:09Z")

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Hey guys, how do i determine where the ball will land on the ground, in the type of view you can see in the attached image? \[image\]

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## [External Swf randomly loading](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-randomly-loading/257797)

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**Author:** [@manoj\_m](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manoj_m)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-randomly-loading/257797 "2008-04-17T07:29:56Z")

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hi, This is my first post. I am working in flash 8. Created a flash movie, there are more than 50 swf are loading randomly to a movie clip. Everything working fine except the Previous button in main movie. what i w…

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## [Get Google Image URL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-google-image-url/257796)

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**Author:** [@Dysfunctional](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dysfunctional)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-google-image-url/257796 "2008-04-17T06:50:55Z")

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I'm developing an Adobe AIR program that requires an image to be displayed according to what has been selected from a tree. At the moment the image(s) is located on the users machine - but the user has to create the imag…

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## [Asking](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asking/257793)

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**Author:** [@Rizalma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rizalma)\
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**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asking/257793 "2008-04-17T05:38:21Z")

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Hy,i just want to ask,where i can download .Fla archive?

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## [Loading a series of JPEG's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-series-of-jpegs/257791)

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**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-series-of-jpegs/257791 "2008-04-17T04:14:24Z")

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I have a series of JPEG's labeled frame1.jpeg, frame2.jpeg, and so on... I want to play them sequentially as a movie. Earlier, I had success loading a single frame, but now I have trouble loading all the frames one by on…

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## [Exploring 3D in Flash - camera](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploring-3d-in-flash-camera/257789)

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**Author:** [@musashi9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/musashi9)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploring-3d-in-flash-camera/257789 "2008-04-17T03:31:34Z")

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Has anyone managed to add a camera to the later tutorials (pyramids,cubes,hour glass,spaceship) so the object can rotate on its own axis and you can have a Camera move around the world on its own axis

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## [Controlling the timeline from inside a movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-the-timeline-from-inside-a-movie-clip/257785)

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**Author:** [@mpuk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpuk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-the-timeline-from-inside-a-movie-clip/257785 "2008-04-17T02:17:54Z")

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Very very simple to most of you im sure...but i'm just learning AS3 and need some basic help... I have a button in my movie clip that I want to be able to control the main timeline with upon clicking. I'd started wit…

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## [Transitions between external swf tutorial issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions-between-external-swf-tutorial-issue/257784)

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**Author:** [@mirador](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mirador)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions-between-external-swf-tutorial-issue/257784 "2008-04-17T01:43:35Z")

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Hi, This is my first post...so let me know if I should be doing something different! I have been working with this tutorial ¨Transitions between external swfs¨ from kirupa.com. I downloaded the zip and then tried to modi…

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## [Position Text at Bottom of Parent DIV?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-text-at-bottom-of-parent-div/257781)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-text-at-bottom-of-parent-div/257781 "2008-04-17T01:25:07Z")

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I would like to place some text (currently in a div) at the bottom of another div. Is there any way to locate off the bottom of the parent div? Up to this point, I haven't used any absolute/relative positioning. \<di…

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## [Hidden divs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hidden-divs/257780)

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**Author:** [@Zaxza](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaxza)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hidden-divs/257780 "2008-04-17T01:11:02Z")

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http://zaxza.awardspace.com/status/status.php Hi there, i've just started messing around with ajax, and am quite new to javascript. I've made a facebook style status updater, the database isnt set up yet but thats not a …

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## [Problem w/ attaching MC in for loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-w-attaching-mc-in-for-loop/257779)

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**Author:** [@munit5000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/munit5000)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-w-attaching-mc-in-for-loop/257779 "2008-04-17T00:57:17Z")

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(Flash 8) Hi, this isn't causing any adverse effects in my code, but is still confusing for me: (this is the onClipEvent(Load) in the MC AsteroidsLoop) for(i = 0; i \< 1; i++) { \_root.AsteroidsLoop.attachMovie(…

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## [Rewind External SWF file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rewind-external-swf-file/257777)

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**Author:** [@dave19](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dave19)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rewind-external-swf-file/257777 "2008-04-17T00:31:05Z")

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I've create a flash file that when u click a button it imports an external swf file into content movie clip. Does anybody know how to create a button within the main swf file that can rewind the external file? I've …

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## [Menu in the game is broken](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-in-the-game-is-broken/257774)

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**Author:** [@zerdec](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zerdec)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-in-the-game-is-broken/257774 "2008-04-16T23:52:16Z")

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Hy \[smile\] Before my game starts it has introduction. When my ship lost energy then is game over. In the game over layer is button called menu and it should back player to menu. There is a problem. I don't know how to …

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## [Convet As2 to As3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convet-as2-to-as3/257773)

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**Author:** [@hm65](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hm65)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convet-as2-to-as3/257773 "2008-04-16T23:38:35Z")

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function sina(xml){ if(xml){ ex = this.firstChild.childNodes\[0\].childNodes\[0\].firstChild.nodeValue; ex2= this.firstChild.childNodes\[0\].childNodes\[1\].firstChild.nodeValue; ex3= this.firstChild.childNodes\[0\].childNode…

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## [Help With Resetting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-resetting/257771)

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**Author:** [@A\_String](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/A_String)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-resetting/257771 "2008-04-16T22:48:51Z")

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To help me with learning to program AS3 (I'm a complete newb), I am making a photo album with a button that rotates the images. The problem I'm having is, the button's numbered click event is repeated so it I get a warn…

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## [Need Help With Array Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-array-problem/257770)

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**Author:** [@SilverChariot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SilverChariot)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-array-problem/257770 "2008-04-16T22:10:21Z")

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Hi Guys, I am having some problem with my arrays, still pretty new at this. Probably made some serious mistake somewhere, i cant seem to make the arrays work when the clip is nested within another movieclip here's t…

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