# programming

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## [Passing variables from parent swf to child swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-from-parent-swf-to-child-swf/330650)

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**Author:** [@roundpaws](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/roundpaws)\
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**Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-from-parent-swf-to-child-swf/330650 "2013-02-22T02:11:13Z")

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\[LEFT\]\[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=Arial\]I am having problems so I made a very basic main.swf that loads sub.swf.\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]\[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=Arial\]Sub.swf has 2 rectangle movieclips (red and blue) that have their alpha =…

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## [Flash as2 Using timer to call movieclip to the stage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as2-using-timer-to-call-movieclip-to-the-stage/330649)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Scholz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jason_Scholz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as2-using-timer-to-call-movieclip-to-the-stage/330649 "2013-02-22T01:09:43Z")

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Here is what I am trying to implement. This is a battle screen. The scene is named Dungeon. I need this scene to randomly appear between .5 and 3 seconds. When this scene appears, A enemy will be called from the library…

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## [Blending colors in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blending-colors-in-flash/330648)

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**Author:** [@glt92](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glt92)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blending-colors-in-flash/330648 "2013-02-21T15:35:16Z")

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Hi. I just want to ask if it is possible to combine colors in flash? I was planning on making an application for children in learning color combination, which has similar properties of Fresh Paint. For example, when I dr…

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## [Page Turn Image Transition](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/page-turn-image-transition/330646)

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**Author:** [@Carlos\_Teller](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Carlos_Teller)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/page-turn-image-transition/330646 "2013-02-21T14:37:42Z")

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I know there's a thousand posts about this, but I can't seem to find one that explains what I am looking for. When talking about the page turn, most posts talk about page turn for a book. I am doing an intro video that d…

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## [\[JSFL\] Copy library items to another documents library](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jsfl-copy-library-items-to-another-documents-library/330645)

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**Author:** [@Tompa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tompa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jsfl-copy-library-items-to-another-documents-library/330645 "2013-02-21T13:31:09Z")

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Is there any way to move my library items from one document to another using JSFL?

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## [No one remembers an old user from 2004](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-one-remembers-an-old-user-from-2004/330637)

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**Author:** [@idoik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/idoik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-one-remembers-an-old-user-from-2004/330637 "2013-02-21T08:15:52Z")

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Or do you :yoshi:

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## [VCam problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vcam-problem/330635)

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**Author:** [@Erdo\_FcbHacker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Erdo_FcbHacker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vcam-problem/330635 "2013-02-20T20:19:12Z")

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I am trying to make the VCam follow the player but when I increase the player speed the objects ( a bar showing some stats about the character ) attached to the VCam starts shaking . The code in the VCam is : onClipEvent…

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## [Flash Action Script - Displaying math graph](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-action-script-displaying-math-graph/330634)

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**Author:** [@gld](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gld)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-action-script-displaying-math-graph/330634 "2013-02-20T18:05:24Z")

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I'm new to Flash. All I ever knew was online Pacman uses Flash. In any case, I just installed Adobe Flash Professional CS6. What I'd like to do is have the user enter a few values for a math formula, ie: y = ax^2 + …

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## [Creating an Event Listener](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-event-listener/330633)

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**Author:** [@sporkula](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sporkula)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-event-listener/330633 "2013-02-20T16:23:48Z")

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I'm trying to learn how to create an event listener with ActionScript 2 in Flash CS6. I took over some Flash projects at work and know only basic code, and have nobody to help with the more complex stuff! I've looked at …

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## [Compound multiple FLA into one FLA](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compound-multiple-fla-into-one-fla/330632)

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**Author:** [@Tompa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tompa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compound-multiple-fla-into-one-fla/330632 "2013-02-20T13:35:54Z")

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I've got over 4000 .FLA-files that's containing one movieClip each. What I want to do is to have one FLA-file, and put all the movieClips \*(one from each FLA) \*inside the library of that one FLA. Manually this would ta…

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## [Image not showing on div ( making a Banner)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-not-showing-on-div-making-a-banner/330631)

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**Author:** [@destroyerofCode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/destroyerofCode)\
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**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-not-showing-on-div-making-a-banner/330631 "2013-02-20T09:14:19Z")

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Hello Fellow Web Engineers, I am struggling, rather tossing my head around, making a simple Banner using a 20 by 60 gradient tile. I tried changing paths on my computer and even putting it into a folder. Finally, I up…

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## [Grid And Mask?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grid-and-mask/330629)

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**Author:** [@na\_il](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/na_il)\
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**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grid-and-mask/330629 "2013-02-20T06:04:31Z")

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Okay so I have a grid that spans the whole canvas. I have a mc that can be dragged and snapped to each point. But don't want the user to be able to drag across the whole canvas. So I was wondering if there is a way to us…

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## [Paypal Link help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-link-help/330628)

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**Author:** [@Ksuguy25](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ksuguy25)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-link-help/330628 "2013-02-19T22:18:09Z")

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Okay, the deal is that my client wants to add a link to her donations page that goes to paypal. We already set up one on this page. http://www.preciousjewelslearning.org/contributions.html However, she wants the li…

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## [Get x,y of a character in a TextField](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-x-y-of-a-character-in-a-textfield/330627)

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**Author:** [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-x-y-of-a-character-in-a-textfield/330627 "2013-02-19T22:13:54Z")

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I have a text field tField that's right-aligned, and whose width changes. As the width changes, the position of the first character in tField.text varies with respect to tField.x, since it's justified to the right. (I tr…

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## [Problem Creating a Background](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-creating-a-background/330626)

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**Author:** [@Blablob](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Blablob)\
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**Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-creating-a-background/330626 "2013-02-19T22:12:25Z")

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Hi everyone. I'm working in FlashDevelop and I have a question about an issue I've run into. (I posted this question in the FlashDevelop community and they recommended I bring the discussion over here). I'm trying to d…

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## [Have a beginner question for an xml id3 ace](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/have-a-beginner-question-for-an-xml-id3-ace/330625)

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**Author:** [@FJW](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FJW)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/have-a-beginner-question-for-an-xml-id3-ace/330625 "2013-02-19T21:20:24Z")

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Hi this piece of code works well and passes mp3 and wav data in my website. You can see it at http://futureshapes.net/apps.php to clarify the situation. At present the data is hand written for the file info. Could anyo…

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## [Loop external movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-external-movie/330623)

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**Author:** [@lateball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lateball)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-external-movie/330623 "2013-02-19T16:06:08Z")

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I can't get this to work. I spent hours trying to find an answer and got nothing. The answer in the help docs produces compiler errors. Is there a simple way to loop a movie?

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## [Image resize to static frame after zooming, rotation and move](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-resize-to-static-frame-after-zooming-rotation-and-move/330621)

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**Author:** [@daniel207](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daniel207)\
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**Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-resize-to-static-frame-after-zooming-rotation-and-move/330621 "2013-02-19T11:01:54Z")

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I want to upload photos to static picture frames of different sizes and add some features to edit the images inside the frames. There are following features: Zoom in and zoom out of the picture inside the static fra…

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## [Send Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/send-button/330618)

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**Author:** [@flashnve](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashnve)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/send-button/330618 "2013-02-18T22:25:23Z")

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Hello Folks, This is my very first post on this forum. Has you can probably tell with the question i am about to ask you i am a newbie to ActionScript 3.0. I have just watched a tutorial in AS2. The code to make a send…

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## [AS3/HTML Mobile Website Sizing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-html-mobile-website-sizing/330616)

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**Author:** [@Antsuperhack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Antsuperhack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-html-mobile-website-sizing/330616 "2013-02-18T15:04:19Z")

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Hey all, I've got a mobile website I'm currently working on which currently checks if players are online via a gaming website and if so displays an image relevant to the player. The mobile version of the website is 320…

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## [Help needed regarding textField formatting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-regarding-textfield-formatting/330615)

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**Author:** [@chaituse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chaituse)\
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**Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-regarding-textfield-formatting/330615 "2013-02-18T12:06:23Z")

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Hi All, Is there way to implement below formatting in TextField. In word or outlook when we enter "1." it automatically understands and gives "2." when we press enter for a new line. Is it possible in case of Flash:q…

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## [Tutorial: All About CSS Animations](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-all-about-css-animations/330608)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-all-about-css-animations/330608 "2013-02-17T04:33:18Z")

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\[COLOR=#333333\]\[FONT=Verdana\]\[COLOR=#333333\]Hi everyone,\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#333333\]This is THE place to discuss all things related to the All About CSS Animations\[/COLOR\]\[COLOR=#333333\] tutorial.\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#333333\]Ch…

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## [Listbox focus](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listbox-focus/330604)

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**Author:** [@FJW](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FJW)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listbox-focus/330604 "2013-02-16T13:03:07Z")

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Hi Guys I have a working listbox but when I load an image though code is it possible to highlight that item in the listbox instead of the first? In other words an image loads for listbox item 3, how to move the highligh…

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## [Questions about For statement and how can I make MC run in a time I want?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-about-for-statement-and-how-can-i-make-mc-run-in-a-time-i-want/330603)

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**Author:** [@TuangPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TuangPP)\
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**Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-about-for-statement-and-how-can-i-make-mc-run-in-a-time-i-want/330603 "2013-02-16T11:08:56Z")

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\[COLOR=#333333\]\[FONT=Verdana\]Hi there, \[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#333333\]\[FONT=Verdana\]I have been doing a game scene where MC(target) will fall from the top to the bottom of the screen. I want to make these targets to be s…

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## [Help regarding the code hint in flash cs5](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-regarding-the-code-hint-in-flash-cs5/330602)

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**Author:** [@everybodysmokes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/everybodysmokes)\
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**Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-regarding-the-code-hint-in-flash-cs5/330602 "2013-02-16T08:45:41Z")

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Hi i'm a new to AS 3.0 need a small help i'm using flash cs5 processional in this my CODE HINT does'nt work properly it pops out automatically when i m using the\*\*\[COLOR=#ff0000\] : (colon)\[/COLOR\]\*\* key but when i pres…

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## [AS3 clickTag with a twist](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-clicktag-with-a-twist/330597)

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**Author:** [@paulscanlon\_99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulscanlon_99)\
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**Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-clicktag-with-a-twist/330597 "2013-02-15T15:30:34Z")

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Hi all, i've been doing banners for years and am well familiar with the AS3 clickTag however .. i have a request that in short probably won't make much sense but here it goes. usually we'd grab the URL from the adserve…

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## [Use SharedObject to edit xml file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-sharedobject-to-edit-xml-file/330594)

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**Author:** [@ambr0se](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ambr0se)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-sharedobject-to-edit-xml-file/330594 "2013-02-14T19:07:50Z")

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So I have been searching for the past hour on a way to do this but I am not finding what I am looking for. The main point of my project is to randomly select a name from a list of names contained in an external XML fi…

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## [How to use a shared object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-a-shared-object/330593)

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**Author:** [@flashnve](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashnve)\
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**Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-a-shared-object/330593 "2013-02-14T18:51:20Z")

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I'm trying to use a remote shared object to send data messages between the client and server using the sharedobject.send method for a chat application. I am really having difficulty understanding the documentations. …

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## [Single array or multiple arrays?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/single-array-or-multiple-arrays/330591)

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**Author:** [@John4213](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/John4213)\
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**Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/single-array-or-multiple-arrays/330591 "2013-02-14T17:36:13Z")

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Hello, does anyone know what's better for performance, a single array controlling most events or multiple arrays for each different event? In a game I'm making I have 2 arrays, one controlling the fire and one controllin…

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## [Non Uniform scale Gesture.....?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/non-uniform-scale-gesture/330590)

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**Author:** [@colouredFunk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/colouredFunk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/non-uniform-scale-gesture/330590 "2013-02-14T17:23:43Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to create Multitouch functionality to allow users to scale the height or width of a MovieClip (and drag and rotate). At the moment I'm using the Gestouch framework, which is great. It allows me to dr…

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