# programming

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## [Security Panel login](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/security-panel-login/244805)

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**Author:** [@nagumo8](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nagumo8)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/security-panel-login/244805 "2007-11-21T22:12:26Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm very new to flash and have only created a few flash websites freelance. I'm currently playing with the idea of having a keypad style login for a site. What I would like to achieve is the person enters th…

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## [Overlapping flash banner using Java?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlapping-flash-banner-using-java/244803)

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**Author:** [@stefan83](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stefan83)\
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**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlapping-flash-banner-using-java/244803 "2007-11-21T21:24:06Z")

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Hi guys, I've been trying to work this out for ages! Does anyone know how to create flash banners that overlap or move other content on a web page or extend outside their normal swf dimensions? \[URL="http://observer.g…

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## [I need to know the basics](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-to-know-the-basics/244800)

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**Author:** [@flawlesstwins](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flawlesstwins)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-to-know-the-basics/244800 "2007-11-21T20:31:58Z")

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Hello, I am not sure if this is the right place to post this thread or not. I know how to make a basic web site and html and all of that. I host my site with godaddy and have my domain name with them as well. But whe…

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## [Disabling onRollOver/Out when clicked](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-onrollover-out-when-clicked/244797)

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**Author:** [@Low\_Tek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Low_Tek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-onrollover-out-when-clicked/244797 "2007-11-21T19:57:30Z")

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I've got a small movieclip that reads 5 images, captions, and unique IDs from an XML file. Everytime the movie starts up, the Arrays are populated then randomly sorted. After they are done sorting, an instance of a movie…

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## [TEXT effect again! :)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-effect-again/244796)

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**Author:** [@alirtah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alirtah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-effect-again/244796 "2007-11-21T19:53:24Z")

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Hi everybody! PLEASE HELP ME ! How could I have text effect like this : http://www.vai-fashion.com/ It's cool! Thanks!!

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## [New to Video: Pulling my hair out](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-to-video-pulling-my-hair-out/244795)

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**Author:** [@seanbez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/seanbez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-to-video-pulling-my-hair-out/244795 "2007-11-21T19:51:14Z")

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Hello Everybody I am sure my question is basic for video gurus, but as for me I am at my end. I am externally loading a .swf into a movie clip. All I want is for a a mc to pop up after it is complete asking if they …

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## [Urgent help needed with menu!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-with-menu/244794)

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**Author:** [@sebus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-with-menu/244794 "2007-11-21T19:47:53Z")

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I have a menu that when you mouse over, an mc plays and when you click an swf loads. IF you mouse over super saturday (link below) you will see what happens. Now, what is the code when I mouse out so those 2 things that …

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## ["Script is causing Flash Player 9 to run slowly"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-is-causing-flash-player-9-to-run-slowly/244793)

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**Author:** [@njoay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/njoay)\
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**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-is-causing-flash-player-9-to-run-slowly/244793 "2007-11-21T19:42:32Z")

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Hello, Ever since I changed over to a MAC OS X running Flash CS3, I've been running into problems. One of the problems that I'm facing is when I publish my fla file within Flash and view the HTML, it views ok. But when…

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## [Urgent help on Accordion menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-on-accordion-menu/244792)

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**Author:** [@Derlei](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Derlei)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-on-accordion-menu/244792 "2007-11-21T19:42:16Z")

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Can someone help on this accordion menu. I have the menu almost working, but i would like to change one thing. I would like to force the yellow tab to be always open, when i load my menu, whithout the need of the rollOv…

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## [AS3: How to check if a movieclip already exists?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-how-to-check-if-a-movieclip-already-exists/244791)

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**Author:** [@DavidOrtiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DavidOrtiz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-how-to-check-if-a-movieclip-already-exists/244791 "2007-11-21T19:33:55Z")

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In AS2, I'd create a movieclip and give it an instance name. Then all I'd have to do for example is, check if \_root\["myinstance"+i\] == undefined but in AS3, if i'm dynamically creating 10 movieclips, how do i check to …

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## [\[Flash8\] Adding/Deleting/Modifying XML Content](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-adding-deleting-modifying-xml-content/244790)

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**Author:** [@mastermode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mastermode)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-adding-deleting-modifying-xml-content/244790 "2007-11-21T19:18:45Z")

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Hello again! I know this isn't actually rocket science, but I really don't know where to start in Flash Help, so I'm going to ask here fore some code, or just pointers. So you have this list, which you've created usi…

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## [Action Script 2.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/action-script-2-0/244789)

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**Author:** [@ranjith](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ranjith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/action-script-2-0/244789 "2007-11-21T19:06:19Z")

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i need help how to start the basic action script for game and application development plase help

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## [Thumbnail viewer like on youtube](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thumbnail-viewer-like-on-youtube/244787)

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**Author:** [@magicmule](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magicmule)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thumbnail-viewer-like-on-youtube/244787 "2007-11-21T18:36:28Z")

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Hi, I'd like to create an xml-based thumbnail viewer like under "Videos being watched now" on the www.youtube.com homepage. Problem is i have no idea where to start. Can anybody point me in the right direction?? Thanks …

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## [Carousel: Bring clicked item to front](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/carousel-bring-clicked-item-to-front/244786)

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**Author:** [@bardic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bardic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/carousel-bring-clicked-item-to-front/244786 "2007-11-21T18:17:28Z")

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Before I start, I would like to say I have searched the forums for help. I have searched google. I hope this is a very popular topic. But I haven't found help for my little problem... So, like everyone else I watched t…

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## [Movie Filter](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-filter/244783)

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**Author:** [@NumbaOneSUDZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NumbaOneSUDZ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-filter/244783 "2007-11-21T17:56:01Z")

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I am relatively new to Flash but learning it quickly. I have a simple image transition (motion tween) and after the transition is complete, I want it to flash blur a couple of times before stopping. It would basically be…

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## [CSS font problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-font-problem/244782)

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**Author:** [@hoss9009](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hoss9009)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-font-problem/244782 "2007-11-21T17:55:52Z")

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so i created this site and used CSS like no tomorrow. but im finding out that users who have font options already set by their browser isn't reading the font properties i set in my CSS. Why is that? I thought that was …

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## [Broken Custom UIScrollbar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broken-custom-uiscrollbar/244781)

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**Author:** [@pfbwoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pfbwoy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broken-custom-uiscrollbar/244781 "2007-11-21T17:43:12Z")

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I've modified the skin of the UIScrollbar for a project. When Testing the movie in the Flash environment, the scrollbar displays perfectly. This applies even when publishing in IE. However, with the swf uploaded and e…

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## [Replace root with new SWF?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replace-root-with-new-swf/244779)

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**Author:** [@HunterSkookum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HunterSkookum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replace-root-with-new-swf/244779 "2007-11-21T17:25:25Z")

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Hi, I have a question that I thought would have a simple answer, but I can't find it anywhere! I have a button, myButton, and I'd like the SWF to "link" to another SWF on click. Meaning, I'd like to replace the SWF w…

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## [Please look at my Tween](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-look-at-my-tween/244778)

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**Author:** [@iansears](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iansears)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-look-at-my-tween/244778 "2007-11-21T17:24:07Z")

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aarghh, what am I doing wrong here? import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.\*; //stop(); var canvas:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("canvas\_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); canvas.lineStyle(…

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## [as2: preloader that plays animation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-preloader-that-plays-animation/244773)

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**Author:** [@always\_one\_up](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/always_one_up)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-preloader-that-plays-animation/244773 "2007-11-21T16:59:22Z")

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I have a problem with a preloader (yes, I've tried to use "search"). it's in separate swf and it loads swf with my website using loadMovie. what I want is the following: in the 1st frame it downloads all the website s…

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## [XML Flash slideshow works in preview but not on site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-flash-slideshow-works-in-preview-but-not-on-site/244769)

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**Author:** [@TechTimmy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TechTimmy)\
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**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-flash-slideshow-works-in-preview-but-not-on-site/244769 "2007-11-21T16:21:41Z")

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Hi I have been using the \[COLOR=black\]Photo \*\*\[FONT=Verdana\]Slideshow Using XML and Flash\*\* tutorial and have it working like a dream when I test the movie. \[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\] I have now uploaded it to my web server and…

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## [Flash/XML Book with dynamic content](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-book-with-dynamic-content/244766)

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**Author:** [@Xchange14](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xchange14)\
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**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-book-with-dynamic-content/244766 "2007-11-21T16:08:40Z")

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Hi Everyone, I am starting to build a Flash/XML book that reads external XML files for the chapters. It will be one large e-book that spans many pages, rather than a section of content on each page (Pageflip, etc.) I…

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## [Adding node to XMLList object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-node-to-xmllist-object/244763)

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**Author:** [@psych](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psych)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-node-to-xmllist-object/244763 "2007-11-21T15:34:11Z")

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I have the following 'myXML' XML object: \<layout\> \<region id="main" left="295" width="458" top="35" height="343"/\> \<region id="subs" left="265" width="520" top="440" height="50" /\> \<region id="links" left="45" width=…

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## [Super-accurate hitTest](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/super-accurate-hittest/244762)

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**Author:** [@fw2803](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fw2803)\
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**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/super-accurate-hittest/244762 "2007-11-21T15:30:54Z")

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Hi there Point hitTest provides an accurate system. However, using point hitTest still allows objects to penetrate some impassable objects such as walls in a game. How to measure the shortest distance between an irregu…

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## [How to create a button when you click on it will disappear completely?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-button-when-you-click-on-it-will-disappear-completely/244759)

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**Author:** [@davincicode06](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davincicode06)\
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**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-button-when-you-click-on-it-will-disappear-completely/244759 "2007-11-21T14:37:01Z")

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It will have a nice fade out then disappear.. Help please!!!!! Thank you, DV.

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## [Instance variable TextField + createTextField()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-variable-textfield-createtextfield/244755)

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**Author:** [@grandpaw\_broon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grandpaw_broon)\
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**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-variable-textfield-createtextfield/244755 "2007-11-21T14:23:11Z")

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Hi all, I am having a bit of a headache with regards to this problem class A { private var tf:TextField; private var canvas:MovieClip public function A (target\_mc:MovieClip) { this.…

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## [Is XML suitable for a latest news column](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-xml-suitable-for-a-latest-news-column/244754)

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**Author:** [@DeringerColt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DeringerColt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-xml-suitable-for-a-latest-news-column/244754 "2007-11-21T14:21:04Z")

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Hi all, Im wondering if someone can guide me in the right direction, I am currently designing a site for a client and they would like a latest news column in the site, the trouble is im more of a designer than a develo…

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## [A JavaScript question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-javascript-question/244753)

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**Author:** [@Abus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Abus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-javascript-question/244753 "2007-11-21T14:08:47Z")

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How can I give this command to a button in Flash? href="javascript:document.getElementById('divContent1').innerHTML=document.getElementById('aak').innerHTML;void(0);" I have tried on (release) { getURL("javas…

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## [Re-numbering MySQL Table Rows](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/re-numbering-mysql-table-rows/244751)

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**Author:** [@iNeed\_Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iNeed_Help)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/re-numbering-mysql-table-rows/244751 "2007-11-21T13:27:21Z")

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Hi all... I've got another for ya'. Basically... Lets say i have a mysql table with the following: | table\_id | order\_id | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | | 4 | 4 | Then I have a script that deletes the row with t…

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## [Strange Error Text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-error-text/244748)

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**Author:** [@ChromeDemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChromeDemon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-error-text/244748 "2007-11-21T11:53:57Z")

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Error C:\\Documents and Settings\\ChromeD\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Macromedia\\Flash 8\\en\\Configuration\\Classes\\FP8\\System\\capabilities .as: Line 7: The name of this class, 'System.capabilities', conflicts with the n…

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