# programming

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## [How to Side Scroll to Another Page?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-side-scroll-to-another-page/243264)

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**Author:** [@marcliu11](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marcliu11)\
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**Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-side-scroll-to-another-page/243264 "2007-11-05T06:39:25Z")

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Hi all, I'm trying to replicate what has been very popular in most flash sites nowadays. That is click on a button which then pans the document to the right. An example would be this good site http://www.flashaddict…

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## [Tutorial on Events](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-events/243260)

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**Author:** [@TjOeNeR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TjOeNeR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-events/243260 "2007-11-05T05:50:02Z")

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Hi, I'd like to write a tutorial on the different methods there are of using events. This has always bothered me, and I began searching what you could do. So I'd like a for once definite tutorial on events. Pleas…

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## [\[Flash8\]Help needed! variable pass from rollover buttons to AS on frame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-help-needed-variable-pass-from-rollover-buttons-to-as-on-frame/243258)

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**Author:** [@shwnew](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shwnew)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-help-needed-variable-pass-from-rollover-buttons-to-as-on-frame/243258 "2007-11-05T04:54:12Z")

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Hi I am creating a weather forecast in which i have to create many rollover buttons by which i can pass different value like "sanjose" which goes to path("http://61.16.10.25/\_flash/sanjose.aspx") on layer 1 frame 1 which…

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## [What Software would you use to convert .swf to .src files?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-software-would-you-use-to-convert-swf-to-src-files/243256)

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**Author:** [@Flash\_Man1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flash_Man1)\
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**Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-software-would-you-use-to-convert-swf-to-src-files/243256 "2007-11-05T04:16:20Z")

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Hey all, Just throwing a quick question up in the air. What's everyone's experience with converting .swf's to .src's and what software did you use? I'm just trying to find out which software is the best or "good" for…

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## [Tween.delay()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-delay/243250)

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**Author:** [@Ariff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ariff)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-delay/243250 "2007-11-05T02:07:39Z")

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Hi Kirupa, i have several dynamic textfields on stage on which i call an alphaTween function. Depending on some parameters, i made my function sort of dynamic, so i can pass the "motion" (up or down) to it, which makes…

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## [As 2.0 & As 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-0-as-3-0/243241)

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**Author:** [@nvidia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nvidia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-0-as-3-0/243241 "2007-11-04T23:13:10Z")

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Hi guys i have been learning as 2 for about a month now, since early October, using the "Lynda.com - ActionScript 2.0 in Macromedia Flash MX 2004" video tutorial set i downloaded. I told my friend that i am learning AS 2…

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## [MENU: Any benefit to using CSS and XML?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-any-benefit-to-using-css-and-xml/243240)

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**Author:** [@davelaruedrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davelaruedrum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-any-benefit-to-using-css-and-xml/243240 "2007-11-04T23:00:08Z")

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I agree that its good to load external data from an xml file and format with css, but if i'm making a menu which i know is never going to be changed.....why use css and xml??? Thanks, Dave

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## [Hide contents of swf? Is there any way of hiding the contents of my main swf?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-contents-of-swf-is-there-any-way-of-hiding-the-contents-of-my-main-swf/243239)

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**Author:** [@davelaruedrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davelaruedrum)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-contents-of-swf-is-there-any-way-of-hiding-the-contents-of-my-main-swf/243239 "2007-11-04T22:56:09Z")

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When my main swf site is loaded in a browser, is there any way of hiding the contents of my swf from users? Right now, anyone can just go to the 'activity' window and download any of my pictures, scripts, etc....and i do…

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## [Flash 2 PHP 2 Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-2-php-2-flash/243235)

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**Author:** [@theripper\_j](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theripper_j)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-2-php-2-flash/243235 "2007-11-04T21:43:22Z")

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I've got something simple and can't figure it out. In \_root i've got 3 instances. 1 Input text box instance name "test1", 1 combobox instance name "test2", 1 dynamic box instance name "dynresult1" and a submit button. O…

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## [Movement mutators](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movement-mutators/243233)

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**Author:** [@Signy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Signy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movement-mutators/243233 "2007-11-04T21:23:53Z")

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Hello all, Been writing some movement code for a new game I'm currently working on and have run into a little snag which I can't seem to get my head around. I thought mabey asking a fresh pair of eyes to have a butcher…

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## [Working with removeChild();](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-removechild/243232)

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**Author:** [@StridBR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StridBR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-removechild/243232 "2007-11-04T21:02:24Z")

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if(y \> 0 ){ parent.removeChild(this); removeEventListener(Event.ENTER\_FRAME, onEnterFrame); delete this; trace(this); } delete doesnt work trace returns object

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## [bytesTotal Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bytestotal-problem/243231)

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**Author:** [@Gazurt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gazurt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bytestotal-problem/243231 "2007-11-04T20:54:12Z")

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Help says: URLlLoader.bytesTotal: Indicates the total number of bytes in the downloaded data. This property contains 0 while the load operation is in progress and is populated when the operation is complete. I want…

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## [Trying to merge 3d with a tween engine, need assistance](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-merge-3d-with-a-tween-engine-need-assistance/243228)

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**Author:** [@tripdragon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tripdragon)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-merge-3d-with-a-tween-engine-need-assistance/243228 "2007-11-04T19:01:24Z")

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I am trying to use Twease engine to edit stuff in fake 3d per Keith Peters book Actionscript Animation with this code below. I want to do to things, have it meld with the fake 3d scaling, and be able to feed it the \_z …

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## [XML Data Displayer, help adding multiple data fields relating to XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-data-displayer-help-adding-multiple-data-fields-relating-to-xml/243226)

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**Author:** [@viiespk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/viiespk)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-data-displayer-help-adding-multiple-data-fields-relating-to-xml/243226 "2007-11-04T18:00:32Z")

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I recently used the Displaying XML Data tutorial, but cant seem to figure out how to add more dynamic text fields and populate them with more \<person\> and \<comment\> attributes. Here is my code: function loadXML(loa…

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## [Help with a simple flash/PHP mail form](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-simple-flash-php-mail-form/243223)

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**Author:** [@plangdon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/plangdon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-simple-flash-php-mail-form/243223 "2007-11-04T17:45:14Z")

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Hello, I am new to flash and am having problems getting a mail form to work. I have been using the tutorial on this site at http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash\_php\_email.htm I can get this to work fi…

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## [FLASH 8 & PHP - LoadVars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-php-loadvars/243219)

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**Author:** [@ISDExecutor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ISDExecutor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-php-loadvars/243219 "2007-11-04T17:14:33Z")

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It's an email form that worked perfectly for years. All of a sudden it does not pass the variables to the php script anymore. Going nuts.. Attached the source. Any ideas you guys? http://www.totolici.com

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## [Sound fade in/out function - use onEnterFrame or loop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-fade-in-out-function-use-onenterframe-or-loop/243217)

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**Author:** [@davelaruedrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davelaruedrum)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-fade-in-out-function-use-onenterframe-or-loop/243217 "2007-11-04T16:18:26Z")

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Hi, I made a function to fade a sound (global variable called daveSoundVolume \[smile\] ). It takes a number to fade to....First i put everything in a for loop, but then i realized how fast a for loop is, i considered usin…

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## [Creating a Vertical Shooter game - how to stop the dragon](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-vertical-shooter-game-how-to-stop-the-dragon/243216)

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**Author:** [@coralh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coralh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-vertical-shooter-game-how-to-stop-the-dragon/243216 "2007-11-04T15:38:51Z")

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hi everyone, it's my first time to this forum, hope it'll put me out of my misery.I've borrowed the code from\*Creating a Vertical Shooter game\*\*\* http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/vertical\_shooter4.htm \*\*creat…

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## [How to do this?! (F8)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-this-f8/243214)

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**Author:** [@Dr\_Abner\_Mellon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dr_Abner_Mellon)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-this-f8/243214 "2007-11-04T15:14:04Z")

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Hey everyone! I'm trying to get some general info and be pointed in the right direction to make kinda like a photo gallery where they can be dragged, and moved around like several squire images that can overlap one ano…

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## [Define hit areas for multiple mc's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/define-hit-areas-for-multiple-mcs/243213)

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**Author:** [@spxy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spxy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/define-hit-areas-for-multiple-mcs/243213 "2007-11-04T15:00:44Z")

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Hi Guys, I'm looking for a way to define hit areas for various animated mc's in the main timeline. All mc's take up the whole page size and all hit areas must be active at all time, so defining a hit area inside an mc…

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## [Detect Flash Player?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-flash-player/243210)

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**Author:** [@stillbeating](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stillbeating)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-flash-player/243210 "2007-11-04T12:42:32Z")

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Hi everyone! I want to make a thing to detect and display what flash player someone is is using. \[image\] ^^ i want to make something like that. if anyone knows any sort of tutorial on how to make one of these, th…

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## [Positioning Content with AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-content-with-as2/243208)

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**Author:** [@mythstu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mythstu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-content-with-as2/243208 "2007-11-04T12:06:36Z")

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Hi, How to position my "\[COLOR=RoyalBlue\]full flash website\[/COLOR\]" content in top left or top right or center or whtever place, to be extensible with users different resolutions. Regards.

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## [Making A Button Flicker](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-flicker/243207)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-flicker/243207 "2007-11-04T11:45:47Z")

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Hi all, onRollOver I am trying to make my button Flicker on/off but cannot get it too work, the best I can do is get it to go to alpha 60 and then back to 100... newBut.onRollOver = function() { if( cnt \< 100){ // …

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## [Domain locking in AS3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/domain-locking-in-as3/243206)

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**Author:** [@doogog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doogog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/domain-locking-in-as3/243206 "2007-11-04T11:16:47Z")

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Is it still possible to do domain locking in AS3? I tried the following: var topUrl:String = (root.loaderInfo.url); But it keeps giving me the url of the swf file instead of the page that it's being loaded into. I…

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## [addEventListener params](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addeventlistener-params/243205)

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**Author:** [@Zosia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zosia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addeventlistener-params/243205 "2007-11-04T10:47:31Z")

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## [Autoformatting the code - FLASH CS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/autoformatting-the-code-flash-cs3/243204)

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**Author:** [@salvadore](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salvadore)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/autoformatting-the-code-flash-cs3/243204 "2007-11-04T10:30:30Z")

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Why doesn't Flash CS3 remove the blank-empty lines when AUTOFORMATTING the code??? This function was a TIME SAVER!

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## [TextField autoResize issue?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-autoresize-issue/243203)

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**Author:** [@IlTimido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IlTimido)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-autoresize-issue/243203 "2007-11-04T09:30:43Z")

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Hello to everyone. Sorry if this has been treated before but I searched through the threads but I haven't found nothing about this. Please have a look at the code below (I just create a TextField auto-resizing and I pu…

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## [6 records from msql server into flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/6-records-from-msql-server-into-flash/243202)

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**Author:** [@Novate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Novate)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/6-records-from-msql-server-into-flash/243202 "2007-11-04T09:29:03Z")

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Greetings, as i created mysql database using wamp server, i created a table with 6 products in it, and php file creates an xml file with text which is finally loaded into flash, it loads all the text into 1 single ‘lis…

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## [Preloading: swf always shows up before 100%](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-swf-always-shows-up-before-100/243199)

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**Author:** [@costa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/costa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-swf-always-shows-up-before-100/243199 "2007-11-04T07:18:46Z")

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Dear all, I am loading an external swf which contains an audio file. The preloader is working well; I mean I can see the preloaded percentage and when it finished. The problem is, the swf is shown before it is 100% com…

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## [Cataloging Project Discs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cataloging-project-discs/243196)

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**Author:** [@understudy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/understudy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cataloging-project-discs/243196 "2007-11-04T05:29:21Z")

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Hello, Do any of you use any kind of software to catalog the files of all of your CDs and DVDs? I have lots of projects backed up to disc and I'd like to simply have on my computer the names of the file cross-referenc…

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