# programming

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## [Trouble with page centering](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-page-centering/240357)

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**Author:** [@maidomax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/maidomax)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-page-centering/240357 "2007-10-02T10:09:28Z")

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I am working with some other guys on a web page http://mala.laguna.co.yu/index.php The guy we are buildin the page for demands that we center the page differently. Right now if you shrink the width of the browser, th…

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## [Php Tutorial Output Is Blank In Swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-tutorial-output-is-blank-in-swf/240355)

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**Author:** [@taurus5\_6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/taurus5_6)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-tutorial-output-is-blank-in-swf/240355 "2007-10-02T09:45:22Z")

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I am working on the following tutorial \[SIZE=4\]\[COLOR=#003366\]Flash\[/COLOR\]\[/SIZE\]\[FONT=Verdana\]\[SIZE=4\]\[COLOR=#003366\], PHP, and MySQL Integration\[/COLOR\]\[/SIZE\]\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Verdana\]\[SIZE=1\]\[COLOR=#666666\]by Ben Smit…

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## [Dynamic text in columns : Is there a way?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-columns-is-there-a-way/240354)

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**Author:** [@gitkua](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gitkua)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-columns-is-there-a-way/240354 "2007-10-02T09:41:13Z")

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Hi there, I was just wondering, is there a way to split up dynamicly loaded text (pulled from a database via php) into columns? A friend of mine made a design for a flash site with the text in columns. I'm going to loa…

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## [AS2: Timer - HELP!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-timer-help/240353)

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**Author:** [@lilleypants](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lilleypants)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-timer-help/240353 "2007-10-02T09:37:52Z")

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I've posted about this before but now it is really starting to drive me nuts as I cannot find a clean cut way of doing this. I want to create a timer that basically knows when it hits 30 mins/1 hour and 2 hours and whe…

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## [Help With As3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-as3/240352)

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**Author:** [@brndn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brndn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-as3/240352 "2007-10-02T09:36:34Z")

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Hi there I have trawled the net for days trying to get this seemingly simple interaction to fuse. I am working in flex but have built some classes and as3 files to handle some of the data. What i have managed to do i…

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## [Memory Leaks](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leaks/240350)

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**Author:** [@Jerryscript](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jerryscript)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leaks/240350 "2007-10-02T08:53:24Z")

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I have a project that has a memory leak, and I'm having difficulty finding it. I've narrowed it down to a small code block, which includes changing the values of two dynamic textfields, one of which is html, and loading…

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## [Loading external .swf (stop() failed)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-stop-failed/240343)

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**Author:** [@mukraker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mukraker)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-stop-failed/240343 "2007-10-02T07:27:14Z")

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Hi, i am loading an external swf (A3) file. Works fine! The names of the external files are dynamic - therefore i cant use the \[embed\] syntax But. All the stop() methods i ve created in the .fla are ignored \[frowning\] …

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## [Loading XML Data into a DataGrid](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-data-into-a-datagrid/240342)

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**Author:** [@krs4kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krs4kirupa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-data-into-a-datagrid/240342 "2007-10-02T06:59:46Z")

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hi i am new to AS3. As I was going thru live docs, i was able to load data from an xml file into a DataGrid, I want to know how to make it clickable - on clicking i want a specific data of a column display in a TextArea H…

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## [Is this sql correct?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-sql-correct/240341)

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**Author:** [@Zaid\_W1red](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaid_W1red)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-sql-correct/240341 "2007-10-02T06:50:02Z")

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Hey Guys, Is this sql correct? select \* from top\_categories where action != 'sub\_menu' and action !='play\_audio' and action = 'text' and path like '001,%' or path = '023' and top\_categories.purge = 'false' and text l…

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## [What Am I Doing Wrong?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong/240338)

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**Author:** [@joesmithf1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joesmithf1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong/240338 "2007-10-02T06:12:10Z")

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Hello Everyone, Please help! I am so frustruated. I can't figure out what I am going wrong. I reviewed my codes over and over, and they seem to be right. But when I test my movie, it is NOT working. Please go to th…

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## [Hit counter Display](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-counter-display/240337)

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**Author:** [@anilnavis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anilnavis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-counter-display/240337 "2007-10-02T06:05:44Z")

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Hi, I am not an php progarmmer. This php code is for the hit counter This is the code \<?php $count = file\_get\_contents("count.txt"); //Increasing the count $count = explode("=", $count); $count\[1\] = $count\[1\]+1; …

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## [How to select all the children of a DisplayObjectContainer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-select-all-the-children-of-a-displayobjectcontainer/240336)

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**Author:** [@benkyoto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benkyoto)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-select-all-the-children-of-a-displayobjectcontainer/240336 "2007-10-02T05:45:20Z")

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I generated an XML gallery inside a DisplayObjectContainer (the square) placed on the stage. Since all the thumbnails have listeners applied to them, I thought it was a good idea to remove all listeners and child objects…

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## [Flash and Z-Layers](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-z-layers/240332)

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**Author:** [@d3v1an7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/d3v1an7)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-z-layers/240332 "2007-10-02T04:56:43Z")

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Hello forums \[smile\] Quick question...Hopefully it's not to difficult to understand. Basically, I've got: 1. A 200px x 200px flash button (100% Opacity, z-level 1, Visible always) 2. A 100% x 100% flash 'overlay' (50…

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## [Firefox popup blocker is blocking flash banners regular getURL?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/firefox-popup-blocker-is-blocking-flash-banners-regular-geturl/240331)

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**Author:** [@lv217m](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lv217m)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/firefox-popup-blocker-is-blocking-flash-banners-regular-geturl/240331 "2007-10-02T04:51:40Z")

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Are there any solutions to this? It seems Firefox is blocking every other banner. We are using just the regular getURL with "\_blank". Has this something to do with the embedding of the flash or is it just highly annoy…

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## [HTML DOM/Javscript appending](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-dom-javscript-appending/240327)

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**Author:** [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-dom-javscript-appending/240327 "2007-10-02T04:45:25Z")

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Im attempting to get my head around the HTML DOM and such, basically what i would like to be able to do is to start with something like \<img src="images/test.jpg" alt="" class="setBorder1"/\> and then use javascript t…

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## [Could Someone give me a hand? Thanks](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/could-someone-give-me-a-hand-thanks/240325)

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**Author:** [@tgnomeus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tgnomeus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/could-someone-give-me-a-hand-thanks/240325 "2007-10-02T03:50:10Z")

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Im trying to create a streaming music player for a website and I want to preload a certain number of bytes before it plays could someone help me on how to do this?

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## [Speed Problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/speed-problems/240321)

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**Author:** [@drummer392](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drummer392)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/speed-problems/240321 "2007-10-02T02:26:08Z")

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Ok guys, I have made a flash site that contains 3 main parts: main flash file, content file file, video file. So the Main file is just the navigation and layout. The content file opens within a container. Then the …

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## [Shared Object Help!?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-object-help/240317)

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**Author:** [@Flash\_Man1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flash_Man1)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-object-help/240317 "2007-10-02T01:31:22Z")

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Hey all, i'm just wondering how it is possible to edit dynamic content and modify the content and save it, all within flash. I have tried some experiments in the past and have got the text to change etc which is easy…

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## [Garbage Collector Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collector-question/240316)

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**Author:** [@endemoniada](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/endemoniada)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collector-question/240316 "2007-10-02T01:15:19Z")

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Hi guys, What if something like this occurs: myObject=new MyObject(); //do some stuff with it then free the memory delete(myObject); // hopefully the Garbage Collector ran a sweep but what if it didn't ? // now I…

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## [Help with keypress control of custom photo slideshow](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-keypress-control-of-custom-photo-slideshow/240315)

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**Author:** [@Benek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Benek)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-keypress-control-of-custom-photo-slideshow/240315 "2007-10-02T01:14:26Z")

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I have a photo slideshow which is part of a larger flash application. I'm trying to add keyboard navigation to go from one photo to the next, using the right and left arrow keys. The slideshow also has buttons for next…

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## [Launching a Centered Pop-Up Window - Not working using AS2?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-a-centered-pop-up-window-not-working-using-as2/240314)

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**Author:** [@wryenn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wryenn)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-a-centered-pop-up-window-not-working-using-as2/240314 "2007-10-02T01:00:27Z")

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This method for popping-up a new browser window: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/centered\_popup.htm Works great using the default publish settings (Flash 5), but when I change the settings to Flash 8/AS2 it doesn't …

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## [Adding Tumbnails Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-tumbnails-question/240310)

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**Author:** [@cwarden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cwarden)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-tumbnails-question/240310 "2007-10-01T23:19:29Z")

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In the tutorial for adding thumbnails to the xml Gallery the preview has a rollover url link capability but when you go through the tutorial that is not covered. While I can appreciate that it was beyond the scope of th…

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## [Accessing objects within MovieClips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-objects-within-movieclips/240309)

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**Author:** [@zajo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zajo)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-objects-within-movieclips/240309 "2007-10-01T23:13:01Z")

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I'd like to use instance names to access movie clips that are inside other movie clips, which may be inside other movie clips, etc. Everything works fine until things start moving, and then instance names become weird... …

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## [Assigning two actions to one key + hitTest Issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-two-actions-to-one-key-hittest-issues/240307)

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**Author:** [@TheSaladCaper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheSaladCaper)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-two-actions-to-one-key-hittest-issues/240307 "2007-10-01T22:49:03Z")

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http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=syncengineuw6.swf (edit: don't mind the target, haven't even gotten there yet) WASD and Space. This is going to be a rhythm-type game, where you have to hit space (fire) when th…

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## [Choppy performance in Firefox 2.0.0.7 on vista 64](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/choppy-performance-in-firefox-2-0-0-7-on-vista-64/240305)

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**Author:** [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/choppy-performance-in-firefox-2-0-0-7-on-vista-64/240305 "2007-10-01T22:08:21Z")

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I have a flash app I'm developing that loads a large xml file, creates a table-like display, and has a custom scroller to view all the data. The scroller is performing fine in IE, Opera, and Safari. It's really choppy …

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## [Positioning Dynamically Loaded Clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-dynamically-loaded-clips/240304)

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**Author:** [@techbot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/techbot)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-dynamically-loaded-clips/240304 "2007-10-01T22:07:17Z")

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Hello! First time poster but longtime lurker.. I've been going round and round with this problem all morning trying to solve it.. What I am trying to do is dynamically load a bunch of catalog images into a movie clip…

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## [Two ARRAY questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-array-questions/240302)

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**Author:** [@Soig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soig)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-array-questions/240302 "2007-10-01T20:59:45Z")

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Hey guys I have a random image generator and I would like to add more user interaction to it. The way it works is that every 10 seconds a new image is randomly selected and displayed. Question #1 How do I make it …

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## [Multiple instance hitTest](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-instance-hittest/240301)

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**Author:** [@Jackpopkins](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jackpopkins)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-instance-hittest/240301 "2007-10-01T20:35:56Z")

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Hi, Ive got an MC that, when you click, it fires a shot at your mouse, this is what ive got onClipEvent (load) { \_root.shot.\_visible = false; shotCounter = 0; maxshots = 1; depthCounter = 1; } onClipE…

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## [mp3 file preloader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-file-preloader/240298)

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**Author:** [@pcurrid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pcurrid)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-file-preloader/240298 "2007-10-01T19:28:21Z")

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Hi guys, I have a simple jukebox section on site and need a preloader, to let the user know that something actually is happening when they click on play, and wait for mp3 to load. just wondering if anyone here has any i…

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## [A little number action](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-little-number-action/240296)

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**Author:** [@stratcat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stratcat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-little-number-action/240296 "2007-10-01T19:09:54Z")

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This seems like such a simple task but I seem to be going about it wrong. I want to be able to toggle on and off different movieclips in a scene by pressing an assigned key number (on the keyboard and number pad) like: 1…

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