# programming

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## [PHP MySQL guestbook](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-guestbook/237277)

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**Author:** [@joso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joso)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-guestbook/237277 "2007-08-28T21:53:25Z")

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hi, i've just followed a tutorial for a mysql guestbook as i was told my other one was far too outdated, thanks to binime for getting it working though. Anyhow, after completing the tut, and getting it looking just ho…

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## [Fixing Distorted Corners/Curves](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fixing-distorted-corners-curves/237276)

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**Author:** [@sosADAMsos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sosADAMsos)\
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**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fixing-distorted-corners-curves/237276 "2007-08-28T21:45:14Z")

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I'm drawing a square with rounded edges, and a 1pt outline. When I preview it the outline distorts on the corners... I think i remember that they came up for a fix for this in cs3. Can anyone remind me what that is? …

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## [Preloading Images in XML photogallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-images-in-xml-photogallery/237272)

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**Author:** [@alstonfds](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alstonfds)\
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**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-images-in-xml-photogallery/237272 "2007-08-28T21:20:44Z")

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I'm using this photogallery http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm Is there any way to display the first image and while it is displayed preload all the remaining images to avoid any delay …

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## [Gradient Alpha settings, possible?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-alpha-settings-possible/237270)

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**Author:** [@redelite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/redelite)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-alpha-settings-possible/237270 "2007-08-28T20:45:17Z")

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I'm creating a gallery that has scrolling thumbnails but on the ends of the slider I want to have an alpha gradient that make the thumbnails on the ends appear to fade out instead of just cutting off.. var left\_gradie…

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## [Interactive Image Pan](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interactive-image-pan/237269)

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**Author:** [@pimsme](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pimsme)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interactive-image-pan/237269 "2007-08-28T20:42:06Z")

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Hello Kirupa, Want to say love the site it is a great aid for a newbie like me. So i read the tut about image pan and how it is possible to do multiple layers of different pace image pans, but i am not clear how this is …

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## [Image viewer question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-viewer-question/237267)

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**Author:** [@obistyle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/obistyle)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-viewer-question/237267 "2007-08-28T20:22:25Z")

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I am looking everywhere to find a script that i could use on my website. The script that i'm looking is a image viewer that displays images on a fixed position. Only thing that i want is that you can press on next f…

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## [onProgress upload listener not working in browser?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onprogress-upload-listener-not-working-in-browser/237266)

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**Author:** [@susancbk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/susancbk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onprogress-upload-listener-not-working-in-browser/237266 "2007-08-28T20:19:55Z")

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I have an uploader - with an onProgress listener.... works fine when i publish from flash - but dosen't get called when run in a browser. Anyone know why?

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## [Checking Line-Of-Sight](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-line-of-sight/237265)

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**Author:** [@ShooterMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ShooterMG)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-line-of-sight/237265 "2007-08-28T20:01:48Z")

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Say I have a player object, an enemy object, and some obstacles. What would be the easiest and/or best way to do a check and see if the player's line-of-sight to the enemy is not blocked? Should I use the drawing API to …

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## [Printing problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-problems/237264)

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**Author:** [@illkunundrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/illkunundrum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-problems/237264 "2007-08-28T19:52:30Z")

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Hi guys, up to this point i have successfully printed my movie. Ofcourse there are issues. I want to be able to print my movieclip in a large poster size. When I print my document i get a lot of pixelation, even if I do …

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## [Centered Layout Layer DropDown Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centered-layout-layer-dropdown-menu/237262)

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**Author:** [@mediumman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mediumman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centered-layout-layer-dropdown-menu/237262 "2007-08-28T18:36:51Z")

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I am having problems with IE and a centered Layout - Layer Dropdown menu....it looks fine in Firefox and Safari, but IE drops the main layer about 10pixels.....i am attaching the HTML document....is contains all the CSS.…

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## [Wordpress Styled Widget / Snap to](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wordpress-styled-widget-snap-to/237261)

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**Author:** [@dColumbus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dColumbus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wordpress-styled-widget-snap-to/237261 "2007-08-28T18:36:08Z")

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Hello, What I'm trying to accomplish is similar to Wordpress widgets. When you take a hold of a widget, you can drag and drop it in between / in place of another widget and the previous placeholder moves aside... For…

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## [Creating timeline on stage to drop and play movies](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-timeline-on-stage-to-drop-and-play-movies/237259)

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**Author:** [@I\_H8\_UM](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/I_H8_UM)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-timeline-on-stage-to-drop-and-play-movies/237259 "2007-08-28T18:32:12Z")

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Scenario: On my stage are 4 movie clips (lucy, nike, jd, upfront). I also have 12 hotspots that I can drag the clips onto. The play button, when pressed, plays the movie clips in the order that I have placed them onto ho…

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## [Button on top of another button?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-on-top-of-another-button/237257)

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**Author:** [@elburrodiablo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/elburrodiablo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-on-top-of-another-button/237257 "2007-08-28T18:30:12Z")

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This may sound odd, but I need to place an invisible button on top of another functioning button (which is inside a movie clip.) I'm creating a scrolling thumbnail gallery, which I have working...however the boss would…

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## [Displaying results in a table](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-results-in-a-table/237254)

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**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-results-in-a-table/237254 "2007-08-28T17:38:27Z")

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Hey guys I am trying to get some results from my DB and display them in a table. When I look at it, it shows up blank (nothing in the source code either). If I take it out of the while loop and call it through an array I…

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## [Dynamic Fullscreen Flash Page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-fullscreen-flash-page/237249)

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**Author:** [@Anux](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-fullscreen-flash-page/237249 "2007-08-28T16:33:53Z")

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Hey all, I am looking to building a new flash site, and after having a browse around I have seen some really nice "liquid flash" designs. I have made a start but I am having a little trouble with the last bit. Basic…

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## [Using a variable in a CreateTextField](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-variable-in-a-createtextfield/237248)

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**Author:** [@praxiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/praxiz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-variable-in-a-createtextfield/237248 "2007-08-28T16:07:37Z")

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var boxtitle = ("textfield" + counter); createTextField(boxtitle, 20, 30, 30, 500, 70); Why doesn't this work?

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## [Mac Menu Nice](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-menu-nice/237245)

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**Author:** [@flashLearner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashLearner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-menu-nice/237245 "2007-08-28T14:01:43Z")

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When i publish in Flash 8 and Action Script 1 then animation is ok but arry is undefined. And when i puplish in Flash 8 and action script 2 then array is defined but animation become not good. why please help

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## [Slinky Effect in Actionscript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slinky-effect-in-actionscript/237243)

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**Author:** [@biscuit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/biscuit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slinky-effect-in-actionscript/237243 "2007-08-28T13:49:22Z")

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Hi there, I'm trying to simulate the effect of a slinky spring in actionscript, and I've come up against an interesting anomaly. The code is fairly basic, and takes advantage of a certain degree of latency in the ru…

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## [A Click & Drag script that will Scrub through the Timeline?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-click-drag-script-that-will-scrub-through-the-timeline/237240)

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**Author:** [@Login418](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Login418)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-click-drag-script-that-will-scrub-through-the-timeline/237240 "2007-08-28T13:25:42Z")

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I want to create a movieClip Button with a script that, when I Click & Drag on it left to right, it will scrub through the timeline of another movieClip. The effect I'm going for is simular to scrubing slowly on a Quickt…

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## [Make end of video play another part of Flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-end-of-video-play-another-part-of-flash/237239)

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**Author:** [@dcsquawk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dcsquawk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-end-of-video-play-another-part-of-flash/237239 "2007-08-28T13:22:21Z")

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I am trying to simply make frame 2 start only after the video finishes completely, which is on frame 1. I made a cue point on the flv called 'ending' at the very end of the short video. In the .fla Actionscript I tell …

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## [Is it posible to send data from flash to xml?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-posible-to-send-data-from-flash-to-xml/237234)

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**Author:** [@Big\_Will](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Big_Will)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-posible-to-send-data-from-flash-to-xml/237234 "2007-08-28T12:32:56Z")

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Is it possible to alter the content of an xml file form flash?? If it is where can I PLEASE find a sample? I have spent three day's looking... I followed an awesome tutorial on how to interact with flash and xml on …

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## [Moviclip starts playing before preloader finishes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviclip-starts-playing-before-preloader-finishes/237231)

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**Author:** [@taobabyluv](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/taobabyluv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviclip-starts-playing-before-preloader-finishes/237231 "2007-08-28T12:12:24Z")

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This is probably a quick and easy thing. The movieclip that is supposed to get played after preloading actually starts before clip is fully loaded. You can see the problem in action here: www.stopandwonder.com. Here…

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## [CSMSettings](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/csmsettings/237230)

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**Author:** [@playfool](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/playfool)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/csmsettings/237230 "2007-08-28T12:05:28Z")

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Hey everyone, is anyone else having problems with this, var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); format.color = 0x336699; format.size = 48; format.font = "Verdana"; var myText:TextField = new TextField(); myText.…

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## [AS2:: Textformatting::](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-textformatting/237224)

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**Author:** [@lilleypants](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lilleypants)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-textformatting/237224 "2007-08-28T11:03:43Z")

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Hi, I've been developing a piece of code that looks for keywords inbetween tags, and then stores these into an array (hlword) I am now trying to get it so that when it finds these words, it makes the word bold and chan…

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## [Please Help...saving info from flash to xml](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-saving-info-from-flash-to-xml/237223)

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**Author:** [@Big\_Will](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Big_Will)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-saving-info-from-flash-to-xml/237223 "2007-08-28T10:59:14Z")

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\[FONT=Times New Roman\] \[FONT=Verdana\]Please HELP...\[/FONT\]Hi Dude’s, I followed an awesome tutorial on how to interact with flash and xml on the kirupa site, including save to xml from flash. I am though getting stuck …

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## [Read A Folder](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/read-a-folder/237221)

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**Author:** [@Saddu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Saddu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/read-a-folder/237221 "2007-08-28T10:23:52Z")

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Hi All , I have some 5 mp3 songs in a folder , through flash can we read that particular folder and list the name of the mp3 files in some listbox component ....this can be done ?? if so please selp me out... Thanks, S…

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## [Export movie clip to swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/export-movie-clip-to-swf/237218)

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**Author:** [@claireg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claireg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/export-movie-clip-to-swf/237218 "2007-08-28T09:49:11Z")

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Does anyone know how or if you can export a movie clip as a swf and save it somewhere on your hard drive/web space? For example I have an application that has a movie clip of a christmas tree, the user drags various de…

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## [Pls help with action script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pls-help-with-action-script/237217)

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**Author:** [@adilee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adilee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pls-help-with-action-script/237217 "2007-08-28T09:34:10Z")

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Heeeelp I need lots of help here...Please help Firstly: on the newground website - how do they make the flash movie pop on top of the html.."example-when u click on balloon due or the other games" http://www.newgrounds.c…

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## [Sending data from flash to xml](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-data-from-flash-to-xml/237215)

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**Author:** [@Big\_Will](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Big_Will)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-data-from-flash-to-xml/237215 "2007-08-28T08:34:54Z")

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\[FONT=Times New Roman\] \[FONT=Verdana\] Please HELP...\[/FONT\]Hi Dude’s, I followed an awesome tutorial on how to interact with flash and xml on the kirupa site, including save to xml from flash. I am though getting stuck…

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## [Class Instance Name property](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-instance-name-property/237213)

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**Author:** [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-instance-name-property/237213 "2007-08-28T07:23:04Z")

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is there any way, within a class definition, to access the instance name of the class? as in, say you have a class "playerObject", and you instantiate an instance of it like usual player:playerObject = new playerObje…

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