# programming

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## [Potential Bug? (very weird)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/potential-bug-very-weird/235410)

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**Author:** [@test1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/test1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/potential-bug-very-weird/235410 "2007-08-10T19:23:18Z")

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I'm completely stumped on this one. I have several applications that all use the same ui assets for simple things like buttons and icons. I've set it up so that all the items in the different libraries all link back to o…

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## [Refreshing Edit Form](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refreshing-edit-form/235408)

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**Author:** [@shdt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shdt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refreshing-edit-form/235408 "2007-08-10T19:06:22Z")

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I want a form to edit my mysql data in the following manner. Can anyone help? A select box will load in which user will choose one of the option say he chooses "A". Depending on the option that the user chooses anoth…

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## [Content Updating](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/content-updating/235407)

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**Author:** [@polymaze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/polymaze)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/content-updating/235407 "2007-08-10T19:06:19Z")

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I'm trying to design a website that has content in a side panel that will need to be updated quickly throughout a lot of pages. Does anyone know how I could set up the site so that I only have to change the content of sa…

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## [Combo Box Jump Menu?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combo-box-jump-menu/235406)

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**Author:** [@PDidee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PDidee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combo-box-jump-menu/235406 "2007-08-10T19:00:36Z")

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Is it possible to make a combo box act like a jump menu as in HTML. I'm trying to create a combo box listing the issues of a given newsletter that will jump to a frame on the timeline when a particular issue is selected.…

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## [Kirupa's XML navigation: have some questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupas-xml-navigation-have-some-questions/235405)

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**Author:** [@killahert](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/killahert)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupas-xml-navigation-have-some-questions/235405 "2007-08-10T18:51:41Z")

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hi I came across Kirupa's navigation http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246980 that actually may work for me in my project if I just can tweak a few things: when collapsing menu instead of displaying links I'…

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## [Any idea how to get hold of a high res timer in AS?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-idea-how-to-get-hold-of-a-high-res-timer-in-as/235404)

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**Author:** [@Charleh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Charleh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-idea-how-to-get-hold-of-a-high-res-timer-in-as/235404 "2007-08-10T18:47:07Z")

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I've used getTimer and I get ms elapsed... not good enough!

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## [How to push a dynamic number of elements onto an associative array?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-push-a-dynamic-number-of-elements-onto-an-associative-array/235400)

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**Author:** [@mwiley63](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mwiley63)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-push-a-dynamic-number-of-elements-onto-an-associative-array/235400 "2007-08-10T18:27:24Z")

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Hello, I have been working with flash remoting in actionscript 3.0 and there is no result set class. I'm fairly new to AS3, but I am very fluent with AS2, and so far the migration has been easy. I would like to crea…

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## [Tutorial to do this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-to-do-this/235397)

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**Author:** [@Superwilly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Superwilly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-to-do-this/235397 "2007-08-10T17:45:35Z")

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Hi all, I'm looking to make an interactive menu similar to one found on this site: http://www.gatewaysouthcentre.com/ I like the menu when you click the link for "Floor Plans". Can someone point me to a kirupa tutorial…

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## [Movie Clip Button Problems in AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-button-problems-in-as3/235391)

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**Author:** [@indnkidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/indnkidd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-button-problems-in-as3/235391 "2007-08-10T16:55:50Z")

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I was trying to find this in the forum, but couldnt find it. This was the code to do a rollover button in AS3 that would rewind after the rollover, but it does not work in AS3. Does anyone know the new code? stop()…

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## [Trouble Grasping Square Brackets](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-grasping-square-brackets/235390)

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**Author:** [@alanmace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alanmace)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-grasping-square-brackets/235390 "2007-08-10T16:50:17Z")

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I’m reading a book on ActionScript and I’m in the section on controlling movie clips. I’m reading about the basic methods, and I’m starting to realize I still don’t fully understand the significance of square brackets. T…

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## [Truncating an XML file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/truncating-an-xml-file/235383)

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**Author:** [@pkarpenko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pkarpenko)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/truncating-an-xml-file/235383 "2007-08-10T15:50:50Z")

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I am attempting to go through an XML file and take out certain duplicate entries. If I have this as input : \<root\> \<node id="121212" action="Loop" year="1995"/\> \<node id="568512" action="Draw" year="1995"/\> …

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## [Need expert HELP or just HELP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-expert-help-or-just-help/235381)

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**Author:** [@cjdezyn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cjdezyn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-expert-help-or-just-help/235381 "2007-08-10T15:35:12Z")

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Can someone tell me if this is the only thing I need to get this URL link to work? for a button link. Do I need to have the button set for export action script in the linkage menu or anything like that? I've also trie…

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## [Help on ColorMatrix Filter through Action Script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-on-colormatrix-filter-through-action-script/235380)

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**Author:** [@mcrodrigues](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mcrodrigues)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-on-colormatrix-filter-through-action-script/235380 "2007-08-10T15:25:40Z")

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Hi guys! I am trying to learn how to apply a colorMatrix filter and tween it through AS... So far, I´ve read the tutorial that´s is here at Kirupa´s... However, It only covers applying the glowfilter... It seems to me …

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## [Export SWF runtime to video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/export-swf-runtime-to-video/235379)

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**Author:** [@jedhu0920](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jedhu0920)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/export-swf-runtime-to-video/235379 "2007-08-10T15:24:42Z")

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I've always wanted a way to export SWF runtime data to video. I totally dig the Processing library that makes this possible. Is there a solution for Flash yet?

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## [Adding Comments](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-comments/235378)

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**Author:** [@m\_u\_r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m_u_r)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-comments/235378 "2007-08-10T15:19:24Z")

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Is there a way in flash to let visitors add comments to a site?

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## [Question about LoadVars and URL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-loadvars-and-url/235375)

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**Author:** [@gregmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gregmax)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-loadvars-and-url/235375 "2007-08-10T14:50:44Z")

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When I am using the LoadVars class, how much can I send through (how long can the variable 'url' be?)...? ie, var url = "http://somesite.com/folder/file.php?var1=val1&var2=val2"; var obj = new LoadVars(); obj.load(url)…

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## [Doing a tree menu all in one single XML file. How?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doing-a-tree-menu-all-in-one-single-xml-file-how/235373)

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**Author:** [@Glidias](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Glidias)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doing-a-tree-menu-all-in-one-single-xml-file-how/235373 "2007-08-10T14:43:46Z")

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\<Menu\> \<node label="WHAT'S UP" textFeed="news.htm" paperFeed="newspaper.jpg" /\> \_\_\<node label="THIS IS GXERO"\> \_\_\<node label="ABOUT ME"/\> \_\_\<node label="THE SITE"/\> \_\_\<node label="THE GBOMB"/\> \</node\> \<node label="…

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## [Model-View-Controller design pattern](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/model-view-controller-design-pattern/235372)

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**Author:** [@Rezmason](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rezmason)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/model-view-controller-design-pattern/235372 "2007-08-10T14:43:37Z")

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I just picked up \[Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns, and I'm very interested in the \[URL="http://java.sun.com/blueprints/patterns/MVC-detailed.html"\]Model-View-Controller pattern\](http://www.amazon.com/Advance…

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## [Dynamically creating MC problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creating-mc-problem/235370)

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**Author:** [@cherny013](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cherny013)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creating-mc-problem/235370 "2007-08-10T14:35:22Z")

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Hi, I am creating a web site that will use XML to load content - a sort of video gallery. I plan to make scrolling movie clip for navigation containing instances of the single clip - "movie", which contains thumbnail, ti…

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## [In a forloop as assignen](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-a-forloop-as-assignen/235368)

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**Author:** [@vintage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vintage)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-a-forloop-as-assignen/235368 "2007-08-10T14:28:48Z")

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I have a little question beqause I cant figure it out myself, its probably so simple, that I have to be verry embaressed .... On my stage I have 8 buttons, named "knop0", "knop1", "knop2", etc till 8 for (var a:Numb…

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## [Concatenating a mc?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/concatenating-a-mc/235365)

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**Author:** [@solos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/solos)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/concatenating-a-mc/235365 "2007-08-10T14:22:44Z")

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hi..i have two swfs that are 122 frames a piece...i load swf 1 into an empty movie clip....is there a way for me to load swf 2 into frame 123 of that empty movie clip? or load swf 2 into the next frame as soon as swf 1 i…

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## [Passing a variable to the constructor from the timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-a-variable-to-the-constructor-from-the-timeline/235361)

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**Author:** [@rlowenberg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rlowenberg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-a-variable-to-the-constructor-from-the-timeline/235361 "2007-08-10T14:06:42Z")

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Hey everyone! My first post, hopefully not too dumb a question... How do you pass a variable to your constructor function when the instance of the class is on the timeline, rather than created with ActionScript? MUCH…

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## [Dynamic Slide Show Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-slide-show-help/235356)

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**Author:** [@infidelappel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/infidelappel)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-slide-show-help/235356 "2007-08-10T13:47:14Z")

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Hey all, I've implemented the dynamic slideshow example found here on kirupa.com - you know, your basic 'have xml doc tell flash what jpegs to load into an empty movieclip' type of deal. However, I've modified it suc…

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## [PHP create password protected ZIP files?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-create-password-protected-zip-files/235350)

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**Author:** [@Zaid\_W1red](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaid_W1red)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-create-password-protected-zip-files/235350 "2007-08-10T12:22:33Z")

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Does anyone know how to do this? Creating the zip file is simple enough, and I'd guess using the command line might be the best way to add a password but im not sure how to go about this? Any leads? Tips? Advice? Z…

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## [Flash loads image again after preload](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-loads-image-again-after-preload/235347)

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**Author:** [@Mischa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mischa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-loads-image-again-after-preload/235347 "2007-08-10T12:09:20Z")

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I'm making a flv movie with dynamically loaded cuepoints (from xml). On every cuepoint there should fade in an image (jpg) . The path to this image is sent with the cuepoints To be sure an image is loaded before the…

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## [Flash Lite 2.1/ O2 ADA II mini Phone](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-lite-2-1-o2-ada-ii-mini-phone/235345)

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**Author:** [@rags](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rags)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-lite-2-1-o2-ada-ii-mini-phone/235345 "2007-08-10T11:56:36Z")

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Anybody tested flash lite 2.1 application in O2 mini phone. I can not show on screen keyboard when fullscreen mode is running. This phone does not have keyboard with it. Any idea to show the onscreen keybaord?

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## [Where to place this code to center images in an empty MC?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-to-place-this-code-to-center-images-in-an-empty-mc/235341)

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**Author:** [@klubjohn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/klubjohn)\
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**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-to-place-this-code-to-center-images-in-an-empty-mc/235341 "2007-08-10T11:32:54Z")

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Hi, and thanks to all of you guys in and around Kirupa!!! I have horizontal and vertical images that I would like to center on stage in the empty MC. How to do that and can I use following code? In case - where to put …

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## [PHP regular expression question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-regular-expression-question/235335)

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**Author:** [@Aneurin\_Mark\_II](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aneurin_Mark_II)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-regular-expression-question/235335 "2007-08-10T10:54:03Z")

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Here's some sample XHTML. \<!-- 5-image layout --\> \<div class="loa\_line"\> \<div class="loa\_trailer"\>{BOX\_TRAILER}\</div\> \<div class="loa\_img1"\>{BOX1\_IMAGE}\</div\> \</div\> \<div class="header"\>\</div\> \<div class="loa…

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## [\[FMX\]working with seperate timelines](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-working-with-seperate-timelines/235332)

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**Author:** [@jaramir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jaramir)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-working-with-seperate-timelines/235332 "2007-08-10T10:01:09Z")

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I did the drop down menu tutorial: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm but I don't know how to assign actions that will affect the main timeline, Right now assigning any actions to the buttons only affect…

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## [Movieclips Inside Buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-inside-buttons/235320)

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**Author:** [@StolenFED](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StolenFED)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-inside-buttons/235320 "2007-08-10T07:45:32Z")

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Hey Kirupa, I'm working on a game right now, and I'm having a bit of trouble. I would like it to be if a certain Boolean, lets call it variable1 \*is equal to \*true, then Movieclip "disk" (which is located inside a but…

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