# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1590 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1591 --- ## [Echo a URL?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/echo-a-url/235174)
**Author:** [@headhunter66](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/headhunter66)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/echo-a-url/235174 "2007-08-09T01:37:09Z")
I've been gone a while and it's good to be back, but it feels like I'm starting all over again since I can't seem to remember anything I've learned so far. I know this has to be in the forum already but I can't figure … --- ## [Image Panning](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-panning/235171)
**Author:** [@steresa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steresa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-panning/235171 "2007-08-09T00:26:57Z")
I know how to do the action script for the image pan. My problem is that I am loading a movie with a stage size of 100 w 50 h into a stage size of 200 w 100 h. When the smaller movie loads into the bigger one, the image … --- ## [Detecting Mouse Clicks Within Parts Of A Picture](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-mouse-clicks-within-parts-of-a-picture/235169)
**Author:** [@icekube12jr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icekube12jr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-mouse-clicks-within-parts-of-a-picture/235169 "2007-08-09T00:07:03Z")
Hi, I am wondering if there is a way that you can detect mouse clicks within a picture but only in certain areas. One thing to note as well is that this picture is being loaded dynamically. I know in html you can cre… --- ## [Lightbox in Flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightbox-in-flash/235168)
**Author:** [@siLent\_skY](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/siLent_skY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightbox-in-flash/235168 "2007-08-09T00:00:02Z")
im newbie in css and html, so could some1 explain me what code should i write in the html and what in the button function so i can get Lightbox work with flash i will appreciate any help. thank you --- ## [Newbie AS 3 Question (Capturing Menu Click/How to call back from class event listene)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-as-3-question-capturing-menu-click-how-to-call-back-from-class-event-listene/235166)
**Author:** [@mwiley63](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mwiley63)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-as-3-question-capturing-menu-click-how-to-call-back-from-class-event-listene/235166 "2007-08-08T23:42:50Z")
Hello, I have recently started learning actionscript 3, and I think this is just some concept I am not understanding. I found a class for a menu that I am using, basically I want to attach a Movie Clip to the stage … --- ## [Swap Buttons from one movie to another](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-buttons-from-one-movie-to-another/235164)
**Author:** [@vini](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vini)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-buttons-from-one-movie-to-another/235164 "2007-08-08T23:11:42Z")
I have a button in the main movie and am loading an external movie on Level1. Is there a way to swap the button over the movie on Level1? Or any idea how to acheive it? Thanks in advance --- ## [Flash8-Help needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-help-needed/235163)
**Author:** [@kimberley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kimberley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-help-needed/235163 "2007-08-08T23:03:38Z")
Hi. This is my first time here...hope I'm doing this correctly. I have multiple text input fields (up to 40, depending on visibility)that tab backwards instead of forwards. Is there a simple solution to this mis-directi… --- ## [Advanced XML Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-xml-menu/235162)
**Author:** [@raa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/raa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-xml-menu/235162 "2007-08-08T22:32:24Z")
I am using this fine XML-Driven Drop-down menu by senocular and I have tried to add the following: as soon as you click on something, the menu disappears and the only thing left are the active(chosen) items on each navig… --- ## [Button state onLoad?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-state-onload/235160)
**Author:** [@Tiziano](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tiziano)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-state-onload/235160 "2007-08-08T22:12:51Z")
OK, so I have a quite normal button named 'Home'. When the swf loads I'd like this button to be at the 'Down' state (aka: selected). In an actions layer on frame 1 I have this: onLoad.home\_btn.gotoAndStop("down"); … --- ## [Formatting Externally Loaded Text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-externally-loaded-text/235157)
**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-externally-loaded-text/235157 "2007-08-08T21:59:53Z")
Hi all... I am trying to format externally loaded text into a Flash file, I realise I can use CSS but both the heading and body text use different obscure fonts, anyone know how to do this so the external text can be in … --- ## [Showing groups in php webshop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-groups-in-php-webshop/235154)
**Author:** [@stedem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stedem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-groups-in-php-webshop/235154 "2007-08-08T21:42:08Z")
Hi guys, I've created with the help of kirupa's forum small web shop. I can let the php show the products in a grid, i can let show php every product but i can't let php show me the groups and subgroups. First i will… --- ## [File Upload and Directory Listing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-upload-and-directory-listing/235153)
**Author:** [@inkjet\_nyc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/inkjet_nyc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-upload-and-directory-listing/235153 "2007-08-08T21:26:33Z")
Hi Kirupians! (kind of sounds like a Korean European) Short and sweet, I'm a proficient flash & xml/php programmer, I have a client who wants me to make them a file upload / directory browsing utility in flash or flex.… --- ## [Ajax Issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-issues/235146)
**Author:** [@petermdenton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/petermdenton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-issues/235146 "2007-08-08T20:38:23Z")
Hello, I am having a problem where my ajax dissapears randomly. I am assuming that it makes a call and gets nothing back so it delivers nada. Can anyone help? Is there a way to say "if you get nothing, do nothing?" The … --- ## [attachMovie / variable](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-variable/235143)
**Author:** [@exit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-variable/235143 "2007-08-08T20:06:06Z")
Hi :stunned: I'm trying to use attachMovie with a variable - so that the attached linkId is dynamic. Kinda like this photo = photo1 mcLoader.attachMovie("photo","photo",2) So the linkId = photo1 - only it doesn'… --- ## [HELP! problem loading a swf into a container mc](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-loading-a-swf-into-a-container-mc/235142)
**Author:** [@agentparas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/agentparas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-loading-a-swf-into-a-container-mc/235142 "2007-08-08T19:50:53Z")
Hi there I am having an issue with a site I am working on. Basically I have a "shell" movie that contains the nav bar and an empty container movie clip ("container\_1\_mc") that I load and unload external swf movies into. … --- ## [Center a container of floated elements](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-a-container-of-floated-elements/235140)
**Author:** [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-a-container-of-floated-elements/235140 "2007-08-08T19:44:24Z")
Hey everyone, I'm trying to center a horizontal navigation - so the \s are floated left. And I don't define a width for them, just padding and such. So the \ and the \ that it is in can't have a width either … --- ## [Looping Button Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-button-problem/235139)
**Author:** [@jswidorski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jswidorski)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-button-problem/235139 "2007-08-08T19:32:44Z")
I am trying to setup mouseOver actionscript code, but the menu just keeps looping until I move the mouse off...so it does as say, not as I want. I am not sure how to handle the looping. Any help would be appreciated. … --- ## [Playing movieclips randomly](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-movieclips-randomly/235137)
**Author:** [@jabberwokky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jabberwokky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-movieclips-randomly/235137 "2007-08-08T19:21:56Z")
Hi, I have this image, that has a bunch of little computer screens on it and I have made several small movie clips that “pulse” a glow. Trying to make the screens flicker. The pulse is just a 20 frame motion tween to fa… --- ## [File downloading](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-downloading/235132)
**Author:** [@bobllama](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bobllama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-downloading/235132 "2007-08-08T18:12:21Z")
Hey gang, Quick question: I'm working on a site where the user needs to be able to download an image that is being displayed. What's the easiest way to do that from within flash? getURL just opens the image in a br… --- ## [Super Encapsulation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/super-encapsulation/235131)
**Author:** [@tecknoize](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tecknoize)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/super-encapsulation/235131 "2007-08-08T18:06:14Z")
Hi guys, I'm working on a project at work that I can't much talk about, but I would like to know your thoughts and ideas about the way it's build. So basically, it's some kind of a Player/Played relation, where I hav… --- ## [Want to keep custom cursor from "jumping"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-to-keep-custom-cursor-from-jumping/235128)
**Author:** [@will\_s](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/will_s)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-to-keep-custom-cursor-from-jumping/235128 "2007-08-08T17:29:12Z")
I have a custom cursor that appears in the last frame of an short animation sequence. It works well. I've written code that makes the real cursor disappear in favor of the custom one--which jumps to wherever the real cur… --- ## [XML Guestbook with PHP : Modifying for AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-guestbook-with-php-modifying-for-as2/235125)
**Author:** [@DirtyApe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DirtyApe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-guestbook-with-php-modifying-for-as2/235125 "2007-08-08T17:07:36Z")
This is in reference to the Kirupa tutorial "XML Guestbook with PHP". I used this guestbook on my previous site, and it worked great. The site was originally published under Flash 6 AS1. I am redesigning my site to be pu… --- ## [removeChild() and delete](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-and-delete/235124)
**Author:** [@Dan0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dan0)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-and-delete/235124 "2007-08-08T16:50:04Z")
Hi, I have a large ProjectMenu class that is added to the display and contains many other classes. These have many events within each of them, such as rollOver, rollOut, enterFrame, mouseDown etc... When a button is pres… --- ## [Scroll inside Loaded movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-inside-loaded-movie/235122)
**Author:** [@Juan\_Gomez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Juan_Gomez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-inside-loaded-movie/235122 "2007-08-08T16:29:57Z")
:cantlook: I have this problem, i made a site and then i loaded a movie with a scroll inside, when i test this movie by it self it works good, but when i load it, the scroll doesnt work! Does any body knows what can i do… --- ## [Font embedding kills static text?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-embedding-kills-static-text/235120)
**Author:** [@BradLee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BradLee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-embedding-kills-static-text/235120 "2007-08-08T16:25:22Z")
Hey Guys & Gals, I'm having some serious issues with embedded fonts in AS3 movies in Flash CS3. Whenever I embed a particular font and create a dynamic TextField via actionscript using the embedded font all of my stati… --- ## [Flash Snow 3.0 + multiple object/movie clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-snow-3-0-multiple-object-movie-clips/235118)
**Author:** [@worked](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/worked)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-snow-3-0-multiple-object-movie-clips/235118 "2007-08-08T16:05:59Z")
Hey there- Love the site/forum section but I can't seem to find an answer to my problem. Maybe someone can enlighten... I'm using the Flash Snow app to develop snow effects for my header graphic. Anyway, I'd like to… --- ## [Self increase white space](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/self-increase-white-space/235117)
**Author:** [@kerwint](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kerwint)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/self-increase-white-space/235117 "2007-08-08T15:56:15Z")
Hi guys, was wondering if anyone knows how to obtain the effect that's shown on http://www.simonchrisandra.com/ whereby when we view the site using different resolution, the white space in the .swf actually decreases/inc… --- ## [Hot coffee - steam smoke effect](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hot-coffee-steam-smoke-effect/235116)
**Author:** [@GweiLo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GweiLo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hot-coffee-steam-smoke-effect/235116 "2007-08-08T15:43:14Z")
Sorry of this is a tired question... I've been searching through the forum for a suitable steam effect for my project. While I've found tons of other cool effects I plan to toy with later, I didn't really find a good eff… --- ## [On Mouse-click Pop-up Circular Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-mouse-click-pop-up-circular-menu/235114)
**Author:** [@kilotrixium](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kilotrixium)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-mouse-click-pop-up-circular-menu/235114 "2007-08-08T15:36:56Z")
Well, this is my first post ^.^ I'm relatively new to Actionscript so maybe I just don't have the proper mind-set for such advanced (to me) coding. I want to be able to press down the left mouse-button and while holding … --- ## [PopUp & Close Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup-close-button/235113)
**Author:** [@AnGHeLL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AnGHeLL)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup-close-button/235113 "2007-08-08T15:33:17Z")
Hey folks! I wanna make like a popup effect with a close btn, the matter is that I don't know how to fix it. So any time that I click on any btn will only show a popup, then if I click in another btn the previos popup di… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1589) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1591)