# programming

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## [How to pause a rotating object?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-a-rotating-object/230593)

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**Author:** [@kiko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kiko)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-a-rotating-object/230593 "2007-06-27T14:45:03Z")

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Hi all, I'm a totally newbie to flash, and I'm here to search anyone who can help on this. I'm doing a rotating object which inner part can be clicked, but now what I need is to pause it when I mouse over the clickable's…

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## [A separate Class for every button?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-separate-class-for-every-button/230592)

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**Author:** [@contrast](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/contrast)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-separate-class-for-every-button/230592 "2007-06-27T14:26:46Z")

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Do I need to create a separate class for every button that I make? I am trying to use OOP correctly. So I might end up with 20 different .as files that correspond to my 20 different buttons that get used at various poi…

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## [Kirupa's file uploader?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupas-file-uploader/230589)

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**Author:** [@monkeyhead](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/monkeyhead)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupas-file-uploader/230589 "2007-06-27T13:57:21Z")

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Thanks for taking the time to read this! i can't seem to get this to work. i read thru but still nothing... i keep getting the "HTTP Error #403". all my permissions are set to "777" (tests folder and php script). may…

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## [Actions window disappearing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actions-window-disappearing/230588)

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**Author:** [@ksfkay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ksfkay)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actions-window-disappearing/230588 "2007-06-27T13:38:20Z")

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Has anyone ever experienced their actions window disappearing? It'll randomly disappear on me and i cannot retrieve it from the menu. it's so strange. Does anyone have a fix for this weird bizarre behavior? I have to qui…

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## [AS3 and Tween](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-and-tween/230585)

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**Author:** [@sceneshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sceneshift)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-and-tween/230585 "2007-06-27T13:29:02Z")

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Hey guys, I am a little confused as to how tweening works in AS3... from what I gather the built in tween engine is terrible and should be avoided if possible. It seems to cause all kinds of problems which it really sh…

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## [Updating DOM with XmlNode](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-dom-with-xmlnode/230584)

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**Author:** [@nist1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nist1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-dom-with-xmlnode/230584 "2007-06-27T13:28:40Z")

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I have this Xml file and I want to update the values of the nodes. The problem is some of the nodes have the same names and I only want to update one \<name\>node at a time, not all of them. here is some Xml: ...........…

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## [Dynamic appearance](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-appearance/230583)

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**Author:** [@lionseyeball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lionseyeball)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-appearance/230583 "2007-06-27T13:12:21Z")

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Hey all. This is a best practices question... I have a fellow coder who has implemented a dynamic appearance model for our little eLearning app. All of our graphical assets are dumped into the library of an external s…

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## [How do I bounce image in then fade?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-bounce-image-in-then-fade/230582)

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**Author:** [@blurryLine](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blurryLine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-bounce-image-in-then-fade/230582 "2007-06-27T13:05:17Z")

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Newbie here...I have a logo zooming in, bouncing and then fading. I sort of have it working. The image zooms, bounces, and fades, but then it displays the image completely meaning the fade is not permanent. Below is the …

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## [Trouble loading external images](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-loading-external-images/230580)

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**Author:** [@4hov13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/4hov13)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-loading-external-images/230580 "2007-06-27T12:36:25Z")

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I am trying to simply load an external .jpg, and I am simply not getting it. I am using Flash CS3. The following code was shamelessly lifted from Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook, and I removed the package and class info. …

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## [HELP- Need to make xml scroller appear visible on mouseOver](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-need-to-make-xml-scroller-appear-visible-on-mouseover/230578)

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**Author:** [@BegumSa01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BegumSa01)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-need-to-make-xml-scroller-appear-visible-on-mouseover/230578 "2007-06-27T11:15:54Z")

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Hi, I have used the xml gallery tutorial and have images scrolling at the bottom and playing at the top. Does any1 know how to make the bottom scroller visible only when the mouse is over? I tried this code: ////////…

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## [XML gallery with thumbnails](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-gallery-with-thumbnails/230575)

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**Author:** [@pilot4ik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pilot4ik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-gallery-with-thumbnails/230575 "2007-06-27T10:53:12Z")

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Hello again, this is the main script that I'm using in my gallery : http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm but I want to put description to every thumbnail, not only to show with the big picture. Like t…

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## [AS3 center movieclip to stage problems. Please HELP!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-center-movieclip-to-stage-problems-please-help/230568)

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**Author:** [@FlawedKid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlawedKid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-center-movieclip-to-stage-problems-please-help/230568 "2007-06-27T09:15:08Z")

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Im sure theres an easy solution to my problem so here it goes. Im making a document class that attaches 2 moviclips using the addchild method. One movieclip (bgGradient) needs to be stretched 100% stage width/height an…

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## [Countdown maximum characters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-maximum-characters/230567)

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**Author:** [@xvisx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xvisx)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-maximum-characters/230567 "2007-06-27T08:07:55Z")

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Perhaps it's too early, or maybe my brain just isn't working, but I just can't seem to find a solution for this problem I've got. Even the searchfunction -yes, I've tried...- won't give answers. In fact it's fairly sim…

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## [FLV loads locally, not on server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-loads-locally-not-on-server/230564)

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**Author:** [@bleutuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bleutuna)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-loads-locally-not-on-server/230564 "2007-06-27T07:20:19Z")

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Not sure why this is happening. Simple movie clip , just says when you click the button, go to the next frame, where the .FLV is residing and that's set to autoPlay. Works great on my local machine. As soon as I upload…

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## [Accessing an embedded image in a loaded swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-an-embedded-image-in-a-loaded-swf/230563)

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**Author:** [@costa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/costa)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-an-embedded-image-in-a-loaded-swf/230563 "2007-06-27T07:19:28Z")

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Dear all, I am loading a swf which contains a mc and an image with a class defined. I got not problems passing the mc to a container of my main movie but I do not know how to access the image class. In a preview test, …

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## [Preloader not working when Class is included](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-not-working-when-class-is-included/230562)

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**Author:** [@ChromeDemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChromeDemon)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-not-working-when-class-is-included/230562 "2007-06-27T07:08:22Z")

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I have included the Tweener AS Class in one of my movies. When I use a Preloader, it doesnt start at 0% it starts at XX% and so it is Visible after the Amount of the Class has been loaded. . How can I include the Class t…

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## [Local Connection (yes again)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/local-connection-yes-again/230561)

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**Author:** [@ChromeDemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChromeDemon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/local-connection-yes-again/230561 "2007-06-27T07:05:36Z")

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Howdy folks, got a problem, i cant solve by meself ... maybe sumone can help me out with this. I have got 2 SWFs ... In Swf 1 i want to start a local connection to send Var1 to SWF2 ... When SWF2 receives Var1 it …

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## [\[AS2\] Multiple Audio Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-multiple-audio-problem/230558)

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**Author:** [@kingofnukes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kingofnukes)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-multiple-audio-problem/230558 "2007-06-27T06:42:52Z")

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Hmm... In a code im currently working on, I have 3 sounds that I need to maintain constantly, but It seems flash can only manage 1 sound per frame. How can I manage the volume of more than one sound in flash per frame? …

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## [Expanding multiple sections of a table](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-multiple-sections-of-a-table/230556)

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**Author:** [@leisuresuitlissy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leisuresuitlissy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-multiple-sections-of-a-table/230556 "2007-06-27T06:11:08Z")

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I'm working on this table with rows that expand when they're clicked. Unfortunately this has to be done in flash and all the expanding and contracting needs to be animated. \[frowning\] The problem Im' having is that mor…

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## [Integrated Back Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/integrated-back-button/230551)

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**Author:** [@Edon\_Muhaxheri](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Edon_Muhaxheri)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/integrated-back-button/230551 "2007-06-27T05:24:46Z")

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Hi, I've created a very simple website that uses frames as pages - nothing more. It has 6 frames and six buttons in every one of them for navigation. Now I want to integrate a BACK button - A simple button that will st…

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## [\[MX 2004\] Print current frame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-2004-print-current-frame/230548)

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**Author:** [@japanada](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/japanada)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-2004-print-current-frame/230548 "2007-06-27T04:37:21Z")

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I wanted to make a print button that prints the current frame of a specific instance. I managed to get this code: \[COLOR=Navy\]on\[/COLOR\] (\[COLOR=Navy\]release\[/COLOR\]) { my\_pj = \[COLOR=Navy\]new PrintJob\[/COLOR\](); …

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## [Double duplication for xml](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-duplication-for-xml/230547)

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**Author:** [@youwh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youwh)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-duplication-for-xml/230547 "2007-06-27T04:11:26Z")

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I wanted to load a dynamic loaded pic, into a dymanic duplicated MC, any ideas how can I do it? For now, I separately load the pic to the root,and not the duplicate MC, but it wont work. var ij = 0; function dupMovi…

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## [MC's overwriting themselves](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcs-overwriting-themselves/230535)

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**Author:** [@bpdp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bpdp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcs-overwriting-themselves/230535 "2007-06-27T01:05:30Z")

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This is should be an easy one, but i can't figure it out. I have a for loop that attaches a new mc to the stage fills it with info from a database. I should be left with three mc's but not the case. only the last one sho…

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## [htmlText in XML causing "undefined"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-in-xml-causing-undefined/230533)

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**Author:** [@nickcherryjiggz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nickcherryjiggz)\
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**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-in-xml-causing-undefined/230533 "2007-06-27T00:48:49Z")

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So, I can successfully read in my xml file and distribute its parts as I please, but upon realizing that I would need to include things like line breaks, I made some changes and it all went up in flames. Here is a bit of…

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## [Mouse coordinates relative to inside a DIV](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-coordinates-relative-to-inside-a-div/230528)

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**Author:** [@ZephyrWest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ZephyrWest)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-coordinates-relative-to-inside-a-div/230528 "2007-06-26T23:24:54Z")

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Does anybody know of a good Javascript library that I can use to grab the coordinates of the mouse relative to the the top-left corner of a DIV? I've seen it done before and I have been searching around, but haven't foun…

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## [AS 3 Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-problem/230521)

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**Author:** [@macmar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macmar)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-problem/230521 "2007-06-26T22:21:44Z")

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In Scene 1 I have a movie clip called "mask." In this movie clip on the A (actions) layer this AS resides: parent.gotoAndStop(parent.nextSection); In Scene 1 on the actions layer this AS resides: stop(); var nextSec…

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## [TD Grid Placement Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/td-grid-placement-help/230520)

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**Author:** [@Saidon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Saidon)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/td-grid-placement-help/230520 "2007-06-26T22:01:08Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to make a tower defense game not unlike the one at www.handdrawngames.com (Desktop Tower Defense). All was going well until I had to figure out how to build the towers so that they "lock" to a grid. My t…

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## [TextArea.text = undefined](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-text-undefined/230519)

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**Author:** [@WearDark](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WearDark)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-text-undefined/230519 "2007-06-26T21:56:53Z")

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I have a movieclip with a TextArea inside it with the instance name writeUps\_txt. The movieclip is added to the stage with actionscript and I want to set the text inside writeUps\_txt after the movieclip is added to the…

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## [Create simulated 3D rotating set of images - Change scale, depth, and \_y based on \_x](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-simulated-3d-rotating-set-of-images-change-scale-depth-and--y-based-on--x/230515)

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**Author:** [@smigdig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smigdig)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-simulated-3d-rotating-set-of-images-change-scale-depth-and--y-based-on--x/230515 "2007-06-26T21:11:14Z")

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Hey everyone: I'm looking to create a rotating set of images, simulated to look 3D... that can rotate either left or right, reactive to someones mouse location. The path of the images would look like a flat oval, and…

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## [Can't get Flash Email form to work](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-flash-email-form-to-work/230513)

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**Author:** [@seantheproducer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/seantheproducer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-flash-email-form-to-work/230513 "2007-06-26T20:54:06Z")

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I've been doing the Flash email form tutorial...http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash\_php\_email.htm ..and I can get it to send and email to me but the page doesn't change after it has sent. I've been at i…

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