# programming

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## [Custom Class Optimization?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-class-optimization/225193)

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**Author:** [@chemcnabb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chemcnabb)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-class-optimization/225193 "2007-05-09T16:19:23Z")

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Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could help me or point me in the direction of some actionscript cacheing techniques. I have a series of custom classes that I've built that model a database. I'm currently using thi…

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## ["The two row problem"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-two-row-problem/225191)

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**Author:** [@lunetics](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunetics)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-two-row-problem/225191 "2007-05-09T15:37:33Z")

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Hi! I have a system for a dog competition and this is how it (should) works. When I add a new dog to the system it also creates two judge protocols. This two protocol has the same dog-ID in the database but is saved as t…

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## [Duplicating the Dragable object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-the-dragable-object/225189)

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**Author:** [@Thanigaivel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thanigaivel)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-the-dragable-object/225189 "2007-05-09T15:15:20Z")

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Hi Everyone Can any one help me to solve the following problem? I am having a Dragable circle (movie clip) which has to be dragged form left side of the stage to right side. Once we did that, the same movieclip has t…

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## [XML Photo Gallery and Zoom?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-gallery-and-zoom/225188)

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**Author:** [@vectorvixen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vectorvixen)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-gallery-and-zoom/225188 "2007-05-09T15:11:30Z")

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i've tried searching the forums for a way to do this - but i'm stumped. i've implemented the xml photo gallery w/ a left vertical thumbnail scroller.. and now i'm wanting to put a zoom on the images (scale effect would b…

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## [I am new, i need help with a problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-new-i-need-help-with-a-problem/225187)

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**Author:** [@XTiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/XTiii)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-new-i-need-help-with-a-problem/225187 "2007-05-09T15:00:35Z")

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I try very hard replicate this: http://gprime.net/flash.php/cursorthief man who follow cursor and change but stay on ground. i only manage to get follow cursor part but nothing more! someone please help me and i …

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## [Drag from the center?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-from-the-center/225186)

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**Author:** [@JeepersCreepers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeepersCreepers)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-from-the-center/225186 "2007-05-09T14:49:56Z")

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I have what's probably a really dumb question. I'm trying to create an index page where you can drag a movie clip around the screen, and I've got as far as making the page, and I can even get the movie clip to follow the…

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## [Access a Linkage Clip From an External Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-linkage-clip-from-an-external-class/225182)

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**Author:** [@sgtpritchard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sgtpritchard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-linkage-clip-from-an-external-class/225182 "2007-05-09T14:17:05Z")

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I have a simple FLA which contains a movie clip in the library. The clip has a linkage Class of "Ball". I know that to get this clip onto the stage I can simply type the following on the main timeline: addChild(new …

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## [Simple Flash Context Menu customisation..?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-flash-context-menu-customisation/225181)

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**Author:** [@stripeycat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stripeycat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-flash-context-menu-customisation/225181 "2007-05-09T14:17:04Z")

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I've been scouring the web for a simple, designer (read idiot-that's me!) friendly way of customising the context (right-click) menu which appears when viewing flash online or in the standalone player. Could anyone recom…

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## ["Tagging" files](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tagging-files/225180)

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**Author:** [@Adbul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Adbul)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tagging-files/225180 "2007-05-09T14:04:38Z")

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Hi! Im wondering if its possible to "tag" a file with a string and then use that string to call all object containg it. for example: enemy1\_mc = deadly enemy2\_mc = deadly function hitCheck() { if (ball1\_mc.hitTe…

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## [XML Grid (Photo Gallery)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-grid-photo-gallery/225178)

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**Author:** [@hogfish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hogfish)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-grid-photo-gallery/225178 "2007-05-09T13:53:51Z")

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I've been following along with the additions to the XML Photo Gallery and I like them all. Like everybody else The last one almost looked like what I wanted. Can anyone help me figure out how to make it all thumbnails wi…

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## [Multiple Keypress (and hold) detection](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-keypress-and-hold-detection/225174)

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**Author:** [@Jayme65](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jayme65)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-keypress-and-hold-detection/225174 "2007-05-09T12:33:11Z")

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Hi, I'have a 2 in 1 problem \[wink\] Would you please give me some help? \[image\] The facts: 1) In this example, when the user press on 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 on the keypad, the corresponding pushbutton should display a "down"…

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## [Resizing Tiled Background in Flash 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-tiled-background-in-flash-8/225173)

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**Author:** [@AJSimpson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AJSimpson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-tiled-background-in-flash-8/225173 "2007-05-09T12:01:47Z")

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Hello, I've checked out this tutorial, and it's great: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/tiledbackground\_flash8.htm But, is there a way, to make the background scale, when you resize the movie. I made this AS …

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## [\[Flash8\] "Adding Thumbs" tutorial question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-adding-thumbs-tutorial-question/225170)

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**Author:** [@caldepen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/caldepen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-adding-thumbs-tutorial-question/225170 "2007-05-09T10:44:59Z")

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Hello, Great tutorial btw! I was just playing around with the script wondering how to modify where the thumbnails can be located and can you make them run vertically by adjusting the hit\_left and hit\_right? I have tried …

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## [Hexadecimal Fun](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hexadecimal-fun/225169)

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**Author:** [@duncanhall](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duncanhall)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hexadecimal-fun/225169 "2007-05-09T10:28:15Z")

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I have a movieClip, who's color properties are to be changed dynamically. It will receive a Hexadecimal value from an external source, which will specify the colour to be displayed. The format of the hex value to be rece…

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## [Scroll bar following a curve](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-bar-following-a-curve/225168)

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**Author:** [@GOLDfish\_74](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GOLDfish_74)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-bar-following-a-curve/225168 "2007-05-09T10:07:05Z")

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Has anyone ever seen a tutorial for a scroll bar that follows a curve? I am planning on having my content in a circle and having a scroll bar on the edge of that circle. Regards, THEfish!

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## [\[PHP\], \[FLASH\], \[MYSQL\] - Login Help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-flash-mysql-login-help/225166)

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**Author:** [@Flash\_Man1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flash_Man1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-flash-mysql-login-help/225166 "2007-05-09T09:54:41Z")

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Hey everyone, i have hosting at media temple and i'm trying to create a login using the kirupa one as a base...for some reason it just won't login!? Attached below is my php code: \<?php //this pulls the variables…

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## [Weird problem... preloading stuff](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-problem-preloading-stuff/225165)

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**Author:** [@eudora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eudora)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-problem-preloading-stuff/225165 "2007-05-09T09:47:55Z")

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I have written a class for my game to preload stuff given the url which is specified by an xml file. During the first run in that site, I will encounter this error msg... Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Er…

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## [FLASH: TypeError: Error #1010 when calling a class (Flash 9 - AS3)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-typeerror-error-1010-when-calling-a-class-flash-9-as3/225162)

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**Author:** [@Gerrit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gerrit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-typeerror-error-1010-when-calling-a-class-flash-9-as3/225162 "2007-05-09T09:37:12Z")

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First of all, hello all, this is my 1st post here, so I'd like to take the opportunity to greet you all. Now, I got this class desat.menus.HorizontalMenu I want to make an instance of this class in a fla-file, but I ge…

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## [Passing data into a button that is generated on the fly](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-data-into-a-button-that-is-generated-on-the-fly/225161)

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**Author:** [@shellbryson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shellbryson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-data-into-a-button-that-is-generated-on-the-fly/225161 "2007-05-09T09:22:42Z")

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Hi guys, I have a function that generates a series of mcs from XML. These mcs contain buttons. I need to pass the ID of the movie that the button is attached to into the button events, but I can't figure it out. See th…

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## [SWF to DVD](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-to-dvd/225159)

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**Author:** [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-to-dvd/225159 "2007-05-09T09:20:50Z")

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how can I make an .swf to be playable on a DVD player?

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## [Passing vars to flash from html/javascript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-vars-to-flash-from-html-javascript/225156)

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**Author:** [@Neolumi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Neolumi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-vars-to-flash-from-html-javascript/225156 "2007-05-09T09:17:26Z")

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Hi, I've searched the forums and googled this but all the methods I've come across wont work on a mac with ff/safari. So, does anyone know of a cross plaform/browser compatible way of passing variables to flash from ht…

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## [Flash pause function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-pause-function/225154)

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**Author:** [@Andy92](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Andy92)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-pause-function/225154 "2007-05-09T09:11:14Z")

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Hi there, Is there any way to add a flash pause function, to pause the timeline for 3 seconds or something?

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## [Scroll plane working in everything but opera](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-plane-working-in-everything-but-opera/225153)

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**Author:** [@RaymondP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RaymondP)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-plane-working-in-everything-but-opera/225153 "2007-05-09T09:06:09Z")

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## [Bit complicated think… please help me](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bit-complicated-think-please-help-me/225152)

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**Author:** [@karthic\_vkn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/karthic_vkn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bit-complicated-think-please-help-me/225152 "2007-05-09T07:28:40Z")

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Hi friends, I am doing a project. In that project we are using two software Flash, Lectora. We have done 10 lectora movies (SWF format). That all movies loading through Flash Frame work. In lectora there is a button ca…

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## [Flash8 + ActionScript + XML problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-actionscript-xml-problem/225149)

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**Author:** [@basak\_santanu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/basak_santanu)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-actionscript-xml-problem/225149 "2007-05-09T05:31:18Z")

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Please help me I need dynamically load image and text(title + description) from external XML file in Flash 8 and show image in the left and all text in the right(title top then desciprtion) and scroll all the content(ima…

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## [How can I stop flickering?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-stop-flickering/225148)

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**Author:** [@Ebudi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ebudi)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-stop-flickering/225148 "2007-05-09T05:31:02Z")

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I have often run into this problem in flash where things appear to flicker (as if they are single buffered). Even very simple flash animations do this.

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## [Fading Transition between pages on timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fading-transition-between-pages-on-timeline/225147)

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**Author:** [@dibert](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dibert)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fading-transition-between-pages-on-timeline/225147 "2007-05-09T05:27:01Z")

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Hi all, long time reader first time poster. :ko: Im trying to create a transition effect, fading between pages on a timeline. Im wondering what the easiest way to do this would be? (without using external swf's) som…

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## [I need a Flash Preloader urgent - Will pay for it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-a-flash-preloader-urgent-will-pay-for-it/225146)

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**Author:** [@designcode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/designcode)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-a-flash-preloader-urgent-will-pay-for-it/225146 "2007-05-09T05:14:25Z")

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Hi friends, I need a flash preloader like one used on http://www.maxoyun.com/playgame.php?oid=689&oyunu=gemmine You will have to make a preloader that will load a external swf file and will show the progress of loadi…

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## [Fading the text as it scrolls in/out... how?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fading-the-text-as-it-scrolls-in-out-how/225144)

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**Author:** [@azukizero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/azukizero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fading-the-text-as-it-scrolls-in-out-how/225144 "2007-05-09T04:59:12Z")

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Hi Kirupians, I'm sure this is very simply but I can't seem to get the trick down. I have a simply scroller with text. Nothing dynamic, just a plain 'ol scroller. I'd like the text to fade in or out, from the top o…

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## [Collapsing Menu...Kinda Works](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/collapsing-menu-kinda-works/225142)

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**Author:** [@nickcherryjiggz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nickcherryjiggz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/collapsing-menu-kinda-works/225142 "2007-05-09T04:04:41Z")

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I tried to make a collapsing menu tonight. I got it to work fine, but when I started making changes, problems came up. When the Tweens are set to Strong (which they are in the attached file), everything works. When I cha…

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