# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1784 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1785 --- ## [Cron Job Problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-job-problems/221300)
**Author:** [@onemhunki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onemhunki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-job-problems/221300 "2007-04-03T07:29:03Z")
Hi folks, can anyone give me pointers on Cron Job's? I have a php script that I'm trying to target and I'm getting the mails that back after the cron job that looks like it doesn't recognize the script. I'm not sure I … --- ## [How do I create an animated timeline in Flash 8?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-create-an-animated-timeline-in-flash-8/221298)
**Author:** [@ilovela](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ilovela)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-create-an-animated-timeline-in-flash-8/221298 "2007-04-03T07:25:04Z")
Hello, I think the tutorials on Kirupa.com are really great. I am looking for a specific tutorial or help creating an animated timeline. \[COLOR=Black\]The movie would self-run showing a photo and text for each time po… --- ## [How to make aligned menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-aligned-menu/221297)
**Author:** [@matix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-aligned-menu/221297 "2007-04-03T06:57:10Z")
Hi, Can anyone point me in the right direction to create a menu that is placed along the side of the screen no matter the size of the browser window like on this site: http://www.nicoaamodt.com Great artist by the … --- ## [Fade in Fade off buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-fade-off-buttons/221296)
**Author:** [@rajeshambady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajeshambady)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-fade-off-buttons/221296 "2007-04-03T06:56:03Z")
Hi, I am working on my portfolio site. I have a probelm with my navigation. I have 3 buttons profile, about and contact. what I am doing is when I click on profile all the buttons should fade off first and then onl… --- ## [Embedded video / load issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedded-video-load-issue/221295)
**Author:** [@theSchtickler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theSchtickler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedded-video-load-issue/221295 "2007-04-03T06:43:08Z")
Hi there, This is something that has been giving me the irrates for a while now, so I though I'd throw it out and see if I can get an answer..... OK, so I have an embedded video in a movieclip, that I have 'exporting… --- ## [Urgent help needed for AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-for-as3/221294)
**Author:** [@amitm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amitm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-for-as3/221294 "2007-04-03T06:19:44Z")
Hi, I am new to AS3 and experienced in AS2. Now I am migrating one of my project to AS3. I have a structure of one main movieclip attached to class MainApp, which is having some movieclips each of those attached to … --- ## [Flash Remoting, NetServices or RemotingConnector?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-remoting-netservices-or-remotingconnector/221293)
**Author:** [@El\_Phantom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Phantom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-remoting-netservices-or-remotingconnector/221293 "2007-04-03T06:16:13Z")
Hey all, please point me to an article or let me know what you think about two methodologies I have to decide between. For a lot of projects in the past i have used the NetServices and NetConnection class to access web… --- ## [removeMovieClip() not working ?!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-not-working/221290)
**Author:** [@vega](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vega)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-not-working/221290 "2007-04-03T05:39:04Z")
Please someone help me out here. This thing is driving me nuts. I have a simple movieClip called addMovie which is called at runtime via attachMovie when another movieclip is clicked. This MC "addMovie" has two small M… --- ## [onFocus function is clearing my variable! Help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onfocus-function-is-clearing-my-variable-help/221288)
**Author:** [@Head\_In\_A\_Pan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Head_In_A_Pan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onfocus-function-is-clearing-my-variable-help/221288 "2007-04-03T04:36:49Z")
Hello! I'm cool with posting to PHP - but decided to have an initial message in my textInput to instruct people to input their email address. But now that the onFocus function is telling the textInput it equals "" wh… --- ## [PHP - Looping through date()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-looping-through-date/221286)
**Author:** [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-looping-through-date/221286 "2007-04-03T04:28:02Z")
How do you loop thru days? eg start at March 19th and go through to April 19th or something like that? basically i need to create a loop that starts at the current date, and then works backwards until a specific day. U… --- ## [PHP+MySQL - Dealing with Escaping characters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-dealing-with-escaping-characters/221284)
**Author:** [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-dealing-with-escaping-characters/221284 "2007-04-03T04:18:30Z")
How do you deal with escaping characters? Im sending variables to a php page from Flash using POST. Some of these variables contain large amounts of text gathered from user input into multiline dynamic texboxes, with apo… --- ## [Flash Shopping cart software/package? With user account](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-shopping-cart-software-package-with-user-account/221280)
**Author:** [@jarmanje](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jarmanje)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-shopping-cart-software-package-with-user-account/221280 "2007-04-03T03:52:25Z")
Hello, i need to add on a shopping cart to pay for a product which is designed by the user from 8 steps on my flash site. I really want to keep it within flash Does anyone know of a flash program that i can incorporate… --- ## [Flash 9 not backwards-compatible?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-9-not-backwards-compatible/221278)
**Author:** [@unikrl8](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/unikrl8)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-9-not-backwards-compatible/221278 "2007-04-03T03:06:20Z")
I mistitled the thread because I thought the problem was with the version of flash player, but when I ran my swf locally everything worked fine, so I now know that it's a problem created by making the swf remote. Perhaps… --- ## [Dynamic Text Levels issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-levels-issue/221271)
**Author:** [@Darren\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Darren_E)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-levels-issue/221271 "2007-04-03T01:34:49Z")
I am having a hard time making this work- I created a movie clip with two dynamic fields that read from a .txt file on a server. The text fields work when the actionscript and dynamic text fields are on the \_root level. … --- ## [XML Menu - URL links broken](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-url-links-broken/221270)
**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-url-links-broken/221270 "2007-04-03T01:26:08Z")
I've been working on an imitation of the SamataMason website sub navigation. Right now I have a top level menu that is created from an array, and a sub menu display that is created from XML. If you click on any of the to… --- ## [Masking problems are driving me nuts!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problems-are-driving-me-nuts/221268)
**Author:** [@keke](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keke)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problems-are-driving-me-nuts/221268 "2007-04-03T01:06:15Z")
Ok so back again with another problem D: I'm making a maze game in the dark, and you can only see a part of the maze thats in a circle (about 80 pixels in diameter) around the character(like it's a light). So i thought… --- ## [Collab on a game, anybody?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/collab-on-a-game-anybody/221267)
**Author:** [@Dragonist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dragonist)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/collab-on-a-game-anybody/221267 "2007-04-03T00:52:11Z")
Would anybody like to collaborate on a flash 8 game? In this case I would probably create the graphics and maybe some of the code. I am just not really that good of a coder. So if you have any ideas or if you would like… --- ## [Dynamically managing Flash content](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-managing-flash-content/221265)
**Author:** [@goofdawg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/goofdawg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-managing-flash-content/221265 "2007-04-03T00:41:09Z")
Hello all. I'm writing (in PHP) a content management system for a Flash-based website. The Flash movie draws its text from an XML file, so I decided to use SimpleXML to write a quick online editor. But first, I wante… --- ## [Custom find bar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-find-bar/221261)
**Author:** [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-find-bar/221261 "2007-04-02T23:31:15Z")
Is it possible to make a find/search bar like in firefox to put on my portfolio? I want to try to put one in so that when a user presses the search button, it will just take them to the appropriate section of the page, i… --- ## [Drag and Drop Game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-drop-game/221257)
**Author:** [@pantas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pantas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-drop-game/221257 "2007-04-02T22:06:14Z")
hi there kirupas! i'm trying to create a drag and drop game, almost at the end but cant figure one thing out... i mean, i have several objects and several targets, everything works fine, but i'm trying to create a func… --- ## [\[f8\] CMS type news/ events editor](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-cms-type-news-events-editor/221256)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Abner\_Mellon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dr_Abner_Mellon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-cms-type-news-events-editor/221256 "2007-04-02T21:59:57Z")
Hey everyone! well, I'm back with more questions.. haha Does anyone know of or how to do like a mini-cms type of thing where I can edit my news and events and maybe even photos? I saw something called BlixtBlog or so… --- ## [Scroll arrows](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-arrows/221255)
**Author:** [@sparky\_157](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparky_157)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-arrows/221255 "2007-04-02T21:42:55Z")
Is there an easy way to make custom scroll arrows and applying action script to the arrows? i have found this code on(press){ scroller.scroll++; } but it scrolls one line per mouse click. I would like to have … --- ## [XML links on images or texts](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-links-on-images-or-texts/221253)
**Author:** [@nyyg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nyyg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-links-on-images-or-texts/221253 "2007-04-02T21:28:05Z")
I found this template, it is really close to what I want for my project. This is a photo gallery that pulls images and texts from XML. I would like to know if there is anyway that I can put links on either or both imag… --- ## [Flash, XML, and Browser Cache](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-and-browser-cache/221250)
**Author:** [@pyromunky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pyromunky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-and-browser-cache/221250 "2007-04-02T21:02:49Z")
I have a site which utilizes an xml sheet for it's menus. Sometimes after making changes to the xml, I need to clear the browser's cache to see the updated menu. Sometimes I don't. Does anyone have any suggestions as to … --- ## [Angled movement?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/angled-movement/221246)
**Author:** [@superbungalow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superbungalow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/angled-movement/221246 "2007-04-02T20:30:35Z")
Hey, I have like a bullet shooting thing which shoots bullets (obviously), and it sorta rotates around a point and fires at a movie clip. At the moment the bullets move outwards because of a animation in side the bullet … --- ## [Multiple Buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-buttons/221245)
**Author:** [@sylenss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sylenss)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-buttons/221245 "2007-04-02T20:21:44Z")
\[FONT=Arial\]Hi All,\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Arial\]I’m fairly new to flash so please bear with my ignorance. On the stage I have placed a movie clip called links, inside links there are 4 movie clips (mc1, mc2, etc.), each one of … --- ## [Footer Alignment](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/footer-alignment/221243)
**Author:** [@shlauncha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shlauncha)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/footer-alignment/221243 "2007-04-02T20:13:05Z")
I am currently building a css website for a client and I want to include a footer at the bottom with contact information. In my style sheet, i was using the code: #footer { text-align: right; color: #454f56; margin-b… --- ## [Did I forget a basic function of dynamic text?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-i-forget-a-basic-function-of-dynamic-text/221241)
**Author:** [@dr\_vroeg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dr_vroeg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-i-forget-a-basic-function-of-dynamic-text/221241 "2007-04-02T19:54:06Z")
I must have left my brain at home:crazy: I'll lay it out. I want to have a dynamic text field that intermittently scrolls tips and glibs. The text drops down on a mask, pauses for a few seconds, then drops off the bo… --- ## [Text Arc In Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-arc-in-flash/221240)
**Author:** [@anewday](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anewday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-arc-in-flash/221240 "2007-04-02T19:22:00Z")
I thought creating a text arc in flash would have been very simple, however, as most of you probably know, it is quite hard. At least for a "newbie". I am trying to create a text arc, not only that, but have the lette… --- ## ["attachMoive" through a function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmoive-through-a-function/221238)
**Author:** [@Cosizzle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cosizzle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmoive-through-a-function/221238 "2007-04-02T19:00:33Z")
Hey, im trying to attach a movie by calling it through a function, it doesnt like when I string the name within the function call and if I were to string it within the function it would look for that MC. Heres the cod… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1783) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1785)