# programming

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## [Quick and easy flv player/selector](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-flv-player-selector/219953)

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**Author:** [@ALGORYTHM](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ALGORYTHM)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-flv-player-selector/219953 "2007-03-21T14:05:09Z")

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first, hello to everyone here i have been lurking here for a few weeks now learning some good stuff so here's a small contribution in return. \[smiley\] it's basically a simple way to load different flv files, i found a …

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## [Scrolling in dynamic movieclip-list](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-in-dynamic-movieclip-list/219952)

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**Author:** [@Herre](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Herre)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-in-dynamic-movieclip-list/219952 "2007-03-21T13:42:12Z")

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Hello ! My first post on this forum :-). I've got a question: I've made a flash file wich displays a number of mc's, dynamically loaded from an xml-file. Each mc is attached and is in fact a button. I want to build…

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## [Using stylesheet in dynamix text from external .txt](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-stylesheet-in-dynamix-text-from-external-txt/219948)

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**Author:** [@magjac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magjac)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-stylesheet-in-dynamix-text-from-external-txt/219948 "2007-03-21T12:46:43Z")

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Hello everybody! Thanx alot for all your tips. I have a problem that i cant find in tutorial or forum. I am loading external textfiles into my \*.swf in a dynamic-textfield and want to use CCS to shape them up. Can anyo…

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## [Stuck, and i bet its simple](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stuck-and-i-bet-its-simple/219947)

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**Author:** [@Jt\_01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jt_01)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stuck-and-i-bet-its-simple/219947 "2007-03-21T12:44:54Z")

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Why doesnt this work? thumbHolder.images is set from outside the clip.... for (i = 1; i \< thumbHolder.images; i++){ picloc = eval("picloc" + i) trace(picloc) }

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## [Userfrienly links in flash based websites](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/userfrienly-links-in-flash-based-websites/219945)

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**Author:** [@gunjan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gunjan)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/userfrienly-links-in-flash-based-websites/219945 "2007-03-21T12:04:35Z")

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Hi, I am working on a flash as2.0 based website. One can visit other pages of this website by navigation buttons(flash). The problem is when inner pages are changed its website address(in browser address bar) showing …

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## [Appending text in a text file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/appending-text-in-a-text-file/219944)

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**Author:** [@gvnirmal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gvnirmal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/appending-text-in-a-text-file/219944 "2007-03-21T11:39:09Z")

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Hi All I am doing the logging feature for my project and I am stuck here.The problem is I am unable to append text in a text file.I would like to append the present status to the present file.But,the text file is getting…

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## [loadClip Target Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadclip-target-issue/219943)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadclip-target-issue/219943 "2007-03-21T11:28:07Z")

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Hi, The following code loads 1 0f 6 random image as soon as my movie is played and works fine no probs var myClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcl", this.getNextHighestDepth()); var myLoader = new MovieClipLoader();…

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## [Integration, using a parabola to generate skewed random results](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/integration-using-a-parabola-to-generate-skewed-random-results/219941)

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**Author:** [@m\_andrews808](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m_andrews808)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/integration-using-a-parabola-to-generate-skewed-random-results/219941 "2007-03-21T11:07:37Z")

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ello I'm trying to write a function that'll take a set of results, assign a probability to each result, and then pick one result at random, according to its probability. Soooo... I thought I'd calculate the area unde…

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## [How do you make dynamic buttons in Flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-dynamic-buttons-in-flash/219939)

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**Author:** [@vthok](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vthok)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-dynamic-buttons-in-flash/219939 "2007-03-21T10:30:40Z")

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I am trying to create my first Flash website for my wife's cousin (she's a photographer). I want to have navigation buttons that are dynamically created. For example I can use XML, PHP, etc to read folders from the se…

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## [Making a analog clock](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-analog-clock/219938)

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**Author:** [@MrH2o](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrH2o)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-analog-clock/219938 "2007-03-21T10:25:55Z")

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Hola! I followed the kirupa tutorial about how to make a analog clock, quite simple yet a perfect result (thanks whoever wrote it). I thought about taking this method and use one of thoose .swf to .scr to make it a s…

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## [AJAX... need to explain xmlHttp.open](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-need-to-explain-xmlhttp-open/219937)

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**Author:** [@aasem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aasem)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-need-to-explain-xmlhttp-open/219937 "2007-03-21T10:04:22Z")

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Can anyone tell me about xmlHttp.open methed.. the third argument which boolean, what it specify?

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## [Loading XML from HTML into FLASH](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-html-into-flash/219936)

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**Author:** [@Senturio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Senturio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-html-into-flash/219936 "2007-03-21T09:53:18Z")

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hey, i saw a bunch of tutorials about XML on kirupa, but never a real tutorial on how you can load an XML file in your swf from HTML. I mean for my new website i need the menu to be in different languages, and it would…

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## [Question before starting the project](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-before-starting-the-project/219932)

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**Author:** [@rajeshambady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajeshambady)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-before-starting-the-project/219932 "2007-03-21T07:30:28Z")

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Hi, Project: Design Challenge I am working on the front end part. A world map. with lots of buttons (stars) are placed on it. The star should expand and show the details of each post while user mouse over the stars. …

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## [Get IP from PHP file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-ip-from-php-file/219931)

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**Author:** [@RonH](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RonH)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-ip-from-php-file/219931 "2007-03-21T07:08:39Z")

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I am making a flash file that I will be my myspace profile. But I want the flash file to save people's IP address each time they load the site up. I figured I would need to use PHP to get the IP address, but from what …

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## [Login Text Field](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-text-field/219928)

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**Author:** [@brachford](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brachford)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-text-field/219928 "2007-03-21T06:18:37Z")

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My site has been setup in the following manner ... the 'main' SWF file contains a loader component that simply pulls external SWFs representing different pages on my site. I plan to implement a 'Login' button on my sit…

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## [BB Code Client's Side - how to make url and email](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bb-code-clients-side-how-to-make-url-and-email/219927)

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**Author:** [@Beebs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Beebs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bb-code-clients-side-how-to-make-url-and-email/219927 "2007-03-21T06:18:27Z")

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I have text area for user to write article. For user I use this javascript I found from Google search : \<script type="text/javascript"\> function getSelection(ta) { var bits = \[ta.value,'','',''\]; if(document.se…

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## [Hangman Game? Any help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hangman-game-any-help/219925)

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**Author:** [@wispas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wispas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hangman-game-any-help/219925 "2007-03-21T05:53:14Z")

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I am trying to build a very simple hangman game for children. A simple 26 letters displaying on screen and being selected to reveal the words. Anyone have one done already or know how to create one please post a tutorial…

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## [Saving and returning in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-and-returning-in-flash/219923)

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**Author:** [@wispas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wispas)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-and-returning-in-flash/219923 "2007-03-21T05:43:32Z")

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OK. Does anyone know if it is possible to use PHP/mySQL or using just actionscript to save current status of the flash file section that you were currently viewing and returning to the same section at a later stage when …

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## [What do you guys do with Jap characters?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-you-guys-do-with-jap-characters/219918)

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**Author:** [@eudora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eudora)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-you-guys-do-with-jap-characters/219918 "2007-03-21T04:11:30Z")

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Say you have a dynamic text that is going to be filled with Jap characters... but the user's OS do not have Jap fonts... but embedding all the glyphs for Jap is going to make the swf too big... what is the solution to t…

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## [Reversing MC On A Framelabel](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reversing-mc-on-a-framelabel/219917)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reversing-mc-on-a-framelabel/219917 "2007-03-21T03:49:04Z")

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I have 6 buttons on my stage which send the playhead to 1 of 6 framelabels... That all works really well, but I am having an issue with the code. Once you click on on of the buttons and get to the framelabel. If you clic…

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## [Starting A Server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starting-a-server/219914)

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**Author:** [@LordArkain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LordArkain)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starting-a-server/219914 "2007-03-21T02:56:51Z")

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Hi, I am new to servers and such and I was have some questions about starting one. I have a spare computer that I would like to turn into a server to host webpages, connect to, etc. And I was hoping I could get a idea of…

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## [Tweening 6 Different Objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweening-6-different-objects/219910)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweening-6-different-objects/219910 "2007-03-21T02:20:07Z")

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Is there an easier way to set up 6 different similar tweens? I can't seem to get a "for" loop to work - my lack of sleep isn't helping either \[smile\] Each of the nested clips is sitting on the main stage. The following…

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## [\[CSS\] I need BORDERS!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-i-need-borders/219908)

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**Author:** [@understudy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/understudy)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-i-need-borders/219908 "2007-03-21T02:17:26Z")

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Hello everyone, A little while ago, the generous user Abus helped me with a great drop-down menu. But I can't seem to locate where in the CSS code I can add a left, right, and bottom border to the drop-down parts of t…

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## [XML end of the file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-end-of-the-file/219907)

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**Author:** [@gvnirmal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gvnirmal)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-end-of-the-file/219907 "2007-03-21T02:14:52Z")

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Hi All I have an XML file which has a set of swf 's to be played.How do I figure out that I am playing the last swf and play the first swf again. I would be happy if someone gives me an actionscript logic for this..! …

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## [Import Video into Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/import-video-into-flash/219902)

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**Author:** [@steresa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steresa)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/import-video-into-flash/219902 "2007-03-21T00:57:52Z")

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I created an FLV file using flash 8 professional. I want to have text coming into certain sections of the video. For example, I have a woman explaining our company services. When she states "web design" I want web design…

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## [Latest Forum Post](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/latest-forum-post/219899)

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**Author:** [@tek0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tek0)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/latest-forum-post/219899 "2007-03-21T00:50:40Z")

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Hello, I would like to know if it's possible to add a Latest Forum Post feature in html. Thanks

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## [Problem with checkkeys \[renamed\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-checkkeys-renamed/219896)

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**Author:** [@chaztheman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chaztheman)\
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**Last updated:** [March 20, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-checkkeys-renamed/219896 "2007-03-20T23:56:26Z")

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I have this code in the first frame of the time line which should move the mc called 'bcar' but nothing happens. (im pretty sure there is nothing wrong with the blue bits and i think the problem lies within the green …

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## [Referencing MovieClip Properties from an Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-movieclip-properties-from-an-array/219895)

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**Author:** [@KilgoreTrout67](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KilgoreTrout67)\
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**Last updated:** [March 20, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-movieclip-properties-from-an-array/219895 "2007-03-20T23:19:44Z")

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container\_mc = \_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("Page\_Container\_mc",100); pageContent = new Array (); for (var p=0; p\<5 ; p++) { pageContent\[p\] = container\_mc.attachMovie ("Page Content "+p, "page\_content"+p, 100…

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## [Stretching interface system](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretching-interface-system/219894)

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**Author:** [@Sharp161](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sharp161)\
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**Last updated:** [March 20, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretching-interface-system/219894 "2007-03-20T23:17:00Z")

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Hi all i found this site which belongs to one of the members on the forums here i beleive (sorry hope you dont mind me posting it.) http://gdinteractive.com/ I realy want to re-create this interface I was woundering …

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## [Regular Expression Error : Uknown modifier error](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regular-expression-error-uknown-modifier-error/219891)

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**Author:** [@Beebs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Beebs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regular-expression-error-uknown-modifier-error/219891 "2007-03-20T22:53:05Z")

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Can someone help me with this error message : Warning: preg\_replace() \[function.preg-replace\]: Unknown modifier 'b' in C:\\wamp\\www\\outputfunctions.php on line 37 Here's the function : function bbcode($data) { $s…

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