# programming

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## [Please help! Need to add "go" button to listbox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-need-to-add-go-button-to-listbox/219670)

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**Author:** [@heymike](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/heymike)\
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**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-need-to-add-go-button-to-listbox/219670 "2007-03-19T09:52:55Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm making a house ad for my site (advertising parts of my site within my site), and I'm trying to direct people to specific parts of my classifieds Jobs section. The ad has a listbox with job categories, …

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## [Problem with video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-video/219669)

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**Author:** [@tiger\_1018](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tiger_1018)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-video/219669 "2007-03-19T09:03:30Z")

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this is my code in first frame of main scene: nc = new NetConnection(); nc.connect(null); ns = new NetStream(nc); video.attachVideo(ns); video.\_alpha = 000; ns.play("working.flv"); the working.flv is sav…

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## [Working Buttons inside a draggable movie clip, Lil Help please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-buttons-inside-a-draggable-movie-clip-lil-help-please/219668)

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**Author:** [@agentparas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/agentparas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-buttons-inside-a-draggable-movie-clip-lil-help-please/219668 "2007-03-19T08:34:03Z")

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First I just want to introduce myself and say Hi to everyone, This is the first forum I joined and I am an actionscript noobie so if I seems a bit "slow" I hope to get into the groove with all your valuable help. Anyway,…

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## [Search Engines - Tips and Trix](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-engines-tips-and-trix/219667)

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**Author:** [@MrH2o](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrH2o)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-engines-tips-and-trix/219667 "2007-03-19T08:17:07Z")

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Hello guys! I don't know if this has been talked about before but I thought I'd make a new topic (aka I'm to lazy to search) My question is about todays search engines and how I shall "boost" my site. Meta tags is …

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## [Creating swf on server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-swf-on-server/219666)

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**Author:** [@eudora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eudora)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-swf-on-server/219666 "2007-03-19T08:08:11Z")

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How should I go about doing this? I want to dynamically create swf on the fly and store it on the server... how can I do it?

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## [Chat Room Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chat-room-help/219663)

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**Author:** [@mikenificent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikenificent)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chat-room-help/219663 "2007-03-19T07:15:33Z")

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By going through some of the links posted in this forum. i found a link to a nifty little chatroom, which is awesome. I'm testing it out and did all the mySQL stuff and changed the correct php stuff but I'm still getting…

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## [setInterval error (i think) Help Urgently needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-error-i-think-help-urgently-needed/219660)

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**Author:** [@chevron8653](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chevron8653)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-error-i-think-help-urgently-needed/219660 "2007-03-19T06:22:40Z")

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Hi there.. well ive got a problem with a countup counter ive created that isnt ticking up on second use and i urgently need to get this sorted out so a quick responce is most welcome. ive been picking my brain at this al…

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## [HTML in to SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-in-to-swf/219659)

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**Author:** [@zaravanan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zaravanan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-in-to-swf/219659 "2007-03-19T06:17:53Z")

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\[FONT=Times New Roman\] Hi friends \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman\] I want to import an html document content in to swf. For example: \[/FONT\]\[\[U\]\[FONT=Times New Roman\] \[COLOR=#800080\]http://theopensourcery.com/os…

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## [Beginning AI Tips? (C++)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginning-ai-tips-c/219656)

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**Author:** [@Cedwyn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cedwyn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginning-ai-tips-c/219656 "2007-03-19T04:11:30Z")

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Hello everyone, I am in 1st year robotics at university and currently learning c++. I'm an avid programmer, so I started designing my own games even though I'm still learning the language. A game in progress is a tu…

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## [onPress function doesnt work for createEmptyMovieClip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onpress-function-doesnt-work-for-createemptymovieclip/219652)

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**Author:** [@dandeker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dandeker)\
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**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onpress-function-doesnt-work-for-createemptymovieclip/219652 "2007-03-19T03:01:48Z")

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I've created a new movieClip on the stage using the following, which works fine: root.object1mc = root.createEmptyMovieClip("object1mc" , \_root.getNextHighestDepth()); root.object1mc.loadMovie("object1.png"); I've al…

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## [Simple Variable Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-variable-question/219651)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-variable-question/219651 "2007-03-19T03:01:16Z")

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I have 30 frames on my timeline and am wondering how when I get to frame 15 say I can load an image from a folder, and then at 25 load another image into the same MC?

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## [Images inside a Jump Menu ( ie CSS Issue )](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-inside-a-jump-menu-ie-css-issue/219646)

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**Author:** [@alinga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alinga)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-inside-a-jump-menu-ie-css-issue/219646 "2007-03-19T01:39:21Z")

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G'Day, I didn't think this possible but I've managed to \[COLOR=DarkRed\]insert images inside a HTML Jump menu\[/COLOR\]. It works okay in Firefox but good old IE is making its own rules again (wont display the image) Do…

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## [Floor Plan Help #1: Manipulating movie clip objects at runtime](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floor-plan-help-1-manipulating-movie-clip-objects-at-runtime/219644)

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**Author:** [@PrinceTaj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PrinceTaj)\
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**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floor-plan-help-1-manipulating-movie-clip-objects-at-runtime/219644 "2007-03-19T00:44:15Z")

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Hi Guys, I am a grad student working on a floor planner project. I am fairly new to Flash and action script as a whole, and would like to know how one can write a script that allows users to rescale/resize and rotate m…

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## [What does this code mean?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-this-code-mean/219643)

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**Author:** [@driz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/driz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-this-code-mean/219643 "2007-03-19T00:32:21Z")

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name = this.\_name; piece = name.substring(1); piece = parseInt(piece); if(eval(this.\_droptarget) == \_parent\["placeholder"+piece\] ) \_parent.finish++; im confused to the what substring does, parseInt, and eval do …

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## [XML & OO, problems with onLoad](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-oo-problems-with-onload/219640)

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**Author:** [@keesj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keesj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-oo-problems-with-onload/219640 "2007-03-19T00:02:48Z")

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I'm creating a XML-powered photo gallery with categories and I'm having some problems loading all this information into flash. I created the following classes: class Category { public var id:Number; public var categ…

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## [Scroller / Does Anything Ever Go To Plan](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-does-anything-ever-go-to-plan/219638)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-does-anything-ever-go-to-plan/219638 "2007-03-18T23:56:31Z")

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I've been working on thsi scroller for 2 days, and got it perfect, decided to start trying to load in the .txt files. Now the whole thing won't work... If anyone could help would be appreciated about to chuck the whole t…

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## [Specific Frame in a Slideshow](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/specific-frame-in-a-slideshow/219633)

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**Author:** [@alanmace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alanmace)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/specific-frame-in-a-slideshow/219633 "2007-03-18T22:51:50Z")

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I need to create a meta map for a slideshow that allows the user to jump to a specific frame in a specific slide from anywhere in the slideshow. It seems like that should be fairly simple to do, but I'm not having any lu…

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## [SWF has white background](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-has-white-background/219631)

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**Author:** [@Chrispy54](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Chrispy54)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-has-white-background/219631 "2007-03-18T22:14:34Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a basic website at: http://www.creativecodedesign.com.au/twd/ If you click on either the contact or profile flash buttons, a white box flashes behind them as the page changes to a new page. I've …

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## [AS2.0 class help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-class-help/219626)

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**Author:** [@armyvisual](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/armyvisual)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-class-help/219626 "2007-03-18T20:46:18Z")

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Hey guys, Im struggling a little bit as im starting to try to impliment classes and things now, since i havent done so in the past :X For instance, ive written a class to control my content panels on my site. They wor…

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## [Japanese characters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/japanese-characters/219623)

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**Author:** [@chapster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chapster)\
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**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/japanese-characters/219623 "2007-03-18T20:02:38Z")

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Can a dynamic textfield set to device font Arial show Japanese characters without the user having a East-Asian language pack installed on there PC?

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## [ASP.NET Application SQL database will only work on localhost](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-net-application-sql-database-will-only-work-on-localhost/219621)

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**Author:** [@Al6200](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Al6200)\
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**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-net-application-sql-database-will-only-work-on-localhost/219621 "2007-03-18T19:32:02Z")

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I have an ASP application that uses SQL Databases from Visual Studio. Everything works perfectly if the application is run on the localhost virtual server, but when put on a real server I get an ambiguous "Server Error"…

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## [Dynamic XML Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-xml-menu/219620)

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**Author:** [@boondocksaint2k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boondocksaint2k)\
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**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-xml-menu/219620 "2007-03-18T19:30:29Z")

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I have a movie clip in my library linked as aboutUsMenuBtn. And I as get the childNodes.nodeName from the XML file, I want them to be assigned to a dynamic text field "btn\_txt" inside of the aboutUsMenuBtn. With each nod…

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## [Timer Component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-component/219618)

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**Author:** [@Xannax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xannax)\
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**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-component/219618 "2007-03-18T19:03:11Z")

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I'm trying to create a timer component, just to play a bit with components and understand how they work. Here's my code: var TimerClock:Number = new Number(0) var CurrTime = CurrTime var EndTime = EndTime var DoLoop:B…

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## [File paths in ActionScript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-paths-in-actionscript/219617)

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**Author:** [@NickZA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NickZA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-paths-in-actionscript/219617 "2007-03-18T18:59:14Z")

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Hi All I wonder if anyone can tell me anything about this: file:///e|sites/mysite/... etc This is the format I get if I output the value of root.url (or any object's URL, for that matter). For some reason, I jus…

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## [Using a deconstructor](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-deconstructor/219615)

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**Author:** [@arunforce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arunforce)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-deconstructor/219615 "2007-03-18T18:40:07Z")

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Hi! First post. \[smile\] Well, I know that in C++ you can use a deconstructor, but I tried googling around for one, but couldn't find anything. The reason I need it is, lets say I have a class. class baby { …

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## [Keyword Search](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyword-search/219613)

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**Author:** [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
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**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyword-search/219613 "2007-03-18T18:24:29Z")

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Hi I am looking into keyword search, i have jivvyed this code... it makes senes in my head the idea is that keywords are passed on to this page when clicking submit from another... thanks \<?php $connect = mysql…

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## [Button triggering a count down?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-triggering-a-count-down/219611)

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**Author:** [@oblivion2010](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oblivion2010)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-triggering-a-count-down/219611 "2007-03-18T17:43:47Z")

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Hey, I've been hunting around for a countdown script but none of them seem to cover what I want. I have a button, and when the button is pressed I want it to start a 3 second count down, once the 3 seconds are up I w…

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## [RollOver and Out button (mc) trick](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-and-out-button-mc-trick/219606)

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**Author:** [@Redhead\_Elf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Redhead_Elf)\
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**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-and-out-button-mc-trick/219606 "2007-03-18T16:30:47Z")

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Hey everyone ! I'm a newbie on flash, and I'm trying to have a certain button, I was going to try and explain the problem, but instead I just published it online explaining everything probably more than I should \[smil…

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## [Uploader Component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploader-component/219603)

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**Author:** [@reyco1\_com](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/reyco1_com)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploader-component/219603 "2007-03-18T15:13:20Z")

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Just finished setting up a nice little uploader component which allows you to upload files onto your web server. Fully Scalable Adjustable background color Restrict upload size Restrict file type Adjust path to php fi…

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## [GD problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gd-problems/219601)

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**Author:** [@Ambishii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ambishii)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gd-problems/219601 "2007-03-18T13:42:39Z")

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Unlike God has probably wanted it to be, I'm very determined to learn MySQL and GD libraries as fast and extensively as possible. I've been trying to get this sort of an Apple effect, that I would have a source image and…

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