# programming

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## [How do I stop a FLV at a particular frame?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-stop-a-flv-at-a-particular-frame/218792)

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**Author:** [@vthok](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vthok)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-stop-a-flv-at-a-particular-frame/218792 "2007-03-11T03:33:33Z")

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I am attempting my first Flash project. I am working on an idea for the Flash intro page. I imported a FLV video to my Flash stage and I made it a movie clip symbol. I want the movie clip to play at beginning of tim…

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## [Flash 8 Detection problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-detection-problem/218790)

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**Author:** [@Hellion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hellion)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-detection-problem/218790 "2007-03-11T02:49:36Z")

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I'm trying to use for the first time the Flash 8 Detection programming that appears in the Publish options. When it creates the html page it embeds the swf and you all know the embed issue with Microsoft. I want the sw…

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## [AS2 to AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-to-as3/218784)

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**Author:** [@Dan0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dan0)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-to-as3/218784 "2007-03-10T23:36:22Z")

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\[FONT=Arial\] Hey AS2 is the only scripting language I know, but I know almost all of it. The new Flash 9 comes with AS3. I have searched many times but I can not find out what the exact different between the two langua…

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## [MovieClipLoader loadClip not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviecliploader-loadclip-not-working/218783)

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**Author:** [@blazes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blazes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviecliploader-loadclip-not-working/218783 "2007-03-10T23:32:35Z")

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this.createEmptyMovieClip('test', this.getNextHighestDepth()); var pics:Array = new Array(); pics\[0\] = '1.jpg'; pics\[1\] = '2.jpg'; pics\[2\] = '3.jpg'; pics\[3\] = '4.jpg'; pics\[4\] = '5.jpg'; for ( i = 0; i \< pics.length; i…

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## [setInterval stopped working without any reason at all](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-stopped-working-without-any-reason-at-all/218781)

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**Author:** [@Binji](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Binji)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-stopped-working-without-any-reason-at-all/218781 "2007-03-10T23:01:17Z")

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Im really beginning to lose it.. All i wanted to do is make a stopwatch with a couple more functions. At first everything worked. Later i changed some code (nothing to do with the setInterval function) and suddenly it d…

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## [Navigation Dilemma](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-dilemma/218778)

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**Author:** [@lumi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lumi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-dilemma/218778 "2007-03-10T22:18:24Z")

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Ok guys, I have been watching kirupa for months now and its pretty interesting to learn from your methods but I need you guys to help me in this personal problem i have been facing for a while.. i know the best way to…

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## [Switch simple count up to count down](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switch-simple-count-up-to-count-down/218777)

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**Author:** [@dave\_lantto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dave_lantto)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switch-simple-count-up-to-count-down/218777 "2007-03-10T22:09:59Z")

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Hello...first post for me after finding a lot of great info here. I've found a simple count up script over on Actionscript.org \[COLOR=#993300\]var\[/COLOR\] count:\[COLOR=#993300\]Number\[/COLOR\] = \[COLOR=#000000\]0\[/COLOR\]…

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## [osCommerce broke](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oscommerce-broke/218776)

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**Author:** [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oscommerce-broke/218776 "2007-03-10T21:59:13Z")

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Hey all, Visited one of the sites I did for someone this morning - and found it to be completely broken. \[URL="http://weldco.ca"\] http://weldco.ca - click on online store i havent made any changes that i can remember…

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## [Selecting but NOT moving in f8?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-but-not-moving-in-f8/218775)

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**Author:** [@Macsy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Macsy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-but-not-moving-in-f8/218775 "2007-03-10T21:57:12Z")

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Hi. Im trying to draw some stuff i flash, but its a lot of movieclips that i would like to select, surrounded by other moveclips, so i cant dragselect. And its to many to use "shift". So Basicly i would like to "disable…

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## [Idle State Screen Saver](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/idle-state-screen-saver/218774)

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**Author:** [@alanmace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alanmace)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/idle-state-screen-saver/218774 "2007-03-10T21:51:26Z")

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Hey folks. I've got a job doing a kiosk in which the client wants there to be a video loop that pops up in an idle state. I'm mostly an artist/animator who only knows enough about actionscript to be dangerous. What's the…

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## [Calculate horizontal space](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calculate-horizontal-space/218771)

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**Author:** [@W84me](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/W84me)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calculate-horizontal-space/218771 "2007-03-10T21:23:14Z")

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Hi all! I need your help \[smile\] I am trying to make a horizontal xml menu. I load the xml and i get the values and i make the buttons. All ok so far. I attach a movieclip to make the buttons. Inside the movieclip is a…

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## [Making the Cartoon!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-the-cartoon/218769)

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**Author:** [@cptn\_nemo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cptn_nemo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-the-cartoon/218769 "2007-03-10T20:26:36Z")

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Hiya everybody In my ancient civs class (gr 12), my teacher gave us an Anything Project. The project can be about anything from Homer's Odyssey and can be made in any way. I opted to try and make a small little 2-5minu…

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## [Deleting/Removing attached objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-removing-attached-objects/218768)

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**Author:** [@Esoltas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esoltas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-removing-attached-objects/218768 "2007-03-10T20:19:08Z")

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In my vertical shooter game (SWF link here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PPF3192Y), I attach bullets (aka duplication with attachMovieClip) and flags. Both do certain things fine (the flags progress to the left horizonta…

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## [EventListener](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener/218767)

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**Author:** [@philipip](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/philipip)\
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**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener/218767 "2007-03-10T20:02:53Z")

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Hi, why dosent my eventlistener on the combobox work? import mx.controls.\*; import mx.utils.Delegate; import mx.events.EventDispatcher; class no.pd.FileBrowser { // Event Listner private var dispatc…

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## [$user\_name in flash text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-name-in-flash-text/218764)

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**Author:** [@LeventKA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LeventKA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-name-in-flash-text/218764 "2007-03-10T19:26:06Z")

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I investigate in forum, but couln't find the solution. \<?php $user="levent"; ?\> \<object\> ..... dock.swf ... \</object\> in dock.swf FlashMX -dynamic text box (name='yazi') I want to show $user in 'yazi'

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## [Please help me! (IE flash-fix)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-ie-flash-fix/218763)

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**Author:** [@cambon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cambon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-ie-flash-fix/218763 "2007-03-10T19:08:41Z")

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Hello, first of all this is a great website! i have a problem and i hope somebody can help me (please!), i have tried to apply several flash fixes for my website (www.ringstyle.net, still building…) but i just can’t get…

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## [PIL Alpha](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pil-alpha/218761)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pil-alpha/218761 "2007-03-10T18:56:43Z")

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I'm trying to write some graphics for a site, but I can't figure out how to use the Python Image Library with PNG alpha support. In the Image module, there is support for putalpha, but it only supports 100% transparenc…

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## [Do not keep a public accessible phpinfo on your server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-not-keep-a-public-accessible-phpinfo-on-your-server/218760)

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**Author:** [@idoik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/idoik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-not-keep-a-public-accessible-phpinfo-on-your-server/218760 "2007-03-10T17:46:34Z")

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its prone to xss site scripting attacks(php4..) remove this area from my post if proof of concept showing is not allowed \<from here\> \[COLOR="White"\]?a\[\]=\<script\>alert(/XSS/);\</script\>\[/COLOR\] \<to here\> here is some…

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## [TextArea really small? Bug?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-really-small-bug/218757)

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**Author:** [@djprozac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/djprozac)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-really-small-bug/218757 "2007-03-10T16:34:57Z")

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Hey all, I have a fla with a textArea in it set to a certain size: 250x600px. It shows up that way in Flash 8. However, whenever I export it to a swf, the textArea is really small: about 20x20px. I'm starting to pull o…

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## [Flash files to avi. Kodeks to flash 8?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-files-to-avi-kodeks-to-flash-8/218755)

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**Author:** [@Dr\_Circumcision](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dr_Circumcision)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-files-to-avi-kodeks-to-flash-8/218755 "2007-03-10T16:00:13Z")

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Hi. I was making an animation movie (http://home.no.net/olebech/Triggerman.html) recently. It worked nice in the flash player, but I wanted to export it to avi, because I was going to view it in a meeting. They wanted of…

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## [Help in action script - currentframe](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-in-action-script-currentframe/218748)

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**Author:** [@gabizinha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gabizinha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-in-action-script-currentframe/218748 "2007-03-10T14:52:47Z")

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Hi: I'm trying to write a code in actionscript. I'm new to flash. The movie is a dice that random 6 number and another movie clip walks the number of frames that the dice sorted. There are two movieclips. One is the d…

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## [Weird pixelation when new frames added](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-pixelation-when-new-frames-added/218745)

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**Author:** [@Village\_Idiot1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Village_Idiot1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-pixelation-when-new-frames-added/218745 "2007-03-10T13:16:49Z")

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Hey all, I'm making a website for my band in Flash MX 2004 (incidentally, kirupa.com has been very helpful in getting me this far, thanks!). The premise for my website is having a room, much like the style of Habbo …

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## [DuplicateMovieClip & For Loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-for-loop/218744)

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**Author:** [@joehann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joehann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-for-loop/218744 "2007-03-10T11:17:10Z")

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Hi Fellow AS Gurus, I'm beginner AS scripter and Im trying to make this simple duplicateMovieClip(); experiment to work. The objective is to duplicate movieclips 5 columns by 5 rows. My choice of AS is: functio…

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## [Button control](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-control/218743)

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**Author:** [@cew](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cew)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-control/218743 "2007-03-10T11:03:26Z")

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I have buttons that when pressed tween over the next 10 frames of the timeline. How do i use actionscrpt so that when the playhead hits a certain frame, it controls another movieclip on the main stage? When it hits fra…

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## [I've Posted Some Code (Preloader) -- Please Double-Check!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-posted-some-code-preloader-please-double-check/218737)

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**Author:** [@decisionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decisionman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-posted-some-code-preloader-please-double-check/218737 "2007-03-10T07:09:21Z")

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Hello All, So ... this site again: www.theproblemofnothing.com. Oh man. Sometimes it freezes, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it works on IE and not Firefox, sometimes on Firefox and IE. I think I've got it fixed. But …

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## [Movieclip center](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-center/218734)

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**Author:** [@osp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/osp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-center/218734 "2007-03-10T06:05:06Z")

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Hello. I have created a photogallary using this here tutorial: \[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm\[URL="http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm"\]\](http://www.kirup…

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## [PHP Mailer and devnull@kundenserver.de](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mailer-and-devnull-kundenserver-de/218732)

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**Author:** [@flashermx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashermx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mailer-and-devnull-kundenserver-de/218732 "2007-03-10T05:30:48Z")

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I created a PHP mailer form that is going to three addresses. Two emails receive it and a third is Cc'd. It works beautifully. To get it that way I had to test it many times. I am hosting the form on the www.1and1.com sh…

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## [Forward and Back Btns w/ Dynamic Imgs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-back-btns-w-dynamic-imgs/218730)

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**Author:** [@megamichan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/megamichan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-back-btns-w-dynamic-imgs/218730 "2007-03-10T04:33:29Z")

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I'm wondering if this is possible to do, because I've tried all that I could think of, but it wouldn't work... I have a gallery in which I am dynamically loading the images into the Flash Loader component. I would lik…

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## [Detect actual mouse position after quick motion?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-actual-mouse-position-after-quick-motion/218727)

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**Author:** [@CrookedGrin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CrookedGrin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-actual-mouse-position-after-quick-motion/218727 "2007-03-10T04:01:09Z")

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Hi. Sorry for the verbose explanation, but this is not a simple question. Basically, I am replacing the mouse pointer with a custom graphic in an .swf that takes up part of a web page (.swf stage is about 350px wide, t…

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## [Ok, anyone clever enough to tell me how this effect is achieved?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ok-anyone-clever-enough-to-tell-me-how-this-effect-is-achieved/218725)

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**Author:** [@clot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clot)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ok-anyone-clever-enough-to-tell-me-how-this-effect-is-achieved/218725 "2007-03-10T03:34:35Z")

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Click on the magazine in the middle: https://www.rachaelraymag.com/offer/issue\_cc\_a/index.jsp?trkid=allrecipes\_edwrr\_016\_va There is a page turning effect I'd like to know how to do. I have some ideas, but I think …

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