# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1835 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1836 --- ## [Flash Gallery help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-gallery-help/217778)
**Author:** [@Kimi\_92](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kimi_92)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-gallery-help/217778 "2007-03-01T19:58:06Z")
Hey first of all, sorry about my english \[stuck\_out\_tongue\] problem: i had spent some time on a downloaded gallery, and i had some problems. becouse i had to put my gallery into my template but when i do it, i wont wor… --- ## [How to store a value to use at a later time](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-store-a-value-to-use-at-a-later-time/217779)
**Author:** [@johnnybaby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnnybaby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-store-a-value-to-use-at-a-later-time/217779 "2007-03-01T19:58:03Z")
Hi there. I'm back ! Finding this site incredibly useful and a wealth of great talent on here.. I wonder if you could help me out ! I recently posted a topic re. the keeping score tutorial which was on here... I ended… --- ## [XML and the Ampersand "&"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-the-ampersand/217777)
**Author:** [@tfoston](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tfoston)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-the-ampersand/217777 "2007-03-01T19:55:40Z")
I'm importing an ampersand symbol and can't get it to display normally in flash. I've trying turing it into a string, and \[COLOR=#0000d0\]System\[/COLOR\].\[COLOR=#000050\]useCodepage\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#0000ff\]=\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#… --- ## [Interactive Map Pane & Zoom Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interactive-map-pane-zoom-help/217776)
**Author:** [@wolf\_man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wolf_man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interactive-map-pane-zoom-help/217776 "2007-03-01T19:53:59Z")
I'm working on an interactive map for a client, and for the past two days I have been searching for an answer to my problems, but have been unable to find them (though I have found many people with the same problems). s… --- ## [Flash 8 and the Drawing API](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-and-the-drawing-api/217772)
**Author:** [@Keyston](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Keyston)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-and-the-drawing-api/217772 "2007-03-01T19:46:14Z")
I'm in the process in making a little drawing board using flash Drawing API. Right now i have the lines drawn by using lineTo() but i was wondering if there is a way to erase portions of the line. I know i could just wri… --- ## [getNextHighestDepth?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getnexthighestdepth/217768)
**Author:** [@jesirose](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jesirose)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getnexthighestdepth/217768 "2007-03-01T19:26:44Z")
Here is some simple code I am using to try to put two yellow blocks on the screen. I can't seem to get the getNextHighestDepth function to work. What am I doing wrong here? I have tried using this.getNextHighestDepth() a… --- ## [MC w/buttons and easing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-w-buttons-and-easing/217767)
**Author:** [@sjaworsk1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sjaworsk1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-w-buttons-and-easing/217767 "2007-03-01T19:08:43Z")
Scenario: I have a MC (KidsPort). Within this I have several MC's acting as buttons labeled KidsCirc1, KidsCirc2, etc. on (press) each button moves the \_parent MC (KidsPort) to another \_x location on the main timeline. … --- ## [Parse "submit" text on contact page?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parse-submit-text-on-contact-page/217765)
**Author:** [@sogj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sogj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parse-submit-text-on-contact-page/217765 "2007-03-01T19:01:37Z")
I have a contact page on my flash site (www.amberbutler.com) that sends me an email generated via PHP. I do not have access to the code as it is provided by my host (godaddy). All the flash side does is name the variab… --- ## [\[mx2004\] duplicating moveclips?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx2004-duplicating-moveclips/217762)
**Author:** [@mcfiredrill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mcfiredrill)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx2004-duplicating-moveclips/217762 "2007-03-01T18:49:42Z")
Hi. I want to duplicate a 10 by 400 horzontal bar down the entire screen on a 550 by 400 document and have each one change colors randomly. I have this so far: this.attachMovie('square', 'square', 1); i=0; square.dupli… --- ## [Strange Interval Problem... Never even heard of this before!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-interval-problem-never-even-heard-of-this-before/217763)
**Author:** [@dewey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dewey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-interval-problem-never-even-heard-of-this-before/217763 "2007-03-01T18:49:42Z")
Hey Guys, So I'm helping someone out here at work and he's trying to set / clear an interval... The setting is fine the first time, but then doubles in speed when the link is clicked again, or he goes to view a differe… --- ## [Mask not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-not-working/217760)
**Author:** [@metatron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/metatron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-not-working/217760 "2007-03-01T18:29:37Z")
I made a green box with a mask so I can put a semitransparent oval. I made all this a button. It looks ok in work area and with "enable simple buttons" but when I test the movie or export it it doesn't show the parts tha… --- ## [Any open source widgets like this one?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-open-source-widgets-like-this-one/217758)
**Author:** [@Pixelmech](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pixelmech)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-open-source-widgets-like-this-one/217758 "2007-03-01T18:01:09Z")
Hi there, We've been trying out a Flash widget on our side to serve up audio files for playback. It's on box.net and you can see it on the left side of the page here: http://box.net/widget It works great, but I'm n… --- ## [.swf is covering up my javascript menues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-is-covering-up-my-javascript-menues/217756)
**Author:** [@endy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/endy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-is-covering-up-my-javascript-menues/217756 "2007-03-01T17:38:08Z")
Hello all - So I have this problem where my javascript dropdown style menus are going under the flash content that is in the main part of the page instead of over it like they do with the HTML. Is there a way that I… --- ## [Free Portfolio for everyone](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-portfolio-for-everyone/217755)
**Author:** [@drop2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drop2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-portfolio-for-everyone/217755 "2007-03-01T17:24:41Z")
Hi all, I am putting this version of my portfolio for everyone to download, use, edit, delete.I know its not the best out there, but it sure helped me to understand a lot of how AS works. I am working on a new vers… --- ## [Dynamic Text Display](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-display/217752)
**Author:** [@lewnyflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewnyflash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-display/217752 "2007-03-01T17:04:17Z")
Another problem by me, I'm trying to display external text via CSS in the Impact font but for some reason everytime I preview my .fla file the Impact text looks horrible. I put some Impact text static on the page and it … --- ## [FLVPlayback - disable seekBar UI component?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-disable-seekbar-ui-component/217750)
**Author:** [@ironchefmoto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ironchefmoto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-disable-seekbar-ui-component/217750 "2007-03-01T16:41:44Z")
I'm building a video player that uses the hard-coded, non-9-slice-scaled FLVPlayback UI components. I tried customizing a skin with 9-slice scaling and had issues with the assets when I disabled certain controls. Plus,… --- ## [Dotted Line in AS 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dotted-line-in-as-3-0/217746)
**Author:** [@pkarpenko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pkarpenko)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dotted-line-in-as-3-0/217746 "2007-03-01T16:25:34Z")
How do I make a line dotted programatically? A line can be made dotted if drawn in the IDE, so it's got to be possible, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the Graphics (lineStyle) class to allow for this. --- ## [Flash Fullscreen Browser Scaling](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-fullscreen-browser-scaling/217745)
**Author:** [@akademics](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/akademics)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-fullscreen-browser-scaling/217745 "2007-03-01T16:16:07Z")
Hello. I am trying to create a flash website project that scales fullscreen with the browser. Unfortunately I am having trouble figuring out how to make the flash file properly scale up or down with the browser while kee… --- ## [Getting a NaN error on "Keeping Score" Tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-a-nan-error-on-keeping-score-tutorial/217744)
**Author:** [@johnnybaby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnnybaby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-a-nan-error-on-keeping-score-tutorial/217744 "2007-03-01T16:15:35Z")
Hi everyone ! I'm new here and wondered if my first post one some could help me out on... I recently did the tutorial on here called "Keeping Score" - where you can click on one button and it will add score to a dynam… --- ## [seamlessBackground Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamlessbackground-class/217743)
**Author:** [@jor133d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jor133d)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamlessbackground-class/217743 "2007-03-01T16:02:14Z")
Hello. I am using the seamlessBackground class from pixelfumes.com. I am trying to make a website for myself at www.glitzphotography.com which I use the class. The background displays the first images then just spr… --- ## [Another approach to creating a movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-approach-to-creating-a-movie-clip/217742)
**Author:** [@korkor5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/korkor5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-approach-to-creating-a-movie-clip/217742 "2007-03-01T15:55:40Z")
it looks like with the createEmptyMovieClip, u need to pass to it an instance name of an already existing movie which has been created manually and put in the library. I dont want to create an instance of a movie clip… --- ## [\[MX2004\]need help making movieclips invisible on load](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx2004-need-help-making-movieclips-invisible-on-load/217741)
**Author:** [@threeandcats](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/threeandcats)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx2004-need-help-making-movieclips-invisible-on-load/217741 "2007-03-01T15:52:16Z")
I have several movieclips placed on the timeline that I want to be invisible and not run until the user clicks a button. The movieclips are linked to a class I set up: class Hidestop extends MovieClip { function … --- ## [Play Animation Then Open Selected Item](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-animation-then-open-selected-item/217737)
**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-animation-then-open-selected-item/217737 "2007-03-01T15:22:00Z")
Hi all... Am wondering the best way to do this... I have 4 menu items, each time one of them is pressed an animation plays BEFORE it goes to the selected frame label. But I only want to have one animation on the timeline… --- ## [Need to change Horizontal getlimits getBounds to Vertical](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-to-change-horizontal-getlimits-getbounds-to-vertical/217735)
**Author:** [@somnamblst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somnamblst)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-to-change-horizontal-getlimits-getbounds-to-vertical/217735 "2007-03-01T15:08:28Z")
I used the following tutorial to create a horizontal movie http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/scriptable\_masks.htm Now I am trying to modify my file to have it work on vertical images. The AS for horizontal… --- ## [Can you animate external text?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-animate-external-text/217734)
**Author:** [@lewnyflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewnyflash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-animate-external-text/217734 "2007-03-01T14:51:50Z")
Hi, I've just completed the tutorial about applying CSS to external text as this will make it easy for my end user to change the text when he wants. What was now wondering is there any way to animate the external text … --- ## [Help with attachmovie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-attachmovie/217732)
**Author:** [@ndey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ndey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-attachmovie/217732 "2007-03-01T14:45:10Z")
I am trying to do a similar gallery like on http://subdisc.com I've come to the conclusiont his was most likely done using attachMovie. I want to make it so in the XML file it will take a new line i've added and keep … --- ## [Web page optimization](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-page-optimization/217731)
**Author:** [@gkp\_gaurav1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gkp_gaurav1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-page-optimization/217731 "2007-03-01T14:34:49Z")
Hi all can some one plz post a tutorial or can guide me for web page optimization. not the search-engine-optimization, i want only to minimize the page size. i'hv googled this, but everywhere it shows "SEO". can some o… --- ## [Help with syncing images with FLV](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-syncing-images-with-flv/217729)
**Author:** [@MarkSink](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MarkSink)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-syncing-images-with-flv/217729 "2007-03-01T14:26:59Z")
Hello, I have imported an FLV (5 min video) with "clear" play bar. I converted the FLV into a movie clip. Inside the movie clip i added 12 seperate PNG images that change during the movie (I did it manually with a … --- ## [Arithmetic with Array Values](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arithmetic-with-array-values/217726)
**Author:** [@hardright](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hardright)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arithmetic-with-array-values/217726 "2007-03-01T13:16:59Z")
var oth:Number = uup\[0\]+dup\[0\] Hi I'm trying to find the sum of two array values and I'm just getting a concatenated string of the two numbers. What am I doing wrong? --- ## [\[F8\] attachMovie and dynamic text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-attachmovie-and-dynamic-text/217725)
**Author:** [@sirwebster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sirwebster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-attachmovie-and-dynamic-text/217725 "2007-03-01T12:57:42Z")
I'm using attachMovie to attach a mc from the library to an empty mc on the stage, the movie i'm attaching has 2 dynamic text fields in it, but when i change the .text property of them, nothing appears, if i put some tex… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1834) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1836)