# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1836 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1837 --- ## [Point and Click game help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/point-and-click-game-help/217721)
**Author:** [@Danelim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Danelim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/point-and-click-game-help/217721 "2007-03-01T12:06:41Z")
Hi.. I am doing a point and click game in flash.. like Monkey Island, Sam and Max and so on. We are having some difficulty with some parts of the game: The movement of the character, we used a tutorial here on Ki… --- ## [Fill circle (mask?)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fill-circle-mask/217716)
**Author:** [@Najze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Najze)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fill-circle-mask/217716 "2007-03-01T10:00:12Z")
I have several circles, that I want to animate. But I don't know how i make it. I've tried with a mask but it don't work any good. See attached picture. That is ONE circle that shows how I want to animate it. The blac… --- ## [Other methods to call out a URL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/other-methods-to-call-out-a-url/217715)
**Author:** [@fenomnon64](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fenomnon64)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/other-methods-to-call-out-a-url/217715 "2007-03-01T09:46:24Z")
Hey-YO! ok question. I decided to make a promotional myspace page on myspace that will link to my professional site. the thing is however it seems that myspace has blocked certain scripting methods. For instance when my … --- ## [Flash 8 Random sound, random movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-random-sound-random-movieclip/217714)
**Author:** [@juliecat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/juliecat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-random-sound-random-movieclip/217714 "2007-03-01T09:34:14Z")
Dear people, happy greetings to you all. I would like to find some way of using a simple variable structure to do 2 things: Pick and play a random sound from say - a selection of 5 sound files. Do something similar wit… --- ## [7 Different Objects moving randomly smooth](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/7-different-objects-moving-randomly-smooth/217712)
**Author:** [@ChromeDemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChromeDemon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/7-different-objects-moving-randomly-smooth/217712 "2007-03-01T09:31:54Z")
Howdy ... I have 7 different objects on my stage, and they should move randomly and smoothly ... I have tried the Kirupa Tuts here, but i had no luck to build my own random movement smoothly (coz they all use only one MC… --- ## [How to Load XML MC when button Pressed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-xml-mc-when-button-pressed/217711)
**Author:** [@rafimmedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rafimmedia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-xml-mc-when-button-pressed/217711 "2007-03-01T09:30:41Z")
How to Load XML MC when button Pressed. i had a Button and one MC That mc contains http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm code. when i run the movie . the XML loaded in runtime , but i ne… --- ## [Timer to sync with system's clock](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-to-sync-with-systems-clock/217708)
**Author:** [@everlastingfuel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/everlastingfuel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-to-sync-with-systems-clock/217708 "2007-03-01T08:01:53Z")
Hi people I need help desperately ---Description of my project---- You see, I am doing a dynamic gallery and I am able to get it working already The purpose of my dynamic gallery is to display it across 4 LCD Tv panels a… --- ## [placeholderMC -layers showing underneath](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placeholdermc-layers-showing-underneath/217707)
**Author:** [@daveg92656](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daveg92656)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placeholdermc-layers-showing-underneath/217707 "2007-03-01T07:29:23Z")
Using Flash 8; Using Timeline based animation, not actionscript; Sorry, this is probably an easy question. I have an intro page (named Hashem.fla) which uses a placeHolderMC as a container to load external .swf's into… --- ## [Hover across a text field and retrieve the word it is over?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-across-a-text-field-and-retrieve-the-word-it-is-over/217706)
**Author:** [@eudora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eudora)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-across-a-text-field-and-retrieve-the-word-it-is-over/217706 "2007-03-01T06:59:45Z")
Is this possible? --- ## [Roll out an play banner](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/roll-out-an-play-banner/217702)
**Author:** [@curious\_cookie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/curious_cookie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/roll-out-an-play-banner/217702 "2007-03-01T05:46:14Z")
Hi, I have an assignment to do for school. What I would like to do is this; Have a banner, but when you hover and/or click it it rolls out and a movie plays then the banner rolls back in when the movie is over- basica… --- ## [iTunes Now Playing?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/itunes-now-playing/217700)
**Author:** [@aldyn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aldyn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/itunes-now-playing/217700 "2007-03-01T05:19:07Z")
Is there any way to have flash pull the currently playing information in the format of "Artist - Song"? I'm looking to have it dynamically change (while the swf is playing, if a song changes, the display in flash would… --- ## [Loading Movie Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-problem/217699)
**Author:** [@Hunson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hunson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-problem/217699 "2007-03-01T04:57:12Z")
see i have this script in my flash movie: \_root.navigation = 1 loader.onEnterFrame = function() { if (\_root.navigation == 1) { loadMovie("green1.swf", "loader"); unloadMovie("loader2"); } if (\_root.naviga… --- ## [Problem with menu AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-menu-as/217698)
**Author:** [@BetaWar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BetaWar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-menu-as/217698 "2007-03-01T04:46:14Z")
This is off of Kirupa's flash collapsable menu with memory, but I can't get it to work with anything other than how it was created. I have take the time to get rid of the functions (and all calls to them) that I don't ne… --- ## [MD5 hash decryption in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/md5-hash-decryption-in-flash/217696)
**Author:** [@Poco](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Poco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/md5-hash-decryption-in-flash/217696 "2007-03-01T03:44:26Z")
Hi guys, See %subj%. Does anybody know how to make it or could you point me on some web or example? Thanks a lot, all comments greatly appreciated! Poco --- ## [Button inside movie clip problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-clip-problem/217695)
**Author:** [@toriaezunama](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/toriaezunama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-clip-problem/217695 "2007-03-01T03:25:49Z")
Hi everyone This is my first post and I am starting with a request for a problem that I just can't figure out. I have a button with graphics defined for each of the states up, over, and down in it. This button is i… --- ## [Flash 8 Pro presentation mode.. mc's don't play on new slide?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-pro-presentation-mode-mcs-dont-play-on-new-slide/217693)
**Author:** [@bcswebstudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bcswebstudio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-pro-presentation-mode-mcs-dont-play-on-new-slide/217693 "2007-03-01T02:46:21Z")
I am trying my hand at using Flash 8 Pro's "presentation" feature.. It's pretty slick in that it lets you "layer" slides based on slide-spanning topics, but it also deviates a bit from regular Flash behavior, and I am ha… --- ## [Cool Button Animation?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-button-animation/217691)
**Author:** [@Hunson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hunson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-button-animation/217691 "2007-03-01T02:29:13Z")
I'm creating a button which is some simple text with no background. anyone knows some cool(and classy) animation i can play around with? Like maybe a circle moving across the text or something. samples needed! --- ## [Telling loaded movie to play();](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telling-loaded-movie-to-play/217688)
**Author:** [@jibble](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jibble)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telling-loaded-movie-to-play/217688 "2007-03-01T01:51:27Z")
should be simple...but again i am lost. Heres the scenario... I have a main movie(main.swf). I've loaded a movie into it(loaded.swf). I need the loaded movie to finish playing once a button is clicked in the main.sw… --- ## [Rewriting code for main timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rewriting-code-for-main-timeline/217687)
**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rewriting-code-for-main-timeline/217687 "2007-03-01T01:28:48Z")
I've got an MC name "bg" with the following code on it: onClipEvent (load) { var a = 15; // this is the speed of the transition, the higher the value, the slower the fade myColor = new Color(bg); // this sets … --- ## [Problem with external SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-external-swf/217682)
**Author:** [@kgooding](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kgooding)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-external-swf/217682 "2007-03-01T00:53:06Z")
Hi fellow flashers... I have a really annoying problem which is bugging me. I want to tell my parent movie to gotoAndPlay from a external swf I am loading in with: loadMovie("submovie.swf", mcMenu); within the code… --- ## [Anyone done a multiple dynamic text field xml gallery?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-done-a-multiple-dynamic-text-field-xml-gallery/217680)
**Author:** [@somnamblst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somnamblst)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-done-a-multiple-dynamic-text-field-xml-gallery/217680 "2007-03-01T00:17:59Z")
I want to be able to easily update copy in multiple places. Would it be possible to mod a photo gallery to display text instead? --- ## [Hover Captions, text + gotoAndStop command](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-captions-text-gotoandstop-command/217678)
**Author:** [@steveninthesun](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steveninthesun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-captions-text-gotoandstop-command/217678 "2007-02-28T23:10:53Z")
Hi - I'm a newbe to Flash and really need some help! I'm working on a Map page where text has to pop-up and follow the mouse as the mouse rolls-over locations, and also a 2nd panel of text has to appear when you click … --- ## [FLASH/MENU - Targeting Framesets](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-targeting-framesets/217677)
**Author:** [@GALAXYGARRISSON](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GALAXYGARRISSON)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-targeting-framesets/217677 "2007-02-28T23:09:17Z")
Hey Guys, I have an flash xml menu that I am using on a page with frames, when I embed the flash in the page in the left frame, I want the content to appear in the middle frame. Everytime I click a link on the menu i… --- ## [Swf state dictated by user's screen size? Possible or not? Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-state-dictated-by-users-screen-size-possible-or-not-help/217676)
**Author:** [@Head\_In\_A\_Pan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Head_In_A_Pan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-state-dictated-by-users-screen-size-possible-or-not-help/217676 "2007-02-28T23:03:47Z")
Hello! It's me again - the man with the seemingly impossible questions! \[wink\] After hours building a very beautiful little expanding/collapsing panel of 4 windows with motion tweens & mind-boggling XY coords, the cli… --- ## [\[Problem\] Thumbnail Gallery again](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-thumbnail-gallery-again/217673)
**Author:** [@Exos\_Sho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Exos_Sho)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-thumbnail-gallery-again/217673 "2007-02-28T22:03:39Z")
So i ve tried my self in an XML-driven Gallery, and totally failed. Next i searched this forum, and found several useful help. And i took a look on it. So i modified it a bit, i added a button to unload the actual XML, a… --- ## [Mute multiple MP3s](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mute-multiple-mp3s/217671)
**Author:** [@basquet\_57](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/basquet_57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mute-multiple-mp3s/217671 "2007-02-28T21:58:47Z")
I have 11 different, short MP3s. Each one plays on a different key frame. I want to make a mute button that will not only mute the current frame MP3 but if the user goes to a different frame, the new sound would still … --- ## [Question on pause/play MC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-pause-play-mc/217670)
**Author:** [@MarkSink](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MarkSink)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-pause-play-mc/217670 "2007-02-28T21:50:47Z")
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 … --- ## [AS3: Browser closing interruption](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-browser-closing-interruption/217667)
**Author:** [@jwopitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jwopitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-browser-closing-interruption/217667 "2007-02-28T21:24:10Z")
Having issues with this AND maybe this isn't the precise location for this post. But anywhoooooo...:whistle: I have an AS3 application that utilizes both Local Shared Object and/or server calls to save user preference… --- ## [Coordinates per MC as string?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coordinates-per-mc-as-string/217666)
**Author:** [@project107](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/project107)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coordinates-per-mc-as-string/217666 "2007-02-28T21:16:40Z")
So, is it possible to have a drag and drop flash movie where the user drags around movie clips to create a collage. When they're happy with it, they click a button and the main movie sends out the coordinates so when som… --- ## [\[Flash 8 Actionscript\] \_x property of dynamically created movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-actionscript--x-property-of-dynamically-created-movieclip/217665)
**Author:** [@johnnycinq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnnycinq)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-actionscript--x-property-of-dynamically-created-movieclip/217665 "2007-02-28T21:01:29Z")
Hi everyone. Long time listener, first time caller here. :} I'm having trouble with how Flash sets the \_x property of a dynamically created movieclip. If I create a rectangle on the stage using the Drawing API: /… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1835) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1837)