# programming

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## [CSS tab rollover problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-tab-rollover-problem/217015)

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**Author:** [@Novate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Novate)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-tab-rollover-problem/217015 "2007-02-22T10:41:45Z")

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I have 3 tabs which are done entirely in css, im trying to add rollover effect on each tab, but when i try to add this effect, i get something unexpected attached is the html with the css file and in the future how …

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## [Need a scrolling static text box](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-scrolling-static-text-box/217013)

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**Author:** [@gwh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gwh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-scrolling-static-text-box/217013 "2007-02-22T09:44:26Z")

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Hi everyone, I've had to use a dynamic text field in order to use the UIScrollBar component to make a scrolling text box. The problem is that I wanted to use an unusual typeface in the text field and apparently the tex…

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## [XML PhotoGallery Help Please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photogallery-help-please/217012)

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**Author:** [@rafimmedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rafimmedia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photogallery-help-please/217012 "2007-02-22T09:22:38Z")

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Here i am Going to develope my portfolio as dynamicly. I had 12 category , when i click the category 1 ( ex : Flower) the images displayed with controling Prv,Next buttons . a example site.. http://www.templatemonster.c…

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## [Set Height of rotated movie problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-height-of-rotated-movie-problem/217010)

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**Author:** [@siuj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/siuj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-height-of-rotated-movie-problem/217010 "2007-02-22T08:55:17Z")

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I want to set the height of rotated movie. says, mc.\_rotation = 45; (rotate by AS, not in Flash Design interface) I want to set the new height of the movieclip, says 100. However, the height is just slightly decrea…

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## [Slide presentation- need help and advise](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slide-presentation-need-help-and-advise/217007)

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**Author:** [@hammer\_falls](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hammer_falls)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slide-presentation-need-help-and-advise/217007 "2007-02-22T08:30:52Z")

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Hi , Hi , Thanks for your time, Actually Iam a designer and currently im dealing with tv production, Iam doing the slide presentation for News Update Because of lack of knowledge in flash action script, Iam us…

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## [Quick Question about Arrays](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-about-arrays/217003)

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**Author:** [@rizzex123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rizzex123)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-about-arrays/217003 "2007-02-22T07:39:38Z")

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Ok - so I make an object I call a "dot" using this method: myDot = new hitDot(stageMC, "Zeus", 300, 300); //makes a dot trace(myDot.myMC.\_name); and this properly traces the name "Zeus." Works perfect. Now, when …

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## [Flash Questionnaire](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-questionnaire/217000)

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**Author:** [@dreamevo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dreamevo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-questionnaire/217000 "2007-02-22T06:58:54Z")

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Hello Guys, Could anyone help me on how I can create a flash questionnaire with a YES or NO answers only, and then depending on the answers it direct to a certian page/ results. If someone could point me to a website…

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## [XML photo Gallery ( Loading a MC )](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-gallery-loading-a-mc/216999)

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**Author:** [@rafimmedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rafimmedia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-gallery-loading-a-mc/216999 "2007-02-22T06:46:59Z")

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Here i am Going to develope my portfolio as dynamicly. I had 12 category , when i click the category 1 ( ex : Flower) the images displayed with controling Prv,Next buttons . a example site.. http://www.templatemonster.c…

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## [Need help with XML gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-xml-gallery/216998)

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**Author:** [@everlastingfuel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/everlastingfuel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-xml-gallery/216998 "2007-02-22T06:34:17Z")

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Need help with XML Photo gallery/Slideshow Dear forumers, I need help with creating a automatic slideshow with control buttons. Have browsed through Kirupa's tutorials and have made references to the following 2 tutorial…

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## [Newbie website](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-website/216992)

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**Author:** [@chemgoof](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chemgoof)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-website/216992 "2007-02-22T04:46:08Z")

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Hi all, I making a new website for a friend (and to learn how to use flash) and I have gotten to a point that I would imagine is really simple, but I can't think of how to do it. ok, so I have a temp webpage at http:/…

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## [Flash - HTML interaction (back to the same point)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-html-interaction-back-to-the-same-point/216989)

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**Author:** [@chubob](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chubob)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-html-interaction-back-to-the-same-point/216989 "2007-02-22T04:05:51Z")

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guys, I really need help... Is there any possible way for this: if a user is in a flash site, then he jumps to an html page, if he clicks the "back" button of the browser can he come to the same point where the swf file …

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## [Ramdon choosed and registered MC´s](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ramdon-choosed-and-registered-mc-s/216987)

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**Author:** [@athalybah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/athalybah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ramdon-choosed-and-registered-mc-s/216987 "2007-02-22T03:35:56Z")

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Hi, fellowsw My SWF file needed to load Mc´s in a random fashion, so, I do it in a very simple way loadMovie("../images/vest\_" + (Math.floor(Math.random() \* 7) + 1) + ".swf", "root.vestcont"); That´s the result (it…

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## [PHP vs. ASP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-vs-asp/216985)

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**Author:** [@anothermethod](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anothermethod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-vs-asp/216985 "2007-02-22T02:50:29Z")

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## [BBCODE Editor](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbcode-editor/216984)

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**Author:** [@Souljacker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Souljacker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbcode-editor/216984 "2007-02-22T02:48:50Z")

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Hello, I'm looking for a simple \[COLOR=red\]\[FONT=serif\]BBCode\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\] editor. For \[COLOR=green\]\[FONT=serif\]example\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]: the user writes a text in a \[COLOR=red\]\[FONT=serif\]textfield\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\], sel…

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## [Simple UIScrollbar Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-uiscrollbar-question/216981)

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**Author:** [@fylraen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fylraen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-uiscrollbar-question/216981 "2007-02-22T02:32:22Z")

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Cross-posted from the Flash 8 forum, I apologize. I also apologize for not specifying Flash 8 in the post title - I can't change it now. Noob with a quick question: Is there a way for me to change the width of an in…

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## [Need Help With Movie Clip Action Script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-movie-clip-action-script/216979)

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**Author:** [@StomachPunch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StomachPunch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-movie-clip-action-script/216979 "2007-02-22T02:23:16Z")

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Hey I was going through the tutorials and came across the complex button tutorial and I was just wondering how i can get the complex button, when pressed to goto a certain frame of the main timeline and not the complex b…

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## [Creating A PLatform Game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-platform-game/216977)

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**Author:** [@protonxp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/protonxp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-platform-game/216977 "2007-02-22T02:17:18Z")

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hi i was wondring. i'm looking at the tute creating a platform game in kirupa. but i don't know how to get the char back to the start when he dies could someone help?

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## [Fuse SlideShow](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fuse-slideshow/216976)

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**Author:** [@theSchtickler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theSchtickler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fuse-slideshow/216976 "2007-02-22T02:08:47Z")

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Hey there, Ok, so forgive me, I'm very new to Fuse, but it seems like the way to push forward. I'm trying to create a simple slidshow of 6 images with some text that fades in and out, then it moves on to the next slide…

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## [Mouse position... read carefully ¬¬](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-position-read-carefully/216973)

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**Author:** [@Tiggie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tiggie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-position-read-carefully/216973 "2007-02-22T01:55:36Z")

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Ye, guess u saw the title and thought on sth simple =P. I need to know the horizontal position of my mouse... the code is in a SWF... BUT that SWF is being included by other one which is fullscreen (it means i never know…

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## [Actionscript 3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3/216969)

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**Author:** [@AppleWilliam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AppleWilliam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3/216969 "2007-02-22T01:11:37Z")

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I have heard about actionscript 3 except I have no idea what it is. D you download it? I have flash 8 and all I've ever had was actionscript 2. What IS IT :panda::sleep::td::h::beer::stare::rd::luigi::pir::dog::ogre::\*…

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## [tellTarget Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telltarget-help/216967)

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**Author:** [@sparky\_157](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparky_157)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telltarget-help/216967 "2007-02-22T00:46:42Z")

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I am trying the create a flash navigation and am wondering if i can apply two onrelease tellTarget onto the same button. here is my code that i am working with and you can see at the end where i have the two onrelease ac…

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## [Simple UIScrollbar question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-uiscrollbar-question/216966)

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**Author:** [@fylraen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fylraen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-uiscrollbar-question/216966 "2007-02-22T00:43:48Z")

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Noob with a quick question: Is there a way for me to change the width of an instance of a UIScrollBar component without reskinning the whole thing? I'm looking for a quick AS fix to just make my scrollbars narrower. …

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## [Flex hyperlink problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-hyperlink-problems/216965)

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**Author:** [@petermdenton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/petermdenton)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-hyperlink-problems/216965 "2007-02-22T00:31:11Z")

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Hello has anyone been able to hyperlink from a local flex file with an html document to a web page (not local)?

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## [ComboBox drop down shift problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-drop-down-shift-problem/216964)

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**Author:** [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-drop-down-shift-problem/216964 "2007-02-22T00:28:10Z")

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Has anyone seen this (see attached)? I've used the comboBox many a time, but have never seen this - am I doing something wrong here?

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## [Gradient banding in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-banding-in-flash/216963)

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**Author:** [@vika](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vika)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-banding-in-flash/216963 "2007-02-22T00:26:19Z")

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Does anybody know the solution to the gradient banding when you publish a swf file??? I need to create gradient background for the flash web site. I tried to apply smoothing, publishing with high quality, making the grad…

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## [updateInterval](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updateinterval/216959)

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**Author:** [@andrewfitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andrewfitz)\
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**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updateinterval/216959 "2007-02-21T23:20:19Z")

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Is there a way to update an interval that's already started? Like say I have an interval of 1000 ms, I want to change it to 3000 ms. Is there anyway to update it without clearing and setting a new one? The reason for t…

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## [Flash 8: Get a sound to play if it hasn't already started?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-get-a-sound-to-play-if-it-hasnt-already-started/216956)

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**Author:** [@Unit9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Unit9)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-get-a-sound-to-play-if-it-hasnt-already-started/216956 "2007-02-21T22:50:50Z")

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Hi guys, I have a typewriting effect that exists on 6 frames - on frame one the says what characters to type and which character comes next and on frame six it tells it to go back to the begining. I also have a type…

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## [Classes: (not so) Private Variables?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/classes-not-so-private-variables/216954)

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**Author:** [@Nich](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nich)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/classes-not-so-private-variables/216954 "2007-02-21T22:35:00Z")

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ActionScript Code: \[FONT=Courier New\]\[LEFT\]\[COLOR=#000000\]class\[/COLOR\] Vector2d \[COLOR=#0000FF\]extends\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#0000FF\]Math\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#000000\]{\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#0000FF\]private\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#000000\]var\[…

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## [How to "properly" center Flash content after using the Flash detection template](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-properly-center-flash-content-after-using-the-flash-detection-template/216953)

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**Author:** [@insultcomidog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/insultcomidog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-properly-center-flash-content-after-using-the-flash-detection-template/216953 "2007-02-21T22:12:43Z")

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Up till recently I've been putting my Flash content in tables that have been centered. After using the Flash detection template html file that Flash 8 generates I can no longer use my method of centering. Is there meth…

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## [Preloading an external swf - I just cant crack this!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-an-external-swf-i-just-cant-crack-this/216952)

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**Author:** [@kaanuki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kaanuki)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-an-external-swf-i-just-cant-crack-this/216952 "2007-02-21T21:56:24Z")

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I'm having lots of trouble preloading an external .swf before proceeeding to the next frame. It waits for a few moments, pretending to preload it, but once it proceeds to the next frame, the movie/bumper still takes a …

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