# programming

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## [FLV player-querystring trouble](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-player-querystring-trouble/213846)

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**Author:** [@ericb2007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ericb2007)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-player-querystring-trouble/213846 "2007-01-23T18:54:38Z")

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I currently have a swf that loads flv files into the media display via XML. \*\* How would I go about changing this so that it loaded the flv into the Media Display via a query string? \*\* In my first Scene I have t…

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## [Variable Scope Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-scope-question/213844)

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**Author:** [@Grimshaw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Grimshaw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-scope-question/213844 "2007-01-23T18:46:51Z")

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I have a flash variable scope question, and I'm not sure how to reference the variable. In my text file is &myColor=blue The three movie instances don’t want to change color based on the loaded text variable. Perhap…

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## [Showing a flash movie as background on an asp.net webpage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-a-flash-movie-as-background-on-an-asp-net-webpage/213841)

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**Author:** [@LianaEnt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LianaEnt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-a-flash-movie-as-background-on-an-asp-net-webpage/213841 "2007-01-23T18:36:25Z")

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Hi all! I'm brand new on here, so I'm doing like they say, and saying Hello! I know there's been a lot written about this, but I've yet to see a code sample. I've been using asp.net 1.1 (vb.net) for over a year, but …

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## [Dynamic sound loading](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-sound-loading/213836)

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**Author:** [@lekha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lekha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-sound-loading/213836 "2007-01-23T18:01:18Z")

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\[FONT=Arial\] How do I dynamically load mp3 into my flash movie.and also I want to use a preloader to check to see if all the all the mp3 files are loaded before starting to play the flash movie.And also what is the …

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## [Lost in XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-in-xml/213834)

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**Author:** [@MKT](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MKT)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-in-xml/213834 "2007-01-23T17:17:57Z")

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Hey, I've been following the Introduction to XML article and started playing around with the Squirrel Finder example, my aim was to make an XML menu which would simply load a URL in a new window. This would (hopefully) a…

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## [\[?\] Manipulating loaded movieClips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manipulating-loaded-movieclips/213832)

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**Author:** [@decumbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decumbo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manipulating-loaded-movieclips/213832 "2007-01-23T16:53:41Z")

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\#include "config.txt" var tTiles = terrainTiles; // from config.txt var tPath = terrainPath; // from config.txt var fType = FileType; // from config.txt var selectedTile:String; // loading stuff function lo…

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## [How to animate a water ripple?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-animate-a-water-ripple/213831)

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**Author:** [@azukizero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/azukizero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-animate-a-water-ripple/213831 "2007-01-23T16:42:45Z")

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Hi all, Does anyone have a good method for animating a water ripple over a bitmap image? I'm looking for something similar to the technique offered here but this tutorial is a bit out-dated: http://www.freehandsource…

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## [How can i get this FLV movie file?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-get-this-flv-movie-file/213829)

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**Author:** [@battlefield](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/battlefield)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-get-this-flv-movie-file/213829 "2007-01-23T16:29:06Z")

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this is the link: http://www.fabchannel.com/embed/player.swf?up=dejaentertainment.dejaentertainment I tried like everything even used brute force. Help

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## ["Floating" pop-up screen?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floating-pop-up-screen/213827)

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**Author:** [@insats](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/insats)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floating-pop-up-screen/213827 "2007-01-23T16:17:51Z")

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I've seen a few pop-up screens recently that are floating "on" the web-page, sort of like the lightbox Javascript (http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/) . What I'm now want to have on my site (www.olssonge…

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## [Regex or similar?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regex-or-similar/213826)

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**Author:** [@duncanhall](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duncanhall)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regex-or-similar/213826 "2007-01-23T16:16:51Z")

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So as far as my searching skills will allow, there simply isn't any support for regular expressions in AS2. Does anyone have any experience / know of any tutorials that can achieve a similar effect? I don't need anything…

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## [Math troubles with addition](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-troubles-with-addition/213823)

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**Author:** [@lostnights](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lostnights)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-troubles-with-addition/213823 "2007-01-23T15:46:35Z")

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My script is conjoining the two values instead of adding them together. So instead of 2 + 2 = 4, 2 + 2 = 22 calculate\_btn.onPress = function() { textbox3\_txt.text = textbox1\_txt.text + textbox2\_txt.text } textbox1…

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## [Change space to \_](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-space-to--/213822)

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**Author:** [@CriTiCeRz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CriTiCeRz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-space-to--/213822 "2007-01-23T15:42:30Z")

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So I uploaded something to my server so people in my class can download. I need to make a little PHP script or what ever I can to change all the spaces in the name of the file to \_'s because if not, they won't be able to…

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## [Flash, XML & WWW](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-www/213820)

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**Author:** [@dliva](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dliva)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-www/213820 "2007-01-23T15:24:38Z")

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I have a problem with a simple news scroller file that I built. It works fine when there is no www extension before my site, but does not work when there is. Does anyone know why this could be?

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## [HEEELP! Drop down menu problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/heeelp-drop-down-menu-problem/213818)

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**Author:** [@Grant\_Hurley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Grant_Hurley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/heeelp-drop-down-menu-problem/213818 "2007-01-23T14:52:26Z")

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\[COLOR=black\]Hi, i need a decent drop down menu.\[/COLOR\] I would like to use the rewind command inside a movie clip, with buttons or movie clips inside on the timeline with motion tween. this is reasonably straight for…

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## [Internet typefaces anyone?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/internet-typefaces-anyone/213816)

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**Author:** [@masskontroll](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/masskontroll)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/internet-typefaces-anyone/213816 "2007-01-23T14:40:47Z")

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Anyone know a good source for internet typefaces (aka typefaces designed for screen/web usage)? Cheers!

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## [Change Mouse Pointer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-mouse-pointer/213811)

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**Author:** [@rajesh84](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajesh84)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-mouse-pointer/213811 "2007-01-23T13:19:15Z")

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HIi Friends, I Have A Doubt.How To Change The mouse Pointer Inside A flash Movie. I Create A Movie Clip Named m1.Then Use The Following scripts, Can I Change The Pointer with A Movie Clip. Please Help Me

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## [Paypal button in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-button-in-flash/213807)

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**Author:** [@designmagic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/designmagic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-button-in-flash/213807 "2007-01-23T12:16:33Z")

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How I can add paypal link on flash?

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## [Dumps Needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dumps-needed/213805)

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**Author:** [@suganfebi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/suganfebi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dumps-needed/213805 "2007-01-23T11:57:38Z")

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Hi All, Dumps needed for Certified Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam Thnx in advance,

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## [Calendar Messages](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calendar-messages/213804)

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**Author:** [@Shard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calendar-messages/213804 "2007-01-23T11:42:49Z")

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Greetings to all AS geniuses out there - please help - lol I have a flash 6 calendar that loads data externally and populates two arrays (one for dates (global.caldate) and one for messages (global.caldata)). When the …

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## [Coldfusion: CFFILE](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coldfusion-cffile/213803)

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**Author:** [@estateboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/estateboy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coldfusion-cffile/213803 "2007-01-23T11:30:15Z")

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I'm making a site using CFFILE to upload pictures to the server! I have a questions about this! I'm using the following CFFILE Script: \<CFIF isdefined ("FORM.txt\_addTN")\> \<CFIF VAL(CGI.CONTENT\_LENGTH) GT 60000\> \<cfse…

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## [Vertical linear gradient](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-linear-gradient/213802)

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**Author:** [@tristan888](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tristan888)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-linear-gradient/213802 "2007-01-23T11:29:57Z")

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Is it possible to create a vertical linear gradient with the colour mixer instead of a horizontal one? Flash only seems to provide a horizontal linear gradient. Thanks

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## [How to check whether game is idle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-check-whether-game-is-idle/213801)

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**Author:** [@jyothi\_hk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jyothi_hk)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-check-whether-game-is-idle/213801 "2007-01-23T11:09:57Z")

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hi, I want to know how to check whether a game is idle for last few minutes/seconds. means, for last 2 minutes no key is pressed then my flash movie goes to idle mode, by pressing a key it should resume back. Regards…

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## [Drawing tool in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-tool-in-flash/213799)

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**Author:** [@gkp\_gaurav1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gkp_gaurav1)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-tool-in-flash/213799 "2007-01-23T10:09:13Z")

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hi all, can someone plz post a tutorial or link from where i can learn to make a drawing application in flash, in which i can draw a line and rectangle at runtime and also can change their size. or is there any free co…

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## [Manipulating timeline within a movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manipulating-timeline-within-a-movie-clip/213798)

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**Author:** [@danharris86](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danharris86)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manipulating-timeline-within-a-movie-clip/213798 "2007-01-23T09:59:05Z")

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\[COLOR=red\]NB: I figure this outmyself now so could it please be deleted, sorry it was very easy.\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#ff0000\]\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#ff0000\]movieclipname.gotoAndPlay(frame);\[/COLOR\] How easy is it to manipulate t…

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## [\[Flash8\] datagrid problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-datagrid-problem/213797)

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**Author:** [@shax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shax)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-datagrid-problem/213797 "2007-01-23T09:56:33Z")

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Hi i jus want to know how do u check a specific cell for data say if its at row\[1\] and column\[2\]. many thanks in advance.

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## [Swf slow only first time](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-slow-only-first-time/213794)

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**Author:** [@tekoer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tekoer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-slow-only-first-time/213794 "2007-01-23T09:03:24Z")

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When i view my swf online for the first time before it is loaded into cache, it plays very slowly, but when i refresh it plays smoothly at it should. I have tried with two different preloaders but still the same problem.…

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## [DuplicateMovieClip used in infinite dynamic menu?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-used-in-infinite-dynamic-menu/213792)

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**Author:** [@karmakat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/karmakat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-used-in-infinite-dynamic-menu/213792 "2007-01-23T08:24:55Z")

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Hi, I am attempting to work with duplicateMovieClip to make my dynamic infinite menu work...er.. infinitely. I tried some other methods but i think it's impossible without duplicating movie clips since my menu is arrow…

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## [MovieClipLoader and duplicateMovieClip() conspiring to drive me insane](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviecliploader-and-duplicatemovieclip-conspiring-to-drive-me-insane/213785)

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**Author:** [@flysi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flysi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviecliploader-and-duplicatemovieclip-conspiring-to-drive-me-insane/213785 "2007-01-23T06:54:20Z")

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I'm trying something that should be fairly simple. I want to: load a jpg into a container clip when that image is loaded, then duplicate it and move it to a different position then do a whole bunch of other stuff I'…

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## [Unicode in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unicode-in-flash/213784)

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**Author:** [@manikk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manikk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unicode-in-flash/213784 "2007-01-23T06:50:50Z")

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How can I make unicode fonts to be input and display in flash ?

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## [Multiple window](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-window/213783)

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**Author:** [@rajesh84](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajesh84)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-window/213783 "2007-01-23T06:07:18Z")

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Hi friends, Pls Clear My Doubts.I want To Load Another Window In A main Window.ie,I Load An .swf File Using loadMovieClip();.But When I Use This T 2nd swf Is Load But It Is Load Independently.My Aim Is To Load Th…

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