# programming

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## [Another pause MC problem :(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-pause-mc-problem/213782)

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**Author:** [@awmaya](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/awmaya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-pause-mc-problem/213782 "2007-01-23T05:42:01Z")

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Hello all, Sorry for asking about this yet again, but I did do a search and after going through 6 pages of posts i still can't get a .swf to pause. I am a noob so I prolly missed something simple. On the main stage I…

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## [\[ActionScript/XML\] Help needed!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-xml-help-needed/213780)

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**Author:** [@rokryan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rokryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-xml-help-needed/213780 "2007-01-23T05:25:22Z")

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Grrr, spent all morning trying to intergrate a xml feed into the countdown clock from the tutorial offered on this site. \[FONT=Fixedsys\]var eventDate; var race\_time; var race\_location; var raceYear = race\_year; var ra…

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## [Getting my Apache Server Public?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-my-apache-server-public/213777)

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**Author:** [@migigicoko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/migigicoko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-my-apache-server-public/213777 "2007-01-23T04:09:06Z")

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Hello, I just installed PHP & Apache using a wonderful, easy tutorial on kirupa. However, I wanted to somehow make it public. How could I make the rest of the internet see it? I understand that a normal home computer isn…

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## [To make the previous button play frames backwards?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-make-the-previous-button-play-frames-backwards/213772)

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**Author:** [@pip\_pip](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pip_pip)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-make-the-previous-button-play-frames-backwards/213772 "2007-01-23T03:15:54Z")

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Hey all, If you click on 'weddings' you will see that the previous button will play the frames backwards. Does anyone know how to do this? It's kinda hard to explain but when you click next and then previous you'll see…

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## [I want simple icon list on right, that launches different FLVs with controller](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-simple-icon-list-on-right-that-launches-different-flvs-with-controller/213771)

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**Author:** [@3dron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3dron)\
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**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-simple-icon-list-on-right-that-launches-different-flvs-with-controller/213771 "2007-01-23T03:13:56Z")

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I can get something close putting the following code in one of the icons buttons: on(release) { import mx.video.\*; this.attachMovie("FLVPlayback", "my\_FLVPlybk", 10, {width:320, height:240, x:100, y:100}); my\_FLVPlybk.…

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## [.swf as screensaver?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-as-screensaver/213759)

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**Author:** [@Red\_Baron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Red_Baron)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-as-screensaver/213759 "2007-01-23T01:46:10Z")

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Hey guys - First post and a very noob question, if I'd like to set one of my flash projects to be my xp's screensaver, how'd I go about doing that? in advance thank you very much

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## [IE 'Activate' Fix for Flash MX swf?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-activate-fix-for-flash-mx-swf/213758)

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**Author:** [@ProfessorM](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ProfessorM)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-activate-fix-for-flash-mx-swf/213758 "2007-01-23T01:43:49Z")

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Hi Everyone, I'll first say that I'm a Flash designer but I'm not really technically inclined which may be why I still haven't figured out how to get around the Microsoft IE 'Activate' double click problem with Flash c…

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## [URL text link doesnt work within movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-text-link-doesnt-work-within-movie-clip/213754)

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**Author:** [@tristan888](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tristan888)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-text-link-doesnt-work-within-movie-clip/213754 "2007-01-23T00:48:12Z")

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Hi, I have a static textbox within a movie which has its "link" field set to a URL. However when clicked after exporting the swf file, the URL does not load. Has this something to do with the Target drop-down box? th…

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## [How Can I Use #Include For External .AS File In Complex Button?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-use-include-for-external-as-file-in-complex-button/213753)

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**Author:** [@Coldfinger](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Coldfinger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-use-include-for-external-as-file-in-complex-button/213753 "2007-01-23T00:47:28Z")

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I truly believe I am missing one little small thing...so I'm hoping someone here can help me solve it. Here's a very basic overview/description of my problem: On the main timeline I have a movie clip ("Sound Full") on …

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## [\[Flash8\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8/213748)

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**Author:** [@shax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shax)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8/213748 "2007-01-23T00:01:09Z")

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Hi, can someone give me an example of how to check if a cell in a database contains data that would be loaded into it via flash remoting? and if there is no data then the whole row should be disabled or made invisible as…

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## [Help! Complex buttons and audio proximity AS problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-complex-buttons-and-audio-proximity-as-problem/213744)

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**Author:** [@wagon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wagon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-complex-buttons-and-audio-proximity-as-problem/213744 "2007-01-22T23:04:07Z")

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So, I have two complex buttons next to each other, one named 'window' and the next named 'window2'. On rollover of 'window', I wish to have the sound file 'borat' play, and on rollover of 'window2', I wish to have the so…

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## [Why cant I load this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-cant-i-load-this/213742)

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**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-cant-i-load-this/213742 "2007-01-22T22:48:02Z")

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var songs:Array = new Array; var audioxml:XML = new XML; audioxml.ignoreWhite = true; audioxml.onLoad = function() { var s:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes; for (i=0;i\<s.length;i++) { songs.push(s\*.attributes.…

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## [Exploding Effect using AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploding-effect-using-as/213741)

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**Author:** [@ageshi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ageshi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploding-effect-using-as/213741 "2007-01-22T22:47:23Z")

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Hi guys: I'm creating an interactive site and the introduction is a grid of stock images that consist of hidden functionalities. I want to create an explosion effect so that when one of the squares in the grid is cli…

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## [Controlling FLV and SWF scrubbing at the same time](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flv-and-swf-scrubbing-at-the-same-time/213739)

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**Author:** [@Asher\_Lightfoot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Asher_Lightfoot)\
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**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flv-and-swf-scrubbing-at-the-same-time/213739 "2007-01-22T21:53:16Z")

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I have a flash project with an imported swf animation and an imported flv video. So far I have made a play and pause button that can play and pause both objects at the same time. Is there way to make a scrub bar that c…

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## [CDONTS to JMAIL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cdonts-to-jmail/213738)

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**Author:** [@krantzsimon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krantzsimon)\
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**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cdonts-to-jmail/213738 "2007-01-22T21:34:31Z")

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I have tried to translate this code into JMAIL, but I can't get it work. Can someone please help me? \<% @language="VBSCRIPT" %\> \<% Dim myMail, myBody myBody = "Name: "& request.form("name") & vbcrlf myBody = myBody & …

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## [Fonts Crashing flash 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fonts-crashing-flash-8/213737)

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**Author:** [@snaxs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snaxs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fonts-crashing-flash-8/213737 "2007-01-22T21:30:36Z")

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Hello, im getting this weird problem with flash 8, every time i go to the font list to assign a font it crashes when i rollover a grunge font.. my guess is that it takes so much to preload all the detail in the grunge …

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## [HElP...Need help on creating a calendar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-need-help-on-creating-a-calendar/213735)

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**Author:** [@gkdave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gkdave)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-need-help-on-creating-a-calendar/213735 "2007-01-22T21:23:35Z")

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I was wondering if there was a tutorial that can show me how to setup a event calendar. I have two calendars that change regularly in Excel.. But do not have any database capabililies.. is there a way to make a calend…

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## [Syntax for text formatting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-for-text-formatting/213729)

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**Author:** [@jimjiminyjimjim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimjiminyjimjim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-for-text-formatting/213729 "2007-01-22T20:14:11Z")

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This is the php that is used in Form2Mail. $message .= "$var:$val "; If I wanted to make the $var in bold text what would be the correct syntax? I tried this: $message .= "\<b\>$var:\</b\>$val "; But the message …

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## [Form 2 Mail with CSS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-2-mail-with-css/213723)

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**Author:** [@jimjiminyjimjim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimjiminyjimjim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-2-mail-with-css/213723 "2007-01-22T19:30:46Z")

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I have a question. I am using Form 2 Mail to email me the details of an html form. I only understand the basics of CSS and the basics of PHP so I'm having some problems. Form 2 Mail seems to require this html in order …

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## [Array Help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-help/213722)

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**Author:** [@onecommoncode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onecommoncode)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-help/213722 "2007-01-22T19:25:01Z")

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If I have an array like: var newArray:Array = \["a","r","r","a","y"\]; how can I loop through it so that if I were to make a typer effect it would find the middle letter of the array, and then added the letters to th…

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## [Bullet in front of \<h1\>](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bullet-in-front-of-h1/213719)

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**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
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**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bullet-in-front-of-h1/213719 "2007-01-22T19:13:10Z")

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How do you make all \<h1\> headers have a small customized bullet graphic to the left of it? Preferably vertically centered and not to close to the text.

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## [Need help with a fake histogram](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-fake-histogram/213715)

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**Author:** [@PLabrozzi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PLabrozzi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-fake-histogram/213715 "2007-01-22T19:00:00Z")

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Ok, I have an LCD-like display in a flash file I am going to use for a website. I wanted to put some sort of little histogram (the little bar chart type things you see frequently in graphic design, but in this case speci…

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## [createTextField + TextFormat + embedFonts=true](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-textformat-embedfonts-true/213714)

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**Author:** [@dalewb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dalewb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-textformat-embedfonts-true/213714 "2007-01-22T18:51:19Z")

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I have a shared library that has been imported for runtime sharing that contains the font shFont\_Verd. I want to embed this into a new dynamic text field created at runtime with the following code that doesn't seem to w…

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## [Simple info/image swap \[link to files included\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-info-image-swap-link-to-files-included/213711)

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**Author:** [@Esoteric](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esoteric)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-info-image-swap-link-to-files-included/213711 "2007-01-22T18:42:08Z")

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Here are all the files: http://www.marazita.com/web/eyegixsample.zip I'm just creating a simple art gallery and I like how this site just swaps out the images: www.eyegix.com For example: This is the code that's on t…

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## [Looping array - both back and forward](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-array-both-back-and-forward/213706)

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**Author:** [@East\_High](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/East_High)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-array-both-back-and-forward/213706 "2007-01-22T18:14:25Z")

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I'm working off the XML photo gallery tute found here: xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm\[U\] \[/U\]My wish is to have the array loop forward and backwards, so by clicking next you will eventually get back to the first value, and…

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## [How to retain the radio button or checkbox state?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retain-the-radio-button-or-checkbox-state/213704)

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**Author:** [@Motorman007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Motorman007)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retain-the-radio-button-or-checkbox-state/213704 "2007-01-22T17:56:33Z")

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\[FONT=Times New Roman\] How to retain the radio button or checkbox state? \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman\] I have a test that I made for work. What I would like to do is make my rad…

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## [XPathAPI problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xpathapi-problem/213702)

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**Author:** [@mesiah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mesiah)\
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**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xpathapi-problem/213702 "2007-01-22T17:46:59Z")

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hi guys, i'm having the following problem: i have an xml like this and when using xpath i cant retrieve the "nombre"'s attribute \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?\> \<solem\> \<seccion nombre="equipo"\>\</seccion\> \<s…

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## [AS3: Using super.super.someMethod();](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-using-super-super-somemethod/213700)

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**Author:** [@jwopitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jwopitz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-using-super-super-somemethod/213700 "2007-01-22T17:15:29Z")

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I am trying to extend the new AutoComplete component from Adobe. In two different places I need to bypass the AutoComplete methods and get right at the ComboBox methods. I was told that super.super.someMethod() work…

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## [CSS & Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-flash/213699)

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**Author:** [@James\_Bailey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/James_Bailey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-flash/213699 "2007-01-22T17:14:56Z")

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Hello! This is my first post. I'm wondering if anybody can help me with a problem im having with flash 8 and CSS. Currently im loading text from a .txt file into a dynamic text box and styling this via an external styl…

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## [Visual Elements for Custom Scrollbar?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visual-elements-for-custom-scrollbar/213698)

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**Author:** [@will\_s](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/will_s)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visual-elements-for-custom-scrollbar/213698 "2007-01-22T17:07:57Z")

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I built a Simple Custom Scrollbar from Kirupa's tutorial and it works great. But the client is dissatisfied with the aesthetics. (See attached). I made this from a Photoshop tiff he sent me of one he saw and liked. B…

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