# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1894 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1895 --- ## [Name your UI components!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-your-ui-components/213333)
**Author:** [@CraigMayhem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CraigMayhem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-your-ui-components/213333 "2007-01-18T19:29:20Z")
Argh. Well, I've had several problems with: http://www.anman.net/tpi/tpi\_flash\_site2.html Haven't gotten much assistance, but that's ok because I've figured the problems out for myself. Anyway, my main problem wa… --- ## [XML Menu... Almost there!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-almost-there/213331)
**Author:** [@yolkSac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yolkSac)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-almost-there/213331 "2007-01-18T18:59:21Z")
Hey guys, Gave up on my last post seeing no one responded. Either I didn't do very good explaining my problem or no one cares. I hope it was the later. So here goes my second attempt... --\> http://idisk.mac.com/jason… --- ## [Using custom VCR functions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-custom-vcr-functions/213327)
**Author:** [@Asher\_Lightfoot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Asher_Lightfoot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-custom-vcr-functions/213327 "2007-01-18T18:49:21Z")
I have been working on an actionscript heavy project for the past week and so far I have gotten it to do everything I want it to do. Right now I am trying to implement some custom VCR functions into my project to control… --- ## [The age-old question of circle collisions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-age-old-question-of-circle-collisions/213326)
**Author:** [@Esoltas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esoltas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-age-old-question-of-circle-collisions/213326 "2007-01-18T18:41:47Z")
Hello, and actually reading this would be a massive help. As my title implies, I am stuck with the very popular question, "How do I get 2 circles to bounce off eachother correctly??". I am currently making an air hocke… --- ## [\[php\] email attachment](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-email-attachment/213324)
**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-email-attachment/213324 "2007-01-18T18:21:00Z")
I have a form that can send an email attachment. Everything is working (subject , attachment, etc...) except that the main message is empty. What did I do wrong? // send the message $att = $\_FILES\['design'\]; $att\_pa… --- ## [Projector - saving XML file to local disk from Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/projector-saving-xml-file-to-local-disk-from-flash/213322)
**Author:** [@mnr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mnr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/projector-saving-xml-file-to-local-disk-from-flash/213322 "2007-01-18T18:11:57Z")
I'm working on a flash application for a kiosk that will draw data from a local XML file to determine what displays and what doesn't. I am also adding in a screen that will allow certain people to make changes to the fil… --- ## [Pause Root Timeline - External SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-root-timeline-external-swf/213314)
**Author:** [@alan\_can](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alan_can)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-root-timeline-external-swf/213314 "2007-01-18T17:26:18Z")
post removed --- ## [How to be an effective Flash designer?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-be-an-effective-flash-designer/213310)
**Author:** [@sundaydriver](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sundaydriver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-be-an-effective-flash-designer/213310 "2007-01-18T17:02:55Z")
HI I am going through a crisis here. I have started to learn Flash and have built a site which is fairly okay, bit of AS and that. But one thing I am is useless at programming. Basically I am a designer who has ideas t… --- ## [How to find listbox top item's 'itemIndex value'](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-listbox-top-items-itemindex-value/213309)
**Author:** [@schmichael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/schmichael)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-listbox-top-items-itemindex-value/213309 "2007-01-18T16:54:19Z")
Hi there, thanks for checking this, I am working with the listbox component and trying to find out the index of the top item that is displaying. Obviously this is 0 by default but if the scrollbar has moved down then thi… --- ## [Backtracking from AS3 =\> AS2: quick help please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backtracking-from-as3-as2-quick-help-please/213308)
**Author:** [@jwopitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jwopitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backtracking-from-as3-as2-quick-help-please/213308 "2007-01-18T16:52:11Z")
Hi guys. Firstly, I am ashamed to say I never learned the event model/delegate crap in AS2. I tried once and just never followed through. I am proud to say I do know the AS3 event model very well. SOOOO. I have thi… --- ## [How to embed flash With Javascript for any browser?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-embed-flash-with-javascript-for-any-browser/213307)
**Author:** [@satiss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/satiss)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-embed-flash-with-javascript-for-any-browser/213307 "2007-01-18T16:46:26Z")
Hi everyone, I'm trying to make a javascript code to embed flash movies. My main concern, is to be able to see the flash animations in FireFox, Explorer, Netscape, Opera. I tryed http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ … --- ## [2 different swfs on website, have 1 control other?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-different-swfs-on-website-have-1-control-other/213304)
**Author:** [@davegk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davegk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-different-swfs-on-website-have-1-control-other/213304 "2007-01-18T16:33:55Z")
Hello, I am working on a website with 2 different swf files. One is a very simple, 10 frame animation, the other is my main site content. I want to set a control in the main swf such that when a particular button is … --- ## [Java 3D](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-3d/213297)
**Author:** [@Flashthinker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flashthinker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-3d/213297 "2007-01-18T15:23:41Z")
I tried installing Java 3D for Netbeans IDE but it didn't work... Could someone give me steps that would tell me how I could do it? ...Over time I have found that the hardest thing about Java is to install plug-ins. Is… --- ## [AS3: Creating a custom Event Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-creating-a-custom-event-class/213296)
**Author:** [@Flashthinker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flashthinker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-creating-a-custom-event-class/213296 "2007-01-18T15:17:42Z")
Could anyone tell me how to create custom event from beginning to end in AS3? I'd like to know how to create a custom event that extends the Event class and then how to dispatch it. Also, I'd like to know how to catch … --- ## [Special Characters: Flash + PHP + MySQL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-flash-php-mysql/213290)
**Author:** [@durreimon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/durreimon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-flash-php-mysql/213290 "2007-01-18T12:37:45Z")
Hi: I made a small user registration and login system with Flash front-end, but when I try to write values with special characters to the db, I get something else. For example, an á is recorded as á. I've found lo… --- ## [F8: keyboard keys](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-keyboard-keys/213288)
**Author:** [@Newbie123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Newbie123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-keyboard-keys/213288 "2007-01-18T12:25:01Z")
Basically i just want a key to be pressed on the keyboard, and movieclip1 is played. But for some bizarre reason, it only works if insert, up, down, right, left arrow keys are pressed For example, if I assigned 'DELETE' … --- ## [Stop() does not WORK](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-does-not-work/213280)
**Author:** [@tolgainam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tolgainam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-does-not-work/213280 "2007-01-18T09:53:41Z")
Hello, I am making a web site on flash. Im trying to do much of it with AS. Only on 2 movieClips I have more then 1 Frame and on the first frames both have them stop(); command, however both those stop(); commands do NOT… --- ## [ActionScript only works once?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-only-works-once/213274)
**Author:** [@quackpack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/quackpack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-only-works-once/213274 "2007-01-18T08:54:39Z")
Hi all! Im trying to get a dropdown meny to work with my flipbook. The thing is that it works just fine if it runs once, but after the script has been used it won´t work again. My code: var lo = new Object(); lo.c… --- ## [New line in text field loaded from XML file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-line-in-text-field-loaded-from-xml-file/213273)
**Author:** [@Bojan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bojan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-line-in-text-field-loaded-from-xml-file/213273 "2007-01-18T08:34:43Z")
I don’t know am I tired of what?!?! \[image\] I have problem whit new line in txt field. This example works: var my\_str:String = "This is firs line this is second line."; this.createTextField("first\_txt", this.ge… --- ## [Implementing a Caching Scheme](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/implementing-a-caching-scheme/213269)
**Author:** [@apachedude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/apachedude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/implementing-a-caching-scheme/213269 "2007-01-18T07:19:48Z")
HTTP 1.1 contains powerful cache-control mechanisms to allow clients to place requirements on the operations of network caches. The specific method will be discussed below. (this post is specific to Apache, external link… --- ## [Offtopic: IE-based Browser](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/offtopic-ie-based-browser/213268)
**Author:** [@alflow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alflow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/offtopic-ie-based-browser/213268 "2007-01-18T07:18:15Z")
Sorry for this off-topic posting, but it is related to Flash development. I was wondering whether any browsers are based on IE (I seem to remember that Opera is IR based). Any info appreciated. Thanks --- ## [XPLANE Style Navigation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xplane-style-navigation/213267)
**Author:** [@baruag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/baruag)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xplane-style-navigation/213267 "2007-01-18T06:52:04Z")
Hi all ! I'm coming back to this forum after a very long time and its good to be back. Getting to the point - I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get a source file or source code for the kind of drag navigati… --- ## [Problem with Shared Objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-shared-objects/213266)
**Author:** [@drosa10](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drosa10)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-shared-objects/213266 "2007-01-18T06:43:41Z")
Im making a .swf that lets the user create questions and answers for another .swf and save them in a shared object, but when I run the code, the trace(game\_data comes out as undefined....., i probably did something silly… --- ## [Script to create bookmarkable AJAX apps](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-to-create-bookmarkable-ajax-apps/213265)
**Author:** [@Tudor\_b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tudor_b)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-to-create-bookmarkable-ajax-apps/213265 "2007-01-18T06:21:58Z")
I have written a small javascript library, to help web developers create bookmarkable links in AJAX application. Please read about it here and tell me what you think about the script. Any suggestions on how to improve th… --- ## [Extra Frames in Sliding Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extra-frames-in-sliding-menu/213264)
**Author:** [@Rus123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rus123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extra-frames-in-sliding-menu/213264 "2007-01-18T05:50:02Z")
I put all the content together & somehow during that I extended the movie to 2 frames & now I cant get it to go back to one frame. Basically all the movie does is flash from one frame to the next. Kinda like a strobe lig… --- ## [Slideshow pro alignment problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-pro-alignment-problem/213261)
**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-pro-alignment-problem/213261 "2007-01-18T05:10:31Z")
http://blindedblack.airboxstudios.com Ok you shouldnt see anything wrong with it initially. When you resize the window, it jerks to the left. My resize function is as follows and photogal is the instance name: onRes… --- ## [\[php\] re-declare function error](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-re-declare-function-error/213260)
**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-re-declare-function-error/213260 "2007-01-18T04:57:32Z")
This is how my site works: Index.php is the shell of the site. It has all the graphics and layout tables. Each link is structured like index.php?sec=contact. I use $\_GET to find which section the user wants to go to. And… --- ## [Link Bleed Through?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-bleed-through/213258)
**Author:** [@cybernoles](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cybernoles)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-bleed-through/213258 "2007-01-18T04:18:44Z")
Probably not the right words to use for the topic, but maybe it helps. I have a website I am building and the main/home page is stationary, while the other 5 pages shift in and out over the main page when their correspon… --- ## [Autostart Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/autostart-help/213257)
**Author:** [@opusmx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/opusmx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/autostart-help/213257 "2007-01-18T04:02:22Z")
Hello all. I've been trying to learn more about sound and flash lately and have an existing mp3 player that I need help with. I've built my own simple mp3 player so far, but this one is a bit more complicated and I'm s… --- ## [Testing to see if \_level is already taken](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/testing-to-see-if--level-is-already-taken/213251)
**Author:** [@jpearson311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpearson311)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/testing-to-see-if--level-is-already-taken/213251 "2007-01-18T02:05:43Z")
Does anyone know of a way to test/check to see if a \_level is already taken in flash? I'd like to not have the .swf load again onRelease if it is already there. Thanks! JPearson311 [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1893) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=1895)