# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=398 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 399 --- ## [Strange XMl trace](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-xml-trace/315014)
**Author:** [@pepeu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pepeu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-xml-trace/315014 "2010-10-14T22:28:24Z")
Hi everybody! I was following the XML tutorial on: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/using\_xml\_as3\_pg7.htm and was wondering about this strange thingie... the xml looks like this: \ \ **Author:** [@tomdesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomdesign)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/24-hours-looping-countdown-clock/315013 "2010-10-14T21:43:35Z") Hi i am trying to create a 24 hour countdown clock that will loop and play backwards counting it self back down to 00:00:00:00, being new to flash As3 i am struggling to create this animation the AS3 code i have put in… --- ## [Moving with Easing, opposite mouse](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moving-with-easing-opposite-mouse/315011)
**Author:** [@MickyMike](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MickyMike)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moving-with-easing-opposite-mouse/315011 "2010-10-14T20:07:24Z")
Hi there, does somebody know how to get this effect? http://www.erwinolaf.com/#/portfolio/le\_dernier\_cri/gallery/le\_dernier\_cri,\_portrait/ ( CLICK TO VIEW THE FX ) I need to make a similirar fx, and I haven't ide… --- ## [Dynamic Text Field "Undefined"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-field-undefined/315010)
**Author:** [@YAPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/YAPP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-field-undefined/315010 "2010-10-14T19:55:19Z")
Hey guys, please help with this AS2 code. \*\*I would very much appreciate it. \*\* I have an array of names as you can see. I'm simply trying to have those names pull in and show when I rollover a thumbnail which contains… --- ## [Vcam messes up!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vcam-messes-up/315009)
**Author:** [@L\_E\_O](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/L_E_O)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vcam-messes-up/315009 "2010-10-14T19:48:33Z")
Vcam is working pretty good, until i add y values to it. here is the code where it works fine. \*\* onClipEvent (enterFrame) { x += (root.hero.x-x)/4; }\*\* but when i add the y values as such: \*\* onClipEvent (ent… --- ## [Prototype Darkness-themed shooter: First impressions?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prototype-darkness-themed-shooter-first-impressions/315008)
**Author:** [@justkevin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/justkevin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prototype-darkness-themed-shooter-first-impressions/315008 "2010-10-14T18:58:54Z")
I've been working on this for a while and am hoping for some feedback: http://lab.wx3.com/darkness/ It's a top-down shooter: the player explores a dark underground complex while monsters attack (think "Aliens"). Righ… --- ## [Addressing movie clips via Array...?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-movie-clips-via-array/315007)
**Author:** [@ghostir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ghostir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-movie-clips-via-array/315007 "2010-10-14T18:30:35Z")
Yet another AS3 newbie question… My Flash file provides a small number (say, 4) of user-selected “displays”. Within each display, there are up to four “link” movie clips, each of which are (or should be) selectable. … --- ## [AS2 Hittest Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-hittest-question/315005)
**Author:** [@Lancer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lancer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-hittest-question/315005 "2010-10-14T18:19:57Z")
I'm currently making a game not dissimilar to "falldown", (if your unsure of what that is just google it) but I'm having some issues with the collision detection. I have it currently so each new segment of the level is r… --- ## [XML image scroller - help desperately needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-image-scroller-help-desperately-needed/315004)
**Author:** [@jimjiminyjimjim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimjiminyjimjim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-image-scroller-help-desperately-needed/315004 "2010-10-14T17:25:37Z")
Hi I'm using XML for a dynamic continuous image scroller - I'm basically duplicating the images that come in from an XML file into two identical movieclips in a horizontal line and scolls across - then when the contai… --- ## [Tile Puzzle Game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-puzzle-game/315003)
**Author:** [@paulscanlon\_99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulscanlon_99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-puzzle-game/315003 "2010-10-14T16:44:10Z")
Can someone help me on the last part of this game i'm trying to make, you've all seem em, the tile games with one tile missing and when clicking a tile it slides into the empty stop. I've got most of this working, code… --- ## [1034 Type Coercion failed: cannot convert \_ to flash.net.URLRequest](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1034-type-coercion-failed-cannot-convert---to-flash-net-urlrequest/314996)
**Author:** [@vigordesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vigordesign)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1034-type-coercion-failed-cannot-convert---to-flash-net-urlrequest/314996 "2010-10-14T14:33:05Z")
Hello! I'm working on a little game/quiz where the user has to get 8 or more questions correct. If they get 8 or more correct and hit submit, their scores will be sent to a server. I don't have the server info ye… --- ## [PV3D Panorama](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pv3d-panorama/314990)
**Author:** [@Esseti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esseti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pv3d-panorama/314990 "2010-10-14T08:39:52Z")
Can anyone tell me how to code a VERY simple panorama using just one fisheye lens image with PV3D (in Flash, not Flex). I've searched Google extensively, and didn't find a suitable candidate. --- ## [CS5: Simple Frame Navigation Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs5-simple-frame-navigation-problem/314989)
**Author:** [@MikoCat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MikoCat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs5-simple-frame-navigation-problem/314989 "2010-10-14T07:02:14Z")
OK so I have a flash project consisting of four keyframes with "stop()" on the first frame so that it doesn't play through. I have "next" and "back" buttons on each keyframe so that you can navigate between the frames. … --- ## [Please give me some advice for a project](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-give-me-some-advice-for-a-project/314988)
**Author:** [@seventy9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/seventy9)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-give-me-some-advice-for-a-project/314988 "2010-10-14T06:51:05Z")
I'm going to create a website to show some product pictures to the customers. Each of the webpage page will show about 20 thumbnails of product picture. I would like to have some animation & sound effect on the thumbnail… --- ## [Actionscript 3.0 conversion (to 2.0)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-conversion-to-2-0/314987)
**Author:** [@bburrets](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bburrets)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-conversion-to-2-0/314987 "2010-10-14T04:59:58Z")
Hello all, I have little to no Actionscript knowledge and am trying to finalize our non-profit organizations website. I have built our entire website with AS2 but purchased a xml events calendar programmed in AS3. I w… --- ## [AS3 classes, cross communicating objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-classes-cross-communicating-objects/314986)
**Author:** [@chronoshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chronoshift)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-classes-cross-communicating-objects/314986 "2010-10-14T04:45:58Z")
alright, I'm currently working on a game, and I have some parent objects in the root Class file that often contain at least one layer of child MCs, so I've found that i can't use MovieClip(root).MovieClip.child.child… --- ## [Hebrew language not working with TLFTextField](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hebrew-language-not-working-with-tlftextfield/314985)
**Author:** [@nitinmukesh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nitinmukesh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hebrew-language-not-working-with-tlftextfield/314985 "2010-10-14T04:20:10Z")
Hi, I am trying to use TLFTextField to display Hebrew language, unfortunately it is not displaying correctly. \[frowning\] This is the code I used import flashx.textLayout.formats.Direction; \_txt.direction = flashx… --- ## [Tutorial: Creating a Simple Action](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-creating-a-simple-action/314984)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-creating-a-simple-action/314984 "2010-10-14T03:47:26Z")
This thread is designed to help collect discussion on the Creating a Simple Action tutorial. Feel free to drop in :thumb2: Cheers, Kirupa :rambo: --- ## [FLASH CS5, AS3 Movieclip change on multiple rollovers](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs5-as3-movieclip-change-on-multiple-rollovers/314981)
**Author:** [@Jesscee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jesscee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs5-as3-movieclip-change-on-multiple-rollovers/314981 "2010-10-14T02:59:49Z")
Hi there! I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with a solution for a movieclip that I have set to have a rollover function. The first initial rollover changes to a frame of another movieclip on the main timeline. I … --- ## [Air File association](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/air-file-association/314977)
**Author:** [@kleelof](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kleelof)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/air-file-association/314977 "2010-10-14T01:31:52Z")
Hello, I wrote an AIR app, but I cannot figure out how to get it to load an associated file when the associated file is clicked. I found a tutorial that talked about a flash.system.Shell class, but that seemed to… --- ## [Papervision Camera Orbit in an Ellipse?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-camera-orbit-in-an-ellipse/314976)
**Author:** [@pajhonka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pajhonka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-camera-orbit-in-an-ellipse/314976 "2010-10-14T01:13:54Z")
I'm in the final stages of my Papervision project and I need to have the camera orbit around its target in an ellipse rather than a circle on a mouse drag. The tricky part is I already am using some complicated logic to … --- ## [Instance name from string](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-from-string/314972)
**Author:** [@radi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/radi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-from-string/314972 "2010-10-13T19:54:47Z")
temp.MissleArt = team1\[h\].MissleArt; temp.MissleArt.visible i have a object(container) with multiple children and based on the units MissleArt i want the objects Child instance visible however when i do this it ass… --- ## [Photo Gallery Using XML and Flash PROBLEM](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-problem/314970)
**Author:** [@Deb2887](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Deb2887)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-problem/314970 "2010-10-13T19:18:44Z")
Just got done trying a Kirupa tutorial (http://kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm) and got everything working fine...EXCEPT...the previous button doesn't work. I stink at coding or actions or whatever… --- ## [Email script BCC problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/email-script-bcc-problem/314969)
**Author:** [@jdsflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jdsflash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/email-script-bcc-problem/314969 "2010-10-13T17:13:16Z")
here is my code im having issues with. What am i doing wrong? It send the email but it displays this error message quoted below. Code: mail($EEmail,$Esub,$Ebody, "From: $from", "Bcc: foxvalleysoccer@gmail.com"); Error … --- ## [Preventing Overlap on Hit Test](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preventing-overlap-on-hit-test/314968)
**Author:** [@CCG1993](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CCG1993)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preventing-overlap-on-hit-test/314968 "2010-10-13T16:43:24Z")
I have searched the web for a solution and found none.;( I have two rectangles, one of which is draggable, and when hitTestObject occurs I want to prevent the overlap. here is the code: \[FONT=Courier New\]addEventLi… --- ## [How to make a Dynamic Text Field READ-ONLY](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-dynamic-text-field-read-only/314966)
**Author:** [@hagop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hagop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-dynamic-text-field-read-only/314966 "2010-10-13T15:41:27Z")
Hi all This might sound a simple question, but I could not find an answer for it. Basically I have a \[COLOR=red\]Dynamic Text Field\[/COLOR\], whose value should be derived from a database, BUT should not be allowed to be… --- ## [NetConnection.Connect.Rejected - I have tried everything...please help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netconnection-connect-rejected-i-have-tried-everything-please-help/314965)
**Author:** [@emilebennett](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/emilebennett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netconnection-connect-rejected-i-have-tried-everything-please-help/314965 "2010-10-13T15:12:19Z")
Hi guys, Hope you can help. I working on a project where the client are using FMS 2 to host their videos. I am trying to connect using as3 code, but keep getting rejected. I have little experience using FMS, but hav… --- ## [Problem with Camera](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-camera/314964)
**Author:** [@L\_E\_O](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/L_E_O)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-camera/314964 "2010-10-13T14:48:53Z")
im making a sidescroller game, so i need a camera that fallows the player as he moves, i got this code: import flash.geom.Matrix; import flash.geom.Transform; import flash.geom.ColorTransform; var copyrightNotice = "Co… --- ## [Can not browse localhost](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-not-browse-localhost/314961)
**Author:** [@freshy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/freshy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-not-browse-localhost/314961 "2010-10-13T13:39:23Z")
My DocumentRoot is C:/xampp/htdocs. I put my file test.php in xampp\\htdocs\\xampp est.php. I place http://localhost/xampp/test.php in the browser, but I got page not found. Apache is running. Please point out --- ## [Content crashes in 1024](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/content-crashes-in-1024/314957)
**Author:** [@ashadweb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ashadweb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/content-crashes-in-1024/314957 "2010-10-13T11:19:14Z")
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