# programming

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## [Loader SWF Height and Width/Overflow Question- Simple banner Ad](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-swf-height-and-width-overflow-question-simple-banner-ad/312854)

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**Author:** [@GabyIzarra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GabyIzarra)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-swf-height-and-width-overflow-question-simple-banner-ad/312854 "2010-08-13T23:29:55Z")

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I'm trying to create a simple banner ad where the mouse hovers over the button and a panel shows up over some content of the site. Take a look at the one here in the center of the page: www.eltiempo.com ! I have two …

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## [Developing... Legal](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/developing-legal/312853)

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**Author:** [@vivefree](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vivefree)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/developing-legal/312853 "2010-08-13T23:12:50Z")

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I developed an Actionscript/Flash-based online tutorial for a client to help his clients go through various documents. I'm looking at it now and realize that other companies could use this too. We didn't sign a contrac…

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## [\[AS2 - CS5\] Previewing nested movieclip animations from the parent timeline?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs5-previewing-nested-movieclip-animations-from-the-parent-timeline/312852)

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**Author:** [@zanelyon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zanelyon)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs5-previewing-nested-movieclip-animations-from-the-parent-timeline/312852 "2010-08-13T22:51:25Z")

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In the Flash authoring environment, I know that graphic symbols let you specify a frame within that symbol's timeline, which you can preview from the parent timeline. The problem is then you don't have any way to assi…

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## [Regex and UTF-8 Chars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regex-and-utf-8-chars/312849)

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**Author:** [@Dan0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dan0)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regex-and-utf-8-chars/312849 "2010-08-13T21:15:48Z")

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Hey guys, I'm not too good with regex in flash. Basically I am using UTF-8 characters codes \\u0000 to \\u0008 as part of a socket server. I need a little regex pattern to replace these chars with somthing like a $ symbo…

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## [Loading 8MB worth of images into a game - Download issues?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-8mb-worth-of-images-into-a-game-download-issues/312848)

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**Author:** [@jany](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jany)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-8mb-worth-of-images-into-a-game-download-issues/312848 "2010-08-13T20:58:13Z")

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In the game I am creating, I don't want to import the images directly to flash, otherwise the game will be well over 10MB and that is not a good thingamajiggy :scotty\_smiley: So, I am loading them in from a folder resi…

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## [Asynchronous Analytics and AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asynchronous-analytics-and-as2/312847)

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**Author:** [@javierpuga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/javierpuga)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asynchronous-analytics-and-as2/312847 "2010-08-13T19:23:37Z")

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I updated my site to the newer asynchronous google analytics code. Works fine in the html parts. When i try to add the code to my flash events (button clicks) i'm having some trouble. I was using: on (release) { getUR…

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## [Duplicate Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-menu/312842)

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**Author:** [@hexpro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hexpro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-menu/312842 "2010-08-13T18:06:18Z")

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Hey friends first of all I'm sorry for my bad English I just download a flash template from "flashmo.com" and try to change the language of menu's lables from English to Persian (a rtl language). after some change, I'v…

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## [Load movieClip to stage from library in ActionScript 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movieclip-to-stage-from-library-in-actionscript-3-0/312840)

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**Author:** [@konvivial](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/konvivial)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movieclip-to-stage-from-library-in-actionscript-3-0/312840 "2010-08-13T17:52:44Z")

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Hi, I am new to AS 3.0 and getting stuck with few things. I want to add \[COLOR=DarkRed\]\*\*movieClip named "button" \*\*\[/COLOR\]to stage from library. Linkage to \[COLOR=DarkRed\]custom class name "customButton".\[/COLOR\] …

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## [Data visualisation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/data-visualisation/312837)

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**Author:** [@Ineedsleep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ineedsleep)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/data-visualisation/312837 "2010-08-13T16:47:53Z")

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Hi, Does anyone know of a good library or component to create charts, graphs, tables and things like that? I've looked at flare and open flash charts and although they seem very comprehensive and well made, they dont see…

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## [Kurt Warner jerseys ready to go](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kurt-warner-jerseys-ready-to-go/312833)

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**Author:** [@ksdsoft13c26](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ksdsoft13c26)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kurt-warner-jerseys-ready-to-go/312833 "2010-08-13T15:19:38Z")

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\[Kurt Warner jerseys ready to go? \[url=http://www.buy-jersey.com/reebokarizonacardinalskurtwarnerteamcolorjersey-p-65.html\]Kurt Warner jerseys ready to go? \[url=http://www.buy-jersey.com/nfljerseys-c-21.html\]NFL JERSEY C…

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## [iFrame/Javascript menu issue with Fire Fox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/iframe-javascript-menu-issue-with-fire-fox/312832)

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**Author:** [@Vandel212](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vandel212)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/iframe-javascript-menu-issue-with-fire-fox/312832 "2010-08-13T15:15:55Z")

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Hello, I have a website that has useful links on it, but the user has the option to make their own webpage. Now, I have a javascript dropdown menu for navigation purposes, and on the main page the javascript menu is righ…

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## [Embedding flash movie on page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedding-flash-movie-on-page/312831)

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**Author:** [@nean](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nean)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedding-flash-movie-on-page/312831 "2010-08-13T15:12:52Z")

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I have done this many times in the past, but I am hitting the wall trying to get this to work now... I am trying to insert a video into an online article using either object or embed code. When I open the html file cre…

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## [\[AS2 - Flash CS5\] Need help with Random frames please =)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-flash-cs5-need-help-with-random-frames-please/312830)

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**Author:** [@Usio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Usio)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-flash-cs5-need-help-with-random-frames-please/312830 "2010-08-13T15:02:47Z")

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Good morning people! this is my first post here in the forum, i need help with a quiz game im doing, im actually a newbie i've been learning along with this but this random frame thing i can't do it x.x so here is the th…

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## [Accessing nodeIcon of Tree component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nodeicon-of-tree-component/312825)

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**Author:** [@Trupti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Trupti)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nodeicon-of-tree-component/312825 "2010-08-13T13:30:54Z")

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Is there any way we can access the icon of the tree component? In my tree component, I have set movie clips (with linkage ID in the library) for icon of each node. I have a text-field inside a movie clip. How do I acce…

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## [Feedback Form that allow download file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/feedback-form-that-allow-download-file/312823)

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**Author:** [@iddodoz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iddodoz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/feedback-form-that-allow-download-file/312823 "2010-08-13T13:14:20Z")

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Hi Everybody, i have a question about a simply mail form using php, i'd like to modify in this way: I wish that when you click on send message also started downloading a file, but checking that the form is filled in co…

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## [Audio player - need help tracing mouse position in a circle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-player-need-help-tracing-mouse-position-in-a-circle/312822)

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**Author:** [@nlyttle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nlyttle)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-player-need-help-tracing-mouse-position-in-a-circle/312822 "2010-08-13T12:37:25Z")

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Hi, I'm working on a simple audio player in which the play progress bar is in the shape of a circle, thus I'm having a difficult time coming up with the formula to track where the mouse is so that when you click, the t…

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## [Define alias for object in code](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/define-alias-for-object-in-code/312821)

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**Author:** [@McLucky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/McLucky)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/define-alias-for-object-in-code/312821 "2010-08-13T11:06:39Z")

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Hi, Don't know if alias is the right word here but I would like to replace a long target path with short variable to make my code more readable/managable. So I have the following (working) code but it's getting reall…

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## [\[AS2\] Variables Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-variables-question/312819)

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**Author:** [@Dr\_Diablo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dr_Diablo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-variables-question/312819 "2010-08-13T10:00:48Z")

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\[color=slategray\]I have a simple question about Variables in AS2, i have a feeling the solution is pretty simple. What i exactly need is a variable that has a movieclip's name stored inside it. I created a variable calle…

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## [QR code generator](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/qr-code-generator/312817)

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**Author:** [@Esseti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esseti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/qr-code-generator/312817 "2010-08-13T09:20:00Z")

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I need to make my own QR code generator script in Flash, or get one in JS/PHP. Problem is that I can't find any info about the algorithm or any free scripts. Is the QR code algorithm copyrighted and not open to the publi…

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## [Detect if my swf is executed in or out the development environment](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-if-my-swf-is-executed-in-or-out-the-development-environment/312815)

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**Author:** [@FlashyKat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashyKat)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-if-my-swf-is-executed-in-or-out-the-development-environment/312815 "2010-08-13T08:24:53Z")

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Hi all! I have two main folders in my application: - One with my flash sources named "flashsources" (with \*.fla, \*.as etc) - Another one for production only, named "www" (with \*.swf, \*.html, \*.js etc) When I compile …

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## [Line over another line](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-over-another-line/312809)

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**Author:** [@abhin88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/abhin88)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-over-another-line/312809 "2010-08-13T05:27:42Z")

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How to draw a line on top of another line using the lineTo() ???

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## [Generic red thumbnails in flash component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/generic-red-thumbnails-in-flash-component/312807)

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**Author:** [@ojodegato](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ojodegato)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/generic-red-thumbnails-in-flash-component/312807 "2010-08-13T03:48:13Z")

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I am working with a photoflow flash component. When I test the flash page in my computer everything works well. Images load navigation bttons work. However when I upload the website to the server. The thumbnails appear a…

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## [Full Screen Flash Video; How did this website do it?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-screen-flash-video-how-did-this-website-do-it/312806)

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**Author:** [@miracleboy31](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/miracleboy31)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-screen-flash-video-how-did-this-website-do-it/312806 "2010-08-13T03:41:11Z")

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Im still an amateur at Flash and video editing.. I came across this website http://www.lanvin.com If you notice the intro they have this full screen video being played as the backdrop. How did they do this? What …

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## [Mouse script help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-script-help/312801)

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**Author:** [@FuglyBastard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FuglyBastard)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-script-help/312801 "2010-08-13T00:23:52Z")

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A friend game me this as2 script. When you move youre mouse up and down over a block it makes the animation play backwards and forwards. Could someone help me make it so you have to click the block and hold down the mous…

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## [Getting objectEncoding of SharedObject (SOL file)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-objectencoding-of-sharedobject-sol-file/312794)

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**Author:** [@92Garfield](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/92Garfield)\
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**Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-objectencoding-of-sharedobject-sol-file/312794 "2010-08-12T17:48:39Z")

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Is there a possibility to find out which objectEncoding was used for a loaded SOL file? (The properity is always defaultObjectEncoding when not manualy set) Thanks in Advance.

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## [Modifying the Preloader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modifying-the-preloader/312793)

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**Author:** [@Smoochface](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Smoochface)\
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**Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modifying-the-preloader/312793 "2010-08-12T17:20:20Z")

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Hello, I have a 4MB flash app that I am trying to add a preloader to, Flash has some default thing, an ellipsis (...), that runs right now. I don't know how to disable that so that I can add my own. Can anyone point me…

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## [AS3 for loops](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-for-loops/312790)

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**Author:** [@paulscanlon\_99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulscanlon_99)\
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**Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-for-loops/312790 "2010-08-12T15:35:35Z")

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Hi, new to AS3 and it stresses me out! can someone help please? i'd like to have my movie clips on the stage and run a loop to return their x and y positions, these positions will be stored in an array (startPos:Array) f…

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## [This to AS3 PLEASE](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-to-as3-please/312788)

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**Author:** [@duchman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duchman)\
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**Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-to-as3-please/312788 "2010-08-12T15:26:48Z")

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Can someone please convert this to as3? I just can get it right.. Pls.. function drawEff() { var \_loc2 = offsets.length; for (var \_loc1 = 0; \_loc1 \< \_loc2; ++\_loc1) { offsets\[\_loc1\].y = offsets\[\_lo…

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## [I hate Fonts in Flash/Flex](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hate-fonts-in-flash-flex/312787)

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**Author:** [@Dan0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dan0)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hate-fonts-in-flash-flex/312787 "2010-08-12T14:11:52Z")

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Don't get me wrong, I love Flash. But I hate working with Fonts in it. Flex 3.5 - Fonts would embed (just) I have had to revert all my work back to SDK3.5 as fonts do not embed in SDK4.0. I am using OS X and have heard…

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## [Keyboard Events and External SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-events-and-external-swf/312786)

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**Author:** [@dwsimms](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dwsimms)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-events-and-external-swf/312786 "2010-08-12T14:05:22Z")

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OK. So, I finally found a way to exactly position my External SWF on the main stage. Here is the Actionscript I placed on an empty layer: this.createEmptyMovieClip("externalSWF",1); externalSWF.\_x=550; externalSWF.\_…

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