# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=450 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 451 --- ## [External SWF Dispatch Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-dispatch-help/311880)
**Author:** [@bidum00](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bidum00)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-dispatch-help/311880 "2010-07-19T14:23:49Z")
I'm trying to make an external swf use a different xml file determined by what an user clicks. Currently, my main DocClass is dispatching to a xmlDispatch DocClass . In the xmlDispatch, I have a trace event that trace… --- ## [Fastest method of determining if a triangle is encompassed by smaller grid squares](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fastest-method-of-determining-if-a-triangle-is-encompassed-by-smaller-grid-squares/311879)
**Author:** [@rumblesushi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rumblesushi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fastest-method-of-determining-if-a-triangle-is-encompassed-by-smaller-grid-squares/311879 "2010-07-19T14:11:31Z")
Hello people, I've got my 3D sphere to triangle collision detection working now, but I need an efficient method of adding the triangles to the broadphase grid. This is easy enough if the triangles are smaller than th… --- ## [Graphs in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/graphs-in-flash/311878)
**Author:** [@brianm888](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brianm888)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/graphs-in-flash/311878 "2010-07-19T14:10:23Z")
I'm currently working on a project whereby I have an trading application in C# that holds a large volume of financial data. Is there any way I can convert that financial data into an XML file and integrate it into Flas… --- ## [Parent -Child - GrandChild - positioning](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-grandchild-positioning/311877)
**Author:** [@mikaelf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikaelf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-grandchild-positioning/311877 "2010-07-19T13:22:25Z")
Hi Guys, I have three swf, which I load into one another,with the relation parent, child and grandChild. I want, from the child be able to load the grandChild and tell it to always position the grandchild 50px from the… --- ## [gotoAndPlay + Timer = messed up](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-timer-messed-up/311875)
**Author:** [@antigirl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/antigirl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-timer-messed-up/311875 "2010-07-19T12:04:03Z")
I have a timer, it flashes on/off some boxes when you click a box, it goes to frame 2 and plays, then the frame head goes back to the start naturally and the flashing goes crazy i try stop the timer upon click etc bu… --- ## [How do I increase working area?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-increase-working-area/311873)
**Author:** [@Taruto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Taruto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-increase-working-area/311873 "2010-07-19T10:16:22Z")
I'm not sure where to look for help from this, since I don't know what this is called. I'm making a game with scrolling backgrounds. How do I make this canvas or work area bigger so I can see all of my platforms? htt… --- ## [How to Make a Birthday Flash Album with Music](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-birthday-flash-album-with-music/311870)
**Author:** [@ariannaqi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ariannaqi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-birthday-flash-album-with-music/311870 "2010-07-19T07:51:14Z")
\[FONT=Arial\]Everyone looks forward to birthdays, hoping receive special gifts from friends, family and honey in that day. And everyone also wants to show special gifts for friends, family or honey in that day. Now you ca… --- ## [Repositioning Tooltip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/repositioning-tooltip/311869)
**Author:** [@holborner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/holborner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/repositioning-tooltip/311869 "2010-07-19T07:47:03Z")
Hi all, I'm setting up a row of thumbnails that will show a tooltip TextFormat object on rollover. thumbContainer.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OVER,showTitle); function showTitle(e : MouseEvent ):void { … --- ## [Flash and ASP Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-asp-help/311867)
**Author:** [@Livorion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Livorion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-asp-help/311867 "2010-07-19T06:22:08Z")
Hello, I need help with something in Flash, can anyone lend me this? \[LIST\] \[\*\]A Flash movie that sends the content of 1 text box to an email adress using ASP \[\*\]A Flash Movie that works as a Hit Counter, also with A… --- ## [Offline flash presentation to showcase banners n websites](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/offline-flash-presentation-to-showcase-banners-n-websites/311866)
**Author:** [@enigmatictech](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/enigmatictech)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/offline-flash-presentation-to-showcase-banners-n-websites/311866 "2010-07-19T06:15:24Z")
Hi Folks, I am a newbie to AS 3.0, It would be great if you could help me out with it. I am making a offline Flash Presentation with interactivity.To showcase the banners & websites we have worked on. Basically The … --- ## [Need Help in Flash CS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-in-flash-cs3/311865)
**Author:** [@evanhk89](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evanhk89)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-in-flash-cs3/311865 "2010-07-19T05:44:00Z")
Hi guys, I'm looking for someone who can help me with my CS3 project. I've no idea about flash CS3 and my project is fully on Flash CS3. My job scope is to do out something like E-Learning movie for students. I have al… --- ## [Suggestions for coding language](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suggestions-for-coding-language/311863)
**Author:** [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suggestions-for-coding-language/311863 "2010-07-19T04:58:04Z")
I am making a calendar that uses an HTML form to filter information from it with check boxes. I want the days in the calendar populated with information from an XML (the XML info is what will be filtered with the check b… --- ## [Spawn rate unable to stop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spawn-rate-unable-to-stop/311862)
**Author:** [@punk123123123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/punk123123123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spawn-rate-unable-to-stop/311862 "2010-07-19T01:52:09Z")
1)Currently have this problem of unable to stop spawn for my project. For loop has been inserted to serve its purpose but still no results appeared. I wan to make the spawn stop right after the clock goes to zero, and go… --- ## [Flash/PHP write to .txt not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-php-write-to-txt-not-working/311861)
**Author:** [@unknownelementx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/unknownelementx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-php-write-to-txt-not-working/311861 "2010-07-19T01:38:24Z")
I am trying to work with code from http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306368 that uses a php script to read from and write to a file called "text.txt" using the php file "write.php". I took a break from this … --- ## ["a href" around an HTML table will not work (in some browsers)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-href-around-an-html-table-will-not-work-in-some-browsers/311860)
**Author:** [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-href-around-an-html-table-will-not-work-in-some-browsers/311860 "2010-07-19T01:24:36Z")
I have no idea why this is happening, but take a look at this page: http://stadsaktuellt.nu/index.php?option=com\_eventlist&view=categoryevents&id=14&Itemid=3 The wide banner at the top of the page (in the center horizo… --- ## [Problem With Flash List Component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-flash-list-component/311859)
**Author:** [@Thefox14](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thefox14)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-flash-list-component/311859 "2010-07-19T01:10:14Z")
Hey guys, The list component built into flash is giving me a weird problem--whenever I scroll horizontally a bit and then scroll vertically, the whole list gets goofed up. See it here (too see the problem in full eff… --- ## [Quick explanation: my logic is failing me](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-explanation-my-logic-is-failing-me/311858)
**Author:** [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-explanation-my-logic-is-failing-me/311858 "2010-07-19T00:37:50Z")
This code keeps returning multiple values according to where the value is on the list. IE: The 5th checkbox returns one value, the 4th returns the same one twice. Can anyone explain to me why this is happening? functi… --- ## [Implement Self-Updating Vimeo Video into SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/implement-self-updating-vimeo-video-into-swf/311856)
**Author:** [@FolisDHC](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FolisDHC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/implement-self-updating-vimeo-video-into-swf/311856 "2010-07-18T22:46:17Z")
I'm currently trying to add a Vimeo video to my Flash site. After a few hours of research, I came across the correct AS3 code to do the job. Unfortunately, I am not very good with AS3 (the site is currently in AS2). H… --- ## [Path Movement](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-movement/311853)
**Author:** [@zerdang](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zerdang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-movement/311853 "2010-07-18T21:32:18Z")
So I've created a script where a mc is clicked on and the player can draw a path using the mouse. I'm trying to figure out how I can get the mc to follow the path drawn out by the player's mouse and when the player clic… --- ## [DisplayObject coordinates](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displayobject-coordinates/311851)
**Author:** [@cmann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displayobject-coordinates/311851 "2010-07-18T19:55:15Z")
I have found some weird behavior, try this: var test\_x:Number=0.0000354; var spr:Sprite=new Sprite(); spr.x=0.0000354; trace(test\_x, spr.x); For me this gives : 0.0000354 , 0 For some reason the sprites coordinate… --- ## [Bigger text than 72pt](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bigger-text-than-72pt/311849)
**Author:** [@LS05](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LS05)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bigger-text-than-72pt/311849 "2010-07-18T17:41:36Z")
Hi guys, I've made this code: var txt:TextField = new TextField(); var frmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; frmt.font = "Arial"; frmt.size = 800; frmt.color = 0xFF00FF; txt.defaul… --- ## [Button moved and resized - And doesn't exist on trace](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-moved-and-resized-and-doesnt-exist-on-trace/311848)
**Author:** [@Zomis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zomis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-moved-and-resized-and-doesnt-exist-on-trace/311848 "2010-07-18T16:38:06Z")
I'm totally confused. When I am designing in Flash CS3 Professional, I've got an instance of a movieclip that looks like this: \[image\] But when running the swf, it looks like this: \[image\] There is no ActionScript co… --- ## [swapDepths() on duplicate movie clip not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths-on-duplicate-movie-clip-not-working/311847)
**Author:** [@atokatim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atokatim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths-on-duplicate-movie-clip-not-working/311847 "2010-07-18T16:28:31Z")
I have been battling this for 2 days now and can't seem to find any solutions. I am making a flash Statistics chart for my website which pulls the stats from the database and loads them into corresponding arrays in the … --- ## [Flash 8 Help Needed-Scrollbar Not Scrolling Dynamically Loaded Movies Inside A Movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-help-needed-scrollbar-not-scrolling-dynamically-loaded-movies-inside-a-movie/311846)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Pickle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lord_Pickle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-help-needed-scrollbar-not-scrolling-dynamically-loaded-movies-inside-a-movie/311846 "2010-07-18T15:56:05Z")
I've searched the net, and these forums and only found 1 other person with my problem, but alas, there were no reply's to his thread. I'm having trouble getting my scrollbar to work with dynamically loaded movies insid… --- ## [Sorting weapons + monsters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sorting-weapons-monsters/311845)
**Author:** [@mvrb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mvrb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sorting-weapons-monsters/311845 "2010-07-18T15:13:31Z")
Hello everyone. I've just started making a RPG game. I want to add alot of monsters, and I'm looking for a way to keep all my monsters in one class maybe? So I'd have a class called "Monsters" and in it it would be like: … --- ## [Hover Text -- Perplexed!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-text-perplexed/311844)
**Author:** [@PolitiQuo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PolitiQuo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-text-perplexed/311844 "2010-07-18T14:22:40Z")
I'm trying to get the Hover Caption code to work. I've attached a basic FLA that has attributes which mimic the much larger movie that I've been working on. A button 'tweens in from the side, sits in the middle, has a … --- ## [Something like VoyageRSS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/something-like-voyagerss/311842)
**Author:** [@bcapecci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bcapecci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/something-like-voyagerss/311842 "2010-07-18T07:13:14Z")
I need to make something like voyageRSS. Instead of it being rss feeds though it will display data inputted by other users to a mysql database. I was planning on using php to retrieve this information but suggestions on … --- ## [Jquery contact form](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jquery-contact-form/311841)
**Author:** [@HikariKami](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HikariKami)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jquery-contact-form/311841 "2010-07-18T07:02:32Z")
Hi guys, I'm not 100% sure if this is a Jquery problem or a problem with my PHP, but I'm having trouble developing a contact form for my website. I am not a programmer, but I've been reading up and following a few tuto… --- ## [How to retrieve property of previous image in photo gallery?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retrieve-property-of-previous-image-in-photo-gallery/311839)
**Author:** [@briotron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/briotron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retrieve-property-of-previous-image-in-photo-gallery/311839 "2010-07-18T04:03:09Z")
To make a long story short, I need to figure out an as-easy-as-possible way to have my flash actionscript retrieve the file name of the last image externally loaded into a gallery. For example: In this gallery, image3.j… --- ## [How to download an xml file by using .NET 4.0 C# and Silverlight( the IDE is VS2010)?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-an-xml-file-by-using-net-4-0-c-and-silverlight-the-ide-is-vs2010/311838)
**Author:** [@ashley2010](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ashley2010)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-an-xml-file-by-using-net-4-0-c-and-silverlight-the-ide-is-vs2010/311838 "2010-07-17T19:35:49Z")
Hello Kirupa, please read my message. I follo your tutorial, and I never have any problem; however, this time, I was not able to see some result of your tutorial on "How to download an XML file in Silverlight?"--- ht… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=449) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=451)