# programming

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## [Web Service vs. Web Site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-service-vs-web-site/303187)

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**Author:** [@bhjodokast](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bhjodokast)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-service-vs-web-site/303187 "2010-01-15T17:30:34Z")

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Background: I developed a Flash/PHP/MySQL game that works well. It is a fairly basic implementation, mostly involving user login, map coordinates, player data, etc. Currently: Developing some Flash widgets that will d…

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## [Customizing Kirupa xml slide show - need help with one detail please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/customizing-kirupa-xml-slide-show-need-help-with-one-detail-please/303185)

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**Author:** [@mossin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mossin)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/customizing-kirupa-xml-slide-show-need-help-with-one-detail-please/303185 "2010-01-15T17:23:00Z")

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Hi experts, So I almost got that slideshow the way I want it, just too dumb to get the last tweaks right. I used the "Kirupa xml slide show" for AS2, and added a fake zoom effect, where I actually on click swap the i…

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## [\[CS4\] LoadVars and Textarea, sporadically "undefined" URGENT](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs4-loadvars-and-textarea-sporadically-undefined-urgent/303184)

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**Author:** [@HenryGale](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HenryGale)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs4-loadvars-and-textarea-sporadically-undefined-urgent/303184 "2010-01-15T17:16:59Z")

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Hi, everyone; Been beating my head against this for a while now and am starting to get down to the wire. I could really urgently use a hand here and would be so appreciative of any help you can offer. I have a flash …

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## [Resuming sound during a flash movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resuming-sound-during-a-flash-movie/303182)

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**Author:** [@rubberduckie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rubberduckie)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resuming-sound-during-a-flash-movie/303182 "2010-01-15T15:30:48Z")

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\[COLOR=black\]\[FONT=Verdana\]Hi! I am working on a Flash movie that contains sound. I am using the stop ALL sounds to turn off the sound but I am having trouble finding code for Actionscript to resume or even replay the mu…

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## [Passing variables in a URL to use in include($variable.php);](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-in-a-url-to-use-in-include-variable-php/303180)

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**Author:** [@FlashFish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashFish)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-in-a-url-to-use-in-include-variable-php/303180 "2010-01-15T15:05:54Z")

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I think the title sums it up, I'm trying to load php content into a main php page based on variables (?pag) sent from the url. These content files also use a variable (?client) to pull info from a database. Everything wo…

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## [Fade movieclips in and out](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-movieclips-in-and-out/303174)

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**Author:** [@rockgirl84](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rockgirl84)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-movieclips-in-and-out/303174 "2010-01-15T12:57:46Z")

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Hi all! Having some problems with my website and wondering if anyone could help... I have 5 buttons and each one needs to fade in a movieclip 3 of the movieclips are just static text 2 are slideshows the problem …

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## [\[AS2\] Objects Carried Between frames by gotoAndStop()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-objects-carried-between-frames-by-gotoandstop/303173)

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**Author:** [@flyingmonkey456](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flyingmonkey456)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-objects-carried-between-frames-by-gotoandstop/303173 "2010-01-15T12:05:01Z")

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I am creating a point and click game. In the bottom corners of the screen there are two arrows for changing the area. When these arrows are clicked, the only thing that is supposed to happen is a frame change. For some r…

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## [Date Picker (Display date and value display... )](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-picker-display-date-and-value-display/303172)

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**Author:** [@wispas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wispas)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-picker-display-date-and-value-display/303172 "2010-01-15T11:19:44Z")

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currently i have the format for my date as 'yyyy-mm-dd' as this is how it inserts into the mysql datbase when i submit for the form... what i want is the date to be shown in the form as dd/mm/yyyy but when submitted th…

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## [Help with Flash Based Email, URGENT! \>\<](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flash-based-email-urgent/303169)

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**Author:** [@helencham](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/helencham)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flash-based-email-urgent/303169 "2010-01-15T10:31:22Z")

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ive recently followed a tutorial on kirupa in regards to how to build a Flash Based Email onto a website. But after finishing up with it and trying out my new flash based email, the message sent to me became liek this: …

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## [I'm Newbie - Help needed badly :(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-newbie-help-needed-badly/303167)

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**Author:** [@sunshine79](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sunshine79)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-newbie-help-needed-badly/303167 "2010-01-15T10:27:23Z")

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Hi there I bought a template and couldn't figure out the AS. The player\_btn can load 4Songs but only in swf format and I'd like to change the the script to load as mp3 format but how to do I edit the script?:h: I need…

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## [Structure of Game Menus](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/structure-of-game-menus/303166)

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**Author:** [@Blabbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Blabbo)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/structure-of-game-menus/303166 "2010-01-15T10:26:21Z")

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Hi, a topic which bores me frequently is the coding of all the stuff around the real game itself (titlescreen, instructions, level choice, highscore etc.) The way i did it in my last game was that i had a class for eve…

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## [Component varable is not working in As3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-varable-is-not-working-in-as3-0/303165)

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**Author:** [@gmurali\_kri](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gmurali_kri)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-varable-is-not-working-in-as3-0/303165 "2010-01-15T10:14:39Z")

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Hi All... I have a problem in AS 3.0. In As 2.0 ofter creating the componet, in the component defination panel I'm adding array varable and that varable i am getting directlly. but in As 3.0 it's not working. so how to g…

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## [Component varable is not working in As23](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-varable-is-not-working-in-as23/303164)

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**Author:** [@gmurali\_kri](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gmurali_kri)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-varable-is-not-working-in-as23/303164 "2010-01-15T10:11:03Z")

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Hi All... I have a problem in AS 3.0. In As 2.0 ofter creating the componet, in the component defination panel I'm adding array varable and that varable i am getting directlly. but in As 3.0 it's not working. so how to g…

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## [Security.showSettings](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/security-showsettings/303162)

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**Author:** [@Swooter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Swooter)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/security-showsettings/303162 "2010-01-15T09:37:27Z")

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Hi there, Anybody happen to know how I can show the 'Local storage' panel in AS3 from an AIR application? I've tried: Security.showSettings(); // and this: Security.showSettings("localStorage"); But AIR seems to …

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## [PPV3D MovieAssetMaterial Text gets warped](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ppv3d-movieassetmaterial-text-gets-warped/303160)

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**Author:** [@burger](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/burger)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ppv3d-movieassetmaterial-text-gets-warped/303160 "2010-01-15T07:22:25Z")

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I have a plane, in a grid (DisplayObject3D) being rendered in BasicView that has dynamic text on it. the grid, wall (whatever you want to call it) pitches and rolls, and the more it does the more the text gets warped? …

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## [XML wrong image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-wrong-image/303157)

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**Author:** [@nate51](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nate51)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-wrong-image/303157 "2010-01-15T01:35:55Z")

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I have XML working great, the button gets labelled properly and the description is proper but for some reason my main image skips to the next image in the XML. This is my AS 2.0 myXML = new XML(); myXML.ignoreWhite …

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## [\[AS3\] Discussion on getters/setters etc](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-discussion-on-getters-setters-etc/303156)

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**Author:** [@Shaedo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shaedo)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-discussion-on-getters-setters-etc/303156 "2010-01-15T01:32:56Z")

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Hi this is forked from this thread in order to avoid hijacking: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=342018 I just want to start by saying that I respect that people can get emotional about this and have strong…

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## [Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference error](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-access-a-property-or-method-of-a-null-object-reference-error/303155)

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**Author:** [@hokeyplyr48](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hokeyplyr48)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-access-a-property-or-method-of-a-null-object-reference-error/303155 "2010-01-15T01:07:57Z")

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I have a my project that has three frames on the main timeline. Frame Label MovieClip Instance Name Class file Intro\_Frame -\> Intro\_symbol -\> Intro\_Page Content\_Page -\> …

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## [Loading a video and music in flash CS4](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-video-and-music-in-flash-cs4/303153)

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**Author:** [@666](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/666)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-video-and-music-in-flash-cs4/303153 "2010-01-14T23:10:13Z")

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\[FONT=Calibri\] Basically, I am working on my flash portfolio that will be imported into Dreamweaver later. The question is - I have 3 FLV movies in my flash library. I want to add music to each movie and add controls, …

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## [AS2 strange attached sound behavior](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-strange-attached-sound-behavior/303151)

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**Author:** [@rrobnett](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rrobnett)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-strange-attached-sound-behavior/303151 "2010-01-14T22:40:07Z")

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I am totally stumped, or am I just losing it. Go to this link http://www.stonehengeband.com Click on the keyboard menu buttons. The sound attached to the Song List button is very loud and sometimes echoes itself. Eve…

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## [Web based swf reading client local file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-based-swf-reading-client-local-file/303150)

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**Author:** [@Neofatalist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Neofatalist)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-based-swf-reading-client-local-file/303150 "2010-01-14T22:23:42Z")

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Hello, I was wondering if its possible to load a client side xml file from a web based flash. Basically the project is as follows. Each station will have a specific xml file describing its contents and the flash file w…

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## [Adding Control Bar to SWF video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-control-bar-to-swf-video/303148)

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**Author:** [@kathrynforad](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kathrynforad)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-control-bar-to-swf-video/303148 "2010-01-14T21:24:14Z")

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I need to add a control bar (play, pause, progress bar) to a SWF video in Dreamweaver. It can be very simple, the look and feel is not that important, it just needs to be functional. The only way I can figure out to ad…

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## [Loop through childrens and add them instance names?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-childrens-and-add-them-instance-names/303145)

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**Author:** [@kustrle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kustrle)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-childrens-and-add-them-instance-names/303145 "2010-01-14T20:24:16Z")

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Hello. Does anybody know how could I make a simple loop which loops through the childrens of specific movie clip and add each of them instance name lets say "iname", since I have movie clip in which childrens are not add…

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## [Grabbing URL of current page to use in as 2.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grabbing-url-of-current-page-to-use-in-as-2-0/303140)

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**Author:** [@mpdesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpdesign)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grabbing-url-of-current-page-to-use-in-as-2-0/303140 "2010-01-14T18:26:35Z")

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I am building a flash component to be embedded on an html side - the flash will include buttons to 'share' - i.e. on facebook, twitter, etc. I want to be able to grab the URL of the page and put it into the coding on the…

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## [Game works local, but not when uploaded!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-works-local-but-not-when-uploaded/303135)

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**Author:** [@Tyilo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tyilo)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-works-local-but-not-when-uploaded/303135 "2010-01-14T17:10:31Z")

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Refer to the above thread for information... Mods please delete this thread. Sorry for double-posting!

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## [Can I use a hyperlink to target a specific movie within a flash website](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-hyperlink-to-target-a-specific-movie-within-a-flash-website/303134)

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**Author:** [@Solidus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Solidus)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-hyperlink-to-target-a-specific-movie-within-a-flash-website/303134 "2010-01-14T16:43:24Z")

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Hey guys, I have a all flash site that has several FLV's that people can click on called Green Solutions, Home Control, Temperature Control. My client wants to know if its possible to put a hyperlink in a email to his cl…

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## [Changing Properties of Multiple Movie Clips with 1 Action](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-properties-of-multiple-movie-clips-with-1-action/303132)

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**Author:** [@lletdownl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lletdownl)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-properties-of-multiple-movie-clips-with-1-action/303132 "2010-01-14T15:58:34Z")

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Hi all, Id like to create something similar to this... http://www.ksarch.com/ you'll notice on their main page, when you roll over section "living" all movie clips below which are "living" projects are highlighted,…

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## [Hide items in XML-Driven Drop-Down Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-items-in-xml-driven-drop-down-menu/303131)

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**Author:** [@tubercle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tubercle)\
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**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-items-in-xml-driven-drop-down-menu/303131 "2010-01-14T15:40:37Z")

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Hi, I would like to add a "show/hide" command to an item in this menu. For instance: \<item name="home" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www.kirupa.com"/\> to: \<item name="home-1" action="gotoURL" variables="http:…

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## [Score resetting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/score-resetting/303130)

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**Author:** [@AS\_Newbie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AS_Newbie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/score-resetting/303130 "2010-01-14T15:16:20Z")

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Hi I have a character on the stage in my fla that when hitting a particle created in an a particle.as removes the particle. I have the code for removing the particle and also a score counter that adds one everytime a par…

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## [removeChild not working as expected](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-not-working-as-expected/303129)

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**Author:** [@aaron2004](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aaron2004)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-not-working-as-expected/303129 "2010-01-14T14:03:19Z")

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Excuse my ignorance, I have a movieClip 'Home\_A' loaded by using addChild. It is then named 'house'. Buttons are to change the color of other movieClips in 'Home\_A'. Everything works fine. I use removeChild to erase …

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