# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=667 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 668 --- ## [FF News: The Presidential Box--December 2025](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ff-news-the-presidential-box-december-2025/298034)
**Author:** [@footprints](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/footprints)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ff-news-the-presidential-box-december-2025/298034 "2009-10-12T22:57:06Z")
Page 1 Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—December 2025—FF News— This is an E I G H T Page FF News Brief Bulletin so the footprints team suggests that you be nice and relaxed when viewing this bulletin. This is an… --- ## [Urgent Slider help please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-slider-help-please/298032)
**Author:** [@holliebelle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/holliebelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-slider-help-please/298032 "2009-10-12T22:45:25Z")
Hi guys/girls. I am in desperate need of a slider that you can have the initial, maximum and minimum values as a variable and not just as a fixed number. I am currently using a slider from Flash MX dropped into Flash… --- ## [No stop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-stop/298030)
**Author:** [@dmennenoh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dmennenoh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-stop/298030 "2009-10-12T22:07:27Z")
I feel like an idiot right now... I was showing a co-worker a simple loading example - I have this simple script on frame 1: trace("a"); var a:Loader = new Loader(); a.load(new URLRequest("Untitled-1.swf")); stop(); T… --- ## [scanDir() and Special Characters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scandir-and-special-characters/298026)
**Author:** [@ruiganga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ruiganga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scandir-and-special-characters/298026 "2009-10-12T19:07:50Z")
Hi I am using scanDir() to generate a XML with the directory content. It is done, and I was very happy until I figured that the special characters like ªºçáé ... are not displayed correctly in XML. This is my code: … --- ## [Loading xml in the main constructor is glitchy](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-in-the-main-constructor-is-glitchy/298023)
**Author:** [@tibberous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tibberous)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-in-the-main-constructor-is-glitchy/298023 "2009-10-12T17:26:22Z")
I have a hard to track down bug. Basically, in the main class, in the constructor, I load an xml file. Sometimes it fails to load, without giving an error. Then, when I refresh the page, it loads. It seems like it mi… --- ## [Who knows how to animate a 'container'?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/who-knows-how-to-animate-a-container/298022)
**Author:** [@atificial](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atificial)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/who-knows-how-to-animate-a-container/298022 "2009-10-12T16:35:39Z")
Hi, \[INDENT\]\*I am new to posting threads, but I have been an avid kirupa visitor for many years \[smile\] I figured if there is one place to find talented actionscripters it would be here! The time is 3:21 am here in Syd… --- ## [Forcing the display size of an external swf on the stage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forcing-the-display-size-of-an-external-swf-on-the-stage/298021)
**Author:** [@vixiehd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vixiehd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forcing-the-display-size-of-an-external-swf-on-the-stage/298021 "2009-10-12T15:40:28Z")
Hi, For my AS3 website, I want to have different buttons at different points in the timeline which load and play external swf videos. These swfs would ideally be displayed on the stage at the actual height and width o… --- ## [Any Dynamic Streaming experts?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-dynamic-streaming-experts/298020)
**Author:** [@coldyn8w](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coldyn8w)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-dynamic-streaming-experts/298020 "2009-10-12T15:30:35Z")
Hi there, I have a rather ambitious project where I need Multiple Bitrate Streaming from an FMS, as well as seamless changing between clips end to end. The dynamic streaming is easy, I can either use SMIL or a Dynamic… --- ## [TypeError: Error #1006: getDatum is not a function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-1006-getdatum-is-not-a-function/298017)
**Author:** [@alphasil](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alphasil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-1006-getdatum-is-not-a-function/298017 "2009-10-12T14:22:47Z")
Hi I ahev this code with a datepicker, but in the output from flash i have the following error. nome.text = email.text = tel.text = aloj.text = np.text = ""; send\_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, submit); … --- ## [Numeric Comparison in switch statement](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numeric-comparison-in-switch-statement/298016)
**Author:** [@Raabi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raabi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numeric-comparison-in-switch-statement/298016 "2009-10-12T12:55:13Z")
Hello geeks! First time working with numeric comparison, I found myself in dark, as below: switch (\_hours) { case \_hours = 0: \_hours = 12; break; case \_hours \< 12: \_hours = hours; … --- ## [Tilecomponent from scratch](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tilecomponent-from-scratch/298012)
**Author:** [@haroldc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/haroldc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tilecomponent-from-scratch/298012 "2009-10-12T11:34:18Z")
Hi everybody, Is it possible to make a Tilecomponent from scratch only wiith AS3 ? I want to make a xml driven dynamic video playlist with thumbs and text description but without a premade flash componenent. The th… --- ## [Working with the local filesystem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-the-local-filesystem/298011)
**Author:** [@andrew2110](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andrew2110)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-the-local-filesystem/298011 "2009-10-12T11:19:10Z")
Hi guys, I've been asked to write an app where I have to get the user to select a local directory, scan that directory for all images inside and then upload these images to the web. After a few hours of searching the o… --- ## [$(AppConfig)/ActionScript 3.0/Classes and FlashDevelop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/appconfig-actionscript-3-0-classes-and-flashdevelop/298010)
**Author:** [@brndn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brndn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/appconfig-actionscript-3-0-classes-and-flashdevelop/298010 "2009-10-12T11:05:05Z")
Hi there I have set up a development environment in flashdevelop. Everything is all good, but I am wanting to link to the core flash classes that are currently used in cs4 natively. eg $(AppConfig)/ActionScript 3.0/Cla… --- ## [Since when can flash read/write to filesystem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/since-when-can-flash-read-write-to-filesystem/298006)
**Author:** [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/since-when-can-flash-read-write-to-filesystem/298006 "2009-10-12T08:42:41Z")
I know that with flash player 10 there's all this new amazing functionality. But I just heard of them recently, and I know that flash player 10 has been out since a long time ago (say at least 8 months), so since when di… --- ## [In class A call a method from class B](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-class-a-call-a-method-from-class-b/298005)
**Author:** [@stephsh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stephsh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-class-a-call-a-method-from-class-b/298005 "2009-10-12T08:32:10Z")
Hello, From my LoadXML class I am trying to call a method, named onBackgrLoad, which sits inside the Main class. I made the method onBackgrLoad public. Inside the LoadXML class in the method ParseData I added an event l… --- ## [What program is best to convert FLV File to a DVD?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-program-is-best-to-convert-flv-file-to-a-dvd/298004)
**Author:** [@yp198408](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yp198408)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-program-is-best-to-convert-flv-file-to-a-dvd/298004 "2009-10-12T08:21:35Z")
\[LEFT\]\[LEFT\]\[FONT=宋\]I have a lot of \[FLV files that i want to put \[URL="http://www.flvdvd.com/flv-to-dvd-converter/"\]flv to dvd\](http://www.flvdvd.com), but i carn't find one with no WaterMarks or time limit. PS… --- ## [WHOIS Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois-question/298001)
**Author:** [@bitterman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bitterman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois-question/298001 "2009-10-12T07:09:22Z")
Hi everyone. Sorry if this is a noob question, I've looked around a bit but just wanted to ask a question because I'm not too sure. The WHOIS look up. Once you buy a domain, does your personal details become available … --- ## [Flash image drifting effect](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-image-drifting-effect/297999)
**Author:** [@NovemberRain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NovemberRain)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-image-drifting-effect/297999 "2009-10-12T05:39:10Z")
Anybody know how to do this drifting effect http://www.irvineco.com/ Any reference or component reference would be very helpful! --- ## [|| problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem/297992)
**Author:** [@Press\_Tilty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Press_Tilty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem/297992 "2009-10-12T01:48:05Z")
okay, so i have a if statement that looks like this: if (!this.hitTest(\_root.rwall1 || \_root.rwall2)){ \_global.rSpeed = 8; }else{ \_global.rSpeed = 0; } but it only works if i comment out one. (there is a movi… --- ## [Firefox sometimes renders my flash wrong!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/firefox-sometimes-renders-my-flash-wrong/297990)
**Author:** [@eskalation\_dk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eskalation_dk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/firefox-sometimes-renders-my-flash-wrong/297990 "2009-10-12T00:04:37Z")
Hey, sometimes when i load a webside in firefox, it fails to draw some of the elements that gets drawn early on in the flash file (4 squares and a background square, all movieclips), but other times it works perfectly. A… --- ## [Papervision scale](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-scale/297989)
**Author:** [@dtk13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dtk13)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-scale/297989 "2009-10-12T00:00:47Z")
So I have a 3d scene and I create a cube ActionScript Code: \[LEFT\]cube = \[COLOR=#000000\]new\[/COLOR\] Cube\[COLOR=#000000\](\[/COLOR\]matlist, \[COLOR=#000080\]699\[/COLOR\], \[COLOR=#000080\]10\[/COLOR\], \[COLOR=#000080\]522\[/COLO… --- ## [More Precise Wall hitTest (AS2)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-precise-wall-hittest-as2/297987)
**Author:** [@Scheisse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Scheisse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-precise-wall-hittest-as2/297987 "2009-10-11T22:14:52Z")
I am aware that similar questions about hitTesting have been asked before, but none of them answer what I am asking. I want to be able to make a movieclip of a wall of something that is impassible in my game and have m… --- ## [APE or Box2D?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ape-or-box2d/297984)
**Author:** [@dandylion13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dandylion13)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ape-or-box2d/297984 "2009-10-11T21:22:32Z")
Hi Everyone \[smile\] I'm just starting to experiment with some of the physics APIs out there and was wondering if any of you with more experience can advise me which to learn: APE or Box2D? I've noticed that both seem… --- ## [Input text Boxes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes/297983)
**Author:** [@v8l57](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/v8l57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes/297983 "2009-10-11T21:15:50Z")
I want my input text box to break to the next line automatically when it reaches the max width of the box. How do I do this? --- ## [\[AS2\] Autoscrolling External Text?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-autoscrolling-external-text/297981)
**Author:** [@Wzmrvo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wzmrvo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-autoscrolling-external-text/297981 "2009-10-11T19:23:38Z")
I have been searching for a good SIMPLY explained step by step tutorial on how to create a masked vertical autoscrolling news reader that makes external text (read from a txt file) appear at the bottom, disappears at the… --- ## [Trap the draggable object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trap-the-draggable-object/297976)
**Author:** [@gdz1982](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gdz1982)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trap-the-draggable-object/297976 "2009-10-11T17:02:59Z")
Hello there, i need your advice , currently i am working on lil application where i need a draggable object which MUST be 'trapped' in a certain area , it can be either set zone or inside a movie clip or trapped surr… --- ## [Buttons in AdvancedDataGrid](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-advanceddatagrid/297973)
**Author:** [@superpeppe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superpeppe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-advanceddatagrid/297973 "2009-10-11T16:09:42Z")
Is it possible to have a Button object in a column in an AdvancedDataGrid object in flex 4? And how would I do this? --- ## [Help! Mute and dragger not working together](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-mute-and-dragger-not-working-together/297967)
**Author:** [@Matt\_da\_best](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Matt_da_best)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-mute-and-dragger-not-working-together/297967 "2009-10-11T13:35:23Z")
My sound object (below) is working with my volume dragger, but not with the mute button as well. The mute button works without the dragger, but they don't work together. Could you help? t1 = new Sound(); t1.attachS… --- ## [Mouse\_out event](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-out-event/297966)
**Author:** [@Theofiel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Theofiel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-out-event/297966 "2009-10-11T13:03:12Z")
Hi all, I have a tab with the text menu and when you roll over the tab the menu slides out, on roll out the menu waits (timer function) and then slides back. But when I add a button inside the menu (child of menu) then… --- ## [Help with sending a variable to a class function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-sending-a-variable-to-a-class-function/297963)
**Author:** [@flashTrev](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashTrev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-sending-a-variable-to-a-class-function/297963 "2009-10-11T10:53:05Z")
Hi, just finished the usual hours of searching and testing to still be none the wiser so hoping someone here can help. What I am trying to do should work, so why doesn't it? My problem is best explained as so... I have t… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=666) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=668)