# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=702 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 703 --- ## [Comprehensive performance guide?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comprehensive-performance-guide/295820)
**Author:** [@JoeDurb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoeDurb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comprehensive-performance-guide/295820 "2009-09-05T00:13:59Z")
I've looked for a good list of performance best-methods for AS3, and haven't found much help. Does anyone know of a good writeup on the subject, I'm just buried now to research the dozens of things I'd like to know.... … --- ## [Playing mp4 from limelight](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-mp4-from-limelight/295812)
**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-mp4-from-limelight/295812 "2009-09-04T18:09:31Z")
Has anyone successfully made their own player in AS3 that plays mp4 files from limelight? I downloaded their lux player, but its flash 10 and CS4 only. --- ## [Infinite Music Loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-music-loop/295811)
**Author:** [@SLaY](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SLaY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-music-loop/295811 "2009-09-04T17:44:24Z")
Hey, I have the following code: var liga\_som:URLRequest = new URLRequest("som/som.mp3"); var som:Sound = new Sound(); var controla\_som:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel(); var tempo:Number = 0; som.load(liga\_som); so… --- ## [JS in IE6 + IE7 fails 25% of the time](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-in-ie6-ie7-fails-25-of-the-time/295809)
**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-in-ie6-ie7-fails-25-of-the-time/295809 "2009-09-04T17:19:13Z")
Hi folks, I've got my site working in FF, Safari, and IE8, but I need some help getting it to work in IE7. I'm using the Prototype library, by the way. I suspect it has nothing to do with Prototype and more to do wit… --- ## [HTML text to normal text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-text-to-normal-text/295808)
**Author:** [@Shaedo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shaedo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-text-to-normal-text/295808 "2009-09-04T16:47:48Z")
I would like to take text that was rendered into HTML text and create a string that includes all of the HTML tags. So I my swf loads text containing HTML tags from external file swf displays text as htmlText into an in… --- ## [clearInterval problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearinterval-problem/295807)
**Author:** [@habbal85](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/habbal85)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearinterval-problem/295807 "2009-09-04T16:32:56Z")
hey guys i'm really dissapointed becouse of this problem and i really need to solve it. ihave a circles menu that follows the move movement and i'm using the setInterval and clearInterval thing. the problem is i'm not … --- ## [Help! How to drop in an image gallery viewer in my fla](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-how-to-drop-in-an-image-gallery-viewer-in-my-fla/295803)
**Author:** [@kougan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kougan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-how-to-drop-in-an-image-gallery-viewer-in-my-fla/295803 "2009-09-04T14:29:15Z")
I downloaded a simple xml image gallery online and would like to put it in my .fla. It seems like the best way of doing this would be to load it in as an swf. It seems like a simple task, but what action script woul… --- ## [Bug when closing Internet Explorer 7 tab](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bug-when-closing-internet-explorer-7-tab/295802)
**Author:** [@psan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bug-when-closing-internet-explorer-7-tab/295802 "2009-09-04T14:25:12Z")
Hi, I've found a strange bug in Internet Explorer 7 (haven't tried IE6 or IE8, might be the same problem there). I've searched everywhere and all I have found is a post about the exact same problem: http://www.techn… --- ## [getURL no longer supported](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-no-longer-supported/295801)
**Author:** [@Mashy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mashy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-no-longer-supported/295801 "2009-09-04T14:07:07Z")
Hello all I am trying to learn AS3 and have encountered my first snag in what I thought would be an easy navbar I'm making. I have my swf in an iframe called 'nav', and when clicking on a nav button I want to change th… --- ## [Users Interaction To Delete Mask?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/users-interaction-to-delete-mask/295798)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Blank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Matt_Blank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/users-interaction-to-delete-mask/295798 "2009-09-04T12:27:14Z")
Hi guys, I have two images, one of which lays on top of the other. What I'm trying to achieve is that the user watching the flash can interact by clicking down on their mouse and wipe away the top layer to reveal the b… --- ## [Exporting mov or image seq at 60fps](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-mov-or-image-seq-at-60fps/295794)
**Author:** [@boomtish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boomtish)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-mov-or-image-seq-at-60fps/295794 "2009-09-04T11:51:16Z")
Hi folks I'm trying to export a mov at 60 fps. The trouble is I'm getting weird stuff happening in my exported movies, when I bring one into After Effects it thinks it is 62.5 fps. And the first 10 or so frames of the … --- ## [Fading in and out issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fading-in-and-out-issue/295793)
**Author:** [@bear](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bear)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fading-in-and-out-issue/295793 "2009-09-04T10:51:08Z")
Hey guys: I get one part fading in the way I want, but the other part is not doing anything. I get an error when I run this. Please give me some advice about this? import fl.transitions.Tween; import fl.transitions.ea… --- ## [Flash .swf loses quality when played in HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-swf-loses-quality-when-played-in-html/295790)
**Author:** [@possum87](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/possum87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-swf-loses-quality-when-played-in-html/295790 "2009-09-04T10:35:28Z")
(I use Flash CS4) I've made a flash banner which I want on my website. The quality was a bit crap so I searched around and found hundreds of places giving advice on improving quality, and I've followed some of these. T… --- ## [Draw in specific area - custom cursor?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-in-specific-area-custom-cursor/295789)
**Author:** [@scotia2k6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotia2k6)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-in-specific-area-custom-cursor/295789 "2009-09-04T10:15:21Z")
Hello All - wee update / better description Id like to be able to use a pencil image (custom cursor?) to draw in a defined area - its the 'ol pencil drawing a line idea on a pad. I dont know how to define the area? Ive… --- ## [Is Query of a Query possible in PHP / MySQL?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-query-of-a-query-possible-in-php-mysql/295786)
**Author:** [@meistertoca](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/meistertoca)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-query-of-a-query-possible-in-php-mysql/295786 "2009-09-04T06:48:43Z")
i'm currently in the process of trying to convert my site from Coldfusion to PHP. I'm stuck on trying to do a query of query. Here is the code in Coldfusion: \ SELECT Max(ID) … --- ## [Animated Preloader: Advance 1 frame every 10% loaded? (AS3)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-preloader-advance-1-frame-every-10-loaded-as3/295785)
**Author:** [@digs20](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digs20)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-preloader-advance-1-frame-every-10-loaded-as3/295785 "2009-09-04T05:27:27Z")
Hi all, this is my first post ever: I am needing to create a preloader that advances a 10 frame animation every 10% loaded. So there will be a percentage indicator (dynamic text) and a short animation as the load bar (… --- ## [ComboBox Title](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-title/295783)
**Author:** [@cortezcreations](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cortezcreations)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-title/295783 "2009-09-04T04:24:46Z")
Hello all. I've been battling with my comboBox here for awhile now. I have managed to get everything functioning great minus one feature. This places "Chose a University" in the title of my combobox comboBox.addItem({… --- ## [AS3 with E4X / XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-with-e4x-xml/295782)
**Author:** [@johnsonw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnsonw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-with-e4x-xml/295782 "2009-09-04T04:14:38Z")
\[FONT=Arial\]Hey guys, I am working on a project that uses XML and up until this point, reading data from the XML file has been very easy. Unfortunately, I came across a problem that has me banging my head against a wal… --- ## [Trying to stop a function snow 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-stop-a-function-snow-3-0/295781)
**Author:** [@chockybickyman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chockybickyman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-stop-a-function-snow-3-0/295781 "2009-09-04T03:28:40Z")
heres the code, that is currently sitting in the \_root timeline. init = function () { width = 1400; // pixels height = 890; // pixels max\_snowsize = 20; // pixels snowflakes = 40; // quantity for (i=0; i\ **Author:** [@Shaedo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shaedo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-adjusting-text-box-to-fit-text/295780 "2009-09-04T03:23:02Z") Hi was wondering if anyone knows a good strategy to adjust a text box to fit text. any ideas welcome. Currently I am thinking to: 1) counting the length of text, 2) chopping it into lines (add ) 3) counting the lines… --- ## [How to drop in an image gallery viewer in my fla](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-drop-in-an-image-gallery-viewer-in-my-fla/295779)
**Author:** [@kougan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kougan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-drop-in-an-image-gallery-viewer-in-my-fla/295779 "2009-09-04T03:16:01Z")
I downloaded a simple xml image gallery online and would like to put it in my .fla. It seems like the best way of doing this would be to load it in as an swf. It seems like a simple task, but what action script wou… --- ## [SWFAddress AS2.0 trouble](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swfaddress-as2-0-trouble/295778)
**Author:** [@nate51](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nate51)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swfaddress-as2-0-trouble/295778 "2009-09-04T02:49:04Z")
Ok, I now have it semi working and I hope someone can help me get over the last hurdle here. When you go to the links directly ex. www.xxxx.com/index.html#about or www.xxxx.com/index.html#home It goes right to those pa… --- ## [Pausing a dynamically loaded swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-a-dynamically-loaded-swf/295775)
**Author:** [@theshelf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theshelf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-a-dynamically-loaded-swf/295775 "2009-09-04T02:16:07Z")
Hi I have a swf that loads an external swf and allows playback of it - basic pause, play, back and forward controls. It's all working great, except if I have some actionscript that's doing some animation (one swf has… --- ## [AS3: how to reference a dynamic movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-how-to-reference-a-dynamic-movieclip/295774)
**Author:** [@skankest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skankest)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-how-to-reference-a-dynamic-movieclip/295774 "2009-09-04T02:06:51Z")
I have a number of identical movie clips that are generated in responce to an XML file. I'm trying to reference a specific one of these movieclips after a sound file stops playing. How do I call up that specific moviec… --- ## [PHP development environment questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-development-environment-questions/295773)
**Author:** [@Stubbs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stubbs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-development-environment-questions/295773 "2009-09-04T01:54:59Z")
I'm thinking of setting up a PHP development environment, and am wondering if anyone's had problems with WAMPP or XAMPP. I know nothing about servers (or php for that matter), and am wondering what the most secure thing… --- ## [NEED HELP with a parent .swf and loadee .swf problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-parent-swf-and-loadee-swf-problem/295770)
**Author:** [@CallClass](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CallClass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-parent-swf-and-loadee-swf-problem/295770 "2009-09-04T01:23:14Z")
I have a load issue with my video player since I added a timer and RED play progess bar to it. It plays perfectly by itself here: http://www.playingthepoet.com/FlashAPI/AnimaliaPlayer.swf BUT it is supposed to load i… --- ## [Video scrubber positioning problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-scrubber-positioning-problems/295767)
**Author:** [@East\_High](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/East_High)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-scrubber-positioning-problems/295767 "2009-09-03T23:44:20Z")
I'm tweaking the video code found here http://www.thetechlabs.com/tutorials/audionvideo/how-to-build-a-as3-videoplayer/ His progress bar starts at the edge of the stage. My progress bar starts at x=40 into the stage. M… --- ## [Classes - Returning value from other function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/classes-returning-value-from-other-function/295765)
**Author:** [@energy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/energy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/classes-returning-value-from-other-function/295765 "2009-09-03T23:27:42Z")
Hey Guys, I have a question regarding classes. Small example below. Lets say my class is like this. \[AS\] class MyClass { public function Clue // this will be called externally { something.addEventListene… --- ## [Shortening actionscript?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shortening-actionscript/295764)
**Author:** [@lorne17](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorne17)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shortening-actionscript/295764 "2009-09-03T22:45:18Z")
Hello there, I know this is simple, but I always have a hard time shortening script. Can someone help me shorten this? MenuBar.btn\_Menu0.onRollOver = function() { MenuBar.Menu0.gotoAndPlay("Over"); … --- ## [First Post - Navigation Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-post-navigation-problem/295761)
**Author:** [@odyssey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/odyssey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-post-navigation-problem/295761 "2009-09-03T22:02:42Z")
Never tried posting questions before but I thought I would give it a go. I am building a flash + html site www.communityconnectionsrelocation.com and there is a swf embedded in template the pages are based off of. The sw… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=701) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=703)