# programming **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/41.md?page=727 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 728 --- ## [Stopping a sound that's in the timeline of a movieClip?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-a-sound-thats-in-the-timeline-of-a-movieclip/294214)
**Author:** [@madfatter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/madfatter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-a-sound-thats-in-the-timeline-of-a-movieclip/294214 "2009-08-10T23:19:16Z")
I've got a situation where I'm trying to synch a camera sound with some flashing light effects that are contained in a movieClip on the stage. I only want the flashing sounds to go off twice. If I call the sound from ac… --- ## [Custom Forum, How to set recent posts, or updated threads since last login?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-forum-how-to-set-recent-posts-or-updated-threads-since-last-login/294212)
**Author:** [@DrRobot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DrRobot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-forum-how-to-set-recent-posts-or-updated-threads-since-last-login/294212 "2009-08-10T22:11:04Z")
Hey, currently I'm building a forum, and it's going pretty good so far, however, how do i implement the updated since you were gone things? Like here on kirupa (or any forum, really), when somebody posts and you sign on,… --- ## [Tween Thumbnail Scrolling - trouble with button control](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-thumbnail-scrolling-trouble-with-button-control/294209)
**Author:** [@NewFormDesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NewFormDesign)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-thumbnail-scrolling-trouble-with-button-control/294209 "2009-08-10T21:50:10Z")
Hi all, I'm a newbie, totally stuck, and would GREATLY appreciate any help on this. All I've been trying to do is to move a string of thumbnails - thumbHolder\_mc - incrementally (like every 386 pixels) left and right, c… --- ## [Attempting to get a movie clip to play from another (AS3)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attempting-to-get-a-movie-clip-to-play-from-another-as3/294207)
**Author:** [@hued](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hued)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attempting-to-get-a-movie-clip-to-play-from-another-as3/294207 "2009-08-10T21:13:13Z")
Hello all, I am attempting to get a movie clip from the Library to play from another movie clip. I knew how to do this in AS2, but I'm trying to learn AS3 and I am at a loss to understand how to do this. In AS2 I woul… --- ## [FlashVars as Global Variables?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashvars-as-global-variables/294206)
**Author:** [@FPG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FPG)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashvars-as-global-variables/294206 "2009-08-10T21:02:07Z")
I'm trying to make my FlashVars global so that they can be accessed in all of my scripts. I have an external .as file called 'globalvars.as' and it has the following code: package{ import flash.display.\*; pub… --- ## [Server Side on PHP for a flash multiplayer game....ISSUE!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/server-side-on-php-for-a-flash-multiplayer-game-issue/294203)
**Author:** [@doodlechat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doodlechat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/server-side-on-php-for-a-flash-multiplayer-game-issue/294203 "2009-08-10T20:53:25Z")
Hello everybody, i'm fede torri, and i'm a newbie :emb: Let's talk about my problem. I've written a real-time flash multiplayer "Draw my thing" game...it's a test, nothing commercial \[wink\] So, even though i'm quit… --- ## [How to tween a regular number variable with AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-tween-a-regular-number-variable-with-as3/294201)
**Author:** [@tjphilli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tjphilli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-tween-a-regular-number-variable-with-as3/294201 "2009-08-10T20:32:03Z")
Hey all. I have several objects referencing one value in a number, and I need to tween this number but I cant figure out how. I'll use whatever, the built in tweens or tweener or anything. I cant figure out how to refe… --- ## [Simple question - randomize a list](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-randomize-a-list/294200)
**Author:** [@cantaloupe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cantaloupe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-randomize-a-list/294200 "2009-08-10T20:08:19Z")
Hi, I think this would prob be done with arrays? Though I'm not sure. Say I have a list of 5 boys names - I want the list to be in a different order each time the swf is played. So... Jon Dan Bob Bill Dave \*The n… --- ## [Strange Issue - Panelworx](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-issue-panelworx/294193)
**Author:** [@dmennenoh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dmennenoh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-issue-panelworx/294193 "2009-08-10T19:31:53Z")
I've got an issue that I've been unable to get a handle on and am hoping someone may have seen something similar. I have a game, done in AS3 which works perfect on three different test machines - all running XP, SP3. On… --- ## [Full Screen problem with loaded .SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-screen-problem-with-loaded-swf/294190)
**Author:** [@jMilstead](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jMilstead)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-screen-problem-with-loaded-swf/294190 "2009-08-10T19:16:51Z")
I am making a video player that will be used every where on my site. The full screen button works fine on the FLV player I built, when it is embedded in html, but if I try and load it through another SWF file that is emb… --- ## [Img gallery XMLList issue : (](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/img-gallery-xmllist-issue/294186)
**Author:** [@Atroxe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Atroxe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/img-gallery-xmllist-issue/294186 "2009-08-10T17:37:29Z")
So, I've steered my boat in to the world of Flash and AS3, indeed very funny and creative, but i comes along with a heap of problems. I've built a basic gallery to display images and some text content, which can be see… --- ## [Papervision3D "Front-on" Camera Angle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision3d-front-on-camera-angle/294183)
**Author:** [@trundrumbalind](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trundrumbalind)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision3d-front-on-camera-angle/294183 "2009-08-10T17:04:00Z")
Hi there, So I'm going to have a wall of cubes and basically, I don't want to see the sides of them. I just want them all to be facing directly into the camera (so basically you'd just think it was a bunch of squares to … --- ## [How to implement the word effect like twba.com.cn](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-implement-the-word-effect-like-twba-com-cn/294180)
**Author:** [@EmilMatthew](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/EmilMatthew)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-implement-the-word-effect-like-twba-com-cn/294180 "2009-08-10T15:33:27Z")
On the site www.twba.com.cn , for the words showing out, it use a dynamic effect to show it out. And especially,the blue background of the text is adjust accroding to the each line’s width. I just want to know is the… --- ## [3D Flip - RotationY](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-flip-rotationy/294178)
**Author:** [@jfloss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jfloss)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-flip-rotationy/294178 "2009-08-10T14:47:41Z")
What's going on? I'm a newbie but I'm learning fast and furiously. I want to rotate two images on the y axis. For instance I got two cards, front and back. On EnterFrame I want the rotating movieclip to exchange th… --- ## [Child access issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-access-issue/294177)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Remex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alpha_Remex)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-access-issue/294177 "2009-08-10T14:37:54Z")
Ok, so I have a form in my program where people can check off individual buttons using click event listeners. This works great. Now I am trying to add a "Select All" button. This loops through all of the MovieClips i… --- ## [Draw line to follow MC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-line-to-follow-mc/294176)
**Author:** [@fjckls](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fjckls)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-line-to-follow-mc/294176 "2009-08-10T14:11:11Z")
Hi, I have moving movie clip on stage and I want to draw a line so that it fallows my MC. var sp:Sprite = new Sprite(); addChild(sp); var g:Graphics = sp.graphics; g.lineStyle(1,0x000000); addEventListener(Event.ENTE… --- ## [Easiest Way To Solve This?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easiest-way-to-solve-this/294175)
**Author:** [@popnfresh24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/popnfresh24)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easiest-way-to-solve-this/294175 "2009-08-10T14:04:52Z")
I have 34 movieclips which are all dragable... they can be dragged to any of 5 different targets... but i need a way so that if there is a movieclip already in one of the targets then it'll return to it's original place … --- ## [Problem with Button function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-button-function/294174)
**Author:** [@Gyan\_Singh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gyan_Singh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-button-function/294174 "2009-08-10T13:57:05Z")
Hi Friends, I have different buttons on my stage to go to different frame.. To avoid multiple function, I write single function like this: targetFrame (btn1, "frame\_q1"); targetFrame (btn2, "frame\_q2"); targetFram… --- ## [Can I edit an external XML file from a SWF-On disk not server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-edit-an-external-xml-file-from-a-swf-on-disk-not-server/294173)
**Author:** [@tjphilli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tjphilli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-edit-an-external-xml-file-from-a-swf-on-disk-not-server/294173 "2009-08-10T13:38:48Z")
Hey all. I'm running an application off of a large XML file, and I want non-tech-savvy employees to be able to add/subtract from the entries that I have currrently. While I am fine editing XML on my own, I know some of… --- ## [Calling a Javascript function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-javascript-function/294172)
**Author:** [@AscolA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AscolA)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-javascript-function/294172 "2009-08-10T12:36:40Z")
Hello, I built a flash website. On one of my buttons, I was planning on loading another webpage with the getUrl script. I'm working with another developer and he wants me to program the button so that when it's clicked… --- ## [Recalling button states after navigating to another page?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recalling-button-states-after-navigating-to-another-page/294170)
**Author:** [@rmcsherry](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rmcsherry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recalling-button-states-after-navigating-to-another-page/294170 "2009-08-10T12:23:39Z")
I'm fairly new to flash, and have used lots of great tutorials on this site and through the Flash Help to get a prototype interface built and working. Thanks for that \[wink\] I've now hit a 'wall' and don't really know … --- ## [CSS navigation bar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-navigation-bar/294169)
**Author:** [@r3h0ld3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/r3h0ld3r)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-navigation-bar/294169 "2009-08-10T11:16:38Z")
I'm working on a new project in which I want to make a navigation bar with CSS. So far it's going very well and I'd say I'm ok with CSS but getting a lot better. I'm able to understand how to manipulate the menu items … --- ## [CacheAsBitmap or draw() - Quick question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cacheasbitmap-or-draw-quick-question/294166)
**Author:** [@four4swords](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/four4swords)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cacheasbitmap-or-draw-quick-question/294166 "2009-08-10T10:15:42Z")
Hi, I'm currently building a huge map made from tiles for a game I'm making and I was wondering, which method is better. Please note, these tiles will be moved around the stage, however , no modifications like changing… --- ## [Remove duplicate item from an Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-duplicate-item-from-an-array/294165)
**Author:** [@black\_pearl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/black_pearl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-duplicate-item-from-an-array/294165 "2009-08-10T10:11:01Z")
I am working on a project where there are 10 questions and user can answer the question or skip the questions. I want to track the number of questions (which questions) the users have skipped. I am adding the skipped que… --- ## [Stack overflow](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow/294163)
**Author:** [@Scythe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Scythe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow/294163 "2009-08-10T07:41:05Z")
My ActionScript program involves three functions which call each other in a cycle until the program finishes. My document class, Pentisearch, calls NewPositions which calls CheckPositions which calls NextSquare which cal… --- ## [\[AC2\] Analog clock with a countdown thing - HELP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ac2-analog-clock-with-a-countdown-thing-help/294157)
**Author:** [@zembo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zembo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ac2-analog-clock-with-a-countdown-thing-help/294157 "2009-08-10T06:13:27Z")
I don't know how to do it. Check it out and give me some advice. edit. ignore this file... --- ## [Java Graphics method](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-graphics-method/294156)
**Author:** [@Gooo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gooo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-graphics-method/294156 "2009-08-10T05:28:14Z")
Hi I'm making a tag cloud in Java by using the paint method to style my different size words. My code: Integer\[\] lengths = {1,7,3,12,1}; String\[\] words = {"horror","thriller","comedy","drama","action"}; public v… --- ## [\[BETA\] Dawn of the Hulker](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beta-dawn-of-the-hulker/294153)
**Author:** [@TOdorus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TOdorus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beta-dawn-of-the-hulker/294153 "2009-08-10T03:50:27Z")
Finally I'm getting near to getting it finished. I'll be working on the background story the next week and in the meantime I'm looking for some feedback on the game. So if you can find bugs, have a suggestion for interfa… --- ## [Help with spaceship game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-spaceship-game/294147)
**Author:** [@dondkapur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dondkapur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-spaceship-game/294147 "2009-08-09T21:05:26Z")
Hey can someone please help me... I am new to actionscript just started a few days ago... or maybe a week... I tried making a game and have been successful till some extent. I have made a spaceship, it chases my mou… --- ## [Game HELP: New to ActionScript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-help-new-to-actionscript/294146)
**Author:** [@dondkapur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dondkapur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-help-new-to-actionscript/294146 "2009-08-09T19:49:08Z")
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