# programming

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## [PHP \<ul\>\<li\> MENU PROBLEM](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-ul-li-menu-problem/291264)

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**Author:** [@drummer392](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drummer392)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-ul-li-menu-problem/291264 "2009-06-26T22:36:12Z")

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Hey, I am trying to use this code: \<?php # Connect to the database // Get the categories $cat\_result = mysql\_query('SELECT catid, category FROM category;'); // Loop through the categories while ($category = mysql\_f…

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## [Module Tweening S.O.S](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/module-tweening-s-o-s/291263)

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**Author:** [@marianod](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marianod)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/module-tweening-s-o-s/291263 "2009-06-26T21:40:40Z")

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Hello everyone, I'm opening this thread cause I need some help, I'm stuck building an expandable menu like this one \[COLOR=blue\]\[FONT=&quot\]http://www.sony.com/index.php\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\] (see modules below). I used this …

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## [Senocular Transform Tool - PLEASE HELP!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/senocular-transform-tool-please-help/291262)

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**Author:** [@chanw1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chanw1)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/senocular-transform-tool-please-help/291262 "2009-06-26T21:10:25Z")

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Hi Everyone I am new to AS3 and I some help with the Senocular Transform Tool (AS3 version) I'm having trouble with loading in an external image that I can transform with the Senocular Transform Tool class. I have …

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## [AS2/FL3.1: Dynamically sized Dynamic and Input text fields](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-fl3-1-dynamically-sized-dynamic-and-input-text-fields/291259)

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**Author:** [@ShadowViper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ShadowViper)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-fl3-1-dynamically-sized-dynamic-and-input-text-fields/291259 "2009-06-26T20:42:21Z")

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So, I'm making a text editor for my mobile (Nokia 5800). Anyway, I want it to have kinetic scrolling, but since I will be allowing the user to input their own text and also to load their own text files, how could I re-si…

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## [How to unload this movie from cash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-unload-this-movie-from-cash/291257)

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**Author:** [@felix\_portugal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/felix_portugal)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-unload-this-movie-from-cash/291257 "2009-06-26T20:33:25Z")

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import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.\*; var myGalleryXML = new XML(); myGalleryXML.ignoreWhite = true; myGalleryXML.load("gallery.xml"); myGalleryXML.onLoad = function() { gallery\_x = myGalleryXM…

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## [Performance question: commenting vs. deleting lines](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-commenting-vs-deleting-lines/291256)

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**Author:** [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-commenting-vs-deleting-lines/291256 "2009-06-26T20:24:22Z")

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Couldn't find this in the archives... From a performance standpoint, are these the same?... \[LIST\] \[\*\]1000 lines all commented \[\*\]nothing \[/LIST\] Is the answer the same regardless of whether the commented code is in …

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## [Age filter](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/age-filter/291252)

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**Author:** [@Tivo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tivo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/age-filter/291252 "2009-06-26T19:38:46Z")

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hi I need to create a Age filter like in www.bacardi.com in actionscrit 2.0 Can anybody suggest something? Thanks

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## [Loading & unloading Music with Actionscript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-unloading-music-with-actionscript/291251)

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**Author:** [@mrdamon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mrdamon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-unloading-music-with-actionscript/291251 "2009-06-26T19:36:57Z")

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I'm trying to add a couple of music files to a CD presentation using actionscript. I know how to load one track but how do I unload a tack when it's finished and load another after that? Here is the code I have so far: …

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## [Problem with disabled button using TweenLite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-disabled-button-using-tweenlite/291243)

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**Author:** [@risita](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/risita)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-disabled-button-using-tweenlite/291243 "2009-06-26T17:43:52Z")

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Hi, I have a navigation with 4 buttons. Each button has a listener for rollover, out and click. When you click on one, the last one that was clicked gets enabled, a variable changes to the value of the button that you …

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## [Input boxes and selections](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-boxes-and-selections/291239)

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**Author:** [@stupidsaint](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stupidsaint)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-boxes-and-selections/291239 "2009-06-26T16:34:52Z")

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I'm trying to do some slightly more complex and strange things with input boxes say you had some writing in an input box and you wanted to find out what characters were before the flashing cursor thing (looks like "|")…

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## [Loading Images into MCs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-images-into-mcs/291238)

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**Author:** [@Nick23](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nick23)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-images-into-mcs/291238 "2009-06-26T16:31:18Z")

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Hello, I am trying to load images and when the loading is complete I want to make each image a separate Movie Clip for further manipulation. I have the loading code down, but when I have more than one image only the las…

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## [AS3 - Create a swf using mxmlc](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-create-a-swf-using-mxmlc/291237)

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**Author:** [@jimbaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimbaker)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-create-a-swf-using-mxmlc/291237 "2009-06-26T15:58:34Z")

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I'm really lost here. I use the JW Player on my website and need to modify what they term as a PLUGIN that adds a feature to the Player if it is referenced in the HTML that embeds a player.swf in a web page. My problem…

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## [HTTP via Socket -\> Crossdomain Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/http-via-socket-crossdomain-problem/291236)

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**Author:** [@matthias\_omq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthias_omq)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/http-via-socket-crossdomain-problem/291236 "2009-06-26T14:54:02Z")

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Hello, We try to communicate with a webserver via a flash.net.socket. For that we implemented our own HTTPService class. We could not use the HTTPService class from Flash/ Flex, because we need the responseUrl from the…

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## [Masking special text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-special-text/291235)

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**Author:** [@njoay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/njoay)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-special-text/291235 "2009-06-26T14:44:50Z")

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Hi, How do I add text effects such as a mask to text that has strokes, or decorated text? I would like to have a masked effect on special type that has a stroke to it. Attached is a pic. Any help would be greatly appre…

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## [AS2 to AS3 loading in lots of little icons then animate them](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-to-as3-loading-in-lots-of-little-icons-then-animate-them/291233)

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**Author:** [@melacroso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/melacroso)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-to-as3-loading-in-lots-of-little-icons-then-animate-them/291233 "2009-06-26T14:11:49Z")

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Simplified Question from belows splurge. This is the AS3 code for(var i:int=0; i\<36;i++) { var loadit = new Loader(); addChildAt(loadit, i); loadit.load(new URLRequest("ChannelsForFlash/"+i+".png")); lo…

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## [Looking for a slide show that can show text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-a-slide-show-that-can-show-text/291231)

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**Author:** [@pixelldoll](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pixelldoll)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-a-slide-show-that-can-show-text/291231 "2009-06-26T13:37:10Z")

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Hi I'm looking for a component that I can plug in that will display a selection of projects in different categories. When I click on a project it will show an image and also display some relevant text. Is there such a th…

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## [Need help on the mouse trail effect...Urjent](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-the-mouse-trail-effect-urjent/291220)

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**Author:** [@adyy462](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adyy462)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-the-mouse-trail-effect-urjent/291220 "2009-06-26T12:21:17Z")

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\* \[COLOR=Red\]I've downloaded the script that has been displayed on this link and have used it and runs fine - http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/mousetrailer.htm. I just want to use this script with my own letter…

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## [Don't want to embed font's in the main swf!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-want-to-embed-fonts-in-the-main-swf/291215)

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**Author:** [@toffe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/toffe)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-want-to-embed-fonts-in-the-main-swf/291215 "2009-06-26T10:47:58Z")

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Since my previous thread didn't really answer my question, here goes: If I have a main swf, into which a child swf is loaded into a container. My main swf is my preloader, which I want to keep as small as possible. …

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## [Regarding Flash cs3 ACE Certification Exam](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-flash-cs3-ace-certification-exam/291212)

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**Author:** [@rajesh\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajesh_flash)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-flash-cs3-ace-certification-exam/291212 "2009-06-26T09:59:38Z")

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\[FONT=Arial\] \[FONT=Arial\]Dear Friends,\[/FONT\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Arial\] \[FONT=Arial\]I started preparing for Flash Cs3 Adobe ACE Certification exam. But I don’t have enough information on this. I just started practicin…

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## [AS3 menu click to load external swf help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-menu-click-to-load-external-swf-help/291211)

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**Author:** [@guitar8101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/guitar8101)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-menu-click-to-load-external-swf-help/291211 "2009-06-26T09:56:25Z")

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Ok so I was getting in to transitioning from AS2 to AS3 a while back and had designed a page that had menu buttons that when clicked, loaded an external swf in to a container. Pretty simple accept for the fact that it w…

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## [XML access question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-access-question/291210)

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**Author:** [@dail](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dail)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-access-question/291210 "2009-06-26T09:52:40Z")

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HI, I'm just messing around with an XML iterator, and I have a simple mapping method, that given a key, maps said key to xml and returns the relevant xml. Now, it works if I hard code in the XML node that I want to m…

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## [onLoadError event won't work on server. What now?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onloaderror-event-wont-work-on-server-what-now/291209)

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**Author:** [@willem2001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/willem2001)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onloaderror-event-wont-work-on-server-what-now/291209 "2009-06-26T08:58:30Z")

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Hi everyone, I've created a moviecliploader in my website which loads the pictures according to the project. I've used the onLoadError event for detecting the last picture per project and hence go back to the first one…

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## [Buttons to switch between clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-to-switch-between-clips/291204)

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**Author:** [@kklui](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kklui)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-to-switch-between-clips/291204 "2009-06-26T06:52:36Z")

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Hello, I am new to this forum. Not an experienced Flash user. I need to include a swf file on my client's web page. The swf file includes 4 movie clips appearing one by one. Each clip links to their designated page. I …

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## [Regarding Flash CS3 ACE Certification Exam](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-flash-cs3-ace-certification-exam/291202)

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**Author:** [@rajesh\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajesh_flash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-flash-cs3-ace-certification-exam/291202 "2009-06-26T05:25:58Z")

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\[FONT=Arial\] \[FONT=Arial\]Dear Friends,\[/FONT\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Arial\] \[FONT=Arial\]\[/FONT\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Arial\] \[FONT=Arial\]I started preparing for Flash Cs3 Adobe ACE Certification exam. But I don’t have enough i…

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## [A problem concerning dynamic texts](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-problem-concerning-dynamic-texts/291196)

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**Author:** [@evilexplorer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evilexplorer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-problem-concerning-dynamic-texts/291196 "2009-06-26T03:07:10Z")

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I'm making a game, and I found a great font for all the stats and things(the font is Matisse ITC.) The problem is, a lot of computers don't have the font. for instance my mac, and probably most macs. Any suggestions for …

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## [How to call BitmapData from another function?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-call-bitmapdata-from-another-function/291194)

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**Author:** [@four4swords](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/four4swords)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-call-bitmapdata-from-another-function/291194 "2009-06-26T00:33:42Z")

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Hi, I can't seem to call my bitmapData from another function, if the bitmapdata was made in a function in the first place. Anyone know why? Here's my code.. If you chuck it into flash, it'll run the function dd() and…

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## [Style not working right in IE8 (Works in Firefox)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/style-not-working-right-in-ie8-works-in-firefox/291189)

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**Author:** [@frostBite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/frostBite)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/style-not-working-right-in-ie8-works-in-firefox/291189 "2009-06-25T23:16:54Z")

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When trying to make a div style to stretch across the screen it only works in Firefox and not in IE8. #top-bar{ position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; right:0px; width:100%; height:35px; background-color:#000000; …

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## [Functions aren't working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/functions-arent-working/291180)

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**Author:** [@frankyboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/frankyboy)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/functions-arent-working/291180 "2009-06-25T20:42:28Z")

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I have one function that for some reason, isn't calling the next function. I've been looking over this code all day and I feel like it's probably going to be something really small and stupid but I jsut really need help…

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## [Photo Slideshow](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow/291179)

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**Author:** [@r3h0ld3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/r3h0ld3r)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow/291179 "2009-06-25T20:08:12Z")

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I'm currently working on a flash slideshow project for a website. I plan on having several photos (possibly 10-15) to be displayed at different times. So naturally I have a Timer event that triggers every 5 seconds. E…

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## [\[HOW TO\] - Random "Idea" Generator](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-random-idea-generator/291178)

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**Author:** [@gl0tch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gl0tch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-random-idea-generator/291178 "2009-06-25T19:56:08Z")

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I'm not sure how to do this project, so I need help where to begin or with what to do. Since I want it on my site, I think Flash/AS3 would be the best choice. Here's how I envision it: I need a "slot machine" style …

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