# programming

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## [Hello All! Another Basic Animation Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hello-all-another-basic-animation-question/290607)

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**Author:** [@78\_spotter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/78_spotter)\
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**Last updated:** [June 17, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hello-all-another-basic-animation-question/290607 "2009-06-17T03:29:01Z")

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I've been looking for a simple preloader type animation that I can loop. Can anyone help alter this code to run without loading an image? Original Article: "Dynamic masking using the drawing API" By Patrick Mineault …

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## [Buttons stop working at low resolution monitors](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-stop-working-at-low-resolution-monitors/290602)

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**Author:** [@slopsterfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/slopsterfx)\
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**Last updated:** [June 17, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-stop-working-at-low-resolution-monitors/290602 "2009-06-17T01:09:08Z")

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Hello, I have been working on this photography website, N its a full screen flash website showcasing photography. At large screen resolutions the buttons work fine, but when the resolution is lowered to a 1024 \* 768 or s…

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## [Flash website question making it dynamic. How?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-website-question-making-it-dynamic-how/290600)

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**Author:** [@luka66\_6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/luka66_6)\
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**Last updated:** [June 17, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-website-question-making-it-dynamic-how/290600 "2009-06-17T00:08:15Z")

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Hi I am making a flash website and i would like to ask for general idea how to deal with different buttons clicked? How to make page dynamic? I believe i do not have to code every possible scenario ( user on home page …

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## [How to get smooth rendering?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-smooth-rendering/290599)

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**Author:** [@darren884](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darren884)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-smooth-rendering/290599 "2009-06-16T23:30:06Z")

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Here is my situation, I created a map with around 400 objects, then I created a loop that goes through each object and applies an effect. The problem is when you view the document and do the hover it applies the effect b…

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## [Breaking frames, video and looping](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-frames-video-and-looping/290598)

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**Author:** [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-frames-video-and-looping/290598 "2009-06-16T23:21:01Z")

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not really sure how to approach this ... so this may be in the wrong section ... apologies if it is. what we're setting out to achieve is something similar to this ... http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?rows=30&cols=30&id…

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## [Handcursor on an XML menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/handcursor-on-an-xml-menu/290597)

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**Author:** [@Dimitree](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dimitree)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/handcursor-on-an-xml-menu/290597 "2009-06-16T22:57:31Z")

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I have this XML menu and my main problem is that I have to place the text elements each one of them into a movieclip in order to make the handcursor work. The XML menu is made by this function function xmlLoaded(eve…

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## [Actionscript 3.0 List component setStyle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-list-component-setstyle/290594)

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**Author:** [@mel2669](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mel2669)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-list-component-setstyle/290594 "2009-06-16T22:13:32Z")

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Thought I'd post this here. I had one heck of a time locating how to style the list component in as3. The setStyle("textFormat",myTextFormat) does not work. You have to use myList.setRendererStyle( "textFormat", format); …

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## [Communicating through a scroll window component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/communicating-through-a-scroll-window-component/290593)

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**Author:** [@Skarab](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skarab)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/communicating-through-a-scroll-window-component/290593 "2009-06-16T21:31:43Z")

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Awhile ago I got some great help when I needed a method to communicate from the (linked) content in a scroll window component to a dynamically attached mc in front of the scroll window. The code was pretty simple! cal…

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## [Deep linking, no error messages, but buttons wont work](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deep-linking-no-error-messages-but-buttons-wont-work/290591)

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**Author:** [@olliea](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/olliea)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deep-linking-no-error-messages-but-buttons-wont-work/290591 "2009-06-16T20:53:09Z")

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stop(); reel\_btn.addEventListener.(MouseEvent.CLICK, onReelClick); samples\_btn.addEventListener.(MouseEvent.CLICK, onSamplesClick); about\_btn.addEventListener.(MouseEvent.CLICK, onAboutClick); contact\_btn.addEventListe…

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## [Empty holder\_mc needs defined height/width](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/empty-holder-mc-needs-defined-height-width/290590)

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**Author:** [@somnamblst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somnamblst)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/empty-holder-mc-needs-defined-height-width/290590 "2009-06-16T20:51:38Z")

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Dividing the stage in half doesn't work. I am loading a subSWF into a holder\_mc and that subSWF is spreading out when loaded into the holder\_mc because it is seeing that holder as having no defined boundaries. I am usi…

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## [Highlighted button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighted-button/290587)

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**Author:** [@Tical](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tical)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighted-button/290587 "2009-06-16T20:10:56Z")

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Let me try to explain...I'm trying to get the buttons so that when you click a button it stays scaled up and you know which one you have selected. When you click another button, the previous button goes back to its norma…

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## [Tween Color of Movieclip Object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-color-of-movieclip-object/290586)

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**Author:** [@jwalker80](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jwalker80)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-color-of-movieclip-object/290586 "2009-06-16T20:02:19Z")

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Hi, I have a movieclip object and I want to tween the color of this object from colorA to colorB when I click a button. What is the best way of doing this, is it possible to do it with the tween class? As far as I c…

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## [Bulk Loading of Assets](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bulk-loading-of-assets/290582)

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**Author:** [@BruceBannor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BruceBannor)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bulk-loading-of-assets/290582 "2009-06-16T18:34:49Z")

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This isn't a question of how, so much as it is why? I've already got a bulk loader / data pool that sequentially loads assets in by pre-loading. I've always done this with little thought as to why. I've found myself …

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## [Sandwiching SWF between DIVs - Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sandwiching-swf-between-divs-help/290577)

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**Author:** [@PeteGens](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PeteGens)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sandwiching-swf-between-divs-help/290577 "2009-06-16T17:50:01Z")

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I'm a bit baffled as to why this isn't working - I'm guessing it has something to do with the 100% height the flash content is set to, but altering it doesn't help. \<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict/…

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## [Updating Dynamic Text Box](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-dynamic-text-box/290576)

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**Author:** [@SonOfChaos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SonOfChaos)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-dynamic-text-box/290576 "2009-06-16T17:45:19Z")

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Okay everyone. Noob here trying to learn some stuff, so far I've half worked out this problem. Now, I've got this code that creates a dynamic textfield, converts 'score' to a string, displays string, and updates the valu…

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## [Firefox 3 on Mac Event Issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/firefox-3-on-mac-event-issues/290575)

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**Author:** [@jmas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jmas)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/firefox-3-on-mac-event-issues/290575 "2009-06-16T17:45:09Z")

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Hello Everyone, I am trying to create a document viewer using the Flash Authoring Tool and ActionScript 3 to begin with. My effort so far can be seen on: http://www.mavedu.com/viewer I'm having issues with Firefox…

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## [Strange behavior of PHP5.\* vs. PHP4.4.8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-behavior-of-php5-vs-php4-4-8/290574)

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**Author:** [@X\_plorer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/X_plorer)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-behavior-of-php5-vs-php4-4-8/290574 "2009-06-16T17:21:37Z")

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Until few weeks I developed PHP scripts using by PHP version 4.4.8. This script language is running on Win XP Pro SP2 under control of Apache 2.0.55. Also, there is MySQL 5.0.15. Due to some new functions which exists …

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## [ComboBox prob](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-prob/290571)

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**Author:** [@matt\_h](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matt_h)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-prob/290571 "2009-06-16T15:51:38Z")

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Hi, I'm pretty new to AS3 so you'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge! I'm building a media card calculator which has three levels of comboBox. First the user chooses a size of card eg 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB Next …

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## [Changing AS3 Components theme color?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-as3-components-theme-color/290567)

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**Author:** [@ThinkKirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ThinkKirupa)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-as3-components-theme-color/290567 "2009-06-16T14:40:42Z")

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Hi, I know that in AS2 Components you were able to change theme color between haloBlue, haloGreen, etc. In AS3 Components are you able to change theme color? And if, how do you do it? I've tried, without success: …

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## [Populating table cell on radio button click?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/populating-table-cell-on-radio-button-click/290566)

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**Author:** [@jpearson311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpearson311)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/populating-table-cell-on-radio-button-click/290566 "2009-06-16T14:38:15Z")

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Hi all. I have a table with 2 cells. The left cell has a group of radio buttons and the right cell loads an html file based off which radio button is clicked. So lets say one of the radio buttons is labeled "bread", t…

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## [Setting child index of unknown child](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-child-index-of-unknown-child/290564)

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**Author:** [@BoppreH](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoppreH)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-child-index-of-unknown-child/290564 "2009-06-16T14:18:23Z")

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I want to bring a display object to a specific position knowing only the child itself and the uppermost container whose indexes will have to be changed. Here's the setup: container - child1 -- subchild1 -- subchild2 -…

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## [Javascript: Multiple Calculation Inputs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-multiple-calculation-inputs/290562)

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**Author:** [@Bonanza](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bonanza)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-multiple-calculation-inputs/290562 "2009-06-16T14:08:01Z")

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Hello everyone, Below is the script and code for the calculator I am creating. I'm having bother with adding additional inputs for the form to calculate. It seems to work fine with 3 separate variables/functions but wh…

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## [Which is best Asp.net, Php, Sharepoint?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-best-asp-net-php-sharepoint/290560)

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**Author:** [@alexyorkie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alexyorkie)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-best-asp-net-php-sharepoint/290560 "2009-06-16T13:43:00Z")

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\[FONT=Arial\]Hey guys, yesterday I talked with one web programmer on web development he suggested me three unique programs for my website, 1. Asp.net 2. Php 3. Sharepoint\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Arial\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Arial\]Well…

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## [Gradine mask in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradine-mask-in-flash/290558)

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**Author:** [@nighteagle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nighteagle)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradine-mask-in-flash/290558 "2009-06-16T13:32:19Z")

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I need to make a mask, like in photoshop for example, with gray tones which provide particular transparency. I thing that I've seen something like this in the past, so obviously it is possible.

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## [swapDepths without movie clips?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths-without-movie-clips/290557)

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**Author:** [@Finne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Finne)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths-without-movie-clips/290557 "2009-06-16T13:24:16Z")

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I'm filling my stage with a tile overlay (transparent .png). I want it to overlap an Embedded Video that's also on the stage. How can I get the tile overlay to be on top of the video instead of underneath? Here is my c…

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## [Same name, different tables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-name-different-tables/290555)

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**Author:** [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-name-different-tables/290555 "2009-06-16T12:27:01Z")

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If I have two tables 'books' and 'movies' and each table holds the name of its product in a 'name' column, how can I capture both results with the query while statement below? "SELECT books.name, movies.name FROM books…

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## [Different actions for click and drag](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-actions-for-click-and-drag/290554)

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**Author:** [@aigarinsh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aigarinsh)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-actions-for-click-and-drag/290554 "2009-06-16T11:44:05Z")

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How can I set different actions for click and drag or just click? For example I have a map with clickable objects. When clicked on object some action happens, but when a user clicks and drags the panning starts not the c…

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## [How to know external data is loaded completely](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-know-external-data-is-loaded-completely/290550)

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**Author:** [@adarsh123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adarsh123)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-know-external-data-is-loaded-completely/290550 "2009-06-16T11:00:31Z")

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Hello, Here i'm facing one problem while reading an external xml file..my execution is going on before file loaded completely..pls guide me in this regard

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## [Loading xml from php prob - actionscript2.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-php-prob-actionscript2-0/290548)

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**Author:** [@jerome\_chevreau](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jerome_chevreau)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-php-prob-actionscript2-0/290548 "2009-06-16T10:13:28Z")

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Hey there, Im going mad for 2 days now. ive got a php file which call the swf -\> send a variable which the swf takes and send it back to the php -using sendAndLoadVars (which is the routing to the images folder). the p…

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## [Slideshow scaling images](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-scaling-images/290546)

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**Author:** [@catiarodrigues](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/catiarodrigues)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-scaling-images/290546 "2009-06-16T10:07:30Z")

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Hi everyone! I'm having a problem with a slideshow that I'm developing... I need to do a slideshow like this one: http://www.mutabor.de/#/de/white/h/0/0/ the problem is that when I scale the images they star shaki…

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