# programming

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## [Dynamic text doesnt appear in browser](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-doesnt-appear-in-browser/280892)

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**Author:** [@celicasaur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/celicasaur)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-doesnt-appear-in-browser/280892 "2009-02-02T18:36:29Z")

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Ok so when I test the file in Flash it appears totally fine and works...as an swf on it's own, it also works just fine. (I have a text box, mask, scrollbar etc etc). Text is loaded externally and seems to be happy and er…

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## [gotoAndStop picture problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandstop-picture-problem/280890)

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**Author:** [@alexmel7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alexmel7)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandstop-picture-problem/280890 "2009-02-02T18:18:53Z")

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Hey everyone, I'm having an issue with some pictures and a gotoAndStop on frame one command. I have pictures on my website that appear when clicked on, and I've placed a simple close button in the top left corner of the …

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## [HELP w/continuous automatic horizontal slideshow \[complicated\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-w-continuous-automatic-horizontal-slideshow-complicated/280887)

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**Author:** [@Julianne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Julianne)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-w-continuous-automatic-horizontal-slideshow-complicated/280887 "2009-02-02T17:56:26Z")

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Hello all. Here is the flash I'm trying to create but really don't know how/where to start. http://www.calvarychapelcostamesa.com/ If you don't want to read all the details below, just visit that website and see if you…

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## [\[CS3-AS2\] Preventing stupid user tricks](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-preventing-stupid-user-tricks/280886)

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**Author:** [@jimbaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimbaker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-preventing-stupid-user-tricks/280886 "2009-02-02T17:48:29Z")

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Having been a stupid user myself for years I would like to prevent those using the flash video recorder I'm working on from having an opportunity to make the kind of mistake I know I would have made a year ago. I have…

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## [When image is replaced you HAVE to refresh](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/when-image-is-replaced-you-have-to-refresh/280885)

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**Author:** [@imagined](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imagined)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/when-image-is-replaced-you-have-to-refresh/280885 "2009-02-02T17:41:22Z")

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I coded a small real estate CMS. My clients can login and submit a home's data including a photo. They have the option to replace the photo. But when a photo is replaced you HAVE to refresh the page in order to see the u…

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## [News Ticker XML Filtering](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-ticker-xml-filtering/280883)

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**Author:** [@enormousrodent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/enormousrodent)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-ticker-xml-filtering/280883 "2009-02-02T16:41:20Z")

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Hi there..i want to modify this code so that i can only show news items that are in a particular category.. here is my a/s function loadXML(loaded) { if (loaded) { xmlNode = this.firstChild; ar…

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## [Mouse wheel inside flash scrolls browser](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-wheel-inside-flash-scrolls-browser/280882)

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**Author:** [@dejanp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dejanp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-wheel-inside-flash-scrolls-browser/280882 "2009-02-02T16:29:02Z")

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I would like to prevent browser scrolling when I use mouse wheel inside flash, even if I put focus on some element inside flash still the browser scrolls.

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## [Kirupa Photo Gallery Using XML and Flash - Problem centering photos](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-problem-centering-photos/280879)

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**Author:** [@bradders\_123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bradders_123)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-problem-centering-photos/280879 "2009-02-02T15:55:33Z")

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I used the above tutorial to make a simple photo gallery to be embeded in a html on my website. Everything seems to work fine except I can't get the images to centre. I have photos of various different sizes but they all…

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## [Detecting Right Click](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-right-click/280877)

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**Author:** [@Danief](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Danief)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-right-click/280877 "2009-02-02T14:56:53Z")

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Hey everybody, is there anyway way possible to apply actions to a button something like this... on(right click); Gotoandstop(1) so that when you rightclick the button, it will go somewhere? Ive been looking with…

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## [Container with Slide Out Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/container-with-slide-out-menu/280875)

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**Author:** [@M2J](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/M2J)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/container-with-slide-out-menu/280875 "2009-02-02T14:27:20Z")

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Hello All, I'm new to AS, and I'm having a bit of trouble. I am currently working on a website that requires fade-in and fade-out of each page. In order to do this, I used the "Transitions Between External SWFs" tuto…

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## [Flash Button in IE Flickers because of Scrolling text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-button-in-ie-flickers-because-of-scrolling-text/280870)

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**Author:** [@balu\_80](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/balu_80)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-button-in-ie-flickers-because-of-scrolling-text/280870 "2009-02-02T12:49:08Z")

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Kindly check the website http://www.nueratel.com . The Flash banner on the top has links like Home, Services, etc. on Mouse Over of it, it flickers. But when we navigate it to other pages such as Services, it wont. It ha…

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## [Flipping using motion tween](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-using-motion-tween/280869)

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**Author:** [@rockinruler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rockinruler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-using-motion-tween/280869 "2009-02-02T12:44:23Z")

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Hello, Thank you for looking into this thread.. Well, ok. I created some text, converted into a movie clip and I have three keyframes - 1,5,15 at 1 the text is as it is, at 5 i flip it horizontally, using the transform…

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## [Controlling games characters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-games-characters/280863)

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**Author:** [@benkyma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benkyma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-games-characters/280863 "2009-02-02T11:30:01Z")

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I've created a game character by importing frames individually into a movieclip. I have 8 movement directions, which each take up 5 frames. I was planning to code a check to see which direction my character is moving a…

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## [Embed fonts and Unicode](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embed-fonts-and-unicode/280858)

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**Author:** [@nikomax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikomax)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embed-fonts-and-unicode/280858 "2009-02-02T09:59:15Z")

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Hey there, After spending hours trying to find out how get my text fields I made in AS to be anti aliased, all the Japanese characters I used vanished! Is there an Issue with Flash, AS and Unicode? I know the answ…

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## [AS3 Whats the purpose of having abstract/interface class?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-whats-the-purpose-of-having-abstract-interface-class/280856)

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**Author:** [@ayumilove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ayumilove)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-whats-the-purpose-of-having-abstract-interface-class/280856 "2009-02-02T08:41:37Z")

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hi guys, whats the purpose of having to have an extra class such as abstract class in Flash where the methods has no implementation, but the subclasses declare those implementations. Isn't it a hassle? The advanta…

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## [Help with Tweens bugging and sometimes stopping](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-tweens-bugging-and-sometimes-stopping/280854)

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**Author:** [@humbucker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/humbucker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-tweens-bugging-and-sometimes-stopping/280854 "2009-02-02T08:37:57Z")

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Hello, It seems I got a well-known problem with Tweens, even when using TweenLite or TweenFilterLite, I got a project with several tweens creating the intro and they often often block/stop before their ends. public …

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## [Image Trail move along an arc](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-trail-move-along-an-arc/280853)

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**Author:** [@kanu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kanu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-trail-move-along-an-arc/280853 "2009-02-02T08:03:58Z")

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Hi, I want to create an arc(semicircle) and place images on that arc and place them one by one. Images animating in a circular motion and move along the arc, clockwise. Please look in to the attached image. Thanks, K…

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## [Placing buttons in the "Over" state of another button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-buttons-in-the-over-state-of-another-button/280849)

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**Author:** [@mxvans](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mxvans)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-buttons-in-the-over-state-of-another-button/280849 "2009-02-02T06:27:08Z")

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I'm testing out a method using AS2 to place two buttons on top of the rollover image of another button. I'm using a structure and script that I found elsewhere on the web, but have one problem: I want the rollover…

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## [Full site scaling issue - attached zip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-site-scaling-issue-attached-zip/280847)

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**Author:** [@gartherarth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gartherarth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-site-scaling-issue-attached-zip/280847 "2009-02-02T04:36:48Z")

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I cannot figure out why in the world my flash site is resizing with the browser, it's 2,000 by 1,500 and I want no scaling, but centered on screen. Here are the files, please help! http://www.gmflint.com/flash.zip

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## [Linking to local PDFs and files from Flash exe (on CD Rom)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-local-pdfs-and-files-from-flash-exe-on-cd-rom/280843)

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**Author:** [@Ponch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ponch)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-local-pdfs-and-files-from-flash-exe-on-cd-rom/280843 "2009-02-02T02:15:44Z")

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Hi, I'm creating a flash movie which will be published as an exe - it's to be burnt onto a CD Rom. I need to link to word documents and PDFs from this flash file. Currently, my button action looks like this: myButt…

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## [Flash buttons work in Firefox but not IE](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-buttons-work-in-firefox-but-not-ie/280841)

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**Author:** [@noreo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noreo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-buttons-work-in-firefox-but-not-ie/280841 "2009-02-02T01:22:10Z")

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Hi there, I just finished my first website using AS3. I am using buttons to access to the different section of the site. There are working perfectly in Firefox but not in IE and Opera.:cry3: Do you guys have…

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## [Java Socket Chat NOT WORKING](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-socket-chat-not-working/280840)

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**Author:** [@WeightPaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WeightPaker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-socket-chat-not-working/280840 "2009-02-02T01:12:41Z")

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This flash/java socket connection is only working one way, it connects to the server just fine but then when I click the swf a second time to join as a second user the msg's are not sent outgoing or incoming chat.fla -…

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## [EventListener class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener-class/280838)

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**Author:** [@phed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener-class/280838 "2009-02-02T00:56:17Z")

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Hi, I am having trouble getting a simple event listener class to work. The class is: package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.\*; public class KeyEvent extends Sprite { pri…

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## [Browser compatibility, AS2, Javascript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-compatibility-as2-javascript/280837)

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**Author:** [@jimbaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimbaker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-compatibility-as2-javascript/280837 "2009-02-02T00:21:55Z")

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CS3 - AS2 I got ahead of myself yesterday. I thought I had things working, and they are, BUT only in IE8 - Compatibility on. In Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and IE8 Compatibility - off. Using the code Nathan99 (very…

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## [Quick help,](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-help/280835)

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**Author:** [@michdd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/michdd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-help/280835 "2009-02-01T23:35:57Z")

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I currently have this script: // Btn listener feed\_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnDown); // Btn Down function var onload:Function = function(event:Event):void{ // Assign a variable name for our URLVariab…

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## [Dynamic MovieClips from xml in as3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-movieclips-from-xml-in-as3/280832)

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**Author:** [@Theofiel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Theofiel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-movieclips-from-xml-in-as3/280832 "2009-02-01T22:59:28Z")

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Dear All, Been trying this for a while, and there is no problem finding a good tutorial in as2, but to find something in as3 is hard and as I'm trying to learn as3 it would be great if one of you could give a hint...(s…

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## [Convert MX2004 to CS4](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-mx2004-to-cs4/280830)

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**Author:** [@sringo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sringo)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-mx2004-to-cs4/280830 "2009-02-01T22:14:41Z")

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I am hoping someone can help me with this. I have the attached .fla file that was created in MX2004 but I only have CS4 to work with. Is there a way to convert this so I can use it? Any help would be appreciated.

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## [Interactive video with hotspots, but video can scale?!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interactive-video-with-hotspots-but-video-can-scale/280829)

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**Author:** [@DavidOrtiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DavidOrtiz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interactive-video-with-hotspots-but-video-can-scale/280829 "2009-02-01T22:06:44Z")

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Hi guys, so basically i got this video i need to make interactive, where the user will be able to click on hotspots in a video as it scales -- any possible ideas or directions? The idea i got is if i know my hotspot is…

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## [Fullbrowser streaming video: FLVPlayback or netstream?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fullbrowser-streaming-video-flvplayback-or-netstream/280828)

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**Author:** [@DavidOrtiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DavidOrtiz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fullbrowser-streaming-video-flvplayback-or-netstream/280828 "2009-02-01T21:54:35Z")

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hey guys, what would be best to use on a full browser video, where the video should resize as the browser resizes and the flv will be streamed?

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## [\[AS2\] Trace not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-trace-not-working/280827)

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**Author:** [@John\_Barbarossa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/John_Barbarossa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-trace-not-working/280827 "2009-02-01T21:35:51Z")

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Hello. I have a trace pointed at a button that is inside a movieclip. So far targeting the button seems to be working, and the hit states and rollover effects all seem to be fine. However, for some reason the trace I h…

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