# programming

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## [Accessing Nested MovieClips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nested-movieclips/280826)

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**Author:** [@boyceofreason](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boyceofreason)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nested-movieclips/280826 "2009-02-01T21:33:07Z")

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Hello, I'm fairly new to AS3 and going through the woes of moving from AS2 on a new app. I have a mc(which has my buttons and instance names) in the library, which I attach to the stage. I've added a faux linkage class…

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## [AS3/Php](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-php/280821)

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**Author:** [@michdd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/michdd)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-php/280821 "2009-02-01T19:45:00Z")

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I need help with making communication between a flash file and a php file. I know how to target a php file, and get it to do what I want. I just don't know how to send the information back to the flash file from the php …

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## [Uploading Images - ByteArrays or Php?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-images-bytearrays-or-php/280819)

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**Author:** [@dail](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dail)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-images-bytearrays-or-php/280819 "2009-02-01T19:13:12Z")

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Hi, I'm building a back end for a site using AMFPHP, MYSQL etc, which needs fairly standard uploading of files (images), text editing etc functionality. I've currently got uploading working using PHP called via a UR…

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## [AS App Doesn't Display Dynamic Image Properly - Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-app-doesnt-display-dynamic-image-properly-help/280817)

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**Author:** [@earthgoer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/earthgoer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-app-doesnt-display-dynamic-image-properly-help/280817 "2009-02-01T18:59:40Z")

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I recently created a visual quiz app which asks a question and then gives 4 image answers. The problem that I'm having is that the images don't shrink the image into their quadrants, but rather, zooms in on the top lef…

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## [Inserting Data Into Database](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-database/280812)

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**Author:** [@drummer392](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drummer392)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-database/280812 "2009-02-01T17:05:50Z")

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I have spent all day on it and I have a book on this, and I still can't seem to figure it out. I have searched the internet and in my book, but everything seems to be right. I keep keeping this error message when I try…

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## [DataGrid Image inserting Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-image-inserting-problem/280807)

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**Author:** [@shebimangalath](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shebimangalath)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-image-inserting-problem/280807 "2009-02-01T14:33:26Z")

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my flash code: import fl.controls.\*; var myData = new DataGrid myData.columns = \["Image", "Data"\]; myData.setStyle("cellRenderer", MultiLineHtmlCell); addChild(myData); myData.setSize(200, 400); for (var i=…

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## [Flash Slide Show](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-slide-show/280802)

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**Author:** [@ehsanf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ehsanf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-slide-show/280802 "2009-02-01T10:22:57Z")

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hi mates, I am new to flash and i used the Flash slideshow described here. it workeswell. the only thing i need to do, is to resize the images to fit in specified border, such as 600\*450. i tried to use any samples lik…

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## [Need Help- Single Hyperlink with multiple purpose](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-single-hyperlink-with-multiple-purpose/280801)

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**Author:** [@theidscom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theidscom)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-single-hyperlink-with-multiple-purpose/280801 "2009-02-01T07:05:38Z")

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I am trying to use an existing link with a flash file that is functional to also link to another page at the same time. Basically I am using Joomla and I have a flash file that has menus and pictures and such. I want t…

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## [What tools can I use to write AS3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-tools-can-i-use-to-write-as3/280799)

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**Author:** [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-tools-can-i-use-to-write-as3/280799 "2009-02-01T03:48:43Z")

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I'm sure this has come up many times but my searches are netting me zip. I'm trying to learn AS3, but I have no interest in the rest of Flash, I just want to write actionscript files, compile them, and be on my way. As…

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## [For the sake of my sanity, please help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-the-sake-of-my-sanity-please-help/280797)

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**Author:** [@Olden\_McGroin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Olden_McGroin)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-the-sake-of-my-sanity-please-help/280797 "2009-02-01T02:47:05Z")

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Being going out of my mind trying to figure this out. I'll show you the image first: \[image\] A is an image with markers on it B is the window to display the image in C is a list of the markers on the image D is the s…

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## [Same effect - Different Text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-effect-different-text/280796)

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**Author:** [@parisianp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/parisianp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-effect-different-text/280796 "2009-02-01T01:54:07Z")

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Hi all, I am sure this question will be easily answered by most, but I can't figure it as I am a flash beginner... I have created a motion tween with text (animating each letters independently), with glow filter and …

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## [Aligning a .swf video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aligning-a-swf-video/280794)

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**Author:** [@Marblez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Marblez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aligning-a-swf-video/280794 "2009-02-01T01:25:18Z")

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Hi all, I have created a small animation on flash and want to include it in a website. I don't know if this will sound silly but I am having trouble figuring out how to centre it. What I did was use the "Publish" opti…

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## [Array Woes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-woes/280789)

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**Author:** [@baggins825](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/baggins825)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-woes/280789 "2009-01-31T23:06:41Z")

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Hi all, i've progressed a lot from were i was in learning actionscript last time i posted here, haven't had any problems i couldn't figure out myself since then and im guessing the solution is obvious again but i can't s…

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## [Displaying full image in AS3 App - Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-full-image-in-as3-app-help/280788)

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**Author:** [@earthgoer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/earthgoer)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-full-image-in-as3-app-help/280788 "2009-01-31T22:47:48Z")

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I recently created a visual quiz app which asks a question and then gives 4 image answers. The problem that I'm having is that the images don't shrink the image into their quadrants, but rather, zooms in on the top l…

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## [How can I make a button inside a MovieClip control its own timeline?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-button-inside-a-movieclip-control-its-own-timeline/280785)

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**Author:** [@kodos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kodos)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-button-inside-a-movieclip-control-its-own-timeline/280785 "2009-01-31T21:13:44Z")

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Hello, I created a Movie Clip with a button inside it. The Movie Clip contains simple animation within its timeline. I dragged the Movie Clip to the main stage and tested the movie/ My goal is to have the button start …

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## [Sliding Seekbar for a XML Music Player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-seekbar-for-a-xml-music-player/280783)

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**Author:** [@cr\_sa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cr_sa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-seekbar-for-a-xml-music-player/280783 "2009-01-31T19:55:29Z")

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I've been working on a XML loaded MP3 player using Flash 8 and AS2. Have everything working well but am having an issue with the seek bar (or scrubber). I have the seekbutton\_mc where it will adjust the position of …

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## [Falling Snow Example - Containing the mouse area?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/falling-snow-example-containing-the-mouse-area/280782)

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**Author:** [@cr\_sa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cr_sa)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/falling-snow-example-containing-the-mouse-area/280782 "2009-01-31T19:36:53Z")

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## [Using javascript with navigateToURL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-javascript-with-navigatetourl/280781)

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**Author:** [@tihku](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tihku)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-javascript-with-navigatetourl/280781 "2009-01-31T19:26:24Z")

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Hi! I'm new to here, cause I've been trying to find solution to this one, but haven't got any answers elsewhere... So my question is, how can I pass "custom" javascript command to html page I'm currently, from flash.…

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## [Choppy Text Animation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/choppy-text-animation/280779)

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**Author:** [@Exodar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Exodar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/choppy-text-animation/280779 "2009-01-31T18:57:14Z")

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Ok, so I have some text animation I'm using for a project and with static text, the animation runs smoothly. However, when I try switching over to dynamic text so I can change the text using actionscript, the animation b…

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## [Fuzzy image/text when exported to swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fuzzy-image-text-when-exported-to-swf/280776)

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**Author:** [@celicasaur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/celicasaur)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fuzzy-image-text-when-exported-to-swf/280776 "2009-01-31T18:19:20Z")

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I tried a search, but only seemed to find this problem with text... I've got two swf's that appear un-sharp and fuzzy but when i open the main files in Flash, they look sharp and fine, with no reason to assume that the…

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## [Excel to XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/excel-to-xml/280774)

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**Author:** [@jasonlijw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jasonlijw)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/excel-to-xml/280774 "2009-01-31T17:50:18Z")

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Good day all, I am looking to convert a 2007 MS Excel file into a XML output for my AS3 project. I have tried to save as XML data and it errors stating that XML mapping is required. I also have an option to save as 200…

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## [For Loops](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-loops/280773)

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**Author:** [@alemieux34](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alemieux34)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-loops/280773 "2009-01-31T17:03:05Z")

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I've got some code to pull info from an XML file for an MP3 player. The way it's coded though, it only pulls the first record\[0\]. I'm trying to write for loops to pull other info into some dynamic text fields and have pl…

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## [PaperVision - InteractiveScene3DEvent - Event Listener](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-interactivescene3devent-event-listener/280770)

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**Author:** [@Dan0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dan0)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-interactivescene3devent-event-listener/280770 "2009-01-31T15:47:31Z")

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Hey, Im using PaperVision (CS4 branch). When using the InteractiveScene3DEvent Listeners, they are working perfectly, but I need it to listen for ENTER\_FRAME events. Basically I have a rotating 3D object with interacti…

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## [AS3 Datagrid color changes help. thanks to read](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-datagrid-color-changes-help-thanks-to-read/280769)

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**Author:** [@humbucker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/humbucker)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-datagrid-color-changes-help-thanks-to-read/280769 "2009-01-31T15:29:07Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm currently modding a xml datagrid in a project and I'm stuck on 2, 3 things : I d'like to be able to change the header's color, the grid roo over color (by default is blue) and maybe the text size and…

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## [FLV \*Scrambled\* After Seek](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-scrambled-after-seek/280768)

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**Author:** [@mr\_b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mr_b)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-scrambled-after-seek/280768 "2009-01-31T15:24:34Z")

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I'm working on a small video based site this month. It hosts about 10 large videos. Going through tests, I decided they looked best at 700kbps, variable bitrate (VBR) and they are 800x450. The rub is that we're looping t…

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## [\[AS3\] Advantage of Getter Setter? Accessor Mutator](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-advantage-of-getter-setter-accessor-mutator/280765)

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**Author:** [@ayumilove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ayumilove)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-advantage-of-getter-setter-accessor-mutator/280765 "2009-01-31T14:38:09Z")

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Hi guys, could someone enlighten me about the benefits and the downisde of getter and setter? setter could only take in 1 parameter? if so, then it would really limit its usage if I would like to set 2 or more values t…

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## [Anchors](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anchors/280762)

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**Author:** [@dmwilliams](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dmwilliams)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anchors/280762 "2009-01-31T14:21:27Z")

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Hi, I am new to the forum and relatively new to Flash and have come across a problem while following a tutorial online. The instruction is: \*We will create a gradient fill that fades in and out to emulate the flicker e…

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## [AS2.0 - Dynamically adding and removing movie clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-dynamically-adding-and-removing-movie-clips/280754)

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**Author:** [@llmills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/llmills)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-dynamically-adding-and-removing-movie-clips/280754 "2009-01-31T09:58:17Z")

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Hi I have been looking for a way to swap a movie clips when the user clicks on them. I could not find a function for swapping them, so I dynamically generate the first one, when the user clicks on it, I remove it a…

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## [getPixel() - Not getting pixel](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getpixel-not-getting-pixel/280748)

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**Author:** [@Skribble](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skribble)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getpixel-not-getting-pixel/280748 "2009-01-31T07:43:42Z")

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Explanation: I made a post a little while ago about potentially using getPixel to refine my hitTests; using different colors to garner different reactions from certain MC's. So I started playing around with it, and dra…

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## [Proportional Full screen background](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/proportional-full-screen-background/280744)

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**Author:** [@Pattty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pattty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/proportional-full-screen-background/280744 "2009-01-31T04:05:26Z")

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Hi everyone....I am new to the Kirupa forum.....and I'm not sure if I am posting this to the correct forum :sure: http://anita.mamigon.com/ I got do display the image full background (using the swfObject and it's html ut…

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