# flash

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## [E-mail form isn't sending correctly](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-mail-form-isnt-sending-correctly/254438)

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**Author:** [@rohicks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rohicks)\
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**Last updated:** [March 12, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-mail-form-isnt-sending-correctly/254438 "2008-03-12T06:06:40Z")

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Yes another email form thread. I've done some searching around on here and pieced together some knowledge and code from other people and came up with the following. (I'm in a As 3.0 class right now, but teacher doesn't …

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## [Best way to combine dynamically created MC's and timeline?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-combine-dynamically-created-mcs-and-timeline/254431)

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**Author:** [@wrybread](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wrybread)\
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**Last updated:** [March 12, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-combine-dynamically-created-mcs-and-timeline/254431 "2008-03-12T04:02:50Z")

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I'm having a problem combining movies I create dynamically and movies I manually place on the timeline. I'm creating my dynamic movies like this: counter = 0 newmc = \_root.createEmptyMovieClip("clip" + counter, count…

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## [\<'s and \>'s turning into &lt; and &gt; from textbox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/s-and-s-turning-into-lt-and-gt-from-textbox/254429)

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**Author:** [@bbf3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bbf3)\
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**Last updated:** [March 12, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/s-and-s-turning-into-lt-and-gt-from-textbox/254429 "2008-03-12T01:22:13Z")

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actionscript: var input\_xml = new XML(); input\_xml.ignoreWhite = true; input\_xml.contentType = "text/xml"; input\_xml.onLoad = function(success){ if (success) input\_txt.text = this.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValu…

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## [Debugging Issue:Security Sandbox violation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/debugging-issue-security-sandbox-violation/254428)

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**Author:** [@anujsharma181](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anujsharma181)\
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**Last updated:** [March 12, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/debugging-issue-security-sandbox-violation/254428 "2008-03-12T00:53:34Z")

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Hi I am trying to debug my project and it gives me long weird message as follows. Its saying some Security Sandbox violation. I am loading external videos in myUILoader component using XML.All of those directories are i…

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## [Load text with a click on a button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-text-with-a-click-on-a-button/254427)

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**Author:** [@vroadrunner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vroadrunner)\
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**Last updated:** [March 12, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-text-with-a-click-on-a-button/254427 "2008-03-12T00:23:50Z")

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Please help. I have a project and I'm stuck. I working on photo gallery and I want to display the photo description beside each photo. Each photo will have small icon=button that by clicking will enlarge the chosen pictu…

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## [Resizing Flash Video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-flash-video/254425)

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**Author:** [@johnplisken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnplisken)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-flash-video/254425 "2008-03-11T23:25:27Z")

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Hey Everyone, This is something I have been wondering about for a long time, and really been working at but I've come up with nothing. I've noticed more and more sites recently done entirely in Flash that resize depend…

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## [FLEX 3 using AS 3 combined import SMIL Files](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-3-using-as-3-combined-import-smil-files/254419)

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**Author:** [@Multi\_Task](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Multi_Task)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-3-using-as-3-combined-import-smil-files/254419 "2008-03-11T22:55:11Z")

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I have been looking all day (couple hrs) for an example of loading in data from a SMIL file into FLEX via AS. Does anyone have any documentation on this? Even the adobe site is limited on this topic I have found nothin…

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## [BPM Sync](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bpm-sync/254417)

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**Author:** [@FlashHed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashHed)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bpm-sync/254417 "2008-03-11T22:25:09Z")

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Hi All, Just wondering if anyone here has had any experience with BPM syncing animations using as3? This is as far as I have got so far. Any suggestions as to how to improve this, or links to some good tutorials would …

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## [View Website Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/view-website-button/254416)

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**Author:** [@summwat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/summwat)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/view-website-button/254416 "2008-03-11T22:10:01Z")

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Hello, I'm creating a Flash website (AS 2.0) where I have a portfolio gallery that loads JPG images into an empty container the corresponding thumbnail is clicked. What I'm trying to do is create some sort of button un…

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## [Simple Question with Images](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-with-images/254415)

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**Author:** [@BoonDock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoonDock)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-with-images/254415 "2008-03-11T20:57:47Z")

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Ok, I have a background image loading into the entire site - but it fades in (somewhat of an alpha fade etc.) Is there any way to make this more CPU friendly, because as of right now, it seems to bog any system down as…

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## [How to make bird silhouette animation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-bird-silhouette-animation/254413)

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**Author:** [@Tsid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tsid)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-bird-silhouette-animation/254413 "2008-03-11T20:00:32Z")

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Hi, I am currently making a site and would like to find some tutorials on how to make some animated birds in black (silhouette style). Thanks!

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## [Just some advice about storing vars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-advice-about-storing-vars/254412)

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**Author:** [@dirtyharriet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dirtyharriet)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-advice-about-storing-vars/254412 "2008-03-11T19:51:16Z")

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I'm working in a project where vars come from XML and they are basically stored in \_globals. At certain moment I need to load more XML content, but temporary. I would like to load those values in something like a level o…

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## [Ever Built a BMI calculator?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ever-built-a-bmi-calculator/254407)

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**Author:** [@vigordesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vigordesign)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ever-built-a-bmi-calculator/254407 "2008-03-11T19:03:18Z")

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I'm looking to make a BMI calculator, but I'm having trouble figuring out how. I'm a designer and do not know much scripting. Has anyone made one of these before? Thanks!

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## [When do movie clip classes become usable?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/when-do-movie-clip-classes-become-usable/254402)

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**Author:** [@ZenBlender](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ZenBlender)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/when-do-movie-clip-classes-become-usable/254402 "2008-03-11T17:36:49Z")

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Often I have this problem: Within a script, I move to a keyframe where a movie clip exists. The movie clip is attached to an Actionscript 2.0 class. Once the movie clip exists, I want to be able to give it some initi…

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## [Dragging movieclips created by actionscript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movieclips-created-by-actionscript/254401)

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**Author:** [@SniperDave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SniperDave)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movieclips-created-by-actionscript/254401 "2008-03-11T17:35:34Z")

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I've been trying to make a map of an area with drawing pins stuck in it to represent specific places. So that people can add their own pins to the map, I've stuck the coordinates for each pin into a database and then gr…

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## [Flash & XML: String to MovieClip?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-string-to-movieclip/254400)

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**Author:** [@emy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/emy)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-string-to-movieclip/254400 "2008-03-11T17:24:37Z")

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Hi! I've have an XML file and from that in Flash (Actionscript 2.0) I pulled from a node an attribute that returns the name of the MovieClip I want to call. So this returns a string say "chicken\_mc". There is already an …

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## [Sending Flash var to PHP - some kind of secured php page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-flash-var-to-php-some-kind-of-secured-php-page/254399)

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**Author:** [@d\_fx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/d_fx)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-flash-var-to-php-some-kind-of-secured-php-page/254399 "2008-03-11T17:05:39Z")

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Hi, I am trying to create a Flash button to send some variables to a PHP page. And without this var, this PHP page will not display the contents. (some kind of protection to the page) ie; to send vars ie; "passwo…

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## [Using XML in Flash CS3/AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-xml-in-flash-cs3-as3/254398)

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**Author:** [@jesblanc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jesblanc)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-xml-in-flash-cs3-as3/254398 "2008-03-11T16:55:04Z")

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Hello all, Just went through the Using \*\*XML in Flash CS3/AS3 7 Part Tutorial \*\*and found it to be very informative. Can anybody follow up with instructions on how to show the exported xml data in a Flash file? Th…

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## [Help With Scrolling Gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-gallery/254395)

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**Author:** [@Mr\_Susan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mr_Susan)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-gallery/254395 "2008-03-11T16:36:02Z")

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Ok, first off - I'm not all that great with flash but hopefully I won't make it sound too complicated. Basically, as you might have guessed I'm trying to make a scrolling gallery. I found this tut and have used it in t…

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## [Tweens before shown](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweens-before-shown/254394)

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**Author:** [@Mr\_Kikkoman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mr_Kikkoman)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweens-before-shown/254394 "2008-03-11T16:27:33Z")

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Whenever I use Tweenlite or any programmatic tweening method it often tweens my items before they are ready to be tweened, if that makes sense. For example, when I say tween box to x position 600 and publish my movie …

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## [Dealing with events while loop is running](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dealing-with-events-while-loop-is-running/254393)

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**Author:** [@dzhedzho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dzhedzho)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dealing-with-events-while-loop-is-running/254393 "2008-03-11T16:24:41Z")

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Well I have been scratching my head over this quite some time now. I am calling a test function from a loop, and would like to throw an exception when cancel button is clicked, and break operation. However while executi…

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## [Random movement with rotate](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-movement-with-rotate/254390)

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**Author:** [@Vectar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vectar)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-movement-with-rotate/254390 "2008-03-11T15:40:30Z")

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If you look at this site and enter site. You will see 2 litle things moving on you screen. I need somthing like this aswell only then for like 50 bugs. I found lots of ways to make this with rondom movement scripts but i…

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## [Math pros wanted](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-pros-wanted/254389)

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**Author:** [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-pros-wanted/254389 "2008-03-11T15:30:35Z")

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Nevermind this post \[smile\]

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## [Poor looping programming knowledge](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/poor-looping-programming-knowledge/254386)

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**Author:** [@daidai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daidai)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/poor-looping-programming-knowledge/254386 "2008-03-11T15:18:49Z")

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private function thumbLoadComp (evt:Event) : void { var thumb:Thumb = new Thumb (); thumb.name = 'thumb' + num; thumbHolder.addChild (thumb); …

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## [Your views on classes?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/your-views-on-classes/254385)

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**Author:** [@TCAtect](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TCAtect)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/your-views-on-classes/254385 "2008-03-11T15:15:19Z")

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Hey guys, just reading some tuts on Kirupa, and since I'm just getting into OOP right now, I would like some of your opinions on classes. Why use them? What differentiates them and Objects? Reading the ADT tut by Kirup…

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## [\[Rant\] - Setting up classes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-setting-up-classes/254384)

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**Author:** [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-setting-up-classes/254384 "2008-03-11T15:10:57Z")

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I've never worked with classes. The only time I did was when I took a java course back in 01' in college. I purchased colin's AS 3.0 book, and I'm trying to pick it up - it's not that hard but... He doesn't go into h…

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## [\[F8\] mysql + flash help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-mysql-flash-help/254380)

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**Author:** [@jay0316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jay0316)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-mysql-flash-help/254380 "2008-03-11T14:33:40Z")

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I'm wanting the top 10 scores to display for a game I'm working on. I'm having trouble getting the information to display in a dynamic text box. I've been working on this for 2 days looking at examples and haven't had …

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## [Arrays and hitTests and bullets, oh my!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-and-hittests-and-bullets-oh-my/254378)

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**Author:** [@Checkers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Checkers)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-and-hittests-and-bullets-oh-my/254378 "2008-03-11T14:29:28Z")

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EDIT This is all in Actionscript 2.0, by the way. I forgot to mention that...EDIT I posted on the Actionscript.org forums a while ago with a problem: I'm making a missile command-like game and my hitTests won't detect …

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## [Loading multiple images dynamically](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-multiple-images-dynamically/254377)

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**Author:** [@m0nk3y](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m0nk3y)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-multiple-images-dynamically/254377 "2008-03-11T14:23:29Z")

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Hi Folks Would appreciate some help on this AS3.0 problem. I'm reading an XML file no problem and getting a list of images. The problem I'm having is trying to get them to load into dynamic movie clips. The code …

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## [Mp3 Player Question (URL Provided)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-player-question-url-provided/254370)

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**Author:** [@fulleffect](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fulleffect)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-player-question-url-provided/254370 "2008-03-11T12:20:41Z")

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Hey Everyone, I've created a basic mp3 player in AS2, that reads mp3s from a xml file and lists them in a playlist. As its a custom player for a client project, there's some additional features such as volumne muter an…

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