# flash

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## [\_root replacement for AS3 for object referencing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-replacement-for-as3-for-object-referencing/249622)

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**Author:** [@Toiletfreak](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Toiletfreak)\
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**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-replacement-for-as3-for-object-referencing/249622 "2008-01-21T02:24:53Z")

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Hello, I am having some problems with accessing objects on the main timeline. I am calling this function registerMenuButtons() from a function getDimensions() in AS3: function getDimensions():void { registerMen…

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## [Actionscript 3.0 Guru Needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-guru-needed/249621)

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**Author:** [@RecruiterDoug](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RecruiterDoug)\
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**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-guru-needed/249621 "2008-01-21T02:09:38Z")

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SnapPages.com is at the forefront of technology by making the web so easy for even the casual user that they can look like a HTML and Flash guru. Become a foundational partner of this small team and help lay the groundwo…

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## [I want to do a slide like the one that is in the NFL.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-slide-like-the-one-that-is-in-the-nfl-com/249620)

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**Author:** [@arni\_sa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arni_sa)\
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**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-slide-like-the-one-that-is-in-the-nfl-com/249620 "2008-01-21T01:38:09Z")

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I want to do a slide like the one that is in the NFL.com, when is about to star a game, its a image that moves along with the mouse from left to right, please help. thanks

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## [How link RSS feeds to pages in an all-Flash site?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-link-rss-feeds-to-pages-in-an-all-flash-site/249615)

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**Author:** [@will\_s](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/will_s)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-link-rss-feeds-to-pages-in-an-all-flash-site/249615 "2008-01-20T23:18:21Z")

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I have built a site entirely of Flash. The header and drop down menus are in the index.html/.swf "shell" and everything else is loaded in as .swfs in the area below. I'm just getting my feet wet in RSS Feeds and can ge…

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## [Allowing only one flash movie to load at once](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/allowing-only-one-flash-movie-to-load-at-once/249610)

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**Author:** [@four4swords](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/four4swords)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/allowing-only-one-flash-movie-to-load-at-once/249610 "2008-01-20T22:09:24Z")

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hi, I'm not sure where to put this.. but anyway.. I wanted to ask.. is there a way to make it so that on any one computer.. only 1 instance of my flash movie will run? Like if they go to a site.. with my flash movie …

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## [Loading swfs to frames in main timeline (consecutively)?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swfs-to-frames-in-main-timeline-consecutively/249603)

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**Author:** [@macgirl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macgirl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swfs-to-frames-in-main-timeline-consecutively/249603 "2008-01-20T19:06:54Z")

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Hi everyone \[dog\] , Please bear with me as I try to explain this--I can tell that this isn't going to be very hard to do, but it's just way beyond my abilities. :\*( I have about 30 very simple external swfs--basica…

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## [getURL in Flash not working in Firefox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-in-flash-not-working-in-firefox/249599)

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**Author:** [@Mental](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mental)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-in-flash-not-working-in-firefox/249599 "2008-01-20T18:05:30Z")

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Hi, I know this problem has been posted on the forums but I cant seem to find a solution to the exact problem im having. Im using Flash 8 and Flash Player 9.0.115.0 in both internet explorer and Firefox. When I use th…

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## [Surrounding Movieclips "shakes" and "vibrates"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/surrounding-movieclips-shakes-and-vibrates/249597)

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**Author:** [@xEnOn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xEnOn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/surrounding-movieclips-shakes-and-vibrates/249597 "2008-01-20T17:37:11Z")

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I often have this problem but didn't really care about it when it doesn't appear to be too apparent. But this time, it is quite obvious. There seems to always have a problem in some of my animations when I have movemen…

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## [Check if file exists](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-file-exists/249594)

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**Author:** [@Adamius](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Adamius)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-file-exists/249594 "2008-01-20T17:33:47Z")

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i'm trying to find a way to get flash to find if a file exists inside a folder, if so play it, if not cycle to the next possible file name and try again. so far i've used a try/catch statement and loadVars and an onLoad …

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## [Respawning snow?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/respawning-snow/249589)

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**Author:** [@shingles](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shingles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/respawning-snow/249589 "2008-01-20T16:35:36Z")

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Hi, I've been using the Falling Snow 2.0 tutorial, and I'm trying to use it in sort of a game, so that when the character touches the snow, the snow disappears. The snow doesn't make any more of itself past the initial c…

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## [Parsing XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-xml/249588)

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**Author:** [@theonlycarmire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theonlycarmire)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-xml/249588 "2008-01-20T15:49:15Z")

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Hey guys, got a question for you. I have an XML document that looks like this: \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?\> \<buildYourOwnItems\> \<!-- BASE --\> \<item name="base"\> \<name\>base\</name\> …

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## [Flash and AJAX](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-ajax/249585)

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**Author:** [@Jt\_01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jt_01)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-ajax/249585 "2008-01-20T14:59:27Z")

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Hi, I'm confused by some references to flash and Ajax working together. Am I correct in thinking that: 1- flash sends a request to the Javascript functions on an HTML page. 2- which in turn sends a request to some …

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## [Structure and SendAndLoad](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/structure-and-sendandload/249577)

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**Author:** [@jeancnicolas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeancnicolas)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/structure-and-sendandload/249577 "2008-01-20T11:17:18Z")

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Hi, I am trying to work out sending an email using LoadVars, sendAndLoad and PHP. I have my code right when I use it from the \_root swf. However Im using a slightly more complicated structure (for me at least), and my co…

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## [Referencing the stage from a loaded swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-the-stage-from-a-loaded-swf/249573)

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**Author:** [@mmattrw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mmattrw)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-the-stage-from-a-loaded-swf/249573 "2008-01-20T09:47:21Z")

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I am converting my website, which has a liquid interface, to as3 but I am still learning and I have a problem. I have child.swf that I load dynamically into parent.swf. When I run that I get: TypeError: Error #1009: C…

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## [Easy Scripting Question, Not Easy for me though](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-scripting-question-not-easy-for-me-though/249568)

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**Author:** [@marvicus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marvicus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-scripting-question-not-easy-for-me-though/249568 "2008-01-20T08:01:41Z")

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Hello, I am pretty new to scripting in AS3 and want to be able to creat a drop down menu. I've created the menu and have the mouse overs and outs working perfectly. But I need to be able to make the actual buttons in…

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## [MovieClip object not appearing on the stage after passing it to addChild()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-object-not-appearing-on-the-stage-after-passing-it-to-addchild/249566)

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**Author:** [@ChillDown](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChillDown)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-object-not-appearing-on-the-stage-after-passing-it-to-addchild/249566 "2008-01-20T07:16:44Z")

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Short explanation of my question: addChild appears 1 time in the code i posted. I essentially pass something to addChild. Yet i cannot pinpoint where in the code the cause arises of why nothing seems to be added to the s…

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## [Question on Sound](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-sound/249564)

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**Author:** [@darkshia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darkshia)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-sound/249564 "2008-01-20T06:18:41Z")

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Hello, ^^; umm I'm new to flash and am having trouble with making one music stop on one scene and then a new music can play on another scene so they don't overlap.. \[URL="http://zeiva.deviantart.com/art/Other-Age-3993131…

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## [Trace gives result, but still can't load the image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-gives-result-but-still-cant-load-the-image/249562)

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**Author:** [@Beebs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Beebs)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-gives-result-but-still-cant-load-the-image/249562 "2008-01-20T05:10:38Z")

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Can someone have alook at this code, why I cannot load the image into the largePicture\_MC System.useCodepage = true; stop(); // for easing import mx.transitions.\*; import mx.transitions.easing.\*; // set the stage to…

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## [Make sound start secs later from its actual begining?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-sound-start-secs-later-from-its-actual-begining/249559)

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**Author:** [@schammy79](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/schammy79)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-sound-start-secs-later-from-its-actual-begining/249559 "2008-01-20T04:41:25Z")

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Hey there! I have the script below from a tutorial, and I want to make my track start 30 seconds from its actual beginning, in order to make it fit my swf better. I know it's gotta be a silly detail but I'm new to Acti…

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## [ADD NEW FRAME - Need help urgently!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-new-frame-need-help-urgently/249556)

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**Author:** [@avukovi4](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/avukovi4)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-new-frame-need-help-urgently/249556 "2008-01-20T03:36:05Z")

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I'm almost done with my little application, but as allways there's a problem. Little description: I have an array of questions and function which randomly choose n of those questions. I want only 10 questions to be dis…

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## [Dynamic naming with addChild() - I still don't get it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-naming-with-addchild-i-still-dont-get-it/249555)

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**Author:** [@ticattack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ticattack)\
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**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-naming-with-addchild-i-still-dont-get-it/249555 "2008-01-20T03:28:21Z")

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Hi everyone. New to the boards here, stumbled upon them via some excellent tutorials on the site. I've been working on a little program, basically a shell to allow miniature wargames (among other things) to be played v…

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## [Difficulties With Nav Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/difficulties-with-nav-menu/249550)

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**Author:** [@kagoolsby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kagoolsby)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/difficulties-with-nav-menu/249550 "2008-01-19T23:59:05Z")

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Hello all. Apologies to ask a question as a first post. I've been working for over 24 hours trying to figure out why the pop-out nav menu I am trying to author is not operating correctly. At first, I had coded the script…

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## [Dynamically Attaching Components](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-attaching-components/249543)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-attaching-components/249543 "2008-01-19T23:21:00Z")

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I'm attaching some label components dynamically using attachMovie(); and I'm finding that I can't assign text to the label fields at the same time - the text won't show up because the components are slow to initialize. I…

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## [AS3 Full browser flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-full-browser-flash/249541)

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**Author:** [@deathbydesignnz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deathbydesignnz)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-full-browser-flash/249541 "2008-01-19T22:12:41Z")

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Hi, am currently building a full browser site using as3 and will probably have loads of questions.. i am able to get it all expanding correctly etc.. i want a preloader bar that expands the width of the stage but cant…

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## [\[AS2\] easy one for you guys :)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-easy-one-for-you-guys/249540)

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**Author:** [@bmo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bmo)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-easy-one-for-you-guys/249540 "2008-01-19T22:06:20Z")

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I hate using \_root in my code. I have no clue what to do when I'm referencing from inside listeners though. For example, a MovieClipLoader listener. var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var listener:Obje…

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## [XML Portfolio - Created, but Need Thumbnails to Scroll](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-portfolio-created-but-need-thumbnails-to-scroll/249539)

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**Author:** [@eperrier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eperrier)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-portfolio-created-but-need-thumbnails-to-scroll/249539 "2008-01-19T21:44:14Z")

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Hi, Of course I'm new at this by a long shot - trained as a designer, but getting thrown into coding... any help is MUCH appreciated. I used the tutorial here: http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/examples/portfolio.htm to cr…

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## [Sound no valid device?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-no-valid-device/249534)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-no-valid-device/249534 "2008-01-19T20:39:39Z")

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\[issue solved\]

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## [Animated Rollover Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-rollover-question/249533)

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**Author:** [@ImSoConfused84](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ImSoConfused84)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-rollover-question/249533 "2008-01-19T20:28:13Z")

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Hello I am trying to make an animated button and have been successful in using the tutorial in kirupa that shows me the actionscript for creating this effect. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/button\_effect.htm …

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## [ActionScript to JavaScript, ExternalInterface](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-to-javascript-externalinterface/249530)

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**Author:** [@jnsjohansson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jnsjohansson)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-to-javascript-externalinterface/249530 "2008-01-19T19:22:11Z")

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Hi, searched for this problem but the solution does not match my case. And if it does I really don't understand how this works. Anyhow. First off I import the ExternalInterface within my class. After that I make the ca…

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## [Close, but not quite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/close-but-not-quite/249528)

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**Author:** [@tazboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tazboy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/close-but-not-quite/249528 "2008-01-19T19:09:26Z")

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I'm trying to unload a movieclip when it's pressed and load another one in its place. For some reason the loaded movieclip is always being loaded at row 7 column 10. Why is that? var columns:Number = 10; var rows:Numb…

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