# flash

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## [Flash Focus](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-focus/247586)

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**Author:** [@paulcybulski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulcybulski)\
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**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-focus/247586 "2007-12-26T21:39:57Z")

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I have noticed that in IE in particular you have to click atleast once on the flash movie to be able to control it...for example...I have an XML populated list of XML files which you can load using a button...however whe…

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## [TileList Item RollOver Customize](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tilelist-item-rollover-customize/247582)

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**Author:** [@jbailey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jbailey)\
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**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tilelist-item-rollover-customize/247582 "2007-12-26T20:39:12Z")

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Does anyone know how to customize the item rollOver event for TileList items? I've been looking through tech docs, but I've missed something.

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## [Flash to php- need help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-php-need-help/247578)

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**Author:** [@mkliethe160](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mkliethe160)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-php-need-help/247578 "2007-12-26T19:30:46Z")

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nm got it

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## [Issue with file size](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issue-with-file-size/247572)

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**Author:** [@monkeydoc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/monkeydoc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issue-with-file-size/247572 "2007-12-26T16:51:21Z")

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I'm leaving my current job soon, and I've done some Flash work for them. So, I'm packing up all my files to leave with a coworker. One thing that really stood out for me was one file FLA file being over 125mb. This f…

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## [Object life-time on the timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-life-time-on-the-timeline/247570)

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**Author:** [@Extrakun](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Extrakun)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-life-time-on-the-timeline/247570 "2007-12-26T16:20:52Z")

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Hi all, Suppose I have a movie with three frames (intro, game and conclusion) and in the game frame, I have a movie-clip which has an external AS3 class. That movie clip uses the display list and add sprites/movie-clip…

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## [Can Flash give birth to html baby's?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-give-birth-to-html-babys/247568)

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**Author:** [@clbrown](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clbrown)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-give-birth-to-html-babys/247568 "2007-12-26T15:44:53Z")

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:jail: Hi there, I wonder if you can help me with another head ache.... I am about to embark on building a flash website for a company that sells various printers. I have one thing that I need to do but cant seem…

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## [Loading a button from the library](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-button-from-the-library/247566)

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**Author:** [@Raziel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raziel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-button-from-the-library/247566 "2007-12-26T15:12:54Z")

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I haven't fiddled with flash in ages (shame on me i know i know, feel bad as it is). Been trying to get back into it learning AS3 using Flex2/CS3 ide. So far i created a button with an animation in it. Enabled the link…

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## [How to add scrolling with the scroll button on a Simple Custom Scrollbar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-add-scrolling-with-the-scroll-button-on-a-simple-custom-scrollbar/247565)

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**Author:** [@cherva](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cherva)\
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**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-add-scrolling-with-the-scroll-button-on-a-simple-custom-scrollbar/247565 "2007-12-26T14:43:37Z")

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Hi, I made the \*\*Simple \*\*Custom Scrollbar tutorial over http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/scrollbar.htm ,but can I make the stuff scroll with the mouse scroll ?

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## [Teaching Flash to 15 year olds](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/teaching-flash-to-15-year-olds/247560)

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**Author:** [@ku7uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ku7uk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/teaching-flash-to-15-year-olds/247560 "2007-12-26T11:02:33Z")

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Hi, I'm a secondary school ICT Teacher (Trainee). I have to teach 30 classes of Flash, with an assessment of capabilities at the end. The final project has to be a small animation between 15-30 seconds in length. …

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## [Simple contact form (AS3)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-contact-form-as3/247558)

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**Author:** [@doctor\_funk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doctor_funk)\
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**Last updated:** [December 26, 2007, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-contact-form-as3/247558 "2007-12-26T08:32:22Z")

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Does anyone know of a decent tutorial for creating a contact form using ActionScript 3? I have one that works fine in AS2, but my client insists the site must be AS3. As well, if there is one that can do validation, that…

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## [Progressive FLV's / Client Side Caching](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progressive-flvs-client-side-caching/247546)

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**Author:** [@warhero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/warhero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progressive-flvs-client-side-caching/247546 "2007-12-25T21:43:18Z")

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Hey All, I'm running into a strange issue when downloading FLV's. The FLV's are not being cached on the client side. What I'm doing is preloading FLV's, using a URLLoading and downloading it as binary format. When I go…

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## [How to correctly control one MC with another - custom listeners, classes or strings?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correctly-control-one-mc-with-another-custom-listeners-classes-or-strings/247539)

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**Author:** [@iblokh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iblokh)\
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**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correctly-control-one-mc-with-another-custom-listeners-classes-or-strings/247539 "2007-12-25T20:04:20Z")

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I run into this all the time, so I assume it's a common and quite basic functionality people use - I'm still not sure how to approach it correctly. Say I have a large number of MovieClips acting as controller buttons, …

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## [addChild display error](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-display-error/247538)

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**Author:** [@qpixo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/qpixo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-display-error/247538 "2007-12-25T19:40:57Z")

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I try to display this little example code by using two classes. For some reason, I can't show up if I use two classes. In my main.fla, I added document class: main and set to the right set Path. error msg: "Implicit …

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## [IMPORTANT: Docking Options](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/important-docking-options/247534)

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**Author:** [@nvidia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nvidia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/important-docking-options/247534 "2007-12-25T15:42:17Z")

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Hi i have Flash CS3 and i know that you can dock things such as Component Inspectors and Color Pallets to the right of screen. What i would like to know is if i click on the color pallet how do i tell flash that once i h…

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## [Load swf from the internet](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-swf-from-the-internet/247526)

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**Author:** [@Pattt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pattt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-swf-from-the-internet/247526 "2007-12-25T13:49:00Z")

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Hi, how do I load a swf file with AS3 since loadMovie doesn't work anymore? Just for exampel; http://blog.zupko.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/borgeffects.swf Please help!:nat:

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## [How to move foucs over one dilog box and 2 buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-move-foucs-over-one-dilog-box-and-2-buttons/247519)

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**Author:** [@chethan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chethan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-move-foucs-over-one-dilog-box-and-2-buttons/247519 "2007-12-25T08:44:35Z")

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Hi, I am chethan. Now I am in a small issue in focusing the buttons and a dilog box. Actually I have 2 buttons and a dilog box. Two buttons will be on screen only and a dilog box will appear in runtime. Dilog box con…

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## [Help required in database connectivity in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-required-in-database-connectivity-in-flash/247518)

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**Author:** [@ibm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ibm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-required-in-database-connectivity-in-flash/247518 "2007-12-25T05:51:18Z")

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Guys, I am struck up with database connectivity ... any body has any idea how to connect the access with flash. I need this off line i.e. it needs to be on CD not on web. Client has more then 5000 products and he is prov…

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## [Flex compiled code within Flash Authoring!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-compiled-code-within-flash-authoring/247517)

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**Author:** [@wichers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wichers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-compiled-code-within-flash-authoring/247517 "2007-12-25T05:26:41Z")

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I've come up with a solution to use Flex (mxmlc) compiled code within the Flash Authoring environment. If you're interested you can read more here: http://labs.qi-ideas.com/2007/12/25/using-flex-compiled-code-within-f…

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## [Dynamic Context Menu from XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-context-menu-from-xml/247515)

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**Author:** [@pips](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pips)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-context-menu-from-xml/247515 "2007-12-25T03:02:58Z")

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Hi! I'm trying to make a Context menu with content (labels/links/separators) loaded from an XML file... Here's what I have: import flash.events.Event; import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.ui.ContextMenu; import…

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## [AS2: reusable rollOver functions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-reusable-rollover-functions/247511)

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**Author:** [@monkeyhead](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/monkeyhead)\
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**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-reusable-rollover-functions/247511 "2007-12-25T00:03:35Z")

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i'm stumped, i want to create 2 types of button functions... a "onRollOver" and a "onRollOut" function. ...that way my Btn script will look like this: \*\*navMain.about\_btn.onRollOver = function(){ rollOn(); } \*\* FYI…

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## [Day counter code](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/day-counter-code/247508)

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**Author:** [@Hellion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hellion)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/day-counter-code/247508 "2007-12-24T21:54:48Z")

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I'm designing a site for my newborn baby girl and I would like to add a code that will show the following message: "It's been 90 days since I was born". Of course, the number would have to change each day. Where can I ge…

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## [New window + javascript paths](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-window-javascript-paths/247497)

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**Author:** [@Gnaws](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gnaws)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-window-javascript-paths/247497 "2007-12-24T18:29:42Z")

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I have this javascript which opens new, custom windows from Flash. I use this because I have about 12+ windows all with different sizes, that I'd like to launch: \<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"\> \<!-- Begin function Ne…

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## [Flash Graphs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-graphs/247495)

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**Author:** [@SolBrad](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SolBrad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-graphs/247495 "2007-12-24T17:54:43Z")

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I am having a serious problem, well its a serious problem for me cause i suck at maths I am trying to draw a graph in flash lets say its has 50 points i need to plot The highest point is 24078.4, the lowest point i…

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## [Horizontal scrolling based on mouse position](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-based-on-mouse-position/247494)

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**Author:** [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-based-on-mouse-position/247494 "2007-12-24T17:13:18Z")

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Hey, I'm sure this is a pretty common thing, but I've done some searching and didn't come up with what I needed... So I was wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of a tutorial that may help me create som…

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## [Script inside a text box](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-inside-a-text-box/247493)

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**Author:** [@Valerij](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Valerij)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-inside-a-text-box/247493 "2007-12-24T16:53:15Z")

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Hi, to make a long story short dont start asking why and etc. Is there a code to use a script thats inside a text box? Lets say I have a text box in the same frame as my player is. And I want flash to send the text to …

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## [Scrolling Pane for Pages](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-pane-for-pages/247492)

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**Author:** [@Nick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nick)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-pane-for-pages/247492 "2007-12-24T16:11:01Z")

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Hey guys, I'm not even sure what this is called but I've seen it pretty frequently. Basically, it's like a scrolling pane but for your Flash site pages. For instance, you click "page 5" and the flash quickly scrolls th…

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## [XML Flash Menu - Problem with tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-flash-menu-problem-with-tutorial/247491)

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**Author:** [@JohnathanAmber](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JohnathanAmber)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-flash-menu-problem-with-tutorial/247491 "2007-12-24T15:36:43Z")

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Hey everyone! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! OK, so I have my website, check the signature. I’ve wanted to create an XML based menu system that would replace what I’ve got. Or at least the HTML based one in the upper right corner. …

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## [TextField and getCharBounds](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-and-getcharbounds/247489)

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**Author:** [@tezzutezzu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tezzutezzu)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-and-getcharbounds/247489 "2007-12-24T14:16:51Z")

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For some strange reason, I can't get to read the positions of the last character in my textfield. Here's the code: var textBox:TextField = new TextField(); var counter:Number = 0; var rectangle:Rectangle; var s:Strin…

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## [BitmapData save as JPG (without php)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmapdata-save-as-jpg-without-php/247488)

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**Author:** [@geter712](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geter712)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmapdata-save-as-jpg-without-php/247488 "2007-12-24T13:51:31Z")

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I need to know if it is possible to save BitmapData object as external JPG via save as dialog. Of course this can be done with php script which will receive image pixels information and construct the file but I need to d…

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## [PHP calling Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-calling-flash/247481)

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**Author:** [@xEnOn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xEnOn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-calling-flash/247481 "2007-12-24T07:43:59Z")

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Most of the time, what I am doing is Flash calls PHP to get data from either the database or XML stuff. I am wondering if it is possible to do the opposite way, where PHP could alert the client, which is the flash play…

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