# flash

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## [Hide contents of swf? Is there any way of hiding the contents of my main swf?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-contents-of-swf-is-there-any-way-of-hiding-the-contents-of-my-main-swf/243239)

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**Author:** [@davelaruedrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davelaruedrum)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-contents-of-swf-is-there-any-way-of-hiding-the-contents-of-my-main-swf/243239 "2007-11-04T22:56:09Z")

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When my main swf site is loaded in a browser, is there any way of hiding the contents of my swf from users? Right now, anyone can just go to the 'activity' window and download any of my pictures, scripts, etc....and i do…

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## [Flash 2 PHP 2 Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-2-php-2-flash/243235)

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**Author:** [@theripper\_j](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theripper_j)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-2-php-2-flash/243235 "2007-11-04T21:43:22Z")

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I've got something simple and can't figure it out. In \_root i've got 3 instances. 1 Input text box instance name "test1", 1 combobox instance name "test2", 1 dynamic box instance name "dynresult1" and a submit button. O…

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## [Working with removeChild();](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-removechild/243232)

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**Author:** [@StridBR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StridBR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-removechild/243232 "2007-11-04T21:02:24Z")

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if(y \> 0 ){ parent.removeChild(this); removeEventListener(Event.ENTER\_FRAME, onEnterFrame); delete this; trace(this); } delete doesnt work trace returns object

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## [bytesTotal Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bytestotal-problem/243231)

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**Author:** [@Gazurt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gazurt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bytestotal-problem/243231 "2007-11-04T20:54:12Z")

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Help says: URLlLoader.bytesTotal: Indicates the total number of bytes in the downloaded data. This property contains 0 while the load operation is in progress and is populated when the operation is complete. I want…

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## [Trying to merge 3d with a tween engine, need assistance](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-merge-3d-with-a-tween-engine-need-assistance/243228)

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**Author:** [@tripdragon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tripdragon)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-merge-3d-with-a-tween-engine-need-assistance/243228 "2007-11-04T19:01:24Z")

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I am trying to use Twease engine to edit stuff in fake 3d per Keith Peters book Actionscript Animation with this code below. I want to do to things, have it meld with the fake 3d scaling, and be able to feed it the \_z …

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## [XML Data Displayer, help adding multiple data fields relating to XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-data-displayer-help-adding-multiple-data-fields-relating-to-xml/243226)

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**Author:** [@viiespk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/viiespk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-data-displayer-help-adding-multiple-data-fields-relating-to-xml/243226 "2007-11-04T18:00:32Z")

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I recently used the Displaying XML Data tutorial, but cant seem to figure out how to add more dynamic text fields and populate them with more \<person\> and \<comment\> attributes. Here is my code: function loadXML(loa…

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## [FLASH 8 & PHP - LoadVars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-php-loadvars/243219)

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**Author:** [@ISDExecutor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ISDExecutor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-php-loadvars/243219 "2007-11-04T17:14:33Z")

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It's an email form that worked perfectly for years. All of a sudden it does not pass the variables to the php script anymore. Going nuts.. Attached the source. Any ideas you guys? http://www.totolici.com

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## [Sound fade in/out function - use onEnterFrame or loop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-fade-in-out-function-use-onenterframe-or-loop/243217)

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**Author:** [@davelaruedrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davelaruedrum)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-fade-in-out-function-use-onenterframe-or-loop/243217 "2007-11-04T16:18:26Z")

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Hi, I made a function to fade a sound (global variable called daveSoundVolume \[smile\] ). It takes a number to fade to....First i put everything in a for loop, but then i realized how fast a for loop is, i considered usin…

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## [How to do this?! (F8)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-this-f8/243214)

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**Author:** [@Dr\_Abner\_Mellon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dr_Abner_Mellon)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-this-f8/243214 "2007-11-04T15:14:04Z")

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Hey everyone! I'm trying to get some general info and be pointed in the right direction to make kinda like a photo gallery where they can be dragged, and moved around like several squire images that can overlap one ano…

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## [Define hit areas for multiple mc's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/define-hit-areas-for-multiple-mcs/243213)

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**Author:** [@spxy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spxy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/define-hit-areas-for-multiple-mcs/243213 "2007-11-04T15:00:44Z")

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Hi Guys, I'm looking for a way to define hit areas for various animated mc's in the main timeline. All mc's take up the whole page size and all hit areas must be active at all time, so defining a hit area inside an mc…

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## [Detect Flash Player?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-flash-player/243210)

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**Author:** [@stillbeating](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stillbeating)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-flash-player/243210 "2007-11-04T12:42:32Z")

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Hi everyone! I want to make a thing to detect and display what flash player someone is is using. \[image\] ^^ i want to make something like that. if anyone knows any sort of tutorial on how to make one of these, th…

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## [Positioning Content with AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-content-with-as2/243208)

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**Author:** [@mythstu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mythstu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-content-with-as2/243208 "2007-11-04T12:06:36Z")

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Hi, How to position my "\[COLOR=RoyalBlue\]full flash website\[/COLOR\]" content in top left or top right or center or whtever place, to be extensible with users different resolutions. Regards.

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## [Making A Button Flicker](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-flicker/243207)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-flicker/243207 "2007-11-04T11:45:47Z")

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Hi all, onRollOver I am trying to make my button Flicker on/off but cannot get it too work, the best I can do is get it to go to alpha 60 and then back to 100... newBut.onRollOver = function() { if( cnt \< 100){ // …

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## [Domain locking in AS3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/domain-locking-in-as3/243206)

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**Author:** [@doogog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doogog)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/domain-locking-in-as3/243206 "2007-11-04T11:16:47Z")

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Is it still possible to do domain locking in AS3? I tried the following: var topUrl:String = (root.loaderInfo.url); But it keeps giving me the url of the swf file instead of the page that it's being loaded into. I…

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## [addEventListener params](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addeventlistener-params/243205)

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**Author:** [@Zosia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zosia)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addeventlistener-params/243205 "2007-11-04T10:47:31Z")

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## [Autoformatting the code - FLASH CS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/autoformatting-the-code-flash-cs3/243204)

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**Author:** [@salvadore](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salvadore)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/autoformatting-the-code-flash-cs3/243204 "2007-11-04T10:30:30Z")

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Why doesn't Flash CS3 remove the blank-empty lines when AUTOFORMATTING the code??? This function was a TIME SAVER!

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## [TextField autoResize issue?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-autoresize-issue/243203)

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**Author:** [@IlTimido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IlTimido)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-autoresize-issue/243203 "2007-11-04T09:30:43Z")

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Hello to everyone. Sorry if this has been treated before but I searched through the threads but I haven't found nothing about this. Please have a look at the code below (I just create a TextField auto-resizing and I pu…

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## [Preloading: swf always shows up before 100%](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-swf-always-shows-up-before-100/243199)

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**Author:** [@costa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/costa)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-swf-always-shows-up-before-100/243199 "2007-11-04T07:18:46Z")

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Dear all, I am loading an external swf which contains an audio file. The preloader is working well; I mean I can see the preloaded percentage and when it finished. The problem is, the swf is shown before it is 100% com…

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## [Cataloging Project Discs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cataloging-project-discs/243196)

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**Author:** [@understudy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/understudy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cataloging-project-discs/243196 "2007-11-04T05:29:21Z")

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Hello, Do any of you use any kind of software to catalog the files of all of your CDs and DVDs? I have lots of projects backed up to disc and I'd like to simply have on my computer the names of the file cross-referenc…

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## [Music Player: Play 3 tracks consecutively](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-player-play-3-tracks-consecutively/243195)

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**Author:** [@capitalc17](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/capitalc17)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-player-play-3-tracks-consecutively/243195 "2007-11-04T03:48:54Z")

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Hello all, I have a flash music player that plays 3 tracks. Right now, it repeats track 1 unless you click to go to the next track. I want to unite all three tracks so they play one after the other. Here is the flash c…

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## [Nexthighestdepth() is too high!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nexthighestdepth-is-too-high/243192)

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**Author:** [@chaztheman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chaztheman)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nexthighestdepth-is-too-high/243192 "2007-11-04T02:00:30Z")

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I have created a mc that is randomly generated using this code: this.createEmptyMovieClip("cloudholder\_mc",this.getNextHighestDepth()); for(i=0;i\<4;i++){ var c:MovieClip = cloudholder\_mc.attachMovie("cloudmidani","cl…

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## [XML Portfolio / File Attached](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-portfolio-file-attached/243191)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-portfolio-file-attached/243191 "2007-11-04T01:46:36Z")

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I have the following portfolio, which I got from Senocular's tutorial... I am wondering if there is anyway I can change the small image icons that the user clicks to be text... Any ideas?

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## [globalToLocal broken?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/globaltolocal-broken/243190)

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**Author:** [@Felixz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Felixz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/globaltolocal-broken/243190 "2007-11-04T01:14:43Z")

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I have some displayObjects and some instances of Tooltip class. The position is counted by var coordinates:Point=globalToLocal(new Point(stage.mouseX,stage.mouseY)); The first invoking works perfect, the second som…

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## [What is wrong with this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-this/243189)

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**Author:** [@onecommoncode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onecommoncode)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-this/243189 "2007-11-04T00:39:42Z")

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I am being really stupid and I cannot figure out why the width and height trace out zero? var container:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); container.width = 100; container.height = 100; container.x = 100; addChild( contai…

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## [Tween activating too soon](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-activating-too-soon/243177)

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**Author:** [@varPBR\_Tasty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/varPBR_Tasty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-activating-too-soon/243177 "2007-11-03T22:13:46Z")

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Hi all, So, excuse my code...I haven't gotten to the level yet where I can write super efficiently. My problem, which I had working this morning, but not now, is that I have a Tween set up on a loader, and immediately …

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## [Flex better than Flash...BUT](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-better-than-flash-but/243176)

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**Author:** [@Discipol](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Discipol)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-better-than-flash-but/243176 "2007-11-03T21:24:28Z")

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Flex is a very powerfull tool; it imports things you use automatically and has a autocomplete function as you type and when you type "." AND when you hit ctrl + space; you dont need a fla just a main .as script however…

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## [Flash on DVD](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-on-dvd/243166)

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**Author:** [@Random490](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Random490)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-on-dvd/243166 "2007-11-03T18:39:38Z")

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I want to put my flash movies on a dvd so I can play on a tv with dvd player. I'm hoping I can find a program to make a dvd menu but I'm not sure how to get the best possible quality flash movie on their. Should I conve…

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## [Lil confused with classes and return functions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lil-confused-with-classes-and-return-functions/243165)

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**Author:** [@kingscooty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kingscooty)\
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**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lil-confused-with-classes-and-return-functions/243165 "2007-11-03T18:32:42Z")

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Hey all can someone tell me why i recieve this in a trace function Function() {} when i use this return function inside a custom class called Node: \[AS\] public function getID():int { return id; } //get node ID \[…

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## [Loading images from folder, XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-images-from-folder-xml/243163)

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**Author:** [@dsntos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dsntos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-images-from-folder-xml/243163 "2007-11-03T17:43:55Z")

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\[LEFT\]Instead of plugging the paths to each individual jpg or gif into the XML. How would I get flash to load every jpg within a folder without considering the technical stuff. \[/LEFT\]

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## [How do I make one MC move when interaced?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-one-mc-move-when-interaced/243160)

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**Author:** [@raygunray](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/raygunray)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-one-mc-move-when-interaced/243160 "2007-11-03T16:06:29Z")

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New Problem. Client wants a form to move when the menumovie clip folds out. Check out the site: http://www.grahamarchitecture.com/test/test.html When the menu move out, it should shove the text to the right. I've tr…

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