# flash

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## [mcTween: Cascading tweens](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mctween-cascading-tweens/242548)

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**Author:** [@daffy\_dowden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daffy_dowden)\
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**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mctween-cascading-tweens/242548 "2007-10-27T10:28:29Z")

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I want to fade a series of pictures one after the other, such that they'll loop around. I'm calling this a cascade. So to do this, i've placed all of the image names into an array and I set all of their alpha propertie…

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## [Textfield inline image question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-inline-image-question/242546)

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**Author:** [@theSchtickler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theSchtickler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-inline-image-question/242546 "2007-10-27T08:30:25Z")

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Hey there, I have to load a single image into a html textbox in Flash. It loads fine, but not aligned to the left like all my text is? Any ideas how to get it all the way left? This is my code \[AS\]var myText:String =…

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## [Best Design Pattern Practice For ChildObjects?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-design-pattern-practice-for-childobjects/242544)

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**Author:** [@deltajam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deltajam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-design-pattern-practice-for-childobjects/242544 "2007-10-27T07:32:04Z")

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I have a class that creates a bunch of boxes. I would like to the boxes to communicate to eachother somehow. So if one box resizes, there would be an event dispatched and all the other boxes would shift over or resize,…

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## [Random Letter Cycling - Again](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-letter-cycling-again/242540)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
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**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-letter-cycling-again/242540 "2007-10-27T05:21:44Z")

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I'd like to reuse this old code, but need to have it rewritten for the main timeline. I can't seem to get it right. Anyone else? You need to create a textfield and give it the variable name of "letter" (No instance name …

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## [Loading while loading function help please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-while-loading-function-help-please/242537)

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**Author:** [@RichGags](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RichGags)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-while-loading-function-help-please/242537 "2007-10-27T03:15:22Z")

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Ive got a menu on top of my page which has a few buttons. On each button press, I have a standard "\_root.pages.gotoAndStop(frame#);" and also a function call which loads a different picture into the background. So, the …

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## [UIScrollbar with easing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uiscrollbar-with-easing/242536)

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**Author:** [@Ineedsleep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ineedsleep)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uiscrollbar-with-easing/242536 "2007-10-27T02:17:29Z")

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I was just wondering if it possible to add easing to the UIscrollbar? I imagine you can but I cant find anything about it. Please help

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## [Preloading .SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-swf/242530)

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**Author:** [@endemoniada](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/endemoniada)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-swf/242530 "2007-10-27T00:00:24Z")

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Hi guys, I made a preloader that loads my main application. Is there a way I can transfer control to the loaded (main) .swf ? I guess what I mean is to make the main.swf the document of the player after it's loaded. T…

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## [Survey Flash file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/survey-flash-file/242526)

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**Author:** [@creyentededios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creyentededios)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/survey-flash-file/242526 "2007-10-26T22:48:12Z")

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okay, here we go so for all of you who have myspaces, you see bulletins with surveys that people do you read them, almost everyone with a different amount of questions i would like to make a flash file in the flash…

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## [Can someone help me tighten up this code?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-someone-help-me-tighten-up-this-code/242521)

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**Author:** [@wildlettuce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wildlettuce)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-someone-help-me-tighten-up-this-code/242521 "2007-10-26T21:09:07Z")

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I am a newbie at this and this is the best site on the web for learning. So I hope someone can help me out. I am designing a set of instructions. Each instruction movie clip is in a different place on the stage. The…

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## [Make clickable movieclip un-clickable](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-clickable-movieclip-un-clickable/242520)

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**Author:** [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-clickable-movieclip-un-clickable/242520 "2007-10-26T21:04:24Z")

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I'm working on the card matching game from flashgameu, in which a deck of cards with pairs of identical cards are layed out face down and the player selects pairs in an attempt to match them. (Same project as in a post f…

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## [Editing a combo box](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-a-combo-box/242519)

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**Author:** [@Rubia\_mac\_com](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rubia_mac_com)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-a-combo-box/242519 "2007-10-26T20:44:33Z")

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Hi there, I’m trying to change the font and design on the combo box, anyone can help? Thanks \[smile\]

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## [I need some help with MC.createTextField](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-some-help-with-mc-createtextfield/242518)

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**Author:** [@Loof](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Loof)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-some-help-with-mc-createtextfield/242518 "2007-10-26T20:23:40Z")

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I'm working with a flash program that dynamically creates a user-specified amount of text fields in an MC using the createTextField function. However, it seems only one of the text fields will show up. I've done some t…

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## [Coordinate origin screwed up?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coordinate-origin-screwed-up/242516)

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**Author:** [@jiropole](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jiropole)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coordinate-origin-screwed-up/242516 "2007-10-26T20:17:04Z")

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Hi! I'm building a Flash preloader that I want to give away so anyone can use it to load any sized SWF. It's just an all-actionscript animation that shows in the center. The problem I'm having occurs when the movie d…

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## [Speed (flash 8)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/speed-flash-8/242509)

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**Author:** [@audioartist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/audioartist)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/speed-flash-8/242509 "2007-10-26T18:37:44Z")

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\[FONT='Trebuchet MS'\]Hi,\[/FONT\] \[FONT='Trebuchet MS'\]just wondering what the best way to control the speed of a movie is. I have a movie clip that is text scrolling from right to left and it needs to go slower so that i…

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## [lmc\_tween2.as missing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lmc-tween2-as-missing/242508)

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**Author:** [@lolomedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lolomedia)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lmc-tween2-as-missing/242508 "2007-10-26T18:37:25Z")

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do you have this class?.. can i have it please?... thank you.:hr:

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## [Help with delaying the appearance Hover captions by a few seconds](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-delaying-the-appearance-hover-captions-by-a-few-seconds/242502)

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**Author:** [@ltdesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ltdesign)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-delaying-the-appearance-hover-captions-by-a-few-seconds/242502 "2007-10-26T16:52:23Z")

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I have used the tutorial for Hover captions found here: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/hover\_captions.htm and I have searched the forum but can't find an answer to my specific question. I'd like to have the c…

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## [Converting Flash 5 to Actionscript 2.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-flash-5-to-actionscript-2-0/242499)

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**Author:** [@desmondo\_99uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/desmondo_99uk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-flash-5-to-actionscript-2-0/242499 "2007-10-26T16:13:53Z")

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I need to update a project by converting the following code from Flash 5 to Actionscript 2.0 Any help would be greatly appreciated. on (press) { startDrag("", false, 0, 0, 835, 0); /\*width of dragable area\*/ te…

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## [Reload AS from within movie?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reload-as-from-within-movie/242498)

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**Author:** [@htempest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/htempest)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reload-as-from-within-movie/242498 "2007-10-26T16:02:08Z")

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Hi there, I am more an animator than a scripter but have scripted an effect on a banner I am working on which looks lovely...1st time round however when the animations loop back to beginning the AS is not reloading...w…

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## [What is a superclass?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-superclass/242496)

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**Author:** [@outdoors](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/outdoors)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-superclass/242496 "2007-10-26T15:41:12Z")

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During some other research i found superclass. Suprisingly i cant find any noob information about it. What is it, what does it do and how do i use it?

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## [Taking screenshot automatically](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/taking-screenshot-automatically/242485)

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**Author:** [@ZaHeR1988](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ZaHeR1988)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/taking-screenshot-automatically/242485 "2007-10-26T13:32:28Z")

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I'd like to know if there is any script we can use in a flash movie that will take screenshots of the current screen of the machine being loaded on and saves them to disk. thank you

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## [Parsing xml based on attributes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-xml-based-on-attributes/242484)

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**Author:** [@Qujo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Qujo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-xml-based-on-attributes/242484 "2007-10-26T13:30:55Z")

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Hello world! My question is - is it possible to parse node values based on their attribute value. To clearify: -----XML---- \<content\> \<page name="10"\> \<heading\>Heading 10\</heading\> …

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## [URL length/loadVars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-length-loadvars/242483)

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**Author:** [@Nevo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nevo)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-length-loadvars/242483 "2007-10-26T13:30:11Z")

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Seems a simple answer to find but it don't want to be found \[smile\] What's the max chars you can have in a URL? Sending a lot of data with loadVars and scared I'll hit the cap (if it exsits):\*(:tired: Thanks \[smile\]

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## [Timer for Minutes/Seconds Independent of the FrameRate](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-for-minutes-seconds-independent-of-the-framerate/242482)

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**Author:** [@ChromeDemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChromeDemon)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-for-minutes-seconds-independent-of-the-framerate/242482 "2007-10-26T13:06:06Z")

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Howdy folks, maybe sumone can help me out ... I need an Timer which starts counting on Buttonpress in secs:millisecs ... But independent from the Framerate (my movie has to run by 30 FPS) maybe sumone has a codesnipp…

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## [Arrays of movieClips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-of-movieclips/242478)

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**Author:** [@daffy\_dowden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daffy_dowden)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-of-movieclips/242478 "2007-10-26T12:16:57Z")

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I'm trying to create something (which has probably been created a 1000 times before) that will fade in and out a series of images. I load the images into my movie and then I want to make some action script to loop throug…

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## [Flv inside movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-inside-movieclip/242477)

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**Author:** [@trx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-inside-movieclip/242477 "2007-10-26T12:03:04Z")

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Why on earth won't my flv play from inside a movieclip; on frame 2; container = this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder\_mc",5); container.attachMovie("mc\_3","movie\_mc",6); stop(); inside mc\_3 is 1 frame with a flv playba…

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## [Photo Slideshow Using XML and Flash - Hide preloader?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash-hide-preloader/242476)

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**Author:** [@hondo311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hondo311)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash-hide-preloader/242476 "2007-10-26T11:50:20Z")

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Sorry if I posted in 2 places, not sure where this belongs. I'm using Kirupa's "Photo Slideshow Using XML and Flash" found here: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_slideshow.htm I understand that each image p…

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## [Photo Slideshow Using XML and Flash - Hide the preloader?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash-hide-the-preloader/242475)

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**Author:** [@hondo311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hondo311)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash-hide-the-preloader/242475 "2007-10-26T11:48:47Z")

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Hi, I'm using Kirupa's "Photo Slideshow Using XML and Flash" found here: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_slideshow.htm I understand that each image pre-loads individually the first time the .swf is loaded (u…

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## [Eventlistener to sprite in loop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener-to-sprite-in-loop/242472)

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**Author:** [@Ancide](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ancide)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener-to-sprite-in-loop/242472 "2007-10-26T10:27:43Z")

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Ok, I have a loop which loops out 10 empty movie clips and then adds 10 sprites inside those movieclips. What I want to do is to change the alpha of the sprite I hover. But since I can't add eventlistener to the sprit…

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## [Orbital Radius](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/orbital-radius/242471)

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**Author:** [@robdarkplace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/robdarkplace)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/orbital-radius/242471 "2007-10-26T10:27:33Z")

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If i am using actionscript to code (Flash MX 2004) for a circular motion path, and i want to change the radius over a set period of time, how would i do this? I am using this code from a Kirupa circular movement tutori…

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## [Newsletter (fla+php) with autoresponder](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newsletter-fla-php-with-autoresponder/242463)

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**Author:** [@mika1976](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mika1976)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newsletter-fla-php-with-autoresponder/242463 "2007-10-26T07:37:24Z")

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hi folks, i've created a newsletter sign up field with php and an autoresponder .txt file... unfortunately there's something wrong... ichecked the tutorial on this site, but didn't find the mistake... is anybody familiar…

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