# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1208 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1209 --- ## [Variable Array Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-array-question/240256)
**Author:** [@ginowhitaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ginowhitaker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-array-question/240256 "2007-10-01T12:54:50Z")
I'm having trouble understanding why my i variable in the script below doesn't carry through to the "mySubMenus\*.alphaTo (100,1);" line. When I trace, it returns a value of 3, but it's working for myButtons\*. There mu… --- ## [Adding Thumbnails kirupa gallery with smoothing?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnails-kirupa-gallery-with-smoothing/240255)
**Author:** [@drivebass](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drivebass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnails-kirupa-gallery-with-smoothing/240255 "2007-10-01T12:50:43Z")
Hello there. I;m not that much experienced in Actionscript. I made a xml gallery using kirupa's xml gallery tutorial and then i added thumbnails. It all works fine. But i have one big problem. Although i managed to have … --- ## [Error #2078](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-2078/240254)
**Author:** [@kkos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kkos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-2078/240254 "2007-10-01T12:50:22Z")
Hi. say, i create an instance of a "Box" library asset. This Box is a movieclip with a nested movieclip inside it.: var myBox= new Box(); this.addChild(myBox); Then i give it a name: this.myBox.name ="Box"; No … --- ## [CS3 two-computer activation limit a fiasco](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-two-computer-activation-limit-a-fiasco/240252)
**Author:** [@benkyoto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benkyoto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-two-computer-activation-limit-a-fiasco/240252 "2007-10-01T12:08:22Z")
As described in this Adobe FAQ, \[URL="http://www.adobe.com/products/activation/"\] http://www.adobe.com/products/activation/ a user has the right to install and activate CS3 products in two machines at any given time, p… --- ## [AS3 Equivalent of an initialization object as used by AttachMovie in AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-equivalent-of-an-initialization-object-as-used-by-attachmovie-in-as2/240251)
**Author:** [@curiousCat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/curiousCat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-equivalent-of-an-initialization-object-as-used-by-attachmovie-in-as2/240251 "2007-10-01T12:07:23Z")
Hey everyone, I'm converting from AS2 to AS3 and have a sore head to prove it! In a previous project I had a simple game which positions a movieclip (FlyingBox) randomly on the stage 10 times, animates it with onEnterFra… --- ## [Apple loader? Anyone know of a similar one?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apple-loader-anyone-know-of-a-similar-one/240249)
**Author:** [@davelaruedrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davelaruedrum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apple-loader-anyone-know-of-a-similar-one/240249 "2007-10-01T11:40:12Z")
Hi, Anyone have an apple (mac) style preloader, or know of a tutorial to make one? They are way cool \[smile\] Cheers, Dave --- ## [Tile Based Game Depth Sorting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-based-game-depth-sorting/240248)
**Author:** [@Fydus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fydus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-based-game-depth-sorting/240248 "2007-10-01T11:15:03Z")
Hey, I've been playing around with ActionScript 3. They have a new way of placing clips onto the stage, "addChild(clip)," which automatically places the clip onto the stage with it's own depth. So here's my problem, when… --- ## [Wrapper Preloader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wrapper-preloader/240245)
**Author:** [@ff45t1z](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ff45t1z)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wrapper-preloader/240245 "2007-10-01T10:44:22Z")
Currently I'm teaching myself how to best create 'All flash' websites, I've been looking through the web trying to find out the best way to create preloaders in AS3, from which I've found a few different methods. Due to … --- ## [Setting time in flash 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-time-in-flash-8/240244)
**Author:** [@dep\_202](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dep_202)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-time-in-flash-8/240244 "2007-10-01T10:36:42Z")
Hello I have prepared a kind of question answer thing in flash. If we click on one question it will go to the answer page, what i want is after 10 seconds it should automatically come back to the qusetions page again,… --- ## [Vista and OSX CS3 trouble](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vista-and-osx-cs3-trouble/240241)
**Author:** [@killahert](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/killahert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vista-and-osx-cs3-trouble/240241 "2007-10-01T09:57:32Z")
hi I am experiencing weird problem with my project files, the entire project was created in Vista using CS3 but now this project is being edited in OS X CS3 and for some reason OS X has a hard time importing mc\_tween.as … --- ## [Question regarding sound (AS2)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-regarding-sound-as2/240240)
**Author:** [@stii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-regarding-sound-as2/240240 "2007-10-01T09:51:44Z")
:bucktooth: Hi there, I am currently doing an installation involving sound detection with microphone. so i’m wondering whether is it possible for me to receive data from the microphone but not transmitting the sound o… --- ## [Flash Scrollbar for use in a HTML site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-scrollbar-for-use-in-a-html-site/240239)
**Author:** [@jonnyby\_007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jonnyby_007)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-scrollbar-for-use-in-a-html-site/240239 "2007-10-01T09:45:05Z")
Hi, we have been asked to use a custom scrollbar on a html website we are currently constructing. Is it possible to make a flash scrollbar which can be imported to Dreamweaver which scrolls the html text? If so, are th… --- ## [Adding a child of a custom class?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-child-of-a-custom-class/240236)
**Author:** [@benkyoto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benkyoto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-child-of-a-custom-class/240236 "2007-10-01T08:47:32Z")
Hope there is someone here kind and knowledgable enough to help me out with this. I have a gallery that has several predetermined categories, each on with a button. The buttons are named with the "bt"+(gallery name) co… --- ## [N-Serier view all product effects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/n-serier-view-all-product-effects/240233)
**Author:** [@aniravla](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aniravla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/n-serier-view-all-product-effects/240233 "2007-10-01T08:07:57Z")
HI; Any body knows any tutorial for this effect, probably, picture loading thru xml. http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,gateway --- ## [My Flash XML gallery wont display in Firefox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-flash-xml-gallery-wont-display-in-firefox/240231)
**Author:** [@Aspirant](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aspirant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-flash-xml-gallery-wont-display-in-firefox/240231 "2007-10-01T07:40:42Z")
Good day, I'm a newbie here. Anyway, Im having this problem with the firefox browser... I made a full flash site that contains a gallery ( xml ) and it works fine in I.E.. however, in firefox, the images in the gallery w… --- ## [Flash file only displays in Firefox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-only-displays-in-firefox/240230)
**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-only-displays-in-firefox/240230 "2007-10-01T07:08:15Z")
EDIT: PROBLEM SOLVED. Someone please delete this post. --- ## [Need help with buttons inside a MC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-buttons-inside-a-mc/240226)
**Author:** [@pimsme](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pimsme)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-buttons-inside-a-mc/240226 "2007-10-01T04:21:03Z")
I have very little understanding about AS, but i am trying to learn. I have 2 issues one is that i have buttons inside a MC and i am not able to interact with them because the MC is a rollover so the whole window that op… --- ## [Rofl?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rofl/240220)
**Author:** [@Qued](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Qued)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rofl/240220 "2007-10-01T02:37:28Z")
So I make a button, and I go to add a simple on(release) { gotoAndPlay(2); } action but I cannot add anything all it says is 'Current selection cannot have actions applied to it.' whats up with that? --- ## [Button Question, Button outside of clip disabled](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-question-button-outside-of-clip-disabled/240217)
**Author:** [@ST\_lt\_M](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ST_lt_M)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-question-button-outside-of-clip-disabled/240217 "2007-10-01T01:47:15Z")
on (release) { 1\_btn.enabled = false; 2\_btn.enabled = true; 3\_btn.enabled = true; 4\_btn.enabled = true; 5\_btn.enabled = true; 6\_btn.enabled = true; gotoAndPlay("whatever"); } Button 6 is … --- ## [External Text "Quotes" Questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-quotes-questions/240215)
**Author:** [@briand5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/briand5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-quotes-questions/240215 "2007-10-01T00:53:14Z")
Hi, I am loading external text from a txt file into flash that has a few quote marks in it but for some reason flash will not display the quote marks and it messes up the text around the quote marks. I tried using the … --- ## [Flash Gallery Help - Transitions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-gallery-help-transitions/240211)
**Author:** [@smcglinn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smcglinn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-gallery-help-transitions/240211 "2007-10-01T00:26:42Z")
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm I've followed this tutorial. But i'd like to have the images come in differently. Possibly with some cool action scripted transition effect. Is there also a way t… --- ## [Simple Array variable question (hopefully)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-array-variable-question-hopefully/240209)
**Author:** [@ginowhitaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ginowhitaker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-array-variable-question-hopefully/240209 "2007-09-30T23:37:04Z")
I'm having trouble understanding why my i variable in this script doesn't carry through to the " mySubMenus\*.alphaTo (100,1);" line. When I trace it returns a value of 3, but it's working for myButtons\*. There must be a … --- ## [Calendar Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calendar-help/240208)
**Author:** [@rayzdabar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rayzdabar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calendar-help/240208 "2007-09-30T23:03:41Z")
I have a calendar file that I've downloaded. It works really well and just the way that I want except it was done in AS 1.0. I'm relatively new to flash and don't know how to convert this to AS 2.0. I'm using Flash CS… --- ## [AS 3 cutoms components help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-cutoms-components-help/240206)
**Author:** [@phpproblem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phpproblem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-cutoms-components-help/240206 "2007-09-30T22:29:41Z")
Don't want to waste any time, the Questions: 1. when building a custom component How do you allow users to use the component inspector to integrate custom images to skin components in AS2 & AS3? Looking for tutorials … --- ## [How do I import a swf into a flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-import-a-swf-into-a-flash/240199)
**Author:** [@tivaelydoc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tivaelydoc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-import-a-swf-into-a-flash/240199 "2007-09-30T19:38:52Z")
The original problem was that I couldn't use the preloader in my flash because if I uncheck "export to first frame" the sounds don't work. So I got the sounds to work and I made the preloader and the flash seperate. I … --- ## [Preloader and Transition for Dynamic Files problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-transition-for-dynamic-files-problem/240196)
**Author:** [@punstc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/punstc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-transition-for-dynamic-files-problem/240196 "2007-09-30T18:54:29Z")
This pertains to the Preloader and Transition for Dynamic Files tutorial here on kirupa. I've used this tutorial many times before but now for the first time i am using navigation that is inside a movie clip. instead of … --- ## [Issues with Navigating Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issues-with-navigating-menu/240195)
**Author:** [@Papa\_Nianda](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Papa_Nianda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issues-with-navigating-menu/240195 "2007-09-30T18:40:32Z")
\[FONT=Arial\]I am new to flash, and I'm learning how to create a navigation bar for our homecoming site at a University that I work for.. The problem is that I have created 3 links so far, and only two are working and th… --- ## [Can't cast event.target](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-cast-event-target/240194)
**Author:** [@Element9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Element9)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-cast-event-target/240194 "2007-09-30T18:38:06Z")
I'm writing a gallery and I have writen custom Tumbnail class that extends Sprite. Each tumbnail has an ID property so I can determine which one is clicked. I've added event listeners to all of them and in handler func… --- ## [TextArea Scrolling inversed!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-scrolling-inversed/240190)
**Author:** [@AJSimpson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AJSimpson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-scrolling-inversed/240190 "2007-09-30T18:09:46Z")
Hey guys, I want to make a mouse wheel scrollable textarea, but without the ability to select the text. So I'm having a dynamic text box, and this code: mouseListener = new Object(); mouseListener.onMouseWheel = … --- ## [XML and dynamic PHP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-dynamic-php/240188)
**Author:** [@Jimmeah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jimmeah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-dynamic-php/240188 "2007-09-30T16:47:08Z")
Hey everyone, I just started to use some more Flash for some interactive and dynamic solutions. Now I was using this tutorial for using xml into Flash. I got this working and all and start making a PHP script what woul… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1207) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1209)