# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1268 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1269 --- ## [Variation of iKim's thumbnail gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variation-of-ikims-thumbnail-gallery/234800)
**Author:** [@mazzamuz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mazzamuz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variation-of-ikims-thumbnail-gallery/234800 "2007-08-06T09:57:17Z")
Hi Kirupa... loving the ideas in this thread... iths the xml photo thumbnail gallery with modifications by ikim. im not really replying to anyone and as there is no simalar train of thought i am starting another thre… --- ## [Help to a menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-to-a-menu/234797)
**Author:** [@madsburcharth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/madsburcharth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-to-a-menu/234797 "2007-08-06T09:37:36Z")
Hi guys \[smirk\] I’m having some problems with a menu. When I move my mouse over a sub menu stage, the yellow bar should not disappear, but run it’s animation like it does when I’m just holding the mouse over the top m… --- ## [Obtaining instance name without \_stage location?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/obtaining-instance-name-without--stage-location/234795)
**Author:** [@kingscooty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kingscooty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/obtaining-instance-name-without--stage-location/234795 "2007-08-06T09:28:47Z")
Oki, i'm generating a few movieclip functions from an array that relate to an mc that's on the stage. However, in the mc.onRelease function, i can't seem to get the \_root.filename = \*\*\* .txt to match the name of said mc … --- ## [Crop movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crop-movieclip/234793)
**Author:** [@thor918](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thor918)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crop-movieclip/234793 "2007-08-06T08:56:03Z")
Okey. the title is not as describing as it should be. What I want to do now is to "crop" a movieclip that has several moviclips placed inside.. Meaning I want to move all moviclips so that their placed up in the corner o… --- ## [Path direct](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-direct/234790)
**Author:** [@youwh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youwh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-direct/234790 "2007-08-06T07:12:16Z")
I'm trying to create a floor plan thing, where by when you click on 1 of the button, it will direct you to the points you selected. Lets say if I have point A-D, and between those points, some i might need to select wh… --- ## [Scale down a movieclip and takting care of proprotions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scale-down-a-movieclip-and-takting-care-of-proprotions/234789)
**Author:** [@thor918](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thor918)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scale-down-a-movieclip-and-takting-care-of-proprotions/234789 "2007-08-06T07:09:34Z")
okey title should say: \[frowning\] "Scale down a movieclip and taking care of proprotions" Hi there. do anyone have a nice code that will scale down a moviclip to no bigger than width=500px and height=400px (proproti… --- ## [180 degree panorama in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/180-degree-panorama-in-flash/234788)
**Author:** [@mailverma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mailverma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/180-degree-panorama-in-flash/234788 "2007-08-06T07:04:28Z")
Hi, I have very good flash file for 360 panoroma. But my need is to convert this 360 panorama into 180 degress panoroma. The image should stop spinning when it reaches its boundiries in left or right. Can anyone help… --- ## [Event Broadcasting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-broadcasting/234786)
**Author:** [@glidealong](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glidealong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-broadcasting/234786 "2007-08-06T06:46:30Z")
Is it possible to broadcast an Event across the entire UI tree? The scenario is implementing themability for a UI tree with lots of branches and nodes. Currently I am implementing the same with a preorder iteration of t… --- ## [Broadcasting an Event](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadcasting-an-event/234785)
**Author:** [@glidealong](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glidealong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadcasting-an-event/234785 "2007-08-06T06:46:00Z")
Is it possible to broadcast an Event across the entire UI tree? The scenario is implementing themability for a UI tree with lots of branches and nodes. Currently I am implementing the same with a preorder iteration of t… --- ## [Open a Microsoft Excel or Word using flash which is published as HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-a-microsoft-excel-or-word-using-flash-which-is-published-as-html/234784)
**Author:** [@Thanigaivel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thanigaivel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-a-microsoft-excel-or-word-using-flash-which-is-published-as-html/234784 "2007-08-06T06:35:34Z")
Hi All How can i open a Microsoft Excel or Word using flash which is published as HTML, We have way to open these when Flash Stand alone EXE. Can any one suggest me... Thanks in advance for your suggestion. Thanig… --- ## [Flash CS3 and PHP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-and-php/234781)
**Author:** [@thumbslinger](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thumbslinger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-and-php/234781 "2007-08-06T04:19:12Z")
When submitting form data from Flash to a php script, the playhead doesn't stop on frame 2 as it should. The php code I'm using for this test is: Code: \ **Author:** [@bzouchir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bzouchir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-loader-class/234773 "2007-08-06T02:29:58Z") Hi everyone, I'm just trying to write an XMLLoader class, that I can use over and over, and passing a string of the xml url to load. the XMLLoader class is: package classes { import flash.display.Sprite; import … --- ## [Random Jumping and then play next frame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-jumping-and-then-play-next-frame/234771)
**Author:** [@4lex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/4lex)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-jumping-and-then-play-next-frame/234771 "2007-08-06T02:04:00Z")
Hello guys, I've watched this Random Jumping video tutorial and it's a very easy to understand tutorial, I loved it. I was wondering if I can make it go to the next frame and play when the user rolls over or click t… --- ## [Targeting Buttons In A For Loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-buttons-in-a-for-loop/234764)
**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-buttons-in-a-for-loop/234764 "2007-08-05T23:57:58Z")
Hi all... I had the following script which worked fine for my buttons which were sitting on the stage and are called 'btn1', 'btn2', etc... However I wanted to animate all the buttons so have put them all into a movie cl… --- ## [Determine width of image imported](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-width-of-image-imported/234763)
**Author:** [@artcoder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/artcoder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-width-of-image-imported/234763 "2007-08-05T23:55:15Z")
I'm using loadMovie to load a JPG to a MovieClip. As in ... loadMovie("c:\\myimage.jpg", imageholder\_mc); What is the actionscript to determine the pixel width of the image loaded. --- ## [Issues targeting Movie clip names through an array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issues-targeting-movie-clip-names-through-an-array/234762)
**Author:** [@bradleykal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bradleykal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issues-targeting-movie-clip-names-through-an-array/234762 "2007-08-05T23:47:16Z")
HELP! this is driving me crazy.... I'm simply trying to target an array of movie clip instances, but cannot seem to get it right. The names placed directly on the root work, but not the ones that are placed inside a sepa… --- ## [Full Browser and Resolution question?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-browser-and-resolution-question/234760)
**Author:** [@Joker69](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Joker69)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-browser-and-resolution-question/234760 "2007-08-05T23:18:23Z")
I've created a Flash site, and it fills the entire browser great, and looks perfect on 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768. However, a lot of the people that are viewing it, have viewed it with much higher resolutions, such as 160… --- ## [Image Loading Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-loading-problem/234759)
**Author:** [@riveroaks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/riveroaks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-loading-problem/234759 "2007-08-05T21:58:25Z")
I'm using (this.image.getBytesLoaded() == this.image.getBytesTotal())&&(this.image.getBytesTotal() \> 0) to figure out when a JPEG has finished loading into my empty movie clip called "image" That conditional is e… --- ## [Kirupa PhotoGallery using XML tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-photogallery-using-xml-tutorial/234756)
**Author:** [@urbanhumor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/urbanhumor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-photogallery-using-xml-tutorial/234756 "2007-08-05T21:39:37Z")
Hi, I'm trying to customize a few things from the Kirupa Photogallery using XML tutorial. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm \*\* Two questions:\*\* 1) I wanna tweak this code so if you hit… --- ## ["Setup already running" error](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setup-already-running-error/234754)
**Author:** [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setup-already-running-error/234754 "2007-08-05T21:13:05Z")
I was installing PS and I mightve clicked the setup file for Flash at the same time, but I went ahead and let PS install before Flash. Now when I try to run Flash setup, it gives me a "Setup already running" error...anyo… --- ## [ASP vs PHP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-vs-php/234749)
**Author:** [@craig\_clayton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/craig_clayton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-vs-php/234749 "2007-08-05T19:00:45Z")
Ok here is my problem I want to be able to pull my swf files from a database instead of a from a folder but what i have found so far is that only asp does this kind of feature. Maybe I have it wrong but I want to build … --- ## [Finding dimensions of screen height/width in full screen?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-dimensions-of-screen-height-width-in-full-screen/234746)
**Author:** [@Flash\_Matic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flash_Matic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-dimensions-of-screen-height-width-in-full-screen/234746 "2007-08-05T18:15:58Z")
Figured it out - \[dog\] --- ## [Flex: ComboBox value -\> ViewStack id=](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-combobox-value-viewstack-id/234744)
**Author:** [@skram](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skram)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-combobox-value-viewstack-id/234744 "2007-08-05T17:46:51Z")
My goal is to not have to use a switch statement.. and therefore be as dynamic as possible... \[Bindable\] private var models:Array = \["tasks","users","bugs"\]; public function changeViewStackModel():void { //this.mo… --- ## [Full browser movie, but use browser scrollbar when needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-browser-movie-but-use-browser-scrollbar-when-needed/234741)
**Author:** [@geoken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geoken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-browser-movie-but-use-browser-scrollbar-when-needed/234741 "2007-08-05T17:10:34Z")
Is there any way to make a full browser swf that, at a certain point, stops scaling to the stage and allows the browser to use it's native scrollbars? For example, say my flash site has a top bar (it's y is always 0) a… --- ## [HELP : Problems with conditions?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problems-with-conditions/234740)
**Author:** [@BUroKHUli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BUroKHUli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problems-with-conditions/234740 "2007-08-05T16:15:43Z")
Hello, I learned a few AS a week ago which involves variables, but this one I have in mind is too much for my little knowledge I guess. In this example: http://www.allanrestauro.com/downloads/public/interface.swf I… --- ## [Loading swf movie one after another in order](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-movie-one-after-another-in-order/234739)
**Author:** [@worke](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/worke)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-movie-one-after-another-in-order/234739 "2007-08-05T14:55:55Z")
Hi guys, Please I have been searching for this answer but without any luck. Now, the problem is... I have one main stage in Flash 8 where I am loading different swf's into a main movie clip. And since some of swf's a… --- ## [Does static private var result in faster performance compared to just private var?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-static-private-var-result-in-faster-performance-compared-to-just-private-var/234737)
**Author:** [@Glidias](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Glidias)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-static-private-var-result-in-faster-performance-compared-to-just-private-var/234737 "2007-08-05T14:21:55Z")
I may not have been paying attention in Java class. But I know static uses less memory. The thing is: I only have 1 instance of this particular Class on the stage. So, does adding static really make any difference in m… --- ## [Is it faster to iterate through BitmapData compared to Array?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-faster-to-iterate-through-bitmapdata-compared-to-array/234732)
**Author:** [@Glidias](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Glidias)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-faster-to-iterate-through-bitmapdata-compared-to-array/234732 "2007-08-05T13:50:05Z")
well, what do you think? Is it faster to iterate through BitmapData's width and height to gather values as compared to iterating through an Array and getting array\* which links to some ClassObject? In the sense, rath… --- ## [Flash 8 - random array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-random-array/234723)
**Author:** [@kekekiko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kekekiko)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-random-array/234723 "2007-08-05T08:59:47Z")
Hoping someone can help as there is probably an easy solution...:crazy: I am trying to create a random question generator that will see each question only come up once. I would like the question to appear on a button … --- ## [Socket policy file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/socket-policy-file/234721)
**Author:** [@mad\_man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mad_man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/socket-policy-file/234721 "2007-08-05T06:12:37Z")
hello, I ahve written a java socket server to connect my flash clients to. I have my java server send my policy file: \\\ whenever… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1267) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1269)