# flash

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## [attachMovieClip in functions?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip-in-functions/234211)

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**Author:** [@ArmoredSandwich](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArmoredSandwich)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip-in-functions/234211 "2007-07-31T13:41:12Z")

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Hey all! Im sorry to start on this forum with.. well a terrible question I suppose. Ive been messing around with actionscript for a while now and ive been able to find out most of my problems on my own. This one mak…

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## [Determine page URL from Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-page-url-from-flash/234209)

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**Author:** [@Armored](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Armored)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-page-url-from-flash/234209 "2007-07-31T13:20:00Z")

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Hi, I know that it is possible to pass the page URL to a Flash movie using either a query string or FlashVars but I was wandering whether there is a method for Flash to determine the page URL by itself? I do not have t…

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## [Scrollpane Component Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-component-problem/234208)

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**Author:** [@apolyak](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/apolyak)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-component-problem/234208 "2007-07-31T13:16:24Z")

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Hey, I'm making a website that has a scrollpane as an Iframe to put things in that are scrollable (the entire site is flash). One problem that I have is that: the text scrolls but it appears to be on the outside of the…

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## [Custom UI Inspector](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-ui-inspector/234206)

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**Author:** [@tecknoize](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tecknoize)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-ui-inspector/234206 "2007-07-31T13:10:50Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to create a Custom UI for one of our component. I've found that you could access a component's parameters by jsfl using \*fl.getDocumentDOM().selection\[0\].parameters\[0\].value = yourValue; \* This works great…

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## [Loading (scrollable) External Text in Empty MC?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-scrollable-external-text-in-empty-mc/234204)

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**Author:** [@youngloopy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youngloopy)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-scrollable-external-text-in-empty-mc/234204 "2007-07-31T12:47:04Z")

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I think this is either extremely easy and I just can't figure it out or is very strange cause I can't find any help with it on my own so here goes. All I need is to load external text (no problem) but I need it to load i…

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## [Array animation loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-animation-loop/234202)

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**Author:** [@James001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/James001)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-animation-loop/234202 "2007-07-31T12:32:05Z")

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Hello everybody, I'm a bit stuck but think this should be a fairly easy problem to fix. I have arranged some movieclip instances on the stage (\_root) at author-time and would like to hold them in an array. I can't seem t…

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## [AS Form / validation help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-form-validation-help/234200)

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**Author:** [@papalazarou78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/papalazarou78)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-form-validation-help/234200 "2007-07-31T12:29:53Z")

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Hi I have a form in flash with Combo Boxes and Input texts (compontents). Below is the relevant part of the script. The bit I'm having problems with is the validating number part. When you enter an invalid ID number …

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## [Question about video possibilities!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-video-possibilities/234196)

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**Author:** [@wafze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wafze)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-video-possibilities/234196 "2007-07-31T12:23:50Z")

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Hi guys and girls, im currently working on a new website and i would like to include some video footage in the header of this flash website! What would be the best approach to do this! Cause i know videofiles can get …

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## [Building your first AIR application with Flex - Video Tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/building-your-first-air-application-with-flex-video-tutorial/234195)

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**Author:** [@mjorge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mjorge)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/building-your-first-air-application-with-flex-video-tutorial/234195 "2007-07-31T12:18:58Z")

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http://www.beedigital.net/blog/?p=1084

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## [HTML textfield shows my html tags?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-textfield-shows-my-html-tags/234193)

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**Author:** [@verbruggher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/verbruggher)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-textfield-shows-my-html-tags/234193 "2007-07-31T11:54:47Z")

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My html properties of my textfield are set on true and STILL he shows all my html tags? (property is set with actionscript AND in properties panel) The XML with the html content looks like this: =======================…

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## [XML based menu by Senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-based-menu-by-senocular/234190)

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**Author:** [@ChrisTheGrigg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChrisTheGrigg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-based-menu-by-senocular/234190 "2007-07-31T11:26:12Z")

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Hi, I hope someone can help as I am stumped. I followed the XML based menu by senocular a long time ago and modified it to display a title when the sub menu is chosen simply a movie with an image of a menu button in i…

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## [Crazy XML video effect - what's going wrong?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crazy-xml-video-effect-whats-going-wrong/234186)

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**Author:** [@AgentOrange](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AgentOrange)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crazy-xml-video-effect-whats-going-wrong/234186 "2007-07-31T10:35:57Z")

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Hi all, I've managed to follow the XML slide-show tutorial and (thanks to a thread on this forum) added a nice little border re-size to it but now I'm stuck again. I'm trying to load an .swf (containing an .flv) using t…

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## [Changing Player Menus - Possible or not?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-player-menus-possible-or-not/234185)

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**Author:** [@iceflyin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iceflyin)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-player-menus-possible-or-not/234185 "2007-07-31T10:32:13Z")

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When you right click a html text link in a text field, it gives you three options. Open, Open in New Window, and Copy Link. Is it possible to make "Open in New Window" the Default, and remove Open?

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## [Full Browser images with XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-browser-images-with-xml/234184)

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**Author:** [@Crasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Crasher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/full-browser-images-with-xml/234184 "2007-07-31T10:32:04Z")

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Hi People I want want to create a gallery where the images fill up the entire Browser window. Here is what I got so far Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"; Stage.align = "TL"; import flash.display.\*; stop(); var sl:Object…

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## [Why's this not working?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whys-this-not-working/234183)

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**Author:** [@sean1983uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sean1983uk)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whys-this-not-working/234183 "2007-07-31T10:21:51Z")

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I'm loading images from an array using the following code on a movieclup button. Trying to assign a preloader to it but its not working!! I know i'm missing something simple! loadedImage.loadMovie(images\[0\]); …

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## [FocusEvent in input textField](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/focusevent-in-input-textfield/234181)

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**Author:** [@sger\_error](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sger_error)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/focusevent-in-input-textfield/234181 "2007-07-31T09:51:45Z")

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textField.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS\_IN, onFocusIn); textField.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS\_OUT, onFocusOut); private function onFocusIn(event:FocusEvent):void{ if(textField.text == event.target.text){ …

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## [How to create movieclips using a loop, and then start drag and drop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-movieclips-using-a-loop-and-then-start-drag-and-drop/234179)

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**Author:** [@Mippzon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mippzon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-movieclips-using-a-loop-and-then-start-drag-and-drop/234179 "2007-07-31T08:46:59Z")

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Hey! Can anyone help me? Having some trouble here, but I guess it's just a simple problem. However, I want to create some instances of a movieclip thats in my library. for (var i = 0; i\<3; i++) { this.attachMovi…

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## [Dynamically adding actionscript to a movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-adding-actionscript-to-a-movie-clip/234175)

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**Author:** [@four4swords](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/four4swords)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-adding-actionscript-to-a-movie-clip/234175 "2007-07-31T07:37:23Z")

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hey, Well.. I have this movieclip.. and i've attached it to the stage with this.. \_root.attachMovie("Item", "Item", 0, 0); How do i go about adding some actionscript to this? the actionscript i wanna add is prett…

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## [HELP! trying to make flash 5 AS code work in flash 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-make-flash-5-as-code-work-in-flash-8/234172)

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**Author:** [@matthewdaniels](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewdaniels)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-make-flash-5-as-code-work-in-flash-8/234172 "2007-07-31T07:16:09Z")

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hey guys, I have a menu bar slider that was created in flash 5 - but of course once I bring into flash 8 the action script ceases to work correctly. its probably very quick fix, but im a bit lost here, tried everythi…

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## [Problem With Sending Variables to PHP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-sending-variables-to-php/234170)

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**Author:** [@Saddu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Saddu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-sending-variables-to-php/234170 "2007-07-31T06:48:45Z")

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Hi all, Am sending a variable to PHP using the getURL method , this method is giving the variable to PHP but the problem is its opening the PHP file , i want to send variable to PHP and want to continue the playing of …

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## [Combining DHTML with flsh](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combining-dhtml-with-flsh/234166)

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**Author:** [@irreprehensible](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/irreprehensible)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combining-dhtml-with-flsh/234166 "2007-07-31T06:05:45Z")

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Hi, The tutorial here: Combining DHTML with flash Does not work on Firefox, I'm sure thre must be a work-around since this stuff is old. Please tell me. Thanx

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## [Good books / references on actionscript?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-books-references-on-actionscript/234165)

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**Author:** [@digitalmatt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digitalmatt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-books-references-on-actionscript/234165 "2007-07-31T06:05:02Z")

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Hey, folks. I want to start fine tuning my flash skills, more specifically my actionscript skills. I know very basic actionscript and I'd like a good book that will take me from beginner into intermediate levels. Someth…

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## [Timeline Button Instance - addEventListener scoping problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-button-instance-addeventlistener-scoping-problem/234164)

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**Author:** [@bzouchir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bzouchir)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-button-instance-addeventlistener-scoping-problem/234164 "2007-07-31T05:49:46Z")

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Hi everyone, just a small problem I encountered and would be great if we can get a good explanation on why this is happening. I have: a button: btn inside a movie clip: mc the btn is animated on the mc timeline. …

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## [How to create a Panorama Flash using mouse drag?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-panorama-flash-using-mouse-drag/234162)

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**Author:** [@sito](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sito)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-panorama-flash-using-mouse-drag/234162 "2007-07-31T05:13:55Z")

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Hi All, I trying to create a 180 degrees Panorama Flash clip but unable to control it using mouse drag. Can anyone help me on that? Anyone has any sample or tutorial flash file that i can refer to? Thanks.

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## [Opening Flash links into HTML frames](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-flash-links-into-html-frames/234158)

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**Author:** [@Calbretto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Calbretto)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-flash-links-into-html-frames/234158 "2007-07-31T04:46:50Z")

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Hello Everyone. I am trying to create a Flash menu for my site that opens into an HTML frame. I have checked online to try and see how to get it to work, but nothing is working. I have my action script set to open t…

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## [hitTest not working with embedded target? Help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-not-working-with-embedded-target-help/234157)

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**Author:** [@Head\_In\_A\_Pan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Head_In_A_Pan)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-not-working-with-embedded-target-help/234157 "2007-07-31T04:28:20Z")

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Heya! I'm trying to make my first game - but having a little trouble with the hitTest. I can trace a collision by merely putting my target on the stage and dropping my 'weight' on it (Loony Tunes Style!) But when I…

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## [Flash 8 button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-button/234150)

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**Author:** [@Feathalion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Feathalion)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-button/234150 "2007-07-31T01:50:41Z")

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Hi, well if anyone can help me a million thanks! Ok, so basically when you create a button and customize it blahblahblah...in the over state (or when you click it) if you want like a movie/animation to play you have to…

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## [How to download a PDF file from a Flash site?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-a-pdf-file-from-a-flash-site/234144)

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**Author:** [@chrisjum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisjum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-download-a-pdf-file-from-a-flash-site/234144 "2007-07-30T22:57:49Z")

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Ok so my site is entirely made using Flash and I have a simple question here... I have a PDF containing some instructions for a product of mine that I want customers to be able to download. How do I make it so when you…

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## [Another slideshow thread - not been asked, I promise!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-slideshow-thread-not-been-asked-i-promise/234141)

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**Author:** [@Ransom1337](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ransom1337)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-slideshow-thread-not-been-asked-i-promise/234141 "2007-07-30T22:01:10Z")

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Hello, I am using the Photo Slideshow that is so popular on these boards. However, I am removing the buttons and picture title, and I'd just like the photos to automatically cycle through six pictures in order, then ba…

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## [textField\_txt.scroll += 1 someone?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-txt-scroll-1-someone/234139)

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**Author:** [@arturo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arturo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-txt-scroll-1-someone/234139 "2007-07-30T21:31:38Z")

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Hi there guys, I'm wondering if it's possible to have a continuous scroll with this AS: Now the scroll works per click, one line per click, but I want to have the button pressed and the thing scrolling, using this scri…

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