# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1314 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1315 --- ## [Return MovieClip via Instance name](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-movieclip-via-instance-name/230811)
**Author:** [@denizengt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denizengt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-movieclip-via-instance-name/230811 "2007-06-29T02:45:18Z")
Is it possible to retrieve a movieclip from the timeline via it's instance name? I cannot find a function to do this in the livedocs.. Something like getMovieClip("happyChicken") or getMovieClip(i+1) returns a MovieCli… --- ## [NVM i need more help :(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nvm-i-need-more-help/230809)
**Author:** [@korki696](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/korki696)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nvm-i-need-more-help/230809 "2007-06-29T02:09:46Z")
ok so i was wondering with the flash email with php im using it for sort of a login but i was wondering if after they entered theyre name and it goes on to the next page is there a way to like save what they entered and … --- ## [Flash --Web Design help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-web-design-help/230807)
**Author:** [@creativ157](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creativ157)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-web-design-help/230807 "2007-06-29T01:59:47Z")
I'm new to flash and am trying to build a portfolio site. I am looking to do something similar to the portfolio page on this site www.jennyambrose.com Can anyone help or know where I can find a tutorial on how to do thi… --- ## [Problem with grouping variables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-grouping-variables/230804)
**Author:** [@Clinton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Clinton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-grouping-variables/230804 "2007-06-29T01:34:22Z")
Hi all Im guessing this is a really simple problem but can anyone help me with this issue. Basically i have a number of variables on stage labeled Q\_lvl\_1 through to 17. Basically what i want to do is to group these v… --- ## [FlippingBook \[yuck\] problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flippingbook-yuck-problems/230801)
**Author:** [@gl0tch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gl0tch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flippingbook-yuck-problems/230801 "2007-06-29T01:04:23Z")
I'm doing a site and they want to have a page flip interface for their portfolio. We chose the FlippingBook component as the best solution. I've built the book in such a way that each page is a SWF that is supposed to… --- ## [Stacking Movieclips/BringToFront. Help Please :)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stacking-movieclips-bringtofront-help-please/230799)
**Author:** [@denizengt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denizengt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stacking-movieclips-bringtofront-help-please/230799 "2007-06-29T00:56:23Z")
Hey all question time \[smile\] I have a simple interface which creates "windows" by attaching them at gradually increasing depths to the stage. Now say I click on one of these windows (I have a listener attached to e… --- ## [DuplicateMovieClip from stage?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-from-stage/230797)
**Author:** [@Guro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Guro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-from-stage/230797 "2007-06-29T00:31:28Z")
hi there guys, for first sorry for my english. i was looking for duplicateMovieClip() in AS3.0, i have readed many things about it but still cannot duplicate movie from stage. in CS3 i drawed something then converted… --- ## [FMS Image Capture from FLV](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fms-image-capture-from-flv/230796)
**Author:** [@stickaforkinit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stickaforkinit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fms-image-capture-from-flv/230796 "2007-06-29T00:29:17Z")
Hello, I am wondering how to approach this problem. I have a live webcam stream being pushed out from FMS and I am looking to create a timelapse by creating jpg images on the fly every 30 seconds or minute. I am as… --- ## [Old v.1 component - how to get working in 2?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/old-v-1-component-how-to-get-working-in-2/230795)
**Author:** [@Head\_In\_A\_Pan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Head_In_A_Pan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/old-v-1-component-how-to-get-working-in-2/230795 "2007-06-29T00:19:33Z")
I have an old 'sticky objects' component that works well when published to flash player 6 but falls over on player 8. Is there a way to tweak old components to get them working in recent versions? An example of this… --- ## [How can I Hyperlink the text from XML?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-hyperlink-the-text-from-xml/230794)
**Author:** [@Edon\_Muhaxheri](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Edon_Muhaxheri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-hyperlink-the-text-from-xml/230794 "2007-06-29T00:06:44Z")
Hi everyone, I created a table in flash that holds some informations in rows (something like: Date, Company, Article - per one row). All entries are made by one single XML file. My objective was to create a DOWNLOAD AR… --- ## [Flash form ASP script to Access DB](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-form-asp-script-to-access-db/230786)
**Author:** [@somnamblst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somnamblst)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-form-asp-script-to-access-db/230786 "2007-06-28T21:56:16Z")
Starting with this tute http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/forms\_database.htm I created a simple form that writes to a mdb file. Mostly input text, but I did want to use a pulldown with multiple choices as an… --- ## [How can I change the size of my scrollbar?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-size-of-my-scrollbar/230785)
**Author:** [@thomasvill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thomasvill)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-size-of-my-scrollbar/230785 "2007-06-28T21:55:47Z")
I've got a movie that is duplicating some movie clips vertically, they're all stacking up and I want to use the browsers scroll bar to match the length that its all totaled up to so i can tell it to scroll past the movie… --- ## [Having browser load SWF from server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-browser-load-swf-from-server/230784)
**Author:** [@esquivel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esquivel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-browser-load-swf-from-server/230784 "2007-06-28T21:36:57Z")
Hi guys, I've read in other threads about preventing the browser to cache the page. I have the main movie and several other SWFs that load inside it. I need to have them load from the server everytime and not from the … --- ## [\[AS2\] Can I assign mutiple flv's to a single group node in an xml playlist?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-can-i-assign-mutiple-flvs-to-a-single-group-node-in-an-xml-playlist/230781)
**Author:** [@bkelson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bkelson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-can-i-assign-mutiple-flvs-to-a-single-group-node-in-an-xml-playlist/230781 "2007-06-28T21:29:18Z")
Does anyone have some advice for me? I have been able to successfully build an xml video player that can play videos that all have a unique description attribute but I would like to have the user click on a title and it … --- ## [Interesting Scale Problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interesting-scale-problems/230778)
**Author:** [@jack\_dt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jack_dt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interesting-scale-problems/230778 "2007-06-28T21:09:38Z")
Heyo, so Dr. Amateur here with a question. I'm trying to make a cool navigation system but have been stuck on the same problem for the last few hours. Maybe one of you AS super geniuses can tell me what I'm doing wron… --- ## [Getting the total Duration of a Movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-total-duration-of-a-movie/230766)
**Author:** [@Ascendancy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ascendancy1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-total-duration-of-a-movie/230766 "2007-06-28T19:57:11Z")
I have a video object attached to my flash and I want to display a time readout of how far into the video has been played. I know I need a dynamic text field, but I cannot find any methods of the NetStream that gets the … --- ## [HELP with Flash 8 sliding menu tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flash-8-sliding-menu-tutorial/230764)
**Author:** [@cb\_rex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cb_rex)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flash-8-sliding-menu-tutorial/230764 "2007-06-28T19:42:58Z")
Hi there! I just finished the sliding menu tutorial and it's great but i am wanting to customize it and was wondering if any of you could help me. what I am trying to accomplish is having only 2 buttons, a forward an… --- ## [EMBEDDED FONTS AND DYNAMIC TEXTFIELDS - embedded fonts, css, xml, textfields, dynamic](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedded-fonts-and-dynamic-textfields-embedded-fonts-css-xml-textfields-dynamic/230763)
**Author:** [@erictomlinson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/erictomlinson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedded-fonts-and-dynamic-textfields-embedded-fonts-css-xml-textfields-dynamic/230763 "2007-06-28T19:31:12Z")
I'm dying here trying to figure this out for days. Here's the scenario: 1) External script.as file dynamically imported to loader.swf file that creates a textfield (createTextField) 2) Content for the text field should… --- ## [XMLConnector to DataSet to DataGrid. How do you control the schema and binding?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xmlconnector-to-dataset-to-datagrid-how-do-you-control-the-schema-and-binding/230762)
**Author:** [@SparseMatrix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SparseMatrix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xmlconnector-to-dataset-to-datagrid-how-do-you-control-the-schema-and-binding/230762 "2007-06-28T19:25:08Z")
Conider the tutorial from Macromedia, Data Integration: Using XML for a Timesheet (Flash Professional Only) which uses the XML file, \ \ \ **Author:** [@housailorr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/housailorr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-convert-a-read-only-property-to-a-number/230757 "2007-06-28T18:53:09Z") Hi, I know I am missing something very basic, but I don't know what it is so perhaps this forum can put me on course... I have an FLV player that provides a read-only property called myPlayer.timecode and it displays… --- ## [Making a movie clip load external .swf (HELP)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-load-external-swf-help/230756)
**Author:** [@wisdomiskey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wisdomiskey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-load-external-swf-help/230756 "2007-06-28T18:52:35Z")
So I built a website which has movie clips for buttons and inside the movie clip is an invisible button so i can have my (rollover) events. Now i know how to call parent and get frames from my main scene....but im lookin… --- ## [Importing 700+ images](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-700-images/230753)
**Author:** [@Raziel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raziel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-700-images/230753 "2007-06-28T18:44:35Z")
Hello, I'm currently working on a project where a video has been rendered out as a series of transparent png's to be imported into flash for usage. On a layer behind it was supposed to be an animated background while t… --- ## [Flash Button Problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-button-problems/230751)
**Author:** [@theuprock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theuprock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-button-problems/230751 "2007-06-28T18:23:11Z")
I am having an issue with these buttons I'm working on for our landing page here at work. I was wondering if someone could take a look at the scripts I have within (only a 600K .FLA file), and help me find out what I'm … --- ## [Multiple XML attributes problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-xml-attributes-problem/230748)
**Author:** [@Vincenz0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vincenz0)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-xml-attributes-problem/230748 "2007-06-28T18:05:36Z")
I writing a simple news content mgmt script for flash. It follows this path HTML(forms)--\>PHP--\>MySQL--\>PHP--\>XML--\>Flash. I have everything but the flash actionScript working. For some reason I can not get these attr… --- ## [Problem with flv player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-flv-player/230745)
**Author:** [@flower\_girl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flower_girl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-flv-player/230745 "2007-06-28T17:54:04Z")
I added the flv player on a website I work on and it doesn't show the skin. All the links are correct, it works well on testing, it just does this on the site. Do you happen to have any idea why it does this? Here y… --- ## [Embed font from external .as file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embed-font-from-external-as-file/230743)
**Author:** [@contrast](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/contrast)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embed-font-from-external-as-file/230743 "2007-06-28T17:15:29Z")
Thanks to these posts: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265431 http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=262770 I know how to embed fonts from inside CS3. I have been working for two days to try to … --- ## [Buttons on Navigation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-on-navigation/230740)
**Author:** [@losse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/losse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-on-navigation/230740 "2007-06-28T16:55:42Z")
Hi there I'm creating a header on a site out of flash that will sit on a php page. The header has navigation buttons (like home, contact us, about us...)... I've created "on mouse over" actions before but I would to kn… --- ## [Grabbing PHP Variable](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grabbing-php-variable/230739)
**Author:** [@bandit8](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bandit8)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grabbing-php-variable/230739 "2007-06-28T16:39:57Z")
Hi, What I am trying to do should be pretty simple, from what I've read..but I can't figure out where I am going wrong. Basically I want it so that a person is on a php, they click on a link (i.e. a thumbnail) and th… --- ## [Including an image into a textbox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/including-an-image-into-a-textbox/230738)
**Author:** [@Armored](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Armored)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/including-an-image-into-a-textbox/230738 "2007-06-28T16:39:13Z")
Hi, I'm struggling with something that is supposed to be so simple! I would like to add an image to an input text box. I have a guestbook where the visitors can leave their comments. Under the message box I have a line… --- ## [Function arguments with Listeners?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/function-arguments-with-listeners/230737)
**Author:** [@lonerhino](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lonerhino)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/function-arguments-with-listeners/230737 "2007-06-28T16:29:54Z")
Yikes, Sorry but I'm really having problems migrating to AS3 :puzzled: A big conceptual hole I can't seem to wrap my head around is how do you pass parameter arguments with listeners? Forget classes for right now - b… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1313) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1315)