# flash

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## [Need help with this!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-this/230474)

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**Author:** [@localZero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/localZero)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-this/230474 "2007-06-26T15:20:06Z")

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Hi! http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm Any ideas how I could make the thumbnail panel autoscroll?? It should stop when I move the mouse over a thumb and Autoscroll again when I move the mouse out…

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## [Screen grab within Flash and output to JPEG?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-grab-within-flash-and-output-to-jpeg/230472)

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**Author:** [@53effie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/53effie)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-grab-within-flash-and-output-to-jpeg/230472 "2007-06-26T15:14:05Z")

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Hi Folks, Can anybody give me an idea how I might create a jpeg of a portion of the currently running Flash swf from within the swf? I am assuming that I would either need some way of flattening the multiple layers whi…

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## [Collision test among a series of objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/collision-test-among-a-series-of-objects/230465)

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**Author:** [@fw2803](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fw2803)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/collision-test-among-a-series-of-objects/230465 "2007-06-26T13:58:00Z")

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Hello there I am simply testing one of my attempts. I have got three movieclips with instance name "object", "obstacle1" and "obstacle2". I put the following codes in the first frame: obstacles = \["obstacle0","obstacl…

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## [Timeline Movieclip Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-movieclip-issue/230464)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-movieclip-issue/230464 "2007-06-26T13:50:48Z")

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So i have a animation on a timeline, and a movie in a movieclip. What i want to happen is the animation plays on the timeline, then when you click the play button to the movie, the movie plays and the timeline stops wh…

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## [\[MX 2004\] Get Number of Frames in Movie Clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-2004-get-number-of-frames-in-movie-clip/230463)

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**Author:** [@japanada](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/japanada)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-2004-get-number-of-frames-in-movie-clip/230463 "2007-06-26T13:45:21Z")

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Is it in any way possible to create a variable that represents the number of frames in a movie clip? I thought maybe something like var = getProperty(my\_mc, frames); might work, but it doesn't. I'm trying to make a "last…

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## [Quick scrollbar XML issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-scrollbar-xml-issue/230456)

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**Author:** [@learntoreed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/learntoreed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-scrollbar-xml-issue/230456 "2007-06-26T13:06:50Z")

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Greetings, I have a thumbnail gallery generated dynamically from an XML file. To allow for an infinite amount of room, I am adding a simple scroll bar. I used the scroll bar tutorial here at Kirupa (http://www.kirup…

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## [Deactivate Movie when outside](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivate-movie-when-outside/230453)

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**Author:** [@seanhennessey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/seanhennessey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivate-movie-when-outside/230453 "2007-06-26T12:42:52Z")

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Hey, I setup a gallery with scrolling thumbnails, it's working great, but the only problem is if the user goes to scroll through the thumbnails and then goes outside the movie, the thumbnails continue to scroll. How ca…

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## [Audio problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-problem/230450)

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**Author:** [@spinningplates](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spinningplates)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-problem/230450 "2007-06-26T11:34:12Z")

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Hi there, I need to execute an action on a movie clip when a piece of audio has finished playing. I'm using an attach-sound method. Is there any way of including a condition that says, when audio has finished playin…

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## [Horizontal thumbnail sliding menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-thumbnail-sliding-menu/230449)

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**Author:** [@JoakimN73](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoakimN73)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-thumbnail-sliding-menu/230449 "2007-06-26T11:30:41Z")

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Hi! In my next project I am to make a horizontal thumbnail sliding menu. The menu should consist of two arrows one on the left and one on the right so that people can navigate. On the screen there should be six thumbnail…

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## [Passing Variables from loaded SWFs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-from-loaded-swfs/230448)

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**Author:** [@KandaKid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KandaKid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-from-loaded-swfs/230448 "2007-06-26T11:24:31Z")

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Hi all! This is my first post as I'm just getting my feet wet in AS2. Kirupa seems like friendly community and I'm hoping I can help others as my skills grow. Right now, I'm working in a modular app and I'm having trou…

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## [Open page in frameset](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-page-in-frameset/230447)

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**Author:** [@tfoso90](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tfoso90)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-page-in-frameset/230447 "2007-06-26T11:02:53Z")

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Hi, I am making a site, the top half is flash and the bottom html. I am using a frameset so that the swf doesnt reload each time a link is clicked. Site is here: http://cl3.co.uk/clients/face/michael/ click treatme…

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## [Is it possible to do this is Flash Cs3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-do-this-is-flash-cs3/230446)

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**Author:** [@azndaudau](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/azndaudau)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-do-this-is-flash-cs3/230446 "2007-06-26T10:48:32Z")

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Hey all, i currently have Flash CS3 installed but need compatability for Flash MX 2004 (for school reasons) Is there any way to save the .fla file for "MX 2004 compatability" in Flash CS3. or some sort of Converting to…

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## [Flash 8 Export To .mov Failure](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-export-to-mov-failure/230445)

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**Author:** [@AndyM103](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AndyM103)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-export-to-mov-failure/230445 "2007-06-26T10:45:10Z")

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Hello, I've had problems exporting to QuickTime so I checked with the Adobe page: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn\_18889&sliceId=1 I have moved the QuickTime Extension file (FLV.qtx) resta…

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## [Set the position of images using XML file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-the-position-of-images-using-xml-file/230444)

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**Author:** [@jamna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jamna)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-the-position-of-images-using-xml-file/230444 "2007-06-26T10:32:33Z")

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Hello everybody, I got sucessfully images in flash file from a XML for this type of work i wrote this code:: var theXml:XML = new XML(); theXml.ignoreWhite = true; theXml.onLoad = function() { var i; var numofnode = …

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## [Flex panel class used with Flash CS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-panel-class-used-with-flash-cs3/230442)

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**Author:** [@FlawedKid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlawedKid)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-panel-class-used-with-flash-cs3/230442 "2007-06-26T09:50:25Z")

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Hi have just downloaded flex tryout and had a quick fiddle around with it. I have become infatuated with flex's components and styles, especialy the panel component. Is their a way to use flex's panel component with Flas…

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## [Flash best size](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-best-size/230441)

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**Author:** [@aamirbhatti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aamirbhatti)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-best-size/230441 "2007-06-26T09:43:54Z")

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what should be the best size of flash website like 800 x 600 or 1280 x 720 please tell me. Professional people preffered size

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## [VISIBILITY Visible = false vs removeMovieClip()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visibility-visible-false-vs-removemovieclip/230438)

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**Author:** [@ksfkay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ksfkay)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visibility-visible-false-vs-removemovieclip/230438 "2007-06-26T09:13:29Z")

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Alpha = 0 visible = false removeMovieClip (only works with attachmovieclip) am i missing any others ways to turn off, delete, remove, clear movieclips ? Can anyone recommend the usage value here? I'm trying to be con…

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## [Text Editor Code?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-editor-code/230437)

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**Author:** [@dezamp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dezamp)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-editor-code/230437 "2007-06-26T09:12:36Z")

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I would like to know how to produce some code that would encapsulate a selection with tags. E.g. If i wanted bold text i would press a button and it would have \<b\>whatever\_text\</b\>. I know there are quite a few text ed…

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## [Problem with calling functions inside MC. Please help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-calling-functions-inside-mc-please-help/230434)

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**Author:** [@mx\_guest2004](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mx_guest2004)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-calling-functions-inside-mc-please-help/230434 "2007-06-26T08:17:11Z")

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Hi, I have a movie clip in the library. I attach this MC to another movie clip on the stage. \[AS\] mc\_on\_stage.attachMovie("MC","newMC",someDepth); \[/AS\] my MC in the library has som simple motion tweens and at the end o…

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## [Xml advice](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-advice/230433)

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**Author:** [@postatomic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/postatomic)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-advice/230433 "2007-06-26T08:06:46Z")

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Hi, I want to create a thumbnail gallery using xml, this gallery will consist of 18 images all present on the screen at the same time. I've followed the tutorial on making a kirupa xml gallery and that works fine (ap…

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## ["Reusable Preloader Using MovieClipLoader" Tutorial Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reusable-preloader-using-moviecliploader-tutorial-help/230430)

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**Author:** [@Just1nCase](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Just1nCase)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reusable-preloader-using-moviecliploader-tutorial-help/230430 "2007-06-26T07:59:15Z")

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Hello, I am fairly new to Actionscript and have a decent understanding on how Flash works. Also, I am currently using Flash CS3. I am having trouble following the “Reusable Preloader Using MovieClipLoader” Tutorial fro…

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## [Problem with positioning of image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-positioning-of-image/230428)

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**Author:** [@viper233209](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/viper233209)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-positioning-of-image/230428 "2007-06-26T07:09:10Z")

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Hi guys, i have this issue of my scripts in flash. I have an actionscripts to my flash file which is link to an xml that contains my images and title. (with reference to horizontal slide menu) The flash works fine ex…

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## [Problems with \_xmouse and \_ymouse in FF when scaling window](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with--xmouse-and--ymouse-in-ff-when-scaling-window/230427)

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**Author:** [@qhrome27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/qhrome27)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with--xmouse-and--ymouse-in-ff-when-scaling-window/230427 "2007-06-26T06:33:50Z")

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Hello, I am trying to have a large flash movie inside a scalable window, where the window is smaller than the flash movie. The window scales, but the Flash does not. You can see an example here: http://myflashdesign.…

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## [Any easy tutorial for flash mediaserver?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-easy-tutorial-for-flash-mediaserver/230423)

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**Author:** [@kijakarn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kijakarn)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-easy-tutorial-for-flash-mediaserver/230423 "2007-06-26T05:29:44Z")

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Hi ,sorry if I ask in wrong thread ,but I need tutorial about FMS (flash media server) My project is to capture and stream cam. pic via FMS. I have my own linux server .old RH 7.3 box Regards Kijakarn

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## [Loader in AS 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-in-as-3-0/230421)

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**Author:** [@Groady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Groady)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-in-as-3-0/230421 "2007-06-26T05:07:40Z")

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Just a quick question regarding the loader class in Actionscript 3. Im having trouble interacting with loaded content. The swfs I'm loading are Flash 6 though Ive tried exporting a test swf in Flash 9 to no avail also. A…

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## [Is it time to learn depths please advise](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-time-to-learn-depths-please-advise/230419)

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**Author:** [@Multi\_Task](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Multi_Task)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-time-to-learn-depths-please-advise/230419 "2007-06-26T05:00:48Z")

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Hey yall been flashing for some time now. I wanted to make an attempt at using the snow tutorial and incoporate it into a site with some fairy land type feel. I will be running an image as a background with snow or i…

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## [Help Converting to a class actionscript 3 or actionscript2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-converting-to-a-class-actionscript-3-or-actionscript2/230415)

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**Author:** [@cosmicloverocks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cosmicloverocks)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-converting-to-a-class-actionscript-3-or-actionscript2/230415 "2007-06-26T04:01:36Z")

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i downloaded this to http://www.braingiants.com/ can anyone convert this to external class.. as3 or as2 please anyone?

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## [Dynamic netStreams and naming them](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-netstreams-and-naming-them/230414)

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**Author:** [@waffe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waffe)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-netstreams-and-naming-them/230414 "2007-06-26T03:58:08Z")

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Hi, I have a video app that uses many cameras. I create netStream objects with a for loop and I put them all into an array - aNS\[\]. for(var i:int=0; i\<4; i++){ aNS\* = new NetStream(aNC\*); aNS\*.addEventListen…

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## [HELP! Flash and XML photo gallery-WITHOUT the thumbnails?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-flash-and-xml-photo-gallery-without-the-thumbnails/230413)

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**Author:** [@yannik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yannik)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-flash-and-xml-photo-gallery-without-the-thumbnails/230413 "2007-06-26T03:24:58Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to build a illustration portfolio website in flash mx with an external xml file. And I've been following alot of different tutorials but I've noticed that all of them has the thumbnail image buttons link…

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## [ScrollPane Thumb--make it a fixed size](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-thumb-make-it-a-fixed-size/230411)

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**Author:** [@mbagg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mbagg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-thumb-make-it-a-fixed-size/230411 "2007-06-26T03:06:20Z")

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So I've created a small class extension with an override function to stop the thumb from scaling on the UIScroller...but I can't seem to figure out how to do the same for the scrollpane. Any ideas? Below you can see …

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