# flash

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## [3 questions reguarding the same object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3-questions-reguarding-the-same-object/230410)

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**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3-questions-reguarding-the-same-object/230410 "2007-06-26T03:00:12Z")

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ok first take a look at http://ostari.com/ronnie/airbox my three questions are: 1. Why do my sliding thumbnails snap to the left edge the first time you load it. If you resize, it snaps, but snaps to center. updateL…

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## [Need Help with random sounds](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-random-sounds/230408)

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**Author:** [@wildcard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wildcard)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-random-sounds/230408 "2007-06-26T02:22:07Z")

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k here is my problem, I need to make a certain frame randomly go to scene and play a certain frame. I have searched for somethign of that sort for a long time with no luck, I guess i need an action script to randomly p…

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## [Adding Thumbnails to my gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnails-to-my-gallery/230403)

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**Author:** [@meneyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/meneyb)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnails-to-my-gallery/230403 "2007-06-26T01:43:19Z")

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Hi, once again it's the dummy who try to realize the tutorial and who need help. Actually, I try to adapt the tutorial "adding thumbnails" to my gallery. But Not as the tutorial, I try to have them not on 1 line but on…

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## [Dynamic variables inside FlashVars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-variables-inside-flashvars/230402)

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**Author:** [@skyp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skyp)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-variables-inside-flashvars/230402 "2007-06-26T01:36:35Z")

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Send Dynamic variables from HTML to Flash. e.g FlashVars="title1=Title1&img1=001.jpg&desc1=Description1&title2=Title2&img2=002.jpg&desc2=Description2..."; because the number of photos are not sure. is there any way to …

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## [Issue with importing class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issue-with-importing-class/230400)

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**Author:** [@theSchtickler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theSchtickler)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/issue-with-importing-class/230400 "2007-06-26T01:26:19Z")

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Hi there, I'm having some problems importing a class, the message that Flash gives me is this; \*"The class being compiled, 'ImageLoader', does not match the class that was imported, 'com.martijndevisser.ImageLoader'. …

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## [Times New Roman Quotation Marks?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/times-new-roman-quotation-marks/230398)

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**Author:** [@jpearson311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpearson311)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/times-new-roman-quotation-marks/230398 "2007-06-26T00:49:24Z")

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I'm developing a flash banner right now where I am using Times New Roman as one of the font types and the quotation marks are different than what they are in photoshop. Does anyone know a work around for this? Thanks! …

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## [IE loading issue, using the flashObject.js](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-loading-issue-using-the-flashobject-js/230396)

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**Author:** [@bpdp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bpdp)\
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**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-loading-issue-using-the-flashobject-js/230396 "2007-06-26T00:14:44Z")

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Hi all, I'm having trouble loading this SWF in IE, works fine in firefox and other browsers... but in IE7 and 6 it says "waiting for http//mysite..." it has been waiting for 30 minutes. I'm using the flash object from…

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## [How can I make this script shorter?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-this-script-shorter/230390)

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**Author:** [@Ohls](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ohls)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-this-script-shorter/230390 "2007-06-25T23:00:54Z")

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I'm still quite a beginner at action script even though I've been using it for quite a while. Just can't get a grip on it :/. Thinking of buying a book. Anyhow. I made this menu which slides new menus depending on whi…

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## [Action Script Headache](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/action-script-headache/230389)

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**Author:** [@yfwmagazine](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yfwmagazine)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/action-script-headache/230389 "2007-06-25T22:58:50Z")

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I have this code inside a mc. I want when you click on the mc it loads a external swf into the empty mc named container. I get the following erro message: \[COLOR=Red\]\* Error Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 15, frame=2:Lin…

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## ['alt text' function in flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alt-text-function-in-flash/230388)

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**Author:** [@westy2006](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/westy2006)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alt-text-function-in-flash/230388 "2007-06-25T22:56:46Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if there was a simple AS for an 'alt text' style function like what you use in html to display text as you mouseover buttons? I have 2 scenes to my flash file. in scene 1 preloader and in scene 2 i …

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## [User-Friendly Flash Blog](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-friendly-flash-blog/230385)

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**Author:** [@fenomnon64](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fenomnon64)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-friendly-flash-blog/230385 "2007-06-25T21:53:18Z")

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Hey wutsup people, a client came to me the other day saying they wanted to create a flash based blog site, right now their site is just pure html with a flash header. But for the new site they would like it to be f…

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## [Mutiple Choice Question Interactive Video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mutiple-choice-question-interactive-video/230384)

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**Author:** [@boodaddy77](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boodaddy77)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mutiple-choice-question-interactive-video/230384 "2007-06-25T21:47:13Z")

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Hello, I would like to know if there is an example, or tutorial of someone selecting multiple choice questions before they see a video? The video would come up based on the selection of questions. Thanks for your tim…

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## [AS1 to AS2 conversion? Simple?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as1-to-as2-conversion-simple/230383)

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**Author:** [@waynebrady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waynebrady)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as1-to-as2-conversion-simple/230383 "2007-06-25T21:34:01Z")

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Hello all. I'm trying to convert this PONG code so I can load this into an AS2 swf site. Anyone have any recommendations on where I could go to brush up on my AS1 \[smile\] it looks so foreign to me compared to AS2/3! …

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## [How to dynamically delete nested XML node?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-dynamically-delete-nested-xml-node/230379)

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**Author:** [@frankonline](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/frankonline)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-dynamically-delete-nested-xml-node/230379 "2007-06-25T20:40:42Z")

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Hi! I'm trying to create a visual representation of an XML-structure, that lets me drag and drop nodes around to where I want them. Everything is prety easy to do except for deleting nodes dynamically. In ActionScrip…

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## [Flip an image in 3d?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flip-an-image-in-3d/230375)

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**Author:** [@thomasvill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thomasvill)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flip-an-image-in-3d/230375 "2007-06-25T20:19:04Z")

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I see a bunch of Coverflow clones done in flash (http://www.digicrafts.com.hk/components/fc\_photoflip.php) but I was wondering if there was a simple method to rotating a flat image in flash but to still give it the effec…

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## [Ugly text when published w/ Flash 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ugly-text-when-published-w-flash-8/230373)

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**Author:** [@RoyalAssassin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RoyalAssassin)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ugly-text-when-published-w-flash-8/230373 "2007-06-25T20:07:38Z")

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My static text boxes look clean and crisp when I publish for FP 7 or earlier, publishing for 8 however and the text is blurry and almost unreadable. Any idea what's causing this?

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## [Simple Question? Simple Answer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-simple-answer/230372)

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**Author:** [@nvidia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nvidia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-simple-answer/230372 "2007-06-25T20:02:48Z")

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Hi i am creating a navigation menu and has a rectangular border around it. The menu has buttons e.g home, about etc. However the border is not a symbol, if i convert the border to a movie clip say, how do i ensure that t…

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## [Load External SWF files into a Movie Clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-swf-files-into-a-movie-clip/230370)

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**Author:** [@alemieux34](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alemieux34)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-swf-files-into-a-movie-clip/230370 "2007-06-25T19:55:54Z")

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I can load an external SWF into another movie like so: var loadRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("content.swf"); var swfLoader:Loader = new Loader(); swfLoader.load(loadRequest); addChild(swfLoader); swfLoader.conte…

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## [How to Create a Browser Title ICON ?!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-browser-title-icon/230368)

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**Author:** [@Miss\_Lee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Miss_Lee)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-browser-title-icon/230368 "2007-06-25T19:45:37Z")

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In other words, I want to know how to have an icon (logo) of the website. Like Kirupa, it's a little orange \[COLOR=Gray\]--i think that's an orange--\[/COLOR\] next to kirupaForum. THX!

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## [Load image from hard drive to movieclip?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-image-from-hard-drive-to-movieclip/230366)

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**Author:** [@claireg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claireg)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-image-from-hard-drive-to-movieclip/230366 "2007-06-25T19:07:22Z")

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Evening All, I am in the middle of building a kind of image editing application. Basically the user uploads their picture and then can draw on it, (sounds silly I know!). I was toying around with allowing them to j…

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## [Multiple Line Description, XML setup question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-line-description-xml-setup-question/230365)

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**Author:** [@xUKHCx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xUKHCx)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-line-description-xml-setup-question/230365 "2007-06-25T18:41:43Z")

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I'm making a thumbnail grid using the XML method. I have an area where I want to display text from the XML as a desription to the pictures. I was wondering how I could set up the XML/flash file so I can have the descript…

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## [addChild within addChild?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-within-addchild/230363)

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**Author:** [@patrickjv](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/patrickjv)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-within-addchild/230363 "2007-06-25T17:55:29Z")

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I have a addchild within addchild, simplified; var mama = new effect\_pj\_8\_rotate(); addChild(mama); var baby = new letter\_pj\_8\_rotate(); mama.addChild(baby); Now the Library item letter\_pj\_8\_rotate contains a tex…

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## [Checking for new SWF's on a server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-for-new-swfs-on-a-server/230362)

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**Author:** [@karalee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/karalee)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-for-new-swfs-on-a-server/230362 "2007-06-25T17:45:20Z")

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i made my site with levels so there are lots of swf's being updated, and i cant seem to get some of them to work. i think that my problem is that the swf's are being stored on the cache so when i update them, it doesnt r…

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## [Mouse Out on TextField](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-out-on-textfield/230361)

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**Author:** [@jgallen23](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jgallen23)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-out-on-textfield/230361 "2007-06-25T17:44:14Z")

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I have a class that extends sprite. I'm add events like this: this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OVER, Maximize); this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OUT, Minimize); I also have a text field that I am adding us…

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## [Loader -- Listen](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-listen/230360)

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**Author:** [@raithedavion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/raithedavion)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-listen/230360 "2007-06-25T17:28:54Z")

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I have a flash website that has the main flash movie, and then each page is a separate file loaded into the main one. This is all controlled by a listener. Is there a way to add a "back" button to the individual pages,…

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## [Any one start playing with AIR?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-one-start-playing-with-air/230358)

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**Author:** [@awflasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/awflasher)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-one-start-playing-with-air/230358 "2007-06-25T17:06:52Z")

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Does the AIR project's everything have to be started from a mxml? I downloaded a lot of sources from adobe.com and some projects contains only an as file and a app-xml file, and some other files. No mxml is found and …

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## [\_global functions from external swfs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-global-functions-from-external-swfs/230352)

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**Author:** [@dewey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dewey)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-global-functions-from-external-swfs/230352 "2007-06-25T15:50:40Z")

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hey everyone. i have a dilly of a pickle (thank you ned flanders) that i cannot figure out for the life of me. currently i am loading in a movie clip from a location online. that much works fine, however, in this ext…

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## [Flash Game help - health](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-game-help-health/230341)

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**Author:** [@JB\_Duart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JB_Duart)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-game-help-health/230341 "2007-06-25T14:41:33Z")

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Me and a friend are trying to make a mini-two-player shooter game. The shooting works it's the health thats the problem. We're trying to make it so that every time the guy gets hit five times one health will go away. The…

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## [1 Instance works, 2 doesn't](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-instance-works-2-doesnt/230340)

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**Author:** [@mprzybylski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mprzybylski)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-instance-works-2-doesnt/230340 "2007-06-25T14:31:16Z")

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Hey guys/gals, I posted a while back about tweening vertices and prg9 had some great links. I used the Fuse example he posted and started to convert it into a class. Here is what I came up with, which works great. How…

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## [Document Class Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/document-class-question/230339)

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**Author:** [@dcampos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dcampos)\
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**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/document-class-question/230339 "2007-06-25T14:29:47Z")

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Hello all, I have a question about the document class and hopefully someone can explain why the first frame in my fla file is being called twice. I have a class RS\_MovieClip; this class is just to extend functionalit…

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