# flash

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## [ActiveX control](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/activex-control/223477)

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**Author:** [@montyT](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/montyT)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/activex-control/223477 "2007-04-23T06:19:24Z")

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hi everybody this script is for making disable to the activeX control over the flash. \<script language="javascript"\> objects = document.getElementsByTagName("object"); for (var i = 0; i \< objects.length; i++) { …

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## [Mask a runtime created gradient fill](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-a-runtime-created-gradient-fill/223476)

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**Author:** [@anubhav](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anubhav)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-a-runtime-created-gradient-fill/223476 "2007-04-23T06:12:15Z")

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I m having problems in masking a gradient fill created at runtime. Actually i had a movieClip an then at runtime created three movieClips 1.gradient filled rectangle mcGrad, 2.loader to load an image mcLoader 3.a curved…

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## [Javascript, Cookies and Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-cookies-and-flash/223471)

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**Author:** [@emacksey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/emacksey)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-cookies-and-flash/223471 "2007-04-23T04:34:55Z")

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Hello all, I'm having a problem with getting javascript to work with flash. I basically just want my movie to show once per day and not show on everypage since it is animation for the top navigation of the site. IF …

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## [Number range, not random](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/number-range-not-random/223469)

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**Author:** [@Tyg3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tyg3r)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/number-range-not-random/223469 "2007-04-23T04:24:58Z")

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Hi I have a single line for my XML gallery,that I'm have a few troubles with. I want to tell the gallery that after it has loaded all the thumbnails; to perform a function on the the 5th thumbnail up to the 40th. g…

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## [Help with streaming mp3 playlist](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-streaming-mp3-playlist/223465)

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**Author:** [@edn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/edn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-streaming-mp3-playlist/223465 "2007-04-23T03:19:11Z")

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Hey guys, I'm trying to add a mp3 player to a website i am doing and haven't done one before but spent the weekend searching this forum and many others to find what i needed. I didnt find exactly what i needed but i li…

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## [Where are my local files from using SharedObjects stored?, and can I change it?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-are-my-local-files-from-using-sharedobjects-stored-and-can-i-change-it/223464)

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**Author:** [@Mythic\_Fr0st](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mythic_Fr0st)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-are-my-local-files-from-using-sharedobjects-stored-and-can-i-change-it/223464 "2007-04-23T03:18:29Z")

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The last part wasn't very detailed, but I ran out of space Question 1: Can I change the directory SharedObjects saves to? example Can I make it save/load to/from a folder called "myFolder\\myFiles"? Question 2:Wher…

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## [OOP Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oop-question/223463)

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**Author:** [@rschoenbach](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rschoenbach)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oop-question/223463 "2007-04-23T03:13:40Z")

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I have a user class and a user has multiple scorecards. Can Somebody tell me why this doesnt work? class user { private $name; function setName($val) { $query = 'SELECT \* FROM users WHERE f\_na…

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## [Appending functions to an onEnterFrame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/appending-functions-to-an-onenterframe/223461)

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**Author:** [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/appending-functions-to-an-onenterframe/223461 "2007-04-23T01:49:59Z")

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if i have a function attached to a movie clips onEnterFrame, can i somehow add another function to be executed, in a way that doesnt replace the old function... sort of like my\_mc.onEnterFrame = function():Void { …

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## [Flash Contact form & Attachments](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-contact-form-attachments/223458)

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**Author:** [@kpk9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kpk9)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-contact-form-attachments/223458 "2007-04-23T00:51:23Z")

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Hi Friends, I am currently trying to put together a flash contact form and am trying to being able to make attachments for the form. can somebody help me with this. Thank you!

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## [Fade/Alpha help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-alpha-help/223451)

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**Author:** [@GOLDfish\_74](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GOLDfish_74)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-alpha-help/223451 "2007-04-22T23:21:59Z")

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I am trying to split my site into three sections, and I am trying to do this by having the home page contain a flash animation that would work like this: Begining: \[Pic1a\] \[Pic2b\] \[Pic3c\] (assuming you have a pic a,b…

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## [Getting Weather from bbc.co.uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-weather-from-bbc-co-uk/223448)

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**Author:** [@c2k6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/c2k6)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-weather-from-bbc-co-uk/223448 "2007-04-22T22:31:06Z")

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Hey guys I rarely speak on the forums lol so Im a bad member although i did take part in the giant picture chain thread! anywys I would like to implement a search feature i.e. a postcode box where a user inserts there po…

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## [sendAndLoad issue w/ array via POST in PHP?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sendandload-issue-w-array-via-post-in-php/223431)

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**Author:** [@ironchefmoto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ironchefmoto)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sendandload-issue-w-array-via-post-in-php/223431 "2007-04-22T18:43:37Z")

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I'm sending an array of 20 items to a PHP script. Here's the sendAndLoad call: rankedSubmitBtn.onRelease = rankedSubmitBtn.onReleaseOutside = function():Void { trace(":: rankedSendVars Sent ::"); rankedSendVa…

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## [Free tranportation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-tranportation/223424)

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**Author:** [@mythstu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mythstu)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-tranportation/223424 "2007-04-22T17:15:23Z")

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Helloi Everybuddy. I want to know how i can moving my scene by moving a mouse over them. to understand what i want exactly ckeck this link :- http://www.crashaddicts.com/flash/map.html plzzzzz help :beard:

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## [Simple Text Link Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-text-link-question/223423)

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**Author:** [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-text-link-question/223423 "2007-04-22T17:06:21Z")

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This is probably something really simple, but I can't figure it out, for some reason... I have some paragraphs of text, and I need some of the words to be links to other parts of the Flash movie - without having to make…

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## [Proportions thrown off when movie is dragged to stage-FLASH help please!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/proportions-thrown-off-when-movie-is-dragged-to-stage-flash-help-please/223417)

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**Author:** [@beau07](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/beau07)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/proportions-thrown-off-when-movie-is-dragged-to-stage-flash-help-please/223417 "2007-04-22T15:25:54Z")

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So, I've made a Flash movie composed of multiple SWFs that I imported to the stage. When I drag the movie#1 to the main timeline, the proportions (width and height) are true to the correct size and proportions, but w…

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## [Listener Object -- Somewhat Complex](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-object-somewhat-complex/223411)

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**Author:** [@xFlashStudentx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xFlashStudentx)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-object-somewhat-complex/223411 "2007-04-22T12:53:14Z")

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I'm endeavoring to write this code that listens for an image that has been loaded. In other words I have three arrays: var Cars:Array=new Array("Mercedes.jpg", "BMW.jpg", "Hummer.jpg"); var Homes:Array=new Array("…

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## [Why Doesn't This Work... Targetting An MC Inside MC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-this-work-targetting-an-mc-inside-mc/223410)

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**Author:** [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-this-work-targetting-an-mc-inside-mc/223410 "2007-04-22T12:46:30Z")

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Inside my mc btn1 I have another mc called 'arrows' but when I target it nothing happens, it's meant to fade \_alpha to 0... Any ideas? for (i=0; i\<numOfBtn+1; i++) { this\["btn"+i\].num = i; this\["btn"+i\].onRollOver = …

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## [MouseWheel Speed and Mathematics](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mousewheel-speed-and-mathematics/223407)

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**Author:** [@RubenFlash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RubenFlash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mousewheel-speed-and-mathematics/223407 "2007-04-22T11:33:34Z")

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Hello. \[beer\] Please, have a look at the following code: //--------------- listenmen = new Object(); var bottom\_b:Number = scrollBG.\_height - scrollBtn.\_height + scrollBG.\_y; listenmen.onMouseWheel = function(delta…

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## [XML Calendar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-calendar/223400)

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**Author:** [@alpharaven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alpharaven)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-calendar/223400 "2007-04-22T07:04:28Z")

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I created a basic events page that pulls all the info from an xml. What I need to know is how can I have flash go to the next event automatically once the date for the previous event has passed. AS: prev\_btn.\_x = news…

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## [How do do a mouse trail](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-do-a-mouse-trail/223396)

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**Author:** [@Lukeintosh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lukeintosh)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-do-a-mouse-trail/223396 "2007-04-22T06:13:28Z")

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I want to be able to make a mosue trail ie when the mouse gets to a point it will advance to next frame. Any Help anyone?? Thanks Lukeintosh:)

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## [I want to have my flvs to start after a certain %](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-have-my-flvs-to-start-after-a-certain/223393)

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**Author:** [@dtrace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dtrace)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-have-my-flvs-to-start-after-a-certain/223393 "2007-04-22T04:18:40Z")

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The problem is that the flv playback component I'm using plays the video right away, but that is causing the playback to stutter. Is there any way to make the playback pause until a certain percentage of the video has l…

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## [Large Memory Leak](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/large-memory-leak/223388)

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**Author:** [@tgjb007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tgjb007)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/large-memory-leak/223388 "2007-04-22T02:42:07Z")

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I've got a container mc that I'm duplicating and loading videos into. I have 15 swf videos I'm loading into each mc. Each swf loaded is about 2mb in size which equates to 30mb of total loaded swfs. Each swf contains …

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## [Help with Video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-video/223384)

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**Author:** [@Cecile](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cecile)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-video/223384 "2007-04-22T01:45:25Z")

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Hi everybody, thanks for reading this: On frame 1 of my movie I have a video playing with the code below, it works great, with a scrubber and everything if you want to copy this, but when I go to frame 2 I have a form …

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## [Rotating MovieClip on Slope](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-movieclip-on-slope/223382)

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**Author:** [@b1indz3r0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/b1indz3r0)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-movieclip-on-slope/223382 "2007-04-22T01:19:40Z")

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How can I rotate a movieclip so that when I move it, it will rotate slightly depending on the angle of the ground. The only thing I can relate this too is the old school sonic games. How would I find the curve of the gro…

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## [Flash Pro 8: Programming buttons issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-pro-8-programming-buttons-issue/223381)

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**Author:** [@small\_guy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/small_guy)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-pro-8-programming-buttons-issue/223381 "2007-04-22T01:01:48Z")

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Up front I am willing to concede that I might have made this way too complicated but I am way into it and would like to see if I can make it work. Any help is appreciated. One of my buttons on my main menu is attached …

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## [Help with transitions of external swfs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-transitions-of-external-swfs/223378)

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**Author:** [@psi\_design](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psi_design)\
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**Last updated:** [April 21, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-transitions-of-external-swfs/223378 "2007-04-21T23:52:20Z")

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I am using this scripting for my website. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm I have used it on other websites successfully, but the website I'm working on now is a little more complicated and the scri…

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## [Sliding menu to move within certain area, please help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu-to-move-within-certain-area-please-help/223375)

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**Author:** [@E\_V\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/E_V_E)\
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**Last updated:** [April 21, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu-to-move-within-certain-area-please-help/223375 "2007-04-21T23:28:40Z")

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have attached an example of that im working on (please ignore the overlapping button issue). Please help if u can - how can I get the buttons to move ONLY within the shaded area. Does anyone know what code is needed, bec…

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## [Att: Stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/att-stringy/223374)

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**Author:** [@cookingkym](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cookingkym)\
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**Last updated:** [April 21, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/att-stringy/223374 "2007-04-21T23:26:23Z")

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Hello Stringy, I was just viewing a older post on your grid on the photo gallery the one form Kirupa tutorial. This is great and i want to use it so bad in a way i want it to work. 1 week ago i knew nothing about x…

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## [Random Images Or Shuffling With Flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-images-or-shuffling-with-flash/223373)

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**Author:** [@understudy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/understudy)\
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**Last updated:** [April 21, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-images-or-shuffling-with-flash/223373 "2007-04-21T23:23:42Z")

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Hello, Can Flash 'play' images in a different order—that is, shuffle the order? For example, on http://www.texascapitolinvestors.com there is an image montage below the menu (it's 700K at present, but that will be fi…

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## [Adding UIComponent to library causes FLVPlayback rendering issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-uicomponent-to-library-causes-flvplayback-rendering-issues/223371)

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**Author:** [@markkra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/markkra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-uicomponent-to-library-causes-flvplayback-rendering-issues/223371 "2007-04-21T22:10:42Z")

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This one is very strange. Another way to phrase the question would be "what does the act of adding a UIComponent to the library actually do?". \[COLOR=red\]Warning: by necessity, long winded\[/COLOR\]. We are building a g…

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