# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1510 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1511 --- ## [Exploding Effect using AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploding-effect-using-as/213741)
**Author:** [@ageshi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ageshi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploding-effect-using-as/213741 "2007-01-22T22:47:23Z")
Hi guys: I'm creating an interactive site and the introduction is a grid of stock images that consist of hidden functionalities. I want to create an explosion effect so that when one of the squares in the grid is cli… --- ## [Controlling FLV and SWF scrubbing at the same time](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flv-and-swf-scrubbing-at-the-same-time/213739)
**Author:** [@Asher\_Lightfoot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Asher_Lightfoot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flv-and-swf-scrubbing-at-the-same-time/213739 "2007-01-22T21:53:16Z")
I have a flash project with an imported swf animation and an imported flv video. So far I have made a play and pause button that can play and pause both objects at the same time. Is there way to make a scrub bar that c… --- ## [Fonts Crashing flash 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fonts-crashing-flash-8/213737)
**Author:** [@snaxs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snaxs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fonts-crashing-flash-8/213737 "2007-01-22T21:30:36Z")
Hello, im getting this weird problem with flash 8, every time i go to the font list to assign a font it crashes when i rollover a grunge font.. my guess is that it takes so much to preload all the detail in the grunge … --- ## [HElP...Need help on creating a calendar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-need-help-on-creating-a-calendar/213735)
**Author:** [@gkdave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gkdave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-need-help-on-creating-a-calendar/213735 "2007-01-22T21:23:35Z")
I was wondering if there was a tutorial that can show me how to setup a event calendar. I have two calendars that change regularly in Excel.. But do not have any database capabililies.. is there a way to make a calend… --- ## [Array Help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-help/213722)
**Author:** [@onecommoncode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onecommoncode)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-help/213722 "2007-01-22T19:25:01Z")
If I have an array like: var newArray:Array = \["a","r","r","a","y"\]; how can I loop through it so that if I were to make a typer effect it would find the middle letter of the array, and then added the letters to th… --- ## [Need help with a fake histogram](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-fake-histogram/213715)
**Author:** [@PLabrozzi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PLabrozzi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-fake-histogram/213715 "2007-01-22T19:00:00Z")
Ok, I have an LCD-like display in a flash file I am going to use for a website. I wanted to put some sort of little histogram (the little bar chart type things you see frequently in graphic design, but in this case speci… --- ## [createTextField + TextFormat + embedFonts=true](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-textformat-embedfonts-true/213714)
**Author:** [@dalewb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dalewb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-textformat-embedfonts-true/213714 "2007-01-22T18:51:19Z")
I have a shared library that has been imported for runtime sharing that contains the font shFont\_Verd. I want to embed this into a new dynamic text field created at runtime with the following code that doesn't seem to w… --- ## [Looping array - both back and forward](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-array-both-back-and-forward/213706)
**Author:** [@East\_High](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/East_High)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-array-both-back-and-forward/213706 "2007-01-22T18:14:25Z")
I'm working off the XML photo gallery tute found here: xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm\[U\] \[/U\]My wish is to have the array loop forward and backwards, so by clicking next you will eventually get back to the first value, and… --- ## [How to retain the radio button or checkbox state?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retain-the-radio-button-or-checkbox-state/213704)
**Author:** [@Motorman007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Motorman007)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-retain-the-radio-button-or-checkbox-state/213704 "2007-01-22T17:56:33Z")
\[FONT=Times New Roman\] How to retain the radio button or checkbox state? \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman\] I have a test that I made for work. What I would like to do is make my rad… --- ## [XPathAPI problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xpathapi-problem/213702)
**Author:** [@mesiah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mesiah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xpathapi-problem/213702 "2007-01-22T17:46:59Z")
hi guys, i'm having the following problem: i have an xml like this and when using xpath i cant retrieve the "nombre"'s attribute \ \ \\ \ **Author:** [@jwopitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jwopitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-using-super-super-somemethod/213700 "2007-01-22T17:15:29Z") I am trying to extend the new AutoComplete component from Adobe. In two different places I need to bypass the AutoComplete methods and get right at the ComboBox methods. I was told that super.super.someMethod() work… --- ## [CSS & Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-flash/213699)
**Author:** [@James\_Bailey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/James_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-flash/213699 "2007-01-22T17:14:56Z")
Hello! This is my first post. I'm wondering if anybody can help me with a problem im having with flash 8 and CSS. Currently im loading text from a .txt file into a dynamic text box and styling this via an external styl… --- ## [Visual Elements for Custom Scrollbar?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visual-elements-for-custom-scrollbar/213698)
**Author:** [@will\_s](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/will_s)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visual-elements-for-custom-scrollbar/213698 "2007-01-22T17:07:57Z")
I built a Simple Custom Scrollbar from Kirupa's tutorial and it works great. But the client is dissatisfied with the aesthetics. (See attached). I made this from a Photoshop tiff he sent me of one he saw and liked. B… --- ## [Decrease size](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/decrease-size/213697)
**Author:** [@naken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/naken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/decrease-size/213697 "2007-01-22T17:01:21Z")
Ok, as usual, maby I'm waaay of on this one. But I have a vector animation (non' size changin) just a frame by frame animation. Is there any script to make the vector a pixel grafic / bitmap? and by that decrease the siz… --- ## [XML components](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-components/213694)
**Author:** [@EduardoD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/EduardoD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-components/213694 "2007-01-22T16:17:30Z")
Guys... For some reason my dupped components (Images) are not linking properly when published... if I try them in my computer they work fine but if I upload them in the website only a couple work?? Any Idea why? --- ## [Why won't my nested btn move its' parent?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-my-nested-btn-move-its-parent/213693)
**Author:** [@lariat1997](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lariat1997)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-my-nested-btn-move-its-parent/213693 "2007-01-22T16:14:24Z")
Hey all, I have a simple question, but for some reason I cannot get it to work...maybe it's a Flash scope thing. I have 2 child movieclips nested into one working parent movieclip, then the parent movieclip is animat… --- ## [Nav and Colour function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nav-and-colour-function/213691)
**Author:** [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nav-and-colour-function/213691 "2007-01-22T16:08:14Z")
I am making a isometric map which displays software within a building. I have got as far as the infrastructure, however now found that I need some way of controlling assets through AS. At the moment, if I set a colou… --- ## [Is Flash's timer really this bad?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-flashs-timer-really-this-bad/213690)
**Author:** [@schmichael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/schmichael)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-flashs-timer-really-this-bad/213690 "2007-01-22T16:04:21Z")
Hi there, thanks for checking my post. I have been doing an experiement to see how accurate timer is and I can't believe it is as bad as it seems. I set up an interval that will call a function every half-second and also… --- ## [Loading jpg's using loadMovie and createEmptyMovieClip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-jpgs-using-loadmovie-and-createemptymovieclip/213687)
**Author:** [@FlashNewby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashNewby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-jpgs-using-loadmovie-and-createemptymovieclip/213687 "2007-01-22T15:36:12Z")
Hi I'm trying to load a non-progressive jpg using loadMovie but not seeing the actual image show up in the movie clip. I'm using a xml file to read the path to the image so that I can load it. Can someone look over my s… --- ## [Array Function Trouble](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-function-trouble/213685)
**Author:** [@decumbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decumbo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-function-trouble/213685 "2007-01-22T14:53:50Z")
Hi, I'm having some trouble getting my functions to give me my desired output.. // a quick example of a map // tile1 = (\[1, 2, 3, "walk", 0.45, 10\]); // tile2 = (\[4, 5, 6, "wall", 0.23, 70\]); // mymap = (\[ (\[tile1,til… --- ## [Preloader for external FLV component in player 7](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-external-flv-component-in-player-7/213683)
**Author:** [@Leoni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Leoni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-external-flv-component-in-player-7/213683 "2007-01-22T14:37:48Z")
Hi, Perhaps someone can help me with a little challenge. I'm loading a FLV movie into a flash scene. Using a component, this works just fine..only now I need to make a preloader that starts the movie after preloading… --- ## [I'm so close.....and it's probably simple as well....help..!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-so-close-and-its-probably-simple-as-well-help/213680)
**Author:** [@calverphoto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/calverphoto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-so-close-and-its-probably-simple-as-well-help/213680 "2007-01-22T13:37:29Z")
Hi Forum, I'm making a classic horizontal sliding menu flash site, but just can't seem to iron out the last little tweak. How do I get the mouse to not react when over the open section, I've tried 'delete mc3.onReleas… --- ## [Stacking buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stacking-buttons/213679)
**Author:** [@masskontroll](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/masskontroll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stacking-buttons/213679 "2007-01-22T13:14:28Z")
I'd like to combine a slider with buttons. I did slider this tutorial: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/slider.htm Now, I'd like to place buttons beneath the slider, so when I drag the dragger and in doing so roll … --- ## [\[as3\]...(rest) help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-rest-help/213670)
**Author:** [@Dazzer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dazzer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-rest-help/213670 "2007-01-22T10:57:39Z")
Okay this might sound really really funny, but I need to do this: pass-the-bucket to another function a list of arguments to another function function something(something something, ... args):void { anotherFunctio… --- ## [Trouble with SendAndLoad and Coldfusion](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-sendandload-and-coldfusion/213662)
**Author:** [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-sendandload-and-coldfusion/213662 "2007-01-22T08:56:39Z")
OK guys im using sendAndLoad to send data from the loadVars object "sender" - it has a variable "lotNumber". Im using "POST". The coldfusion page that recieves the data should be able to access the value of that lotNumbe… --- ## [How to duplicate button with the AS?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-duplicate-button-with-the-as/213658)
**Author:** [@Hunson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hunson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-duplicate-button-with-the-as/213658 "2007-01-22T06:56:56Z")
see i have this project where i need a number of buttons with the same function throughout the flash. i tried dragging them to the stage from the library, but the problem is i have to copy the AS over and over again, b… --- ## [Image loading issue with Firefox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-loading-issue-with-firefox/213657)
**Author:** [@NoirWD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NoirWD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-loading-issue-with-firefox/213657 "2007-01-22T06:35:53Z")
Hello fellow Flashers! I'm having an issue with Firefox. Basically, I am loading images into a movieclip and its all working fine when I test it on the standalone flash player, and IE6; but when I test it in Firefox(… --- ## [Need Assistance - Flash MP3 Player for the Wii](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-assistance-flash-mp3-player-for-the-wii/213654)
**Author:** [@JRPereira](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JRPereira)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-assistance-flash-mp3-player-for-the-wii/213654 "2007-01-22T04:33:53Z")
I'm working on a simple mp3 player for my Wii that can play files loaded from my file server (if I can get it working really well, I plan to release it for public consumption). I have the script (php) and flash movie wo… --- ## [Streaming Flash video controls](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/streaming-flash-video-controls/213653)
**Author:** [@absolutezero342](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/absolutezero342)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/streaming-flash-video-controls/213653 "2007-01-22T04:26:59Z")
I want to have the video controls (eg. play, stop, pause...) for a Flash file that I'm going to stream from my site...what's the easiest way to obtain the controls? what is the code to do that? I have it for RealPlayer… --- ## [Rope help plz](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rope-help-plz/213651)
**Author:** [@amodelqueso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amodelqueso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rope-help-plz/213651 "2007-01-22T03:29:36Z")
I have a guy on the ground swing a rope, with something on its end. I have a little target attached to the mouse, named "mouseTarget" (without the quotes). How do I make it so when you click the mouse, the end of the rop… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1509) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1511)