# flash

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## [Loading a SWF in an Empty Movie Clip on the Timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-swf-in-an-empty-movie-clip-on-the-timeline/207673)

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**Author:** [@briand5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/briand5)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-swf-in-an-empty-movie-clip-on-the-timeline/207673 "2006-11-20T16:46:49Z")

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Hi, Is there any way to load an external SWF within an empty movie clip by entering code within a frame on the timeline? I have been able to load an external SWF within an empty movie clip by click on a button but I h…

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## [Separating the Thumbnails from the Photo Album](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/separating-the-thumbnails-from-the-photo-album/207671)

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**Author:** [@Derugash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Derugash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/separating-the-thumbnails-from-the-photo-album/207671 "2006-11-20T15:41:47Z")

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This is my first post here, and I'm going to start right off with a question! After doing kirupa's photo album and thumbnail tutorials (which really helped me out, so thanks greatly for that), I want to implement this …

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## [Bounding box anyone?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bounding-box-anyone/207670)

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**Author:** [@pablo900](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pablo900)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bounding-box-anyone/207670 "2006-11-20T15:32:08Z")

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\[COLOR=black\]\[FONT=Arial\]\[FONT=Arial\]Hi guys, i know that this sounds like a bit of a n00bish question but can anyone help?\[/FONT\]\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=black\]\[FONT=Arial\]\[FONT=Arial\]I am trying to create a bounding box …

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## [More Captions/Descriptions in XML Flash Gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-captions-descriptions-in-xml-flash-gallery/207668)

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**Author:** [@user\_removed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/user_removed)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-captions-descriptions-in-xml-flash-gallery/207668 "2006-11-20T15:29:23Z")

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Hi i used this turorial for my XML gallery http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery5.htm And now i want to have 3 textboxes for each images, every textbox is formated different. The content from th…

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## [OnClip event button script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclip-event-button-script/207663)

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**Author:** [@rootdiv99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rootdiv99)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclip-event-button-script/207663 "2006-11-20T14:36:18Z")

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Greetings, I have a set of 5 text buttons that I want to alter slightly with actionscript. An OnClip event moves the 5 text buttons onto the screen, then each button has a stop action as well as an OnPress/OnRelease …

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## [10,000 movieclips hidden, will affect speed?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/10-000-movieclips-hidden-will-affect-speed/207657)

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**Author:** [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/10-000-movieclips-hidden-will-affect-speed/207657 "2006-11-20T13:12:06Z")

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I have 10,000 movieclips, but all are \_visible = false , everyone of them is hidden. I want to know, the fact that they're hidden, in terms of the processor usage, is as if they don't even exist? Or are they causing so…

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## [Allow smoothing supported in flash 7?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/allow-smoothing-supported-in-flash-7/207651)

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**Author:** [@jimjiminyjimjim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimjiminyjimjim)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/allow-smoothing-supported-in-flash-7/207651 "2006-11-20T11:56:43Z")

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I'm using Flash 8 authoring but can anyone tell me if the allow smoothing property for Bitmaps is supported if it is published as a Flash 7 file? Thanks

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## [Banner rotation and HeadLab text scroller probs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/banner-rotation-and-headlab-text-scroller-probs/207649)

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**Author:** [@lowey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lowey)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/banner-rotation-and-headlab-text-scroller-probs/207649 "2006-11-20T11:34:31Z")

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Hello, I've had a problem with a flash banner (that uses the Headlab text scroller) that has been placed on a java based rotation script. Problem is the banner freezes. Anyone got any experience of this or know how t…

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## [Playing Sound using ActionScript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-sound-using-actionscript/207646)

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**Author:** [@declare](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/declare)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-sound-using-actionscript/207646 "2006-11-20T11:16:20Z")

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Hey guy, I'm so new to flash But I was looking at this site about (Playing Sound using ActionScript) and it works!, just not the way I want it to. Now there a (play button) and then a (stop button) to play and stop the …

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## [Movieclip within Movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-within-movieclip/207642)

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**Author:** [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-within-movieclip/207642 "2006-11-20T09:41:14Z")

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Hi guys, Im facing a lot of trouble with debugging this piece of code. Basically Im creating a new movieclip named "container1" inside a movieclip named "pageClip". Then I load an image into container1. Then I create ano…

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## [AS2.0 Linkage and attachMovie Woe](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-linkage-and-attachmovie-woe/207641)

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**Author:** [@softyengin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/softyengin)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-linkage-and-attachmovie-woe/207641 "2006-11-20T09:33:54Z")

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attachMovie woes Hi I am having some trouble with Classes with respect to a movieclips 'As 2.0 class' in the linkage settings. After an attachMovie i am expecting my Class members to exist but they are not OK, This i…

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## [XML loads other XML Files, onload function in onload function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-loads-other-xml-files-onload-function-in-onload-function/207639)

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**Author:** [@crazed\_climber](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/crazed_climber)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-loads-other-xml-files-onload-function-in-onload-function/207639 "2006-11-20T09:22:46Z")

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I am writting an image gallery that loads one intial xml file named galleries.xml. From this point each xml node loads a XMl file for that gallery that holds all the images. The problem arises in the fact that to do this…

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## [Loader Class AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-class-as3/207635)

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**Author:** [@cosmicloverocks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cosmicloverocks)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-class-as3/207635 "2006-11-20T06:00:27Z")

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any preloader tutorial or sample made with Loader Class in AS3 and how do i use stage.DefaultContextMenu property in a class. thanks in advanced..

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## [Help finding lost instance name](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-finding-lost-instance-name/207631)

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**Author:** [@exboywonder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/exboywonder)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-finding-lost-instance-name/207631 "2006-11-20T05:07:15Z")

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I have a client who wants me to edit a templatemonster template. :tired: I'm attempting to edit a photo gallery within the template so that it can be updated through an xml file. The problem is that the file is (in my …

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## [External Swfs - Btns not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swfs-btns-not-working/207629)

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**Author:** [@DanontheMoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanontheMoon)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swfs-btns-not-working/207629 "2006-11-20T04:31:49Z")

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This is a grossly simplified version of the transitioning between external swfs setup (Thanks, Voetsjoeba!), it's got six buttons (six external swfs),and the first two work. Sections 3,4,5,and 6 won't load for some reaso…

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## [Will pay $$ for solved problem. At wit's end with external image gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/will-pay-for-solved-problem-at-wits-end-with-external-image-gallery/207628)

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**Author:** [@hombr3w311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hombr3w311)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/will-pay-for-solved-problem-at-wits-end-with-external-image-gallery/207628 "2006-11-20T04:12:45Z")

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Here is the site: http://www.epic-pc.com/SRD/ to log into the collections page: u/name: andrew p/word: andrew The image loading is ridiculously slow on all of the galleries. For the rings page i chaged each thum an…

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## [StarXploser's DropDown Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starxplosers-dropdown-menu/207627)

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**Author:** [@drexp2000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drexp2000)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starxplosers-dropdown-menu/207627 "2006-11-20T03:51:23Z")

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In Star's dropdown menu example, I cannot get the text links to work properly. Anyone got any ideas? I tried making them as buttons or movieclips and give it a onRelease code.. Thanks. Dre

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## [Fullscreen!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fullscreen/207626)

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**Author:** [@mah0921](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mah0921)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fullscreen/207626 "2006-11-20T03:43:04Z")

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hello, i'm new here n this is my 1st post.. hope i post it in correct place.. my apologize if i'm wrong.. =D ... recently i'm start creating a project with flash N publish it to exe file type.. but i dunno how to make th…

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## [MovieclipLoader, Several Thumbnails](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviecliploader-several-thumbnails/207621)

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**Author:** [@Nineteen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nineteen)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moviecliploader-several-thumbnails/207621 "2006-11-20T03:07:16Z")

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// Create listener object: var mclListener:Object = new Object(); mclListener.onLoadError = function(target\_mc:MovieClip, errorCode:String, status:Number) { trace("Error loading image: " + errorCode + " \[" + status …

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## [Preloading Shell-Based Site - PLEASE HELP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-shell-based-site-please-help/207613)

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**Author:** [@Alby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alby)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-shell-based-site-please-help/207613 "2006-11-20T00:22:23Z")

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Hello. I am currently developing in Flash 8 I've created a website based on this tutorial:http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions2.htm, where I have a controller movie "main.swf" that dynamically loads sep…

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## [Pop up problem on the web](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pop-up-problem-on-the-web/207609)

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**Author:** [@rstremke](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rstremke)\
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**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pop-up-problem-on-the-web/207609 "2006-11-20T00:01:09Z")

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I've used the centered pop-up window tutorial code with success in the past, and I'm trying to use it again for my portfolio site. The problem is, the pop-ups work just fine on my local computer when testing in a browse…

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## [MySpace in Flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/myspace-in-flash/207598)

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**Author:** [@robson\_jerome](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/robson_jerome)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/myspace-in-flash/207598 "2006-11-19T21:40:37Z")

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Is it possible to make an entire MySpace page in flash? Does myspace allow such things?:ponder: If so, how would I go about doing it? RJ

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## [Playing specific sound files based on letters in user entered word](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-specific-sound-files-based-on-letters-in-user-entered-word/207596)

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**Author:** [@Lemuel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lemuel)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-specific-sound-files-based-on-letters-in-user-entered-word/207596 "2006-11-19T21:06:17Z")

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Hi I had an idea. I was thinking that it may be possible to create a primitive, yet usable actionscript based text to speech system for Flash movies (One that is platform independent). The biggest problem that I co…

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## [Linking Scenes Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-scenes-help/207595)

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**Author:** [@Rgxl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rgxl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-scenes-help/207595 "2006-11-19T20:45:36Z")

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Check it, I'm working on this site and I'm having each section in a different Scene in flash...I know how to link them together, but I'm using a different kind of buttons to have a "flashy" rollover...so the gotoandplay(…

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## [Drawing tutorials](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-tutorials/207593)

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**Author:** [@silverneo188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverneo188)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-tutorials/207593 "2006-11-19T19:59:28Z")

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Does anyone know a site that teaches how to draw stuff professionaly in flash? I found this site www.cartoonsmart.com but you have to pay for that. Im looking for a free place.

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## [XML Menu attached MovieClip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-attached-movieclip/207592)

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**Author:** [@coop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coop)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-attached-movieclip/207592 "2006-11-19T18:58:04Z")

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Hi all, I have a simple menu from an XML file which is in a MovieClip that is attached using attachMovie. This works fine, but I want to load another movie with attachMovie underneath the MC with the menu in. So what I…

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## [Flash Image Creator](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-image-creator/207588)

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**Author:** [@dude9er](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dude9er)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-image-creator/207588 "2006-11-19T18:09:03Z")

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I'm looking for a simple flash based image creator. The user essentially selects different options that will build a final image. Example. Male or Female Choose Sport Choose text The image is the built with predra…

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## [Array from PHP to Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-from-php-to-flash/207583)

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**Author:** [@nickcherryjiggz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nickcherryjiggz)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-from-php-to-flash/207583 "2006-11-19T16:38:12Z")

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\[LEFT\]I'm trying to send an array ($pathArray) from a PHP file (pathFinder.php) to an swf (pathFinder.swf). This is the (relevant) code I have so far... \*\* pathFinder.swf\*\* mc\_search.onRelease = function(){ var…

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## [Canal Lock Prototype](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/canal-lock-prototype/207581)

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**Author:** [@makaveli2k4](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/makaveli2k4)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/canal-lock-prototype/207581 "2006-11-19T16:01:27Z")

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Hi, i need to develop a prototype of a Canal lock, ie be able to open gates, let the boat in, close gate, let water in etc.. How would i go about implementing this using flash 8? Any help will be much appreciated. Ive ne…

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## [Fish dynamics](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fish-dynamics/207580)

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**Author:** [@Esseti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esseti)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fish-dynamics/207580 "2006-11-19T14:33:33Z")

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Im making a ocean themed site, and I want to make a school of fish swimming along the bottom. It doesn't have to be anything advnaced, just a school of 5-10 fish mc's swimming in a gathering. I could make it as a keyfram…

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