# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1583 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1584 --- ## [Stopping external movie whitout buttons. Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-external-movie-whitout-buttons-help/206383)
**Author:** [@mx\_guest2004](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mx_guest2004)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-external-movie-whitout-buttons-help/206383 "2006-11-07T18:03:22Z")
Hi, I have a main movie with a container movieclip. I load an external movie "Ext1.swf" into this movie clip. It works. I want to control the container (stop and play). It works with buttons, but I want to make two funct… --- ## [Tile game issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-game-issue/206381)
**Author:** [@bababouy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bababouy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-game-issue/206381 "2006-11-07T17:59:11Z")
I'm using a script based on Mahesh Kokadwar's "puzzle" game. I'm trying to modify it's controls to keyboard activated rather than onPress. To simplify, I'm having trouble getting just the arrow keys to work rather than j… --- ## [Flash 8 Sliding Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-sliding-menu/206377)
**Author:** [@xg2119](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xg2119)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-sliding-menu/206377 "2006-11-07T17:34:06Z")
Where do I need to add my content for it to appear in the contentHold movie clip? I tried testing it with a text block in the contentHold clip and the content clip with no success. Is it a nesting issue? I am new to wo… --- ## [POM's sliding menu in its own swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/poms-sliding-menu-in-its-own-swf/206376)
**Author:** [@lousy\_coder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lousy_coder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/poms-sliding-menu-in-its-own-swf/206376 "2006-11-07T17:26:43Z")
I have two sliding menus in the same movie, and they interfere with one another if they're movie clips. So for the second one, it is in a swf and I'm using loadMovie to play it. That works fine, but there are mcs inside … --- ## [\[f8\] Removing event handlers from movie clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-removing-event-handlers-from-movie-clips/206374)
**Author:** [@AcidFire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AcidFire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-removing-event-handlers-from-movie-clips/206374 "2006-11-07T16:58:21Z")
function checkButton(buttonHit:MovieClip) { if (buttonActive == true) { buttonHit.onPress = function() { this.originalX = this.\_x; this.originalY = this.\_y; moveit = new T… --- ## [hitTest only the content of movieclip and not from 0,0 to \_width, \_height!?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-only-the-content-of-movieclip-and-not-from-0-0-to--width--height/206373)
**Author:** [@johnnyboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnnyboy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-only-the-content-of-movieclip-and-not-from-0-0-to--width--height/206373 "2006-11-07T16:56:14Z")
\[FONT=Verdana\] \[COLOR=black\]\[COLOR=black\]\[FONT=Verdana\]Hey guys\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]\[/COLOR\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Verdana\] \[COLOR=black\]\[COLOR=black\]\[FONT=Verdana\] \[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]\[/COLOR\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Verdana\] \[COLOR=bl… --- ## [Open Full Screen video player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-full-screen-video-player/206372)
**Author:** [@Luisinho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Luisinho)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-full-screen-video-player/206372 "2006-11-07T16:47:58Z")
It's been a while trying to find info about this but cannot find the right solution...I have a flash movie running in one screen an need to open (through a mouse click) a mpeg2 file in full screen (either with vlc player… --- ## [getText problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gettext-problem/206371)
**Author:** [@silverneo188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverneo188)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gettext-problem/206371 "2006-11-07T16:45:59Z")
I have a problem... I'm making a game and I have the first frame my first level then the second frame the shop, I need it to remember what my score was from my 1st frame, and place it in the same text box in the second. … --- ## [Image colorchange while mouseover on color swatches](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-colorchange-while-mouseover-on-color-swatches/206365)
**Author:** [@senthilkmari](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senthilkmari)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-colorchange-while-mouseover-on-color-swatches/206365 "2006-11-07T15:31:24Z")
Hi All, I need a head start to do a project, where I have to dynamically get the color swatches for each products and when the user hovers the mouse over the swatches I need to show the product per the swatch color. Ri… --- ## [Noob - need help with Hover caption](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-need-help-with-hover-caption/206364)
**Author:** [@warden0503](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/warden0503)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-need-help-with-hover-caption/206364 "2006-11-07T15:23:58Z")
Hello, This is my first site, so please take it easy on me. I am trying to get the hover captions to work http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/hover\_captions.htm Issues --hover captions only work after hitting a… --- ## [Please help. Finding the \_x and\_y's in a tween class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-finding-the--x-and-ys-in-a-tween-class/206362)
**Author:** [@p\_ziity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/p_ziity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-finding-the--x-and-ys-in-a-tween-class/206362 "2006-11-07T15:09:39Z")
So here is my script. As you can see I have tween class starting point at 900. Is there any way to make it begin the tween where ever my MC's current \_x and \_y are?on (release) { import mx.transitions.easing.\*; i… --- ## [External SWF Preloading?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-preloading/206359)
**Author:** [@iwjp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iwjp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-preloading/206359 "2006-11-07T14:43:58Z")
Does the preloader before a page with external swfs load them before going to the next frame? If the answer is no, is there anyway to guarantee that they all load before playing synchronosly? Thanks in advance! --- ## [Random change font of text box](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-change-font-of-text-box/206357)
**Author:** [@coop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-change-font-of-text-box/206357 "2006-11-07T14:31:54Z")
Hi all, I have code for a typewriter type effect where the text is added one letter at a time, this is fine but I wanted the font used to be random from a list of fonts. The fonts in font\_arr i have placed in the libra… --- ## [Linking to a url via a Flash Projector](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-a-url-via-a-flash-projector/206344)
**Author:** [@jay\_church](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jay_church)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-a-url-via-a-flash-projector/206344 "2006-11-07T12:49:59Z")
Can anybody help? I have created a CD presentation that runs a Flash Projector file. Within the file I have links that need to open particular pages of a live website. How do I create those links to work within the… --- ## [Problem with thubnail component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-thubnail-component/206337)
**Author:** [@redjoe100](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/redjoe100)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-thubnail-component/206337 "2006-11-07T10:59:07Z")
Dear Kirupa people When I test my flash project (CTRL + Enter) the thumnail component that I purchased from flashkit.com does not show - this also happends with the built in flash video component that loads an flv fro… --- ## [AS3 - handling external images in memory](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-handling-external-images-in-memory/206334)
**Author:** [@ignitrix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ignitrix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-handling-external-images-in-memory/206334 "2006-11-07T09:13:15Z")
I'm using the Flash 9 AS3 Public Alpha IDE. I'm loading a suite of 256 external png images using the Loader class. There are multiple "suites" of these images, but once the .swf starts and a couple of settings are loaded… --- ## [FLV Playback with specialized component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-with-specialized-component/206331)
**Author:** [@LiquidFlames](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LiquidFlames)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-with-specialized-component/206331 "2006-11-07T06:43:55Z")
This may not even be the right place to post this question but I am completely at a loss. Im hoping someone out there will have an idea. Iv got this component from slideshowpro.net Its an image gallery slideshow type… --- ## [XML -\> Flash (well PHP & MySQL too)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-flash-well-php-mysql-too/206327)
**Author:** [@locatorjg1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/locatorjg1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-flash-well-php-mysql-too/206327 "2006-11-07T05:21:49Z")
Kirupa, first let me start by thanking you for teaching me so much. You have brought me to a new level... unfortunatley, I'm stuck.... \[smile\] I am totally lost and not sure where I went wrong. Let me start from the be… --- ## [Programmatic stills from Flash Video FLV (Progressive)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programmatic-stills-from-flash-video-flv-progressive/206326)
**Author:** [@rickface](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rickface)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programmatic-stills-from-flash-video-flv-progressive/206326 "2006-11-07T05:19:46Z")
Hi all, Now, logically I know this isnt possible with actionscript alone (since it would be difficult to grab a still/thumbnail from the 10 sec mark of a video if flash had only downloaded 5 sec of said video), but doe… --- ## [Positioning dynamically created MC's w/ variable height along y axis](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-dynamically-created-mcs-w-variable-height-along-y-axis/206325)
**Author:** [@SamSax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SamSax)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-dynamically-created-mcs-w-variable-height-along-y-axis/206325 "2006-11-07T05:06:03Z")
My code works fine as long as all the dynamically created MC's have the same height. The following pulls in data from an array structured as such: elements1= \[ {file:"image1.jpg", sequence:0, header: "", descri… --- ## [Loading XML data into a movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-data-into-a-movie-clip/206322)
**Author:** [@learntoreed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/learntoreed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-data-into-a-movie-clip/206322 "2006-11-07T03:51:24Z")
Greetings, I'm creating an XML MP3 player in Flash 8. I have more tracks than I have room to list them, so I would like to include a scroll bar to allow for users to scroll through the tracks and choose the one they w… --- ## [JPG loading problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpg-loading-problem/206314)
**Author:** [@skyp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skyp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpg-loading-problem/206314 "2006-11-07T02:18:02Z")
JPG file sometime can be loaded into flash MC, sometime cannot from a server. for example XML Gallery/SlideShow there is no problem if all the image file are loading locally, but if I loading image from a server, by M… --- ## [Image panning gallery - help please!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-panning-gallery-help-please/206312)
**Author:** [@weensyweb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/weensyweb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-panning-gallery-help-please/206312 "2006-11-07T02:09:24Z")
Hi, I have just found this forum today and boy am I glad I did! I have done the tutotrial "\*\*Interactive \*\*Image Panning", and have applied it to a gallery I am trying to create, but I can't get the scrolling to stop… --- ## [Group of Squares: one gets bigger, others get small?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/group-of-squares-one-gets-bigger-others-get-small/206305)
**Author:** [@DavidOrtiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DavidOrtiz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/group-of-squares-one-gets-bigger-others-get-small/206305 "2006-11-07T00:55:43Z")
Hi, im wondering what that effect is called or how to achieve it where let's say i have 6 squares, 3 on top, 3 on the bottom(2x3 matrix) and where if i click one, it gets bigger, and all the other ones get smaller. the… --- ## [Inserting text on click](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-text-on-click/206304)
**Author:** [@jbailey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jbailey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-text-on-click/206304 "2006-11-07T00:53:53Z")
I have a input text field on the stage and I want to insert text into that inputTF via a button. I can't use something like add.onRelease = function(){ inputTF.htmlText = "hello world" } becase it replaces the … --- ## [Preloader for XML slide show \*PLEASE HELP\*](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-xml-slide-show-please-help/206303)
**Author:** [@chalemi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chalemi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-xml-slide-show-please-help/206303 "2006-11-07T00:50:34Z")
Hello I have a multi-sectioned XML driven presentation set up, but I cant figure out what the code would be for preloading each slide, Here is my code as it stands: data\_xml = new XML(); data\_xml.ignoreWhite = true; d… --- ## [\*HeLp please\* MC movement by mouse](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-please-mc-movement-by-mouse/206297)
**Author:** [@hornerlas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hornerlas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-please-mc-movement-by-mouse/206297 "2006-11-06T23:16:22Z")
Hey anyone that has time to help me... I've mastered the way of image panning on an x asis for menus and so forth, but im trying to get it working with an x and y asis... if you dont get what i mean i mean like the mai… --- ## [Loading order of dynamically loaded thumbnails](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-order-of-dynamically-loaded-thumbnails/206291)
**Author:** [@flysi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flysi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-order-of-dynamically-loaded-thumbnails/206291 "2006-11-06T22:36:59Z")
Hi guys, I'm working on a portfolio site that I'm pretty much done with, but I'm having trouble with the loading order of the thumbnails on the site. The work in the portfolio is grouped into clients, and within each c… --- ## [Site not functioning in IE?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/site-not-functioning-in-ie/206290)
**Author:** [@cameron\_](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cameron_)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/site-not-functioning-in-ie/206290 "2006-11-06T22:23:28Z")
I need some help! I built this site about a year ago for a photographer. I am on a Mac, and she just recently started complaining that the site doesnt work on her PC. She says that after the home page, and page that sh… --- ## [Publishing Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publishing-problem/206284)
**Author:** [@sean1983uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sean1983uk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publishing-problem/206284 "2006-11-06T20:41:57Z")
This is a strange one... I have a .fla file and all that is in it is 4 empty movieclips. theres an xml file with links to 5 images in a seperate foldar each image is 10kb When i publish it from flash it produces a … [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1582) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1584)