# flash

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## [Page Transitions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/page-transitions/203210)

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**Author:** [@Qoo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Qoo)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/page-transitions/203210 "2006-10-09T02:35:30Z")

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Hi People , i need some help and advise. I had try to assign my button to link to my content. It's work well. But after a few click, my content will jump to the next page without anyone clicking on it. :sen: I had the…

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## [HELP problem with accessing movieclip (using target)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-with-accessing-movieclip-using-target/203208)

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**Author:** [@ika\_nursila](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ika_nursila)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-with-accessing-movieclip-using-target/203208 "2006-10-09T02:22:32Z")

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dear all, I have problem with 'target' in my flash movie. I have flash that show my data from database, into text n images. when i put the text n blank movieclip (container for images) into "main stage" no problem to sho…

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## [Bitmap Font Text Drawn to Bitmap](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-font-text-drawn-to-bitmap/203207)

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**Author:** [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-font-text-drawn-to-bitmap/203207 "2006-10-09T02:18:31Z")

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Is there a way to write a bitmap font right into the bitmap being desplayed? Mabey better worded: myBitmap.draw(image, t) draws a picture is there a way to draw text? I'm stuck even if its just a work around in some …

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## [Problem with loading data from xternal txt file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-data-from-xternal-txt-file/203203)

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**Author:** [@Dima71](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dima71)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-data-from-xternal-txt-file/203203 "2006-10-09T02:02:14Z")

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\[LEFT\]\[FONT=Fixedsys\]\[SIZE=3\]Hi\[/SIZE\]\[/FONT\]\[/LEFT\] \[FONT=Fixedsys\]\[SIZE=3\]This is the script that I use to load data from 2 txt files to a dynamic text:\[/SIZE\]\[/FONT\] \[LEFT\]\[FONT=Times New Roman\]\[SIZE=3\]myData = new…

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## [Menu/Movement](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-movement/203202)

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**Author:** [@rollwithit80](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rollwithit80)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-movement/203202 "2006-10-09T01:41:29Z")

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Hi Guys, I'm trying to construct a similar menu to http://www.answerracing.com I have attached a file which i have created but i am having troubles with the movement of the menu. I have spent a few days on it now and i…

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## [AS2: Best practices/code organization?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-best-practices-code-organization/203190)

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**Author:** [@oybrator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oybrator)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-best-practices-code-organization/203190 "2006-10-08T23:07:01Z")

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Hey! I've got a few questions that concerne the design of an application. I am a skilled AS1 developer, but fairly new to AS2 and therefore I often times wonder about best practices and organizing code in AS2 developme…

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## [TextField's width changes automatically](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfields-width-changes-automatically/203175)

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**Author:** [@tedc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tedc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfields-width-changes-automatically/203175 "2006-10-08T19:37:59Z")

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Hi, I'm using the Tween class to change the \_yscale properties of a created movie clip, which contains a created text field. (everything done in AS). When I change the yscale value of this mc, the text's width inside a…

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## [• Sliding menu (rubric takes place of another)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu-rubric-takes-place-of-another/203174)

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**Author:** [@dimitri\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dimitri_c)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu-rubric-takes-place-of-another/203174 "2006-10-08T19:36:38Z")

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Good evening - Someone stole my laptop, and I lost all my data (experiments). I know, I 'm stupid cuz I never donz a backup. But it isn't the topic :snug: I download a certain time ago, a very cool sliding menu on t…

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## [Navigate XML with Arrow Keys](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigate-xml-with-arrow-keys/203169)

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**Author:** [@chinaski360](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chinaski360)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigate-xml-with-arrow-keys/203169 "2006-10-08T18:13:52Z")

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Hi All -- I've successfully downloaded and modified the XML Based Drop Down Menu from Kirupa (thanks a TON for breaking it down so well in the tutorial). The only thing I wish it did was allow me to step through eac…

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## [Learning Interactions scoring control AS help needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-interactions-scoring-control-as-help-needed/203161)

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**Author:** [@somnamblst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somnamblst)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-interactions-scoring-control-as-help-needed/203161 "2006-10-08T15:38:21Z")

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I am using a learning interactions quiz at the end of an animated movie. Because it is entertaining I would rather not launch as a standalone quiz. Everything works perfectly when the quiz is on its own timeline that sta…

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## [Where is the The Character Embed Button in the property box](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-is-the-the-character-embed-button-in-the-property-box/203158)

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**Author:** [@yossarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yossarian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-is-the-the-character-embed-button-in-the-property-box/203158 "2006-10-08T15:12:48Z")

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Sorry dumb question but I really can't see it! Where is it? Y

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## [Flash & XML help (maybe XPATH problem)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-help-maybe-xpath-problem/203156)

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**Author:** [@Drakash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Drakash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-help-maybe-xpath-problem/203156 "2006-10-08T13:55:28Z")

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\[FONT=Verdana\]Hiya folks,\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Verdana\]I am nearing the end of a project and just need to solve one part to complete it.\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Verdana\]I have an XML file which contains lots of information abut all the v…

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## [Flash \_Quality Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash--quality-question/203151)

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**Author:** [@battlefield](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/battlefield)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash--quality-question/203151 "2006-10-08T10:57:18Z")

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Is there a way to set quality of movieclips individually? acording to flash help: \_quality:String Sets or retrieves the rendering quality used for a movie clip. Device fonts are always aliased and therefore are un…

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## [Comparing 2 versions of a FLA](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comparing-2-versions-of-a-fla/203147)

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**Author:** [@Jayme65](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jayme65)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comparing-2-versions-of-a-fla/203147 "2006-10-08T07:49:01Z")

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Is there a tool that would allow you to compare the script in 2 flash files, and shows you the differences in both of them? So actually a text file comparison? But perhaps adapted to Flash? Thanks very much,

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## [Copypixels problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copypixels-problem/203141)

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**Author:** [@Flashthinker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flashthinker)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copypixels-problem/203141 "2006-10-08T05:58:43Z")

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Well, I'm trying to make a ray-casting engine in flash but I came across a problem which I can't solve. import flash.display.BitmapData import flash.geom.Rectangle import flash.geom.Point this.createEmptyMovieClip("cl…

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## [Creating a scrollbar for text and images in MX](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-scrollbar-for-text-and-images-in-mx/203140)

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**Author:** [@shellgrunge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shellgrunge)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-scrollbar-for-text-and-images-in-mx/203140 "2006-10-08T03:48:14Z")

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Hi everyone, I want to create a customised scrollbar in Flash MX but here's the catch: I want it to scroll both text AND images (i.e. scroll another movieclip with various content), NOT just a textbox. The tutorial h…

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## [\[F8 AS2\] spacing objects evenly?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-as2-spacing-objects-evenly/203130)

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**Author:** [@RileyBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RileyBoy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-as2-spacing-objects-evenly/203130 "2006-10-07T23:50:57Z")

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I've been working on this for over 3 hours and it is about to drive me crazy! I was one of those people who never paid attention to math in high school because i thought i would never use it ( i knew i wanted to be an ar…

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## [Help with a small map](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-small-map/203126)

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**Author:** [@Hank\_Marvin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hank_Marvin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-small-map/203126 "2006-10-07T21:50:58Z")

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Hi, im pretty much a complete noob with flash but can follow a simple-ish tutorial. Im using flash 8 Basically what i want to know how to do is, make each island on my small map highlight in some way like change colo…

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## [Waiting inbetween scirpts?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-inbetween-scirpts/203118)

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**Author:** [@Ohls](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ohls)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-inbetween-scirpts/203118 "2006-10-07T19:51:52Z")

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example: \[AS\] myXTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(Values); //wait XX seconds myXTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(Values); \[/AS\] Is there an fairly easy way to do this? If there isnt I'll just place the codes along a …

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## [Loading pictures](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures/203116)

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**Author:** [@isvaljek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/isvaljek)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures/203116 "2006-10-07T18:43:24Z")

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Is it possible to keep the aspect ratio of a picture loaded with loadMovie, or is there another way to accomplish the same? Thanks.

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## [Looping textbox with filters applied not showing, why not?!?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-textbox-with-filters-applied-not-showing-why-not/203115)

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**Author:** [@daffy\_dowden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daffy_dowden)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-textbox-with-filters-applied-not-showing-why-not/203115 "2006-10-07T18:33:58Z")

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I've no idea why but when I set a dynamic text field using actionscript, which has filters applied to it (drop shadow, etc) the text won't show!? All i'm trying to do is create a loop sequence of words from an array, e…

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## [Problem with Mc Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-mc-button/203113)

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**Author:** [@Yosuke](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yosuke)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-mc-button/203113 "2006-10-07T18:11:30Z")

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Okay so, I'm not exactly sure what i'm trying to do but I'm creating a main screen for a game. The game is going to be something like, don't get hit be large meteors heading toward you in the middle. Right now with the m…

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## [External swf slow playback](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-slow-playback/203109)

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**Author:** [@dee0954](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dee0954)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-slow-playback/203109 "2006-10-07T17:18:27Z")

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Hello : using the excellent tutorial on preloading and transition for external files (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader\_transition.htm) i have created a main swf file into which i am loading 4 external files.…

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## [Easy programmation execpt for me](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-programmation-execpt-for-me/203101)

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**Author:** [@xelaxam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xelaxam)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-programmation-execpt-for-me/203101 "2006-10-07T16:40:21Z")

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Okay here we start. (I'm sure that's totally easy to do but i'm not the best in action script) So first on all on my scene there is a mc called building\_mc and another mc called chance\_mc. In the building\_mc there i…

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## [Error with game action script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-with-game-action-script/203093)

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**Author:** [@fulci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fulci)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-with-game-action-script/203093 "2006-10-07T13:23:15Z")

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=) Hi all, Thanks to the kirupa forums I've finally learnt how to load external SWF's, however now i have a problem inside the actionscript of one the SWf's I'm loading. The SWF is a game - Tetris. When Tetris is fi…

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## [GRRR hittest odd shapes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grrr-hittest-odd-shapes/203087)

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**Author:** [@imb0red123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imb0red123)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grrr-hittest-odd-shapes/203087 "2006-10-07T11:37:06Z")

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okay ive looked at tutorials on hittest and how to stop a movie clip from moving when it hits a wall and stuff but none of it can tell me how to make a movie clip stop moving when it hits any side of an odd shaped movie …

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## [Web services worked fine until they were uploaded](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-services-worked-fine-until-they-were-uploaded/203084)

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**Author:** [@ThePuzzleMaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ThePuzzleMaster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-services-worked-fine-until-they-were-uploaded/203084 "2006-10-07T10:59:21Z")

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The title says it all. I had some web services that I used with the WS components and everything worked SPLENDIDLY in flash, but as soon as I uploaded the files to my website... I get nothing... Anyone know what might …

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## [Major special characters problem!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/major-special-characters-problem/203083)

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**Author:** [@wickedBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wickedBoy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/major-special-characters-problem/203083 "2006-10-07T09:42:07Z")

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I'm using this code: on (press){ System.setClipboard("\\u0104"); } but it's still not pasting the correct symbol ( Polish letter). Any idea what I need to do in order to get it to paste correctly?

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## [NEW WEWBSITE made but one thing wont work](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-wewbsite-made-but-one-thing-wont-work/203080)

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**Author:** [@dunkyb123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dunkyb123)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-wewbsite-made-but-one-thing-wont-work/203080 "2006-10-07T07:23:05Z")

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Hello all, This is the second website i have made in flash, but i have a problem with my member page, I am trying to get a button called Dunkyb123\_btn in a movie clip called MembersBackground\_mc to change the infomatio…

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## [Anyone know if the date class can read from server clock?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-if-the-date-class-can-read-from-server-clock/203077)

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**Author:** [@koolkrasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koolkrasher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-if-the-date-class-can-read-from-server-clock/203077 "2006-10-07T06:09:14Z")

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Does anyone know if the sate class in flash can be called from a server instead of the users local computer? I am working on a advent calander and it would be nice if people could'nt cheat and look ahead. Just wonderin.…

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