# flash

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## [Load MC's to specific area](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mcs-to-specific-area/196221)

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**Author:** [@o111](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/o111)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mcs-to-specific-area/196221 "2006-08-06T23:42:23Z")

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Im trying to create a simple gallery and yes, I know there is tutorials here, but thats not exactly what im looking for. Im not trying to use any xml and stuff. Anywho, here is my question. I want to have some buttons …

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## [Problem w/ Math.random() in AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-w-math-random-in-as3/196216)

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**Author:** [@voidoid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/voidoid)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-w-math-random-in-as3/196216 "2006-08-06T22:25:39Z")

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To anyone who's been playing with AS3...Here is my code package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.text.\*; public class RandomTester extends Sprite { public function RandomTester() …

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## [Delayed removeMovieClip in onEnterFrame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-removemovieclip-in-onenterframe/196208)

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**Author:** [@aerahn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aerahn)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-removemovieclip-in-onenterframe/196208 "2006-08-06T21:04:26Z")

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I am trying to modify some code to include a movie clip that covers existing media controls with "grayed out" buttons if there is no media. The code uses an onEnterFrame to determine if there is media. What I've done is …

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## [Loader Controller HELP!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-controller-help/196207)

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**Author:** [@GarretB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GarretB)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-controller-help/196207 "2006-08-06T21:02:22Z")

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I used this tute to create an image gallery. The problem I am having in Flash is that I have a page with various thumbnails. When I click on a thumbnail, I want the page to transition to the loader image gallery, but …

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## [Photo Gallery Using XML and Flash Transition Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-transition-question/196205)

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**Author:** [@hishee2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hishee2)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-transition-question/196205 "2006-08-06T20:45:14Z")

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Photo Gallery Using XML and Flash Transition Question:hr::hr: I was wondering how do i go about changing the type of transition between the images, the default one that happens is just teh fade, i want to make my own so …

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## [JavaScript function, getURL, & Flash - Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-function-geturl-flash-help/196201)

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**Author:** [@kimprint](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kimprint)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-function-geturl-flash-help/196201 "2006-08-06T19:22:33Z")

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Hi all! Question: I'm trying to use a JavaScript function that loads two pages in two separate frames. It's being used in a Flash drop down menu. What I'd like to happen is... when an item in the menu is clicked, the …

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## [Flash Contact Form problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-contact-form-problem/196200)

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**Author:** [@Molie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Molie)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-contact-form-problem/196200 "2006-08-06T19:00:07Z")

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hello everybody i made a \*\*Flash Contact Form Submission using flash 8 \*\*and tested it on my website ,it's working so good, it loads var to mail.php file but when i send the files to my client, who uploaded it the c…

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## [Timeline Levels](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-levels/196197)

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**Author:** [@Tyg3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tyg3r)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-levels/196197 "2006-08-06T18:10:42Z")

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Is it possible to target a timeline at just one level below the current timeline? rather than rooting to the begining and working your way up throuh MC's with instance names. For example: Instead of this: \_root.movieCl…

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## [Transitions Between External SWFs won't load right file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions-between-external-swfs-wont-load-right-file/196196)

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**Author:** [@atlemo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlemo)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions-between-external-swfs-wont-load-right-file/196196 "2006-08-06T18:09:04Z")

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I have, as so many other followed this tutorial (\[FONT=Verdana\]\[COLOR=#003366\]Transitions \[/COLOR\]\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Verdana\] \[COLOR=#003366\]Between External SWFs - http://www.kirupa.…

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## [Incrementing Function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/incrementing-function/196194)

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**Author:** [@Purple\_Elite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Purple_Elite)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/incrementing-function/196194 "2006-08-06T17:49:52Z")

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Maybe I'm too tired to be doing this. I am trying to make a simple function that will increment a variable by one and return the new number. I want to use it to assign depths. I just want to start at 0, increment with ea…

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## [XML photo gallery loaded in a movie-clip?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-gallery-loaded-in-a-movie-clip/196193)

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**Author:** [@bine](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bine)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-gallery-loaded-in-a-movie-clip/196193 "2006-08-06T17:45:13Z")

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Hello! I try to load the gallery.fla-file into a movieclip inside the start.fla-file. I tried the one from the tutorial (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm). The gallery.fla allone works …

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## [Claudio's Scroller + XML Images](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/claudios-scroller-xml-images/196192)

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**Author:** [@yolkSac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yolkSac)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/claudios-scroller-xml-images/196192 "2006-08-06T17:36:04Z")

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Hey all... Having trouble fixing my XML thumbnail images to work with Claudio's scroller. The scroller doesn't adjust correctly to show all of the dynamically loaded thumbnails..? I found this thread explaining why …

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## [Need help with photo gallery tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-photo-gallery-tutorial/196191)

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**Author:** [@Nazereth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nazereth)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-photo-gallery-tutorial/196191 "2006-08-06T17:03:58Z")

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Hello everyone, can anyone give me any advice about what I am doing wrong with the photo gallery tutorial. I have added all my photos to the actionscript, but all the images are on my hard drive. Here is the code, would …

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## [Pop-ups within flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pop-ups-within-flash/196187)

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**Author:** [@ummjay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ummjay)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pop-ups-within-flash/196187 "2006-08-06T14:52:36Z")

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I am trying to make something that there is a few pictures of people. When you click each person a small pop-up within flash pops up displaying more info on the person. How would I go about making this pop up come up? Th…

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## [Keeping a clip on top](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keeping-a-clip-on-top/196185)

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**Author:** [@Purple\_Elite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Purple_Elite)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keeping-a-clip-on-top/196185 "2006-08-06T14:37:47Z")

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I need to use a custom cursor. I am doing so by simply hiding the cursor and having a small MC follow the mouse around with a setInterval. I need to make sure the cursor stays at the highest level. The stage is blank and…

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## [Importing a Flash movie into a Flash file?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-a-flash-movie-into-a-flash-file/196184)

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**Author:** [@Inkies](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Inkies)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-a-flash-movie-into-a-flash-file/196184 "2006-08-06T14:17:51Z")

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Is it possible to import an already made Flash move into another flash file. Say you want the movie (or in this case a website) to show other Flash movies, can you bring in the file somehow?

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## [Buffering MP3 Wierd Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buffering-mp3-wierd-problem/196183)

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**Author:** [@Butters](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Butters)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buffering-mp3-wierd-problem/196183 "2006-08-06T13:36:32Z")

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Using this code to externally load and buffer an MP3: //prebuffer 2 minutes \_soundbuftime = 120; //define sound object var my\_sound = new Sound(); //stream mp3 my\_sound.loadSound("sowhat.mp3", true); Works fine, but …

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## [onReleaseOutside not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onreleaseoutside-not-working/196182)

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**Author:** [@nutz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nutz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onreleaseoutside-not-working/196182 "2006-08-06T13:12:15Z")

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Hi. When I run this nothing happens when I release outside myButton. asdfasdf! Can you help? Thx. var my\_mc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("myButton", 1); myButton.attachMovie("circle", "circle1", 2) myButton.o…

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## [Controlling what loads first - HTML or Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-what-loads-first-html-or-flash/196177)

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**Author:** [@FlashDeano](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashDeano)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-what-loads-first-html-or-flash/196177 "2006-08-06T11:30:57Z")

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This is probably a dumb question and I think a Javascript thing but here goes. I have a logo (swf) on my site that is 178K and hence loads after the rest of the HTML page. Want I need to achieve is to load the swf mo…

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## [\[AS2.0\]Help with dynamic text!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-help-with-dynamic-text/196176)

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**Author:** [@Alclub](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alclub)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-0-help-with-dynamic-text/196176 "2006-08-06T11:19:47Z")

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Hi, I don't know how to express this as a question, so ill just describe what I want. I have 4 buttons. Button a,b,c & d. When you click button A, I need it to display a message in a dynamic text field. For eg, "you ha…

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## [Changing color?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-color/196173)

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**Author:** [@kimono38](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kimono38)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-color/196173 "2006-08-06T10:02:58Z")

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I trying to use http://www.modifymycar.com/home.html as a part of my assignment. But its look harder than it seem for a beginner like me who just learn basic of flashmx. There are few problem i encounter so far: I don…

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## [Opening pop up window within a container](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-pop-up-window-within-a-container/196172)

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**Author:** [@swestre](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swestre)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-pop-up-window-within-a-container/196172 "2006-08-06T09:42:13Z")

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Hi, i have a small problem. i followed the centered pop up window tutorial and it worked. but when that page was placed inside a container, the pop ups didn't work and i got an error message. so my current set up is, …

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## [PLEASE ... Need Help on XML+FLASH menu ~~](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-need-help-on-xml-flash-menu/196171)

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**Author:** [@Heinekenhk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Heinekenhk)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-need-help-on-xml-flash-menu/196171 "2006-08-06T09:33:19Z")

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Hi everybody ~~ I need help on the making of XML+Flash Menu, I want to make a dynamic XML+FLASH menu, the texts (MainMENU & Sub-Menu) should be stored in a XML file & can be change anytime by just edit the XML file. …

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## [Loops, Arrays and getting stuck!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loops-arrays-and-getting-stuck/196169)

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**Author:** [@theSchtickler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theSchtickler)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loops-arrays-and-getting-stuck/196169 "2006-08-06T09:24:02Z")

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Hi there, I've been trying to write cleaner code, but every time i try, I get stuck! This is a perfect example, I know that its kind of wrong, but I have no idea how to fix it \[frowning\] I need the 'newPos' to have a…

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## [How do I target multiple buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-target-multiple-buttons/196240)

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**Author:** [@Allen123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Allen123)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-target-multiple-buttons/196240 "2006-08-06T07:30:40Z")

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for(var i:Number = 0; i \< 3; i++) { var mc:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("myButton", "myButton" + i, i); mc.index = i; mc.onPress = function():Void { trace(this.index); //current selected \_alpha=50. how to control other …

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## [External HTML News Feed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-news-feed/196162)

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**Author:** [@jcox12](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jcox12)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-news-feed/196162 "2006-08-06T05:59:21Z")

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I would like to setup my news and events page on my website to look and function like the following site: http://www.dalejr.com/8.html click on news center and you will see what i mean. Does anyone have any idea how …

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## [\[AS\] Help with moving functional stage code into functions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-help-with-moving-functional-stage-code-into-functions/196160)

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**Author:** [@jopper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jopper)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-help-with-moving-functional-stage-code-into-functions/196160 "2006-08-06T04:34:53Z")

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Ok, I can't get this to work. I'm still confused about functions apparently. I'll worry about for loops later but I need to get basic functionality first. I'm guessing the problem is with pathing? When mainMenuVisible is…

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## [Flash XML & ColdFusion XML SocketGateway](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-coldfusion-xml-socketgateway/196155)

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**Author:** [@tfoston](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tfoston)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-coldfusion-xml-socketgateway/196155 "2006-08-06T03:10:08Z")

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I'm using the Flash XML socket class to hook up to a CF server. On CF side I've configured the Socket Eventgateway with a listener CFC with the following code I riped from the adobe site \<cfcomponent displayname="echo"…

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## [Infrequently Asked Questions and Other Interesting Threads](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infrequently-asked-questions-and-other-interesting-threads/196152)

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**Author:** [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infrequently-asked-questions-and-other-interesting-threads/196152 "2006-08-06T02:50:13Z")

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\*\*\[u\] Interesting Threads: \[/u\]\*\* ActionScript 4.0 ByteCode, machine code and SWF Disassembly Class and Garbage Collection Custom Namespace Does trace Slow Down Execution? Extending More Than One Class (C…

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## [Submit text for ticker](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/submit-text-for-ticker/196147)

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**Author:** [@Hosen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hosen)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/submit-text-for-ticker/196147 "2006-08-06T01:56:10Z")

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I recently saw a website that had a very nice ticker, you could write something in an INPUT TEXT FIELD, Submit it, and then it would be displayed for about 5 secons in a near window. Does anybody knows how to do this?

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