# flash

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## [DataGrid with Tranparent Background](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-with-tranparent-background/194107)

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**Author:** [@satiss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/satiss)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-with-tranparent-background/194107 "2006-07-20T16:04:58Z")

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hi there, i've recently been trying to skin the dataGrid Component. I was wondering if someone know how to have a transparency background? Some forums says that myDataGrid.\[COLOR=blue\]setStyle\[/COLOR\]\[COLOR=seagreen\]\[C…

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## [Suppressing the Enter key](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suppressing-the-enter-key/194106)

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**Author:** [@clem\_c\_rock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clem_c_rock)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suppressing-the-enter-key/194106 "2006-07-20T15:57:27Z")

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Hello, I have a problem in a flash project which is being developed as a stand alone application that will be played from a cd. At any point in the application where the user hits the enter key, the program will jump t…

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## [Button downloader in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-downloader-in-flash/194104)

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**Author:** [@xristoz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xristoz)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-downloader-in-flash/194104 "2006-07-20T15:43:37Z")

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Ok i wanted to make a button that will fetch me a file from a local folder. The application will run from a dvd. i tried simpel to use geturl() however as the files are pics the browser opens them which is something i do…

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## [Reversing video- in post or actionscript?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reversing-video-in-post-or-actionscript/194100)

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**Author:** [@cmart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cmart)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reversing-video-in-post-or-actionscript/194100 "2006-07-20T15:26:13Z")

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Hello all, I have a preloader that was given to me in quicktime format and once the .swf has loaded, I'd like the preloader video to reverse rather than fade out. There are two ways I've found so far to do this: 1…

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## [Recrusion Issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recrusion-issues/194098)

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**Author:** [@mathew\_er](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mathew_er)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recrusion-issues/194098 "2006-07-20T14:58:05Z")

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I got this code: function loadEntry ( entry : XMLNode, stage : Number ) : Entry { var newEntry : Entry = new Entry ( entry, stage ); Diagram.addEntry ( newEntry ); trace (entry.attributes.name + " " + stag…

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## [Detecting \_width / \_height of loaded image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting--width--height-of-loaded-image/194097)

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**Author:** [@forwardtrends](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/forwardtrends)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting--width--height-of-loaded-image/194097 "2006-07-20T14:40:14Z")

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MX04 Is there a way to detect the \_height and \_width of a incoming image? I'm going through a loop, duplicating movie clips with mask, loading an image, and squeezing it down to 100 x 100 for thumbnails. The client w…

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## [Problem: movie clip buttons and external SWFs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-movie-clip-buttons-and-external-swfs/194096)

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**Author:** [@RossTK](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RossTK)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-movie-clip-buttons-and-external-swfs/194096 "2006-07-20T14:13:43Z")

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Hello! My problem is that I want to have a menu at the side of movie clip buttons and clicking them will load external SWFs. These SWFs have intro and outro animations to look nice. The tutorial i found here http://www…

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## [Form Help Needed, Please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-help-needed-please/194095)

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**Author:** [@lorenelks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorenelks)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-help-needed-please/194095 "2006-07-20T14:06:51Z")

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Hi: I've got a form that just does not send. Can someone please look at my code? I placed the FLA, SWF, HTML and ASP files in a zip located at: www.d-mag.org/testform/sent\_out.zip Thank you, Loren :stare:

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## [Draggin and rotating MCs like this site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggin-and-rotating-mcs-like-this-site/194093)

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**Author:** [@felipegm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/felipegm)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggin-and-rotating-mcs-like-this-site/194093 "2006-07-20T13:53:58Z")

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I working on a project that is very similar to this site: http://www.intentionallies.co.jp/content\_normal.html does anyone knows any tutorials or threads to start? Thanks

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## [FLV Problems (no sound)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-problems-no-sound/194092)

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**Author:** [@jinho326](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jinho326)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-problems-no-sound/194092 "2006-07-20T13:52:35Z")

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Because my flash project is more like a movie, I originally converted the .FLA to a .MOV, but then found out I had to switch it back to a .FLV. However when I convert the .MOV to .FLV, I can't get the sound to work. In t…

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## [Vertical XML news scroller : search a tutorial ( how to )](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-xml-news-scroller-search-a-tutorial-how-to/194088)

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**Author:** [@5TEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/5TEF)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-xml-news-scroller-search-a-tutorial-how-to/194088 "2006-07-20T13:15:27Z")

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Hi, i want to make a vertical news scroller for my website. news are in a XML file ( text, date, hours ). i've got two button ( up/down news ). someone know tutorial about this ? thanks \[smile\]

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## [Disabling Actionscript in a Movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-actionscript-in-a-movie/194082)

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**Author:** [@mathew\_er](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mathew_er)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-actionscript-in-a-movie/194082 "2006-07-20T11:49:46Z")

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Hi Got a question... Is there a way to completely disable some loaded swf from executing actions? Im developing an application in Flash and it should be able to load user-submited swf entries and I dont like the possib…

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## [Root / Stage size](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-stage-size/194078)

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**Author:** [@PAUK](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PAUK)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-stage-size/194078 "2006-07-20T11:09:55Z")

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Hi all ... Can I set the stage size after Ive detect the screen size.. tried this not no luck .. width = System.capabilities.screenResolutionX; if(width \<= 800) loadMovieNum("800.swf", 0); else loadMovieNum…

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## [Previous button in photo gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/previous-button-in-photo-gallery/194074)

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**Author:** [@justlookn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/justlookn)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/previous-button-in-photo-gallery/194074 "2006-07-20T10:03:33Z")

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Hi Playing around with the photo gallery, and I cant seem to figure out how to do this. Any ideas? Say its on 1/9, if I click previous, how can I make it go to 9/9? Like a bi-directional I guess. I'd really appreci…

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## [Using a Variable Name in LoadMovie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-variable-name-in-loadmovie/194070)

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**Author:** [@djl33t](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/djl33t)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-variable-name-in-loadmovie/194070 "2006-07-20T09:14:43Z")

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O.K relatively new to Kirupa Forums.. My Question is how can you load a Movie clip with a variable name?? My example is that I have a custom menu with png's that are loaded by XML and I need to load a Different submenu/ …

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## [\[FLMX04\] Creating Multiple Variables from a Txt File](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flmx04-creating-multiple-variables-from-a-txt-file/194066)

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**Author:** [@Aix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aix)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flmx04-creating-multiple-variables-from-a-txt-file/194066 "2006-07-20T07:59:47Z")

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I am trying to create multiple variables from quite a big NOTEPAD / Txt file that would be constanly changing. The notepad file would look something along the lines of: \[LEFT\]heading1=Hello!&heading2=How r u?&heading3…

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## [HELP - error: outout hut?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-error-outout-hut/194051)

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**Author:** [@magentaraindrop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magentaraindrop)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-error-outout-hut/194051 "2006-07-20T04:21:17Z")

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im trying to make a fade in/out galllery. so whats wrong with this l code? function loadXML(loaded) { if (loaded) { xmlNode = this.firstChild; image = \[\]; description = \[\]; total = xmlNode.childNodes.length; …

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## [How do I make a MovieClip reappear](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-movieclip-reappear/194049)

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**Author:** [@Atris](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Atris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-movieclip-reappear/194049 "2006-07-20T04:07:08Z")

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hello all. i'm using the following code to dynmically attatch a MovieClip to the root of the stage. init(); function init(){ attachMovie("cluster", "cluster", 2); cluster.\_x =200; cluster.\_y =125; attac…

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## [Reversing a .swf during unload movie?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reversing-a-swf-during-unload-movie/194040)

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**Author:** [@MakaveliReturns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MakaveliReturns)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reversing-a-swf-during-unload-movie/194040 "2006-07-20T02:48:21Z")

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I have a site with 5 buttons...on entrance I have a onload movie (external swf) action which is fine...but I want that external movie to unload from the main movie if I click on another button (And that button have the s…

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## [Flash 8 frame problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-frame-problem/194037)

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**Author:** [@cjneo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cjneo)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-frame-problem/194037 "2006-07-20T02:25:09Z")

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\<HTML\> \<HEAD\> \<TITLE\>xxx\</TITLE\> \</HEAD\> \<FRAMESET rows="150,\*" frameborder="no" border="0" framespacing="0"\> \<FRAME name="Top" scrolling="NO" noresize src="MenuSound2.html"\> \<FRAMES…

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## [FLV\_playback buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-buttons/194034)

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**Author:** [@sader](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sader)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-buttons/194034 "2006-07-20T02:13:41Z")

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Hi I'm having trouble displaying the playback buttons once I've uploaded the flv video and swf to my site. It plays but without the controls? When I export the movie in the Flash program they are visible, and yes I have …

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## [2 column xml list](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-column-xml-list/194031)

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**Author:** [@roleiflex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/roleiflex)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-column-xml-list/194031 "2006-07-20T01:30:07Z")

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Hi, any idea or suggestions on how I can create an xml based list with 2 columns? for example i would like to have a list of tracks for an audio player, in this list i would like to have the track names and the time appe…

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## [XML Photo Slideshow Tutorial on this site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-slideshow-tutorial-on-this-site/194030)

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**Author:** [@beatbox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/beatbox)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photo-slideshow-tutorial-on-this-site/194030 "2006-07-20T01:06:53Z")

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I've used the XML Slideshow located here: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_slideshow.htm i read the whole thing and did the easy cut and paste things to make it work. but i was wondering if anyone knew how …

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## [External MovieClip Output errors AHHH!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-movieclip-output-errors-ahhh/194027)

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**Author:** [@fish\_stalker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fish_stalker)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-movieclip-output-errors-ahhh/194027 "2006-07-20T00:49:53Z")

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Hi Folks, I have the external movie clip set up to load a swf and it keeps wanting to go to the wrong folder to find the swf. I have everything in the main swf in the same folder but it is trying to find the external sw…

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## [How do I pass information to the .swf via the param or embed tag?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-pass-information-to-the-swf-via-the-param-or-embed-tag/194026)

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**Author:** [@grenrock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grenrock)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-pass-information-to-the-swf-via-the-param-or-embed-tag/194026 "2006-07-20T00:39:47Z")

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I have a flash movie that tries to load an XML file on startup. Right now it looks for a hard-coded filename, but I'd really, really love to be able to pass a filename in through the webpage that plays it. (possibly thr…

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## [Importing a complete PHP script into Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-a-complete-php-script-into-flash/194024)

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**Author:** [@lifeonmars](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lifeonmars)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-a-complete-php-script-into-flash/194024 "2006-07-20T00:32:33Z")

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I've done some searches already but didn't find anything that specifically answered this question. I write PHP and I completely know how to do that. Really, I'm just starting out with flash, though. I have MX 2004 pro…

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## [Help! Dynamic Text Box Masking](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-dynamic-text-box-masking/194021)

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**Author:** [@ZeypheR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ZeypheR)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-dynamic-text-box-masking/194021 "2006-07-19T23:44:12Z")

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Hi all. So i have this weird problem. My main movie loads an external SWF. In this SWF is a MC which has a Dynamic Text box in it. I wanted it to animate in as the SWF is loaded on to the main stage. It starts off screen…

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## [Open new browser with flash button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-new-browser-with-flash-button/194020)

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**Author:** [@karonte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/karonte)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-new-browser-with-flash-button/194020 "2006-07-19T23:32:40Z")

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His all, this is a fantastic site. I'm quite new with flash and have a newbie question. Can anyone tell me what codes do i have to put into a flash button inside a flash document to make it open a new browser window with…

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## [Flash 8 & CSS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-css/194018)

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**Author:** [@roleiflex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/roleiflex)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-css/194018 "2006-07-19T23:14:50Z")

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Hi, anyone know how I could add css formatting to the following function? I just cant seem to get anything to work. function setPlaylistwahl() { playchoice.playliste = ""; for (var j=1; j \<= aPath.length; j+…

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## [Using Flex components in Flash 9 Preview](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flex-components-in-flash-9-preview/194017)

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**Author:** [@slashripshred](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/slashripshred)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flex-components-in-flash-9-preview/194017 "2006-07-19T23:12:29Z")

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I'm starting a project in Flash Player 9 preview so that I can take advantage of all the great and super thing in AS3.0 - but unfortunately there have been no components released for 3.0 that is allowed in the flash play…

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