# flash

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## [(Falsh 8) Action Scripting, Sliding portfolio](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/falsh-8-action-scripting-sliding-portfolio/193797)

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**Author:** [@g\_rochford](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g_rochford)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/falsh-8-action-scripting-sliding-portfolio/193797 "2006-07-18T15:00:15Z")

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Hi This is my first post so please forgive me if i break any ettiquette rules... Im trying to make a sliding portfolio, one where as i move the mouse along a bar, the portfolio moves in the direction im moving the mo…

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## [Art Making Machines](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/art-making-machines/193794)

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**Author:** [@MMXII](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MMXII)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/art-making-machines/193794 "2006-07-18T14:44:21Z")

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Greetings Sentient, I'm looking for help from any hardcore coders out there that would like to develope this thread. I am very intruiged by the art of Joshua Davis and Presstube. Using code to generate random art or …

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## [How to transfer data from Flash OCX to VB](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-transfer-data-from-flash-ocx-to-vb/193790)

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**Author:** [@menagut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/menagut)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-transfer-data-from-flash-ocx-to-vb/193790 "2006-07-18T14:06:14Z")

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Hello all, I'm using flash activeX within VB aplication 1. how can I transfer data when I press button in flash to parent aplication VB or C++? 2. is it possible to run WMA in Flash (without using GetURL that open WMP ) …

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## [Alignment issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alignment-issue/193789)

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**Author:** [@gabydog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gabydog)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alignment-issue/193789 "2006-07-18T14:00:47Z")

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Hi, I have created a stage 800x600 and I used the code below to align two movieclips to the centre of the stage. But I have a third movieclip that I would like to be at the top left of the 800x600 center stage not th…

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## [I have a php to flash problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-a-php-to-flash-problem/193780)

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**Author:** [@mr\_fixit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mr_fixit)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-a-php-to-flash-problem/193780 "2006-07-18T13:34:23Z")

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I have a problem accessing the variable from my php file into flash. Now I do have it working in two of my three files what I don't get is why it works in only two of the 3 files. Please guide the way on this one for me,…

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## [Problem with external MCs, loading an external into an external](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-external-mcs-loading-an-external-into-an-external/193778)

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**Author:** [@fattony](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fattony)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-external-mcs-loading-an-external-into-an-external/193778 "2006-07-18T13:27:20Z")

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What I have is 2 seperate files, Main file is the actual website flash, second file is the external movie clip that loads 3 other external movie clips. The site will see the external clip but nothing will appear on the …

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## [Check Box component and Feedback help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-box-component-and-feedback-help/193776)

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**Author:** [@Johnnymac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Johnnymac)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-box-component-and-feedback-help/193776 "2006-07-18T13:05:07Z")

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Hi I'm having a few problems with this checkbox quiz i'm re-developing from old Java Applets. I've managed to create the checkboxes dynamically, but need to get the true/false answers out of the dataset and show feed…

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## [Content Not Loading](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/content-not-loading/193772)

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**Author:** [@JUMBOshrimp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JUMBOshrimp)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/content-not-loading/193772 "2006-07-18T12:40:48Z")

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at my site Mediaatomic.com I have PHP/MySQL talking to flash when the holder movie opens it loads my home.swf into the content movie clip... It works fine once but if you click the home button (which runs the same func…

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## [Understanding MP3 Stream in Flash8? finding the right player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/understanding-mp3-stream-in-flash8-finding-the-right-player/193770)

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**Author:** [@bigmic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigmic)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/understanding-mp3-stream-in-flash8-finding-the-right-player/193770 "2006-07-18T11:56:39Z")

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Hi there, Can someone point me to a free(if possible)MP3 streamer player to study it. I want to be able to load many of my songs (30+) so peoples can listen to them. So, I need a kind of scroll bar-selection of track…

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## [Animation with foreground and background image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-with-foreground-and-background-image/193769)

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**Author:** [@triniuk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/triniuk)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-with-foreground-and-background-image/193769 "2006-07-18T11:55:33Z")

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Hi I have an image with 2 people in the foreground and the background is a busy street. I would like to have a transition effect where firstly, the 2 people in the pic slowly appear and when that part of the image is ful…

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## [Changing the direct of text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-direct-of-text/193765)

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**Author:** [@carlgale](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/carlgale)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-direct-of-text/193765 "2006-07-18T11:13:30Z")

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Hi could be a simple one but after hours of effort i cant for the life of me work out howto do this. I have a text based button on the website im making at the moment the text goes left to right like normal. Howe…

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## [Create MC inside a MASK](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-mc-inside-a-mask/193761)

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**Author:** [@aginel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aginel)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-mc-inside-a-mask/193761 "2006-07-18T10:03:34Z")

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Easy when you use the stage but I need to do it dynamically: To create different container inside a mother container I use: MC\_Container.createEmptyMovieClip("MC\_" + i, 10+i); How can define a mask for ea…

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## [Dragging window contents](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-window-contents/193759)

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**Author:** [@ArcanE](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArcanE)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-window-contents/193759 "2006-07-18T09:34:17Z")

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Hi all, I'm currently trying to make the contents of a window draggable and disabling the scrollbars on it. This is the code i got to create the window and add the contents to the window. The window creates flawlessl…

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## [\[AS\] Mask a dynamic TextField with AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-mask-a-dynamic-textfield-with-as/193758)

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**Author:** [@btibia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/btibia)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-mask-a-dynamic-textfield-with-as/193758 "2006-07-18T09:30:47Z")

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Hello guys, i need your help with this problem...i want to mask a dynamically textField (the textfield it is done in as) here it is my actionscript: var txt\_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat (); txt\_format.font = "He…

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## [Reading MYSql Data in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-mysql-data-in-flash/193756)

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**Author:** [@faheem786](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/faheem786)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-mysql-data-in-flash/193756 "2006-07-18T08:48:09Z")

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Hi, I'm newbie to flash. My boss gave me some flash files designed by some designers and asks me to retrieve some information from mysql database into a text box. I have gone thorugh some tutorials in this site and f…

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## [Can any one explain this script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-any-one-explain-this-script/193750)

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**Author:** [@setty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/setty)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-any-one-explain-this-script/193750 "2006-07-18T07:29:33Z")

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Hi guys,can any one explain what is num=50 in this script on (release, keyPress "\<Enter\>") { getURL("http://www.google.com/search?num=50", "\_blank", "GET"); fscommand("quit"); } advance thanks santosh

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## [Moving something on click to desired X cordinate](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moving-something-on-click-to-desired-x-cordinate/193749)

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**Author:** [@Multi\_Task](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Multi_Task)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/moving-something-on-click-to-desired-x-cordinate/193749 "2006-07-18T07:26:16Z")

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Trying to get something to move to a desired X cordinate on a path to under score/highlight which page is being viewed. on (rollOver) { slider.xMove = \_x=422; } This is causing crazyness to go on. Am I close…

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## [Retaining Order of Files Loaded Externally from Large XML Files](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retaining-order-of-files-loaded-externally-from-large-xml-files/193739)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retaining-order-of-files-loaded-externally-from-large-xml-files/193739 "2006-07-18T06:23:47Z")

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Hi everyone, I was messing around with some old examples, and I ran into an unfinished example where several 30k-100k XML files are loaded and stored as a string into an Array. The code looks basically like: //example…

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## [Help in XML scrollbars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-in-xml-scrollbars/193729)

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**Author:** [@trestian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trestian)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-in-xml-scrollbars/193729 "2006-07-18T05:07:31Z")

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Good day! can any one give me a tutorials or links or sample how to make a scrollbars that is generated from the XML?? Your help is greatly appreciated

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## [swapDepth question from Kirupa Tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepth-question-from-kirupa-tutorial/193727)

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**Author:** [@scriptrookie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scriptrookie)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepth-question-from-kirupa-tutorial/193727 "2006-07-18T04:49:49Z")

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Hi Everyone, I came across this cool tutorial from Kirupa about swapDepth method for mc. I am working on this as navigation stuff but the thing is I added a mc (gray bar across) which is not one of the clickable button…

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## [How can I stop the 'looping' and am I ready to upload?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-stop-the-looping-and-am-i-ready-to-upload/193718)

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**Author:** [@caractacus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/caractacus)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-stop-the-looping-and-am-i-ready-to-upload/193718 "2006-07-15T20:25:51Z")

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I've finished my site and I'm happy with how it looks (one main SWF and 5 external swf's to match the buttons). I've tested it and it works like a dream. First question. When I 'test movie', the first external SWF app…

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## [Code runs in 8, but not 7. Why?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-runs-in-8-but-not-7-why/193713)

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**Author:** [@12vUnion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/12vUnion)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-runs-in-8-but-not-7-why/193713 "2006-07-15T19:19:02Z")

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I wrote this script a while ago and it's worked extremely well for me ever since. I use it in nearly every project I do. But the other day I was asked to do a project where I could only use Flash 7. But now my class does…

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## [How to create a client login & private photo gallery?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-client-login-private-photo-gallery/193706)

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**Author:** [@motionsync](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/motionsync)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-client-login-private-photo-gallery/193706 "2006-07-15T16:13:18Z")

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Hello I take photos for babyswim & models and i like to create a client login. Once i have processed the photographs my clients can view them in there gallery online and choose there favourites and if they like them…

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## [Create a File using PHP/AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-a-file-using-php-as/193704)

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**Author:** [@jbailey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jbailey)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-a-file-using-php-as/193704 "2006-07-15T15:42:49Z")

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\[LEFT\]Goal Button in Flash along with an input field passes the input field text to PHP and creates a new file on the server. Problem The problem right now is just with the PHP. It won't create a new file when asked t…

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## [Class can't load?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-cant-load/193703)

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**Author:** [@mprzybylski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mprzybylski)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-cant-load/193703 "2006-07-15T15:38:47Z")

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I saw this thread this morning (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=226930) and since I've gradually been playing around with classes lately i just wanted to see if i can convert it into a class. I was doing fi…

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## [GuestBook](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/guestbook/193700)

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**Author:** [@aginel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aginel)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/guestbook/193700 "2006-07-15T14:42:57Z")

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I want to make a guestbook for my home page. What is the most convinient? Any easy example with XML? Do I need PHP too? I have not programm with PHP yet but I have seen many guestbooks are with XML and PHP?

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## [Trying to create a Xml-editor for my clients](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-create-a-xml-editor-for-my-clients/193695)

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**Author:** [@Jeesus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeesus)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-create-a-xml-editor-for-my-clients/193695 "2006-07-15T12:41:52Z")

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Hey everyone! Right now I´m working on a xml-editor for my clients. I have a problem though. On the page I created I have an xml based product list. Displayed in a scrollbar. For editing the list I use Php. The problem…

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## [PHP write problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-write-problem/193692)

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**Author:** [@freggel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/freggel)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-write-problem/193692 "2006-07-15T11:05:39Z")

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When I write text from flash to a txt file true php, php puts the escape character '\\' before the special characters. And when I load the txt file in flash I get the text with the escape character this is my php code \<?…

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## [Using forms in a button Movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-forms-in-a-button-movieclip/193684)

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**Author:** [@c5VamPirE](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/c5VamPirE)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-forms-in-a-button-movieclip/193684 "2006-07-15T05:31:07Z")

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Hi guys, I have been lurking on the forums for some time now and let me say what a great forum this is. Forgive me if this has been asked before, Well I have a contact form in a Movieclip but I am using this Movieclip …

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## [Creating Drop-down Menu (Intermediate)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-drop-down-menu-intermediate/193681)

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**Author:** [@Maive](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maive)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-drop-down-menu-intermediate/193681 "2006-07-15T04:22:58Z")

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\[FONT="Times New Roman"\] \[COLOR="RoyalBlue"\]Hello: I have read the tutorial on creating drop-down menus which is simple enough but not quite like the one I'm trying to create, which is demonstrated on this site -- htt…

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