# flash

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## [Rollover Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-help/187049)

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**Author:** [@sneakyninja](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sneakyninja)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-help/187049 "2006-04-26T12:08:47Z")

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Hey, I am trying to create an effect where when you roll over my button it plays a movie clip. I have pasted the movie clip into the over state of my button. This works fine except when the mouse leaves the hit state t…

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## [Placement In Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placement-in-flash/187048)

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**Author:** [@mickey\_cakes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mickey_cakes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placement-in-flash/187048 "2006-04-26T12:07:28Z")

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i have a problem.... i have a bg image that stretches 100% with a radial gradiant and i have a mc that i want to stay centered on top of that. i have to use the Stage.align = "LT" ; for the 100% bg but when i use it, it …

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## [Printing Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-flash/187046)

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**Author:** [@thesleuth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thesleuth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-flash/187046 "2006-04-26T12:04:12Z")

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How can I print out a picture from flash in swf so that the picture will be smooth. I tried printing direct off fla but the lines look jagged. Need some help thanks

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## [Input textarea scrolling, once and for all](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-textarea-scrolling-once-and-for-all/187043)

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**Author:** [@villek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/villek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-textarea-scrolling-once-and-for-all/187043 "2006-04-26T11:19:20Z")

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Hi, so I'm trying to create and input textarea with a scrollbar. No scrolling buttons needed. The app will be a font previewing app, where the user can change fonts, sizes etc. kinda like www.ourtype.be (hit try on any…

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## [Of Script Assist and Catastrophic AS Failure](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/of-script-assist-and-catastrophic-as-failure/187040)

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**Author:** [@PlumbLunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PlumbLunatic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/of-script-assist-and-catastrophic-as-failure/187040 "2006-04-26T10:22:18Z")

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I have no idea what just happened, but whatever it was, I very nearly needed to change my underwear. I'm working on a SpaceInvadery-style game for a client - deadline is the end of the week and I've spent a week or so'…

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## [Incorporating PDF and Powerpoint files in Flash movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/incorporating-pdf-and-powerpoint-files-in-flash-movie/187037)

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**Author:** [@Merkel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Merkel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/incorporating-pdf-and-powerpoint-files-in-flash-movie/187037 "2006-04-26T10:15:31Z")

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I have to create a Flash cd-rom in which the user, for example, when he clicks on a button, a PDF file opens on the screen. All the contents must be on the CD-Rom, meaning, all the content must be visible on any computer…

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## [Simple Static Text Q](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-static-text-q/187032)

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**Author:** [@modelreject](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/modelreject)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-static-text-q/187032 "2006-04-26T09:06:48Z")

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Hi all, Just a wee question. I thought if you used static text that the font used would be sort of embedded, or turned into a type of graphic, and the end user didn't need the font on their computer when viewing the swf …

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## [How to USE Greek FONTS?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-greek-fonts/187031)

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**Author:** [@harpal\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/harpal_flash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-greek-fonts/187031 "2006-04-26T08:03:26Z")

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Dear friends, My problem is very serious now days. Now days I face problem that is fonts in Flash. When I copy and paste greek Fonts in flash , it is not showing correct fonts... and when I use dynamic content it is doin…

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## [Compressing Dynamic images](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compressing-dynamic-images/186998)

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**Author:** [@PaintedSwan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PaintedSwan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compressing-dynamic-images/186998 "2006-04-26T07:37:09Z")

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Hey all \[smiley\] I was just curious if it was at all possible to compress dynamic images (pulled from reading an xml file)...to script a controller that would compress jpegs to a certain kb size, or if that's impossibl…

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## [Flash Uploader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-uploader/185714)

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**Author:** [@MEvsYOU](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MEvsYOU)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-uploader/185714 "2006-04-26T07:34:18Z")

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I'm working on a flash uploader and I've just ran into a problem that I don't know how to solve. Flash 8 (and previous versions too I believe) warns the user if a script (Actionscript not PHP) takes more than 15 seconds …

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## [Multible targets - easy one!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multible-targets-easy-one/186787)

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**Author:** [@Hommer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hommer)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multible-targets-easy-one/186787 "2006-04-26T07:33:43Z")

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I have 4 buttons with instance names: 'alfa', 'bravo', 'charlie' and 'delta'. I want to make a function that runs on mouse click on either of the buttons. I tried this, but could remember exactly how it should look: \[…

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## [What is the best way to do this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-do-this/186937)

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**Author:** [@dcem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dcem)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-do-this/186937 "2006-04-26T07:33:10Z")

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i want to draw approx 40 curves using the draw method. but i want them to each draw one after the other, not at the same time. i then want them to dissapear one at a time. what is the best way to do this?

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## [External SWF loading, using a fixed width](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loading-using-a-fixed-width/186838)

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**Author:** [@CoDe\_ReD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CoDe_ReD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loading-using-a-fixed-width/186838 "2006-04-26T07:15:15Z")

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Hey, I have a question about a simple application I'm trying to create with flash. First off, the app uses thumbnails of pictures. These thumbnails can be dragged and dropped onto a big movieclip, which then loads the …

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## [Dear Scotty](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dear-scotty/187029)

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**Author:** [@sebranov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebranov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dear-scotty/187029 "2006-04-26T06:31:51Z")

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This is a personal appeal based on not knowing what else to do. I came to this site a while ago (by accident really) because being a newbie to Flash I needed somewhere that would help explain things simply to people li…

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## [Help with Flashlevel Nav Recreation Caption placement PLEASE GIVE ME A HAND!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flashlevel-nav-recreation-caption-placement-please-give-me-a-hand/79882)

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**Author:** [@booler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/booler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flashlevel-nav-recreation-caption-placement-please-give-me-a-hand/79882 "2006-04-26T06:11:01Z")

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I have everything working fine from the tutorial posted here: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79647 I've tried everything I can think of to "move" the captions off to a different area, basically I want the…

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## [How to stop falling Snow](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-stop-falling-snow/187022)

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**Author:** [@DavisLim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DavisLim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-stop-falling-snow/187022 "2006-04-26T05:39:10Z")

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Does anyone know how to stop a running function? I was using the below the scripts to create snow scene, it works but i dun now how to stop it. init = function () { width = 630; // pixels height = 391; // pixels m…

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## [Map in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/map-in-flash/186962)

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**Author:** [@superprg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superprg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/map-in-flash/186962 "2006-04-26T05:12:53Z")

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Hi I was just wondering how this map was created in Flash http://www.sqscars.co.uk/contact-us.asp Can someone help please Thanks San

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## [XML - \<!\[CDATA\[ enclosed HTML tags appearing on output](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-cdata-enclosed-html-tags-appearing-on-output/186954)

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**Author:** [@kapstan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kapstan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-cdata-enclosed-html-tags-appearing-on-output/186954 "2006-04-26T05:09:46Z")

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Hi, I'm having some trouble getting HTML tags to be parsed and not appear when displaying them in a dynamic text field; here is the actionscript i'm using to display the data: var XMLDoc:XML = new XML(); XMLDoc.ign…

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## [Scotty's Image Resize Gallyery...Revisited / Not Quite Working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scottys-image-resize-gallyery-revisited-not-quite-working/186862)

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**Author:** [@broD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/broD)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scottys-image-resize-gallyery-revisited-not-quite-working/186862 "2006-04-26T04:51:04Z")

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Hello, I am trying to get a flash gallery with resizing border working properly. I started at actionscript.org with FlashGuru's onLoad.data workaround however I noticed immediatedly that I was getting Error 256 message…

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## [Passing a variable to external .swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-a-variable-to-external-swf/186417)

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**Author:** [@Solidus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Solidus)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-a-variable-to-external-swf/186417 "2006-04-26T04:48:31Z")

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Hey guys i have a gallery that when any thumbnail is pressed it implements the following variable: on (release) { set (\_global.thumb, dream1); parent.parent.\_parent.blank.loadMovie("ProjectFrame.swf"); } Now im try…

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## [\[F8\] can't manage thumbs!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-cant-manage-thumbs/186797)

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**Author:** [@dec27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dec27)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-cant-manage-thumbs/186797 "2006-04-26T04:47:28Z")

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Hi, everybody: Just want to put the thumbnails in a movie clip, any ideas… what am I doing wrong? Not any thumbs are appearing, there is a mc on stage, there are images and thumbs, there is a xml\_file… var gallery\_x…

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## [Hey I need some action script help :(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-i-need-some-action-script-help/187001)

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**Author:** [@datballa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/datballa)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-i-need-some-action-script-help/187001 "2006-04-26T04:42:31Z")

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Ok I have the following code.. menu = new XML(); menu.ignoreWhite = true; menu.load("events.xml"); menu.onLoad = function() { items = this.firstChild.childNodes; for (i=0; i\<=items.length-1; i++) { \_root.attachMo…

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## [A lil flash/xml help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-lil-flash-xml-help/186531)

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**Author:** [@datballa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/datballa)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-lil-flash-xml-help/186531 "2006-04-26T04:41:00Z")

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Hey, im editing a template for a friend http://www.goingoutnyc.com/test/ The events section is pulling information from an xml file… \<?xml version="1.0" ?\> \<events year="2006"\> \<events name="Crazy Some\*\*\*\* Tuesdays" d…

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## [Snow effect without the mouse effects required \[asdvanced snow from free source\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/snow-effect-without-the-mouse-effects-required-asdvanced-snow-from-free-source/186745)

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**Author:** [@trevorsaint](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trevorsaint)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/snow-effect-without-the-mouse-effects-required-asdvanced-snow-from-free-source/186745 "2006-04-26T03:23:42Z")

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Hi all. Managed to find this really cool snow effect but trying to remove the mouse interaction, but in doing so the snow seems to stop or fade after five or ten seconds due to removing the mouse elements, however if t…

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## [Slide show - Clear catch](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slide-show-clear-catch/186994)

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**Author:** [@dmasters](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dmasters)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slide-show-clear-catch/186994 "2006-04-26T03:18:18Z")

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Hey guys I am using a XML slideshow that I downloaded from this site. I have images loading into my site from a folder. They are acting like a slide show. One image is from a web cam - Every minute the camera sends up a…

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## [Vertical Thumbnail Links Not Working properly](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-thumbnail-links-not-working-properly/187021)

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**Author:** [@jp182](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jp182)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-thumbnail-links-not-working-properly/187021 "2006-04-26T02:52:29Z")

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Alright, so I almost have my vertical thumbnails working properly: http://mocha-pages.com/beta/04-06.html only problem is that when you click on the image, it is not going to the link that i reference in the xml file. …

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## [External PHP Driven FLV Player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-php-driven-flv-player/186665)

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**Author:** [@MAKEitLOUD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MAKEitLOUD)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-php-driven-flv-player/186665 "2006-04-26T02:46:05Z")

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Hey people, I was wondering if anyone knows how i could go about using an externally loaded PHP file to trigger a movie clip to start which contains a blank Flash 8 FLV player. I know how to load the PHP file into a …

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## [vECTORS Are Awesome](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vectors-are-awesome/187009)

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**Author:** [@joran420](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joran420)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vectors-are-awesome/187009 "2006-04-26T02:23:21Z")

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...and slightly befuddling that is all thank you.

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## [XML: Thumbnails Tutorial problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-thumbnails-tutorial-problem/185114)

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**Author:** [@alpharaven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alpharaven)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-thumbnails-tutorial-problem/185114 "2006-04-26T02:08:13Z")

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I am trying to do is add different galleries under the same xml file. I am able to achive that but for some reason if the previous gallery has more thumbnails than the next one it wont reload the thumbnails and it will k…

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## [Flash- fonts issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-fonts-issue/187014)

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**Author:** [@xfacex2g](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xfacex2g)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-fonts-issue/187014 "2006-04-26T01:44:44Z")

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I have a flash banner I created with this crazy laserian font and I loaded it from my sisters house and the font reverts to some serif bs:( There has got to be an easy solution to this one, anyone?????

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