# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1851 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1852 --- ## [Filters plus 9scaling](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filters-plus-9scaling/180681)
**Author:** [@S34N](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/S34N)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filters-plus-9scaling/180681 "2006-03-02T16:34:17Z")
Well my first time using 9 scaling and I have to admit I'm a bit vexed. How do I make the filters stick when I resize the mc with 9 scaling? I tried applying the dropshadow with as aslo. I'm not aware if you can use fil… --- ## [Publishing for Flash 7 or 8 player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publishing-for-flash-7-or-8-player/180680)
**Author:** [@finishedarticle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/finishedarticle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publishing-for-flash-7-or-8-player/180680 "2006-03-02T16:32:14Z")
I'm a relative newbie to Flash; whilst I can understand that if I publish my site for flash 8 it will not display properly on browsers with flash 7 players installed I was not expecting the reverse - ie that it would als… --- ## [ListBox help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listbox-help/180677)
**Author:** [@rebelsoul2005](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rebelsoul2005)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listbox-help/180677 "2006-03-02T15:30:12Z")
solved! --- ## [Preview image before upload?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preview-image-before-upload/180673)
**Author:** [@jheske](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jheske)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preview-image-before-upload/180673 "2006-03-02T14:31:21Z")
I would like to use the new FileReference class to allow visitors to upload images to my site. Of course they will want to preview them before hitting the upload button. I can see from the demos I've looked at that thi… --- ## [Problems with XML+Flash Photogallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-xml-flash-photogallery/180671)
**Author:** [@ivt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ivt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-xml-flash-photogallery/180671 "2006-03-02T13:50:42Z")
Hi everybody, this is my first post to these forums, hopefully will be answered. I was trying to get the tutorial (link) working but i came across weird problem. After I finished the tutorial the page loads in flash pl… --- ## [Using the scrollwheel](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-the-scrollwheel/180669)
**Author:** [@BoonDock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoonDock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-the-scrollwheel/180669 "2006-03-02T13:44:38Z")
Alright so I used the Customize Simple Scrollbar tutorial and made my scrollbar, but now I want to make it so that you can use the scrollwheel and so you can click on the scrollbackground to go up and down the scrollbar … --- ## [ANOTHER image resize question!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-image-resize-question/180665)
**Author:** [@blindart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blindart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-image-resize-question/180665 "2006-03-02T12:59:01Z")
1st post, hooray! :pleased: First off, thanks to everyone who has posted examples/tutorials on this excellent site, you’ve helped me get a lot of difficult (for me anyway!) stuff done quickly. So…I’ve followed the tuts … --- ## [Scripted motion - simulating upstream movement](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scripted-motion-simulating-upstream-movement/180662)
**Author:** [@tommythewolfboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tommythewolfboy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scripted-motion-simulating-upstream-movement/180662 "2006-03-02T11:41:34Z")
... been a while since I visited Kirupa! Hello all \[smile\] How would you go about coding something like the waves in the header on this page? http://www.trts.com/radio/radio.html I'm hoping to write something that wi… --- ## [Flash cache](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cache/180661)
**Author:** [@somdow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somdow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cache/180661 "2006-03-02T11:31:47Z")
sorry didint know how to call this but what im interested in is knowing if for ex....i want a movie clip to play once as the site is 1st loaded onto the fresh & new visitors machine but stays as something else(maybe a st… --- ## [Help with the onRelease event](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-the-onrelease-event/180657)
**Author:** [@corneliu9d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/corneliu9d)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-the-onrelease-event/180657 "2006-03-02T10:05:05Z")
I have a problem with dragging a ball. Thing is that I have a ball for which I set up size, direction and speed before launching. Inside the movieclip "ball " I have three movieclips: "\_ball"(the real ball), "sizeSet"(a … --- ## [Can I use this script on Enter Frame?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-this-script-on-enter-frame/180653)
**Author:** [@feeverte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/feeverte)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-this-script-on-enter-frame/180653 "2006-03-02T09:36:52Z")
This script is from your dynamic text tutorial on (release) { loadText = new loadVars(); loadText.load("text2.txt"); loadText.onLoad = function(success) { if (success) { // trace(success); newsBox.html = true; … --- ## [Question on Runing a script only once](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-runing-a-script-only-once/180638)
**Author:** [@birdboy0103](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/birdboy0103)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-runing-a-script-only-once/180638 "2006-03-02T04:10:57Z")
I've got a movie that loads quotes automatically, and it continously loops, so that a variable that has been initialized in the 1st frame as 1 can increase. This allows the quote (there are 6) to be loaded sequentially. … --- ## [Need help editing text on button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-editing-text-on-button/180630)
**Author:** [@Kaizen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kaizen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-editing-text-on-button/180630 "2006-03-02T01:41:48Z")
problem resolved --- ## [External Movies problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-movies-problem/180625)
**Author:** [@horizon2004](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/horizon2004)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-movies-problem/180625 "2006-03-02T01:05:35Z")
Hi all I have made a swf with 4 other movieclips linking to it, the first swf loads with animation and voice over, but when a button is pressed to goto the next movieclip only the voice over plays and not the animation… --- ## [Rotating Movie Clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-movie-clip/180623)
**Author:** [@z28power](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/z28power)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-movie-clip/180623 "2006-03-02T00:57:34Z")
Hello, I have an issue I'm trying to work out. I have a bird that is randomly flying around, but right now the bird only faces one way, wether it is going forward or backwards. I would like to get it to face the opposite… --- ## [Loading Jpgs - Problem! Please Help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-jpgs-problem-please-help/180618)
**Author:** [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-jpgs-problem-please-help/180618 "2006-03-02T00:05:37Z")
I am in the poo...im working on this site that has a flash top section that loads in jpegs using movieclip.loadMovie() depending on what page ur in. But the site has all these mask effects i made, that require the same… --- ## [HTML validation and SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-validation-and-swf/180611)
**Author:** [@gabrielv](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gabrielv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-validation-and-swf/180611 "2006-03-01T22:23:30Z")
http://validator.w3.org/ I checked my all flash website and a few other all flash site I found online in the above HTML validator and got a ton of errors for the SWF code. Is this the proper place to check code or s… --- ## [Importing Sound?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-sound/180609)
**Author:** [@Inkies](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Inkies)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-sound/180609 "2006-03-01T22:22:05Z")
I'm in the process of making a flash movie and I need to import a track into it. But I'm not sure how I do it and once it's imprted how to apply it to the timeline. Would really appreciate help on this one! \[smile\] --- ## [Help with setting txt code(color,size)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-setting-txt-code-color-size/180608)
**Author:** [@Terry\_elekes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Terry_elekes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-setting-txt-code-color-size/180608 "2006-03-01T22:19:21Z")
Here is a the code on found that will animate the text on the screeen as the mouse moves. I am trying to set the size and color of the text,but having no luck. Also I added the code that is on a movieclip called "control… --- ## [F8/AS2: autoSizing a TextField with a DropShadow Filter](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-as2-autosizing-a-textfield-with-a-dropshadow-filter/180607)
**Author:** [@mikeymac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikeymac)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-as2-autosizing-a-textfield-with-a-dropshadow-filter/180607 "2006-03-01T22:02:29Z")
Hi! I have an input Text Field with the autoSize property set to true, a DropShadow filter, and with a default text value of "Your text here". When the user enters text in the Text Field, and if their entry exceeds t… --- ## [Embeding Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embeding-problem/180605)
**Author:** [@KILTRO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KILTRO)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embeding-problem/180605 "2006-03-01T21:33:29Z")
This is totally weird, at least for me. Im doing a application form, and in some fields i need only numbers. Ok, i embed the font to Numbers. Works fine, but if i create another textfield with the same font the embed doe… --- ## [Help loading text off internet](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-loading-text-off-internet/180599)
**Author:** [@kutyadog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kutyadog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-loading-text-off-internet/180599 "2006-03-01T21:03:09Z")
Hello, I am working on an flash project that requires that I load several XML files off the internet and this seems to be working great. Also, I am wanting to load the html code of a webpage into a string variable an… --- ## [New Collision Detection in Flash 8?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-collision-detection-in-flash-8/180597)
**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-collision-detection-in-flash-8/180597 "2006-03-01T20:40:26Z")
Does Flash 8 have any newer advanced collision detection? I'm talking about the type that doesn't give each object an invisible rectangle boundary. Perhaps this version can detect the actual solid portions of each collid… --- ## [This shouldn't be too difficult - resize loaded image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-shouldnt-be-too-difficult-resize-loaded-image/180594)
**Author:** [@Rasper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rasper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-shouldnt-be-too-difficult-resize-loaded-image/180594 "2006-03-01T19:46:20Z")
I'm loading several images inside a frame, but the images will have different aspect ratios. My goal is to load all images so that the width or height does not exceed the frame. The 'difficult' part is to maintain the a… --- ## [\[help\] Keeps flickering between scenes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-keeps-flickering-between-scenes/180593)
**Author:** [@cjj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-keeps-flickering-between-scenes/180593 "2006-03-01T19:41:15Z")
This will probably sound like a ridiculous question, but for some reason it has left me puzzled. I am busy with a game that I am creating and when the game is over you get sent to the "gameover" screen and then from th… --- ## [Image scaling issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-scaling-issues/180591)
**Author:** [@eli777](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eli777)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-scaling-issues/180591 "2006-03-01T19:22:45Z")
\[FONT=Times New Roman\]\[FONT=Tahoma\]Hello all, first time poster, but I'm reaching for help. I have a project I'm working on that requires a dynamic sized image\[/FONT\]\[FONT=Tahoma\] (\[/FONT\]\[/FONT\]\[FONT=Tahoma\]1" x 0.22"… --- ## [Math.round() or Math.random()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-round-or-math-random/180589)
**Author:** [@kungFuChris](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kungFuChris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-round-or-math-random/180589 "2006-03-01T19:20:40Z")
Is it better to use Math.round() or Math.random() reason I am asking I think I read somehwere that one was better. My problem is that I have a number of movie clips that are attach dynamically. They move randomly on the … --- ## [Detect Internet connection speed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-internet-connection-speed/180586)
**Author:** [@Ad\_](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ad_)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-internet-connection-speed/180586 "2006-03-01T18:21:24Z")
Hi everyone, How would I go about, detecting the users Internet connection speed and then changing the quality (size) of a video depending on whether its 56k, 512k etc. Thanks for any help! --- ## [My xml text is invisible :(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-xml-text-is-invisible/180580)
**Author:** [@DrToaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DrToaster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-xml-text-is-invisible/180580 "2006-03-01T17:13:11Z")
Hey there, I have made a movie that contains another .swf inside it and that .swf contains a sort of XML news box. When I load the .swf it shows the xml text correctly but when I load the .swf from the main movie the t… --- ## [Preload Images in XML File](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-images-in-xml-file/180579)
**Author:** [@coertli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coertli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-images-in-xml-file/180579 "2006-03-01T17:12:04Z")
How can I have only one loading screen at the beginning of my movie that will load the entire movie including images I have in an XML file that I load. I have a XML file that has 20 pictures in it, and I want all of the … [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1850) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1852)