# flash

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## [Problem in controlling audio in a imported .mpg video file to flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-in-controlling-audio-in-a-imported-mpg-video-file-to-flash/176705)

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**Author:** [@chary\_kpr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chary_kpr)\
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**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-in-controlling-audio-in-a-imported-mpg-video-file-to-flash/176705 "2006-01-26T07:51:45Z")

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Hi there I have imported a MPG clip to my flash movie, I am able to control movie adding PLAY a nd PAUSE buttons, but couldn't control the audio of the video file, if I used "stopallsounds" script it is only works to O…

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## [Code Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-help/176702)

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**Author:** [@Still\_Learning](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Still_Learning)\
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**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-help/176702 "2006-01-26T06:56:14Z")

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Hi there, I've literally been up all night trying to solve this problem. Please if anyone can be of assistance I'd be eternally grateful. I'm trying to do the following: 1) Change layout orientation of the menu to …

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## [Need Some Help With Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-some-help-with-menu/176700)

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**Author:** [@onLOoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onLOoker)\
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**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-some-help-with-menu/176700 "2006-01-26T06:26:27Z")

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Can someone provide me with some guidance for the problem below? It doesn't generate any error but it doesn't work. It's just a Flash menu with two buttons. One that moves the menu, and the other puts it back to the orig…

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## [Few Questions About Creating Flash Website](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/few-questions-about-creating-flash-website/176699)

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**Author:** [@onLOoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onLOoker)\
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**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/few-questions-about-creating-flash-website/176699 "2006-01-26T06:21:06Z")

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Hi everyone, I have several questions in regards to creating a Flash Website. First one being the user interface and images used for it, I know that some of you use fireworks or illustrator for creating the vector graphi…

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## [Problems with MovieClipLoader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-moviecliploader/176695)

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**Author:** [@learntoreed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/learntoreed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-moviecliploader/176695 "2006-01-26T03:49:11Z")

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To Macneilsit or whomever, I followed the "Reusable Preloader with MovieClipLoader" tutorial on Kirupa, but for some reason my swf file won't work. My file is extremely large (9mb), and when it loads in the preloader…

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## [Setting out point for sound](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-out-point-for-sound/176692)

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**Author:** [@jball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jball)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-out-point-for-sound/176692 "2006-01-26T03:22:13Z")

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Is there any way to control how long a sound plays in Flash? I have a sound object that I would like to have users set the length of playback (e.g., play this sound for 50 milliseconds). I have the code in place to gener…

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## [Request for a wonderful tutorial on preloaders](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/request-for-a-wonderful-tutorial-on-preloaders/176688)

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**Author:** [@FunyLikaFuneral](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FunyLikaFuneral)\
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**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/request-for-a-wonderful-tutorial-on-preloaders/176688 "2006-01-26T02:36:12Z")

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After 5 months of learning and working I have decided to start from scratch...ouch. I took a little time off and im now ready to get back at it. My question: I had a terrible time with preloaders...I am hoping for any …

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## [Insert Image into Input Text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/insert-image-into-input-text/176686)

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**Author:** [@dColumbus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dColumbus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/insert-image-into-input-text/176686 "2006-01-26T02:28:23Z")

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Developing a flashTextEditor here and I have one problem... how would I be able to insert an image into the iput text field? I've got a version of it working, however, i have to resize (move it around) the .swf before …

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## [SWAPDEPTH behaviour, can this be done?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepth-behaviour-can-this-be-done/176685)

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**Author:** [@Manare](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Manare)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepth-behaviour-can-this-be-done/176685 "2006-01-26T01:43:13Z")

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Hi! I've been following the \[URL="http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/swapdepth.htm"\]Changing Stacking Order (swapDepth) tutorial but there's something I'd like to know. In this tutorial, we have 3 buttons insi…

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## [XML childNodes help please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-childnodes-help-please/176679)

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**Author:** [@tasty007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tasty007)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-childnodes-help-please/176679 "2006-01-26T00:37:38Z")

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Hi, I am trying to dynamically build a string that parses part of my XML document. I end up with a string like this: myXML = "menu\_xml.childNodes\[0\]" but every time i try and run it i get Undefined. Are you not …

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## [\_totalframes of external swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-totalframes-of-external-swf/176673)

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**Author:** [@jackcviers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jackcviers)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-totalframes-of-external-swf/176673 "2006-01-25T23:40:39Z")

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Is there a way to get the total frames and current frame of an externally loaded swf? The code I am using below does not work. My root timeline has three objects: two dynamic text boxes and a container clip. Their instan…

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## [\< sign in Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sign-in-array/176671)

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**Author:** [@terica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/terica)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sign-in-array/176671 "2006-01-25T22:35:47Z")

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within a text array if you need to have the \< sign, it causes any text after it to disappear. Any suggestions? var entries:Array = new Array(); entries\[0\] = "Black \[COLOR="Red"\]\<\[/COLOR\] Blue"; output: Black

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## [Help on stoping looping movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-on-stoping-looping-movie-clip/176664)

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**Author:** [@lifegoeson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lifegoeson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-on-stoping-looping-movie-clip/176664 "2006-01-25T21:51:57Z")

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Hi, i'm a newbie in flash. I followd the simple animation tutorial : http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/simple\_animation.htm I'd like the animation to stop at the end so it doens't loop back. How can i achieve s…

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## [Navigation help for a photo album](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-help-for-a-photo-album/176662)

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**Author:** [@dukieJC](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dukieJC)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-help-for-a-photo-album/176662 "2006-01-25T21:37:57Z")

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I'm hoping someone could give me some help on this. I would like to create a photo album and (for example) have 10 buttons that the user can click on to see each photo. I would also like to add a "back" and "next" button…

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## [Need Help With Flashlevel Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-flashlevel-menu/176656)

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**Author:** [@Iso\_Rob](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Iso_Rob)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-flashlevel-menu/176656 "2006-01-25T21:17:54Z")

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Hi all, I posted the original message in the following thread (obviously its at the end): http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72457 Sorry to do this but no-one seems to see the posts in the "best of" forum…

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## [Embedded .wav files causing popping sounds](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedded-wav-files-causing-popping-sounds/176655)

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**Author:** [@clem\_c\_rock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clem_c_rock)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedded-wav-files-causing-popping-sounds/176655 "2006-01-25T21:12:39Z")

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Hello, I'm embedding a series of short .wav files that are imported into the timeline of a regular shockwave file. When I'm exporting the .fla file into the .swf file and play it, the sound causes a series of obnoxiou…

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## [I think I need to optimise](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-optimise/176647)

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**Author:** [@jonbid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jonbid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-optimise/176647 "2006-01-25T19:58:28Z")

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I have a flash movie, and I decided to learn how to use the tween classes in Flash 8. I think, however, that somewhere along the line I got carried away... and my script seems to run very slowly, even on 50 frames per …

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## [Help with Actionscript for XML Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-actionscript-for-xml-menu/176645)

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**Author:** [@Still\_Learning](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Still_Learning)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-actionscript-for-xml-menu/176645 "2006-01-25T19:40:36Z")

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Having gone through the tutorial on this site and in attempting to construct this menu, I've come across some problems, that being I'm batteling to resolve the following: Change layout to that of a Horizontal nature i…

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## [Depth setting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/depth-setting/176644)

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**Author:** [@dirksmith](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dirksmith)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/depth-setting/176644 "2006-01-25T19:34:42Z")

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Hi I've set a series of movie clips buttons to automatically assume the highest position on on mouse press - however, I'd like the movie clips to remain under (a lower depth) a movie clip (a 'picture frame') on anothe…

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## [The pen tool](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-pen-tool/176641)

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**Author:** [@blulightJR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blulightJR)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-pen-tool/176641 "2006-01-25T19:26:21Z")

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I have a real newbie question. I have line with two anchor points. I want to add an anchor point to a line so I can do some tweeks. How the heck do you do that with flash.

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## [Can see off stage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-see-off-stage/176628)

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**Author:** [@LiQuiD12](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LiQuiD12)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-see-off-stage/176628 "2006-01-25T17:46:12Z")

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Hi all... Im a student and im undertaking a portfolio site so any help would be very greatful. Im just starting off, created a seperate .swf file, and i want to load it in to a specific area on my main stage, but every…

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## [Scroller Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-problem/176626)

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**Author:** [@KILTRO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KILTRO)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-problem/176626 "2006-01-25T17:27:59Z")

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Hello people. I need help to do a good scrollbar. What kind of scrollbar im trying to do? Something like this: http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/examples/searchbestof.htm Type any word (like "its") and you will see th…

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## [So im making sort of a customizable flash shopping cart and i need some advise](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-im-making-sort-of-a-customizable-flash-shopping-cart-and-i-need-some-advise/176625)

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**Author:** [@Solidus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Solidus)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-im-making-sort-of-a-customizable-flash-shopping-cart-and-i-need-some-advise/176625 "2006-01-25T17:26:54Z")

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Hey everyone, Im working on a website for a company that specializes in creating custom sound proof boxes for recording and whatnot. The actual site is done completely in html and the shopping cart is html. You can see h…

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## [\[i\]?!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i/176624)

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**Author:** [@lewi\_p](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewi_p)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i/176624 "2006-01-25T17:15:57Z")

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I have a piece of code that uses AS to tween movieclips around the stage...see below: tweenspeed = 50; mc1 = \_root\[trans\]; y1 = \_root\[trans\].\_y; x1 = \_root\[trans\].\_x; go\_y1 = \_root.point1.\_y; go\_x1 = \_root.point1.\_x; …

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## [\[i\]?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i/176623)

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**Author:** [@lewi\_p](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewi_p)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i/176623 "2006-01-25T17:12:16Z")

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I have a piece of code that uses AS to tween movieclips around the stage...see below: tweenspeed = 50; mc1 = \_root\[trans\]; y1 = \_root\[trans\].\_y; x1 = \_root\[trans\].\_x; go\_y1 = \_root.point1.\_y; go\_x1 = \_root.point1.\_x; …

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## [Creating Fullscreen Objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-fullscreen-objects/176619)

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**Author:** [@Rhyno](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rhyno)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-fullscreen-objects/176619 "2006-01-25T16:27:28Z")

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Ok, so here's the Question: (I think a lot of people would benifit from this) I'd like to be able to have an object, such as a basic box resize, according to the size of the browser window. An example of this was on…

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## [Math not working... var a:Number=1; a+1 = 11?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-not-working-var-a-number-1-a-1-11/176618)

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**Author:** [@mickshake](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mickshake)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-not-working-var-a-number-1-a-1-11/176618 "2006-01-25T15:39:23Z")

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dbInfo is pulling totalRecords from a url encoded string. in this case dbInfo.totalRecords = 12 I used totalRec to ensure that it is a number and not a string. so using math, totalRect + 1 would be 13. but instea…

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## [Expandable flash file, over some html content](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expandable-flash-file-over-some-html-content/176614)

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**Author:** [@molotov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/molotov)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expandable-flash-file-over-some-html-content/176614 "2006-01-25T15:06:35Z")

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I was wondering if someone could help me with this. I would like to have a title bar with a learn more above a couple images and links. I want the images and links below to be html. The learn more in the title bar woul…

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## [Any willing helpers.....MUCH NEEDED!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-willing-helpers-much-needed/176613)

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**Author:** [@Claire\_murphy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Claire_murphy)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-willing-helpers-much-needed/176613 "2006-01-25T15:05:57Z")

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Anyone willing to look at an oversize file of multiple tweening! I'm having a bash at using action script instead of tweening, but totally new to this! :crying: :run: into brick wall!

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## [OK, so people really do still use this version?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ok-so-people-really-do-still-use-this-version/176606)

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**Author:** [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ok-so-people-really-do-still-use-this-version/176606 "2006-01-25T14:04:43Z")

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