# flash

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## [Last Call for help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/last-call-for-help/174868)

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**Author:** [@xtinarox26](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xtinarox26)\
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**Last updated:** [January 10, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/last-call-for-help/174868 "2006-01-10T00:00:40Z")

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what do i need to change in this Actionscript to make the photo transition look like this http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/8700.html stop(); spacing = 10; containerMC.\_alpha = 0; previewMC.\_alpha = 0; va…

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## [XML Gallery Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-gallery-help/174866)

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**Author:** [@silent77](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silent77)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-gallery-help/174866 "2006-01-09T23:39:52Z")

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I am trying to get a gallery fully working. what I am trying to do is on the right side of the stage have projects that scroll vertically and on left the larger image of the project. I have that working but wit each pro…

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## [MC buttons and playing rollover sound](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-buttons-and-playing-rollover-sound/174858)

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**Author:** [@InnellaDesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/InnellaDesign)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-buttons-and-playing-rollover-sound/174858 "2006-01-09T21:31:32Z")

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Hi, I really like the effect that using a mc as a button allows for, however when I want to have a rollover button sound, it is a bit delayed, since I have to put the sound on the last frame of the mc. Is there a spec…

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## [Photo gallery with rollover](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-with-rollover/174856)

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**Author:** [@Suzs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Suzs)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-with-rollover/174856 "2006-01-09T21:09:54Z")

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Any ideas how I should go about this? I have seen it on lots of photography sites but I am rather clueless as how to do it on mine.

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## [Controlling movie clip with mouse](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-movie-clip-with-mouse/174848)

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**Author:** [@wmariana](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wmariana)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-movie-clip-with-mouse/174848 "2006-01-09T20:31:31Z")

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Hi First of all excuse my english, it is not my mother tongue. Well, I am designing a website where I have a world that rotates non stoop (loop). I want this to be my navigation menu, and I have put buttons in differen…

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## [Flash/HTML problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-html-problem/174844)

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**Author:** [@bubbapuck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bubbapuck)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-html-problem/174844 "2006-01-09T19:47:22Z")

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We have a site that has frames. The first frame is along the top that has the navigation in Flash MX 2004. Along the lower left side there is a flash animation and the all of the content is on the lower right frame. W…

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## [Weird downloads!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-downloads/174843)

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**Author:** [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-downloads/174843 "2006-01-09T19:34:55Z")

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Here's something I've been noticing for a long time now. Purevolume.com has a streaming mp3 player which works ok. But most of the sites, which have such mp3 players, before actually playing the track force a download …

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## [PreloaderHelp](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloaderhelp/174842)

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**Author:** [@Hideout](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hideout)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloaderhelp/174842 "2006-01-09T19:33:53Z")

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anyone have a good site or reference on how to make a preloader besides using a bar. For example the new site "UnderworldEvolution" as an animated preloader and they don't use a bar. So if anyone can help me figuer out h…

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## [Dynamic text field html tags](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-field-html-tags/174839)

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**Author:** [@borispc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/borispc)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-field-html-tags/174839 "2006-01-09T19:07:53Z")

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Hello! Issue: dynamic textfield created at runtime with html text doesn't display bold and italics. Having the Font symbol in my library with the linkage name "Avenir" : tf = this.createTextField('t', 0, 0, 0, 100,…

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## [Masks and stuff](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-and-stuff/174829)

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**Author:** [@GeoMancer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GeoMancer)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-and-stuff/174829 "2006-01-09T17:59:08Z")

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This is mostly a question on if something works, or not. I'm trying to make a ripple effect mask, I think it would be a flash anyway, that works sort of like the liquify mask in the tutorials, but the base movies would b…

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## [Dynamic Data into Scroll Pane (MX to 2004)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-data-into-scroll-pane-mx-to-2004/174828)

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**Author:** [@Gumby19](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gumby19)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-data-into-scroll-pane-mx-to-2004/174828 "2006-01-09T17:48:45Z")

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I'm creating a list of products with images/text/etc.. Basically, I'm looping through and taking a symbol out of the library that has a place to put the product image and name, then stacking them vertically. Now what I…

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## [hELP needed with this effect](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-with-this-effect/174827)

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**Author:** [@xtinarox26](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xtinarox26)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-with-this-effect/174827 "2006-01-09T17:33:18Z")

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hey people! take a look at this link http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/8700.html any1 know how to do this transiiton effect with the photo gallery? Any \[COLOR=green\]tutorials\[/COLOR\], \[COLOR=purple\]thr…

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## [How did they do that :: loadMovie, swapDepth?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that-loadmovie-swapdepth/174826)

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**Author:** [@VanIslander](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VanIslander)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that-loadmovie-swapdepth/174826 "2006-01-09T17:24:09Z")

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Hurley.com Hello All, I'm pretty new to Flash (MX04). I have been trying to recreate the rollOver swapdepth effect (above). Works OK but slow using mc's on the main timeline using the swapDepth behaviors. It appears (o…

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## [Simple Subtraction](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-subtraction/174825)

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**Author:** [@ryguyspk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ryguyspk)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-subtraction/174825 "2006-01-09T17:20:17Z")

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Not sure if Flash is acting weird or it must be me. Everything has been working fine and I just ran into a problem with some subtraction. var total:Number = 161.40 - 150.00 - 11.40 trace (total) This should equal t…

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## [RTS Tutorials In Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rts-tutorials-in-flash/174823)

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**Author:** [@dazer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dazer)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rts-tutorials-in-flash/174823 "2006-01-09T17:14:56Z")

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I was wondering if it were possible to make an RTS game in flash, and if it was, are there any tutorial on that? You know, like get the more cash than the enemy, buy guys with it, and kill the enemy first? Just wonde…

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## [Request custom transition & links for XML Gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/request-custom-transition-links-for-xml-gallery/174822)

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**Author:** [@warren7145](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/warren7145)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/request-custom-transition-links-for-xml-gallery/174822 "2006-01-09T17:13:29Z")

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Hello I'm a newbie to flash and come across this xml gallery tutorial. The only thing I would like custom masked transitions between each image plus the link to be pulled from the xml. If anyone could help me I would a…

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## [loadMovie loaded movie wont play](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-loaded-movie-wont-play/174819)

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**Author:** [@VoS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VoS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-loaded-movie-wont-play/174819 "2006-01-09T16:18:11Z")

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Hey. Im loading in a movie from some external source, which works fine... If i play the movieclip i load in by itself it works fine and plays its animation. However the movie does not play once its been loaded... eve…

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## [HUGE XML packet!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/huge-xml-packet/174814)

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**Author:** [@abritez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/abritez)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/huge-xml-packet/174814 "2006-01-09T15:19:12Z")

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I have to load 50,000 rows made up of about 10 columns into a datagrid of sorts. Any ideas on how i could get this to work? I ran a quick test in the datagrid and it gave me a loop error. Thanks!

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## [Problem With Scrolling Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-scrolling-menu/174812)

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**Author:** [@kruption](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kruption)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-scrolling-menu/174812 "2006-01-09T15:07:11Z")

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After some time, I finally got a basic menu scrolling with easing but the problem I'm having now is if I click anywhere on the flash movie, it'll scroll when it should only scroll on the arrow button that goes left and r…

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## [Displaying Elements Off-Stage?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-elements-off-stage/174809)

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**Author:** [@NRutman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NRutman)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-elements-off-stage/174809 "2006-01-09T14:33:28Z")

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We've all seen those Flash "pop-up" ads - the Flash documents that display over other rendered HTML content instead of in a new window. Can anyone point me to any tutorials showing how they do it? I'm working on an ani…

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## [ASP/Flash - Dynamic Links](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-flash-dynamic-links/174808)

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**Author:** [@thedaveyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thedaveyb)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-flash-dynamic-links/174808 "2006-01-09T14:26:56Z")

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i have a small news ticker in flash that uses snippets of the 'news' and displays it with a link to more info. the code i am using to pull in the DB info with ASP is as follows. onClipEvent (data) { strTitle = Titl…

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## [Photo Gallery using XML and Flash.....just want the scroller](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-just-want-the-scroller/174806)

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**Author:** [@spoonman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spoonman)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-using-xml-and-flash-just-want-the-scroller/174806 "2006-01-09T13:56:13Z")

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In Kirupa's "Photo Gallery using XML and Flash" there is the scroller function at the bottom that works great! Is there anyway I can use that function in a different .fla and then put my own graphics inside? I have tried…

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## [Link to html](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-html/174804)

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**Author:** [@Hunter\_wow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hunter_wow)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-html/174804 "2006-01-09T13:33:24Z")

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Hello. I wounder how I make an link in flash to an html document. Or mayby this dosent work?(same as html:s \<a href="x.html"\>x\</a\>)

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## [Photo fade out/in](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-fade-out-in/174800)

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**Author:** [@Toner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Toner)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-fade-out-in/174800 "2006-01-09T12:59:40Z")

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I\`m quite new to Flash 8 and currently building a site for a photographer. This includes a window with a series of changing photos. At the moment these just jump from one to the other but I want to fade the first one …

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## [Using Variable Names In Arrays?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-variable-names-in-arrays/174796)

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**Author:** [@lewi\_p](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewi_p)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-variable-names-in-arrays/174796 "2006-01-09T12:25:08Z")

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Hi This is a quick AS question…I want to use variable names instead of values in an array. I’m loading in a cgi file then splitting it up into 6 values (year, month, day, hour, min, sec) I want to use those values in a… …

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## [Menu Slider With Drop Down Sub-Menu's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-slider-with-drop-down-sub-menus/174791)

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**Author:** [@Still\_Learning](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Still_Learning)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-slider-with-drop-down-sub-menus/174791 "2006-01-09T11:34:11Z")

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I've downloaded the sourcefile for a standard menu slider. How do I now include the ability for it to have drop down sub-categories under each menu heading? All help will be greatly appreciated. Lisa

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## [Play multiple flv files](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-multiple-flv-files/174787)

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**Author:** [@tiru](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tiru)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-multiple-flv-files/174787 "2006-01-09T11:07:56Z")

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Hi Can any one give a sample file or code for these foloowing doubts.Iam working in flash mx2004 professional. 1)How to play multiple flv files one after one automatically in media play back component? 2)load exter…

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## [How to stop line from getting thicker when scaling length?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-stop-line-from-getting-thicker-when-scaling-length/174786)

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**Author:** [@kathari](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kathari)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-stop-line-from-getting-thicker-when-scaling-length/174786 "2006-01-09T11:04:40Z")

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Happy New Year! I want to make a site design which would btw other things have four MCs consisting of (only) a hairline-thin line. This line needs to change length and rotate (more or less) freely. I have done this with …

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## [Alpha setting not working?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-setting-not-working/174784)

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**Author:** [@redjoe100](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/redjoe100)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-setting-not-working/174784 "2006-01-09T10:43:18Z")

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Dear people of Kirupa I have flash project, on frame 3 I have dragged some MC's to the stage and set the alpha value to 0% so they are hidden. the reson for this is I want to use them later on in the movie but want the…

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## [Shared Shared Objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-shared-objects/174782)

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**Author:** [@Wickamafiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wickamafiz)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-shared-objects/174782 "2006-01-09T10:39:20Z")

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Alright this might be a realy stupid question but i have done very little work with shared objects so i dont know. Is it possible to acces a shared object from a different swf than it was created from? Basically what i h…

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