# flash

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## [A little showing off!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-little-showing-off/173736)

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**Author:** [@tomms](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomms)\
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**Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-little-showing-off/173736 "2005-12-29T04:54:58Z")

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Firstly id like to thank kirupa for having all these great tutorials on the site, i truly could not have done it without all the step by step instructions on this site. I'd also like to thank the members of this forum …

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## [Keypress Questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keypress-questions/173735)

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**Author:** [@JonathanCarter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JonathanCarter)\
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**Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keypress-questions/173735 "2005-12-29T03:33:50Z")

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Is there a way to use keys other than left, right, etc. in flash? Is there a condition for when you let go of a key? If not, is there something else that I could use to do that? Do keypress things have to be inside a …

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## [Variable issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-issues/173731)

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**Author:** [@kingofnukes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kingofnukes)\
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**Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-issues/173731 "2005-12-29T03:07:04Z")

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I haven't seen this done before but I wanted to try and make an easier script for myself. instead of having button that states a variable then plays an animation, while the animation has a code saying " if ("variable =…

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## [The Tween class and disabling MCs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tween-class-and-disabling-mcs/173729)

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**Author:** [@Geminian1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Geminian1)\
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**Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tween-class-and-disabling-mcs/173729 "2005-12-29T02:28:25Z")

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Compliments of the season! I have four movie clips on the stage. Each has an onRelease function to tween it to a certain position on the stage using the Tween class. How do I disable the onRelease handler for the other t…

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## [Image link in textfield - I'm going cCcrazy with this one](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-link-in-textfield-im-going-cccrazy-with-this-one/173728)

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**Author:** [@Thy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thy)\
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**Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-link-in-textfield-im-going-cccrazy-with-this-one/173728 "2005-12-29T02:04:04Z")

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Hi fellow Kirupians please take a look at this and tell me if I'm going crazy :h: or is this just wierd?? I have a textfield with a img tag inside a anchor ( \<a href\> ) tag and it works just fine, I click on the image …

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## [Actionscript Animation Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-animation-help/173720)

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**Author:** [@bubbapuck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bubbapuck)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-animation-help/173720 "2005-12-28T23:55:24Z")

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I am trying to animate an object in actionscript and am having a little trouble. Here is the scenario: On the root timeline, there is a movie clip instance named main\_mc. Inside of main\_mc I have an small object with a…

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## [Drawing multiple boxes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-multiple-boxes/173719)

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**Author:** [@mkohne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mkohne)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-multiple-boxes/173719 "2005-12-28T23:55:17Z")

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Hello. I need help with drawing multiple boxes. I have the following code: \[AS\]var i = 0; var therec:MovieClip; function drawRec() { \_root.createEmptyMovieClip("therec", i); with (therec) { …

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## [Control + Key Press](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-key-press/173718)

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**Author:** [@mkohne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mkohne)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-key-press/173718 "2005-12-28T23:52:22Z")

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Is there any way to create a keyboard shortcut using a the control button plus a key button. For example, if I want to print the screen, I would press control + p. Thanks for the help.

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## [Dynamically named objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-named-objects/173716)

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**Author:** [@prisma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prisma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-named-objects/173716 "2005-12-28T22:55:09Z")

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Hi. :inc: Is it possible to do something like this? I've tried a few different approaches, i.e. item\*=new Item() and so on, but it won't work. for(var i=0;i\<ItemArray.length;i++) { var \["item"+i\]=new Item(); }; …

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## [Assigning variables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-variables/173713)

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**Author:** [@wish7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wish7)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-variables/173713 "2005-12-28T22:20:33Z")

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I have created a form and gotten info to be sent via email. The things that don't seem to work are combo boxes. How do I get an ASP page to collect variable values from other form components other than text fields(which …

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## [Long Text Overlap](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/long-text-overlap/173710)

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**Author:** [@ghjr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ghjr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/long-text-overlap/173710 "2005-12-28T21:26:52Z")

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Have you guys ever run into the problem of having such a long textfield that it ends up overlapping (some stronge bug I suppose)? The textfield is a regular static field and its height is around 4500 pixels. Cheers!

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## [Flash Website Help! pls](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-website-help-pls/173708)

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**Author:** [@charliechen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/charliechen)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-website-help-pls/173708 "2005-12-28T21:12:28Z")

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Okay, before anyone flames me i have to say i am a complete newbie to website building. I only know some basic front page skills and i am interested in flash. I did alot of the tutorial on here, but not all. I guess m…

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## [Flash menu from hell](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-from-hell/173699)

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**Author:** [@apodixis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/apodixis)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-from-hell/173699 "2005-12-28T19:21:04Z")

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Hello all, I'm looking for some assistance with a 3-tier menu system I've built. I have the finished product, which I'll post for you to view, but it's clearly not the most logical or efficient way of doing it. As you'll…

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## [Linking external sfw file in main timeline lebel](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-external-sfw-file-in-main-timeline-lebel/173696)

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**Author:** [@creativepro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creativepro)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-external-sfw-file-in-main-timeline-lebel/173696 "2005-12-28T18:58:09Z")

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Hi I am using flashmx 2004. I am creating a presentation where the main (suppose "main.swf" )movie has seven "lebels" on the timeline. I am require to link to external swf files for each lebel which I can do by using t…

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## [FileReference CLASS \[more data\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-class-more-data/173691)

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**Author:** [@9604\_9604\_9604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/9604_9604_9604)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-class-more-data/173691 "2005-12-28T17:58:05Z")

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where i can find more data?? and examples? Thnks and how is the data sent? like a regular form with multipart data?

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## [URGENT - actionscript question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-actionscript-question/173689)

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**Author:** [@natronp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/natronp)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-actionscript-question/173689 "2005-12-28T17:42:25Z")

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Hey all. I've got a client who's asking about resizing dynamically loaded images in flash. basically i'm building him a button that displays dyn. text and loads a .png based on a variable (easy). I'm going to tell h…

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## [Bitmaps in an scalable movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmaps-in-an-scalable-movie/173680)

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**Author:** [@CayoHueso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CayoHueso)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmaps-in-an-scalable-movie/173680 "2005-12-28T16:36:50Z")

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Hi everybody, I have a movie that will be scalable, and I am trying to figure out how to place a bitmap that will look good at the default size of the movie, and when the user scales up the movie. Does anyone have an…

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## [Two quick questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-quick-questions/173676)

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**Author:** [@larken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/larken)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-quick-questions/173676 "2005-12-28T15:37:35Z")

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Howdy Everyone. Love this page and these forums, so much information. I have two questions though for something I haven't been able to figure out. Can I format a input text field to convert to phone format? i.e. …

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## [Menu like on Macromedia.com \[renamed\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-like-on-macromedia-com-renamed/173674)

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**Author:** [@Sylvionair](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sylvionair)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-like-on-macromedia-com-renamed/173674 "2005-12-28T15:29:09Z")

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Hi, I am wondering if you already got made a tutorial about a menu like the one macromedia did in their topbar. When you put your mouse on some button, another range of button appears under the main one. If such tutori…

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## [Loading flash games in Frontpage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-flash-games-in-frontpage/173671)

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**Author:** [@buya7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/buya7)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-flash-games-in-frontpage/173671 "2005-12-28T15:12:06Z")

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How could I load a flash game in a web page made in Front page?

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## [Cost of object instantiation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cost-of-object-instantiation/173670)

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**Author:** [@ilazarte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ilazarte)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cost-of-object-instantiation/173670 "2005-12-28T15:05:55Z")

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Let's say I create a Movieclip, and during my code, I use maybe 1/8th the features of the object. On runtime instantiation, am i paying for the full object, or is flash compiling only the necessary elements and saving t…

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## [FScommand Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fscommand-issue/173659)

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**Author:** [@wadoodahmed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wadoodahmed)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fscommand-issue/173659 "2005-12-28T12:49:19Z")

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I have two swf files (text viewer and text editor) which are loaded in .Net Flash Objects 1. text viewer swf has a button which when clicked passes the htmltext in its text field to .net through FSCommand. 2. In respon…

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## [Anybody knows how to do this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anybody-knows-how-to-do-this/173657)

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**Author:** [@ndesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ndesign)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anybody-knows-how-to-do-this/173657 "2005-12-28T12:22:50Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if anybody know how this is done or have a tutorial of it? URL: http://www.twinphotographie.com/ It would be great if the gallery is controlled by external xml file(automatically grab photos from …

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## [How To Name Movie Clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-name-movie-clips/173634)

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**Author:** [@mad\_man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mad_man)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-name-movie-clips/173634 "2005-12-28T04:29:08Z")

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hello, I made a class that emits particles and the way i name the particles is like "P"+particleNumber well if i have more than one particle emitter they overlap each others names and i think it causes one of them not…

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## [Looking for scrollBar tute that DOESNT involve components!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-scrollbar-tute-that-doesnt-involve-components/173632)

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**Author:** [@KingHussien](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KingHussien)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-scrollbar-tute-that-doesnt-involve-components/173632 "2005-12-28T03:45:51Z")

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I really really don't want to use components. but my search for a good tutorial on how to make a scrollbar came up empty handed. Is there anyone here that knows of good tutorial or knows the basics to making a scrollbar?…

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## [Seek Bar Arrows Won't Go Away](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seek-bar-arrows-wont-go-away/173630)

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**Author:** [@bink\_02](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bink_02)\
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**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seek-bar-arrows-wont-go-away/173630 "2005-12-28T03:07:35Z")

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I have an SWF with some progressive FLV-playing in 'em and when I navigate away from the page the seek bar arrows stay on the screen for the rest of the time. Is there any way to do away with this? to see go to http://…

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## [How can i make the screen move?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-screen-move/173620)

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**Author:** [@Robin105](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Robin105)\
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**Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-screen-move/173620 "2005-12-27T23:50:19Z")

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Insted of making th ebackground move how can i make the screen move? I hope i made some sences :huh:

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## [Creating one of syko's FX](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-one-of-sykos-fx/173614)

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**Author:** [@kingofnukes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kingofnukes)\
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**Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-one-of-sykos-fx/173614 "2005-12-27T22:57:05Z")

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Hi. I was wondering how to do an effect similar to one of syko's FX on the front page, except a little less coppy and with a circular boundary. THANX.

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## [Remoting: works in projector but not browser](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remoting-works-in-projector-but-not-browser/173612)

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**Author:** [@smoothhabitat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smoothhabitat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remoting-works-in-projector-but-not-browser/173612 "2005-12-27T22:24:43Z")

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Hi guys. It's been a while since I've posted, but I've come up against a brickwall. I have a flash remoting app that works great in an exe or a swf run off my desktop. BUT, if I put it in an html file (and run it off …

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## [Resizing Entire Project](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-entire-project/173610)

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**Author:** [@Eclyps19](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eclyps19)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-entire-project/173610 "2005-12-27T21:58:54Z")

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Is there a way to resize an entire project?

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