# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1920 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1921 --- ## [XML Slideshow, loading numerous slideshows](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slideshow-loading-numerous-slideshows/173608)
**Author:** [@estebanangulo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/estebanangulo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slideshow-loading-numerous-slideshows/173608 "2005-12-27T21:41:52Z")
Hey there, I downloaded Kirupa's XML slideshow and I wanted to know if it's possible to load different albums from the same XML like for example the first slide show would run, then if the user clicks on another button … --- ## [Text won't really convert to a symbol](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-wont-really-convert-to-a-symbol/173602)
**Author:** [@Eclyps19](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eclyps19)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-wont-really-convert-to-a-symbol/173602 "2005-12-27T20:39:13Z")
It seems like text doesn't quite convert into a symbol. It appears to convert when I'm in flash but when I run the file it won't perform any of the tweens and I can still highlight the text. Anyone know what I'm doing wr… --- ## [How do I get value of cell in column 3 of the selected dataGrid row?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-get-value-of-cell-in-column-3-of-the-selected-datagrid-row/173599)
**Author:** [@kennyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kennyb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-get-value-of-cell-in-column-3-of-the-selected-datagrid-row/173599 "2005-12-27T20:30:42Z")
How do I get value of cell in column 3 of the selected dataGrid row? For example, if someone selects a cell in row 2 of column 0, how can I get the value of the cell in column 3 of the same row? I know how to get the… --- ## [Now this is odd...tiles](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/now-this-is-odd-tiles/173598)
**Author:** [@Sammo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sammo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/now-this-is-odd-tiles/173598 "2005-12-27T20:16:48Z")
tileW = 50; tileH = 50; var map:Array = \[ \[3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1\], \[3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1\], \[1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1\], \[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4,… --- ## [Getting all Flash files into Breeze Presentation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-all-flash-files-into-breeze-presentation/173596)
**Author:** [@jillymo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jillymo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-all-flash-files-into-breeze-presentation/173596 "2005-12-27T19:57:04Z")
I am looking for a way to import multiple swf's into Macromedia Breeze, in other words I have a Flash Movie that loads many other movies and someone I work with would like to use the file in Breeze. Trouble is, I don't u… --- ## [Text and Reference Books, which one is for me?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-and-reference-books-which-one-is-for-me/173595)
**Author:** [@Overshee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Overshee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-and-reference-books-which-one-is-for-me/173595 "2005-12-27T19:48:56Z")
I was looking for a Flash 8 Reference book on the web today, and I didn't know what to get. I need something more advanced than the average book, because I know the basics. However, nobody says what skill level the boo… --- ## [targetInstanceName \[What?\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targetinstancename-what/173589)
**Author:** [@9604\_9604\_9604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/9604_9604_9604)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targetinstancename-what/173589 "2005-12-27T18:55:24Z")
If i make a component and i want to know if is over another movie clip in design mode, is hear that the targetInstanceName help in that, but i try and dont work. How shoud i use it? --- ## [Adding Thumbnails to Photo Gallery Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnails-to-photo-gallery-problem/173588)
**Author:** [@rene33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rene33)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnails-to-photo-gallery-problem/173588 "2005-12-27T18:37:14Z")
Hello! I am having a propblem with the following tut: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm I moved elements around, and in the Flash Preview it workd perfectly. But once I export it into a movie, the… --- ## [\ tag confusion -- is this a bug?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/br-tag-confusion-is-this-a-bug/173587)
**Author:** [@dragonfly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dragonfly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/br-tag-confusion-is-this-a-bug/173587 "2005-12-27T18:04:55Z")
I have 2 txt fields on two frames, respectively. I double space lines on txt that gets loaded dynamically by using " ". So, when the playhead arrives at either frame, the text gets set to html = true, and then the tex… --- ## [Why are the images not scaling down when I open the flash movie?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-the-images-not-scaling-down-when-i-open-the-flash-movie/173586)
**Author:** [@bigDphoto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigDphoto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-the-images-not-scaling-down-when-i-open-the-flash-movie/173586 "2005-12-27T17:52:13Z")
I'm using one of your templates for a image gallery. I increased the document size, the photos are linking fine. But when I go to view the movie the photos are not scaling to the size of the flash movie. I have resized… --- ## [Draw box](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-box/173579)
**Author:** [@mkohne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mkohne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-box/173579 "2005-12-27T16:01:22Z")
Hello. I have a flash file that draws a box when the user clicks down on the mouse, adjusting the box to any size they need. Here is the code: box.\_visible = false; box.onMouseDown = function() { this.\_x = \_root.\_xm… --- ## [XML Slideshow Photogallery setInterval/clearInterval](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slideshow-photogallery-setinterval-clearinterval/173566)
**Author:** [@jmcdog74](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jmcdog74)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slideshow-photogallery-setinterval-clearinterval/173566 "2005-12-27T13:59:10Z")
I'm using a version of XML Slideshow Photogallery that loads slideshow.swf (and other pages) into master.swf It plays good the first time through and when I trace myInterval, I can see it increment 1,2,3 ... with each … --- ## [HELP HELP! probles embedding picture in text field](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-help-probles-embedding-picture-in-text-field/173562)
**Author:** [@achilehero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/achilehero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-help-probles-embedding-picture-in-text-field/173562 "2005-12-27T11:24:11Z")
Hi guys. I have a text field (multiline, html enabled from the property sheet) that loads it's text with loadVariables from text files. The text is formatted using CSS. The problem is I cannot display pictures from the… --- ## [Help needed............Linking dynamically Created TextFeilds with mouse click](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-linking-dynamically-created-textfeilds-with-mouse-click/173556)
**Author:** [@pavanshinde](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pavanshinde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-linking-dynamically-created-textfeilds-with-mouse-click/173556 "2005-12-27T07:25:20Z")
Hi All I have created some dynamic textfields. i want to put links to these textfields. i have a variable named \*\*firstname. \*\*I have used this code to create these textfields \[size=1\]for(i=1 ; i \< int(mrcounter) + 1… --- ## [Sorting a MultiDimension Array, OOP, FP7](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sorting-a-multidimension-array-oop-fp7/173552)
**Author:** [@jwopitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jwopitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sorting-a-multidimension-array-oop-fp7/173552 "2005-12-27T04:57:49Z")
I have a function inside a class that will basically sort an array by the first elements first sub-element (ie. \[0\]\[x\]) and return the second sub element based on that information. I am having the hardest time getting … --- ## [Help with loadvariable](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loadvariable/173550)
**Author:** [@AllSystemGo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AllSystemGo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loadvariable/173550 "2005-12-27T04:14:45Z")
Ok on one of my form I have this code: on(release) { form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST"); } If I put a break point on it I can see that it stop there. The thing is it seems like it never get out to my email.php … --- ## [Am I asking too much for imported text?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/am-i-asking-too-much-for-imported-text/173549)
**Author:** [@benFusion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benFusion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/am-i-asking-too-much-for-imported-text/173549 "2005-12-27T03:53:10Z")
OK. I'm experimenting with some things and I really want to make this site truly dynamic. At the moment I have all the data inside an XML file, which gets loaded and parsed into an array in Flash. Good. Then I take … --- ## [HELP! my SWF is blocking the buttons on my HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-my-swf-is-blocking-the-buttons-on-my-html/173548)
**Author:** [@jailbird411](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jailbird411)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-my-swf-is-blocking-the-buttons-on-my-html/173548 "2005-12-27T03:50:12Z")
to all flash masters I have a problem with placing my swf over an HTML file here is my link: http://home.pchome.com.tw/home/comeandgetme/player.html As you can see my buttons are being blocked by my transparent swf fi… --- ## [Help with Text Symbols](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-text-symbols/173547)
**Author:** [@animerockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/animerockstar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-text-symbols/173547 "2005-12-27T03:47:06Z")
Hi! I've done a movie in Flash MX and I have dotted borders around all of my text that I've converted into Symbols. I can't seem to get rid of it! There is no dotted line around the picture I have in the movie...just … --- ## [Flash MX Actionscipt](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-actionscipt/173543)
**Author:** [@boomerdog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boomerdog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-actionscipt/173543 "2005-12-27T02:46:03Z")
THis is button script, I need to add more pages in my flash site but I can't figure it out. There is a movie called pages200,201 etc.... This is what this script is calling but I can't make it call a new page. Also i … --- ## [Remove background from imported Vector (EPS) Images](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-background-from-imported-vector-eps-images/173540)
**Author:** [@clintnash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clintnash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-background-from-imported-vector-eps-images/173540 "2005-12-27T02:25:39Z")
Okay, I am stuck. I will give the first person who can correctly get me past this problem one free year of web hosting on my server (reasonable bandwidth constraints will apply). Now on to my problem. I have to import … --- ## [What's hapening?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-hapening/173531)
**Author:** [@macromotion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macromotion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-hapening/173531 "2005-12-26T23:36:13Z")
Hi players. In my other application i don't khow how but he worked fine. I bind the components in second frame and in scrollpane, and he work fine. I can't understand how. In my new application i can't repeat this. Look … --- ## [Image Gallery like this one](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-gallery-like-this-one/173527)
**Author:** [@Soig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soig)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-gallery-like-this-one/173527 "2005-12-26T21:24:10Z")
I found a tutorial for this image gallery but the coding is SO SLOPPY I just cant figure out what is going on. http://sergprotector.com/temp/expscroll.swf This is the example. I have the code too if you feel its worth t… --- ## [How to create this animation?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-this-animation/173525)
**Author:** [@Vish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vish)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-this-animation/173525 "2005-12-26T21:16:53Z")
Hello, I'm not an experienced flash user, just got flash 8... However, I was wondering if anyone could help me in creating an animation such as this: http://vishnu.shoutlast.com/example.swf ? Is there a simple method… --- ## [Initial Depth Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/initial-depth-question/173522)
**Author:** [@ghjr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ghjr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/initial-depth-question/173522 "2005-12-26T20:45:27Z")
When I trace the next highest depth at the initial frame of my SWF it returns 9877. Is this due to the way I setup the objects and layers through authoring? The reason I ask is that this is somehow interfering with my at… --- ## [Stream Video From Web to Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stream-video-from-web-to-flash/173514)
**Author:** [@hombr3w311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hombr3w311)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stream-video-from-web-to-flash/173514 "2005-12-26T19:31:10Z")
Hello - Is it possible to stream video from my webserver into a MC when a SWF is called on? I created an ipod, and want it to be the video player, however pull the content (video) from website so it runs smoothly. Otherw… --- ## [XML & ChildNodes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-childnodes/173511)
**Author:** [@ghjr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ghjr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-childnodes/173511 "2005-12-26T17:36:34Z")
I'm running into some problems when parsing an XML file. In the first frame of my SWF I define the following "constant": \[AS\]this.addProperty("XML\_CAMINHO\_DADOS", function(){return "xml.firstChild.childNodes\[1\]"}, null… --- ## [Components and php](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/components-and-php/173509)
**Author:** [@KILTRO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KILTRO)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/components-and-php/173509 "2005-12-26T17:31:24Z")
I was wondering if anyone here knows a good tutorial about components to do a form. I did read the one which is here, but i need it to work with a php mailer. I never use components, most of times for ignorance and also … --- ## [Probably Simple Button Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-simple-button-question/173500)
**Author:** [@estevan\_carlos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/estevan_carlos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-simple-button-question/173500 "2005-12-26T15:14:44Z")
I'm a novice or perhaps even a "newbie". There's probably a simple solution to this. I have an on (release) button that jumps frames by going to a specificically named frame. It works but when you click on it twice… --- ## [Renaming?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/renaming/173499)
**Author:** [@Takashy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Takashy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/renaming/173499 "2005-12-26T15:13:47Z")
How do i can change a variable? I mean i made a Box anda button. The Name/or var for the box is Box... I want to make it so that when i press the button the name/var of the box changes to something other... like Box2 … [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1919) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1921)