# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1922 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1923 --- ## [ActionScript Tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-tutorial/173370)
**Author:** [@udnagn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/udnagn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-tutorial/173370 "2005-12-24T01:17:21Z")
Hello, I have been playing with Flash for about a year now and I am starting to get serious about ActionScript. Does anybody know of any tutorials that will help me improve my skills. Thanks in advance! --- ## [Blending from one color to another](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blending-from-one-color-to-another/173369)
**Author:** [@mad\_man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mad_man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blending-from-one-color-to-another/173369 "2005-12-24T01:10:15Z")
Hello, i was wondering how to make it so if a user gives me two hexadecimal RGB colors so that i could blend from one color to the other using actionscript. Any help would be appreciated. --- ## [News Ticker Q](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-ticker-q/173366)
**Author:** [@squarepiece](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/squarepiece)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-ticker-q/173366 "2005-12-24T00:36:24Z")
How can I make the news ticker select random news and how can i get the news fades in? Thanks :} --- ## [String to Number Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-to-number-problem/173362)
**Author:** [@eyetouch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eyetouch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-to-number-problem/173362 "2005-12-23T23:05:43Z")
I have a textfield problem. I created a textfield (for input) and wanted to make some calculations using entered numbers. But it recognizes the inputs as a string. For example; listen=new Object(); listen.onKeyDown=fun… --- ## [Kirupa Detection script for Flash 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-detection-script-for-flash-8/173359)
**Author:** [@opel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/opel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-detection-script-for-flash-8/173359 "2005-12-23T22:15:02Z")
I have used the detection script found here on kirupa. com to redirect users if they do not have flash version 8. However I have tried to edit the code so that the site user must have version 8 using the code below. H… --- ## [progressBar component not working in osx fplayer 6](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progressbar-component-not-working-in-osx-fplayer-6/173356)
**Author:** [@dragonfly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dragonfly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progressbar-component-not-working-in-osx-fplayer-6/173356 "2005-12-23T21:34:10Z")
According to flash's docs, I should be able to use any v2 component and still export to flash player version 6, as2. However, I have not been able to get this to work on a mac running flash player version 6 (rev 79). … --- ## [Just learning need help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-learning-need-help/173352)
**Author:** [@Terry\_elekes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Terry_elekes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-learning-need-help/173352 "2005-12-23T20:35:17Z")
I was playing around with the code below and I have a question: onClipEvent (load) { speed = 0; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) { this.\_x += 5; if (this.\_x\>=400) { this.\_x -= 5; } } }… --- ## [Movie Testing Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-testing-issue/173351)
**Author:** [@mprzybylski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mprzybylski)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-testing-issue/173351 "2005-12-23T20:28:10Z")
I didn't want to post this in the huge thread about bugs and issues because i don't know if its a known bug or issue or if its just my computer. Everytime i test a movie, it doesnt play properly (for instance, i had a … --- ## [Help with Ragdoll!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-ragdoll/173349)
**Author:** [@Pattt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pattt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-ragdoll/173349 "2005-12-23T20:21:28Z")
Hi, I made a simple ragdoll, try to drag the blue ball. But if you are dragging someone else, the whole rope will not go after it, how can that be fixed? \[smile\] / Pattt --- ## [Photo Gallery : How to do this with xml?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-how-to-do-this-with-xml/173346)
**Author:** [@jewelz24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jewelz24)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-how-to-do-this-with-xml/173346 "2005-12-23T19:46:58Z")
Hello, I've searched for a few days about this, and keep going in circles. I am trying to create a photo gallery as shown on this website: http://www.jinkyart.com.au/enter/gallery.htm I want next/prev buttons, no … --- ## [Printing without Printer Dialogue...Is it Possible?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-without-printer-dialogue-is-it-possible/173344)
**Author:** [@kaanuki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kaanuki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-without-printer-dialogue-is-it-possible/173344 "2005-12-23T19:26:18Z")
Hello, fellow Kirupans. I'm developing an interface for a school kiosk. Is there a way to print receipts directly to a printer without the printer dialogue popping up? I would like to use one of those small form-rec… --- ## [Closing a flash file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-a-flash-file/173343)
**Author:** [@bungholio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bungholio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-a-flash-file/173343 "2005-12-23T18:54:06Z")
Hey everybody, here's a question... When you make a flash website or anything of that sort, many a times there's a button which says close, and when you click it, the whole flash thing closes like as if it were a normal … --- ## [How to determine time elapsed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-determine-time-elapsed/173341)
**Author:** [@joaodelima](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joaodelima)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-determine-time-elapsed/173341 "2005-12-23T18:22:09Z")
Suppose I have 2 buttons on stage. When the first button is pressed, a time count starts. When the second button is pressed, the time count stops. (In essence we are measuring the time elapsed (in milliseconds) between t… --- ## [Using one color pallet to change colors of differnt clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-one-color-pallet-to-change-colors-of-differnt-clips/173338)
**Author:** [@shanak](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shanak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-one-color-pallet-to-change-colors-of-differnt-clips/173338 "2005-12-23T17:58:42Z")
I have a number of different movie clips that I want to be able to change to color of. This post gives me some idea, but I want to be able to have one color pallet that is always on the stage. Using that pallet, I want t… --- ## [Setting the rotationpoint for a MC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-the-rotationpoint-for-a-mc/173332)
**Author:** [@solice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/solice)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-the-rotationpoint-for-a-mc/173332 "2005-12-23T16:11:07Z")
Hi, I was wondering how to set the rotationpoint of a MC ? Is there a trick to it or have I overlooked the feature ? TIA --- ## [Build Menu from XML - buttons not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/build-menu-from-xml-buttons-not-working/173329)
**Author:** [@deltajam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deltajam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/build-menu-from-xml-buttons-not-working/173329 "2005-12-23T15:21:58Z")
This should be simple...but I'm stumped. Can any one look at my code and tell me what I'm doing wrong? The buttons arent working... var buildMenu = function () { var tb\_mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("tbHold", this.ge… --- ## [How do i stick the \[i\] in?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-stick-the-i-in/173328)
**Author:** [@Lacuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lacuna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-stick-the-i-in/173328 "2005-12-23T15:14:57Z")
Ok, so I feel brain dead and Christmas is looming near, maybe that's why this is confusing me... I just want this: clientList.content\_mc.clients0.txt.text to be ran through my 'for' loop... but when i stick \* inpl… --- ## [RSS aggregator in Flash Based Desktop (not webpg)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rss-aggregator-in-flash-based-desktop-not-webpg/173327)
**Author:** [@pacificdigital](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pacificdigital)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rss-aggregator-in-flash-based-desktop-not-webpg/173327 "2005-12-23T15:13:29Z")
Hello everybody, Am new here. I am in process of making a flash-based desktop application which aggregates RSS news feeds from various (customizable) websites. Doing this with php or with support of a webpage is poss… --- ## [Kirupa's falling snow 2.0 in flash 8?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupas-falling-snow-2-0-in-flash-8/173326)
**Author:** [@Shoo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shoo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupas-falling-snow-2-0-in-flash-8/173326 "2005-12-23T15:02:01Z")
heya everyone me again :red: kirupa's falling snow 2.0 tutorial for flash MX 04 will only work in flash 8 if you publish it in flash 6 format (because flash MX 04 = Flash 6) But in my new animation I am using filter e… --- ## [XML sendAndLoad Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-sendandload-problem/173320)
**Author:** [@blaatorx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blaatorx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-sendandload-problem/173320 "2005-12-23T12:29:12Z")
peepz, i have this script to get data from XML: if(categoryID == "") { \_global.categoryID = 1; } var photoXML = new XML(); photoXML.categoryID = categoryID; photoXML.ignoreWhite = true; photoXML.sendAndLoad("incl… --- ## [Button stay selected!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-stay-selected/173318)
**Author:** [@gllanci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gllanci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-stay-selected/173318 "2005-12-23T12:26:40Z")
Hi Im tryong to make 4 button but when the web is started the 1st button must be selected and the other thrre buttons must be enabled , if the user clicked the other button the button that was selected must come enabl… --- ## [Simple actions - easing and moving](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-actions-easing-and-moving/173312)
**Author:** [@Chappo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Chappo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-actions-easing-and-moving/173312 "2005-12-23T09:33:18Z")
Hi all, Got a question regarding easing and moving some objects on RollOver / RollOut. Lets take the following setting http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/4933/buttons6ml.jpg 3 simple buttons what i want the cli… --- ## [Dock menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dock-menu/173309)
**Author:** [@kafir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kafir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dock-menu/173309 "2005-12-23T09:11:58Z")
I have a dockmenu where I want to have different pictures presented instead of the graphic buttons. Could some one help we by telling the AS - take a look at the code in the attached file. Thansk for your help in advan… --- ## [Flash 8 DateField](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-datefield/173307)
**Author:** [@krs4kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krs4kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-datefield/173307 "2005-12-23T08:03:11Z")
hi Anyone used the DateField component in Flash 8. I have designed a flash contact form with a DateField to select a date, and send that selected date to myemail with all other information. Also I like to know whether it… --- ## [Limit words in text field](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/limit-words-in-text-field/173305)
**Author:** [@deltajam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deltajam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/limit-words-in-text-field/173305 "2005-12-23T07:29:22Z")
I have xml data that I am importing into flash. I would like to limit the number of words that gets displayed for one of the nodes. var cDesc = three\*.childNodes\[3\].childNodes; text\_mc.createTextField("text"+i, text\_m… --- ## [Email File Through Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/email-file-through-flash/173300)
**Author:** [@olimess](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/olimess)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/email-file-through-flash/173300 "2005-12-23T03:11:50Z")
Greetings all, I am working on a rather involved project. Basically, this project allows the user to select a general design layout and add to this layout several pre-defined choices. At the end of this process, the … --- ## [Loading swf problem in Internet Explorer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-problem-in-internet-explorer/173298)
**Author:** [@cturner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cturner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-problem-in-internet-explorer/173298 "2005-12-23T02:15:13Z")
I am having a problem with seeing my swf in Internet Explorer. It doesn't show the preloader or anything. It shows the swf in other browsers. Here is the swf. The swf is up the top of the web page just below the title. T… --- ## [Complex Button RollOver, need help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-button-rollover-need-help/173291)
**Author:** [@outz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/outz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-button-rollover-need-help/173291 "2005-12-22T23:54:54Z")
Hi, First ty for the tutorial http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/button\_effect.htm, Im trying to make a autorun cd with this rollovers buttons, all work, less the links, i need to make links to a cdrom not links from… --- ## [Loading URL.XML 4 differnet content](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-url-xml-4-differnet-content/173290)
**Author:** [@DanD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-url-xml-4-differnet-content/173290 "2005-12-22T23:01:58Z")
Ok, I'm using the XML photo gallery for a portfolio site. So I have something like features, work, bio, etc.... I got this to work, featured\_btn.onRelease = function(){ xmlData.load("media/featured.xml"); } work\_… --- ## [Bizzare problem - Link works in preview but not on website](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bizzare-problem-link-works-in-preview-but-not-on-website/173281)
**Author:** [@Rift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rift)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bizzare-problem-link-works-in-preview-but-not-on-website/173281 "2005-12-22T21:01:08Z")
www.Bcstudios.5u.com Only the 'miniatures' button works; why is this? I don't understand, as http://bcstudios.5u.com/labelhome.swf , the label itself, does work. The home button works when isolated but not in the websi… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1921) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1923)