# flash

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## [Hit zones inside a movie button?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-zones-inside-a-movie-button/318996)

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**Author:** [@tris3d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tris3d)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-zones-inside-a-movie-button/318996 "2011-02-05T18:54:04Z")

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Hi I've created a movie button which when you roll over an animated section extends down and when you roll out, it goes back to it's previous position. Problem is, because the movie extends so does the hit zone. Ide…

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## [Loss of internet link](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loss-of-internet-link/318995)

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**Author:** [@profZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/profZ)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loss-of-internet-link/318995 "2011-02-05T16:53:24Z")

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I just finished an interactive webpage design completely using Flash CS4. I have a couple of buttons in the design that link to other webpages (url's). When I test the published SWF and HTML the links work fine. However,…

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## [Action script to close a SWF loaded in EXE projector?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/action-script-to-close-a-swf-loaded-in-exe-projector/318993)

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**Author:** [@Mitch\_Waite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mitch_Waite)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/action-script-to-close-a-swf-loaded-in-exe-projector/318993 "2011-02-05T15:54:49Z")

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Does anyone know the action script to close a SWF that is loaded in an EXE projector? At the same time I would like to load a different SWF. Thanks for any help.

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## [3d rotation center](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-rotation-center/318988)

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**Author:** [@excogitator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/excogitator)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-rotation-center/318988 "2011-02-05T15:25:05Z")

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Hi everyone, Is it possible that I can have a fixed 3d rotation center for a movieclip. So if I have two movieclips spaced apart and I have rotated them, they rotate in their own axis rather than based on a single axis. T…

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## [Flash builder weird screen resizing issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-builder-weird-screen-resizing-issue/318987)

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**Author:** [@FGMUK](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FGMUK)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-builder-weird-screen-resizing-issue/318987 "2011-02-05T14:22:05Z")

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I'm new to Flash builder and I'm having this weird screen resizing issue. I'm setting up my .swf of dimenions.. \[SWF(width="760", height="600", frameRate="32", backgroundColor="#000000")\] and I'm using... st…

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## [Flash google map API problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-google-map-api-problem/318983)

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**Author:** [@hattr1ck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hattr1ck)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-google-map-api-problem/318983 "2011-02-05T12:30:43Z")

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Hi all, I,m facing a problem in the google map api for flash, when viewing it from another computer within the same network as it gives me 'initialization failed etc...', although on the same server its working fine...…

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## [Play a movie clip continuously throughout different scenes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-a-movie-clip-continuously-throughout-different-scenes/318982)

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**Author:** [@Ed24135](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ed24135)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-a-movie-clip-continuously-throughout-different-scenes/318982 "2011-02-05T08:37:42Z")

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Here's what i'm trying to do: I have a movie clip playing throughout my movie to simulate an old computer screen, but when i change scenes, the movie clip starts over at the beginning. How do I have the movie clip play…

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## [Planet Simulation problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/planet-simulation-problem/318979)

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**Author:** [@saykharng](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saykharng)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/planet-simulation-problem/318979 "2011-02-05T04:53:16Z")

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Hi there, I'm a normal AScripter, I'm design 2d planet simulation game. But having problem with physics and gravity programming, need help seriously. You can see this(http://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/planet/ ) for example.…

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## [Communication from class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/communication-from-class/318977)

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**Author:** [@ajtyler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ajtyler)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/communication-from-class/318977 "2011-02-05T03:35:27Z")

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How do I communicate from a class to the root? I've got a class that does some different things including communicating with a webserver. When it does its thing, I want it to communicate that back to the main part of…

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## [Calls to a possibly undefined method error](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calls-to-a-possibly-undefined-method-error/318973)

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**Author:** [@SqueakyFish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SqueakyFish)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calls-to-a-possibly-undefined-method-error/318973 "2011-02-04T21:40:38Z")

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A bit new to all this, so probably missing something blatently obvious. I followed the tutorial on isometric transformations (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/isometric\_transforms.htm), which I had no issue…

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## [AS3 child/parent variables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-child-parent-variables/318970)

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**Author:** [@magapatalogikaa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magapatalogikaa)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-child-parent-variables/318970 "2011-02-04T19:23:09Z")

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So I am new to AS3 and I am stuck with something. I have a menu and for each button I want to define a varible (clip) to declare the name of that button. All buttons have this clip variable defined inside them to make it…

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## [Reference to a global function with the name same as class?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-to-a-global-function-with-the-name-same-as-class/318969)

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**Author:** [@wvxvw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wvxvw)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-to-a-global-function-with-the-name-same-as-class/318969 "2011-02-04T18:31:10Z")

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Hi. How would one get a reference of String global function (not class). According to language reference this function does exist (and I'm ready to believe it does), but, say and you have a: function foo(bar:Function)…

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## [Button inside movie clip (gotoandplay to another scene)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-clip-gotoandplay-to-another-scene/318968)

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**Author:** [@joze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joze)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-clip-gotoandplay-to-another-scene/318968 "2011-02-04T17:29:42Z")

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Hello, i have one problem. I have one scene. In this scene i have movie clip. This movie clip is small window (rounded rectangle) which when you click becomes higher. And when this windows became higher, you can click on…

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## [Help: French currency and the like](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-french-currency-and-the-like/318962)

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**Author:** [@mt24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mt24)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-french-currency-and-the-like/318962 "2011-02-04T13:31:22Z")

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Hello, Below is a code we're using that separates 1000s with commas and two decimals at the end. So something like 100000.00 is 100,000.00 We need to change it to a French version. We're told it involves a space and com…

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## [Movieclip Audio Conundrum](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-audio-conundrum/318961)

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**Author:** [@IMPtheIMP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IMPtheIMP)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-audio-conundrum/318961 "2011-02-04T13:29:50Z")

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Hey guys, Audio troubles guys. Basically, I have a flash (AS3) game where you click buttons which 'gotoAndStop' on various other frames which are all equiped with movieclips. These movieclips have streaming sounds in t…

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## [\[AS2/CS5\] Need Help with Password Protection](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs5-need-help-with-password-protection/318960)

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**Author:** [@mertcan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mertcan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs5-need-help-with-password-protection/318960 "2011-02-04T12:23:25Z")

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I need to make a login screen for my flash so I tried this code: var myName:String; var myPassword:String; login\_btn.onRelease = function() { myName = username\_txt.text; myPassword = password\_txt.text; if (myName …

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## [Safe Money on Licensed Software](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/safe-money-on-licensed-software/318954)

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**Author:** [@scoutty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scoutty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/safe-money-on-licensed-software/318954 "2011-02-04T08:10:26Z")

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## [Need help on jsfl. Want to create automation script to update the bitmaps in library](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-jsfl-want-to-create-automation-script-to-update-the-bitmaps-in-library/318951)

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**Author:** [@Swapna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Swapna)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-jsfl-want-to-create-automation-script-to-update-the-bitmaps-in-library/318951 "2011-02-04T05:10:26Z")

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Hi, I am new to this and this is my first post. I found this site very useful and saw very useful information in the forums. I liked the way you people responded to the posts. Now its my turn to post and would like to …

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## [Problem with error 2048](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-error-2048/318950)

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**Author:** [@newsomjk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newsomjk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-error-2048/318950 "2011-02-04T04:27:05Z")

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Ok so I've tried searching all day to find the answer to my problem but nothing I do seems to work. I have a swf file "website.swf" on my desktop computer, in the www directory of my wamp server. The website loads th…

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## [Keyboard Input won't work until Mouse Button is pressed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-input-wont-work-until-mouse-button-is-pressed/318947)

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**Author:** [@WEich1213](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WEich1213)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-input-wont-work-until-mouse-button-is-pressed/318947 "2011-02-04T03:38:51Z")

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Hello, I'm having a really weird problem I can't figure out, the Keyboard Input won't work until Mouse Button is pressed. Here's the code to the class I'm having trouble with. If anyone can see what's causing the trouble…

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## [Movieclip movable after certain amout of time?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-movable-after-certain-amout-of-time/318946)

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**Author:** [@samiflashflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samiflashflash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-movable-after-certain-amout-of-time/318946 "2011-02-04T01:48:43Z")

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Is it possible to have a movieclip loaded to the stage not movable, but after a certain amount of time you can click on it and drag it to where you want it to go, and if so how would you go about doing that? Thanks

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## ["Floating" menu bar help needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floating-menu-bar-help-needed/318945)

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**Author:** [@n0o0bie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/n0o0bie)\
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**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floating-menu-bar-help-needed/318945 "2011-02-04T01:09:12Z")

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Hi Guys, Before I start I want to thank everybody on kirupa because you are the best. I have always found this place helpful and visit it on regular basis when I get stuck. Anyway, I am working on this uni project w…

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## [AS3 PHP File Upload](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-php-file-upload/318942)

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**Author:** [@Gemixin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gemixin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-php-file-upload/318942 "2011-02-04T00:20:38Z")

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Hi there I have some fairly straightforward AS3 code that uploads a file to my server: Flash: function boothsEdit1BannerUploadClick(e:MouseEvent):void { boothsEdit1File = new FileReference(); var img…

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## [Bandwidth Profiler, Loaded content does not show](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bandwidth-profiler-loaded-content-does-not-show/318940)

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**Author:** [@Lindefelt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lindefelt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bandwidth-profiler-loaded-content-does-not-show/318940 "2011-02-03T23:39:26Z")

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Okay, so I have a problem, I am making an xml driven banner rotator. Everything works fine when I test my .swf, as in images load and show up. But when i try to use the bandwidth profiler it displays loading progress b…

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## [addChild(\["something"+likethis\])](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-something-likethis/318939)

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**Author:** [@ScarsOfDracula](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ScarsOfDracula)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-something-likethis/318939 "2011-02-03T22:47:15Z")

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I can't figure out what I'm missing. I want to add children from the library that are named something like b1, b2, b3 etc. I'd like to add a numeric var to the name so that I can randomly or incrementally reference the…

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## [Nested MCs + gotoAndStop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nested-mcs-gotoandstop/318937)

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**Author:** [@selacius](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/selacius)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nested-mcs-gotoandstop/318937 "2011-02-03T22:07:30Z")

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I have a main MC which is composed of 4 frames. Each of these frames are an instance of another MC within my library, corresponding to North, South, East, West. These nested MCs each have 3 frames in them that when anima…

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## [Convert xml output to display in dynamic text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-xml-output-to-display-in-dynamic-text/318936)

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**Author:** [@pjbruce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pjbruce)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-xml-output-to-display-in-dynamic-text/318936 "2011-02-03T20:16:33Z")

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Hi, Re:Tutorial http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/using\_xml\_as3\_pg1.htm Great tutorial but if want to display the output in a dynamic text field (e.g. something.text = output) instead of 'trace' what's the eas…

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## [Flash and MS-ACCESS INTEGRATION](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-ms-access-integration/318930)

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**Author:** [@goodguy939](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/goodguy939)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-ms-access-integration/318930 "2011-02-03T17:20:22Z")

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## [Slow drawing of objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slow-drawing-of-objects/318929)

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**Author:** [@lashdl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lashdl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slow-drawing-of-objects/318929 "2011-02-03T17:18:25Z")

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Hi. I am having this simple problem which I hope some of you can help me with. I've written a small program which detects my mouse movement and draws circles on the x- and y-position of the mouse. code: function dra…

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## [FLV Playback Help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-help/318928)

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**Author:** [@EFlash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/EFlash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-help/318928 "2011-02-03T16:59:19Z")

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Hi, I'm making a demo project for myself to learn. The project is somewhat similar to "The Story of Stuff" website. (Any insight as to how they do it is welcome...) But I'm making this demo and going step by step. …

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