# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=340 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 341 --- ## [Complex: Saving a clone to a Shared Object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-saving-a-clone-to-a-shared-object/309379)
**Author:** [@contrast](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/contrast)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-saving-a-clone-to-a-shared-object/309379 "2010-05-13T13:04:49Z")
Edit: (I see this same type of question was posted almost three years ago with no resolution, does anyone have a solution now? http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=275764) I am trying to save a clone of a custo… --- ## [Knowing if a bitmapData contains transparent pixels](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/knowing-if-a-bitmapdata-contains-transparent-pixels/309375)
**Author:** [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/knowing-if-a-bitmapdata-contains-transparent-pixels/309375 "2010-05-13T09:45:19Z")
I have a list of images, and without scanning through each pixel in each image, I want to find out if the image contains transparency (at least one non-opaque pixel). Is there a shortcut to do this (like a property of… --- ## [How to resize external swf to its original stage size?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-resize-external-swf-to-its-original-stage-size/309373)
**Author:** [@aleyazda](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aleyazda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-resize-external-swf-to-its-original-stage-size/309373 "2010-05-13T09:18:58Z")
Hi there! Here is my problem (unfortunatelly didn't find solution @google or in this forum): I'm loading external swf\[AS2\] into main swf\[AS3\] using Loader class. The main swf is 800 x 600 and the external swf is 290… --- ## [Why won't this follow my cursor](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-this-follow-my-cursor/309369)
**Author:** [@Seanooo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seanooo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-this-follow-my-cursor/309369 "2010-05-13T04:17:54Z")
Hello everybody, just joined and I hope someone can help me. I don't know if I have this right but I want the 'cat\_mc' to 'flip' to face the cursor if the cursor is on the left side of the 'cat\_mc' and flip back if it'… --- ## [Advice creating a quirky menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advice-creating-a-quirky-menu/309367)
**Author:** [@SplashKhat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SplashKhat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advice-creating-a-quirky-menu/309367 "2010-05-13T01:57:25Z")
So I have an animation I'm working on, its dialog driven and I want a vertical menu of questions the viewer clicks on. When its clicked it plays a specific sequence of animation, that part I have covered. Depending on th… --- ## [Need a bit of help with code](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-bit-of-help-with-code/309359)
**Author:** [@DocHolliday21](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DocHolliday21)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-bit-of-help-with-code/309359 "2010-05-12T20:34:47Z")
Hi, i have an assignment for my AS 3.0 class that im struggling to finish. You enter in how many dice you want to roll (1-4) then you click the button below the dice to drop the dice down. You do that for hoever many dic… --- ## [Popups (flash cs3)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popups-flash-cs3/309357)
**Author:** [@Panama](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Panama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popups-flash-cs3/309357 "2010-05-12T19:12:30Z")
Ive been searching for the answer to this question, which I have a hunch must be an easy one, but Im not finding the solution! Can anyone here help? I posted in the flash cs3 forum but no replies... I've set up an xml dr… --- ## [Problem with controlling movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-controlling-movie/309352)
**Author:** [@FULLCLIP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FULLCLIP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-controlling-movie/309352 "2010-05-12T18:05:25Z")
Hi, I have a little , but really annoying problem. I have a movieclip(instance is asi) on frame 3. Inside the movieclip there is a button on frame 2, that goes to main timeline's frame 7. This part works, but the part … --- ## [Movie keeps repeating](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-keeps-repeating/309351)
**Author:** [@oedo808](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oedo808)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-keeps-repeating/309351 "2010-05-12T17:53:11Z")
By the way I'm still really new to Flash and AS3. I'm writing this quiz that gets questions and answers from an xml file in the same directory and displays the question in a TextArea, the available answers in a list,… --- ## [Adding gap between elements in a TileList component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-gap-between-elements-in-a-tilelist-component/309347)
**Author:** [@luhter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/luhter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-gap-between-elements-in-a-tilelist-component/309347 "2010-05-12T16:43:42Z")
Pff is there a way to add padding between elements in a TileList ... i can't find how --- ## [Closed captions?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closed-captions/309343)
**Author:** [@ninhalo5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ninhalo5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closed-captions/309343 "2010-05-12T15:51:53Z")
Hi, I'm curious does anyone know of a way or a tutorial that might help me add captions to a flash video with actions? I know how to add captions to flash that I can convert into a flv. but interactive flash cannot be … --- ## [Rights needed to folder](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rights-needed-to-folder/309340)
**Author:** [@FunkMaster\_J](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FunkMaster_J)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rights-needed-to-folder/309340 "2010-05-12T14:58:01Z")
I've just finished making an AIR app to record simple yes/no vote for a particular question. The app saves (and reads) from a text file. The question is pulled from the text file, and the results are saved to it. I've … --- ## [Is this script properly converted from AS2 to AS3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-script-properly-converted-from-as2-to-as3/309339)
**Author:** [@vigordesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vigordesign)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-script-properly-converted-from-as2-to-as3/309339 "2010-05-12T14:50:31Z")
Hello, Just looking to see if someone could give this a fresh look. It's an external AS file that I just converted from AS2 to AS3 and am getting this error - ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable root is not define… --- ## [Navigatin to double URL (popup and reloading the page)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigatin-to-double-url-popup-and-reloading-the-page/309334)
**Author:** [@ms\_buggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ms_buggy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigatin-to-double-url-popup-and-reloading-the-page/309334 "2010-05-12T13:15:52Z")
Hi, I have a banner on my site that opens popup into another window, but I need to close sound on the site that is open at another browser. Easiest way to solve my problem (descripted below) is to navigate from one butto… --- ## [Very curious singleton problem (cache?)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-curious-singleton-problem-cache/309333)
**Author:** [@generator85](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/generator85)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-curious-singleton-problem-cache/309333 "2010-05-12T12:46:36Z")
I've got a flash game that gets loaded through a preloader.swf. But something curious started happening with this singleton I was using. Whenever I change something in this singleton everything is working fine when tes… --- ## [Game Restart Errors](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-restart-errors/309328)
**Author:** [@JWH89](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JWH89)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-restart-errors/309328 "2010-05-12T11:25:43Z")
Hi, After much help from people on this forum I've nearly completed building my first game in flash. However I'm having some problems restarting the game. When either my avatar health bar runs out or the secondcount… --- ## [Rotating a MovieClip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-a-movieclip/309326)
**Author:** [@chemicaldesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chemicaldesign)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-a-movieclip/309326 "2010-05-12T11:02:36Z")
Dear All, I have an issue with a project I'm working on and wondered if someone could help. I have a circular diagram with approximately 8 icons around the outter part of the circle. These points are all buttons. Whe… --- ## [Nobody replies to threads!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nobody-replies-to-threads/309324)
**Author:** [@Sircharles](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sircharles)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nobody-replies-to-threads/309324 "2010-05-12T09:45:37Z")
As long as I've been coming here I've never had a reply to a question. People just look and don't respond. What is the story? Graham Ireland. --- ## [Joystick](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/joystick/309321)
**Author:** [@sarumitai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarumitai)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/joystick/309321 "2010-05-12T06:19:28Z")
Does anyone have any experience using a USB type joystick with Flash CS4? (Or even any version really) --- ## [1 mc visible](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-mc-visible/309319)
**Author:** [@ohya](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ohya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-mc-visible/309319 "2010-05-12T06:10:05Z")
I have 5 mc make invisible on stage . On press of a button one of the mcs appear randomly on stage. Need help. --- ## [Creating Image Scroll Over text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-image-scroll-over-text/309317)
**Author:** [@808nainoa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/808nainoa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-image-scroll-over-text/309317 "2010-05-12T05:51:19Z")
I am creating a photo gallery that dynamically loads images from an image folder but I want to give the user some information about each photo (size, medium, title) when they scroll over the image with their mouse. I kno… --- ## [DataGrid help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-help/309316)
**Author:** [@sanzochan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sanzochan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-help/309316 "2010-05-12T05:32:12Z")
Hi I'm trying to make something like the attached picture. How it works is that when the user clicks on the entry, the button will show up at beside the entry, but I don't know how to trace the x and y positions of the d… --- ## [Arrays utterly hostile to innocent noob](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-utterly-hostile-to-innocent-noob/309315)
**Author:** [@JamminBill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JamminBill)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-utterly-hostile-to-innocent-noob/309315 "2010-05-12T05:07:21Z")
What I'm trying to do below in AS3 is something I've done in AS2 so many times I could do it drunk in the dark. Here's the deal. I have a bunch of buttons on the stage. Those are in an array and I've gotten them to wor… --- ## [Papervision: Black seams around model](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-black-seams-around-model/309313)
**Author:** [@DanTheMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanTheMan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/papervision-black-seams-around-model/309313 "2010-05-12T03:55:02Z")
Hey guys, if you look at the results I have so far under this link you will notice that around the model appear very thin black lines. I created the cup using 3DS max 2009. I assigned two materials to it and exported… --- ## [Open ad before playing external embedded movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-ad-before-playing-external-embedded-movie/309311)
**Author:** [@latchet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/latchet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-ad-before-playing-external-embedded-movie/309311 "2010-05-12T03:28:07Z")
Hello, I have a website with embedded external videos. The movies start playing when the user clicks the play button. I would like to create a preloader which opens an ad when clicked, and then allows the user to … --- ## [Hittesting movieclip with movement inside it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittesting-movieclip-with-movement-inside-it/309310)
**Author:** [@MaxGhost](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MaxGhost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittesting-movieclip-with-movement-inside-it/309310 "2010-05-12T03:15:04Z")
In short, I'm making a game where your character must touch rings (big ovals) that are moving up and down with a motion tween (with easing). I attach these movies and push them into an array. For the hittesting, nothing … --- ## [Somebody please help me with this coding issue,](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/somebody-please-help-me-with-this-coding-issue/309304)
**Author:** [@taylan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/taylan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/somebody-please-help-me-with-this-coding-issue/309304 "2010-05-11T20:49:39Z")
I can not locate where the problem is coming from, I am trying to make an online game and it keeps telling me there's an error with my public function:'stage.addEventListener...onKeyPressed)...' It may be something simpl… --- ## [Arghh possibly undefined..cant access function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arghh-possibly-undefined-cant-access-function/309301)
**Author:** [@rimacy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rimacy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arghh-possibly-undefined-cant-access-function/309301 "2010-05-11T18:44:47Z")
Here's my code package { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.events.\*; import flash.utils.Timer; public class Game extends MovieClip { public var ship:Ship = ne… --- ## [OnPress navigates to a Cue Point in FLV?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onpress-navigates-to-a-cue-point-in-flv/309298)
**Author:** [@mikedkap](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikedkap)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onpress-navigates-to-a-cue-point-in-flv/309298 "2010-05-11T18:07:07Z")
Hey All - I'm trying to use some buttons to navigate through an FLV with cue points. Here is an example of the code I'm using so far, but I'm getting an Invail Seek error in my output. Any help would be great. Than… --- ## [Is there ever a MOUSE\_OVER without a MOUSE\_OUT?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-ever-a-mouse-over-without-a-mouse-out/309297)
**Author:** [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-ever-a-mouse-over-without-a-mouse-out/309297 "2010-05-11T17:56:51Z")
Hm... The title maybe isn't clear enough, oh well. I'm just wondering if Flash is designed to ALWAYS dispatch a MOUSE\_OUT after a MOUSE\_OVER? Or will there ever be "hickups", for example, if the mouse is hovering ove… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=339) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=341)