# flash

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## [Time delay gotoAndPlay](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-delay-gotoandplay/329761)

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**Author:** [@ebi182](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ebi182)\
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**Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-delay-gotoandplay/329761 "2012-10-12T08:45:19Z")

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Hey guys, hope you all good? Im hoping someone can help me. Is there a way to delay a gotoAndPlay? for example, if the flash movie gets to say frame 30, I need it to wait for 5 seconds, and then gotoAndPlay frame 100.…

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## [Decrease Number exponentially(or at rate) via AS3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/decrease-number-exponentially-or-at-rate-via-as3/329760)

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**Author:** [@GeekTweak\_0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GeekTweak_0)\
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**Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/decrease-number-exponentially-or-at-rate-via-as3/329760 "2012-10-12T06:30:39Z")

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I am making (just for the sake of boredom and practice), a 'generator' of sorts, where as you drag the mouse along it will create a path of circles behind it along the path. The problem i am having is i want to make the …

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## [Use E4X to find Element of Unknown depth by attribute](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-e4x-to-find-element-of-unknown-depth-by-attribute/329759)

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**Author:** [@Thinker2501](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thinker2501)\
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**Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-e4x-to-find-element-of-unknown-depth-by-attribute/329759 "2012-10-12T05:58:16Z")

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I have an XML object where all nodes have an 'id' attribute. I would like to search the entire XML object for a node of a given id regardless of the level or element name. I attempted: var id:Number = 3 //Some passed …

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## [Please help with actionscript for a 3 minute countdown timer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-actionscript-for-a-3-minute-countdown-timer/329757)

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**Author:** [@sondraleigh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sondraleigh)\
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**Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-actionscript-for-a-3-minute-countdown-timer/329757 "2012-10-11T20:29:16Z")

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Hello - I am attempting to make a three minute countdown timer that ends when it hits zero. I have actionscript that starts counting down, but the minute never goes down, just the seconds and they continue on a loop. :cr…

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## [What are the capabilities of Actionscript as a server side programming tool?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-the-capabilities-of-actionscript-as-a-server-side-programming-tool/329756)

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**Author:** [@ajoo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ajoo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-the-capabilities-of-actionscript-as-a-server-side-programming-tool/329756 "2012-10-11T15:39:53Z")

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Dear friends, I came across a fantastic tutorial called QUIZ by JUDY HALL in the tutorials on AS3 on a site called actionscript.org. Its a great demonstration of of Objects and Classes to create a fully functional Qui…

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## [onEnterFrame = function() vs onClipEvent(enterFrame) performance](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-function-vs-onclipevent-enterframe-performance/329754)

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**Author:** [@kicker1810](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kicker1810)\
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**Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-function-vs-onclipevent-enterframe-performance/329754 "2012-10-11T11:31:26Z")

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Hello. I'm developing a game right now and after I did a lot of coding I started to notice some lag. I have only one onEnterFrame = function() in the main timeline but about 30 onClipEvent(enterFrame) that run simultaneo…

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## [Reset everything](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reset-everything/329753)

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**Author:** [@Annewoesjh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Annewoesjh)\
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**Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reset-everything/329753 "2012-10-11T10:44:25Z")

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\[TABLE="class: tborder, width: 100%, align: center"\] \[TR\] \[TD="class: alt1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"\]I'm wondering how I can reset my whole stage. My player has to be a the start position again and all the points have to be on …

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## [Does Exe support tween class properly?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-exe-support-tween-class-properly/329751)

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**Author:** [@sundarrajan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sundarrajan)\
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**Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-exe-support-tween-class-properly/329751 "2012-10-11T05:12:44Z")

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I am using tween class in flash when I published as EXE its creating a bug in it. But it works fine in the swf. Is the anyway to evade from it

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## [Absolute positioning of nested movieclips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-positioning-of-nested-movieclips/329750)

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**Author:** [@hunsnowboarder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hunsnowboarder)\
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**Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-positioning-of-nested-movieclips/329750 "2012-10-10T20:18:13Z")

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Hi there Everyone! I have a very annoying problem. I would like to make a sort of punching game/app. My problem is that I have three movieclips. The main movieclip is mc\_fist. Inside this movieclip I have two movieclip…

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## [unloadAndStop()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloadandstop/329744)

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**Author:** [@DanDaMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanDaMan)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloadandstop/329744 "2012-10-09T21:03:49Z")

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So I have a main swf that loads a child swf using the following code: import flash.display.Loader; import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.events.KeyboardEvent; import flash.events.Event; import flash.display.MovieC…

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## [Tile Based Map Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-based-map-problem/329743)

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**Author:** [@DAINO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DAINO)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tile-based-map-problem/329743 "2012-10-09T20:14:28Z")

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\[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=Arial\]Hello (:,\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=Arial\]I am making a 2D platform game, and the levels are made with tiles. My levels are slightly big for the computer to render all the assets at o…

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## [Building a Drag and Drop question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/building-a-drag-and-drop-question/329742)

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**Author:** [@Kugarweb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kugarweb)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/building-a-drag-and-drop-question/329742 "2012-10-09T16:22:49Z")

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Hi there, I'm currently working on a little project which involves dragging and dropping options into the relevant box, checking the answer and providing the user with a score at the end of it. So far I have worked o…

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## [Need help with AS 3.0 save high score as .text (.txt) format](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-as-3-0-save-high-score-as-text-txt-format/329741)

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**Author:** [@Deepak\_r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Deepak_r)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-as-3-0-save-high-score-as-text-txt-format/329741 "2012-10-09T09:35:20Z")

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\[FONT=arial\]I need one game like after finishing all \[/FONT\]\[FONT=arial\]we need to able to save high score as .text (.txt) format with the file name (swf name) saving shud be auto saving without showing\*\* save dialog b…

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## [Can't get a function to stop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-a-function-to-stop/329740)

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**Author:** [@Julien\_Barrat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Julien_Barrat)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-a-function-to-stop/329740 "2012-10-08T21:07:56Z")

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Hi everyone, I am currently working on a website project based on flash, and I experience some issue with a function not stopping to run...I have searched a lot through internet, but could not come up with an answer. …

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## [Picture Slider w/ Movieclips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/picture-slider-w-movieclips/329736)

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**Author:** [@Jessica\_Faux](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jessica_Faux)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/picture-slider-w-movieclips/329736 "2012-10-08T14:01:33Z")

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Okay, So I am making a picture slider with movieclips being called from the library. There are 20 movieclips being played in a specific order. I can play the last 10 with no problems, the middle 5 is hit or miss, and the…

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## [Movieclip reference not passing through an array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-reference-not-passing-through-an-array/329730)

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**Author:** [@coggia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coggia)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-reference-not-passing-through-an-array/329730 "2012-10-08T09:49:59Z")

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Hello, I was wondering why I cannot find attributes of my movieclips as I use them in arrays. I got some circle movieclip displayed on stage, named circle1,circle2.. I put them in an array called t1Tab t1Tab.push(…

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## [Drag constraints](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-constraints/329729)

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**Author:** [@Crimson1702](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Crimson1702)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-constraints/329729 "2012-10-08T09:17:21Z")

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\[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=verdana\]i have a field with 36 pieces in it but now i want to drag a piece only horizontal of its current location or vertical.. i know i can do it with the rectangle parameter in the startDrag metho…

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## [Drag & drop hit - Expanding code](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-drop-hit-expanding-code/329726)

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**Author:** [@catcat31](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/catcat31)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-drop-hit-expanding-code/329726 "2012-10-07T19:16:05Z")

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How do you write the following as one if statement? if (redCircle.hitTestObject(redRect)) { trace("RED HIT"); } if (blueCircle.hitTestObject(blueRect)) { trace("BLUE HIT"); }

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## [\[AS 1.0\]Scrolling Photo Gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-1-0-scrolling-photo-gallery/329725)

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**Author:** [@Brzelius](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brzelius)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-1-0-scrolling-photo-gallery/329725 "2012-10-07T10:40:28Z")

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Some ten years ago I made a website for a friend of mine that happens to be a painter (http://rubenwetterau.de/flash.html) and have been updating it with new text and gallery images every few months / years ever since, b…

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## [How do i access objects on stage in a as3 class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-access-objects-on-stage-in-a-as3-class/329721)

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**Author:** [@SnowFF13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SnowFF13)\
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**Last updated:** [October 6, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-access-objects-on-stage-in-a-as3-class/329721 "2012-10-06T20:27:39Z")

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hey im tring to access an object called "block" on my stage and i put this inside a class that my player is using PLAYER CLASS package { import flash.display.MovieClip; public class bot extends MovieClip { …

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## [AS2 Rotation Problem Bug width / height](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-rotation-problem-bug-width-height/329719)

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**Author:** [@kicker1810](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kicker1810)\
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**Last updated:** [October 6, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-rotation-problem-bug-width-height/329719 "2012-10-06T17:36:35Z")

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Hello. Here are the facts: I have a ball in a MC registration point:center width = height = 25 I want it to rotate continuously : cursor.\_rotate += 5 Trace the width / height within onEnterFrame = function() trace("w="…

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## [HELP: AS2 Loading External Movie Not Working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-as2-loading-external-movie-not-working/329716)

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**Author:** [@BUroKHUli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BUroKHUli)\
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**Last updated:** [October 6, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-as2-loading-external-movie-not-working/329716 "2012-10-06T13:22:25Z")

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HI guys, I am making a small school project and I copied one tutorial here about cool rollover. The thing is, when I added an AS that loads an external movie (which I also copied here) it's not working. Can you tell …

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## [Eliminate left and righ border from rectangle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eliminate-left-and-righ-border-from-rectangle/329713)

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**Author:** [@glow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glow)\
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**Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eliminate-left-and-righ-border-from-rectangle/329713 "2012-10-05T16:44:21Z")

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I have this AS3 code that creates tiles and it also adds a rectangle border to them and I'm having a imposible time trying to figure out in the code where to get it to draw the top and bottom border but not the left and …

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## [Getting nested movieclips to work](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-nested-movieclips-to-work/329711)

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**Author:** [@sporkula](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sporkula)\
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**Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-nested-movieclips-to-work/329711 "2012-10-05T16:02:58Z")

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Hi all. \[smile\] I have very limited, basic knowledge of flash and actionscript 2 and have taken over a project at work after our Flash person left (we are in the process of hiring someone else with real knowledge, but …

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## [How to make an external SWF totally independent from the SWF that imports it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-an-external-swf-totally-independent-from-the-swf-that-imports-it/329707)

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**Author:** [@GiGaGiG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GiGaGiG)\
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**Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-an-external-swf-totally-independent-from-the-swf-that-imports-it/329707 "2012-10-05T10:20:24Z")

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Hi, I am developing a series of videogames, and I am using a "multi-SWF" approach to keep parts as independent as possible. Multiple games are loading the same toolbar, that is made of 2 SWFs: an "agent" that manages the…

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## [Pass variables to my swf from a url link](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pass-variables-to-my-swf-from-a-url-link/329705)

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**Author:** [@Leo75](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Leo75)\
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**Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pass-variables-to-my-swf-from-a-url-link/329705 "2012-10-04T23:54:47Z")

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Hello everyone, I was wondering if there is a way to pass variables to my swf from a simple url link, like: http://www.whatever.com/myswf.swf?bla=123&bla2=456 So on my swf i would get the values of bla and bla2. Kind r…

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## [Microphone Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-class/329701)

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**Author:** [@quest20](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/quest20)\
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**Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microphone-class/329701 "2012-10-04T14:09:20Z")

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Hello All, I am quite new to ActionScript 3. In Flash i am working with the Microphone class. I have a couple of questions: Firstly, what is the difference microphone.getMicrophone and Microphone.getEnhancedMicrophone? S…

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## ["Deleting" A mc](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-a-mc/329698)

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**Author:** [@Tubutas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tubutas)\
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**Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-a-mc/329698 "2012-10-04T00:55:45Z")

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\[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=verdana\]Is there a garbage collector in this language? Would parent.removeChild(this); (And removing all pointers to the movieclip) suffice for "deleting" a movieclip?\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]

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## [Cannot play embedded sounds in FlashDevelop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-play-embedded-sounds-in-flashdevelop/329697)

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**Author:** [@Alpha\_Remex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alpha_Remex)\
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**Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-play-embedded-sounds-in-flashdevelop/329697 "2012-10-03T22:50:00Z")

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Hello everyone - I'm at my wit's end at this point... I am using FlashDevelop and am trying to either play an embedded sound clip or to load it and play it: both methods aren't working. Here is some of what I've tried: …

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## [SWF Loader with variable loading?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-loader-with-variable-loading/329696)

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**Author:** [@ngrinchenko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ngrinchenko)\
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**Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-loader-with-variable-loading/329696 "2012-10-03T19:56:27Z")

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I have my flash website composed from different labeled sections. One section (A) has SWF loader inside which different SWF's can be loaded depending on what image is clicked from a thumbnail image scroller. Here is the…

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