# flash

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## [Why are my tweens sticking?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-tweens-sticking/292841)

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**Author:** [@rawtiger](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rawtiger)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-tweens-sticking/292841 "2009-07-20T10:38:03Z")

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Hi there, I have a file with tweens created in the code. The file worked fine most of the time. But sometimes for no apparent reason the tween would stick at some random point through its execution. It was a small prob…

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## [Unresponsive 'gotoAndStop' command](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unresponsive-gotoandstop-command/292840)

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**Author:** [@Wurzagg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wurzagg)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unresponsive-gotoandstop-command/292840 "2009-07-20T10:31:17Z")

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I'm working on this simple arcade game with powerups. When a powerup is hit, it does something to the player/enemy controlled mc. Among other things it should set the player/enemy mc to a different frame to change its sh…

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## [\[cs3/as2\] Strange problem with combo](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-strange-problem-with-combo/292839)

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**Author:** [@trifa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trifa)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-strange-problem-with-combo/292839 "2009-07-20T10:04:00Z")

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Hi, I’ve got a very strange problem with combo box. I have created a movie clip and onPress a combo under the movie clip shows or hides. It works very well until the combo box was used. If you change the value in the…

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## [Annoying access problem!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoying-access-problem/292838)

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**Author:** [@sillyfishyboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sillyfishyboy)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoying-access-problem/292838 "2009-07-20T10:02:13Z")

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Hiya all, I have found that I seem to have an odd issue trying to access my movie clips from within an if statement .. hopefully I am just doing something really silly that is easy to sort, but I have been baffled all …

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## [Display Hindi Language Text in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-hindi-language-text-in-flash/292835)

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**Author:** [@Devendra\_Singh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Devendra_Singh)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-hindi-language-text-in-flash/292835 "2009-07-20T08:43:07Z")

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Hi, I am working on Flash 8 and I want to Display "Hindi" Language text in Static and Dynamic text box 1\] can any one know how to embed the hindi font in flash 8 ? 2\] Or is there any thing that we can do to displa…

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## [Declare a variable to change MC value](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declare-a-variable-to-change-mc-value/292833)

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**Author:** [@udi001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/udi001)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declare-a-variable-to-change-mc-value/292833 "2009-07-20T08:11:32Z")

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hello, I want to declare a variable in the main timeline that will change a value in a movieClip. I have var x\_alpha:int = 1; (in the main timeline) "squere" (a movieclip) that is inside "Shapes" (another movieC…

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## [Hang after running for awhile](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hang-after-running-for-awhile/292830)

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**Author:** [@sgvny2k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sgvny2k)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hang-after-running-for-awhile/292830 "2009-07-20T04:52:44Z")

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Hi, I have a not-so-complex flash. It has cover flow implementation using Papervision 3D. My scene has 3 covers. Clicking one of them will move the covers to the bottom right corner (minimizing), giving the left space …

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## [2d bitmap effects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2d-bitmap-effects/292823)

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**Author:** [@Pier25](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pier25)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2d-bitmap-effects/292823 "2009-07-20T01:22:14Z")

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I'll be starting a multitouch project soon and don't know where to start for the cool 2d effects. Like colorful flame effects, or kind of clouds that move and change their color. Or like the typical mac screen saver... …

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## [Shortcut for "Convert Lines to Fills"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shortcut-for-convert-lines-to-fills/292820)

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**Author:** [@Birokrat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Birokrat)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shortcut-for-convert-lines-to-fills/292820 "2009-07-19T23:24:34Z")

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How to create a shortcut for "Convert Lines to Fills" feature? I 've tried using keyboard shortcuts menu but without success. Regards.

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## [How to display DB sorted news in dynamic fields?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-db-sorted-news-in-dynamic-fields/292817)

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**Author:** [@humbucker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/humbucker)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-db-sorted-news-in-dynamic-fields/292817 "2009-07-19T19:10:04Z")

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Simple quick and maybe simple but I've created a flash file with dynamically drive text field and I d'like to add a for loop to get and disply news and date in 2 fields... I'm a bit dusappointed with addChild duplication…

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## [URGENT Help hosting SWF's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-hosting-swfs/292816)

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**Author:** [@Snowy\_658](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Snowy_658)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-hosting-swfs/292816 "2009-07-19T18:51:40Z")

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I'm trying to get an example of a flash file to a potential employer, but I don't have a website. I looked into some free SWF hosting sites, but my files have externally loaded stuff, like text and videos, is there any s…

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## [Convert one text structure to another](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-one-text-structure-to-another/292815)

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**Author:** [@minopharma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minopharma)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-one-text-structure-to-another/292815 "2009-07-19T17:13:42Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to convert this text structure: COLA COLB COLC COLD 1.00000 2.00000 3.00000 4.00000 5.00000 6.00000 7.00000 8.00000 9.00000 10.00000 11.00000 12.00000 13.00000 14.00000 15.0000…

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## [AS3 problem isolating a substring](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-problem-isolating-a-substring/292814)

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**Author:** [@jimbaker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimbaker)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-problem-isolating-a-substring/292814 "2009-07-19T16:53:18Z")

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I hope someone here can explain to me how to isolate a file name from the end of a URL link. It's driving me nuts. The URL's will have varying lengths so I need to grab everything that comes after the equals Sign ( = ) …

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## [Flash File Width of Browser](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-width-of-browser/292808)

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**Author:** [@Nick23](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nick23)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-width-of-browser/292808 "2009-07-19T15:36:41Z")

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I am trying to make my flash file to width of the web browser, how can I do this? I know it has something to do with JS, but I'm not sure. Thanks

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## [Text background highlighting in as3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-background-highlighting-in-as3/292807)

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**Author:** [@bjornl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bjornl)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-background-highlighting-in-as3/292807 "2009-07-19T15:04:39Z")

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I'd like to highlight certain words in a textfield by setting the background of the text to be yellow. As far as I know there is no way of doing this with standard textfield. Or is there? Otherwise I'm planning on exte…

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## [AS 2 help needed..should be simple (MC moves on mouse position)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-help-needed-should-be-simple-mc-moves-on-mouse-position/292806)

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**Author:** [@somdow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somdow)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-help-needed-should-be-simple-mc-moves-on-mouse-position/292806 "2009-07-19T14:53:08Z")

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I tried to be as CLEAR as i could but honestly, i have NO idea what its called lol.... first off, hello all, i found this posted SOMEWHERE on this site while looking around and ive been trying to do this for a WHILE...…

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## [Cipboard and html links](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cipboard-and-html-links/292800)

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**Author:** [@bjornl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bjornl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cipboard-and-html-links/292800 "2009-07-19T12:52:16Z")

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I have this textfield. When user selects some text and presses a button I wrap the selected text in an html link and put the result on the clipboard. User can then paste the link into a blog editor or email app such as g…

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## [Auto embed movie with JSFL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-embed-movie-with-jsfl/292799)

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**Author:** [@OML](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OML)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-embed-movie-with-jsfl/292799 "2009-07-19T11:54:40Z")

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Hello, I found a JSFL script that can compile the Flash CS4 automatically, but I need to embed a movie to a timeline before compilation. Is anybody familiar with JSFL commands of these sorts? Thanks, OML

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## [loadVars.send() issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvars-send-issues/292793)

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**Author:** [@wasimkham](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wasimkham)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvars-send-issues/292793 "2009-07-19T08:57:19Z")

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Hi, I have made flash music player on http://trubeats.com - when the user has selected the songs to purchase and click's buy now, the user is redirected to paypal via a loadVars.send('https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/web…

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## [Flash initiates MovieClip every time](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-initiates-movieclip-every-time/292792)

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**Author:** [@udi001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/udi001)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-initiates-movieclip-every-time/292792 "2009-07-19T08:18:56Z")

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hello, I have a MovieClip with several frames - with arrows next and previous. on frame 2 i have dynamic text field (instance name "doctor\_txt"). and the text is "" (null...). when i reach frame 2 and press a bu…

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## [Synchronization in AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/synchronization-in-as3/292791)

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**Author:** [@riveroaks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/riveroaks)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/synchronization-in-as3/292791 "2009-07-19T07:35:34Z")

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I'm wondering how synchronization works in AS3. Event flow must be asynchronous because we often listen for events which we know will occur later, and of course adding an event listener is not a blocking call. So would…

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## [AS2/CS4 Preloading images into dynamic text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs4-preloading-images-into-dynamic-text/292785)

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**Author:** [@cloudiness](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cloudiness)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs4-preloading-images-into-dynamic-text/292785 "2009-07-19T03:54:15Z")

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hello! I've been having a tough time figuring this one out. I have a text field I want to be scrollable but I also want to add images into this text field with html. the problem is that I'm not sure how to preload the…

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## [Flex Vs FlashDevelop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-vs-flashdevelop/292783)

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**Author:** [@tdq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tdq)\
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**Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-vs-flashdevelop/292783 "2009-07-19T02:23:09Z")

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I'm a total newbie and can't quite get a handle on what Flex actually is - I'm using FlashDevelop (cos it's free!) with Flash CS4. Is FlashDevelop basically the opensource version of Flex or is it something completely di…

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## [Anyone think of a way to code string?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-think-of-a-way-to-code-string/292779)

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**Author:** [@SpoGames](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SpoGames)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-think-of-a-way-to-code-string/292779 "2009-07-18T23:22:28Z")

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Not a string of text! Think of a man on the stage. In his hand is a string attached to a balloon flying above him. When the man jumps the balloon goes up slower and so the string is relaxed a bit. Anyone know h…

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## [Split rtmp url](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/split-rtmp-url/292778)

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**Author:** [@tibberous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tibberous)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/split-rtmp-url/292778 "2009-07-18T22:49:16Z")

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Lets say I have an rtmp url: rtmp://site.com/app/video.flv I connect to rtmp://site.com/app/ and play video.flv. But what if I had: rtmp://site.com/app/xxx/video.flv 1) Is this possible? 2) Would I connect to…

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## [Skip to and play frame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skip-to-and-play-frame/292776)

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**Author:** [@FuglyBastard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FuglyBastard)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skip-to-and-play-frame/292776 "2009-07-18T21:08:56Z")

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I would like to make a button that will skip to and start playing at say frame 30. I can make the button but I just cant get the script to work. Thanks

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## [Scroller for photo gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-for-photo-gallery/292775)

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**Author:** [@hork](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hork)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-for-photo-gallery/292775 "2009-07-18T20:41:59Z")

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hi guys, i need a little bit of help, thanks in advance, the problem is that i am trying to do a photo gallery, and i have been doing the tutorial of photo gallery, the problem is that the scroller for the thumbnails doe…

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## [Flex 3 SDK with Eclipse](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-3-sdk-with-eclipse/292774)

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**Author:** [@louissi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/louissi)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-3-sdk-with-eclipse/292774 "2009-07-18T20:24:58Z")

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Hey guys! I have been usign flex with eclipse for a while at work, but I never installed it myself. I know that the flex 3 sdk is out there for free, same as eclipse. I am trying to install the flex sdk so I can edit and…

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## [Triggering an action off of an input text field without using a button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/triggering-an-action-off-of-an-input-text-field-without-using-a-button/292761)

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**Author:** [@small\_guy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/small_guy)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/triggering-an-action-off-of-an-input-text-field-without-using-a-button/292761 "2009-07-18T15:26:00Z")

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I have an input text field set to Password and set to a max of 8 characters. When the 8 characters have been typed in to the input field this needs to trigger (without any sort of button action involved) the playhead mov…

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## [LineScaleMode.NONE + JointStyle.MITER causes a bug](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linescalemode-none-jointstyle-miter-causes-a-bug/292760)

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**Author:** [@bonnieraymond](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bonnieraymond)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linescalemode-none-jointstyle-miter-causes-a-bug/292760 "2009-07-18T15:18:48Z")

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Hi, I think there's a bug in FlashPlayer 10 Graphics: When you set LineScaleMode.NONE + JointStyle.MITER, draw a line then change the thickness of that line then the player won't clear the border line correctly: var S…

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