# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=568 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 569 --- ## [Function as variable property?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/function-as-variable-property/292126)
**Author:** [@Quinster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quinster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/function-as-variable-property/292126 "2009-07-10T11:20:44Z")
contactButton\_mc.contentLoadTarget = loadContactForm(); How do you write this code so it works and doesn't run the funtion? I want to associate the function with the button so I can load it dynamically with event.curre… --- ## [Duplicate MC or create new instance](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-mc-or-create-new-instance/292125)
**Author:** [@koorb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koorb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-mc-or-create-new-instance/292125 "2009-07-10T10:47:37Z")
Hi all, it's been a long time since I've posted here! Hope everyone is well. I am in need of some advice, my AS skills dwindled away when AS 2.0 came in and I am trying to get up to speed on AS3. I am trying to dy… --- ## [Text Field not displaying text file format](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-not-displaying-text-file-format/292124)
**Author:** [@energy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/energy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-not-displaying-text-file-format/292124 "2009-07-10T10:43:14Z")
Hello ! I'm reading text from a text file and displaying it into a text field. The problem is when i read it doesn't display the text as it is in a text file. For ex - See below image \[image\] Now , as you can see, … --- ## [Problem in creating SlideShow using MovieClipLoader class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-in-creating-slideshow-using-moviecliploader-class/292123)
**Author:** [@anuradha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anuradha)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-in-creating-slideshow-using-moviecliploader-class/292123 "2009-07-10T10:28:58Z")
Hi friends !!! I am the new user.....and also just bigginer in Flash AS2.0.... Recently when I was developing Slideshow using MovieClipLoader class, I face problem...as below: 1) If I take file with big size (say 2MB)… --- ## [Scope Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scope-issue/292122)
**Author:** [@Ricky55](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ricky55)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scope-issue/292122 "2009-07-10T10:23:18Z")
Hi I using this array to create rollover and rollout events for a bunch of movie clips, I only have one on my stage at the moment during testing. When I rollover and out I see the trace but no animation, if I change… --- ## [Paypal add to cart button with color selection](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-add-to-cart-button-with-color-selection/292107)
**Author:** [@ltdesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ltdesign)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-add-to-cart-button-with-color-selection/292107 "2009-07-10T05:40:09Z")
Hello, I am creating a fairly simple clothing site in flash. I have created an add to cart button for paypal and it works perfectly. My questions is...how do I have the buyer specify the color of the garment once they… --- ## [Tween then removeChild class questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-then-removechild-class-questions/292105)
**Author:** [@smeared](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smeared)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-then-removechild-class-questions/292105 "2009-07-10T05:12:15Z")
alright, so there are a few things i'm not understanding still. So any help is greatly appreciated. I wanted to create a class that you send a display object to and it tweens out (lets just say fades out for now), and… --- ## [Package import dynamic movie clip problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/package-import-dynamic-movie-clip-problem/292102)
**Author:** [@damonlee3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/damonlee3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/package-import-dynamic-movie-clip-problem/292102 "2009-07-10T01:03:53Z")
I have a package (XMLThumbLoader) that loads thumbnails and is supposed to import a scroller class(DSIScroller). The thumbloader works fine, but when I try to scroll the thumbsContainer movie clip, I get "Error #1009 C… --- ## [Loading Library Item within a package](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-library-item-within-a-package/292101)
**Author:** [@jeffdagga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeffdagga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-library-item-within-a-package/292101 "2009-07-10T00:10:54Z")
Hey Yall, I need help. Can anyone help with getting a external class package to load and custom library item? package { import flash.display.MovieClip; public class Ball extends MovieClip { public var radius:Number… --- ## [Multiple components question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-components-question/292099)
**Author:** [@kumba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kumba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-components-question/292099 "2009-07-10T00:03:40Z")
Basic Question: How do I "separate" different components? I have 5 different mp3 player components. Each with their own instance names and vars (all in the same movie/stage). Problem: If I load the first player, it … --- ## [Getting movement going on a vector, then stopping it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-movement-going-on-a-vector-then-stopping-it/292098)
**Author:** [@ligaa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ligaa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-movement-going-on-a-vector-then-stopping-it/292098 "2009-07-09T23:48:27Z")
Hey all \[smile\] I'm working on a game involving telling a bug where to go and what to do when it gets there. Just started, focusing on getting the bug to move right now. To do that, I'm using a vector formula so it goes … --- ## [MC AS not working after using Flash 7 and higher](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-as-not-working-after-using-flash-7-and-higher/292097)
**Author:** [@jchiesa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jchiesa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-as-not-working-after-using-flash-7-and-higher/292097 "2009-07-09T23:29:10Z")
I had a Movie done in AS1 and now I need to add a new function to it and it requires AS2. The movie was done in Flash 6 and now I am publishing it in Flash 9 in order to make my new function to work. Everythings seems to… --- ## [AS3 XML issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-xml-issues/292096)
**Author:** [@pelagia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pelagia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-xml-issues/292096 "2009-07-09T22:48:43Z")
hi All I have got a fancy thumbnail scroller that works well but having just converted from AS2 to AS3 I am having trouble finding the right code to call a large image from the xml and the descriptive text to fill a te… --- ## [\[as1\] Complex hitTest](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as1-complex-hittest/292093)
**Author:** [@marcelozep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marcelozep)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as1-complex-hittest/292093 "2009-07-09T21:41:30Z")
Hello. I´d like to know if there´s a way to do a shape hitTest. Not as the normal hitTest would do, but shape colliding another shape, not the rectangle of a movieclip. This shape can be in a movieclip, of course ). If t… --- ## [FLV movie is frozen on swf playback - only sound](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-movie-is-frozen-on-swf-playback-only-sound/292091)
**Author:** [@media\_mixx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/media_mixx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-movie-is-frozen-on-swf-playback-only-sound/292091 "2009-07-09T21:35:21Z")
For some reason my FLV that is in my FLA file freezes when I play the swf file. I can hear the sound but it's a bit garbled. I am using the Flash encoder to bring in the movies and have tried both med and high quality b… --- ## [AS 2.0 draggable menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-0-draggable-menu/292088)
**Author:** [@nicoled](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nicoled)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-0-draggable-menu/292088 "2009-07-09T20:13:40Z")
I am looking for a draggable menu that is AS 2.0. I completed a tutorial on this site only to be discouraged when it would not work with my existing Flash files. The tutorial was created with AS 1.0 and Flash Player 5. T… --- ## [SeekBar Handle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seekbar-handle/292087)
**Author:** [@tester123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tester123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seekbar-handle/292087 "2009-07-09T19:59:14Z")
I have a seek bar that is controlling a FLV playback component. When the user rolls of the stage, the seek bar, and all the controls alpha to zero. For some reason the scrubber handle does not disapear. I have tried to f… --- ## [Change Actionscript...animation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-actionscript-animation/292085)
**Author:** [@Edurs2000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Edurs2000)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-actionscript-animation/292085 "2009-07-09T19:38:33Z")
HI ,:hr: I´m beginner. I get this actionscript from internet. I would like to change for a movieclip vector images..There is in site a fla. movieclip symbols... I try to change words to frame of symbols mc, but no… --- ## [Simple question (maybe) about a looping MovieClip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-maybe-about-a-looping-movieclip/292081)
**Author:** [@justkevin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/justkevin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-maybe-about-a-looping-movieclip/292081 "2009-07-09T18:57:18Z")
I'm an experienced Flash developer, but virtually all of my experience is with pure AS3 coding in FlexBuilder or FlashDevelop. I know very little about Flash CS3, .fla files, timelines etc. (I do have Flash CS3 install… --- ## [Help a beginner having trouble with my If else statements](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-a-beginner-having-trouble-with-my-if-else-statements/292079)
**Author:** [@ACKtion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ACKtion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-a-beginner-having-trouble-with-my-if-else-statements/292079 "2009-07-09T18:40:59Z")
scrollUp\_mc and scrollDown\_mc are acting as buttons that control scroll\_mc and bar\_mc. The code works fine, but I need them to stop working if scoll\_mc.y is less than 136 or more than 2,189. any suggestions? scrollUp… --- ## [Tween 2 MCs at same time? AS3/CS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-2-mcs-at-same-time-as3-cs3/292076)
**Author:** [@VejOut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VejOut)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-2-mcs-at-same-time-as3-cs3/292076 "2009-07-09T18:00:27Z")
Is it possible to Tween more than one Movie Clip at a time? It seems to allow one to run at a time. I have a project that I'm dynamically creating Movie Clips into a holder (another Movie Clip). I want to fade one in a… --- ## [Snow 3.0 - making flakes go up?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/snow-3-0-making-flakes-go-up/292074)
**Author:** [@electrofied](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/electrofied)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/snow-3-0-making-flakes-go-up/292074 "2009-07-09T17:26:12Z")
Hello all. I'm trying -with no success - to make snow flakes to go up, instead of falling, using Snow 3.0. Can anyone help? Thank you. --- ## [Drag & Drop A Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-drop-a-button/292073)
**Author:** [@thutchinson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thutchinson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-drop-a-button/292073 "2009-07-09T17:15:32Z")
Can you drag & drop a button? I keep getting the error message: Property startDrag not found on flash.display.Stage and there is no default value. Trish --- ## [Dynamic Balls](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-balls/292072)
**Author:** [@muzn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/muzn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-balls/292072 "2009-07-09T17:13:54Z")
Is there a way to create an actionscript 2.0 something like this site http://www.kynd.info/library/mathandphysics/b2d\_springBalls/ without using box2d --- ## [loadMovie() doesn't work when in HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-work-when-in-html/292071)
**Author:** [@dplows](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dplows)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-work-when-in-html/292071 "2009-07-09T16:24:13Z")
I have a flash file (main.fla) that contains an empty movie clip which has the action : loadMovie("myMovie.swf"); When I test the movie in Flash it works fine. It also works fine when I have Flash closed & just open … --- ## [Preloader/progress bar problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-progress-bar-problems/292070)
**Author:** [@Gemixin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gemixin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-progress-bar-problems/292070 "2009-07-09T16:04:16Z")
I've got an SWF that'll be viewed via a webpage, that loads a choice of 7 different web pages/SWFs depending on buttons clicked. The problem is these files are quite big and take a good few seconds to load each, so for… --- ## [Dialogue in AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dialogue-in-as2/292067)
**Author:** [@stingjc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stingjc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dialogue-in-as2/292067 "2009-07-09T15:15:15Z")
Alright, I’ve exhausted myself for a solid week trying to get something to work. But I can’t. I’ve tried forums and tutorials, but to no avail because I’m still stuck. I know how to do everything for my VERY basic gam… --- ## [Tweening colors in AS3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweening-colors-in-as3/292066)
**Author:** [@takach](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/takach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweening-colors-in-as3/292066 "2009-07-09T15:08:30Z")
Hello, I have a really simple site, with just a few links as movieclips with static text in them. I want to tween the colors of these links from a brown (hex value = #4F2100) to a pink (#EE695). Essentialy, I want to set… --- ## [Efficient Frame-by-Frame Animation with PNGs?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/efficient-frame-by-frame-animation-with-pngs/292064)
**Author:** [@intrigue1238](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/intrigue1238)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/efficient-frame-by-frame-animation-with-pngs/292064 "2009-07-09T14:44:48Z")
Does anyone have any recommendations for efficient handling of frame-by-frame bitmap animations? I'm putting together an app with an animated character that stands on screen and moves around doing animations. Each ani… --- ## [Controlling Text Field](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-text-field/292056)
**Author:** [@trnghosh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trnghosh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-text-field/292056 "2009-07-09T14:07:21Z")
Hi All Great Fash Programmers here While creating one photo gallery I am facing one problem in controlling the Font Color, Font Size and other characteristics of a text loaded into a text field from an XML File. T… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=567) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=569)