# flash

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## [Multiple Alarm Variables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-alarm-variables/289719)

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**Author:** [@aznFanBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aznFanBoy)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-alarm-variables/289719 "2009-06-03T21:33:45Z")

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Hello, I'm making an alarm application with many features, one of them being the ability to have multiple alarms running at one time. Although not yet complete, I'm able to have one alarm, and if I try to set another, al…

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## [Is it possible to know the file name of images loaded?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-know-the-file-name-of-images-loaded/289718)

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**Author:** [@jdoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jdoe)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-know-the-file-name-of-images-loaded/289718 "2009-06-03T21:32:53Z")

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Hi: I have a folder containing some images named 01\_image\_name.jpg, 02\_image\_name.jpg, 03\_image\_name.jpg, ... wich I read with a PHP script. Then I loop loading each image and waiting until all are loaded to display t…

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## [\[AS2 CS4\] getURL with greybox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs4-geturl-with-greybox/289714)

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**Author:** [@neonreel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/neonreel)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs4-geturl-with-greybox/289714 "2009-06-03T20:30:35Z")

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Hello All, Can anyone help me with greybox js. I would like to call to it from a btn mc in as2. I have called to javascript pop up's before using this.onRelease = function() { getURL("javascript:Launch('pageN…

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## [Flash CS3 + JavaScript popup window help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-javascript-popup-window-help/289712)

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**Author:** [@NapoLoso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NapoLoso)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-javascript-popup-window-help/289712 "2009-06-03T19:18:23Z")

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Hello everyone, I would really like some help. I'm stuck. What I'm trying to do is for flash to open up a pop-up window using JavaScript. following the video tutorial on this page, this is what i'm doing. I creat…

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## [Need help! Construction and planning](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-construction-and-planning/289702)

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**Author:** [@m\_h\_w](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m_h_w)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-construction-and-planning/289702 "2009-06-03T16:57:21Z")

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I am working on making my first AS3 flash site. And im having trouble getting it all togheter. It is a "portfolio" site for a musician friend of mine. It has a music player, a video player and a photo gallery. (for now…

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## [Dissapearing Duplicate Movie Clips:How to Prevent?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dissapearing-duplicate-movie-clips-how-to-prevent/289701)

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**Author:** [@SaiGanesh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SaiGanesh)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dissapearing-duplicate-movie-clips-how-to-prevent/289701 "2009-06-03T16:21:29Z")

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Version Used:Flash MX 2004 I am trying to generate a Page with 3 paragraphs,each text paragraph with some custom animation attached to every character.What i Did was: 1.Open a new document 2.Create a Dynamic Text Box,nam…

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## [Beginners help with Tangram game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginners-help-with-tangram-game/289697)

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**Author:** [@Centifolia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Centifolia)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginners-help-with-tangram-game/289697 "2009-06-03T15:02:45Z")

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HI there -- I'm pretty new to Actionscript but I have to develop a sort of Tangram game for a University project. In the end it should work on a multi-touch table. There will be certain puzzle pieces that have to be drag…

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## [Getting width of Sprite with component inside it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-width-of-sprite-with-component-inside-it/289696)

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**Author:** [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-width-of-sprite-with-component-inside-it/289696 "2009-06-03T14:39:40Z")

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Hello, I'm not sure why I can't get the width of a Sprite when it has components in it. For example var foo:Sprite = new Sprite(); addChild(foo); var comboBox:ComboBox = new ComboBox(); comboBox.setSize (300, 30)…

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## [Creating Flash Player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-flash-player/289695)

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**Author:** [@KPACKA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KPACKA)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-flash-player/289695 "2009-06-03T14:30:03Z")

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needHelp.please { i am trying to create a player that s something like this one. It will take jpg images of strips from local folder and play. http://highimpact.com/interactive-presentations/digistrip/DGS00965/ one …

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## [Accessing nested movieClips from the main timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nested-movieclips-from-the-main-timeline/289694)

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**Author:** [@fs\_tigre](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fs_tigre)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nested-movieclips-from-the-main-timeline/289694 "2009-06-03T13:45:43Z")

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\[FONT=Calibri\]\[SIZE=3\]Hi,\[/SIZE\]\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\]\[SIZE=3\]Last night I was trying to access some nested movieClips from the main time line but it was giving an error.\[/SIZE\]\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\]\[SIZE=3\]What I have…

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## [Tweening/resizing graphics.drawRoundRect](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweening-resizing-graphics-drawroundrect/289692)

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**Author:** [@youwh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youwh)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweening-resizing-graphics-drawroundrect/289692 "2009-06-03T12:59:47Z")

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I used AS3 to create a rounded edges box, and when the window resize i wanted to keep the ellipse height and width of the edges. How can I do that? Creating the box private function detectStage(e:Event=null):void { …

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## [Next level markers](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-level-markers/289688)

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**Author:** [@lan0011](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lan0011)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-level-markers/289688 "2009-06-03T11:52:27Z")

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Im trying to make a object only appear when you have collect enough coins. How could i do this? Code And fla thanxs

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## [Elastic mouse follow - X axis](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/elastic-mouse-follow-x-axis/289687)

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**Author:** [@joel1st](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joel1st)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/elastic-mouse-follow-x-axis/289687 "2009-06-03T11:34:50Z")

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Hello. I'm currently creating a navigation bar for a project using flash cs4, action script 3. As you can see in the picture there is a navigation bar, and inside this bar there is a small rectangle and two lines (loca…

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## [Colour Palette](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colour-palette/289686)

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**Author:** [@four4swords](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/four4swords)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colour-palette/289686 "2009-06-03T11:30:04Z")

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Hi, I'm looking for a colour palette script in actionscript 2. Where it automatically generates a palette of colours to choose from and select. Is this done by script? Or is this all already preset? Nevertheless does a…

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## [Another stupid dynamic text question as2/cs4](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-stupid-dynamic-text-question-as2-cs4/289684)

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**Author:** [@cloudiness](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cloudiness)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-stupid-dynamic-text-question-as2-cs4/289684 "2009-06-03T10:48:58Z")

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How can you change the height of a text field AFTER the text has been loaded into it? I guess i'm just looking for a way to listen to the text to see when its size has increased. does anyone have any tips? any help …

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## [Loading movieclips into multiple swf files](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movieclips-into-multiple-swf-files/289683)

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**Author:** [@onion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onion)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movieclips-into-multiple-swf-files/289683 "2009-06-03T10:40:55Z")

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Hi guys, I have a project where the character can be dressed in a variety of different clothes. So a choice of 5 t-shirts, trousers, shoes etc The project spans several different swf files. The clothes movieclips need…

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## [Super, Override and Inheritance chain](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/super-override-and-inheritance-chain/289682)

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**Author:** [@gone2far](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gone2far)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/super-override-and-inheritance-chain/289682 "2009-06-03T10:25:35Z")

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Hi guys, Lets say i have the following inheritance hierarchy: package { public class ClassA { protected function foo():void { // do something } } } package { …

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## [Paypal buying code?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-buying-code/289681)

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**Author:** [@maxoys45](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/maxoys45)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paypal-buying-code/289681 "2009-06-03T09:41:24Z")

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Hiya, I have recently been asked to create a little flash site for some friends. They basically make their own designs that they put onto t-shirts and want people to be able to buy them on the site. I figured the easie…

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## [Numeric Stepper adds "1" after the number, like 6 \> 61](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numeric-stepper-adds-1-after-the-number-like-6-61/289675)

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**Author:** [@fritzki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fritzki)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numeric-stepper-adds-1-after-the-number-like-6-61/289675 "2009-06-03T08:02:13Z")

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Hi, I have come across a weird problem with the NumericStepper component. Instead of for example changing number 6 to 7 when I press the up-arrow it changes into 61. And then 611, 6111 when i keep on going. If I leave …

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## [Access movie clips from a swf library in another swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movie-clips-from-a-swf-library-in-another-swf/289673)

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**Author:** [@thilsen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thilsen)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movie-clips-from-a-swf-library-in-another-swf/289673 "2009-06-03T06:39:02Z")

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Hi All, I have a main swf called, main.swf; Inside it I load another movie, skin.swf (this has 10 movieclips in the library with linkage name). What I want is to attach the movieclips from skin.swf inside the main.sw…

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## [Redirect to new page fails after flash post to server](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/redirect-to-new-page-fails-after-flash-post-to-server/289668)

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**Author:** [@cauchy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cauchy)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/redirect-to-new-page-fails-after-flash-post-to-server/289668 "2009-06-03T05:18:10Z")

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I have a rails app that embeds a swf. The swf takes user input and posts to the server. For testing purposes, the controller is just redirecting the browser back to another page without processing the data. Interestin…

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## [\[AS3\] removeChild + array.splice lag?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-removechild-array-splice-lag/289664)

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**Author:** [@Flashh\_n00b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flashh_n00b)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-removechild-array-splice-lag/289664 "2009-06-03T03:49:05Z")

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Hi, I am working on a basic game in order to practice my AS3 coding skills. The point I am at is that when my enemies (Falling vertically down) touch the bottom of the stage I want to make all enemies in all of my arrays…

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## [How to incapsulate an as2 swf inside as3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-incapsulate-an-as2-swf-inside-as3/289662)

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**Author:** [@Kirbyprime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kirbyprime)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-incapsulate-an-as2-swf-inside-as3/289662 "2009-06-03T03:20:09Z")

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Wondering if anyone can help, currently I'm working on an AS3 project and am trying to incorperate an as2 based swf into it. Normally with all as3 based swfs I could simply use the loader and load in the swf. But wit…

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## [removeChild problem from a variable length list of MCs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-problem-from-a-variable-length-list-of-mcs/289660)

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**Author:** [@monsterchild](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/monsterchild)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-problem-from-a-variable-length-list-of-mcs/289660 "2009-06-03T02:39:57Z")

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hi all, this will probably be really easy, as usual i'm stumped and can't seem to figure out why this problem is happening... ok, i have a list of mc's being placed using addChild() on the stage depending on the amount…

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## [3D Display Object Interactivity](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-display-object-interactivity/289654)

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**Author:** [@pizzapancakes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pizzapancakes)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-display-object-interactivity/289654 "2009-06-03T00:33:03Z")

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I'm having trouble retaining interactivity in a DisplayObject (MovieClip) that has been altered to become a 3D object in Flash 10. The current structure is as follows: MovieClip1 with Mouse EventListeners nested insi…

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## [Unwanted MC to Sprite at runtime](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unwanted-mc-to-sprite-at-runtime/289653)

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**Author:** [@AfroNinja](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AfroNinja)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unwanted-mc-to-sprite-at-runtime/289653 "2009-06-03T00:21:13Z")

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So I'm working on a pause function for my game. Instead of manually writing code to pause all possible animations that a movieclip has, I wrote a function that runs through its children recursively until it reaches the…

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## [Document Class and Custom Class Communicating Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/document-class-and-custom-class-communicating-question/289651)

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**Author:** [@mycaptainkite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mycaptainkite)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/document-class-and-custom-class-communicating-question/289651 "2009-06-02T23:35:36Z")

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Okay, so the website I'm work on has the document class Main. Within this website I have a movieclip on the stage which I built a custom class for its functionality and I linked this movieclip to this class to make it wo…

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## [Targeting a text file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-a-text-file/289650)

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**Author:** [@icekomo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icekomo)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-a-text-file/289650 "2009-06-02T23:04:24Z")

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This may have been asked, but I can't seem to find anything on the subject. I want to know of if it possible to target different areas of 1 text file. So I would have one file that could populate multiple text fields wit…

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## [Casting vs As?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/casting-vs-as/289648)

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**Author:** [@grandpaw\_broon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grandpaw_broon)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/casting-vs-as/289648 "2009-06-02T22:17:50Z")

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Hey all. I have noticed that in AS3, lets say i have a text field which uses a int variable. var myNumber:int = 10394; ..... textField.text = String(myNumber); or ..... textField.text = myNumber as String; I …

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## [SOS!a few as3 woes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sos-a-few-as3-woes/289646)

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**Author:** [@hikkosan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hikkosan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sos-a-few-as3-woes/289646 "2009-06-02T21:30:12Z")

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I am a green guy who jumped into this actionscript 3 thing head first.It's a real "day one" scenario for me.All I want to do is to press a button and the swf loads(prod)then after the swf loads, I can unload it with a bu…

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