# flash

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## [Recherche développeur as3 pour projet innovant et d'envergure](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recherche-developpeur-as3-pour-projet-innovant-et-denvergure/281619)

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**Author:** [@recruteago](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/recruteago)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recherche-developpeur-as3-pour-projet-innovant-et-denvergure/281619 "2009-02-11T11:48:19Z")

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Agence web technologique, innovant constamment depuis 1998, ActenGO recherche aujourd'hui un développeur Flash pour une mission de 2/3mois, Free-lance ou CDD, idéalement sur Toulouse ou sa région. ActenGo est aussi connu…

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## [What function in AS3 to close Adobe Flash Player window and open new a one?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-function-in-as3-to-close-adobe-flash-player-window-and-open-new-a-one/281618)

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**Author:** [@Angelcrazy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Angelcrazy)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-function-in-as3-to-close-adobe-flash-player-window-and-open-new-a-one/281618 "2009-02-11T10:49:32Z")

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Just an idea then, and someone very advanced out there must know how? I want to call a function on a button in AS3 in a .swf that is opened on a computer locally in Adobe Flash Player, to be able to close the Adobe Fla…

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## [Randomizing Array data](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomizing-array-data/281616)

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**Author:** [@jeancnicolas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeancnicolas)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomizing-array-data/281616 "2009-02-11T10:37:49Z")

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Hello, I've been putting data into an array via XML, and then selecting at random an image string to load in a pic at random. But whilst doing this, I wanted to remove the String from the Array that I have just used, so…

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## [Overruled mouse events because of movieclip on top](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overruled-mouse-events-because-of-movieclip-on-top/281614)

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**Author:** [@harm\_less](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/harm_less)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overruled-mouse-events-because-of-movieclip-on-top/281614 "2009-02-11T10:06:43Z")

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Hello all, Currently I'm trying to learn AS3/CS4. And today I discovered a problem I never had in AS2. I have a button which is below a movieclip. This movieclip has no buttons inside or something like that. So the rol…

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## [Regarding Thoripes' Random Letter Cycling 2.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-thoripes-random-letter-cycling-2-0/281610)

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**Author:** [@grainspirit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grainspirit)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-thoripes-random-letter-cycling-2-0/281610 "2009-02-11T08:15:18Z")

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First of all, thank you Thoripes for officially introducing me to actionscript \[smile\] (in a nice way) My question: How do I make a paragraph with random text? How can i avoid the whole thing from becoming one endle…

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## [Memory Leak](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leak/281600)

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**Author:** [@oddfish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oddfish)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leak/281600 "2009-02-11T03:28:45Z")

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Here's the situation: • Building a flash mmo • I've optimized everything I can come up with. • I have animated character models that travel screen to screen in a similar fashion to AQ worlds and other browser based MMO…

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## [Flash to simulate SMS (text message) input](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-simulate-sms-text-message-input/281599)

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**Author:** [@chup](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chup)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-simulate-sms-text-message-input/281599 "2009-02-11T03:25:11Z")

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Hi people, need some help to develop a flash file that can simulate a sms (text message) input like how you will write a message with your mobile phone. For example pressing the num “1” once, will give u “a”, twice wi…

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## [Editable Combobox Issues](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editable-combobox-issues/281593)

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**Author:** [@mattingly23](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mattingly23)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editable-combobox-issues/281593 "2009-02-11T01:54:15Z")

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I've created a class that extends combobox, but I'm having issues with its editable text. From my testing I believe these issues exist with the default combobox as well. First, I set the editable text using the .text …

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## [Memory Leak?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leak/281592)

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**Author:** [@Septenary](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Septenary)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leak/281592 "2009-02-11T01:24:20Z")

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Hello, I've been working on a flash game, and it has a problem. The game runs at full FPS within the first few minutes of opening, but after about 10 minutes of play, its FPS is low enough to make the entire game usel…

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## [Cascading particles/stars etc](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cascading-particles-stars-etc/281591)

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**Author:** [@Brisa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brisa)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cascading-particles-stars-etc/281591 "2009-02-11T01:19:35Z")

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Hi! I need to get something similar \*\*to this \*\*done in a short period of time, so I don't have much time to play around. Does anyone have a similar code/tutorial or anything that resembles this? thanks

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## [If/Var Statement Help Please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-var-statement-help-please/281589)

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**Author:** [@junta](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/junta)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-var-statement-help-please/281589 "2009-02-11T01:02:47Z")

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I have 10 buttons (button0, button1, button2, etc.) and when you click on one of the buttons I want the corresponding jpg (0.jpg, 1.jpg, 2.jpg, etc.) to load externally into the movie clip "holder" that is on the stage. …

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## [\[AS2\] Load Multiple Files?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-load-multiple-files/281588)

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**Author:** [@thegrrraue](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thegrrraue)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-load-multiple-files/281588 "2009-02-11T00:59:48Z")

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I've got a slideshow that loads multiple jpgs. I'd like to tell the code to start loading all of the images even though they aren't going anywhere yet. This way when the slideshow does call for them, there will be little…

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## [Animation to not skip until all frames are animated](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-to-not-skip-until-all-frames-are-animated/281587)

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**Author:** [@Lawliet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lawliet)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-to-not-skip-until-all-frames-are-animated/281587 "2009-02-11T00:21:52Z")

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Hello again, I was following this tutorial: http://schoolofflash.com/2008/05/flash-cs3-tutorial-movie-clip-buttons/ To make the buttons feel more smooth, can anyone modify the Actionscript to make it so that the anim…

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## [Make objects speed up/ slow down](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-objects-speed-up-slow-down/281583)

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**Author:** [@dtfgator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dtfgator)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-objects-speed-up-slow-down/281583 "2009-02-10T23:03:50Z")

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So I have a shooting game, and I need the bullets I fire to very slightly slow down in mid air. At the start, they will go full speed, but at the end of the screen, they will be going 7/8 of the start speed. If anyo…

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## [Reading External Files without Counter](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-external-files-without-counter/281582)

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**Author:** [@Tsucasa13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tsucasa13)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-external-files-without-counter/281582 "2009-02-10T22:59:42Z")

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Okay, so I was just wondering if there is a way to read the names of files from a directory in Actionscript 3 without the use of a counter (which would require the files to be numbered) and without another script such as…

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## [List component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/list-component/281579)

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**Author:** [@garret](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garret)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/list-component/281579 "2009-02-10T22:28:53Z")

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Hello everyone. I have a list component and I wanted to make a dynamic scroll for the list. Or change the default scroll that the as2 components have. How can I make a dynamic scroll, the ones that it moves with the mous…

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## [Controling Movie Clip inside of Movie Clip - AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-movie-clip-inside-of-movie-clip-as3/281577)

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**Author:** [@dutchoh1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dutchoh1)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-movie-clip-inside-of-movie-clip-as3/281577 "2009-02-10T22:11:57Z")

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Ok, I was decent at AS2 and now that I am trying to figure out AS3 I am realizing that it is all grown up and I was left in the dust. I am trying to do the most simple thing. I have a movieclip with an instance name…

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## [How do you make the animation restart?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-the-animation-restart/281576)

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**Author:** [@sdendenden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sdendenden)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-the-animation-restart/281576 "2009-02-10T21:52:00Z")

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I want to make a button (text saying "back to menu") make it so that when you click it, it restarts the animation. I tried but it gives me this error: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a nu…

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## [Images and buttons loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-and-buttons-loop/281575)

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**Author:** [@snowbert](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snowbert)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-and-buttons-loop/281575 "2009-02-10T21:42:16Z")

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sorry dont know how to delete thread

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## [Dynamic Variable Name](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-variable-name/281574)

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**Author:** [@Mister\_B1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mister_B1)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-variable-name/281574 "2009-02-10T21:21:15Z")

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Suppose I want to dyanamically load 10 jpeg thumbnails. I have given them files names "image0.jpg", "image1.jpg", "image2.jpg", image3.jpg" and so on. Now, I might write out the code to do it ten times, like this: va…

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## [KeyboardEvent](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboardevent/281573)

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**Author:** [@webbhelp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/webbhelp)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboardevent/281573 "2009-02-10T21:19:30Z")

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Hi! I got problem with this code: ob.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY\_DOWN, kdown); function kdown(evt:KeyboardEvent) { trace('CLEAR'); if(evt.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT) { ob.x -= 5; } …

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## [HELP needed with AS2/3 display instances of movie clip in a grid pattern](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-with-as2-3-display-instances-of-movie-clip-in-a-grid-pattern/281570)

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**Author:** [@JeffS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeffS)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-with-as2-3-display-instances-of-movie-clip-in-a-grid-pattern/281570 "2009-02-10T21:04:34Z")

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\[COLOR="Blue"\]Also posted in AS1.0/2.0 Forum:puzzled:\[/COLOR\] Hi everyone, this is probably a very simple problem to more experienced users, but I cannot find an answer in previous posts. Maybe I am using the wrong wor…

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## [Array & addEventListener Drama](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-addeventlistener-drama/281569)

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**Author:** [@reprovisional](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/reprovisional)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-addeventlistener-drama/281569 "2009-02-10T21:03:26Z")

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Hi Guys, Noob time in Noobville. I keep getting Error #1006: value is not a function when I run this, but everything I've read about arrays says this code should work. Any awesome advice? import flash.display.Mov…

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## [AS2/3 display instances of movie clip in a grid pattern](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-3-display-instances-of-movie-clip-in-a-grid-pattern/281566)

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**Author:** [@JeffS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeffS)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-3-display-instances-of-movie-clip-in-a-grid-pattern/281566 "2009-02-10T20:44:46Z")

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Hi everyone, this is probably a very simple problem to more experienced users, but I cannot find an answer in previous posts. Maybe I am using the wrong words in my search. Anyway here is my request:- I want to load a …

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## [Access Text Field in external swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-text-field-in-external-swf/281564)

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**Author:** [@evokenz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evokenz)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-text-field-in-external-swf/281564 "2009-02-10T19:35:54Z")

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Hi, I am loading an external swf and need to access the text fields within it. mc.test\_txt.htmlText = "new text here"; Have tried this but get the following error: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties…

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## [HELP: Problem targeting MovieClips within ScrollPane](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-targeting-movieclips-within-scrollpane/281561)

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**Author:** [@takach](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/takach)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-targeting-movieclips-within-scrollpane/281561 "2009-02-10T18:09:25Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to use scroll panes for the first time and I'm having trouble targeting the movieclips inside of the scroll pane. to clarify the set up the whole scrollpane set up is inside of bigger movieclip (mc1) wh…

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## [How to get a MC to follow another MC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-mc-to-follow-another-mc/281560)

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**Author:** [@hoho501](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hoho501)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-mc-to-follow-another-mc/281560 "2009-02-10T17:45:24Z")

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heres the file i want the rectangle to follow the ball plz help

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## [Buttons not responding? - NEW](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-not-responding-new/281559)

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**Author:** [@DH1234](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DH1234)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-not-responding-new/281559 "2009-02-10T17:39:08Z")

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Hello All, In my main timeline, I have an image fade in and stop on frame 61. On Frame 61, the code below executes; stop(); var placesXML:XML = \<places\> \<place name= "Bengkulu"\> \<frame\>63\</frame\> …

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## [Internet Explorer Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/internet-explorer-issue/281557)

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**Author:** [@shinkdog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shinkdog)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/internet-explorer-issue/281557 "2009-02-10T17:30:30Z")

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Hi, I have an embedded flash movie that runs an AS function that runs a javascript function on the html page when you push a button. However, it only works in Firefox, Safari and Chrome. Is there a workaround for IE …

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## [Flash Lightbox Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-lightbox-help/281556)

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**Author:** [@baddot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/baddot)\
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**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-lightbox-help/281556 "2009-02-10T17:22:33Z")

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hi i have successfully made a flash lightbox with a popup but one thing i found out is that when the flash light box is triggered and shown the back of the picture where the flash is being clicked is gone? what happened …

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