# flash

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## [The best way to build graphs in Flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-best-way-to-build-graphs-in-flash/278752)

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**Author:** [@PastaNoose](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PastaNoose)\
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**Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-best-way-to-build-graphs-in-flash/278752 "2009-01-05T09:39:00Z")

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Hi all, I have to make a graph with 2 parts the main view which you can drag and a bottom part which will show your location on the whole graph. how can i make the 2 move together, I have attached a small jpg of what i …

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## [Im getting an error and i have no idea how to fix it :/](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-an-error-and-i-have-no-idea-how-to-fix-it/278747)

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**Author:** [@baggins825](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/baggins825)\
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**Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-an-error-and-i-have-no-idea-how-to-fix-it/278747 "2009-01-05T04:16:38Z")

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Hi, im fairly new to As3 and have been slowly teaching myself As3. In the past I have been coding in the timeline, which i know, is a big no no, but today i've started learning how to write external classes and i figur…

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## [Load HTML site on page open](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-html-site-on-page-open/278745)

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**Author:** [@subrodrigh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/subrodrigh)\
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**Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-html-site-on-page-open/278745 "2009-01-05T02:41:38Z")

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Hey there I am really new to using flex on my mac, and have been playing about with it & its brilliant. I have got 1 query as i am still learning to code just now. Is there a way to write the code to load a webpage …

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## [childImage.buttonMode = true;](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/childimage-buttonmode-true/278743)

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**Author:** [@brndn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brndn)\
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**Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/childimage-buttonmode-true/278743 "2009-01-05T00:03:16Z")

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var coneBlackMaterial:BitmapFileMaterial = new BitmapFileMaterial(thumb\_url); coneBlack = new Plane( coneBlackMaterial, 250, 200, 3, 3); planes.push(coneBlack); // push Plane objects into storage array trace(…

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## [Problems with transparent .png files](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-transparent-png-files/278739)

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**Author:** [@phed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phed)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-transparent-png-files/278739 "2009-01-04T22:20:57Z")

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Hi, This question is for a project in Flash 9 using ActionScript 3. I have a series of movieClips in my Library each of which animate 24bit pngs with transparency along their respective timelines. I am then loading t…

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## [I need to link back to the previous frame "where the user was just was"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-to-link-back-to-the-previous-frame-where-the-user-was-just-was/278738)

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**Author:** [@Clequire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Clequire)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-to-link-back-to-the-previous-frame-where-the-user-was-just-was/278738 "2009-01-04T21:56:38Z")

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do you know anybody that knows Flash actions script? - have a question: Do you know Flash with actions? If not do you know who might be able to help me? \*I need a back button with an action script that would being the…

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## [Load and unload image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-and-unload-image/278734)

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**Author:** [@Rumr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rumr)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-and-unload-image/278734 "2009-01-04T21:01:27Z")

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I am working on a portfolio site,\[image\] i would like to create a custome class that I can plug into all my project buttons to load up a title.JPG and a img.JPG in there movieclip location. I want to tween out curren…

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## [Tips for a better Looping image display?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tips-for-a-better-looping-image-display/278733)

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**Author:** [@j\_polo9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/j_polo9)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tips-for-a-better-looping-image-display/278733 "2009-01-04T20:41:36Z")

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I have a rather simple and large (file size) image display here for a website in sacramento: (link removed) the image loop is just one image that moves on the timeline and returns to frame one at the end. I would lov…

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## [encodeURIComponent issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encodeuricomponent-issue/278729)

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**Author:** [@lolomedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lolomedia)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encodeuricomponent-issue/278729 "2009-01-04T18:29:04Z")

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I am trying to add encodeURIComponent to the following function so on my email I can get the links to be linkable but for some reason it is not working. In this line i have the following: "Click the following link: …

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## [Buggy Lines Around Text Boxes?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buggy-lines-around-text-boxes/278728)

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**Author:** [@LizDotCom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LizDotCom)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buggy-lines-around-text-boxes/278728 "2009-01-04T18:24:19Z")

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I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem or has any idea how to fix it. It seems like it should have a simple solution. I have a few text boxes on my page, some dynamic and some static. For some reason, when t…

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## [This is queer! :( help needed](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-is-queer-help-needed/278724)

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**Author:** [@lordy18](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lordy18)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-is-queer-help-needed/278724 "2009-01-04T17:21:39Z")

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I have a main movie here that loads in an external swf through a container mc. everything is aligned and positioned to where it should be, and they are also set to that value onresize. the problem is, when my swf is…

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## [Different Text Formats](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-text-formats/278723)

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**Author:** [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-text-formats/278723 "2009-01-04T15:05:10Z")

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Hi, Im writing an application where the user can choose between several fonts, and set their style: (bold, italic, underline) ... I embedded just one font. When I use the TextFormat class, only the underline property …

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## [Checkbox combination](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkbox-combination/278713)

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**Author:** [@bungaloo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bungaloo)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkbox-combination/278713 "2009-01-04T10:18:19Z")

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I have a small problem that probably can be fixed easy. I have this form with many check boxes and when some are checked a text will appear in a movieclip. The code is like this: Btn.onRelease = function() { if …

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## [Sprite / DisplayObject Container limits?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-displayobject-container-limits/278712)

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**Author:** [@Arcod](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Arcod)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-displayobject-container-limits/278712 "2009-01-04T10:07:31Z")

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I'm trying to mirror a Sprite after loading a bunch of images on it. If I do not mirror it, there is no problem at all, but if I do mirror it using the following code, it will mirror the 20 latest images added to the Sp…

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## [Increase Stage Width in Runtime](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/increase-stage-width-in-runtime/278711)

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**Author:** [@OML](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OML)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/increase-stage-width-in-runtime/278711 "2009-01-04T09:37:58Z")

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Hello, I have a stage where the width = 600 and the height = 400. Furthermore, I have an embedded video (2 time line) on the whole stage. I want to change the size of the stage, while leaving the embedded video's s…

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## [Flipping Movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-movieclip/278710)

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**Author:** [@DanDaMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanDaMan)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-movieclip/278710 "2009-01-04T09:02:31Z")

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I know that in the previous Actionscripting days you can flip a Movieclip through the use of \_xscale and \_yscale. So I suspected that you can do the very same in Actionscript 3.0 by using its equivalent - DisplayObject.…

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## [AS3 Loop Benchmarks (with results + files)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-loop-benchmarks-with-results-files/278707)

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**Author:** [@El\_Phantom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Phantom)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-loop-benchmarks-with-results-files/278707 "2009-01-04T07:10:59Z")

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Hey everybody, I was wondering about some AS3 loop benchmarks and decided to do some timer tests for all the loops, because a lot of the information I found online seemed to either be out of date or inconclusive. I put i…

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## [Compatibility Questions - FP10, CS4, AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compatibility-questions-fp10-cs4-as/278706)

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**Author:** [@anroy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anroy)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compatibility-questions-fp10-cs4-as/278706 "2009-01-04T07:07:12Z")

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I am using Flash CS3, programming AS3, and targeting FP9 for the moment. However I am seeing references around this board to FP10 and CS4. My questions: \[LIST\] \[\*\]On the Adobe site looking at CS4 features, I'm not se…

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## [Cannot apply an action script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-apply-an-action-script/278705)

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**Author:** [@nawaray](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nawaray)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-apply-an-action-script/278705 "2009-01-04T06:19:36Z")

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hi... i was using flash 8 before and now im using flash CS3. i have created a movie clip and i want to insert this code: on (release) { iColor=new Color(this); iColor.setRGB(\_root.fillColor); delete iColor; } bu…

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## [\[Flash8\]weekend event on 1st, 2nd 3rd week of the month](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-weekend-event-on-1st-2nd-3rd-week-of-the-month/278704)

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**Author:** [@bottysnatcher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bottysnatcher)\
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**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-weekend-event-on-1st-2nd-3rd-week-of-the-month/278704 "2009-01-04T06:06:48Z")

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\[COLOR=Indigo\]To have displayed recurring events display for a week before they occur\[/COLOR\] example: the church has a "holy communion service" on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month at 10:10am then a "holy communion …

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## [Duplicate MC does not share AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-mc-does-not-share-as/278693)

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**Author:** [@karataydude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/karataydude)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-mc-does-not-share-as/278693 "2009-01-03T23:19:42Z")

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I have the details in my flash and swf file, but I'll explain what's happening. If you click on the green "i", it opens a window, you can drag the window by the top bar next to the exit and minimize. But unfortunately,…

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## [Complete event](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complete-event/278692)

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**Author:** [@magnusvs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magnusvs)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complete-event/278692 "2009-01-03T23:06:11Z")

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Hi. I am struggling a little with calling a function on the COMPLETE event. Here is the code: var myLoader:Loader=new Loader() var strURL:String=\<image url\> myLoader.load(new URLRequest(strURL)); myLoader.addEventL…

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## [Load external swf in swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-swf-in-swf/278689)

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**Author:** [@mikaelf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikaelf)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-swf-in-swf/278689 "2009-01-03T22:39:49Z")

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Hi I am trying to load an external swf with in a mainmovie. my code: loadMovie("sta/external.swf", swfloader\_mc); The problem is that the external.swf is a looping flashmovie and as soon as its finished the main sw…

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## [Good xml based news box?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-xml-based-news-box/278688)

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**Author:** [@tibberous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tibberous)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-xml-based-news-box/278688 "2009-01-03T22:31:43Z")

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I am looking for a nice news box, like this: http://www.mmfiles.com/flash/miscellaneous/news\_box\_157.html But in AS3. I already have a news system wrote in PHP, so if I can find an XML-reading front-end in flash all …

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## [Help with Kirupa infinite menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-kirupa-infinite-menu/278687)

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**Author:** [@prossi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prossi)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-kirupa-infinite-menu/278687 "2009-01-03T22:26:23Z")

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Hello everybody, I'm pretty new to flash and have been playing with the infinite menu tutorial, however I have been trying to just allow the scrolling effect to take place only on mouse over but with very little success.…

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## [FLV still choppy after preload](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-still-choppy-after-preload/278681)

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**Author:** [@tile\_nipper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tile_nipper)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-still-choppy-after-preload/278681 "2009-01-03T16:11:47Z")

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All of my flv playback is coming out choppy -- pausing about every two seconds. I am preloading the entire file before playing. Can someone look at my code and suggest a solution to get it to play smoothly? Also, the f…

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## [Need Help in Skin change in scroll bar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-in-skin-change-in-scroll-bar/278677)

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**Author:** [@kannansreenivas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kannansreenivas)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-in-skin-change-in-scroll-bar/278677 "2009-01-03T14:52:23Z")

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I am Using Flash CS3. Publish settings set in AS2 . i inserted UI Scroll bar from components pannel and worked good. I like to change the skin. I refered the tutorials in http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/skinning\_s…

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## [Arrows move Movie Clip (or do they?)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrows-move-movie-clip-or-do-they/278676)

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**Author:** [@PHD2B](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PHD2B)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrows-move-movie-clip-or-do-they/278676 "2009-01-03T14:50:05Z")

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OK. This is similar to my previous post in that I am trying to create my own doc in which arrows move a movie clip. Should be simple. I used the code from Kirupas tutorial and just changed the movie clip name in all loca…

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## [Word Art](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/word-art/278673)

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**Author:** [@sparkdemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparkdemon)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/word-art/278673 "2009-01-03T12:47:34Z")

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hi folks... can you tell me how to achieve ms-word like word art effects in actionscript 3. i mean is there any existing library ? or can anyone guide me on custom code?. actually am looking for text effects for a tshi…

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## [Problems forwarding movie, sound still plays](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-forwarding-movie-sound-still-plays/278670)

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**Author:** [@a4aLien](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/a4aLien)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-forwarding-movie-sound-still-plays/278670 "2009-01-03T11:51:48Z")

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Okay, i need help with this.. I have a few mc's from frame 1 to 100.. Which have audio in them.. Now, when i made a 'skip intro' button which 'goes to an plays' at frame 101, the movie forwards to frame 101, but all the…

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