# flash

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## [How to share your Christmas photo flash slideshow on Go2Album?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-share-your-christmas-photo-flash-slideshow-on-go2album/277588)

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**Author:** [@ellainema](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ellainema)\
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**Last updated:** [December 14, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-share-your-christmas-photo-flash-slideshow-on-go2album/277588 "2008-12-14T10:20:47Z")

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Christmas is just around the corner. You may have taken many digital photos all the year round. So on this special day, you probably wish to share those photos with your loved ones, friends and family. Wondering if there…

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## [Graphic Fade?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/graphic-fade/277586)

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**Author:** [@yachtpicasso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yachtpicasso)\
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**Last updated:** [December 14, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/graphic-fade/277586 "2008-12-14T09:49:34Z")

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Hi all... i'm new to this forum and to this subject. I was hoping that you could help me out. i have the following issue to resolve: would like to create a night sky with a few stars. i dont want too many stars, pl…

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## [Simple linking from flash menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-linking-from-flash-menu/277583)

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**Author:** [@smidge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smidge)\
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**Last updated:** [December 14, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-linking-from-flash-menu/277583 "2008-12-14T07:22:38Z")

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Hi All, I’ve been having some trouble finishing off my (very basic really) website and the main reason is because i can’t get the links to work from the flash menu that i have. I didn’t write the flash, but managed to ed…

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## [Attach/Play movie clip on click](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attach-play-movie-clip-on-click/277580)

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**Author:** [@Xarnor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xarnor)\
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**Last updated:** [December 14, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attach-play-movie-clip-on-click/277580 "2008-12-14T05:04:24Z")

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Hey! I'm kind of a flash newbie, and I need some help with AS2 in Macromedia Flash 8. I want to make it so that when you click the mouse, it plays a certain movie clip at the current mouse position, without the movie cli…

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## [How to locate the main Application Class file with mxmlc (commandline)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-locate-the-main-application-class-file-with-mxmlc-commandline/277577)

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**Author:** [@zhangxiaorui](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zhangxiaorui)\
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**Last updated:** [December 14, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-locate-the-main-application-class-file-with-mxmlc-commandline/277577 "2008-12-14T03:55:42Z")

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In some projects, we want to put the main Application as file in somewhere particularly, and it's okay to set it with Flex Builder (I uploaded a picture) But is there any parameter that I can set with commandline mode …

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## [Writing to an XML file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-to-an-xml-file/277575)

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**Author:** [@ryrocks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ryrocks)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-to-an-xml-file/277575 "2008-12-14T01:57:19Z")

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Hey, I'm trying to write a variable in AS to an XML node. I have the following nodes in my XML file: \<scores\> \<firstScore\>1000\</firstScore\> \<secondScore\>900\</secondScore\> \<thirdScore\>800\</thirdScore\> \</scores\> I…

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## [Simple AS3 Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-as3-problem/277572)

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**Author:** [@BoomBam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoomBam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-as3-problem/277572 "2008-12-14T00:47:44Z")

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Well, I was taking a flash tutorial, and this part was on importing images or swf files, and I inputted this code to try to click a button to make the picture work, but for some reason I got a problem, it's "1087: Synt…

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## [The stage in AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-stage-in-as3/277569)

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**Author:** [@underskin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/underskin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-stage-in-as3/277569 "2008-12-13T23:58:01Z")

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Hi Everyone... my first post on kirupa \<wohoo\> I tend to learn more when i read treads that talk about general concepts than those with lots of codes, so i'll ask my question in a general manner. Like many others I a…

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## [FlashVars? Just not getting it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashvars-just-not-getting-it/277568)

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**Author:** [@energy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/energy)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashvars-just-not-getting-it/277568 "2008-12-13T23:35:33Z")

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I've been trying to use FlashVars for quite some time now without success. From the help files and whatever i found on the web it looks pretty simple and straightforward but don't know whats going wrong. Actually i want…

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## [More Efficient Syntax](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-efficient-syntax/277566)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-efficient-syntax/277566 "2008-12-13T23:13:10Z")

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What's a nice short way to write this? var line\_1:Line\_1; var line\_2:Line\_2; var line\_3:Line\_3; var line\_4:Line\_4; line\_1 = new Line\_1;// add from Library line\_1.name = "line\_1"; line\_1.x = 111; line\_1.y = 151; addCh…

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## [Flash Site Slow and Buggy, Any Advice?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-site-slow-and-buggy-any-advice/277564)

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**Author:** [@rfarley1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rfarley1)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-site-slow-and-buggy-any-advice/277564 "2008-12-13T21:47:16Z")

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I started a site with Timeline Animations and it was really buggy and slow on most connections, went in to alleviate the problem and changed to ActionScript Tweens through out. I have only 1 frame in the movie and still…

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## [New Paragraph?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-paragraph/277563)

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**Author:** [@juniorspecial](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/juniorspecial)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-paragraph/277563 "2008-12-13T21:42:00Z")

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Let's say I'm entering a string of text into a textfield using actionscript 3.0. How do I indicate a new paragraph within the string?

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## [Accessing a movieClip on the stage from within another movieClip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-movieclip-on-the-stage-from-within-another-movieclip/277557)

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**Author:** [@flashTrev](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashTrev)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-movieclip-on-the-stage-from-within-another-movieclip/277557 "2008-12-13T18:15:36Z")

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Hi, after many hours searching through many forums and posts im still not finding the answer to what should be pretty simple to achive. If anyone has an idea please do tell me. Problem is this:- I have two movieClip'…

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## [onEnterframe killing ExternalInterface call](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-killing-externalinterface-call/277556)

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**Author:** [@kobalt7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kobalt7)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-killing-externalinterface-call/277556 "2008-12-13T17:11:09Z")

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Hi ive been having trouble getting flash to run a ExternalInterface.call to javascript to load the next movie when the current one is done, it seems to work fine when the files are local but not when they are on another …

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## [How to add images to UI Scrollbar dynamic text field?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-add-images-to-ui-scrollbar-dynamic-text-field/277551)

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**Author:** [@cephei](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cephei)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-add-images-to-ui-scrollbar-dynamic-text-field/277551 "2008-12-13T16:09:57Z")

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Hi, Pretty new to flash and CS4..Ive got the UIScrollbar and dynamic text field working but unfortunatly I cant add images.. I thought it would be as easy as dragging and dropping images into the field but alas it is n…

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## [Tweener Button Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweener-button-help/277547)

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**Author:** [@papalazarou78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/papalazarou78)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tweener-button-help/277547 "2008-12-13T14:23:05Z")

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Hi I'm using Tweener to create rollovers (changing the text colour) with the following text; movMenuBar.movServicesBtn.onRollOver = function() { Tweener.addTween(movMenuBar.movServicesBtn.txtServices, {\_text\_colo…

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## [Make AS assets not to be on top layer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-as-assets-not-to-be-on-top-layer/277546)

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**Author:** [@luka66\_6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/luka66_6)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-as-assets-not-to-be-on-top-layer/277546 "2008-12-13T13:50:34Z")

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I Have a bunch of layers on my stage (background, text, images....)and now i made a simple as3 animation with symbol that i pull from library put in to array and than animate a few of my symbols. My problem is that every…

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## [Bunch of portfolio questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bunch-of-portfolio-questions/277545)

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**Author:** [@MarMel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MarMel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bunch-of-portfolio-questions/277545 "2008-12-13T13:29:17Z")

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Hy guys! Some time now I'm working on my own portfolio. With a certain feature I stumbled upon loads of problems. That's why I put them in one thread. For the record: I use AS3 and Flash CS3 Let me first explain th…

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## [Weird change in variable or am I just missing something?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-change-in-variable-or-am-i-just-missing-something/277543)

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**Author:** [@Spanjj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Spanjj)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-change-in-variable-or-am-i-just-missing-something/277543 "2008-12-13T12:38:05Z")

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I've written some code that moves an object around the screen by clicking the mouse where you want the object to go. Also when the object hits an obstacle a function is called to move the object around the obstacle befor…

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## [Image gallery with sliding](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-gallery-with-sliding/277541)

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**Author:** [@Joselito31](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Joselito31)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-gallery-with-sliding/277541 "2008-12-13T11:52:13Z")

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Hi to everybody. Please, I would like to realiza an fullscreen image gallery with 2 arrow (left and right screen position), and a sliding movement. You can see a clear example here: http://www.nerocreativo.com/ Thi…

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## [Help With A Broken Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-broken-button/277534)

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**Author:** [@guitar8101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/guitar8101)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-broken-button/277534 "2008-12-13T05:38:41Z")

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I have an email form on my flash site that I use with php. I have the web site set up to where my index file loads pages 1 through 7 in to a container. When I just load page 7 without loading it through the index, the e…

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## [Is it possible to do Full screen screenshot?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-do-full-screen-screenshot/277530)

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**Author:** [@renton79](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/renton79)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-do-full-screen-screenshot/277530 "2008-12-13T04:35:39Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to do a full screen screenshot (like with printscrin in windows)? I know about doing a screenshot of movieclip.

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## [Display external .swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-external-swf/277527)

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**Author:** [@substance](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/substance)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-external-swf/277527 "2008-12-13T02:28:01Z")

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So I know how to load my external .swf into my current .swf (at runtime): swfLoader = new Loader(); swfLoader.load(new URLRequest(piece.swfPath)); Once it's done loading I get a runtime error (null object reference…

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## [Display an external .swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-an-external-swf/277526)

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**Author:** [@substance](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/substance)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-an-external-swf/277526 "2008-12-13T02:04:23Z")

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So I know how to load my external .swf into my current .swf (at runtime): swfLoader = new Loader(); swfLoader.load(new URLRequest(piece.swfPath)); //after it's done loading addChild(swfLoader); That's fine, but whe…

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## [Best book(s) on Flash/Action Script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-book-s-on-flash-action-script/277524)

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**Author:** [@Csl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Csl)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-book-s-on-flash-action-script/277524 "2008-12-13T01:15:24Z")

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Hi. The last time I used Flash to make an interactive page, I was on version 5 or 6. I've got version 8 now and I need to take a fast but thorough refresher course to get me back up to speed with Actionscripting and the …

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## [Left & Right navigation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/left-right-navigation/277523)

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**Author:** [@phil88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phil88)\
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**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/left-right-navigation/277523 "2008-12-13T00:48:30Z")

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hiya, im trying to create a site where on clicking seperate left and right buttons they will move along a background image a set distance. ive drawn a picture to help: for example the background image would be 2000px b…

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## [Flash "Walkon" video](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-walkon-video/277518)

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**Author:** [@para\_chan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/para_chan)\
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**Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-walkon-video/277518 "2008-12-12T23:20:33Z")

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I hope I can get some help with this issue I'm having. (Or make that issues. \>\<) I'm making a flash animation where there's a FLV video playing, with animations created in flash occurring in the background.I have the v…

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## [Embed asset to Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embed-asset-to-class/277516)

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**Author:** [@dbdvd7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dbdvd7)\
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**Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embed-asset-to-class/277516 "2008-12-12T21:39:27Z")

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Why am I getting a "Instantiation attempted on a non constructor" error when I try to run this in Flash? Im trying to embed the pic, assign it to the class and addChild. This code works fine on some of my other scripts, …

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## [String Together Several External .swf Files?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-together-several-external-swf-files/277515)

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**Author:** [@Crystal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Crystal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-together-several-external-swf-files/277515 "2008-12-12T21:33:22Z")

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Okay, so here's the deal.... I have an animated character that is comprised of several small animation/audio files, that need to be strung together to appear as one big Flash movie. Is there a way to seamlessly stri…

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## [AS2 \_root to AS3 root](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2--root-to-as3-root/277513)

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**Author:** [@LaFranco](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LaFranco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2--root-to-as3-root/277513 "2008-12-12T21:02:54Z")

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Hello, im a having a few issues with root when i converted to AS3, what i need is when im on a certain page like services.html , i need the swf to go to a certain frame in the main timeline. Any ideas …

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