# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=800 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 801 --- ## [Converting a date serial number to a real date](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-date-serial-number-to-a-real-date/274570)
**Author:** [@leraptor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leraptor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-date-serial-number-to-a-real-date/274570 "2008-10-31T16:26:30Z")
I'm reading dates from Excel and I get this type of serial number : 37477. It's actually the number of days since 1-1-1900. Is there a function to convert that directly into a date in Flash ? Thanks, --- ## [Mouse trail problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-trail-problem/274560)
**Author:** [@Burvs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Burvs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-trail-problem/274560 "2008-10-31T14:53:57Z")
Hi all, I'm trying to make a mouse trail for an AS3 project (horrible I know, but client wants it...), where the mouse pointer leaves a trail of stars behind as you move the cursor around. I've got it working fine by… --- ## [Linking Movie Clips together](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-movie-clips-together/274552)
**Author:** [@cdemott33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cdemott33)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-movie-clips-together/274552 "2008-10-31T13:38:27Z")
Hi. New here and new to ActionScripts. My task, I believe, is a very simple one. How do you link multiple movie clips together on the main stage to play one right after the other? I have 3 individual movie clips I cr… --- ## [Need advice (advanced annotation of video)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice-advanced-annotation-of-video/274551)
**Author:** [@Dannyw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dannyw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice-advanced-annotation-of-video/274551 "2008-10-31T13:00:50Z")
Ok i just want some advice on my current project. How-to's, Don't-do's etc. What i am creating is a presentation of an incident captured on CCTV. There will be quite a few videos (about 10) totalling around 40 minutes … --- ## [Icon in combobox?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/icon-in-combobox/274549)
**Author:** [@flashpipe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashpipe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/icon-in-combobox/274549 "2008-10-31T12:28:26Z")
I'm trying to put an icon in a combobox next to a text selection (it's a select your country with a flag and country name). I've searched all over google for cellrenderer, combobox, etc. and haven't found any example o… --- ## [Open certain category - XML Menu accordion](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-certain-category-xml-menu-accordion/274548)
**Author:** [@Only\_Dust](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Only_Dust)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-certain-category-xml-menu-accordion/274548 "2008-10-31T11:53:25Z")
I not a developer, so I bought a menu, which I saw in flashden. a menu xml accordion. http://flashden.net/files/21673/index.html My problem is the following, the menu opens all, I just would like to open certain … --- ## [Yahoo Maps text not showing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yahoo-maps-text-not-showing/274542)
**Author:** [@daidai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daidai)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yahoo-maps-text-not-showing/274542 "2008-10-31T10:37:54Z")
My problem occurrs when I change the yahoo written example: \[AS\] import com.yahoo.maps.tools.PanTool; import com.yahoo.maps.markers.CustomPOIMarker; myMap.addEventListener("initialize", onInitMap); function onInitMap(e… --- ## [Cross domain loading of FLV's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cross-domain-loading-of-flvs/274537)
**Author:** [@zellers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zellers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cross-domain-loading-of-flvs/274537 "2008-10-31T04:37:31Z")
Alright, I was told that I need some sort of file on the domain hosting an FLV in order to load it from another domain. Is this true? If so, step by step, how would I go about loading this FLV if I were to say.... put … --- ## [Premature unloading of loaded SWFs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/premature-unloading-of-loaded-swfs/274536)
**Author:** [@RichSad](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RichSad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/premature-unloading-of-loaded-swfs/274536 "2008-10-31T03:41:39Z")
I have an AS3 Flash project that loads a bunch of movies from external SWF files. When I run in it inside the Flash CS3 Debug Movie debugger, I see an odd thing. I see it load and unpack the SWFs. After loading the loade… --- ## [Sliding Effect](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-effect/274534)
**Author:** [@flashdaddy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashdaddy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-effect/274534 "2008-10-31T02:21:37Z")
Hey All, I'm having a problem trying to find out trying to do something. I'm trying to make a slide effect with 3 movie clips and I have no idea what it's called, so I'm not sure what to search for but I seen somethi… --- ## [Caurina tweener - trying to stop it tweening](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/caurina-tweener-trying-to-stop-it-tweening/274532)
**Author:** [@biztaty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/biztaty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/caurina-tweener-trying-to-stop-it-tweening/274532 "2008-10-31T01:34:18Z")
Hi, I have a timer, that calculates 2 seconds and after each 2 seconds it tweens my movie clip using caurina, what I am trying to do is to stop it tweening, what I am trying to do is something like this: myMC.addEv… --- ## [Mouse Tracking](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-tracking/274531)
**Author:** [@Fidodo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fidodo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-tracking/274531 "2008-10-30T23:40:35Z")
Does anyone know of any mouse tracking APIs out there? i.e. tracking mouse movements of a user session for data collection. If there's nothing out there, I can come up with something but I don't want to develop something… --- ## [Rotation Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-issue/274530)
**Author:** [@kurrle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kurrle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-issue/274530 "2008-10-30T23:32:15Z")
Hello everyone. I think what I have on my hands is a little trigonometry problem but I'm not sure because I never listened in math class. Here is the file I am referencing: http://pixel8media.com/help/index.html I'm … --- ## [Making a Flash Menu Remember Page Selected](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-flash-menu-remember-page-selected/274529)
**Author:** [@sliilvia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sliilvia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-flash-menu-remember-page-selected/274529 "2008-10-30T23:30:26Z")
Hi all, I have a flash menu that I would like to use. The problem is that the menu animations work fine, but there is nothing to show the user which page they are currently on. eg I want when a user selects 'contact' for… --- ## [Problem with RPG:Tile tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-rpg-tile-tutorial/274525)
**Author:** [@dachimpy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dachimpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-rpg-tile-tutorial/274525 "2008-10-30T22:41:27Z")
I have been following kirupa.com - RPG Programming: Tiles tutorial but have been applying it to my program rather than copying it. I have hit a problem with the collision detection \[SIZE=2\]\[COLOR=black\]\[FONT=Arial\]\[SI… --- ## [Flash Player 10 penetration?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-10-penetration/274522)
**Author:** [@Esseti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esseti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-10-penetration/274522 "2008-10-30T21:37:30Z")
Is there any data on how many users have FP10 yet? Im iching to use 3D for banners, but I think that it might be a little too early. --- ## [Annoying autoformat problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoying-autoformat-problem/274516)
**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoying-autoformat-problem/274516 "2008-10-30T21:10:40Z")
so I have this class: package com.dop { public class VTODQuestion { private var \_\_p:MovieClip = (this.parent as MovieClip); private var \_\_vidPlayer:MovieClip = \_\_p.videoObj.v; public function VTODQuestion(ques… --- ## [Canceling an XML Load](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/canceling-an-xml-load/274515)
**Author:** [@jazgold](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jazgold)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/canceling-an-xml-load/274515 "2008-10-30T21:05:30Z")
when I load data into an XML object: var xml = new XML(); xml.load( "someXmlsource" ) is there a way to cancel the load? let's say i had a button that when clicked caused the data to load into the xml object. i'… --- ## [Convert external.swf to a movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-external-swf-to-a-movieclip/274512)
**Author:** [@ralphiedee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ralphiedee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-external-swf-to-a-movieclip/274512 "2008-10-30T20:36:59Z")
Before I attempt this I thought I would ask. I have converted small swfs into movie clips before but I wanted to know if I could convert a photoslideshow .swf to a movieclip so I could have it play from the timeline rath… --- ## [XML Driven Drop down tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-tutorial/274505)
**Author:** [@dstort1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dstort1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-tutorial/274505 "2008-10-30T18:42:23Z")
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xml\_dropdown\_menu3.htm Hi all, so I'm trying to convert the above tutorial into as3. The problem i'm having is finding the as3 equivalent of this line \[COLOR=black\]xmlObj… --- ## [Map Zoom and Out problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/map-zoom-and-out-problems/274504)
**Author:** [@ridd412](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ridd412)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/map-zoom-and-out-problems/274504 "2008-10-30T18:39:22Z")
Hi Everyone, I'm having a really tough time figuring out the math for a mapping system I'm developing. The problem starts with the zoom in. I've looked through some existing posts in this forum. But none of them see… --- ## [Need more control of external .swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-more-control-of-external-swf/274501)
**Author:** [@scotia2k4](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotia2k4)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-more-control-of-external-swf/274501 "2008-10-30T18:27:57Z")
Hello! Its been a while since Ive posted (although not sure I know more!)... Ive used a tutorial to create an AS3-ish preloader, which loads my external file just fine - except it plays automatically & replaces the ori… --- ## [FOR SALE BRAND NEW APPLE IPHONE 3G 16GB...$300USD awomobiles@hotmail.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-sale-brand-new-apple-iphone-3g-16gb-300usd-awomobiles-hotmail-com/274499)
**Author:** [@refresh18](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/refresh18)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-sale-brand-new-apple-iphone-3g-16gb-300usd-awomobiles-hotmail-com/274499 "2008-10-30T18:19:44Z")
we are Registerd and Legitimate With a Work Force of Over 200 Staffs and 90 R & D Research Engineers that always make sure that all products are delivered in good condition. We supply many other electronic products, such… --- ## [ioError #2038: Mac issue?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ioerror-2038-mac-issue/274498)
**Author:** [@redelite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/redelite)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ioerror-2038-mac-issue/274498 "2008-10-30T17:58:09Z")
So I'm developing a flash application in AS3. What I have is a gallery with a list of images and I have a button at the bottom of it to allow a user to upload their own image. When I begin the upload, all is well on a… --- ## [Calculating position & angle relative to a frame of reference](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calculating-position-angle-relative-to-a-frame-of-reference/274497)
**Author:** [@justkevin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/justkevin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calculating-position-angle-relative-to-a-frame-of-reference/274497 "2008-10-30T17:56:52Z")
In a game I'm working on, the player controls the main gun turret of a space ship. The turret's sprite is a child of the spaceship's sprite. As the ship moves and rotates, so does the turret. Quite often, the game ne… --- ## [Smooth Bitmap tweening problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-bitmap-tweening-problem/274494)
**Author:** [@psykovsky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psykovsky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-bitmap-tweening-problem/274494 "2008-10-30T17:47:48Z")
Hello, I am trying to animate few windows through a native flash tween class. While the movement is applied to the vector objects it works just fine, thou when I have some bitmap objects I get this stuttering effect. My … --- ## [Mariaan](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mariaan/274493)
**Author:** [@mariaanfb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mariaanfb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mariaan/274493 "2008-10-30T17:45:05Z")
I have Flash Pro 8 - I made a shape twwn of a puddle changing into a oval, I would like to use this as a button... If you hover over it it must change to a oval --- ## [Get MovieClip properties without instance name](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-movieclip-properties-without-instance-name/274491)
**Author:** [@Mossoi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mossoi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-movieclip-properties-without-instance-name/274491 "2008-10-30T17:21:09Z")
This is a very basic question but I can't find the answer anywhere. I want to get the properties of a movieclip placed on the stage from it's class name only (AS2 linkage). Ultimately I want to loop through multiple obje… --- ## [Input text box reset variable/if else(cs3/as2)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-box-reset-variable-if-else-cs3-as2/274486)
**Author:** [@convrgr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/convrgr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-box-reset-variable-if-else-cs3-as2/274486 "2008-10-30T16:31:14Z")
(cs3/as2) I have an input text put that says name, until you click on it and it goes away. What I'm trying to do is make an if else statement that will have it so when you type in the box and leave box, but want to go ba… --- ## [Question about math power function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-math-power-function/274484)
**Author:** [@Markus42](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Markus42)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-math-power-function/274484 "2008-10-30T16:21:28Z")
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