# flash

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## [AS2 Preloader + Links are not working well :(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-preloader-links-are-not-working-well/274398)

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**Author:** [@k3nn4](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/k3nn4)\
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**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-preloader-links-are-not-working-well/274398 "2008-10-29T14:45:31Z")

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Guys... I've been trying to fix this and no luck \[frowning\] Anyone here can help me out ?? What is my current problem is... my actionscript button is working very well but when i added the preloader code in there.. the…

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## [Tween and Blur](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-and-blur/274397)

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**Author:** [@shevi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shevi)\
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**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-and-blur/274397 "2008-10-29T14:41:28Z")

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Hello I am trying to add a simple Tween adn Blur effect via Action script to a circle movie clip when a button is clicked.. If i try comment the Blur and try the Tween or the other way it works but not both together.…

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## [Getting spammed with "Multiple constructor definitions found"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-spammed-with-multiple-constructor-definitions-found/274396)

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**Author:** [@ven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ven)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-spammed-with-multiple-constructor-definitions-found/274396 "2008-10-29T14:26:34Z")

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I get randomly spammed with these messages for all kinds of MovieClips i have: Multiple constructor definitions found. Constructor may not be defined in \<Script/\> code. I dont have and "\<Script/\> code", nor can i fin…

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## [Text as target in Drag&Drop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-as-target-in-drag-drop/274393)

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**Author:** [@english56](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/english56)\
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**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-as-target-in-drag-drop/274393 "2008-10-29T13:42:48Z")

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Hi, good to meet you all here. It seems like a good forum. I have a question that I hope somebody can help me with. I have created a flash drag&drop quiz from the flash templates. For the drag I have inserted a text fi…

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## [Pressing buttons without huge pauses?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pressing-buttons-without-huge-pauses/274391)

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**Author:** [@White\_wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/White_wizard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pressing-buttons-without-huge-pauses/274391 "2008-10-29T13:09:40Z")

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Hi. I'm creating 2d adventure game with Actionscript 3. I've created square where my hero can travel inside. Hero moves from left to right and it even jumps and hits. There is this tiny error which I would like to get …

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## [onTheFly \[.as\] textfield](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onthefly-as-textfield/274390)

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**Author:** [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onthefly-as-textfield/274390 "2008-10-29T12:48:24Z")

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ok, I have to make everything in my movie SuperFly I'm creating a background MC, then sticking a textfield above it... in thoery. All I get is the background MC. As I see it "clip" depth =1, "blogText" depth =2; BT…

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## ['Vector3D' class (angleBetween)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector3d-class-anglebetween/274383)

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**Author:** [@substance](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/substance)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector3d-class-anglebetween/274383 "2008-10-29T09:39:22Z")

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I was just looking through all the goodies that flash player 10 came with and stumbled across the Vector3D class which seems like an awesome replacement to the old Point class. It has a ton of useful built-in methods lik…

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## [Converting Kirupa Snow pt2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-kirupa-snow-pt2/274382)

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**Author:** [@RossKidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RossKidd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-kirupa-snow-pt2/274382 "2008-10-29T09:02:04Z")

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Hi have been struggling with this for a couple of days, it looks like all the code is converted but I cannot get it to work. I am trying to convert http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/snow.htm into AS3. Attached…

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## [Image marquee](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-marquee/274380)

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**Author:** [@xoozlez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xoozlez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-marquee/274380 "2008-10-29T08:25:45Z")

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Hi all... I like to create an xml image marquee. The codes I have below only allow me to scroll the images left and right upon mouseover. Can anyone show wat's the script like to have the images auto scroll horizontally?…

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## [Object Oriented Scrollbar with External HTML and CSS file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-oriented-scrollbar-with-external-html-and-css-file/274371)

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**Author:** [@Ziul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ziul)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-oriented-scrollbar-with-external-html-and-css-file/274371 "2008-10-29T03:38:44Z")

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Simply put, what I'm trying to do is create a Dynamic Textfield with custom scroll bars via this tutorial (http://gotoandlearn.com/play?id=71), that renders an external HTML file with CSS attached as its content instead …

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## [How to make a customize character frame?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-customize-character-frame/274368)

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**Author:** [@breakeraj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/breakeraj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-customize-character-frame/274368 "2008-10-29T02:16:56Z")

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I want a make a game where you get to customize your character and that is the character that you play with the whole game. Anyone got any ideas on how? BTW its gotta be flash 6

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## [No one has ever explained to me how to do this](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-one-has-ever-explained-to-me-how-to-do-this/274366)

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**Author:** [@RossKidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RossKidd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-one-has-ever-explained-to-me-how-to-do-this/274366 "2008-10-29T00:58:39Z")

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I have come across this problem many times and have never really been explained to how this can be done. I want to create 10 movieclips from my library, then I want to name them incrementally (ross1, ross2, ross3 etc…

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## [Please help me get started!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-get-started/274362)

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**Author:** [@tsujim0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tsujim0)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-get-started/274362 "2008-10-28T23:31:22Z")

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Hello, I'm in need of some help. If anyone is kind enough to pity me and give me a bit of a hand getting started with my as3 project, thankyou! I have an as3 project. With three buttons on the main timeline. I have a m…

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## [loadMovie loses all other relative urls](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-loses-all-other-relative-urls/274360)

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**Author:** [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-loses-all-other-relative-urls/274360 "2008-10-28T21:52:54Z")

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I'm trying to make a DVD of all these flash lectures I had to make for a university. The way I decided to do it for lack of better ideas was to make a flash interface that would play all the lectures inside of itself. T…

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## [Error trying to set textFormat](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-trying-to-set-textformat/274357)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-trying-to-set-textformat/274357 "2008-10-28T21:11:37Z")

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Here's the basic code: public class Game extends MovieClip { private var default\_color:Number=0x000000; private var rollover\_color:Number=0x333333; private var selected\_color:Number=0x333333; public funct…

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## [Placing cue point markers correctly](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-cue-point-markers-correctly/274354)

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**Author:** [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-cue-point-markers-correctly/274354 "2008-10-28T20:53:11Z")

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So I have a video player with a playbar showing the current play time. I have added cue points like this: \_\_VTODCuePoints = \[ {time:3,name:"firstCue"}, {time:10,name:"secondCue"}, {time:20,name:"t…

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## [How to format externally loaded text?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-format-externally-loaded-text/274353)

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**Author:** [@celicasaur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/celicasaur)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-format-externally-loaded-text/274353 "2008-10-28T20:46:21Z")

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I've managed to load an external text file into my movie with the following code: var external\_txt:TextField = new TextField(); var externalReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("external.txt"); var externalLoad:URLLoader =…

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## [What am I Missing?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-am-i-missing/274350)

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**Author:** [@gsheppar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gsheppar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-am-i-missing/274350 "2008-10-28T20:08:42Z")

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I created a .txt document that opens up in a dynamic text box. I then created an asfunction in my Action Script in frame 1 of my movie: function jump (framename) { gotoAndPlay("framename"); } When someone clicks on …

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## [Loader Component problems in FF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-component-problems-in-ff/274348)

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**Author:** [@rolando\_lopez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rolando_lopez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-component-problems-in-ff/274348 "2008-10-28T19:53:16Z")

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Hi Everyone, So I'm having a problem with a very simple gallery. It gets an XML file that lists all the images that should be used and then displays them three at a time using Loader components. The problem is that in …

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## [Spatial node based nav - very much like www.visualthesaurus.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spatial-node-based-nav-very-much-like-www-visualthesaurus-com/274346)

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**Author:** [@bisket](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bisket)\
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**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spatial-node-based-nav-very-much-like-www-visualthesaurus-com/274346 "2008-10-28T19:40:59Z")

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I'm looking for some examples of this type of organic node based navigation, basically a sitemap come to life, if you will. In the past I've ran into many sites that had examples of this but I did not book mark them an…

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## [AS3: Mask within a Mask (or how to use a shape with a hole in it as a mask)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-mask-within-a-mask-or-how-to-use-a-shape-with-a-hole-in-it-as-a-mask/274345)

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**Author:** [@Grax\_Bishop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Grax_Bishop)\
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**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-mask-within-a-mask-or-how-to-use-a-shape-with-a-hole-in-it-as-a-mask/274345 "2008-10-28T19:23:39Z")

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Hi guys, I've been stuck on this AS 3 masking problem for days now. I'm sure there's a simple solution to my problem but it's proving to be a pain. \[frowning\] I have a movieclip that contains some drawings, bitmap, …

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## [How to access frames in parent layer?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-frames-in-parent-layer/274343)

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**Author:** [@alexandramils\_y](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alexandramils_y)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-frames-in-parent-layer/274343 "2008-10-28T18:40:40Z")

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Hi, Since I am new here in Kirupa and in an FlashCS3, I would like to say hi first before I start with my problem I was trying to figure it by myself - no luck at all... So I hope someone here will be able to help m…

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## [Preloader targeting specific MC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-targeting-specific-mc/274342)

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**Author:** [@Range](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Range)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-targeting-specific-mc/274342 "2008-10-28T18:30:52Z")

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Hi, I have spent awhile on this and am having a difficult time finding the right solution for a preloader within a movie clip that is targeting an event in another movie clip. So if I have a preloader located at root.mai…

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## [Making a list of an Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-list-of-an-array/274340)

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**Author:** [@Sociapirate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sociapirate)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-list-of-an-array/274340 "2008-10-28T18:20:11Z")

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Hai, For my work i'm trying to get an Array properly into a text field. The array is being taken out of XML and then turned into the array and fed into a textfield. But it shows up like this: Name1, Name2, Na me4, Na…

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## [Caurina tween - delay tween](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/caurina-tween-delay-tween/274338)

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**Author:** [@biztaty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/biztaty)\
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**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/caurina-tween-delay-tween/274338 "2008-10-28T17:21:26Z")

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Hi, For example if i use caurina tweening class in as3 and i tween my circle, i want to apply multiple tweens, but each tween stage will come after 1 second, here is my code: mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_O…

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## [as3/as2 communication issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-as2-communication-issue/274336)

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**Author:** [@JeanPaul\_Bardou](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeanPaul_Bardou)\
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**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-as2-communication-issue/274336 "2008-10-28T16:56:59Z")

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Hello, I have written an application with cs3/as2, and when the time came to print, I realized that it would have been better with as3. I wrote the print application in as3, the only problem is that it has to receive…

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## [Transforming a drop shadow](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transforming-a-drop-shadow/274334)

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**Author:** [@Jesang](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jesang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transforming-a-drop-shadow/274334 "2008-10-28T16:32:55Z")

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Hey there reader, Does anyone have a clue how to transform a drop shadow? I want the effect of light coming from above a ball, and a skewed shadow on the "ground" below it. I can't apply the transformation matrices to …

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## [Randomizing Audio](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomizing-audio/274333)

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**Author:** [@wahiche](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wahiche)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomizing-audio/274333 "2008-10-28T16:26:12Z")

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I know this is probably easy but I have lokoed everywhere and cannot find the solution so if anyone can help me with the most simple thing it would be great. What I need is to have random audio play when I roll over a …

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## [Image Quality Changes During Transition](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-quality-changes-during-transition/274331)

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**Author:** [@mediajux](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mediajux)\
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**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-quality-changes-during-transition/274331 "2008-10-28T15:54:20Z")

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Hi Everyone, I'm currently having a small issue with my flash movie. If you view www.acceleratewebs.com/trevett/wordpress You will see a swf on the homepage. I created the tweens using just flash, no as3 or anyth…

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## [Slideshow - Alternate View thumbnails refuse to be interactive](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-alternate-view-thumbnails-refuse-to-be-interactive/274329)

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**Author:** [@Adra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Adra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-alternate-view-thumbnails-refuse-to-be-interactive/274329 "2008-10-28T15:47:44Z")

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Hi everyone! I've posted a couple times in the past, and you have all been very helpful, thank you! I've tried to do my part in helping others, but it's time I need help again. I made a slideshow based off the foll…

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