# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=828 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 829 --- ## [AS4 ECMAScript 4.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as4-ecmascript-4-0/271936)
**Author:** [@Robyee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Robyee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as4-ecmascript-4-0/271936 "2008-09-30T15:37:16Z")
Hi, i was interessed to buy an "Actionscript 3 video course" but i see that probably soon the Actionscript will be "upgraded" (as4, ecmascript ?)... its better i wait or can i buy the course AS3 anyway ?, .. probably the… --- ## [removeChild after animation runs AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-after-animation-runs-as3/271933)
**Author:** [@skew](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skew)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-after-animation-runs-as3/271933 "2008-09-30T15:22:12Z")
I am working on a presentation that consists of about 12 screen that are triggered by clicking on a thumbnail. When you click on a screen's thumbnail, it wrote an addChild("XX") to show it and then a gotoAndPlay("XX") to… --- ## [Visibility Class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visibility-class/271927)
**Author:** [@as3\_novice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/as3_novice)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visibility-class/271927 "2008-09-30T14:06:37Z")
I am trying to create a class that will set the visibility of all movieClips to false by default. I would like to call a function like showClip(box\_mc, triangle\_mc) and change the visibility of just these movieClips to … --- ## [Is this a bad programming practice?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-bad-programming-practice/271924)
**Author:** [@IanCremona](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IanCremona)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-bad-programming-practice/271924 "2008-09-30T13:24:35Z")
if (this.lbar.alpha\>0) { lbar.alpha=lbar.alpha-1; } else { } Is there a better way to do this? I noticed the loop stops whilst changing the x and y coords.. must be to stop "overloaling". … --- ## [HTTP, Sockets, and Stuff](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/http-sockets-and-stuff/271921)
**Author:** [@Walexman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Walexman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/http-sockets-and-stuff/271921 "2008-09-30T12:30:34Z")
I'm trying to understand sockets and HTTP. I understand that sockets is a method of communicating over a network. And this is how browsers work, and HTTP is a standard form of this communication used by browsers. I'm try… --- ## [Help with links and rollover effects!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-links-and-rollover-effects/271919)
**Author:** [@SFuller79](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SFuller79)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-links-and-rollover-effects/271919 "2008-09-30T11:44:24Z")
Hi folks, I'm pretty new to Flash in general, and I'm trying to put up a slick website for my illustrative work. At present, I understand animation and movement pretty decently. I'm at the point where I could probably … --- ## [Problem with contact form in AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-contact-form-in-as2/271916)
**Author:** [@jerome\_chevreau](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jerome_chevreau)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-contact-form-in-as2/271916 "2008-09-30T11:33:10Z")
Hi everyone, I have a contact form and i have a little problem when it comes to send a mail. I have the string message saying that the message has been sent but the receiver just get an empty message, empty email add… --- ## [Rss news feed - previous and next button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rss-news-feed-previous-and-next-button/271910)
**Author:** [@petermyrup](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/petermyrup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rss-news-feed-previous-and-next-button/271910 "2008-09-30T10:03:24Z")
Hi guys I want to build a flashbanner, which displays an rss news feed. I want the user to be able to click a "next" and "previous" button, in order to manually switch between the different headlines/stories in the rss… --- ## [LockPosition](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lockposition/271908)
**Author:** [@ShiQi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ShiQi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lockposition/271908 "2008-09-30T09:52:48Z")
What is "lockPosition : Boolean \[default:false\]"? Can Someone show me an example as in how to do it in actionscript 2.0? Thank in advance =D I just want to lock an MOvieClip. --- ## [Preloader in CS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-in-cs3/271905)
**Author:** [@IanCremona](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IanCremona)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-in-cs3/271905 "2008-09-30T09:12:32Z")
if (newSlides.currentLoadingImage\<1) { //loadingTxt.text = String("Loading "+(newSlides.currentLoadingImage+1)+" of "+Math.floor(event.bytesLoaded/1024)+ " kilobytes have loaded from "+Math.floor(event.bytesTotal… --- ## [Please help NOOB - AS3 Netstream Video Preloader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-noob-as3-netstream-video-preloader/271904)
**Author:** [@nate073](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nate073)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-noob-as3-netstream-video-preloader/271904 "2008-09-30T08:21:44Z")
Hello, I'm an AS3 nube. I bought a premade AS3 video player and a separate AS3 preloader from FlashDen...and I'm trying to figure out what the #?$^ I'm doing (lol). Just trying to use the preloader to do the preload fo… --- ## [Vertical button positioning without x,y coordinates](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-button-positioning-without-x-y-coordinates/271902)
**Author:** [@iscarrr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iscarrr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertical-button-positioning-without-x-y-coordinates/271902 "2008-09-30T08:00:36Z")
Hi guys, I'm trying to layout a navigation in flash that flows vertically down the page so basically something like Home About Contact etc. each button on a new line. Now at the moment im doing this by setting the … --- ## [Getting all combinations of an Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-all-combinations-of-an-array/271900)
**Author:** [@AJV55](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AJV55)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-all-combinations-of-an-array/271900 "2008-09-30T06:45:45Z")
I have an array with 32 objects, each with attributes price and value. I need to get the best possible group of 8 objects - with the best combined values but the price under 50 million $. I guess the simplest approach… --- ## [Sound class - File headers, IOErrors, and 404s](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-class-file-headers-ioerrors-and-404s/271899)
**Author:** [@horizens](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/horizens)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-class-file-headers-ioerrors-and-404s/271899 "2008-09-30T06:19:48Z")
Hi, all I'm developing an mp3 player for a rather large music search engine. The files that are played are found on the web, so it's increasingly difficult to gracefully determine to the validity of them. This file f… --- ## [Assigning Listeners to Children](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-listeners-to-children/271896)
**Author:** [@Loki\_develop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Loki_develop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-listeners-to-children/271896 "2008-09-30T04:28:44Z")
So far I have a set of functions that are doing exactly as told. But I need to modify the set to be able to work on the parent but the listeners need to be on a child movieclip with the name clickarea or something simila… --- ## [Publish Setting Profile dissapears](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publish-setting-profile-dissapears/271894)
**Author:** [@CayoHueso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CayoHueso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publish-setting-profile-dissapears/271894 "2008-09-30T03:48:54Z")
Hi, Maybe I am doing something wrong: I open Publish Settings, create a new profile using the + button, and publish. When I try to use the same profile in another FLA file, the only profile that appears in the drop dow… --- ## [Need help to continue onenterframe](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-to-continue-onenterframe/271887)
**Author:** [@nikel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-to-continue-onenterframe/271887 "2008-09-30T02:19:30Z")
The following code breaks itself. How can I fix it? arrNumber = 0; this.holder\_mc.onEnterFrame = function() { \_root.holder\_mc\[edges\[\_root.arrNumber\]\].\_width = 44-\_root.holder\_mc.\_x; if (\_root.arrNumber \< \_root.edges… --- ## [How do I convert this String to a variable?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-string-to-a-variable/271886)
**Author:** [@nlyttle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nlyttle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-string-to-a-variable/271886 "2008-09-30T02:18:01Z")
First I'm defining the location of my external SWFs to be loaded like this: var sec1:String = "projects.swf"; var sec2:String = "news.swf"; and so on... then on my button functions I tried: var loadSection = \["se… --- ## [Link navigation? (Mind blank) easy answer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-navigation-mind-blank-easy-answer/271884)
**Author:** [@Z11](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Z11)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-navigation-mind-blank-easy-answer/271884 "2008-09-30T01:09:15Z")
So I apparantly have no recolection how to create a link... I want it so that when the code is run, a new window is open up in the browser, taking them to the URL... I know it's simple, I've done it before, but right n… --- ## [\[CS3 AS2\] Clickable area of MC full size](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-clickable-area-of-mc-full-size/271873)
**Author:** [@jason\_e\_mock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jason_e_mock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-clickable-area-of-mc-full-size/271873 "2008-09-29T21:58:40Z")
I know this is basic, but I lack the terms to use to search for the solution. I can do some advanced stuff in Flash, but when it comes to basics like this, I'm at a loss. I'm trying to have two movieclips call the sam… --- ## [Determine direction of mouse movement](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-direction-of-mouse-movement/271872)
**Author:** [@pyromunky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pyromunky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-direction-of-mouse-movement/271872 "2008-09-29T21:35:00Z")
I have a clip of a small person 'flying', following the mouse coordinates. Its a 2d image facing a to one side. Can anyone suggest how I can determine when the mouse is moving right or left so that I can trigger the icon… --- ## [Need help with Tween class... can't tween alpha](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-tween-class-cant-tween-alpha/271868)
**Author:** [@creativeFuzion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creativeFuzion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-tween-class-cant-tween-alpha/271868 "2008-09-29T21:13:57Z")
var picStartAlpha1\_out:Number = pic1\_out.alpha; var picEndAlpha1\_out:Number = 0; var picAlphaDuration1\_out:Number = 700; var picTweenAlpha1\_out:Tween = new Tween (pic1\_out,"alpha",Regular.easeInOut,picStartAlpha1\_out,p… --- ## [Help! Components between Flex and Flash!? Uggghh](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-components-between-flex-and-flash-uggghh/271867)
**Author:** [@aurachron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aurachron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-components-between-flex-and-flash-uggghh/271867 "2008-09-29T21:08:33Z")
Hi All, I used to post on these forums when I last used flash (MX2004), and it seems that things have changed a bit in the world of flash. I'm very happy to discover that, mainly because I used to hate using MX2k4. N… --- ## [Cin and Cout's equivalent in Actionscript 3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cin-and-couts-equivalent-in-actionscript-3/271865)
**Author:** [@KaizerKaizer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KaizerKaizer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cin-and-couts-equivalent-in-actionscript-3/271865 "2008-09-29T20:39:06Z")
Hey, I've coded for some time in C++, but I can't find an easy and fast way in ActionScript 3.0 to type in from the keyboard. The output panel with the Trace(); command works great, but typing in? Any suggestions? --- ## [Problem with v-cam](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-v-cam/271863)
**Author:** [@zlxq3000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zlxq3000)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-v-cam/271863 "2008-09-29T20:28:32Z")
I'm not 100% sure that this is where this goes, but I am using Flash CS3, so I might as well post it in here... I've got kind of a weird problem with the v-cam (the O'Reily one): I've got a movieclip inside of a moviec… --- ## [PLEASE HELP: unloading xml loaded swfs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-unloading-xml-loaded-swfs/271861)
**Author:** [@janjan32](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/janjan32)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-unloading-xml-loaded-swfs/271861 "2008-09-29T20:09:43Z")
Hi All, I have my files nearly complete, but can't seem to figure out how to unload the swfs in as3 once you click a button to load a new one. My file works great, with the exception of the videos playing over each oth… --- ## [BaseScrollPane, ScrollPane, contentPadding: what?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basescrollpane-scrollpane-contentpadding-what/271860)
**Author:** [@Stickeroo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stickeroo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basescrollpane-scrollpane-contentpadding-what/271860 "2008-09-29T20:01:21Z")
It's a simple question, really -- I think. I have a bunch of content that I want loaded into a ScrollPane. If I try offsetting the content by 16 pixels from the top left, then the ScrollPane instance crops the right/bott… --- ## [How do I put my flash site online?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-put-my-flash-site-online/271859)
**Author:** [@Julian500](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Julian500)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-put-my-flash-site-online/271859 "2008-09-29T19:51:43Z")
I have found sites like godaddy.com and register.com to buy a domain and get your files hosted. I haven't registered yet because I heard about some sort of index file, but I can't seem to find anything about it through … --- ## [Creating tournament brackets](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-tournament-brackets/271855)
**Author:** [@Iammontoya](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Iammontoya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-tournament-brackets/271855 "2008-09-29T18:47:33Z")
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=309692 --- ## [Mouse picking up buttons under movieclip - Help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-picking-up-buttons-under-movieclip-help/271854)
**Author:** [@Poncho5k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Poncho5k)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-picking-up-buttons-under-movieclip-help/271854 "2008-09-29T18:47:24Z")
So I got my stage with a bunch of buttons in the middle of it. when you click one a little window pops up, alls good. Problem is that when my mouse is over that window it is still picking up the buttons underneath of i… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=827) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=829)