# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=875 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 876 --- ## [Externalnterface not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externalnterface-not-working/268205)
**Author:** [@lettertoamit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lettertoamit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externalnterface-not-working/268205 "2008-08-11T11:32:27Z")
problem is solved --- ## [Stage - onResize](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-onresize/268204)
**Author:** [@sparkdemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparkdemon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-onresize/268204 "2008-08-11T11:32:26Z")
hello all... i have two swfs. One loads the other. the thing is that i know Stage.onResize works for a swf, as per adobe docs. i want to know that if the swf is loaded into another swf, then resized.. will it fire the … --- ## [EventDispatcher Problems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventdispatcher-problems/268200)
**Author:** [@trundrumbalind](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trundrumbalind)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventdispatcher-problems/268200 "2008-08-11T10:00:54Z")
Hi there, I'm having a strange problem dispatching custom events across different classes. Here's some basic code... MyEvent.as (extends Event) public function MyEvent(message : String) { this.message = message; } … --- ## [\[as3 xml\] convert id3 tags to regular xml](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-xml-convert-id3-tags-to-regular-xml/268195)
**Author:** [@lolomedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lolomedia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-xml-convert-id3-tags-to-regular-xml/268195 "2008-08-11T09:47:20Z")
Hello, how can i convert this id3 tags mp3 player code to regular xml to read my xml playlist? please view my code attached. xml and as file. Thank you.:stare: --- ## [BitmapData alpha breaks when changing alpha of container Sprite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmapdata-alpha-breaks-when-changing-alpha-of-container-sprite/268194)
**Author:** [@rvavruch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rvavruch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmapdata-alpha-breaks-when-changing-alpha-of-container-sprite/268194 "2008-08-11T09:38:25Z")
Hi, I posted this in Flash CS3 forum on Friday, but have had no replies, and am still stuck, sorry for cross-posting. I have the following structure: Pane:MovieClip Content:Sprite image:BitmapData P… --- ## [IoError Wierdness](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ioerror-wierdness/268193)
**Author:** [@L\_gn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/L_gn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ioerror-wierdness/268193 "2008-08-11T09:35:44Z")
Hi I am getting a an #2032 stream error when loading an corssdomain open Rss feed in to my app. The weird bit is that i get it only when i play the SWF in a stand alone player or try to debug it in the IDE, it works fine… --- ## [Flash Hosting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-hosting/268191)
**Author:** [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-hosting/268191 "2008-08-11T09:04:47Z")
Hi, Is there anybody who provides specialized flash hosting? My site is a bit sticky on my current web server but rather than reduce the quality of the images etc. I would prefer to upgrade the hosting. AK. --- ## [Converting Sprite to Bitmap](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-sprite-to-bitmap/268187)
**Author:** [@OML](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OML)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-sprite-to-bitmap/268187 "2008-08-11T08:10:39Z")
Hello all, I'm a noob in flash so i'll be very greatful for any assistance. I've got a Sprite object that I would like to extract somehow into a Bitmap object in order to manipulate certain pixels. For example, if i h… --- ## [contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/contentloaderinfo-addeventlistener-question/268186)
**Author:** [@iwiniquit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iwiniquit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/contentloaderinfo-addeventlistener-question/268186 "2008-08-11T07:24:09Z")
Is there any way to attach variables to an eventListener when it is a loader? Example: displayImageLoader.\_id = 1; // and then have this go with the Event displayImageLoader = new Loader(); displayImageLoader.conte… --- ## [Subclass parent question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subclass-parent-question/268184)
**Author:** [@tedc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tedc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subclass-parent-question/268184 "2008-08-11T06:24:16Z")
When instantiating a class from another class, if I want to access the "caller class" as a parent from within the subclass, do I always have to pass "this" as a movieclip to the constructor? I am kind of new to as3 and I… --- ## [XML CDATA issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-cdata-issue/268168)
**Author:** [@mightyRGB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mightyRGB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-cdata-issue/268168 "2008-08-11T05:31:47Z")
Hi all, I'm having an issue with Flash/AS3 where my CDATA is not being recognized by the xml parser in situations where the cdata is located in an element that has one or more nodes. for example, I can see all of the… --- ## [Problems in my audio player (Tween)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-in-my-audio-player-tween/268163)
**Author:** [@stereosushi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stereosushi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-in-my-audio-player-tween/268163 "2008-08-11T04:25:16Z")
I want to make a smooth movement when i click on anywhere in my seek bar. So i come up with an tween which is below. I have a mask called tbMask which is stays beside timeBar. ActionScript Code: new mx.transitions.T… --- ## [Question about a tutorial on this site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-a-tutorial-on-this-site/268157)
**Author:** [@Penguin941](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Penguin941)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-a-tutorial-on-this-site/268157 "2008-08-11T01:48:51Z")
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/simple\_animation4.htm You click on movie scene and create 2 new layers. But how to I go back and view the other 8 layers for the characters I made before? Thanks in advanced --- ## [Protect my MP3s from Realplayer 11!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protect-my-mp3s-from-realplayer-11/268156)
**Author:** [@learntoreed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/learntoreed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protect-my-mp3s-from-realplayer-11/268156 "2008-08-11T01:39:25Z")
Greetings! I don't know if any other flash developers are running into this, but I've recently discovered that the new version of Realplayer (11), allows users to download MP3s from a standard XML driven Flash MP3 play… --- ## [Passing xml tree to php](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-xml-tree-to-php/268154)
**Author:** [@r0000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/r0000)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-xml-tree-to-php/268154 "2008-08-11T01:36:37Z")
Basicaly I'm passing xml tree to php and having php insert it into a db, no luck yet, I'm not sure where i'm going wrong with this. Thanks for any help with this. Here's the code i'm using. //AS3 var team\_xml:XML = n… --- ## [Calling public methods in classes (AS2)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-public-methods-in-classes-as2/268152)
**Author:** [@Poco](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Poco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-public-methods-in-classes-as2/268152 "2008-08-11T00:05:10Z")
Hi everybody, I have three classes: 1. MainComponent //core things, setting sounds, etc 2. Control //ads behavior to all buttons neccessary to control the movie 3. Design //takes care only about the layout, Stage.onRes… --- ## [\[crazy effect\] Producing Psychedelic Colors / Shapes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crazy-effect-producing-psychedelic-colors-shapes/268151)
**Author:** [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crazy-effect-producing-psychedelic-colors-shapes/268151 "2008-08-10T23:41:01Z")
http://colour.sony.eu/bravia.html Go to the four boxes (top-right) \> Click on the sphere (the one to the right of 'Colourwall') \> Move your mouse around 'til the 3D carousel shows some circles \> choose EXPERIENCE COLOU… --- ## [Replacing XML nodes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replacing-xml-nodes/268150)
**Author:** [@Sage\_of\_Fire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sage_of_Fire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replacing-xml-nodes/268150 "2008-08-10T23:32:23Z")
I'm now working on a flash project that will load a standard HTML site with all the advantages of flash. My problem is that I use the WC3 recommended \ tags, versus the depreciated \ tags that flash wants. I alr… --- ## [Flash CS3: Error #1010](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-error-1010/268148)
**Author:** [@lurklurk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lurklurk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-error-1010/268148 "2008-08-10T22:30:46Z")
I am working on a banner swf for the side of a webpage and having some trouble. I am trying to send pictures back and forth on the screen, and change the pictures while they are offscreen, since there will be only two pi… --- ## [Textfield within MC interferes with buttonMode](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-within-mc-interferes-with-buttonmode/268146)
**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-within-mc-interferes-with-buttonmode/268146 "2008-08-10T21:49:32Z")
Scenario: a Movieclip used as a button contains the background graphic on the bottom layer and a dynamic textfield on the top layer. The AS 3 code used for this MC uses buttonMode to enable the cursor, but the textfield … --- ## [Flash Player (minor) version overview](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-minor-version-overview/268145)
**Author:** [@theFlashWizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theFlashWizard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-minor-version-overview/268145 "2008-08-10T21:36:15Z")
Hi guys & girls, I was wondering if there is a Flash Player (minor) version overview. To enable us for example to easily look up from which version fullscreen is supported or for example the new video codex. You can l… --- ## [StartDrag dragging children?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-dragging-children/268143)
**Author:** [@Psaldorn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Psaldorn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-dragging-children/268143 "2008-08-10T21:11:23Z")
Hi All, I'm trying to drag a movie clip which (if I remember correctly) is easy. Right? Well, the movie is an outline and a background movie that I use as a dynamically coloured background. And it's dragging that separ… --- ## [LArge problem - Cannot unload sprite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/large-problem-cannot-unload-sprite/268142)
**Author:** [@mushdj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mushdj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/large-problem-cannot-unload-sprite/268142 "2008-08-10T20:28:30Z")
HI, I am having a problem unloading a sprite that generates thumbnails on the stage. The premise is that I have a few buttons of categories, one you click on the category, the thumbnails appear on the main screen. This n… --- ## [Incrementing Instance Names When Duplicating Movie Clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/incrementing-instance-names-when-duplicating-movie-clips/268141)
**Author:** [@hp\_p00nst3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hp_p00nst3r)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/incrementing-instance-names-when-duplicating-movie-clips/268141 "2008-08-10T20:24:24Z")
Hello, After reading some stuff on duplicating movie clips with addChild, I am wondering how I am able to do add a number to the end of the created instance. Say I created a movie clip "mc1", I want to be able to dupl… --- ## [Using Smoothscroll (javascript) with Flash Navigation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-smoothscroll-javascript-with-flash-navigation/268140)
**Author:** [@lance\_biscuit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lance_biscuit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-smoothscroll-javascript-with-flash-navigation/268140 "2008-08-10T19:38:05Z")
Hi As the title suggests I've been trying to get my navigation to call a anchor tag to enable my a smooth scrolling javascript effect to work. It does call it ok but jumps from the nav straight to the anchor tag. … --- ## [\[AS2\] Need help Loading individual levels before you play them to remove 1 long wait](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-need-help-loading-individual-levels-before-you-play-them-to-remove-1-long-wait/268134)
**Author:** [@iMade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iMade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-need-help-loading-individual-levels-before-you-play-them-to-remove-1-long-wait/268134 "2008-08-10T14:40:42Z")
I am currently doing a project which involves quite a large swf file at the end. I was wondering if anyone knows a way that i can easily make it so that at the begging, when first loading up the flash, it just loads the … --- ## [Creating a dynamic photostrip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-dynamic-photostrip/268133)
**Author:** [@LoREvanescence](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LoREvanescence)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-dynamic-photostrip/268133 "2008-08-10T13:38:42Z")
I'm looking to create a dynamic scrolling photostrip using XML and AS3. I'm looking for any kind of pointers on how I can accomplish this and whether or not anyone knows some good tutorials as I'm just learning AS3 now. … --- ## [\[Flex\] setMask problem in external swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-setmask-problem-in-external-swf/268127)
**Author:** [@theHollow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theHollow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-setmask-problem-in-external-swf/268127 "2008-08-10T10:22:07Z")
This is driving me crazy. Ok, firstly, in the initialise function on one of my objects, I have this line: this.topview\_mc.setMask(this.topviewmask\_mc); topviewmask\_mc is a movieclip, topview\_mc is a custom object w… --- ## [Accessing vars from a class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-vars-from-a-class/268123)
**Author:** [@coggia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coggia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-vars-from-a-class/268123 "2008-08-10T08:56:03Z")
Hello, Is it possible to easily access a var created in my main swf from a class (declared in my main swf) ? --- ## [Reducing the time to compile](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reducing-the-time-to-compile/268122)
**Author:** [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reducing-the-time-to-compile/268122 "2008-08-10T08:25:09Z")
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