# flash

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## [AIR APP \> Sony Andriod Tablet](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/air-app-sony-andriod-tablet/327066)

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**Author:** [@colouredFunk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/colouredFunk)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/air-app-sony-andriod-tablet/327066 "2012-02-03T14:44:32Z")

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Hello, I'm trying deploy a test Air app (Authored Flash CS5.5 IDE) onto a Sony Andriod Tablet. Running Andriod 3.1. I'm not having much luck. My only way of connecting to the tablet is through an SD Card. I've tried …

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## [How to get a MovieClip from TileList?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-movieclip-from-tilelist/327064)

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**Author:** [@divertoso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/divertoso)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-movieclip-from-tilelist/327064 "2012-02-03T14:01:08Z")

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Hi I have a TileList witch all my movieclips from library, i wold like to click in item and this item appear on my stage. myTileList.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN,clicouItemLista); function clicouItemLista…

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## [Loading random vídeos (mp4) from folder](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-random-videos-mp4-from-folder/327063)

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**Author:** [@felipegm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/felipegm)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-random-videos-mp4-from-folder/327063 "2012-02-03T13:40:33Z")

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Hello The client needs to be able to upload new vídeos to a folder, and the flash should load a video randomly. Is it possible to make the flash to read the folder and load a random vídeo, without having to change the …

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## [How would these DisplayObjects be garbage collected?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-these-displayobjects-be-garbage-collected/327062)

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**Author:** [@AS3\_Gringo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AS3_Gringo)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-these-displayobjects-be-garbage-collected/327062 "2012-02-03T07:54:37Z")

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Let say there is a Class A, it has a timer which updates its x position periodically. So all the instance of Class A will update their own x position. There is another Class B which extends Class A and overrides the func…

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## [AS3 Socket Urgent](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-socket-urgent/327056)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-socket-urgent/327056 "2012-02-03T02:40:25Z")

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Hi I have to read 2 different array of from c++ server using AS3 client. And write 2 different array of bytes to the server. How should I do it? I have established a socket connection. Thanks

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## [Not exporting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-exporting/327054)

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**Author:** [@anakin88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anakin88)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-exporting/327054 "2012-02-02T22:49:43Z")

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Hi. Me and my buddy is having a huge problem. It seems like we have hit a limit in how many assets (movieclips/sounds etc) that we can have in our library. We can export at the moment, but if we put in another cutsce…

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## [How to randomize a button play?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-randomize-a-button-play/327053)

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**Author:** [@wittleM3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wittleM3)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-randomize-a-button-play/327053 "2012-02-02T22:25:58Z")

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Hello all, I am new to flash and seem to be stuck with this problem. Any guidance would be extremely appreciated. 1 button. 3 animations (red, green, blue) on different layers at different frames (80, 100, 115) in …

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## [As3 and Database Urgent!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-and-database-urgent/327052)

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**Author:** [@na\_il](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/na_il)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-and-database-urgent/327052 "2012-02-02T22:08:29Z")

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This is urgent because i need it by saturday. How would I add a object to a "canvas" inside of flash, and whatever is in the this area will populate a database table. So basically there will be movie clips in the area an…

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## [AS3 SharedObject - last frame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-sharedobject-last-frame/327047)

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**Author:** [@bee89](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bee89)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-sharedobject-last-frame/327047 "2012-02-02T14:34:16Z")

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Hi, Im trying to use the SharedObject to allow the user to return back to where they previously were in the game if they click away.. I've used the following code however It just seems to stick to the next frame. i.e…

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## [Game performs smoothly in IDE but sloppy in the browser](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-performs-smoothly-in-ide-but-sloppy-in-the-browser/327045)

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**Author:** [@Asvarox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Asvarox)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-performs-smoothly-in-ide-but-sloppy-in-the-browser/327045 "2012-02-02T13:35:50Z")

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I am currently making for fun a racing game. When it started to get in shape, I decided to try it in a browser. Now, when using CTRL+Enter or running the swf file, it was all working really smoothly. But when I ran it …

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## [Unknown child calling father](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unknown-child-calling-father/327042)

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**Author:** [@GiGaGiG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GiGaGiG)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unknown-child-calling-father/327042 "2012-02-02T10:12:37Z")

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Hi, I have an absurd problem here: I have class A and a child instance of class B: B calls a function of parent class A, and if I try to simply trace B from here (from inside the function in A) I get a null! If I pas…

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## [Loading and Unloading SWF's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-and-unloading-swfs/327035)

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**Author:** [@Antsuperhack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Antsuperhack)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-and-unloading-swfs/327035 "2012-02-01T15:48:44Z")

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Hey All, I've got a games menu and have the code to load games when a button is clicked. So far say you want to play GameA... The player clicks the button to Play GameA and that game is loaded. Once the player fini…

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## [TypeError: Error #1010, while accessing a movieclip from another movieclip as3?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-1010-while-accessing-a-movieclip-from-another-movieclip-as3/327032)

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**Author:** [@rahuldagli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rahuldagli)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-1010-while-accessing-a-movieclip-from-another-movieclip-as3/327032 "2012-02-01T09:14:12Z")

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\[LEFT\]\[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=Arial\]I have got two movieclips on the main timeline. First one is envelope\_mc and second is bg\_main. In envelope\_mc timeline there is a button on 25th frame which plays ahead when clicked. Her…

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## [AS3 : array length trace to 0,](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-array-length-trace-to-0/327030)

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**Author:** [@ash\_at\_risk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ash_at_risk)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-array-length-trace-to-0/327030 "2012-02-01T05:19:00Z")

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Hello everybody, I have this code working which has an XML file. This is the code for XML menu(no drop down) for website , i am working on, but i wonder when i traced the value of both arr2 & arr1 it returns 0, although…

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## [Audio Progress bar scrubbing/slider?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-progress-bar-scrubbing-slider/327029)

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**Author:** [@lazerbrains](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lazerbrains)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-progress-bar-scrubbing-slider/327029 "2012-01-31T22:42:08Z")

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I have an audio progress bar that I have created. It uses the following code: import flash.events.Event;progress\_bar\_inst.tb\_mc.scaleX = 0; addEventListener(Event.ENTER\_FRAME,EnterFrame); function EnterFrame(evt:Event…

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## [Scroll problem as 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-problem-as-3-0/327028)

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**Author:** [@Enza89](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Enza89)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-problem-as-3-0/327028 "2012-01-31T19:29:32Z")

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Hello, I am making an application in which I build a timeline that scrolls when the user moves over a button. That is working, but is goes just one time forward and it had to scroll until the user removes the mouse f…

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## [Need help with loading swf using loops asap please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-loading-swf-using-loops-asap-please/327026)

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**Author:** [@funky\_2345](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/funky_2345)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-loading-swf-using-loops-asap-please/327026 "2012-01-31T19:01:45Z")

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\[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=verdana\]Hello all!\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#000000\]\[FONT=verdana\]I've been trying to figure this out almost all day now...I'm a total beginner in AS3 so please help if you can. I want to make a menu wi…

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## [Custom Global Function / Top-Level Function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-global-function-top-level-function/327025)

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**Author:** [@ScriptingGringo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ScriptingGringo)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-global-function-top-level-function/327025 "2012-01-31T18:30:34Z")

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Hello everybody, We all know that we can use the trace function through our code irrespective of the timeline code or say any custom class. I am curious, is that possible that we could create a custom global function…

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## [AS3 to PHP simple object conversion](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-to-php-simple-object-conversion/327024)

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**Author:** [@BigBangz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BigBangz)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-to-php-simple-object-conversion/327024 "2012-01-31T17:53:32Z")

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AS3 code \<fx:Declarations\> \<!-- this is the RemoteObject used to make the RPC calls --\> \<mx:RemoteObject id="myRemote" destination="MyService" source="MyService"\[INDENT=2\] endpoint="http://localhost/a…

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## [Images load and shakes screen](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-load-and-shakes-screen/327023)

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**Author:** [@cliffmusic29](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cliffmusic29)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-load-and-shakes-screen/327023 "2012-01-31T17:17:11Z")

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My SWF loads external images from an XML file. The problem is the layout shakes up and down as each image is being loaded into the grid because the images are bigger in size than the thumbnail "holder" they are bein…

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## [Drag and Drop movie doesnt work when loaded on another movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-drop-movie-doesnt-work-when-loaded-on-another-movie/327022)

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**Author:** [@john\_doe1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/john_doe1)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-drop-movie-doesnt-work-when-loaded-on-another-movie/327022 "2012-01-31T17:09:17Z")

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Greetings. I've been doing this tutorial. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/dragdrop.htm And worked pretty well. In order to adapt to my needs i made it a movie with a drag and drop parameter to be loade…

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## [Call text in to Flash from ASCII text editor?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-text-in-to-flash-from-ascii-text-editor/327020)

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**Author:** [@mickeymickeyg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mickeymickeyg)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-text-in-to-flash-from-ascii-text-editor/327020 "2012-01-31T12:33:13Z")

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Hi guys - I'm looking to pull dynamic text in to Flash from a text editor, basically someones name and age, is this easy enough to do? I'm fairly new to Flash scripting so step-by-step would be great. Thanks in advance f…

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## [CS3 AS2 - Mp3 tags visible only on browser?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-mp3-tags-visible-only-on-browser/327018)

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**Author:** [@deadkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deadkman)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cs3-as2-mp3-tags-visible-only-on-browser/327018 "2012-01-31T06:37:33Z")

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Hi. The project i was working on loads a specific Mp3 and play it, then when the songs is over execute some actions, all this works fine, but i wanted it to display some of the Mp3 ID3 tags (song name and artist) mostly …

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## [Tutorial: Easy Drag and Drop in Flash/AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-easy-drag-and-drop-in-flash-as3/327017)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-easy-drag-and-drop-in-flash-as3/327017 "2012-01-31T06:37:22Z")

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\[COLOR=#333333\]\[COLOR=#333333\]\[FONT=Segoe UI\]\[COLOR=#333333\]\[FONT=Segoe UI\]\[COLOR=#333333\]\[COLOR=#333333\]Hi everyone,\[/COLOR\]\[/COLOR\]\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]\[/COLOR\] \[COLOR=#333333\]\[COLOR=#333333\]\[FONT=Segoe UI\]\[CO…

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## [Making movie clips enlarge and bounce easily](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-movie-clips-enlarge-and-bounce-easily/327016)

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**Author:** [@Eddie\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eddie_E)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-movie-clips-enlarge-and-bounce-easily/327016 "2012-01-31T06:20:18Z")

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I have a building type animation where many buildings enlarge then I want a small bouncing type animation once they do... I don't want to do this all manually as I have 100s.... Is there an easy way to do this with AS3? …

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## [Problem with slideshow style navigation. addChild & arrays](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-slideshow-style-navigation-addchild-arrays/327014)

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**Author:** [@Kappa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kappa)\
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**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-slideshow-style-navigation-addchild-arrays/327014 "2012-01-31T00:39:38Z")

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Was hoping to get some advice here. Having trouble with what would seem to be a basic navigational system for an iPad presentation. I have, for this example, 5 pages in my library which I've added into an array. The ef…

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## [Performance: Randomizing the delay on a timer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-randomizing-the-delay-on-a-timer/327013)

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**Author:** [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
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**Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-randomizing-the-delay-on-a-timer/327013 "2012-01-30T23:53:21Z")

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I want the delay on my timer to change randomly within a range of its initial value. So I did this: var \_rate:int = 100; var timer:Timer = new Timer(\_rate); timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerHandler); time…

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## [Setting an Instance Name w/AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-an-instance-name-w-as/327008)

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**Author:** [@TheOtherTedium](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheOtherTedium)\
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**Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-an-instance-name-w-as/327008 "2012-01-30T18:05:55Z")

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I'm new to this forum, etc. etc. looked at s.a.q., etc. etc. so forgive me if this, or any other questions, are often answered. I've looked a little, but can't find anything. Anywho, my question is pretty simple (I thi…

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## [Ecliped by transparency](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ecliped-by-transparency/327000)

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**Author:** [@radi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/radi)\
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**Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ecliped-by-transparency/327000 "2012-01-30T06:55:24Z")

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i have 2 Movieclips each of them has a bitmap and a sprite in there center of that bitmap -the sprite has a MouseEvent -the bitmap undates on enterframe (some of the bitmap transparent. that is why i'm using a small area…

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## [Inserting a character into a string](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-a-character-into-a-string/326998)

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**Author:** [@FlashCS5Novice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashCS5Novice)\
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**Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-a-character-into-a-string/326998 "2012-01-30T02:35:14Z")

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There seems to be a lack of these kinds of topics on Google, so here I am! Anywho, I need to insert a character at specific areas of a string, but when I use to following code: var test:String = "1,1,2,2,3,3"; trace…

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