# flash

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## [Problem with my flash reading my php](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-my-flash-reading-my-php/265697)

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**Author:** [@jarmanje](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jarmanje)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-my-flash-reading-my-php/265697 "2008-07-11T13:08:40Z")

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Hi there, I have a very basic code which is not working! It's driving me half crazy! For some reason, the complete handler is not working! it is not returning the result of the count... I can't understand why?! What …

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## [Problems getting DeepLinking to work \[AS2\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-getting-deeplinking-to-work-as2/265682)

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**Author:** [@HerbyGunther](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HerbyGunther)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-getting-deeplinking-to-work-as2/265682 "2008-07-11T12:59:34Z")

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Hi, I have done a lot of research of DeepLinking in Flash and currently modifying my site to support it. But I'm having some problems getting it to work 100%. I hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance! It works…

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## [How can I load HTML files using actionscript 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-load-html-files-using-actionscript-3-0/265594)

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**Author:** [@fs\_tigre](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fs_tigre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-load-html-files-using-actionscript-3-0/265594 "2008-07-11T12:31:16Z")

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\[FONT=Calibri\] How can I load html files using actionscript 3.0? \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\] Can also this be formatted with CSS? \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\] Thanks, \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\] fs\_tigre \[/FONT\]

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## [ScrollPane html challenge](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-html-challenge/264394)

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**Author:** [@alpinebutterfly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alpinebutterfly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-html-challenge/264394 "2008-07-11T11:40:58Z")

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I'm having a bit of trouble with html links in my scrollPane. I have an htmlTextField in my scrollPane, it seems the links are clickable only as long as the scroll pane has not been scrolled. Any Ideas?

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## [Bitmap text problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-text-problem/265688)

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**Author:** [@Stiakooo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stiakooo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-text-problem/265688 "2008-07-11T11:20:18Z")

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Hello \[smile\] I want to use crisp text in my flash so I set my dynamic textfields to Bitmap text (no anti-alias). I embed the font. The problem is that the kerning of the text is not OK. It looks awful. I want to use Tah…

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## [FLASH XML photogallery tutorial Q](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-photogallery-tutorial-q/265641)

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**Author:** [@Youngie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Youngie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-photogallery-tutorial-q/265641 "2008-07-11T10:07:48Z")

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Hi all, I am new here but have always been a frequent visitorto the tutorials and features of the site. Anyway down to my question... I have just built the XML photogallery but would like the next button to loop ba…

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## [Preloader Problem with AS3 Document classes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-problem-with-as3-document-classes/265664)

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**Author:** [@weno42](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/weno42)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-problem-with-as3-document-classes/265664 "2008-07-11T10:05:16Z")

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Hi, a friend and I have been working for months on a Flash/AS3 video game, and we're stumped on one issue, the preloader. We need to either preload the game, which uses all document class as files, either within the tim…

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## [\[Flash 8 / AS2 Help Needed\] Problem with liquid layout / floating movie clips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-as2-help-needed-problem-with-liquid-layout-floating-movie-clips/265675)

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**Author:** [@ben3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ben3)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-as2-help-needed-problem-with-liquid-layout-floating-movie-clips/265675 "2008-07-11T08:32:29Z")

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Morning guys, I've been playing around with liquid layouts with some success. I want to float an element (mclogo) to the right side of the browser, so when the browser is re-sized the logo sticks to the right. I wan…

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## [clearTimeout Method!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618)

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**Author:** [@creativemindz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creativemindz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618 "2008-07-11T07:53:27Z")

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Hello guys!, I'm not sure why its not clearing, I guess its a scopeing issue can you guys please help me. I'm getting frustrated. thanks abe panel\_mc.inv\_btn.onRelease = runScript; var my\_timedProcess:Number = s…

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## [I'm new at this, can someone help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-new-at-this-can-someone-help/265671)

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**Author:** [@bylove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bylove)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-new-at-this-can-someone-help/265671 "2008-07-11T07:47:52Z")

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I need to show this led finger light with a white background. But the light needs to be on and show a little color on that white background. If I just use a brush and white out some area around the light hitting the tabl…

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## [New in ActionScript 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-in-actionscript-3-0/265569)

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**Author:** [@Majumderit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Majumderit)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-in-actionscript-3-0/265569 "2008-07-11T06:03:08Z")

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Hi all, I am new in actionscript 3.0 It seems to me that everything is new!! But i want to start now Don't know from where i should start? Could you suggest me? Is there any good tutorials site for the beganer?

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## [XML value in getURL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-value-in-geturl/265634)

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**Author:** [@A\_User\_of\_Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/A_User_of_Flash)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-value-in-geturl/265634 "2008-07-11T05:42:03Z")

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XML test file \<Slides\> \<slideNode linkURL="www.cnet.com" jpegURL="images/test1.jpg"\>test 1\</slideNode\> \<slideNode linkURL="www.zdnet.com" jpegURL="images/test2.jpg"\>test 2\</slideNode\> \<slideNode linkURL="www.pcmag.com" …

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## [XML Driven Gallery - adding caption to each photo?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-gallery-adding-caption-to-each-photo/265663)

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**Author:** [@justdru](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/justdru)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-gallery-adding-caption-to-each-photo/265663 "2008-07-11T04:14:57Z")

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I'm attempting to alter Rhamej's photo gallery to my needs and need a little help. The first thing I wanted to do was make it so that each thumbnail would link to the respective link from the XML file. I was able to do…

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## [Need help with XML and Flash Gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-xml-and-flash-gallery/265661)

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**Author:** [@alvie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alvie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-xml-and-flash-gallery/265661 "2008-07-11T03:17:35Z")

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hi. i need help with the XML and Flash gallery taht i did with the tutorial from kirupa. \[COLOR=#003366\]http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...otogallery.htm\[/COLOR\] i tried to place the flash gallery into my dreamweav…

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## [Locating Sound Button MC with Actionscript?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/locating-sound-button-mc-with-actionscript/264720)

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**Author:** [@DC\_Creative](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DC_Creative)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/locating-sound-button-mc-with-actionscript/264720 "2008-07-11T02:47:08Z")

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Ok, I've managed to create a working On/Off Sound button (in a separate file) using this tutorial here. However, when I've tried to adapt the same scripting to the music button in my interface (located within an MC on …

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## [Accessing content of loaded swfs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-content-of-loaded-swfs/265637)

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**Author:** [@mofakiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mofakiii)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-content-of-loaded-swfs/265637 "2008-07-10T23:15:09Z")

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Hello, I'm still relatively new to AS3 and I'm having a bit of a hard time with loaders, and would appreciate some insight. Basically, I have a.swf which creates a loader that loads b.swf. b.swf is a 1 frame movie. O…

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## [Individual vars in loop?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/individual-vars-in-loop/265539)

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**Author:** [@peartart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/peartart)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/individual-vars-in-loop/265539 "2008-07-10T23:03:47Z")

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I've created a loop to define onPress functions for a group of movieclips. The code is here: var select:String = "none"; var elist:Array = \["dappled", "panda", "red", "blue", "green", "gray", "fire", "earth", "water",…

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## [Website structure](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/website-structure/265638)

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**Author:** [@joeride](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joeride)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/website-structure/265638 "2008-07-10T22:32:30Z")

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There are multiple approaches to loading, displaying and switching content, like using frame labels, switching movieclips or loading external swf files... What's the most recommended (or most used) method in actionscript…

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## [getURL \_self not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl--self-not-working/258846)

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**Author:** [@PLabrozzi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PLabrozzi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl--self-not-working/258846 "2008-07-10T22:00:16Z")

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Hello all, I have a flash banner that is a simple animation and some text, and at the top layer an invisible hit area button that has the following AS on it... on (release) { getURL(url, "\_self"); } I am using th…

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## [startDrag bounds](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-bounds/265620)

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**Author:** [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-bounds/265620 "2008-07-10T21:52:35Z")

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So I'm doing what I would normally do in AS 2 and it's not working. On press of my clip I am getting Argument count mismatch on flash.display::Sprite/startDrag(). Expected 0, got 6; Live docs don't have an example…

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## [RemoveChild(); and loader.unload();](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-and-loader-unload/265623)

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**Author:** [@bsyapril88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bsyapril88)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-and-loader-unload/265623 "2008-07-10T21:21:34Z")

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I am loading external .swfs into a main .swf. Only one of the .swfs will be added to the stage and the main .swf will be removed using RemoveChild();. Is it necessary to loader.unload all loaded external .swfs or does…

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## [News ticker from Kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-ticker-from-kirupa/265625)

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**Author:** [@Marlies](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Marlies)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-ticker-from-kirupa/265625 "2008-07-10T20:19:46Z")

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Hi everybody, I'am new here. I was looking for a news ticker to put baseball's score in it and I found the one of Kirupa. The problem I have is at every first line who's appear in the flash in an UNDEFINED, after I hav…

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## [Popping SWF Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popping-swf-button/265305)

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**Author:** [@TriniTT](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TriniTT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popping-swf-button/265305 "2008-07-10T20:10:10Z")

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Hello everyone! I'm a new member here, and I'm new to Flash as well. I've been working with smaller flash elements for about a year now, with no education whatsoever in web/graphic design other than tinkering. I figured …

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## [Stop an external swf file from playing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-an-external-swf-file-from-playing/265621)

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**Author:** [@davebennettky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davebennettky)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-an-external-swf-file-from-playing/265621 "2008-07-10T19:46:18Z")

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I have a large (25MB) video file that was given to me. It's a swf file that someone created from a quicktime movie. I can't just use this swf file as it needs to fully load before playing. I have created a preloader that…

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## [Position of swf within html page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-of-swf-within-html-page/265616)

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**Author:** [@wuerschi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wuerschi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-of-swf-within-html-page/265616 "2008-07-10T19:03:34Z")

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Hi I've problems with placing my swf file at the right position of my site. I want it to be on the horizontal center and bottom of the page. The problem is that the according options (Flash alignment, HTML alignment??)…

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## [XML tree traversal problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-tree-traversal-problem/265617)

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**Author:** [@worthington747](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/worthington747)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-tree-traversal-problem/265617 "2008-07-10T19:03:01Z")

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I'm trying to navigate an XML tree but can't seem to get the trace value to equate to the first item attribute title. var currency:XML =\<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns="http://pu…

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## [Need Help with Interactive image panning tuorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-interactive-image-panning-tuorial/265568)

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**Author:** [@Flashr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flashr)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-interactive-image-panning-tuorial/265568 "2008-07-10T18:51:11Z")

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Hi all Just downloaded the interactive image panning fla and am using the code to move swatches that are buttons... it works only problem is that once a button is clicked it still pans the buttons around as it is a o…

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## [MovieClip frames to sprite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-frames-to-sprite/264592)

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**Author:** [@Yikulju](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yikulju)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-frames-to-sprite/264592 "2008-07-10T18:04:09Z")

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Hi All, I have a MovieClip that consists of 10 frames which are pages of a book. I'd like to lay out the frames into the screen to see all of them. Firstly, I thought that converting every frame to a sprite is a good…

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## [Make shine effect in image in one section only](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-shine-effect-in-image-in-one-section-only/265612)

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**Author:** [@alexistkd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alexistkd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-shine-effect-in-image-in-one-section-only/265612 "2008-07-10T17:57:54Z")

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Hi im new on this forums looks great im from Panama Latinamerica Alexis, i need some help doing the animated shine effect in a image. I make it in Flash cs3 i choose a banner .jpg the image have a section with text named…

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## [How to populate List component by XMLConnector to the XML?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-populate-list-component-by-xmlconnector-to-the-xml/265505)

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**Author:** [@AdnanTheGreat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AdnanTheGreat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-populate-list-component-by-xmlconnector-to-the-xml/265505 "2008-07-10T17:55:14Z")

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Can anyone tell me how to populate List component by XMLConnector or by something else to the XML file?

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