# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=925 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 926 --- ## [Accessing external swf @ various entry points?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-external-swf-various-entry-points/264326)
**Author:** [@vertigo912](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vertigo912)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-external-swf-various-entry-points/264326 "2008-06-25T14:57:59Z")
Hi everyone-- got a question about external swf capabilities. Never worked with external swfs before, so I'm learning by doing. My project is comprised of several external swfs that will load into the stage mcHolder a… --- ## [How to load a "linkaged movieclip" from swf at another server?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-a-linkaged-movieclip-from-swf-at-another-server/263575)
**Author:** [@awflasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/awflasher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-a-linkaged-movieclip-from-swf-at-another-server/263575 "2008-06-25T14:38:34Z")
Hi all I need to use some external assets which are storing at some external sever domains at runtime. For example, my flash is http://a.com/1.swf and I wanna use a "someID" movieclip in http://www.b.com/2.swf I t… --- ## [Find Greatest Number out of Variables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-greatest-number-out-of-variables/264274)
**Author:** [@xohol](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xohol)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-greatest-number-out-of-variables/264274 "2008-06-25T13:24:14Z")
Hello all, im looking for a way to determine which number is the greatest out of a list of variables. Has anyone seen any sort of class or function that can do this? basically i have about 10 variables that are numb… --- ## [Keyboard.CharCodeStrings](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-charcodestrings/252866)
**Author:** [@bLasTamos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bLasTamos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-charcodestrings/252866 "2008-06-25T13:20:27Z")
Doesn't work? Apparently it returns an array with the strings corresponding to each key in the keyboard indexed by its keycode. its there on the reference page but it seems its null, i guess it still has to be implemente… --- ## [HELP! - - Rollover buttons not workin why!?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-rollover-buttons-not-workin-why/264362)
**Author:** [@Vanss472](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vanss472)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-rollover-buttons-not-workin-why/264362 "2008-06-25T13:05:18Z")
Hi all, My situation is very simple, on my flash file i have 4 rollover buttons. Only one of them it is working properly, i don't understand why the other 3 wont work. Please check my flash file and see for yourself. d… --- ## [Is it possible to publish a package that could be imported by customer securely](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-publish-a-package-that-could-be-imported-by-customer-securely/264303)
**Author:** [@scottflake](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scottflake)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-publish-a-package-that-could-be-imported-by-customer-securely/264303 "2008-06-25T12:53:31Z")
Is it possible to publish a package that could be securely given to a customer to be imported into there .fla file without allowing them to open the .as file to view/change the sourcecode of the package? --- ## [My first Flash game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-flash-game/264321)
**Author:** [@jrblacquiere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jrblacquiere)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-flash-game/264321 "2008-06-25T12:38:36Z")
Try out my first Flash game at: http://www.kongregate.com/games/jrblacquiere/button-finding-marathon and tell me what you think.:| --- ## [I'm gonna cry: reading variables from line in textfile](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-gonna-cry-reading-variables-from-line-in-textfile/264350)
**Author:** [@fledermaus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fledermaus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-gonna-cry-reading-variables-from-line-in-textfile/264350 "2008-06-25T11:39:45Z")
I thought it would be quite easy to read variables from a textfile into flash, where the first line is the first variable, the second line is the second variable and so on. I was wrong. I already asked help in severa… --- ## [Dinamic Menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dinamic-menu/264358)
**Author:** [@friezens](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/friezens)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dinamic-menu/264358 "2008-06-25T11:32:21Z")
Hello. I wanted to start making "dinamic" menus but I have no clue where to start looking around for infos. What I call dinamic menus are menus that do not require for us to make everysingle animation between differe… --- ## [AS3.0 - Loading/Unloading Multiple swfs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-0-loading-unloading-multiple-swfs/264352)
**Author:** [@66split](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/66split)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-0-loading-unloading-multiple-swfs/264352 "2008-06-25T09:28:53Z")
Hello, Sorry for posting this message twice - I hadn't seen that you had a specific forum dedicated to AS3 scripting when I posted initially to the Flash CS3 general forum. I should have looked closer. I've finished… --- ## [Drag draw sprite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-draw-sprite/264154)
**Author:** [@gag4n](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gag4n)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-draw-sprite/264154 "2008-06-25T09:28:45Z")
I've had a search in the forums and I couldn't find an answer. I need help with creating a draw tool which will draw shapes (rectangles, triangles, stars...) when selected. I am guessing that I just need to be able to … --- ## [FLV Playback Buffering](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-buffering/264249)
**Author:** [@funky\_vicky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/funky_vicky)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-buffering/264249 "2008-06-25T09:00:20Z")
Hi I am working on an FLV playback. In this FLV Playback I have created few cuepoints with the ADDASCuepoint method. And for all these cuepoints I have some buttons...1 button for 1 cuepoint...When 1 clicks on a button… --- ## [\[AS2\]Variables adding wrong](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-variables-adding-wrong/264348)
**Author:** [@xajin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xajin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-variables-adding-wrong/264348 "2008-06-25T07:37:29Z")
In my flash movie I define two variables as numbers like var number1:Number = 1 var number2:Number = 2 then later on I have it add them together, or at least I'd like to add them together to be the first variable. … --- ## [Attaching Movie Clip from Library](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attaching-movie-clip-from-library/264268)
**Author:** [@funky\_vicky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/funky_vicky)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attaching-movie-clip-from-library/264268 "2008-06-25T07:18:50Z")
Hi Can anyone suugest a way to add labels at runtime to a movieclip that has been attached at the runtime from the library. Thanks, Vicky --- ## [XML Driven Video playlist embedding?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-video-playlist-embedding/264346)
**Author:** [@visceraeyes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/visceraeyes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-video-playlist-embedding/264346 "2008-06-25T05:47:08Z")
I've run into a slight problem with embedding this video player. It works fine when previewing in Flash and just viewing the swf online. It reads the xml just fine and everything works. Like this: http://thewakeparkpro… --- ## [\[as2\] need help centering a loaded image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-need-help-centering-a-loaded-image/264317)
**Author:** [@craigashby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/craigashby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-need-help-centering-a-loaded-image/264317 "2008-06-25T04:43:27Z")
i know i must be doing something simple wrong, but i can't spot it. i am trying to get an empty movieclip to center after a jpg loads into it. the images load, but they don't center. my first attempt (using loadMovie) wo… --- ## [Loading/unloading Multiple swfs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-unloading-multiple-swfs/264338)
**Author:** [@split66](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/split66)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-unloading-multiple-swfs/264338 "2008-06-25T04:32:04Z")
Hello, I've finished Kirupa's great tutorial on loading an external image into flash using AS3. I have to say that this is the clearest and most useful set of instructions on how to do so that I've come across over fo… --- ## [Scrollable Car Game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-car-game/264334)
**Author:** [@protonxp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/protonxp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-car-game/264334 "2008-06-25T03:28:22Z")
Ok. So i have a movieclip with a picture of the ground in it, and that movie clip is inside another movie clip. This movieclip(ground) is placed on the main timeline. I've also got my car movie clip, which has code tha… --- ## [Small clip that slides photos left and right...tiny problem!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/small-clip-that-slides-photos-left-and-right-tiny-problem/264323)
**Author:** [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/small-clip-that-slides-photos-left-and-right-tiny-problem/264323 "2008-06-25T01:14:59Z")
Ok check out the attached file, its extremely small (4 files). Basically, actionscript on that one layer, a mask, the 5 photos (contained within 1 MC, represented by plain colors for now) and two buttons to control left … --- ## [Scrollbar Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-issue/263743)
**Author:** [@Brian\_R\_Tolman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brian_R_Tolman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-issue/263743 "2008-06-25T00:00:11Z")
If this question has been answered please point me to the thread. I am building a site involving buttons in a movie clip that has a scrollbar attached to the clip, I am having two problems. First I can't get the scroll… --- ## [Flashing FLV icon on loaded swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashing-flv-icon-on-loaded-swf/259831)
**Author:** [@jcricket](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jcricket)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashing-flv-icon-on-loaded-swf/259831 "2008-06-24T23:57:28Z")
I'm having an issue with flv files playing in a loaded movie clip. I have a main swf that is just a loader for the other clips. The app first loads an index clip and then loads a presentation depending upon what select… --- ## [Help with Loaders/Removing Children](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loaders-removing-children/264318)
**Author:** [@mofakiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mofakiii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loaders-removing-children/264318 "2008-06-24T23:46:33Z")
Hello, I am very new to actionscript 3 and have a question about loaders and removing children. Basically, I want to create a loader that loads in a swf (no prob there) but I also have a button on the stage that should… --- ## [NEED HELP! please just need to load a movie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-please-just-need-to-load-a-movie/264194)
**Author:** [@spazmaster86](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spazmaster86)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-please-just-need-to-load-a-movie/264194 "2008-06-24T22:53:47Z")
My animation is on this site, www.nasindependenceday.com but for some reason it is choppy at the beginning even though I have a preloader, which technically should load the whole movie before playing, so it shouldnt be c… --- ## [Import a .swf file into a .fla?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/import-a-swf-file-into-a-fla/264312)
**Author:** [@sweetcreole65](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sweetcreole65)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/import-a-swf-file-into-a-fla/264312 "2008-06-24T22:08:29Z")
I am VERY new to flash.... I have a full flash site, thank goodness for templates. Now I am being asked to add a swf file created with amara software (didn't know if that made a difference.) I have googled this and can'… --- ## [XML slideshow with crossfades and previous/next buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slideshow-with-crossfades-and-previous-next-buttons/264307)
**Author:** [@wolcotter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wolcotter)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slideshow-with-crossfades-and-previous-next-buttons/264307 "2008-06-24T22:03:46Z")
Anyone know of any examples (source files or tutorials) of XML image slideshows where the slideshow is advanced via "previous" and "next" buttons and that utilize cross-fades between images? Any help in this regard is… --- ## [I am so noob, don't know terms to search for](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-so-noob-dont-know-terms-to-search-for/264299)
**Author:** [@mrr0ng](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mrr0ng)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-so-noob-dont-know-terms-to-search-for/264299 "2008-06-24T21:32:57Z")
First, I want to apologize for posting this. I tried searching on a number of different terms, but I am so new to AS3, that I really don't know what kind of terminology to user for this search. Simple problem. I have two… --- ## [Jagged Edges on image turned on an angle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jagged-edges-on-image-turned-on-an-angle/264301)
**Author:** [@ponyack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ponyack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jagged-edges-on-image-turned-on-an-angle/264301 "2008-06-24T20:35:19Z")
Hi, I have an image that sits in an MC. The MC is on an angle so the image must be the same. But once I rotate the image it becomes jagged. Right click the image, choose properties and click allow smoothing...so s… --- ## [Declaring Variables and Calling Function from Timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-variables-and-calling-function-from-timeline/264300)
**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-variables-and-calling-function-from-timeline/264300 "2008-06-24T20:33:14Z")
I could use some help figuring out how to convert some older script to AS 3. I'll start simple - here is the main class and a bit of code on the main timeline that calls it. I'm not certain how to declare the "settings" … --- ## [Importing different classes based on IDE](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-different-classes-based-on-ide/264285)
**Author:** [@Rezmason](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rezmason)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-different-classes-based-on-ide/264285 "2008-06-24T19:44:38Z")
Flash CS3 has the fl package. Flex Builder and the Flex SDK have the mx libraries. I'm writing code that I wish to be able to compile in Flash and Flex. That means, I need to implement one system that determines whether … --- ## [Scoping Problems, I Think](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scoping-problems-i-think/264124)
**Author:** [@bencam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bencam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scoping-problems-i-think/264124 "2008-06-24T19:33:34Z")
I have code that works when placed in a keyframe on the main timeline, but doesn't behave the same when it's in a package in an .as file. The linkage is correct for the document and movieclips, but I am missing some ste… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=924) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=926)