# flash

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## [Simultaneous alpha tweens](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simultaneous-alpha-tweens/259973)

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**Author:** [@freestyle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/freestyle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simultaneous-alpha-tweens/259973 "2008-05-11T08:17:39Z")

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I'm a Web Teacher for a HS academy. We want to create a slideshow of different size images using Flash CS3. In Flash AS3, I have two Sprites being dynamically loaded with different dimension images. In the end, I want …

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## [Quick Question, If Statement on Blank Data from XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-if-statement-on-blank-data-from-xml/259975)

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**Author:** [@bigdaddykraven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigdaddykraven)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-if-statement-on-blank-data-from-xml/259975 "2008-05-11T07:13:12Z")

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Ok, it worked once but stopped working when I added more information into the XML database. Anyway, I have a section of my xml that has a URL it pulls in, but for some, there's not website to link to so I wanted to leave…

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## [How to save AIR application?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-save-air-application/259952)

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**Author:** [@youwh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youwh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-save-air-application/259952 "2008-05-11T06:48:41Z")

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I've create this air file, but I don't know why I cant export it. I've followed the instructions here but it still give me the error "Namespace is invalid in the application descriptor file. :pirate3:

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## [Manually set ComboBox.selectedItem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manually-set-combobox-selecteditem/259971)

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**Author:** [@evilmrsock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evilmrsock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manually-set-combobox-selecteditem/259971 "2008-05-11T03:36:39Z")

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I'm clearly not seeing the forest for the trees here. How do I set a ComboBox to display a specific label in its list? Current Example: ComboBox is a list of fonts : Arial, Helvetica, Courier. I have buttons associ…

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## [How do I get the key position of an item in an array?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-key-position-of-an-item-in-an-array/258858)

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**Author:** [@blackpool](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blackpool)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-key-position-of-an-item-in-an-array/258858 "2008-05-11T02:56:23Z")

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I'm working on an XML gallery, and when you click on a thumbnail, it loads the corresponding picture. I'd like to add a forward and next button, and need to extract the key position of the current picture being displaye…

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## [Invoking a function with the ESC key in fullscreen mode](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/invoking-a-function-with-the-esc-key-in-fullscreen-mode/259957)

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**Author:** [@Loyx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Loyx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/invoking-a-function-with-the-esc-key-in-fullscreen-mode/259957 "2008-05-11T02:51:07Z")

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Hi, I have a movie with a video and when I exit fullscreen mode (pressing ESC) I want to execute a function. I mean, exit fullscreen and execute my function at the same time when pressing 'ESC' I tried to add a listene…

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## [Tips for simple full flash site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tips-for-simple-full-flash-site/259963)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tips-for-simple-full-flash-site/259963 "2008-05-11T00:56:23Z")

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issue solved

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## [Multiple Camera instances at different resolutions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-camera-instances-at-different-resolutions/259966)

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**Author:** [@ignitrix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ignitrix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-camera-instances-at-different-resolutions/259966 "2008-05-11T00:32:22Z")

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Can you have multiple flash.media.Camera instances running at different resolutions? Take the following code for example: \[AS\]\_camSmall = Camera.getCamera(); \_camSmall.setMode(320, 240, 30); videoSmall = new Video(camS…

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## [CSS not working properly](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-not-working-properly/259908)

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**Author:** [@bcraig24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bcraig24)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-not-working-properly/259908 "2008-05-10T23:00:29Z")

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In my movie ive got my css working with xml data but theres one thing that wont work, Margin spacing. My xml looks a bit like this \<timetable\> \<day\>Monday\</day\> \<group\>\<span class=\\"one\\"\>group\</span\>\</group\> \<hours\>\<…

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## [ActionScript 3 Video Tutorials](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-video-tutorials/259958)

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**Author:** [@Mike01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mike01)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-video-tutorials/259958 "2008-05-10T22:23:40Z")

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\[FONT=Times New Roman\] I have had many people ask over the last ten months what happened to the FocusOnFlash website. Well we are back with a completely updated site and brand new group of tutorials. Over the last ten …

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## [Really need a very easy and understandable script help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-need-a-very-easy-and-understandable-script-help/259956)

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**Author:** [@designursite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/designursite)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-need-a-very-easy-and-understandable-script-help/259956 "2008-05-10T22:21:07Z")

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Hi Friends, I was trying on something but was not able to get it right. Please have a look at it with the attached file. I really would like some help on it. Its to link a button to its image by going back i mean " \_pa…

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## [Button inside movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-clip/259936)

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**Author:** [@Phsyco](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phsyco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-clip/259936 "2008-05-10T22:18:31Z")

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i have a movie clip with a button inside, i cant get the button to work. i want the button on release go to frame 37. anybody that can help?

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## [setFocus color](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-color/259917)

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**Author:** [@ToubMor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ToubMor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-color/259917 "2008-05-10T21:51:48Z")

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Hi there, Im wondering if its possible to change the setFocus color from black to a different color. Ive seen it on the web some where but i cant remember where??? does somebody know about this

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## [XML Links Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-links-question/259937)

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**Author:** [@mattjp18](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mattjp18)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-links-question/259937 "2008-05-10T21:30:13Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to create a list of text links, one for each category of project in my XML list. Here is a sample of my XML: \<projects\> \<project name="Make It Rock Poster" description="Poster for snowboarding t…

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## [Text Field Formatting and Selection](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-formatting-and-selection/259934)

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**Author:** [@adnan794](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adnan794)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-formatting-and-selection/259934 "2008-05-10T21:24:34Z")

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Hello I am trying to dynamicall generate text from an xml file. I want to know a good idea on how to make and then parse an xml node that will be displaying the text contents in Bullet point. See the sample below Ob…

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## [Horizonal MC bug,stopping me from finishing webpage today](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizonal-mc-bug-stopping-me-from-finishing-webpage-today/259948)

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**Author:** [@flashman2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashman2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizonal-mc-bug-stopping-me-from-finishing-webpage-today/259948 "2008-05-10T19:59:21Z")

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hello i hope somebody can help me out with this, :puzzled: 2 weeks into action script 2.0 and i’m already going mad i can’t seem to get my MC to scroll smoothly along with my scroll\_mc it just keeps popping to the oth…

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## [Unloading a movienum](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloading-a-movienum/259905)

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**Author:** [@g27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g27)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloading-a-movienum/259905 "2008-05-10T17:00:33Z")

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Hi, I have the following code which loads an external gallery. on (release) { loadMovieNum("gallery.swf",1); } On the same page I have a back button that sends the user back to the main site. And I want to unl…

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## [Accessing methods in external SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-methods-in-external-swf/259857)

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**Author:** [@bardic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bardic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-methods-in-external-swf/259857 "2008-05-10T12:47:15Z")

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I'm pretty sure I am making this 100 times more difficult than it really is. Anyways, this is the gist of the situation. I am loading the external swf. I can see it once it has been loaded. But the problem lies in when …

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## [Question about variable in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-variable-in-flash/259928)

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**Author:** [@vietskynet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vietskynet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-variable-in-flash/259928 "2008-05-10T10:21:31Z")

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1)I have seen a website use this code \<embed…\<src=“myFlash.swf?url=http://yoursite.com/clip.flv” I don’t know how to create and use this kind of variable (?url=) in flash 2)I often send date (such as Score) from Fla…

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## [About Display Object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about-display-object/259919)

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**Author:** [@mohsena](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mohsena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about-display-object/259919 "2008-05-10T09:31:35Z")

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Hello all ,I can't find the relationship of display object hierarchy with the structure of flash authoring objects.for example what is the correspondent object of the main time line on flash authoring tool in the display…

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## [Yet another AS2 to AS3 problem. Please help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-as2-to-as3-problem-please-help/259926)

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**Author:** [@yell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-as2-to-as3-problem-please-help/259926 "2008-05-10T09:16:44Z")

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\[FONT=Courier New\]Hi guys \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Courier New\]what i want to achive in as3 looked like this in as2:\[/FONT\] on (release) { getURL(link1); } \[FONT=Courier New\]the link1 was an expression. And in html I coul…

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## [Calling a function from a loaded .swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-from-a-loaded-swf/259922)

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**Author:** [@DJSK](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DJSK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-from-a-loaded-swf/259922 "2008-05-10T08:57:35Z")

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I have a movie (let's call it index.swf) that has a movie clip loader which is loading external .swfs Is there any way that I can call a function that is on the index.swf's main timeline from one of the externally load…

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## [Split Strings?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/split-strings/259765)

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**Author:** [@fenrost](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fenrost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/split-strings/259765 "2008-05-10T07:43:07Z")

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var idPage:Array = \[\]; function checkCategory(category:String, object:Object):Void { if (idPage\[category\]) { idPage\[category\].push(object); // insert the new item into the category list } else …

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## [GetURL Not Working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-not-working/242532)

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**Author:** [@tgjb007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tgjb007)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-not-working/242532 "2008-05-10T07:02:15Z")

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I developed a portable video player thats similar to YouTube's video player where you pass a video's info and the video loads and plays. The player can also be embedded on your own personal site using the embed tags. M…

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## [Linking Different Textboxes Together](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-different-textboxes-together/259920)

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**Author:** [@BuddhaPirate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BuddhaPirate)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-different-textboxes-together/259920 "2008-05-10T05:25:18Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to create an L shaped text box, but that requires joining two text boxes together. I have tried using textFormat with masks, but the text formating only works for a defined range of characters, it doesn't…

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## [Movie clip with scroller](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-with-scroller/259918)

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**Author:** [@sureshkumar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sureshkumar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-with-scroller/259918 "2008-05-10T04:03:10Z")

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Hi everyone! I want to make a movie clip with scroll, Instead of images, i want to add text box and labels inside the movie clip from a "for" loop, you guys have any idea please help me out Cheers

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**Author:** [@alfredlinks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alfredlinks)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f-s-nokia-n96-16gb-400usd-n95-8gb-300usd-iphones-16gb-280usd-unlocked/259914 "2008-05-10T02:01:21Z")

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## [Sending Variables from Multiple Movie Clips to a single php script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-variables-from-multiple-movie-clips-to-a-single-php-script/259906)

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**Author:** [@ThaJock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ThaJock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-variables-from-multiple-movie-clips-to-a-single-php-script/259906 "2008-05-10T00:05:39Z")

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I have 3 movie clips each containing it's own variables. I want them all to be sent to PHP. The problem is that with the script I'm using it will only send variables contained in a specified movie clip. With the code …

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## [My First Experience with Writing OOP with AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-experience-with-writing-oop-with-as3/259809)

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**Author:** [@jrutter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jrutter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-experience-with-writing-oop-with-as3/259809 "2008-05-09T23:26:11Z")

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So Ive been reading Object Oriented Programming for AS3, and it makes sense. I wanted to try a script, as I should really apply what I have been learning. My script doesnt work, but I wanted to post it on here and see if…

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## [Creating a variable inside an object...How?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-variable-inside-an-object-how/259875)

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**Author:** [@blackcoma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blackcoma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-variable-inside-an-object-how/259875 "2008-05-09T22:25:18Z")

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Hi, In AS2, if I had an object named MC, I could have created a variable inside the object this way: MC.direction=1; in AS3 it doesn't work. How can I create inner variables? Thanks.

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