# Uncategorized **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/uncategorized/1.md?page=1616 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1617 --- ## [Assigning / writing the contents of a variable](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-writing-the-contents-of-a-variable/192464)
**Author:** [@Operator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Operator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-writing-the-contents-of-a-variable/192464 "2006-06-28T19:27:58Z")
strange question so im defining a set of complex movieclips with onPress and onRelease etc using an array of them, and then looping through the array and giving them all the same code. the only problem is in the code f… --- ## [I have duplicated a MC with a delay, but cant name instances](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-duplicated-a-mc-with-a-delay-but-cant-name-instances/192461)
**Author:** [@Jeradin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeradin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-duplicated-a-mc-with-a-delay-but-cant-name-instances/192461 "2006-06-28T18:56:51Z")
Hello all, I am using the below AS to remake a menu button 6 times, which works fine and does it at a delayed interval, but I can not seem to effect each button, I thought this line below gave them intance names of me… --- ## [Movie clip reverse loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-reverse-loop/192460)
**Author:** [@AgentFitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AgentFitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-reverse-loop/192460 "2006-06-28T18:56:18Z")
hey --- what I'm trying to do is have a mc play continuously either forward or backward depending on whether you roll over the "forward" or "reverse" buttons... I've almost got it there, except I can't figure out how t… --- ## [Scrolling text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text/192459)
**Author:** [@eacraine](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eacraine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text/192459 "2006-06-28T18:55:14Z")
Hi, In the scrolling text tutorial you used buttons to scroll the text and I was wondering if there was some way to have the text continuously scroll when you hold the button down with your mouse? So have the text move… --- ## [Slideshow delay and buttons problem HELP please!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-delay-and-buttons-problem-help-please/192457)
**Author:** [@rcmetal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rcmetal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-delay-and-buttons-problem-help-please/192457 "2006-06-28T18:42:25Z")
\[FONT=Times New Roman\]I have a problem with the delay on my slideshow. On the slideshow the pictures are being loaded automatically from a xml file as in the Slideshow tutorial. I have a play, pause, next, and previous… --- ## [Second interviews and why they suck](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/second-interviews-and-why-they-suck/192454)
**Author:** [@RabBell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RabBell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/second-interviews-and-why-they-suck/192454 "2006-06-28T18:18:47Z")
I just had a very bad second interview....again. This is the 2nd time I've been for interviews with a web agency only to get to the 2nd interview and \*\*\*\* up big time. Thought I said all the right things. I thought I … --- ## [Web design critic](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-design-critic/192450)
**Author:** [@pablosci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pablosci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-design-critic/192450 "2006-06-28T17:55:07Z")
im building a web site for a client is a music marketing from buenos aires and they ask me from some collage, because they like another interface that i build for one of their clients. my idea, is not to create a represe… --- ## [Please help me out off here](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-out-off-here/192449)
**Author:** [@mindustry](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mindustry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-out-off-here/192449 "2006-06-28T17:49:09Z")
My problem is verry simple for the pro's \[smile\] oke here we go, i hafe : \> main.swf \> portfolio.swf \> about.swf \> ontact.swf and when you press "portfolio" on the main.swf it wil growbag to 500\*400 and opens portfol… --- ## [Help randomly fadin in and out text quotes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-randomly-fadin-in-and-out-text-quotes/192444)
**Author:** [@mcginess13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mcginess13)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-randomly-fadin-in-and-out-text-quotes/192444 "2006-06-28T17:21:14Z")
\[FONT=Verdana\] \[COLOR=#000080\]I have 5 quotes that I'd like to randomly fade in and fade out. Right now, the text is a graphic symbol. I've tried using dynamic text from a text file, the random function works, but the … --- ## [Question about the site of the week](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-the-site-of-the-week/192443)
**Author:** [@sithpdp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sithpdp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-the-site-of-the-week/192443 "2006-06-28T17:19:20Z")
hey guys i was checking out the site of the week at http://www.pokedstudio.com/ and im wondering how can you achieve the effect of the text becoming bigger effect when u hover your mouse of the menu? many thanks in advan… --- ## [Lake Effect - How is it done?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lake-effect-how-is-it-done/192441)
**Author:** [@Largo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Largo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lake-effect-how-is-it-done/192441 "2006-06-28T17:02:19Z")
Hi, im wondering how this i done... http://www.flashguru.co.uk/maelstrom/?example=lake%20effect I haven´t found any tutorial on how to do it... --- ## [Is there a way to force onRollOver or onPress , etc?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-onrollover-or-onpress-etc/192438)
**Author:** [@Operator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Operator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-onrollover-or-onpress-etc/192438 "2006-06-28T16:38:34Z")
ok so i have a few complex movie clips and in them is code for onRollOver, onRollOut, onPress, onRelease, bla bla bla is there any way to "force" them to act like they are being rolledover or something without the user… --- ## [Help with some buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-some-buttons/192436)
**Author:** [@thomas18](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thomas18)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-some-buttons/192436 "2006-06-28T16:35:37Z")
hi everybody..... I am a new user of flash8 & dreamweaver8,I am learning just reading some tutorials,I would like to make my web site more interesting,I would like to put a nice navigation bar (flash) and some buttons fo… --- ## [Slide show controller](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slide-show-controller/192435)
**Author:** [@netrix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/netrix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slide-show-controller/192435 "2006-06-28T16:24:32Z")
Hello everyone... I want to create something like the slideshow from the front page of "nba.com". My problem is that I want to make something like the "little controller box" on the downward right side between the slide … --- ## [Scroll bar](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-bar/192429)
**Author:** [@JUMBOshrimp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JUMBOshrimp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-bar/192429 "2006-06-28T15:30:48Z")
I suppose this is more of a math problem than anything else.... I have text with buttons that cause it to scroll up and down but I don't know how to give it a bar that travels 100% of the distance between the top/bottom … --- ## [Complex Rollover Button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-rollover-button/192427)
**Author:** [@pablo900](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pablo900)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-rollover-button/192427 "2006-06-28T14:57:18Z")
\[LEFT\]Hi people. I've just gone through one of the tuorials here to make an animated rollover button ( http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/button\_effect.htm ). Everything is working, i can get it to open up an new br… --- ## [?Scalable Thumbnails?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scalable-thumbnails/192419)
**Author:** [@Flash\_Man1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flash_Man1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scalable-thumbnails/192419 "2006-06-28T14:13:52Z")
Hey all, just interested in having scalable thumbnails...They would be set out in 4 rows and 4 columns so 16 images. If anyone knows of any good tutorials or helping ideas on this that would be great Thanks ppl's! \[b… --- ## [Sound Issue?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-issue/192415)
**Author:** [@jennings112](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jennings112)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-issue/192415 "2006-06-28T13:30:56Z")
Hey.. Alright I am getting reaally piss'd off now, cause for some reason the sound on my buttons only work when the swf is played when published and the swf is viewed... For some reason when i upload it to my site, you… --- ## [Complex array...for me at least!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-array-for-me-at-least/192414)
**Author:** [@Claire\_murphy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Claire_murphy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-array-for-me-at-least/192414 "2006-06-28T13:26:43Z")
Hey peeps. below is a snippet of my code where I need some help. The 2nd array I added this morning based purely on what I had in the 1st array. I'm new at AS therefore the finer details i'm not so good at ironing out. T… --- ## [How read button or image position into a numeric variable with scripting?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-read-button-or-image-position-into-a-numeric-variable-with-scripting/192411)
**Author:** [@Acony](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Acony)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-read-button-or-image-position-into-a-numeric-variable-with-scripting/192411 "2006-06-28T12:54:23Z")
I can figur out why this doesn't work. \_global.oldpos = 0.0; // Declares global variable onEnterFrame () { var newpos:Number; trace ("Running..."); //newpos = 101; // newpos = Map.\_y; \<--- NaN dosn't work why … --- ## [Select All Files and Run A Batch](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/select-all-files-and-run-a-batch/192406)
**Author:** [@Lacuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lacuna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/select-all-files-and-run-a-batch/192406 "2006-06-28T11:44:12Z")
Hi, I can't figure out a way to have all of the .conf files in my folder used in a batch file. On a daily basis, I need the batch file to find all of the .conf in a particular folder and run a perl script on them...I… --- ## [Using \_visible for \_name?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using--visible-for--name/192402)
**Author:** [@dr\_crazy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dr_crazy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using--visible-for--name/192402 "2006-06-28T11:07:44Z")
Hi all, How do you do this??? I have an MC whose \_name property is given as "enemy" so, if(h\<=0){ make the mc whose name is enemy \_visible=false? } Hope you understood, Thanks for any help provided, Dr.Crazy \[smile\] --- ## [Drag playhead](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-playhead/192401)
**Author:** [@dmx006](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dmx006)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-playhead/192401 "2006-06-28T11:02:11Z")
Hi all, Im not sure what the correct name for what I am looking for is but I want to create an fla that pulls external jpgs or swfs into a main timeline which has a playhead that the user can drag backwards & forwards to… --- ## [Ecommerce, mp3, asp and sql, how's it done?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ecommerce-mp3-asp-and-sql-hows-it-done/192400)
**Author:** [@rumpus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rumpus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ecommerce-mp3-asp-and-sql-hows-it-done/192400 "2006-06-28T10:53:01Z")
Hi all, this is my first time here. I have to say this site rocks!!! Anywho.... I have an ecommerce site that is based on ASP with Microsoft SQL database. It sells music and I'm trying to work out how you do this: http… --- ## [Help with mass-mailer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-mass-mailer/192397)
**Author:** [@tom314](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tom314)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-mass-mailer/192397 "2006-06-28T09:57:54Z")
Hi, I made a mass-mailer in php, it sends out a html-mail and a text-message at once. So that people who cannot read html-messages get the txt-msg instead. Now, it works pretty well, but sometimes, weird things happe… --- ## [Movieclip within a movieclip interactivity](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-within-a-movieclip-interactivity/192396)
**Author:** [@nish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nish)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-within-a-movieclip-interactivity/192396 "2006-06-28T09:54:45Z")
Dear all, I have a movieclip (lets say 'A\_mc') containing several buttons. I have another movieclip (lets say 'B\_mc' residing in the library and attached to root by using one of the buttons from Amc). The B\_mc moviecli… --- ## [Ode workin in ie but firefox don´t](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ode-workin-in-ie-but-firefox-don-t/192394)
**Author:** [@mxo22](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mxo22)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ode-workin-in-ie-but-firefox-don-t/192394 "2006-06-28T09:48:41Z")
hi to all i ahve a preloader like inside of a function to preload each section of a site but for some reason the preloader is working wrong please can someone help with this the url is : http://www.ips-webdesign.com/pri… --- ## [Problem winzip'ing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-winziping/192392)
**Author:** [@o111](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/o111)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-winziping/192392 "2006-06-28T09:41:54Z")
hmm I was going to upload a video to my website, but it is quite large. Then I thought I'd zip it. Cuz the size will decrease right? The original size was 30mb, after zipping it was 29,9mb. Very much help huh? Really, I … --- ## [The best flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-best-flash/192388)
**Author:** [@unionjack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/unionjack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-best-flash/192388 "2006-06-28T08:47:37Z")
the best site i've come across is http://www.djvolcano.com/ :king: --- ## [External Image Preloader Help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-image-preloader-help/192387)
**Author:** [@jennings112](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jennings112)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-image-preloader-help/192387 "2006-06-28T08:44:06Z")
Hey, Can anyone tell me how to attach a preloader to a mx.control.Loader, so when Click a thumbnail for an image a preloader can be called and displayed and load the external image??? Help Please! Here is the AS on my … [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/uncategorized/1.md?page=1615) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/uncategorized/1.md?page=1617)