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## [What was that job-finding design site?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-that-job-finding-design-site/276346)

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**Author:** [@Kappa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kappa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-that-job-finding-design-site/276346 "2008-11-26T01:11:15Z")

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i remember a few years ago there was a site where people would post up bulletins for work they needed done and freelancers/groups could bid on it and take the job etc anyone have any idea what im talkin about

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## [Cursor effect in AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor-effect-in-as3/276342)

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**Author:** [@juskin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/juskin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor-effect-in-as3/276342 "2008-11-26T00:19:18Z")

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so Im working on a game and ive been asked to do it in as3 which has been painful... so an overview of what im doing, im having a clip replace the mouse, and im having 5 objects listen for a click to swap the clips, one …

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## [New line ("\\n") being ignored](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-line-n-being-ignored/276338)

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**Author:** [@forumSteve](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/forumSteve)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-line-n-being-ignored/276338 "2008-11-25T23:11:32Z")

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I'm loading some text from XML into a class variable. When using the variable to set the text of a Textfield instance, the " " is ignored. Any idea why? My workaround is: textfield.text = object.name.split( "\[URL="fi…

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## [Drawing API](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-api/276336)

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**Author:** [@PBKChris](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PBKChris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-api/276336 "2008-11-25T22:48:29Z")

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I have added a little to some code that another user had written for drawing a square, but I have some question. As of now when the user clicks and drags on the stage you draw a square. I have it so you can change the co…

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## [Check for duplicate names in text file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-for-duplicate-names-in-text-file/276335)

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**Author:** [@dru\_nasty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dru_nasty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-for-duplicate-names-in-text-file/276335 "2008-11-25T22:36:03Z")

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I've got a form that submits email addresses to a text file. I need the same script that appends these emails to this text file, to check for duplicate emails in the text file and do something if there is a duplicate. H…

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## [Srollbar problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/srollbar-problem/276330)

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**Author:** [@skyblu263](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skyblu263)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/srollbar-problem/276330 "2008-11-25T21:33:37Z")

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Hi all! Can anyone tell me why everything works when moving the scroll bar but as soon as I write in the script for the scrolling the text, it does NOT work? Here is the action. i have highlighted what is NOT working. …

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## [Actionscript Help needed please!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-help-needed-please/276328)

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**Author:** [@SourceGrafik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SourceGrafik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-help-needed-please/276328 "2008-11-25T21:26:30Z")

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I have a menu system that has a nice animation on it but I am having trouble getting the buttons to open up a URL without losing the animation. I have put the relevant files up here: http://www.sourcegrafikdesign.com/f…

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## [Interface query](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interface-query/276326)

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**Author:** [@yabai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yabai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interface-query/276326 "2008-11-25T21:00:31Z")

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hi, i would like to have a website with the following interface; about 8 small icons on the screen on rollover or click of one of these icons it increases in scale and the content will go in the middle. as the icon …

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## [Randoom MP3 Player?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randoom-mp3-player/276321)

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**Author:** [@nando973](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nando973)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randoom-mp3-player/276321 "2008-11-25T20:09:13Z")

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\[LEFT\]Hi! I have made MP3 player that reads external XML which contains of five songs. I want to play it randomly - every time you start player it starts with other song. Following songs doesn't have to be in random. …

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## [I cant' click my buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-cant-click-my-buttons/276319)

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**Author:** [@BlueMask](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BlueMask)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-cant-click-my-buttons/276319 "2008-11-25T19:43:31Z")

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Pls help \[frowning\] http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2410942#post2410942

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## [I can't click my buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-cant-click-my-buttons/276318)

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**Author:** [@BlueMask](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BlueMask)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-cant-click-my-buttons/276318 "2008-11-25T19:42:03Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a problem about my mc. This mc is following mouse; left - right and it has 7 buttons in side. But i can't click. Why? Function is bellow mcPortfolioGallery.onRollOver = function() { this.onMous…

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## [Custom cursor](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor/276317)

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**Author:** [@tic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor/276317 "2008-11-25T19:29:02Z")

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Hi, I'm kinda new to flash. I've made a cursor in a seperate .as file. called "Cursor.as" Now i want this drawing I made in there to be my current cursor. But i have no idee what code I need to use.. (i've been s…

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## [Randomized timer events](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomized-timer-events/276315)

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**Author:** [@juskin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/juskin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomized-timer-events/276315 "2008-11-25T18:51:50Z")

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So I want to randomize a timer event for a game. I really would like it to select different times in an array, but first i am just trying to randomize it here is the code: stop(); var clipATimer:Timer = new Timer(Mat…

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## ["1120: Access of undefined property" error, need help with howto](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1120-access-of-undefined-property-error-need-help-with-howto/276311)

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**Author:** [@jebediah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jebediah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1120-access-of-undefined-property-error-need-help-with-howto/276311 "2008-11-25T18:27:29Z")

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I'm struggling to adapt to AS3... I was an AS2 hack and now I'm paying for it. I've tried set up a function to toggle the visiblity on an MC that gets created at runtime. Obviously the compiler wants that movieclip t…

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## [Rollover Movieclip recieving click event](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-movieclip-recieving-click-event/276306)

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**Author:** [@arunforce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arunforce)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-movieclip-recieving-click-event/276306 "2008-11-25T17:51:34Z")

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I have a movieclip that constantly changes it's shape and has a rollover event for a popup. But due to the rollover event, I can't click anywhere underneath it, because it receives the click event (i have no onRelease fu…

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## [Calling function from external as file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-function-from-external-as-file/276301)

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**Author:** [@Radica1Faith](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Radica1Faith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-function-from-external-as-file/276301 "2008-11-25T17:09:11Z")

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Alright, I seem to be having trouble figuring out how to call a function from an external AS file from within a movieclip. Anyone have any ideas?

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## [Interface abstraction for Sprite?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interface-abstraction-for-sprite/276300)

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**Author:** [@hoolagon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hoolagon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/interface-abstraction-for-sprite/276300 "2008-11-25T17:05:46Z")

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I’m using flash AS 3.0 and I’m trying to extend the Sprite class to create some custom components. As I would like to keep the software engine separate from the display skin so that the skin can be changed independentl…

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## [Combo box for movie play in flash mx 8](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combo-box-for-movie-play-in-flash-mx-8/276299)

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**Author:** [@husnain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/husnain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combo-box-for-movie-play-in-flash-mx-8/276299 "2008-11-25T16:47:05Z")

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Hi, Pls somebody help me regarding this. I have three Combo box in flash movie. combo box instance name are following. data lable 1- my\_bx\_1 A , B 2- my\_bx\_2 C, D 3- my\_bx\_3 …

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## [\[AS2\] Bug in CS3 / CS4?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-bug-in-cs3-cs4/276293)

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**Author:** [@hagop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hagop)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-bug-in-cs3-cs4/276293 "2008-11-25T15:24:29Z")

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Dear all I have a single movie clip which has an embedded video inside. I use the following actionscript commands to stop and play it onClipEvent(load) { stop(); onClipEvent(mouseDown) { play(); } onClipEvent(mouseU…

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## [Streaming stuff](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/streaming-stuff/276291)

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**Author:** [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/streaming-stuff/276291 "2008-11-25T14:43:08Z")

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I know flash can progressive download, but do other media players do this? or would they need a streaming server. Windows Media Real Player Quicktime Flash others?:doh:

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## [Urgent package problem seeks solution](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-package-problem-seeks-solution/276290)

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**Author:** [@john\_paparis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/john_paparis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-package-problem-seeks-solution/276290 "2008-11-25T14:21:59Z")

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hi, i read all adobe documentation plus some books nut i am about to throw my pc out of the window. they describe simple things as rocket science to make them hard to understand. can someone help me with the following ? i…

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## [Mycoloredlinks-tag cloud directory](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mycoloredlinks-tag-cloud-directory/276287)

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**Author:** [@almadera](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/almadera)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mycoloredlinks-tag-cloud-directory/276287 "2008-11-25T13:17:29Z")

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Hi everyone ! What do you think about \[color=green\]mycoloredlinks.com\[/color\] ?

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## [Using the same code without conflict error?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-the-same-code-without-conflict-error/276280)

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**Author:** [@rzakyn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rzakyn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-the-same-code-without-conflict-error/276280 "2008-11-25T11:13:18Z")

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in as 2.0, u could use the same code many times. i'm making a gallery, and i want to have many galleries. but when i copy my gallery code, it says "a conflict exists with definition" how can you make many galleries wi…

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## [Sending utf-8 data (æ ø å) to aspx page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-utf-8-data-ae-o-a-to-aspx-page/276278)

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**Author:** [@JeanPaul\_Bardou](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeanPaul_Bardou)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-utf-8-data-ae-o-a-to-aspx-page/276278 "2008-11-25T10:47:08Z")

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Sending utf-8 data (æ ø å) to aspx page Hi, I wrote an as3 application where the user can fill-in a form with name, email, comments, etc. The info is sent to an aspx page that takes care of sending an email to the ven…

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## [Hanging indent when displaying xml data](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hanging-indent-when-displaying-xml-data/276277)

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**Author:** [@JeanPaul\_Bardou](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeanPaul_Bardou)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hanging-indent-when-displaying-xml-data/276277 "2008-11-25T10:44:47Z")

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Hanging indent when displaying xml data Hi, I am reading an xml file into my flash project, and I display the html-formatted data. The problem is that I get a hanging indent on the first line of each paragraph, like…

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## [Xml slide show](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slide-show/276275)

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**Author:** [@sidhu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sidhu)\
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**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-slide-show/276275 "2008-11-25T10:22:17Z")

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i found one gallery here http://www.unic8.com/en/news/labs/external-image-transitions.html How to load this gallery in to anther fla file. can u anyone help me Thanks sidhu

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## [PHP Email](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-email/276273)

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**Author:** [@dwebb21](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dwebb21)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-email/276273 "2008-11-25T06:38:48Z")

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Below is the PHP code that I am using to submit my website email form. It is working perfectly. I want to be able to have this email sent to the email specified below as well as to the email of the person filling out th…

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## [Random number generator question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-number-generator-question/276270)

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**Author:** [@mebius89](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mebius89)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-number-generator-question/276270 "2008-11-25T05:27:24Z")

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I'm having problem with generating random number. I always get a "3" when I run my codes. Can anyone help me ? Thanks var num:Number = 3; Math.ceil(Math.random()\*num); if(num == 1) { trace("1")…

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## [How do i use a textfield input as a number?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-textfield-input-as-a-number/276269)

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**Author:** [@arosemena](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arosemena)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-textfield-input-as-a-number/276269 "2008-11-25T05:12:32Z")

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i want to know how do i use a input in the textfield as a numeric value and not as text, for retrieving the text i would do myvar = mytextfield.text but if i want to retrieve the data as a operable number how can i …

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## [Using mc class in hit test](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-mc-class-in-hit-test/276261)

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**Author:** [@ryrocks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ryrocks)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-mc-class-in-hit-test/276261 "2008-11-25T03:46:57Z")

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Hey everyone, In my platform game my character shoots bullets from a gun, these bullets are loaded from a 'bullet' class. A new instance of this class has the variable name 'bulletVar'. I can adjust the bullets x and y p…

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