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## [Need help for Autodesk 3D Studio Max 2009 question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-for-autodesk-3d-studio-max-2009-question/268490)

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**Author:** [@DarkMathias](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DarkMathias)\
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**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-for-autodesk-3d-studio-max-2009-question/268490 "2008-08-14T14:46:57Z")

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If anyone understands this, please explain to me what went wrong and how do I fix it. I have a regular .max file and all planes show up right, full opacity and texture. i xref'd the scene into a larger project and al…

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## [Transition problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transition-problem/268489)

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**Author:** [@thursday0384](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thursday0384)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transition-problem/268489 "2008-08-14T14:36:00Z")

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hey i'm new to using the transition manager in as 3.0. and when i run my code i get an error message. one transition works, but the second one doesn't. when you click the "about" button to go to the about us section, i g…

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## [Navigate to Url](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigate-to-url/268488)

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**Author:** [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigate-to-url/268488 "2008-08-14T14:33:58Z")

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I have an intro animation and at the end I navigate to my main site with navigateToURL(new URLRequest('main.html'),"\_self"); this was fine until I added a preloader. When the preloading is done this loads my intro w…

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## [NetStream.seek is so unprecise!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netstream-seek-is-so-unprecise/268482)

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**Author:** [@zhangxiaorui](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zhangxiaorui)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netstream-seek-is-so-unprecise/268482 "2008-08-14T11:12:03Z")

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I cannot bear it! Why, the seek is working so wrongly, about 1-3 hours offest far from the wanted value. Anyone know how to solve it?

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## [I need help fixing a few glitches](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-help-fixing-a-few-glitches/268480)

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**Author:** [@tivaelydoc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tivaelydoc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-help-fixing-a-few-glitches/268480 "2008-08-14T11:04:58Z")

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I'm going to fix the controls later, but for right now you would just hold the button and click on the MC. I also need a better idea of how to organize a 1000 MC’s. Here is the swf: http://img98.imageshack.us…

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## [Preserving text format/line breaks in email script](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preserving-text-format-line-breaks-in-email-script/268478)

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**Author:** [@StigC](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StigC)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preserving-text-format-line-breaks-in-email-script/268478 "2008-08-14T10:16:58Z")

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Hey Everyone. I have a simple email form made in AS2, which of course sends an email through PHP. I used Senocular's tutorial as inspiration. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash\_php\_email.htm The probl…

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## [Is this possible?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-possible/268477)

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**Author:** [@CayoHueso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CayoHueso)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-possible/268477 "2008-08-14T10:12:25Z")

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If I have a main SWF movie, in which I load external SWF files, and in that main SWF movie I have a scrubber bar, to control the loaded movies, do those movies have to have all their animation in the timeline? How do I…

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## [Actionscript file cannot access my public function of other AS file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-file-cannot-access-my-public-function-of-other-as-file/268476)

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**Author:** [@hizuka007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hizuka007)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-file-cannot-access-my-public-function-of-other-as-file/268476 "2008-08-14T10:05:41Z")

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Help! How to I call my public funtion (from actionscript file 1) using other actionscript file.... here it is: -----------------------------as\_one class --------- package { import flash.disaply.MovieClip; pub…

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## [Rollover trouble](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-trouble/268471)

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**Author:** [@ora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ora)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-trouble/268471 "2008-08-14T08:02:10Z")

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hi every one this is my 1st thread ever and im very new to Flash CS3 and im having trouble coping with action script:crying: i need to make a thumbnail photo banner so that when u rollover one pic it would resize to a…

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## [So ... flash's video controls](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-flashs-video-controls/268467)

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**Author:** [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-flashs-video-controls/268467 "2008-08-14T06:45:44Z")

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leave a fair bit to be desired (in my opinion at least - I am of course comparing them to Quicktimes controls) the timeline marker jumps around when dragged and doesn't always give an accurate reflection of time placem…

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## [Scale and math problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scale-and-math-problem/268465)

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**Author:** [@webreake](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/webreake)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scale-and-math-problem/268465 "2008-08-14T05:50:50Z")

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Hi im trying to build a bandwidth detector and im having a problem with scales. i have this so far : http://masgdl.com/tests/bandwidthMeter/ as you can see in the example i want the scale to be big at the beginni…

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## [Add video to flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-video-to-flash/268459)

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**Author:** [@student07](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/student07)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-video-to-flash/268459 "2008-08-14T03:09:26Z")

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what is the best way to add video to flash? i'd like for it to be fullscreen

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## [gotoAndPlay](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay/268458)

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**Author:** [@alpharaven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alpharaven)\
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**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay/268458 "2008-08-14T03:07:38Z")

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Has anyone ever had a problem where the gotoAndPlay() function does not work. For some reason I have call to gotoAndPlay(2) but instead of playing it is stopping and no I do not have anything else telling it to stop play…

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## [What is wrong with this code?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-code/268455)

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**Author:** [@eg19689](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eg19689)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-code/268455 "2008-08-14T01:14:21Z")

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var users:Array = \["Mike", "Todd", "Jimmy"\]; enter\_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick); function onClick (evt:MouseEvent):void { for (var i:Number = 0; i \< users.length; i++) { if (users\* == user\_tx…

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## [Assign an incrementing variable to an attachMovie (experience with TweenLite helpful)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-an-incrementing-variable-to-an-attachmovie-experience-with-tweenlite-helpful/268453)

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**Author:** [@el\_bob](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/el_bob)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-an-incrementing-variable-to-an-attachmovie-experience-with-tweenlite-helpful/268453 "2008-08-14T00:48:33Z")

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hey guys - i have a script which places a clip on the stage (well, just off it), and rotates the clip and then tweens it to a certain x/y coordinate based on the rotation using TweenLite, and all of this on a setInter…

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## [Description under video? Please...I'm drowning here](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/description-under-video-please-im-drowning-here/268449)

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**Author:** [@swalker5906](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swalker5906)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/description-under-video-please-im-drowning-here/268449 "2008-08-13T23:01:38Z")

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Hello all. I've recently built a website for a rather demanding client. The site contains a dynamic playlist which controls what video plays when. The client has desided that he has to have an area under the video to dis…

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## [Makes me happy](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/makes-me-happy/268446)

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**Author:** [@brianmanden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brianmanden)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/makes-me-happy/268446 "2008-08-13T22:46:43Z")

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2wtIIT9hMU :cheers:

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## [Speed gained by gravitational sling shot... how?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/speed-gained-by-gravitational-sling-shot-how/268445)

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**Author:** [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/speed-gained-by-gravitational-sling-shot-how/268445 "2008-08-13T22:36:46Z")

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ok I am rusty, and I want appear smart arse but forgotten the mechanics probes gain speed by diving towards a planet, reaching greater than escape velocity and shooting off the other side f= ma p=mv the planet has …

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## [Please review my new site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-new-site/268444)

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**Author:** [@viceroyyy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/viceroyyy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-new-site/268444 "2008-08-13T22:02:12Z")

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\[FONT=Times New Roman\] Hello All, I have just design my site, its a property management and maintenance site. Please review for design, layout and give me some honest feedback. Suggestions are also welcome. \[/FONT\] …

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## [New skin for .flv player](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-skin-for-flv-player/268442)

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**Author:** [@ba\_doyn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ba_doyn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-skin-for-flv-player/268442 "2008-08-13T21:25:54Z")

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Is there any way to modify an existing player skin so it can give me a loading progress (like the spinning wheel on youtube or a numerical readout) with a play button over the video. Something simple that a nucklehead (t…

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## [How to prevent "target swapping" of overlapping objects?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-prevent-target-swapping-of-overlapping-objects/268438)

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**Author:** [@SAEC\_KV](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SAEC_KV)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-prevent-target-swapping-of-overlapping-objects/268438 "2008-08-13T21:17:41Z")

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I'm working on creating a top-down product configurator or sorts, which is basically a grid with draggable objects. MOUSE\_DOWN starts the drag of an object on the screen (calling a MOUSE\_MOVE event) and MOUSE\_UP stops th…

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## [How to execute a function on the root from a movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-execute-a-function-on-the-root-from-a-movie-clip/268437)

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**Author:** [@qhrome27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/qhrome27)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-execute-a-function-on-the-root-from-a-movie-clip/268437 "2008-08-13T20:58:31Z")

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Hello, I am fairly new to AS3.0, so this is kind of a newbie question. I have a function on the root timeline called addWave() I would like to call that function from within a movie clip, but when I use root.addWav…

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## [Camera Recommendations](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/camera-recommendations/268433)

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**Author:** [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/camera-recommendations/268433 "2008-08-13T20:03:00Z")

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My Mum currently has a canon point and shoot camera but its old and its not really up to the job anymore, its slow and just mehhh. Her Bday is coming up soon so I want to get her a new camera, I would prefer it to be can…

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## [Need help putting in a scoring system](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-putting-in-a-scoring-system/268431)

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**Author:** [@doomdoom24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doomdoom24)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-putting-in-a-scoring-system/268431 "2008-08-13T19:14:52Z")

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Hi i need help im making a game where your a ball and you have to dodge stakes that are falling down when a stake passes you you get one point so how do you make a scoring system work for this game this is my first ever …

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## [XML: Anatomy of a Blizzard site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-anatomy-of-a-blizzard-site/268430)

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**Author:** [@SpawnOfJon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SpawnOfJon)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-anatomy-of-a-blizzard-site/268430 "2008-08-13T19:01:43Z")

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Anyone know how Blizzard builds their site? I know they use XML, but I can't tell how it's being built. If you view the source of the Diablo 3 site, for example, all you see is: \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"…

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## [Need help with my drag and drop dressup game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-my-drag-and-drop-dressup-game/268425)

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**Author:** [@sugartigar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sugartigar)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-my-drag-and-drop-dressup-game/268425 "2008-08-13T17:53:13Z")

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so im trying to make a drag and drop dressup game using flash. I'm so close to finishing it, but I have one small problem. The game has different pages for the different clothes you can put on the character. Each differe…

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## [Trying to add captions to a AS3 photogallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-add-captions-to-a-as3-photogallery/268420)

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**Author:** [@jrose](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jrose)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-add-captions-to-a-as3-photogallery/268420 "2008-08-13T16:31:11Z")

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Hi- I've used Flash (with AS2) for several years and I'm trying to make the jump to AS3.. and I'm struggling (mostly because of my limited amount of time to really dive into it). Anyway, I have a photogallery that I lik…

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## [Bitmapdata.lock() not working?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmapdata-lock-not-working/268418)

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**Author:** [@somerandomdude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somerandomdude)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmapdata-lock-not-working/268418 "2008-08-13T16:28:26Z")

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I'm messing around with bitmaps, and the lock() function seems to do absolutely nothing, though i might be using it wrong; here's bit of test code i made to try it out: var bitmapData:BitmapData=new BitmapData(400,400…

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## [Flash background](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-background/268416)

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**Author:** [@boygeniuss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boygeniuss)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-background/268416 "2008-08-13T15:55:11Z")

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Hi, i have a flash file thats 800 in width and 800 in height but is a full screen. i want the top of the movie to have a repeating background in it, so that the height of the area wont increase but the width will always …

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## [How do you calculate tax on a shopping cart?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-calculate-tax-on-a-shopping-cart/268413)

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**Author:** [@imagined](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imagined)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-calculate-tax-on-a-shopping-cart/268413 "2008-08-13T15:17:22Z")

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how do you calculate tax on a shopping cart? i know you can use a formula. but is it based on just the state or how do you do it?

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