# Latest

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## [Orange Comet](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/orange-comet/292939)

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**Author:** [@psychman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psychman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/orange-comet/292939 "2009-07-21T04:58:05Z")

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\[URL="http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3329/orangeimagespace3.jpg"\] \[image\]

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## [Rollover buttons and instances](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-buttons-and-instances/292938)

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**Author:** [@hungryOrb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hungryOrb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-buttons-and-instances/292938 "2009-07-21T04:41:48Z")

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Hi all, I'm a complete noob, and the last time I really used flash, macromedia owned it. Now I'm trying to edit a .fla and specifically a menu. The menu is composed of some bitmaps, and parts of the bitmaps are darkened …

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## [Questions About Vector Graphics](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-about-vector-graphics/292936)

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**Author:** [@BeerOclock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BeerOclock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-about-vector-graphics/292936 "2009-07-21T03:00:11Z")

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Ive got some high level questions about vector graphics. From what I understand, when you draw stuff in the Flash IDE, you are creating vector graphics. Is there any way to view the actual XML (or whatever code) that …

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## [Using Empty Movie Clips to load movies](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-empty-movie-clips-to-load-movies/292934)

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**Author:** [@Pharoh32](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pharoh32)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-empty-movie-clips-to-load-movies/292934 "2009-07-21T01:53:37Z")

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I think I posted this in the wrong spot before I am in the process of building my new website and am having some loading issues. Here is a bit of info. \*\*\[COLOR=seagreen\]gallery\_stage\[/COLOR\] \*\* This is the main movi…

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## [Help me solve this.. Simple math? Stupidity?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-solve-this-simple-math-stupidity/292933)

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**Author:** [@jmreyes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jmreyes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-solve-this-simple-math-stupidity/292933 "2009-07-21T01:42:52Z")

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I got this as a text message. Never really got to figure it out. Im not sure whether this is a trick question or whether its just something stupid but here is it anyway.. Say you saw a nice item for sale at $97 and you…

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## [Orange You Glad](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/orange-you-glad/292932)

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**Author:** [@fenrir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fenrir)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/orange-you-glad/292932 "2009-07-21T01:37:04Z")

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Hoping everyone has heard the original joke, or it wont be quite as effective. Thanks \[smile\] \[image\] By fenrir

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## [Help with paths](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-paths/292931)

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**Author:** [@adlib33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adlib33)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-paths/292931 "2009-07-21T01:00:23Z")

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My main question is about paths - from the menu.as through the main stage to running a function on the other as file. I have a dynamic xml menu. The menu is in a class file. Great menu but I'm trying to add functional…

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## [External swf on page load - no buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-on-page-load-no-buttons/292930)

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**Author:** [@outroLugar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/outroLugar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-on-page-load-no-buttons/292930 "2009-07-21T00:27:08Z")

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All the tutorials I have found across the web is loading external swf's with a button click. My fla has 3 already created mc's on the stage that need to load 3 different swf's. First one loads a random selection from 5 s…

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## [Centering movieclips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-movieclips/292929)

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**Author:** [@gpdesigner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gpdesigner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-movieclips/292929 "2009-07-21T00:19:38Z")

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Yet another center movieclip thread . . . I know you love it. I did a few searches trying to find an answer to my issue, . . . i get close to the answer but it isn't quite my same problem, so let me run this by you. M…

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## [Navicat question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navicat-question/292927)

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**Author:** [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navicat-question/292927 "2009-07-21T00:02:33Z")

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I'm in the process of importing a bunch of data from an Excel file into a MySQL database using the Navicat import wizard, and I'm having some trouble... A few of the columns are just a true/false type (I'm just using TIN…

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## [Html tag missing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-tag-missing/292926)

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**Author:** [@blimpman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blimpman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-tag-missing/292926 "2009-07-21T00:01:04Z")

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I'm developing a friends site and am using DW CS4 to construct it. So far I have competed most of my pages and decided to upload it to my server to make sure it all works when previewed live. So far I've tested the site …

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## [getCharCode and non-character keys](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getcharcode-and-non-character-keys/292925)

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**Author:** [@Tekkan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tekkan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getcharcode-and-non-character-keys/292925 "2009-07-20T23:59:16Z")

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String.fromCharCode works for converting the keycodes into the character on the keyboard that they represent, but it does not work with all the keys. If the keys I am using are A,B,C,D,etc this function works, but if t…

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## [Print an image from flash?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/print-an-image-from-flash/292924)

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**Author:** [@theycallmegosu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theycallmegosu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/print-an-image-from-flash/292924 "2009-07-20T23:46:59Z")

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is there a way to print an image from flash?? it is better to have an example with text printing because i need to print both things at a time. here is my code, it is somehow not working. package { import flash.di…

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## [Cellophane](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cellophane/292923)

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**Author:** [@samoscratch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samoscratch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cellophane/292923 "2009-07-20T23:31:09Z")

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Hey all, I'm hoping to find a Photoshop tutorial that allows me to emulate cellophane wrapping, something along the lines of this: http://www.chocolateaccents.com/items/chocolate\_item.php?id=AN449&cat=Animals Haven't…

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## [Seeking participants for a brief online work observation and interview](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seeking-participants-for-a-brief-online-work-observation-and-interview/292920)

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**Author:** [@Jay\_Armstrong](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jay_Armstrong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seeking-participants-for-a-brief-online-work-observation-and-interview/292920 "2009-07-20T22:54:30Z")

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Adobe is looking for participants for a brief (~1 hour) online work observation and interview. There are two sets of criteria, each applying to a different study. Read the criteria carefully befor…

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## [Close A Netstream in a loader object](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/close-a-netstream-in-a-loader-object/292919)

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**Author:** [@rentedtux](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rentedtux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/close-a-netstream-in-a-loader-object/292919 "2009-07-20T22:24:21Z")

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I'm flummoxed. I'm working on my portfolio, and I'm having a bit of trouble. I'm loading a custom made video player SWF into my main SWF, and it works well so far, but the NETSTREAM doesn't close when I remove the ch…

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## [Unable to access parent constants through subclass](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unable-to-access-parent-constants-through-subclass/292918)

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**Author:** [@Keslen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Keslen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unable-to-access-parent-constants-through-subclass/292918 "2009-07-20T22:17:38Z")

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Greetings folks, I hope all (or at least most) is well with you and express my immense gratitude that I've been able to find this forum. Now then, I've defined two classes, one of which extends the other. The superclas…

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## [Bitmap grab of lower layers? Image transformations of stage?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-grab-of-lower-layers-image-transformations-of-stage/292917)

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**Author:** [@tim0123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tim0123)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-grab-of-lower-layers-image-transformations-of-stage/292917 "2009-07-20T21:24:38Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to do something which I'm not sure is possible in AS3. If anyone has any answers/suggestions I'd love to hear them. Thanks! Basically, I have a number of display objects drawing to the stage, including…

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## [Possible to record flash swf's?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-record-flash-swfs/292916)

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**Author:** [@Snowy\_658](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Snowy_658)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-record-flash-swfs/292916 "2009-07-20T21:08:29Z")

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A prospective client wants a video clip of some of my flash work, since I can't send him all my files so the main flash would work. Is there a way of recording an interactive flash swf, somehow? I can't think of any way …

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## [Great Deal:Buy 3GS Apple Iphone 32Gb,HTC MAX 4G,BlackBerry Bold 9000 New unlocked @ L](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/great-deal-buy-3gs-apple-iphone-32gb-htc-max-4g-blackberry-bold-9000-new-unlocked-l/292915)

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**Author:** [@mouliq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mouliq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/great-deal-buy-3gs-apple-iphone-32gb-htc-max-4g-blackberry-bold-9000-new-unlocked-l/292915 "2009-07-20T21:06:47Z")

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GLOBAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY INC. \*\*(ESTABLISHED IN 1996 IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATION & GLOBAL STANDARD ORGANIZATION OF WIRELESS INC) HEAD OFFICE: 102 McDonald Road, Edinburgh,EH7 4LU,SCOTLAN…

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## [Great Deal:Buy 3GS Apple Iphone 32Gb,HTC MAX 4G,BlackBerry Bold 9000 New unlocked @ L](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/great-deal-buy-3gs-apple-iphone-32gb-htc-max-4g-blackberry-bold-9000-new-unlocked-l/292914)

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**Author:** [@mouliq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mouliq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/great-deal-buy-3gs-apple-iphone-32gb-htc-max-4g-blackberry-bold-9000-new-unlocked-l/292914 "2009-07-20T21:05:13Z")

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GLOBAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY INC. \*\*(ESTABLISHED IN 1996 IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATION & GLOBAL STANDARD ORGANIZATION OF WIRELESS INC) HEAD OFFICE: 102 McDonald Road, Edinburgh,EH7 4LU,SCOTLAN…

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## [Rollover buttons. I miss the old way... AS2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-buttons-i-miss-the-old-way-as2/292913)

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**Author:** [@JayHunt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JayHunt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-buttons-i-miss-the-old-way-as2/292913 "2009-07-20T20:57:06Z")

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I am useing thikbox code to open iframes out of flash. import flash.external.ExternalInterface; button\_mc.onRelease = function() { ExternalInterface.call("tb\_show",null,"http://www.google.com/?KeepThis=true&TB\_iframe=…

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## [Rollover buttons. I miss the old way](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-buttons-i-miss-the-old-way/292912)

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**Author:** [@JayHunt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JayHunt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-buttons-i-miss-the-old-way/292912 "2009-07-20T20:54:41Z")

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I am useing thikbox code to open iframes out of flash. import flash.external.ExternalInterface; button\_mc.onRelease = function() { ExternalInterface.call("tb\_show",null,"http://www.google.com/?KeepThis=true&TB\_iframe=…

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## [SWF with Oranges - Actionscript on Canvas](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-with-oranges-actionscript-on-canvas/292911)

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**Author:** [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-with-oranges-actionscript-on-canvas/292911 "2009-07-20T20:43:18Z")

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## [\[AS3\]Using bitmapData.draw and clipRect for tiles is problematic](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-using-bitmapdata-draw-and-cliprect-for-tiles-is-problematic/292910)

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**Author:** [@flashmxboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashmxboy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-using-bitmapdata-draw-and-cliprect-for-tiles-is-problematic/292910 "2009-07-20T20:35:37Z")

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Hi again I ran into some problems while splitting my big level into tiles. I use 10 bitmapData\`s to split my level in 10 pieces and clipRect to draw only what i want to. So i use this code: \[AS\]var tile1:BitmapData = n…

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## [This project cannot be launched](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-project-cannot-be-launched/292908)

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**Author:** [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-project-cannot-be-launched/292908 "2009-07-20T20:21:55Z")

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Man what a headache this has been. Out of nowhere, completely random, I go to compile a project and I get "This project cannot be launched". Seems as if all my compiler setting have nulled themselves, no warning, no …

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## [Ted the Alien](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ted-the-alien/292907)

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**Author:** [@Stuntrunner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stuntrunner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ted-the-alien/292907 "2009-07-20T19:58:06Z")

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i used this as a template for him \[image\] and here is ted! \[image\]:jason:

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## [How to Smooth Dynamic Images (actionscript 2.0)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-smooth-dynamic-images-actionscript-2-0/292906)

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**Author:** [@actionscriptin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/actionscriptin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-smooth-dynamic-images-actionscript-2-0/292906 "2009-07-20T19:44:51Z")

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Okay I need some help with loading smooth dynamic images in actionscript 2.0. This is as much as I know now. I use the loader component(convert it to a movie and have added some adjustment with the alpha. In the compon…

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## [Login keeping username](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-keeping-username/292905)

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**Author:** [@KillinSprE](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KillinSprE)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-keeping-username/292905 "2009-07-20T19:35:10Z")

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I've used the newlogin example and I'm trying to get it to say Welcome "username" instead of saying Stuff. I need it to hold onto the variable username from one frame and keep it thru-out the swf. EG once sucessfully log…

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## [Looking to buy Cialis](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-to-buy-cialis/292904)

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**Author:** [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-to-buy-cialis/292904 "2009-07-20T19:26:38Z")

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Anyone able to help me out?

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