# Latest **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1466 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1467 --- ## [Defender Bug: Invincible Soldiers \>.\<](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/defender-bug-invincible-soldiers/288436)
**Author:** [@LLvB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LLvB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/defender-bug-invincible-soldiers/288436 "2009-05-15T16:01:51Z")
Hi, I'm making a defender type game and I've come across a bug that I cant figure out. I think the problem lies in how I am adding or removing the enemy soldiers. The problem is that some of the soldiers are invincible a… --- ## [Hexosearch](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hexosearch/288435)
**Author:** [@Daganev](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Daganev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hexosearch/288435 "2009-05-15T16:00:37Z")
http://www.hexosearch.com/se/about.aspx Good, bad, ugly? It's not my project, I just got told about it on Linkedin. --- ## [Problem with game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-game/288434)
**Author:** [@zibzed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zibzed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-game/288434 "2009-05-15T15:32:48Z")
hi, im trying to give this game a few levels by copying and pasting the code into a new keyframe i've changed the code in the second level so they dont match but i keep getting the error TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot… --- ## [Control Timeline from External Text File](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-timeline-from-external-text-file/288433)
**Author:** [@iiswansongii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iiswansongii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-timeline-from-external-text-file/288433 "2009-05-15T15:28:23Z")
In my externally loaded text file, I want to place a link that will control a specific movie clip in my flash timeline. Is there a way to do this? Let me know if you need more clarification as to what I'm trying to a… --- ## [Remove itself once the mc hits certain frame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-itself-once-the-mc-hits-certain-frame/288432)
**Author:** [@Mistermind](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mistermind)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-itself-once-the-mc-hits-certain-frame/288432 "2009-05-15T15:27:11Z")
Hey there, I’m initiating my migration process from AS2 to AS3 (which many of you know it’s like trying to learn Chinese lol). After reading A LOT of tutorials and, of course, pretty much everything that mister senocular… --- ## [Php/mysql update query](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-update-query/288431)
**Author:** [@Nevo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nevo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-update-query/288431 "2009-05-15T15:27:10Z")
Hi, Thanks in advance for a solution \[smile\] I'm sure I must have written something to do this in the past but I guess I'm having a mind blank. I'm tying to write a query to update multiple columns in multiple rows… --- ## [Rotating Bitmap](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-bitmap/288430)
**Author:** [@dygfloyd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dygfloyd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotating-bitmap/288430 "2009-05-15T15:21:05Z")
Ok, I'm getting a weird error on something that should be way too easy. It's only a few lines of code so I'm hoping I'm just missing something stupid. Hopefully someone else can see the error. // I'm using the BulkLoa… --- ## [Stopping the mouse from moving over a movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-the-mouse-from-moving-over-a-movie-clip/288429)
**Author:** [@red66](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/red66)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-the-mouse-from-moving-over-a-movie-clip/288429 "2009-05-15T15:13:26Z")
Hi there, Does anyone know how to prevent the mouse from moving over a movie clip, so that the movie clip in a sense has a boarder around it that stops the mouse from entering its area on the main stage. Cheers --- ## [Finding bounds of a component](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-bounds-of-a-component/288428)
**Author:** [@AKirk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AKirk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-bounds-of-a-component/288428 "2009-05-15T15:13:00Z")
When I programmatically create a new component and then call getBounds() on it, I find that the result in not accurate, for instance (this is in the constructor of a class that extends Sprite): mButton = new Butto… --- ## [Mask in movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-in-movieclip/288427)
**Author:** [@ozkanb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ozkanb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-in-movieclip/288427 "2009-05-15T14:44:20Z")
i have to make 4 movieclips in the stage and each movieclip must have a different mask. so i need to make the mask in the movieclips. now i tried some things but it doesn't work... any ideas how i can make a mask i… --- ## [How not to resize part of the stage?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-not-to-resize-part-of-the-stage/288426)
**Author:** [@marcelomdsc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marcelomdsc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-not-to-resize-part-of-the-stage/288426 "2009-05-15T14:43:46Z")
Hello, I would like to know how to have a part of my website not resize with the browser window. You can see what I want to achieve on the website...www.serialcut.com They show their work as the page´s background which c… --- ## [RTS game in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rts-game-in-flash/288425)
**Author:** [@DashMasterful](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DashMasterful)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rts-game-in-flash/288425 "2009-05-15T14:40:02Z")
I'm making a mini RTS game, I have a group of 5 soldiers. To move all in a group, I double-click on which highlights all of them, I then click anywhere on the map to move all as a group. However, all 5 move to the exact … --- ## [Lightbox 2 error - please help :(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightbox-2-error-please-help/288424)
**Author:** [@DeCal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DeCal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightbox-2-error-please-help/288424 "2009-05-15T14:39:47Z")
Hey guys, Just been playing about with Lightbox and added it to the page: http://www.dean.co.uk/baby It seems to work fine for me in IE 7 on my Windows Vista Ultimate machine, but wont load the images in Firefox at a… --- ## [Resize image function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-image-function/288423)
**Author:** [@daniel\_mihalcea](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daniel_mihalcea)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-image-function/288423 "2009-05-15T14:34:36Z")
Hello there. Can any one know a function that is doing resize and it is doing it right, because I have made a function but it I make my image small like 70x50 from 950x500 it is distorting it. Thank you. --- ## [Have i not understood the idexOf functions with arrays?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/have-i-not-understood-the-idexof-functions-with-arrays/288422)
**Author:** [@Vidar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vidar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/have-i-not-understood-the-idexof-functions-with-arrays/288422 "2009-05-15T14:29:59Z")
way doesn't this work? var rettRute:Array = new Array("r1", "r2", "r3"); function squareClick(m:MouseEvent) { trace(m.target.name); fargeRett.color=0x000000; fargeFeil.color=0xff0000; if (m.target.name==r… --- ## [Return equal nodes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-equal-nodes/288421)
**Author:** [@raack08](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/raack08)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-equal-nodes/288421 "2009-05-15T14:16:18Z")
Hi, I am new here on kirupa forum and this is my first post:} Well, starting with a problem, i have a xml file and i want to compare data. I want to return the equal nodes within a new XMLList or Array; \ **Author:** [@Rocketrud](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rocketrud)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cross-browser-help-needed/288417 "2009-05-15T13:22:40Z") The following code works fine in IE and Opera. In Firefox it does not show the top ads first and only the first 4 links at the top work. Could anybody shed light on why Firefox is not allowing this to operate correctly … --- ## [Flipping book](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-book/288416)
**Author:** [@iandp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iandp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-book/288416 "2009-05-15T13:19:00Z")
i want to make a e-magazines,and i want to create with a flip book concept with flash... can i learn about this??? where can i find the tutorial about this? --- ## [AS3 Need help making XMLList of every childnode](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-need-help-making-xmllist-of-every-childnode/288415)
**Author:** [@jessicaD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jessicaD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-need-help-making-xmllist-of-every-childnode/288415 "2009-05-15T13:15:08Z")
Hi people, I have a question about getting data out of a XML. I have made the following XML http://pastebin.com/m5057f168 and as you can see I have a structure like this: \ \ \\ \ **Author:** [@tbirdkirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbirdkirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-causing-rendering-flaws/288414 "2009-05-15T13:08:58Z") If I draw a contiguous grid of solid black rectangles in a sprite, say 4 high and 5 wide, and then I tween the scalex and scaley of the containing sprite equally over time, at certain scale values the rectangles draw inc… --- ## [Help understanding for loops... please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-understanding-for-loops-please/288412)
**Author:** [@fs\_tigre](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fs_tigre)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-understanding-for-loops-please/288412 "2009-05-15T12:18:27Z")
\[FONT=Calibri\]\[SIZE=3\]Hi,\[/SIZE\]\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\]\[SIZE=3\]I have been practicing actionscript 3.0 for at least one year now and still confused about the “for loop” statements.\[/SIZE\]\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Calibri\]\[SIZE=3\]\[/… --- ## [Detect if window is active](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-if-window-is-active/288411)
**Author:** [@ruiganga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ruiganga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-if-window-is-active/288411 "2009-05-15T12:07:29Z")
Hi My site is a Portfolio of other flashwebsites. All have sound. Because it becomes confusing to have all sounds playing at the same time I am trying to do one thing. I need to know if there is a EventListener that … --- ## [Flex SWF to MOV](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-swf-to-mov/288410)
**Author:** [@snozbunny](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snozbunny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-swf-to-mov/288410 "2009-05-15T12:07:14Z")
Hi peeps. I'm currently looking for a easy way to convert a simple animation I made in Flex to a MOV. It's just using 'tweener' and embed. Any suggestions would be super helpful. Thanks! :kir: --- ## [Score function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/score-function/288409)
**Author:** [@Martendeman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Martendeman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/score-function/288409 "2009-05-15T11:44:14Z")
Hello All, I made a little game like brick breaker. Now i get 20 points for evry brick i break, and there will be 100 points taken when it hits the bottom. so when i break 2 bricks i have 40 points, but if i lose a ball… --- ## [Checking an input string](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-an-input-string/288408)
**Author:** [@alva](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-an-input-string/288408 "2009-05-15T11:42:56Z")
I do math applications for the web. Often I have to check if a user input is correct. For example: the right answer is 3x+5. Is the user input that. I do this by checking character by character. I don't think that it i… --- ## [Portfoilo homepage updates](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfoilo-homepage-updates/288407)
**Author:** [@euanc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/euanc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfoilo-homepage-updates/288407 "2009-05-15T11:35:02Z")
hello, i need a steer in the right direction on how to do this. on my portfolio site, i want to update my home page with the latest 3 entries to my illustration portfolio. the homepage would have 3 thumbnail contain… --- ## [TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null. AS3 and PHP](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-2007-parameter-text-must-be-non-null-as3-and-php/288406)
**Author:** [@killsteve](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/killsteve)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-2007-parameter-text-must-be-non-null-as3-and-php/288406 "2009-05-15T10:42:09Z")
Hello everyone, Im very new to flash and im trying to send a contact form. Ive modified a template that was working originally... using flash cs4, actionscript 3 and php This is the error I'm getting TypeError: Error … --- ## [Need help with 'post link to facebook' button in php](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-post-link-to-facebook-button-in-php/288405)
**Author:** [@spindrift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spindrift)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-post-link-to-facebook-button-in-php/288405 "2009-05-15T10:18:05Z")
hi guys, thanks for the interest in my post... i want to have a button at the bottom of my main page layout (main.php) of the facebook logo where visitors can click on it to submit the page as a link to facebook. h… --- ## [Any irish kirupians wanna meet up?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-irish-kirupians-wanna-meet-up/288404)
**Author:** [@leisuresuitlissy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leisuresuitlissy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-irish-kirupians-wanna-meet-up/288404 "2009-05-15T10:06:14Z")
Hola \*\*\*\*\*ez. As I've mentioned I'm going to the med this July/August, and was hoping to do a side trip to Ireland because that's where the other half of my family's from. Just wondering if there are any crazy micks h… --- ## [ActionScript 3 Link](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-link/288403)
**Author:** [@Marciano](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Marciano)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-link/288403 "2009-05-15T09:56:26Z")
Hey there, I have a question! import fl.transitions.Tween; import fl.transitions.easing.\*; import fl.transitions.TweenEvent; var contactlink:URLRequest = new URLRequest("file:///C:/Users/marciano/Pictures/Schoolw… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1465) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1467)