# Latest **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1673 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1674 --- ## [FLASH input method changed to asian, can't use symbols anymore](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-input-method-changed-to-asian-cant-use-symbols-anymore/281261)
**Author:** [@jayrich86](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jayrich86)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-input-method-changed-to-asian-cant-use-symbols-anymore/281261 "2009-02-06T17:25:54Z")
I don't know what happened my input method is showing up as Japanese or Chinese or Korean, and characters like "/" and "}" and "%" on my keyboard are now not working or displaying strange characters. Any idea how to fix … --- ## [\\r \\n](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/r-n/281260)
**Author:** [@koolkrasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koolkrasher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/r-n/281260 "2009-02-06T17:14:36Z")
What do they do? (\\r ) I think but a not sure makes a new line, but what does \\r do --- ## [Reference the stage from a custom class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-the-stage-from-a-custom-class/281258)
**Author:** [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-the-stage-from-a-custom-class/281258 "2009-02-06T16:55:36Z")
I have created a custom class that extends the movie clip on frame 1 of the main timeline I create it var mainBox2:mainBox = new mainBox(); addChild(mainBox2); Now as I understand it you have to cast the parent a… --- ## [Calling a function in a parent SWF from a loaded SWF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-in-a-parent-swf-from-a-loaded-swf/281256)
**Author:** [@ninjateacup](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ninjateacup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-in-a-parent-swf-from-a-loaded-swf/281256 "2009-02-06T16:28:42Z")
I'm trying to figure out how to call a function from a loaded SWF. The function is in an AS file that gets called from my main SWF (my main SWF runs on an AS file containing all the code, but the external SWF does not, i… --- ## [Pass Variables from one swf to another swf?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pass-variables-from-one-swf-to-another-swf/281255)
**Author:** [@frescono](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/frescono)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pass-variables-from-one-swf-to-another-swf/281255 "2009-02-06T16:16:11Z")
I have a swf with an input text box and a button. When the button is clicked, i need it to open another swf in a new window and pass the variables to a text box in the new window. Any ideas on how to do this??? --- ## [ExternalInterface Issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externalinterface-issue/281253)
**Author:** [@MaGiCpt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MaGiCpt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externalinterface-issue/281253 "2009-02-06T15:48:04Z")
Hello there, Im using a js file to make a application communicate with my swf using the ExternalInterface. in the javascript file i use something like so: .CallFunction("\\\ **Author:** [@zimsay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zimsay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-to-make-thumbnail-gallery/281251 "2009-02-06T15:34:04Z") dear Friends good day ! this is my first post hope i am post at right place if i am not then please guide me. i was looking for gallery looking like this site http://www.womenmanagement.com/index2.php i was lo… --- ## [Need help to make thumbnail Gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-to-make-thumbnail-gallery/281250)
**Author:** [@zimsay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zimsay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-to-make-thumbnail-gallery/281250 "2009-02-06T15:28:08Z")
dear Friends good day ! this is my first post hope i am post at right place if i am not then please guide me. i was looking for gallery looking like this site http://www.womenmanagement.com/index2.php i was lo… --- ## [Event hitTest](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-hittest/281249)
**Author:** [@trickeyd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trickeyd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-hittest/281249 "2009-02-06T15:26:00Z")
Hi everyone. I am creating a system with creatures that need to know when they hit each-other. At the moment I am using the following loop for each creature in each frame: if (!\_pregnant) { for(var i:Number =… --- ## [Video Player Errors](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-player-errors/281248)
**Author:** [@sholton311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sholton311)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-player-errors/281248 "2009-02-06T15:22:54Z")
I have made an xml video viewer which works great, however I am getting output errors when I run it- I'm not sure why or what is being affected, but if anyone could help I'd appreciate it. The errors are as follows: … --- ## [Preloader Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/281247)
**Author:** [@vxd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vxd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/281247 "2009-02-06T15:12:09Z")
Hi, How do you setup your preloader, do you; 1) Place the preloader code in the first frame and content in the second frame? 2)Have a "Main SWF" with the preloader and load the contents into the "Main SWF"? The m… --- ## [Adding speed to bullets](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-speed-to-bullets/281246)
**Author:** [@Drezer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Drezer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-speed-to-bullets/281246 "2009-02-06T14:32:53Z")
I have finally got the movieclip to show up when i hit the ctrl key. but it just sits there because i have not yet added a speed. what would be the simplest way of doing this? what i want to move is a bullet. --- ## [Adding speed to bullets](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-speed-to-bullets/281245)
**Author:** [@Drezer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Drezer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-speed-to-bullets/281245 "2009-02-06T14:32:17Z")
I have finally got the movieclip to show up when i hit the ctrl key. but it just sits there because i have not yet added a speed. what would be the simplest way of doing this? what i want to move is a bullet. --- ## [\[AS2\] Strings and if statements](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-strings-and-if-statements/281244)
**Author:** [@ConceptUK2009](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ConceptUK2009)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-strings-and-if-statements/281244 "2009-02-06T14:31:33Z")
I want to have the whole of the argument in an if statement represented by a variable string. Is this possible? I am yet to get the code to work: var featureLimit:String = "featureType == \\"logo\_ci4\\" || featureType =… --- ## [Opposite of AddChildAt(sprite, 0);](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opposite-of-addchildat-sprite-0/281243)
**Author:** [@grandpaw\_broon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grandpaw_broon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opposite-of-addchildat-sprite-0/281243 "2009-02-06T14:10:29Z")
Hi all In my current game i have tried to add a sprite above an existing sprite. Usually i just do this in order of instantiation. However on this occasion it seems my UI is behind an existing object. In terms of the… --- ## [Web-like pattern drawer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-like-pattern-drawer/281242)
**Author:** [@Sage\_of\_Fire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sage_of_Fire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-like-pattern-drawer/281242 "2009-02-06T13:49:04Z")
Well, I've finally decided to create a class that's more than just functional. This one actually makes things appear on your screen! \[image\] \[whisper\]Click to launch demo\[/whisper\] Please, be careful with this app. … --- ## [Protect Parts of my FLA](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protect-parts-of-my-fla/281241)
**Author:** [@Tazbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tazbo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protect-parts-of-my-fla/281241 "2009-02-06T13:32:20Z")
Hi Guys, I have created a flash file and the company I have created it for now wants the fla so they can make changes to certain parts of the action script. There are some elements that I want to protect as it took me … --- ## [A pimping $1000 iPhone prize giveaway](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-pimping-1000-iphone-prize-giveaway/281238)
**Author:** [@red01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/red01)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-pimping-1000-iphone-prize-giveaway/281238 "2009-02-06T12:46:11Z")
Hi All I am the founder the site http://www.italkmagazine.com and we have a huge valentines giveaway going. Its one prize worth more than $1000 USD and it is filled with iPhone and iPod touch goodies. Enter and fin… --- ## [Bitmap smoothing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-smoothing/281237)
**Author:** [@fenix\_](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fenix_)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-smoothing/281237 "2009-02-06T12:32:28Z")
hi this is my first time here so, hi to all! so, i'm having a problem with the smoothing bitmap property that's really getting my nerves. here's part of the code. function imgLoad() { var img:MovieClip=new emp… --- ## [Loading Title from XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-title-from-xml/281236)
**Author:** [@bradders\_123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bradders_123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-title-from-xml/281236 "2009-02-06T12:22:17Z")
I have an .xml file which is one I downloaded and modified. I'm trying to get flash to read the Title and display it in txt field inside a movie clip. Here is my xml code: \ \ **Author:** [@kilamantok](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kilamantok)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-two-different-instance-objects-does-not-collide/281235 "2009-02-06T11:22:47Z") Thank you very much for giving some time to read my problem. Im building a shooter game where a bullet is call from a class and the enemy is also called from a class. I cant make them collide. In order for stuff to s… --- ## [Delete onEnterFrame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delete-onenterframe/281234)
**Author:** [@jeancnicolas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeancnicolas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delete-onenterframe/281234 "2009-02-06T11:17:53Z")
Hello, recently I have been firing a few onEnterFrame functions depending on the users interaction. ie. animations/loading bars etc. Now I have been trying to streamline my code practice, so it's nice and efficient, and … --- ## [Find out the parent of a tween](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-out-the-parent-of-a-tween/281233)
**Author:** [@Mistykal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mistykal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-out-the-parent-of-a-tween/281233 "2009-02-06T11:11:34Z")
Hi, i'm having trouble trying to get the parent object (target movieclip) of a tween. example: myTween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION\_FINISH, doStuff); function doStuff(e:TweenEvent):void { var mc = e.target; … --- ## [Class instance objects not colliding (gskinner's collision)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-instance-objects-not-colliding-gskinners-collision/281232)
**Author:** [@kilamantok](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kilamantok)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-instance-objects-not-colliding-gskinners-collision/281232 "2009-02-06T11:09:25Z")
Thank you very much for giving some time to read my problem. Im building a shooter game where a bullet is called from a class and the enemy is also called from a class. I cant make them collide. In order for stuff to… --- ## [Updating Flash movie when data change occurs in MySQL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-flash-movie-when-data-change-occurs-in-mysql/281231)
**Author:** [@legalizeit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/legalizeit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-flash-movie-when-data-change-occurs-in-mysql/281231 "2009-02-06T10:47:29Z")
Hey! I'm trying to find a way how to update a flash movie when the data changes in MySQL database. There is a way for this in AIR that I haven't tried (http://help.adobe.com/en\_US/AS3LCR/Flash\_10.0/flash/events/SQLUpdate… --- ## [Trigger button state via keyboard press](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trigger-button-state-via-keyboard-press/281230)
**Author:** [@koen\_vb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koen_vb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trigger-button-state-via-keyboard-press/281230 "2009-02-06T10:32:59Z")
Hi all, Is there a way to trigger a buttonState for example the upState via actionscript? I tried this but it seems not to work? two\_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OVER,testEvent); … --- ## [AS3 Gridded thumbs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-gridded-thumbs/281229)
**Author:** [@pixi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pixi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-gridded-thumbs/281229 "2009-02-06T08:56:24Z")
Hi All , looking for a script that loads 6 logo image thumbs into a grid (randomly from folder), with each thumb having a rollover image and link.. Basically the logo area on this page : I have about 30 client logos … --- ## [Controlling flv with custom buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flv-with-custom-buttons/281228)
**Author:** [@Strikeplate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Strikeplate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flv-with-custom-buttons/281228 "2009-02-06T07:28:42Z")
Greetings. I have created a presentation which is mostly graphics and voiceover. I have created a few custom buttons to allow the user to pause, start over, etc. (not video). In a few places I am calling to external fl… --- ## [Exporting mysql values to excel](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-mysql-values-to-excel/281227)
**Author:** [@sukanya\_paul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sukanya_paul)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-mysql-values-to-excel/281227 "2009-02-06T07:03:25Z")
hi, i have a php script tht displays data from 4 different mysql tables in a table format. i want to export it to an excel sheet on click of a button.i really dunno how to do tht can someone pls. the code for the pag… --- ## [I struck up with uploading flash data into HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-struck-up-with-uploading-flash-data-into-html/281226)
**Author:** [@SrihariCh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SrihariCh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-struck-up-with-uploading-flash-data-into-html/281226 "2009-02-06T06:59:40Z")
Hi all, I am new to flash. I know animation and a litle bit of ActionScript 3.0, got struck in this way: Presently, I am working with flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0. Suppose, I have… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1672) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1674)