# Latest **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1809 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1810 --- ## [\_root is evil?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-is-evil/276606)
**Author:** [@ayumilove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ayumilove)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-is-evil/276606 "2008-12-01T15:30:34Z")
i read in some websites that using \_root is a bad habit in as3 why is it bad to use \_root in as3 ? I used lots of those in my game, and i find them useful. if \_root is bad, then whats the more appropriate way of doin… --- ## [Christmas gift](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/christmas-gift/276605)
**Author:** [@amysott](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amysott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/christmas-gift/276605 "2008-12-01T15:21:29Z")
\[FONT=Times New Roman\] hello,everybody \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman\] \[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman\] I’m from \[/FONT\]\[\[FONT=Times New Roman\] \[COLOR=#800080\]www.burbat.com\[/COLOR\] \[/FONT\]\](http://www.bur… --- ## [$50 to post vars in/out + loop through an array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/50-to-post-vars-in-out-loop-through-an-array/276604)
**Author:** [@ty88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ty88)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/50-to-post-vars-in-out-loop-through-an-array/276604 "2008-12-01T15:12:52Z")
Hi to all the Kirupa community! I am looking for someone who is good at loading vars in and out of flash and also knows how to loop through arrays and extract data and assign it to variables. I have existing code for th… --- ## [Accordion Menu For Actionscript 3.0](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accordion-menu-for-actionscript-3-0/276603)
**Author:** [@xFlashStudentx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xFlashStudentx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accordion-menu-for-actionscript-3-0/276603 "2008-12-01T15:04:28Z")
Can anyone point me to a tutorial on how to create an Accordion Menu with easing in ActionScript 3.0? Or, does anyone have a .fla I can examine? I have some for ActionScript 2.0, but I need one for 3.0... thanks for an… --- ## [Applying friction to a movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-friction-to-a-movieclip/276601)
**Author:** [@grebs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grebs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-friction-to-a-movieclip/276601 "2008-12-01T14:48:35Z")
I have a movieclip that accelerates when the user presses the up key. I want this movieclip to slow down using friction when the user lets go of the up key. The code i have written is this - var ground:MovieClip = new … --- ## [Scrolling STATIC text in Flash. Can anyone help me?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-static-text-in-flash-can-anyone-help-me/276600)
**Author:** [@skyblu263](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skyblu263)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-static-text-in-flash-can-anyone-help-me/276600 "2008-12-01T14:14:51Z")
Does anyone know a tutorial to show me how the scroll STATIC text, \*\*not \*\*Dynamic text? Please help. Thanks! --- ## [Scrolling STATIC text in Flash. Can anyone help me?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-static-text-in-flash-can-anyone-help-me/276599)
**Author:** [@skyblu263](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skyblu263)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-static-text-in-flash-can-anyone-help-me/276599 "2008-12-01T14:12:33Z")
Does anyone know a tutorial to show me how the scroll STATIC text, \*\*not \*\*Dynamic text? Please help. Thanks! --- ## [Scrolling STATIC text in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-static-text-in-flash/276598)
**Author:** [@skyblu263](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skyblu263)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-static-text-in-flash/276598 "2008-12-01T14:12:02Z")
Does anyone know a tutorial to show me how the scroll STATIC text, \*\*not \*\*Dynamic text? Please help. Thanks! --- ## [Creating a special events class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-special-events-class/276597)
**Author:** [@rustyleaf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rustyleaf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-special-events-class/276597 "2008-12-01T14:04:10Z")
Is there anything inbuilt into AS3 that covers placing all your events code into the same class? I am still very new and can't seem to find anything... I have condensed my problem into a very simple problem in three ti… --- ## [StyleSheets or TextFormat?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stylesheets-or-textformat/276595)
**Author:** [@mulletchuck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mulletchuck)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stylesheets-or-textformat/276595 "2008-12-01T13:06:06Z")
Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to add text formatting to a TextArea. If you look at the attached picture, you'll see my textArea, filled with XML text. it's not really XML, just a string that is formatted like … --- ## [Adding thumbnail tutorial - make a continues loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnail-tutorial-make-a-continues-loop/276594)
**Author:** [@mejnik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mejnik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-thumbnail-tutorial-make-a-continues-loop/276594 "2008-12-01T12:53:25Z")
Hi can somebody advise me how to alter the script of Kirupa's "Adding thumbnails" so the thumbnails will scroll continuesly and only scrooled by previous and next buttons? What I want to accomplish is something like … --- ## [Communication between swf's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/communication-between-swfs/276593)
**Author:** [@chethan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chethan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/communication-between-swfs/276593 "2008-12-01T12:27:49Z")
Hi guys, Could you please tell me anyone, how to communicate with the external swf file. Its really very important for my project. Clients are going to give me a big project on this basis only. If I am able to do… --- ## [Http://www.thecoronabeach.com/ panorama effect?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/http-www-thecoronabeach-com-panorama-effect/276592)
**Author:** [@martinb18](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/martinb18)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/http-www-thecoronabeach-com-panorama-effect/276592 "2008-12-01T12:20:48Z")
i love this site and was wondering how to do a simple version where i have a few movieclips say a background image, and a few image in the foreground. how do i get it to be controled via the mouse clip so the front ima… --- ## [Rendering xml text as html in Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rendering-xml-text-as-html-in-flash/276591)
**Author:** [@PaulBill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PaulBill)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rendering-xml-text-as-html-in-flash/276591 "2008-12-01T12:20:21Z")
Hi I’m struggling with an xml problem. Within my Flash movie (CS3), I have two dynamic text boxes (one titled ‘title’ and the other titled ‘description’). The text and images are calling into Flash without a problem, bu… --- ## [Tricky div](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tricky-div/276588)
**Author:** [@tuddy\_xx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tuddy_xx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tricky-div/276588 "2008-12-01T11:06:01Z")
Hello there, I have a small problem in a html page, everything works ok but one div seems to look different that it should. Firstly I mention that the page works fine in Internet Explorer, AM Browser, but the issue is … --- ## [AJAX xmlhttprequest + viewstate](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-xmlhttprequest-viewstate/276587)
**Author:** [@adamu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adamu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-xmlhttprequest-viewstate/276587 "2008-12-01T10:58:04Z")
Hello everyone! I have a problem I have run into recently writing a widget. Basically, it is just to monitor internet usage, so it gets the upload and download values from a members webpage. I can request the login… --- ## [Playback of array of videos, need preloader help and outro](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playback-of-array-of-videos-need-preloader-help-and-outro/276586)
**Author:** [@robdove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/robdove)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playback-of-array-of-videos-need-preloader-help-and-outro/276586 "2008-12-01T10:32:58Z")
im using the code below to load an array of videos from php then play them back with a neat little loader of the next video while the previous is playing which helps to play them without any gaps. I need to preload the f… --- ## [AAH Why doesn't this work!? import flv](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aah-why-doesnt-this-work-import-flv/276585)
**Author:** [@masskontroll](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/masskontroll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aah-why-doesnt-this-work-import-flv/276585 "2008-12-01T10:10:31Z")
Hi there, trying to get an flv file to load dynamically in Flash 8. The player component shows in the fla file, the contentPath has the right name of the flv file, but when I publish, the screen remains blank. That is - … --- ## [Automatically Send Birthday Wishes in PhpFoxMod](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/automatically-send-birthday-wishes-in-phpfoxmod/276584)
**Author:** [@phpsolution](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phpsolution)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/automatically-send-birthday-wishes-in-phpfoxmod/276584 "2008-12-01T10:08:47Z")
\[Phpfox is a \[URL="http://www.softyram.com/phpfox.php"\]Social Networking Software written in \[URL="http://www.phpfoxmod.com/"\]PHP and Smarty. It can be \[URL="http://www.softyram.com/phpfox.php"\]integrated to your existin… --- ## [Stage height](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-height/276582)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-height/276582 "2008-12-01T06:22:45Z")
Hi guys, Is there a bug with stage height in Flash? Every time I use that and run a trace statement, it's wrong. --- ## [Simple maths calculation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-maths-calculation/276581)
**Author:** [@asscripter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/asscripter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-maths-calculation/276581 "2008-12-01T05:24:51Z")
Hi, A simple subtraction of two numbers 0.07 and 0.15 should have result of 0.55. But the flash player 9 or Flex Builder 3 give the following result. trace(Number(0.70 - 0.15))//returns 0.5499999999999999 in flex bu… --- ## [\[Flash CS3\] action script 2.0 help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-action-script-2-0-help/276580)
**Author:** [@miffyha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/miffyha)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-action-script-2-0-help/276580 "2008-12-01T05:23:39Z")
I have read the below link: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/random\_quotes.htm It is very useful that I would like to do something like this. I would like to ask more, If I want to create a input text box to le… --- ## [New stuff for new site (work in progress)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-stuff-for-new-site-work-in-progress/276578)
**Author:** [@mr\_skribbs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mr_skribbs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-stuff-for-new-site-work-in-progress/276578 "2008-12-01T04:54:20Z")
Alright so I've been keeping my self busy learning some new techniques in AS3, my Flash site hasn't been updated, but check this out: http://www.skribbs.com/v3/html/ Let me know what you guys think! (About the Flash … --- ## [How to load images from the users computer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-images-from-the-users-computer/276577)
**Author:** [@stumped](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stumped)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-images-from-the-users-computer/276577 "2008-12-01T04:22:45Z")
I have written a very simple flash program for very young kids. One of the programs is a matching game where the kid moves a picture up to one of three pictures that match. Someone expressed an interest in using their … --- ## [Btn release -\> txtfile -\> movie clip -\> auto size dynamc txt field](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/btn-release-txtfile-movie-clip-auto-size-dynamc-txt-field/276576)
**Author:** [@chris\_macdonald](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chris_macdonald)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/btn-release-txtfile-movie-clip-auto-size-dynamc-txt-field/276576 "2008-12-01T04:15:45Z")
Hi, I have a flash file It's AS2 but was created in CS3 so I assumed i went in here. I want to have a dynamic text field on frame 25 with in a movie clip called content3. On frame 3 I have 10 buttons if one of those bu… --- ## [Dynamic text (with HTML) and an embedded font](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-with-html-and-an-embedded-font/276575)
**Author:** [@kyledefranco](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kyledefranco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-with-html-and-an-embedded-font/276575 "2008-12-01T04:13:44Z")
Hello all. Here's my situation. I've been scouring the internet for years trying to answer this problem, but now I'm pressed for an answer... I'm working on a project in which the design team has sold the client on this … --- ## [\[FlashCS4ActionScript2.0\] Need help with conditional statement to trigger an event](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashcs4actionscript2-0-need-help-with-conditional-statement-to-trigger-an-event/276573)
**Author:** [@triplex\_lt\_3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/triplex_lt_3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashcs4actionscript2-0-need-help-with-conditional-statement-to-trigger-an-event/276573 "2008-12-01T02:34:31Z")
I'm a newbie to actionscript, so please bear with my (semi-)stupid question: I want to trigger an event when 4 buttons are being set to visible(originally set to .\_visible=false at the beginning of the movie) say, the in… --- ## [Is there a method to detect browser bottom](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-method-to-detect-browser-bottom/276572)
**Author:** [@somnamblst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somnamblst)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-method-to-detect-browser-bottom/276572 "2008-12-01T02:30:12Z")
And by that I mean to detect where the bottom of the viewable area of any browser is using Flash. I was looking at Catfish but I would prefer to not hack the browser's own scrollbar. http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2… --- ## [Switching bullet type in game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switching-bullet-type-in-game/276571)
**Author:** [@MaxGhost](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MaxGhost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switching-bullet-type-in-game/276571 "2008-12-01T02:24:52Z")
This is a fallowup to my other thread, http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=314464, but this is a completely different question. I now have a fully functionnal jet plane which fires tiny red bullets. Now, I want… --- ## [Need help with platforming game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-platforming-game/276569)
**Author:** [@scimitar255](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scimitar255)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-platforming-game/276569 "2008-12-01T01:42:14Z")
Ok, so i'm making a platforming game based off of Shakespeare's Macbeth (i'm a nerd. shove it.) And I got lots of the coding from this platforming game tutorial: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/platform\_game.htm … [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1808) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1810)