# Latest **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=1824 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1825 --- ## [Bought a new macbook pro today](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bought-a-new-macbook-pro-today/276086)
**Author:** [@bootiteq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bootiteq)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bought-a-new-macbook-pro-today/276086 "2008-11-22T11:38:49Z")
Ah - It feels so good to open the box of a new computer. --- ## [DIV height 100% of viewport](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-height-100-of-viewport/276085)
**Author:** [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-height-100-of-viewport/276085 "2008-11-22T11:35:26Z")
Long time no see! I got this problem at work and I really can't find a solution for it. They wanted to have a pop-up (sort of) that shows an ad for a new book release when a person enters their page. So there's a javas… --- ## [Thank you Brian Haveri for GREAT oop tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thank-you-brian-haveri-for-great-oop-tutorial/276084)
**Author:** [@lollylegs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lollylegs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thank-you-brian-haveri-for-great-oop-tutorial/276084 "2008-11-22T09:31:19Z")
Hi Brian I couldn't find anywhere to post a thank you, so I am using this forum. It is by far the clearest and well explained oop tutorial that I have come across. I am a newbie to oop although I have been trying to lear… --- ## [Video playing differently on laptop than desktop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-playing-differently-on-laptop-than-desktop/276083)
**Author:** [@ciecierega](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ciecierega)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-playing-differently-on-laptop-than-desktop/276083 "2008-11-22T06:01:49Z")
hi there, i'm having a problem that i'm trying every which way to rectify. my client gave me videos to post on her site and they play perfectly streaming online viewed on my desktop computer, however, when i access the… --- ## [Weird Keyboard problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-keyboard-problem/276082)
**Author:** [@jonathanasdf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jonathanasdf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-keyboard-problem/276082 "2008-11-22T05:03:13Z")
For some reason flash is not detecting when I press the z key. Every other key seems to work. I've used a trace against the key code. The z key just seems to lock up my window for some reason. Also, pressing Shift+z work… --- ## [How to Display Trademark and Other Special Characters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-trademark-and-other-special-characters/276081)
**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-trademark-and-other-special-characters/276081 "2008-11-22T04:23:03Z")
I'm loading some XML into a dynamic text field and I need to be able to display a few special characters like the trademark symbol and em dash: \Apple™ Records\ Naturally the textfield is created progr… --- ## [Loadvars problem... anyone?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvars-problem-anyone/276079)
**Author:** [@Leo75](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Leo75)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvars-problem-anyone/276079 "2008-11-22T03:30:23Z")
Hi there... i am using loadvars to load a quite big text from a txt file. The problem comes when i trace the same string variable. It shows that JUST PART of the text was loaded. Why is this? How can i solve it? Thank… --- ## [Scrollbar not working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-not-working/276078)
**Author:** [@dec27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dec27)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-not-working/276078 "2008-11-22T03:20:46Z")
Hi everybody, I'm having problems with a text scroller \[frowning\] There's a main.fla and .as which creates an array for loading swf movies there is a swf with a text scroller within when I test the complete site in f… --- ## [Need help with rotating an oval](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-rotating-an-oval/276077)
**Author:** [@beardedMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/beardedMan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-rotating-an-oval/276077 "2008-11-22T02:27:25Z")
Hello, I'm in a tight jam here. I've got a website that I'm working on and I need a user interactive rotary phone. Everytime someone clicks on one of the numbers, the phone dial is supposed to turn until it hits the … --- ## [MVC Question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mvc-question/276076)
**Author:** [@Groady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Groady)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mvc-question/276076 "2008-11-22T01:48:31Z")
I'm just looking for some advice on implementing an MCV design pattern for a game I'm developing in AS3. Specifically I'm a little stuck on where I should be instantiating display objects from. I understand the model p… --- ## [Multi Dimensional Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multi-dimensional-array/276075)
**Author:** [@tolgainam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tolgainam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multi-dimensional-array/276075 "2008-11-22T01:05:20Z")
Hello I have the fallwoing code to create a multi-dimensioanl array to hold data but somehow it doesnt work. Any ideas ? Thanks function fnDofeatured() { var featured:Array = new Array(); var featuredRoot = \_root.data… --- ## [Custom eases](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-eases/276074)
**Author:** [@betovarg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/betovarg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-eases/276074 "2008-11-22T00:54:36Z")
Hi, after I had a hard time understanding the eases through the motion editor, i still have an unanswered question that i havent been able to find in any tutorial. Can i save a custom ease, so it automatically shows up… --- ## [Stage focus problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-focus-problem/276073)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Kikkoman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mr_Kikkoman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-focus-problem/276073 "2008-11-22T00:32:25Z")
Does anyone have a working solution for listening when the stage is deactivated and activated? Event.ACTIVATE & Event.DEACTIVATE is being used with EVENT.MOUSE\_LEAVE and MouseEvent.MOUSE\_MOVE to listen but it's a littl… --- ## [Xml and text fields](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-text-fields/276070)
**Author:** [@roll4dasoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/roll4dasoul)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-text-fields/276070 "2008-11-21T23:28:33Z")
I know this is probably very simple and i'm just being an idiot...acutally i know it's simple but can't get it to work. My problem is that I'm loading an xml file into a text field which works fine. But When I call ou… --- ## [\[AS2 - CS3\] XML to Array processing help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs3-xml-to-array-processing-help/276068)
**Author:** [@ci5ic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ci5ic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-cs3-xml-to-array-processing-help/276068 "2008-11-21T23:22:18Z")
I've got a function that loads an XML file, and processes it into an array. Outside the function, if I trace for any of the contents of the array, it comes back undefined. What I've noticed is that the trace command is t… --- ## [Why is the else statement not working?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-the-else-statement-not-working/276067)
**Author:** [@happagirl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/happagirl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-the-else-statement-not-working/276067 "2008-11-21T23:15:18Z")
weird! I have set an inner boundry where if the mouse moves in there, no drag, but if the mouse moves outside the custom bounds, i want to drag the event.target. " still in bounds " traces are good but then they sto… --- ## [Trying to understand this code](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-understand-this-code/276066)
**Author:** [@riveroaks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/riveroaks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trying-to-understand-this-code/276066 "2008-11-21T22:49:11Z")
I'm working on creating a liquid Flash layout and I found one tutorial that seems pretty helpful at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/liquid\_gui\_04.html But can someone help me understand part of this code? M… --- ## [Could someone explain this? :D](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-d/276065)
**Author:** [@saxx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saxx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-d/276065 "2008-11-21T22:38:08Z")
I have a blank MovieClip in the library with linkage myClip. var mc\_clip:myClip = new myClip(); addChild(mc\_clip) mc\_clip.myVar = "Hello there" mc\_clip.name = 'mc\_clip2' getChildByName('mc\_clip2').x = 20 //works … --- ## [Any good books?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-good-books/276064)
**Author:** [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-good-books/276064 "2008-11-21T22:15:58Z")
anyone have any favorite fiction books i should read? i like stuff like 100 years of solitude, 1984, one flew over the cuckoos nest --- ## [Game cursor question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-cursor-question/276063)
**Author:** [@juskin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/juskin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-cursor-question/276063 "2008-11-21T22:00:08Z")
so Ive been asked to build a simple game in AS3, the problem im having is Ive successfully been able to change the cursor to a rubber mallet, the problem is, I have 4 clips on the timeline, and they dont respond to any c… --- ## [Stuck between a rock and a combobox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stuck-between-a-rock-and-a-combobox/276061)
**Author:** [@hc3d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hc3d)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stuck-between-a-rock-and-a-combobox/276061 "2008-11-21T21:09:58Z")
I ran into a strange problem. I wanted to add a small preloader to each movie clip/page that loads in my main movie. The preloader wouldn’t show up until it was at 88-90%. After doing some reading found a post that sa… --- ## [I've Found Enlightment (I guess)!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-found-enlightment-i-guess/276060)
**Author:** [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-found-enlightment-i-guess/276060 "2008-11-21T21:06:05Z")
Wow, So I finally decided to dive into a PHP framework today - I orginally planned to use Cake, but I found a CMS I think I like as well (ExpressionEngine) and it runs on CodeIgniter, so I tried it out. And I love it! … --- ## [Elephant \[Maybe NSFW\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/elephant-maybe-nsfw/276059)
**Author:** [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/elephant-maybe-nsfw/276059 "2008-11-21T21:03:55Z")
Classic... \[image\] Link to digg threads thingy: http://digg.com/pets\_animals/I\_see\_what\_I\_did\_there --- ## [Putting xml gallery in flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/putting-xml-gallery-in-flash/276058)
**Author:** [@saj007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saj007)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/putting-xml-gallery-in-flash/276058 "2008-11-21T20:49:51Z")
hello there i am making a website in flash 8 for a assignment i got i am new to flash so here goes, i ve made the website and need to have a gallery in there so i made a xml driven gallery and need to put it in my webs… --- ## [Stopping random motion](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-random-motion/276057)
**Author:** [@imcabee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imcabee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-random-motion/276057 "2008-11-21T20:48:41Z")
I have a Flash intro with random buttons that randomly collide. When a button is clicked all of the buttons slide to the left. I want all of the buttons to stop moving after this slide. However after they slide they ke… --- ## [Resize flash menu -short term memory fizzle](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-flash-menu-short-term-memory-fizzle/276056)
**Author:** [@madpixl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/madpixl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-flash-menu-short-term-memory-fizzle/276056 "2008-11-21T20:37:10Z")
I remember when I was a boy, say in Flash MX or something. I got the entire clip to resize and it would make the content in my html page resize. And it was bad. Now that I am a man with Flash CS3, and using Actionscri… --- ## [Problem(I think...) accessing instance objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-i-think-accessing-instance-objects/276055)
**Author:** [@Radik782](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Radik782)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-i-think-accessing-instance-objects/276055 "2008-11-21T20:28:41Z")
First up, my first post here, so hi to all. =) Ok the problem I've got isn't really a bug, I mean the code does what I want so far, but I think I might going about it the wrong way. Simple game, a breakout clone in AS3… --- ## [™ ® Embedding not working when served](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedding-not-working-when-served/276054)
**Author:** [@jjmorga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jjmorga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedding-not-working-when-served/276054 "2008-11-21T20:27:30Z")
Any thoughts, musing and wandering appreciated on this. The ™® are embedded, the font has these glyphs in its set, it works locally; but when its served online it shows "?" instead of "®" --- ## [Only allow numbers in input Text box?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/only-allow-numbers-in-input-text-box/276053)
**Author:** [@frescono](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/frescono)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/only-allow-numbers-in-input-text-box/276053 "2008-11-21T19:20:28Z")
Please help, I have a input text box that i would like to set to only allow users to input numbers. How can i do this? Im using AS 2.0 Ive tryed searching the net, but had no luck --- ## [FarCry 2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/farcry-2/276052)
**Author:** [@DanontheMoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanontheMoon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/farcry-2/276052 "2008-11-21T19:05:22Z")
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