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## [Floated Elements Appear Outside of Container](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floated-elements-appear-outside-of-container/269815)

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**Author:** [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/floated-elements-appear-outside-of-container/269815 "2008-09-02T00:23:45Z")

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The page looks correct in IE but Firefox and Safari push this image grid outside of the container's boundaries. Could someone remind me of the fix for this? http://www.tornedgedesign.com/\_test/kirupa/casting.html Tha…

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## [I hit my hand and it hurts xD (with pics)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hit-my-hand-and-it-hurts-xd-with-pics/269814)

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**Author:** [@saxx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saxx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hit-my-hand-and-it-hurts-xd-with-pics/269814 "2008-09-02T00:22:54Z")

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\[image\] \[image\] Should i go to the doctor or just wait the swelling out? I hit a wall (teen angst lulz) in case anybody wants to know

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## [\[RANT\] f\*\*\* You Apple](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-f-you-apple/269813)

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**Author:** [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-f-you-apple/269813 "2008-09-02T00:01:48Z")

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Grrrr my macbook pro lid decided it would not close, thus the lid just springs back, because the thing is knackered. Man im sooo annoyed Apple better fix this when I phone them tomorrow.

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## [Dropdown menu question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dropdown-menu-question/269812)

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**Author:** [@Elvyne963](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Elvyne963)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dropdown-menu-question/269812 "2008-09-01T23:56:41Z")

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\[FONT=&quot\]Hi,\[/FONT\] \[FONT=&quot\]I'm currently trying to reproduce the dropdown menu of a site (http://www.kokomontreal.com/) and but I have 2 question on how to do that. \[/FONT\] \[FONT=&quot\]1.\[/FONT\]\[FONT=&quot…

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## [Dropdown menu problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dropdown-menu-problem/269811)

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**Author:** [@Elvyne963](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Elvyne963)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dropdown-menu-problem/269811 "2008-09-01T23:37:58Z")

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\[FONT=&quot\]Hi, \[/FONT\] \[FONT=&quot\]I’m currently working on a flash dropdown menu and I got 2 problems, here they are… First, when you move your cursor on ''Contact'' and that the menu dropdown, sometime it stays…

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## [Scrollbar issue when resizing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-issue-when-resizing/269809)

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**Author:** [@Pastel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pastel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-issue-when-resizing/269809 "2008-09-01T23:06:00Z")

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Hi, I have a scrollbar that automatically resizes with the flash window (which in turn automatically resizes with the browser window) My problem is that the scrollbar doesn't resize properly at load, but when I resize …

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## [setInterval Q](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-q/269807)

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**Author:** [@jeancnicolas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeancnicolas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-q/269807 "2008-09-01T22:34:56Z")

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Hi - I can't see why this setInterval isn't working .. basically I want it so a new instance of the same image from the library gets placed on stage at various time intervals at a different alpha level each time ... \> …

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## [Loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop/269806)

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**Author:** [@andreffonseca](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andreffonseca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop/269806 "2008-09-01T22:20:11Z")

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Gretings.... I have some problem here. for (i = 1; i \< 10; i++){ trace(i); imageLoader.x = 30 \* i; imageLoader.y = 30 \* i; addChild(imageLoader); } what this loop do is add only one imageLoader...insted of add…

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## [Encrypting and Decrypting text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encrypting-and-decrypting-text/269805)

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**Author:** [@Zomis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zomis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encrypting-and-decrypting-text/269805 "2008-09-01T22:02:34Z")

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I'd really like to use some encrypting/decrypting algorithms in ActionScript 3.0, I have found this one: http://code.google.com/p/as3crypto/ However, I have problems using it. I can encrypt and decrypt, ok. But when I …

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## [How Do You Open A Bottle Without A Bottle Opener?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-open-a-bottle-without-a-bottle-opener/269804)

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**Author:** [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-open-a-bottle-without-a-bottle-opener/269804 "2008-09-01T21:57:29Z")

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Today I faced a situation when I had to open a bottle without a bottle opener. How do you do it without one, and without using teeth? Because my hand is all cut up etc now from doing it, toook my fricking ages.

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## [Flashmx/xml/random](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashmx-xml-random/269803)

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**Author:** [@thereiver](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thereiver)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashmx-xml-random/269803 "2008-09-01T21:53:42Z")

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Hi Guys, I'm looking for a little assistance here if someone can spare the time to guide me a little with a problem. I was working from a tutorial about creating a flash quiz that uses XML to hold the data to feed in…

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## [gotoAndStop() functionality](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandstop-functionality/269802)

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**Author:** [@Sylverwolf79](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sylverwolf79)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandstop-functionality/269802 "2008-09-01T21:48:58Z")

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Greetings all, I am attempting to build an rpg combat engine, and all seems to be going well, except one thing - my animations are not playing correctly. In the player\_mc, I have 4 frames, each containing a movie cl…

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## [Youtube so slow - why](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youtube-so-slow-why/269801)

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**Author:** [@salvador\_marley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salvador_marley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youtube-so-slow-why/269801 "2008-09-01T21:33:07Z")

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Sometimes i go to youtube and a 10 minute video takes 8 seconds to load. I go there two days later and it takes the same video 30 minutes to load. I'm not asking why it happens, just this - does it happen to you? Tha…

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## [How do i change font color of Combobox component?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-change-font-color-of-combobox-component/269799)

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**Author:** [@bluemagica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluemagica)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-change-font-color-of-combobox-component/269799 "2008-09-01T21:12:30Z")

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The question is simple, How do i change the font color of the combo-box component of flash cs3?

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## [Loading an external .swf into a pre-existing .swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-an-external-swf-into-a-pre-existing-swf/269798)

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**Author:** [@Ohls](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ohls)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-an-external-swf-into-a-pre-existing-swf/269798 "2008-09-01T20:29:00Z")

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Hello, What I wan't to do is load a .swf into an existing .swf to keep down loadtimes. I've placed the visual representation of the actuall loading on the external .swf so all I need is how to do "on click, load this h…

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## [Poster critique! which is your favourite](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/poster-critique-which-is-your-favourite/269797)

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**Author:** [@stu\_t](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stu_t)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/poster-critique-which-is-your-favourite/269797 "2008-09-01T20:04:18Z")

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\[image\] which one u like? anything not look right to anyone?

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## [Optimizing large groups](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-large-groups/269796)

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**Author:** [@npgames](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/npgames)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-large-groups/269796 "2008-09-01T19:51:51Z")

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im making a zombie game and want to have a large number of zombies on the screen at one time, 50+, and so far im controlling them inside a while loop that goes through all of the zombies, and im curious if there is a fas…

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## [For you Mac users :P](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-you-mac-users-p/269795)

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**Author:** [@lorren\_biffin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorren_biffin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-you-mac-users-p/269795 "2008-09-01T19:28:04Z")

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http://mediatemple.com/labs/xv/

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## [Getting values from a dynamic PHP page into Flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-values-from-a-dynamic-php-page-into-flash/269794)

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**Author:** [@keera](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keera)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-values-from-a-dynamic-php-page-into-flash/269794 "2008-09-01T18:53:14Z")

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Hi, I'm wondering if anyone here can help me. I'm a front end designer, so I don't have much experience with coding and I'm having a lot of trouble finding a solution to this problem. What I want to do is take the valu…

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## [Red Alert Free](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/red-alert-free/269793)

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**Author:** [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/red-alert-free/269793 "2008-09-01T18:42:56Z")

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http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62 It is now free sense Red Alert 3 comes out shortly.

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## [Best way to search/filter an array of string 'tags'](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-search-filter-an-array-of-string-tags/269791)

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**Author:** [@bootiteq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bootiteq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-search-filter-an-array-of-string-tags/269791 "2008-09-01T18:19:35Z")

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Hi there, I was wondering what the best way to search an array is? $userRequestedSearchTerms = "php as"; $fileTags\[0\] = "php, as, design, database, javascript"; $fileTags\[1\] = "as, database"; $fileTags\[2\] = "desig…

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## [Custom events help =(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-events-help/269790)

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**Author:** [@zoink](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zoink)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-events-help/269790 "2008-09-01T18:11:52Z")

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im making a simple space invader game which has 2 classes called bullet and monsters. I have a function in the main time line that adds an instance of the bullet class each time the mouse is clicked. There is also a fu…

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## [Class Core misunderstanding](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-core-misunderstanding/269789)

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**Author:** [@Didi32](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Didi32)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-core-misunderstanding/269789 "2008-09-01T18:02:17Z")

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Hi: The answer to my question is probably obvious to most of you. However, I can't seem to figure it out and I can't find any information online because I don't really know what to look for. I have create a package …

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## [Custom events help =(](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-events-help/269788)

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**Author:** [@zoink](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zoink)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-events-help/269788 "2008-09-01T17:59:24Z")

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im making a simple space invader game which has 2 classes called bullet and monsters. I have a function in the main time line that adds an instance of the bullet class each time the mouse is clicked. There is also a fu…

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## [.AS3--\> addEventListener](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-addeventlistener/269787)

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**Author:** [@johnb816](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnb816)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-addeventlistener/269787 "2008-09-01T17:54:33Z")

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Short and simple: is it possible to place a listener on a number type? Example: var index:Number=0; i++; index.addEventListener(????:????, IndexChange);

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## [Bought Flash site template, cant find pop-up](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bought-flash-site-template-cant-find-pop-up/269786)

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**Author:** [@DaddySays](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DaddySays)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bought-flash-site-template-cant-find-pop-up/269786 "2008-09-01T17:51:37Z")

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I am basically just trying to switch the information inside the site. Pretty straight forward. I have gotten everything but I cannot get to the pop up windows that are attached to the links on the pages. The template …

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## [Newbie: eventListeners and functions problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-eventlisteners-and-functions-problem/269785)

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**Author:** [@zerosum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zerosum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-eventlisteners-and-functions-problem/269785 "2008-09-01T17:44:01Z")

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Hi there, I have a noob question that annoys me. I want to calculate the speed of the mouse. For that, I register when the mouse is clicked, get the mouseX, mouseY, and then add an event listener that subtracts the new…

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## [Javascript and XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-and-xml/269784)

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**Author:** [@winstonSmith](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/winstonSmith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-and-xml/269784 "2008-09-01T17:43:54Z")

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Hello I am having a problem loading an XML file into an external Javascript function. What I am attempting to do is have one server (which I will not have access to) call an external javascript file on the other server. T…

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## [Filter Smoothing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filter-smoothing/269783)

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**Author:** [@birdboy0103](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/birdboy0103)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filter-smoothing/269783 "2008-09-01T17:17:09Z")

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Hey everyone, I have a question that google for once hasn't been able to even modestly help with. Have you ever noticed that when you do things with filters, i.e. displacementMaps and their ilk, the graphics always h…

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## [Drawing Objects why?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-objects-why/269782)

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**Author:** [@Elvyne963](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Elvyne963)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-objects-why/269782 "2008-09-01T17:13:15Z")

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Hi, My problem is that whatever I draw, no matter what tool I use, it automatically creates a drawing object, but I'd like it to create a Shape instead, how do I do this ?

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