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## [Drag and drop marker issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-drop-marker-issue/321104)

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**Author:** [@ColinDavies](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ColinDavies)\
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**Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-drop-marker-issue/321104 "2011-04-11T04:56:50Z")

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I'm building a map where the user can select a marker and drop it on the map, If the user wishes thay can then pick up the marker and move it to a new location. ( drag() n drop() ) then the user may rotate or spin reoie…

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## [What is the best C programming book/website for beginners?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-best-c-programming-book-website-for-beginners/321103)

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**Author:** [@Anna\_Hussie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anna_Hussie)\
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**Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-best-c-programming-book-website-for-beginners/321103 "2011-04-11T03:22:05Z")

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I have to take an intro to computer programming class next semester and want to get a head start. It is described as: "Computer organization and operation. Binary representation of information. Fundamentals of compute…

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## [What is the easiest to learn C based programming language?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-to-learn-c-based-programming-language/321102)

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**Author:** [@Anna\_Hussie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anna_Hussie)\
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**Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-to-learn-c-based-programming-language/321102 "2011-04-11T03:20:53Z")

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I am interested in moving into the C programming languages. At first, I tried to learn C# but for a beginner with almost no programming experience, I failed quickly. I need something that is easy to learn and can make…

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## [What is the easiest, most productive way to learn C Programming?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-most-productive-way-to-learn-c-programming/321101)

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**Author:** [@Anna\_Hussie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anna_Hussie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-most-productive-way-to-learn-c-programming/321101 "2011-04-11T03:20:09Z")

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I am required by my school to take one programming in C course but I have absolutely no experience in programming. What is the best way to learn this programming language? Also, what is a good compiler to use for a …

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## [Can I use programming exercises from a C programming book to create a code portfolio?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-programming-exercises-from-a-c-programming-book-to-create-a-code-portfolio/321100)

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**Author:** [@Anna\_Hussie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anna_Hussie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-programming-exercises-from-a-c-programming-book-to-create-a-code-portfolio/321100 "2011-04-11T03:19:19Z")

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I'm taking classes in school that use different programming languages. I'm interested in practicing C programming, and I also want to create a code portfolio. Would it be a good idea to add programs that I've written …

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## [Loading external swf - nested mcs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-nested-mcs/321099)

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**Author:** [@superdre2004](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superdre2004)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-nested-mcs/321099 "2011-04-10T23:48:34Z")

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Hi people, i hope someone can give me a help. I have an mc (navbar) inside another mc (slider) and i need to load external swf files on main fla. The link works if a load the swf (lets say nature.swf) inside mc slider …

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## [Lost, scared, alone in AS3](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-scared-alone-in-as3/321098)

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**Author:** [@alyssahhhh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alyssahhhh)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-scared-alone-in-as3/321098 "2011-04-10T21:38:26Z")

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I'm new to AS3 and I'm currently trying to code a project that allows the user to dissect an image made of movie clips: var rightniptime:Timer = new Timer(100, 6); function rightnipfall(event:TimerEvent): void { ri…

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## [Internet Explorer 9 ignores swf "height"set to 100%](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/internet-explorer-9-ignores-swf-height-set-to-100/321097)

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**Author:** [@daniel\_marcin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daniel_marcin)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/internet-explorer-9-ignores-swf-height-set-to-100/321097 "2011-04-10T20:57:51Z")

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Hello, I'm a new member. I'm a designer and a flash programmer with couple of years of experience in actionscript3.0. I' ve started building a prototype of a flash web application: http://danielmarcin.es/europa/ I wa…

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## [PHP and form variables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-and-form-variables/321096)

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**Author:** [@zzxjoanw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zzxjoanw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-and-form-variables/321096 "2011-04-10T19:47:22Z")

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I'm trying to insert a record using the following code: if($hasError==0) { $time = $\_POST\['hour'\] . ":" . $\_POST\['minute'\]; $sql="INSERT INTO res\_tblReservation(resDate,time,numGuests, email) VALUES('$\_POST\[…

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## [Flash/XML Trivia Quiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-trivia-quiz/321094)

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**Author:** [@Rach\_S27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rach_S27)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-trivia-quiz/321094 "2011-04-10T18:34:05Z")

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Hello, I am trying to make a flash/xml trivia quiz. I have the radio button quiz running from an xml file. My question is can I play specific swf's for particular questions from the xml file at the same time. I have some…

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## [Pathfinding A\*](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pathfinding-a/321093)

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**Author:** [@fikontrollet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fikontrollet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pathfinding-a/321093 "2011-04-10T18:11:33Z")

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Hello guys Ok, so I'm in the making of a serious game and before I continue any further with he pathfinding i just wanna check if I'm going in the right direction. Maybe you even can give me some hints on how to continue…

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## [Help with load xml driven swf in another swf](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-load-xml-driven-swf-in-another-swf/321092)

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**Author:** [@wulckdroff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wulckdroff)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-load-xml-driven-swf-in-another-swf/321092 "2011-04-10T17:56:36Z")

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Hello people ... (sorry for my Google transalte English) ... I am desperate, tapping in place last week. In fact, i make flash CD presentation in Adobe Flash CS5 AS2 (with minimal use of ActionScript). It occurs to…

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## [AS best practice questions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-best-practice-questions/321090)

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**Author:** [@flashgroove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashgroove)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-best-practice-questions/321090 "2011-04-10T17:26:51Z")

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Hi, There are a few things regarding best practices in ActionScript that I would like to know about: When a class uses other classes located in the same package, I know that it is not necessary to import them. But w…

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## [Animation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation/321089)

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**Author:** [@VinodhChandran](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VinodhChandran)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation/321089 "2011-04-10T17:01:51Z")

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Hi Everyone I am doing a small application in WPF with code behind language as C#. Can anyone guide me in how to get this animation effect on an Image even if it is XAML am fine ?\[image\] Thank you

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## [Outside Stage, gets laggy?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outside-stage-gets-laggy/321088)

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**Author:** [@TheAwesomeDude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheAwesomeDude)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outside-stage-gets-laggy/321088 "2011-04-10T16:25:57Z")

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Hi! I'm making a 2D Platform game. I have a player, and some boxes that I can walk on. I downloaded vCam and got it to work. But now here comes the problem. It seems like when im going outside the stage with my player, …

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## [JSFL file path (without file name)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jsfl-file-path-without-file-name/321087)

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**Author:** [@smokin2008](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smokin2008)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jsfl-file-path-without-file-name/321087 "2011-04-10T12:51:44Z")

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I want to get the path of the file (in which the script is run), with out the file name. how to do that? at present i have the following code: var filename1=flash.documents\[0\].name; fl.trace("this file name \>\>\> "+…

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## [SharedObjec Class?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sharedobjec-class/321086)

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**Author:** [@taint](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/taint)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sharedobjec-class/321086 "2011-04-10T11:54:44Z")

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Can i use sharedobject into the document class of the .fla?

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## [Load swf from a child movieClip button into a holder on the parent stage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-swf-from-a-child-movieclip-button-into-a-holder-on-the-parent-stage/321085)

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**Author:** [@Winstonian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Winstonian)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-swf-from-a-child-movieclip-button-into-a-holder-on-the-parent-stage/321085 "2011-04-10T10:59:51Z")

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hello folks. I am trying to load a swf into a holder movie clip from the child movieclip. It's parent has a holder that i want to load a swf into. I am navigating from within a child clip. It would be nice to hav…

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## [Having problem in start/stop drag on mc containing multiple mc's](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-problem-in-start-stop-drag-on-mc-containing-multiple-mcs/321084)

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**Author:** [@leeda111](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leeda111)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-problem-in-start-stop-drag-on-mc-containing-multiple-mcs/321084 "2011-04-10T09:34:15Z")

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Hi, I am facing a weird problem. I am not sure if it should go to flash ide or as3 so posting here at the moment. I will try to explain it. I have a movie clip named:\*\* F1\*\* Inside F1 there are multiple movieclips(e.…

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## [Convert to Bitmap](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-to-bitmap/321083)

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**Author:** [@darkbold](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darkbold)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-to-bitmap/321083 "2011-04-10T08:50:31Z")

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Hello ... var req:URLRequest=new URLRequest("img1.jpg") var ldr:Loader = new Loader(); ldr.load(req) ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadFNC) function loadFNC(evt:Event):void { var bmp:Bitm…

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## [Camera movement? Maybe vCam?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/camera-movement-maybe-vcam/321082)

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**Author:** [@TheAwesomeDude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheAwesomeDude)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/camera-movement-maybe-vcam/321082 "2011-04-10T08:46:34Z")

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Hi! Im making a 2D platformer game. And I need the camera to move. And I don't want the player to be centered, I want it to be like this: http://img43.imageshack.us/i/cameraa.png/ Explain: I want to see everything, b…

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## [Hide/unhide movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-unhide-movie-clip/321081)

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**Author:** [@DarkLink](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DarkLink)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-unhide-movie-clip/321081 "2011-04-10T02:41:43Z")

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I'd like to have one button to use for hiding and unhiding movie clips. I think I'm having an issue with my if statement. I can get the button to hide the movie clip, but can't get it to work on unhiding the movie clip…

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## [How do i detect if there is a collision on an n array element?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-detect-if-there-is-a-collision-on-an-n-array-element/321080)

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**Author:** [@chilldog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chilldog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-detect-if-there-is-a-collision-on-an-n-array-element/321080 "2011-04-10T02:20:55Z")

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hello... If you have a group of movie clips stored in an array and the movie cliops are placed on the stage randomly, and use your arrow keys to move a box on top of one of the movie clips - how can you "tell" Flash wh…

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## [Write code for all mcs?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/write-code-for-all-mcs/321079)

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**Author:** [@Chbook](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Chbook)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/write-code-for-all-mcs/321079 "2011-04-10T02:05:02Z")

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Hi, i wish to generate salt particles but when I click the start button i want all of these particles moving across the screen.However, I can only manage one to move across the stage :S Thank you hereis the code for th…

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## [Sprite(parent).value](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-parent-value/321078)

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**Author:** [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-parent-value/321078 "2011-04-10T01:34:51Z")

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if i needed to do this, is there some equivalent besides dispatching an event? I would want to access a variable in the sprite

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## [Control everything in a layer?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-everything-in-a-layer/321077)

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**Author:** [@TheAwesomeDude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheAwesomeDude)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-everything-in-a-layer/321077 "2011-04-10T01:20:09Z")

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Hi! Is it able to control everything in a layer? Like if i have 2 boxes in a layer, and then i want to write some code like this: "if(player.hitTestObject(buttom)) { MYLAYER.x -=1; } What im trying so say is.. Ca…

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## [Zend AMF load image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zend-amf-load-image/321076)

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**Author:** [@LOLFlash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LOLFlash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zend-amf-load-image/321076 "2011-04-10T01:10:22Z")

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Hi I have Zend\_Amf\_Server in gateway and a'm calling function getImage in my Class what has very simple code: public function getImage($str){ return file\_get\_contents($str); } when I load html file all goes g…

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## [Adobe Flash Professional CS5 help?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-flash-professional-cs5-help/321075)

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**Author:** [@Xglsuperbounce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xglsuperbounce)\
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**Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-flash-professional-cs5-help/321075 "2011-04-09T23:21:07Z")

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Okay, so I have used this many times before but I cannot figure out how to fix this. This is what happened. after i open up any type of document like an actionscript 3.0 document or anything, if i draw with the paint bru…

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## [1 class and multiple symbols](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-class-and-multiple-symbols/321074)

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**Author:** [@ColinDavies](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ColinDavies)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-class-and-multiple-symbols/321074 "2011-04-09T23:19:49Z")

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Is there a way for 1 class to have multiple symbols, (not individual instances but symbols) Or should I just make a major Class with minor classes extending that one class?

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## [English to arabic](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/english-to-arabic/321073)

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**Author:** [@Neuhaus3000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Neuhaus3000)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/english-to-arabic/321073 "2011-04-09T22:47:49Z")

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Hello everyone, Anyone knows how to convert an english website to arabic? When I copy/paste text from an arabic Word document in Dreamweaver, the result (text) is not the same. :puzzle: Any help will be appreciated. …

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