# Latest

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## [Fighting games](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fighting-games/318393)

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**Author:** [@phastings](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phastings)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fighting-games/318393 "2011-01-18T22:04:21Z")

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anyone know of any tutorials online for fighting games? i'm more interested in the how the hits are detected(i know it's not collision detection) and how the intelligence is created. thanks. paul

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## [Trouble loading swfs with xml, controlled by button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-loading-swfs-with-xml-controlled-by-button/318392)

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**Author:** [@Scribe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Scribe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-loading-swfs-with-xml-controlled-by-button/318392 "2011-01-18T20:44:22Z")

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Hi, I'm really struggling here. I'm trying to create a AS3 file that will import an xml file, that has an file path node, and an image name node. I want and swf imported to be displayed on my first page, then have prev…

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## [Anyone familiar with flexcroll? Div hidden overflow problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-flexcroll-div-hidden-overflow-problem/318391)

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**Author:** [@drnen101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drnen101)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-flexcroll-div-hidden-overflow-problem/318391 "2011-01-18T20:27:10Z")

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sample page is up at http://darrenlasso.com/freelance/frame1.html Trying to make a lookbook- there is a side nav with div overflow and some java to give it a specialized scrollbar. I've gotten it working before, but on…

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## [Switch/Case Confusion](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switch-case-confusion/318390)

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**Author:** [@phatgreenbuds](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phatgreenbuds)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/switch-case-confusion/318390 "2011-01-18T20:15:14Z")

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I have no idea why this is not working...the last block (case "0") should check for and remove whichever of the two boxs that are currently onstage but for some reason its only removing one and ignores the other. cbs…

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## [Mute soundchannel on leavingframe](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mute-soundchannel-on-leavingframe/318389)

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**Author:** [@youan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mute-soundchannel-on-leavingframe/318389 "2011-01-18T19:32:27Z")

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Greetings, here is my query: my soundchannel plays when i enter frame 7, I would like it to mute when i exit frame 7. easy. this is my wrong code: var soundFactory7:Sound = new Sound; var channel7:…

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## [Air 1.5, AVM1 and \_level0 references](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/air-1-5-avm1-and--level0-references/318388)

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**Author:** [@chiqui](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chiqui)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/air-1-5-avm1-and--level0-references/318388 "2011-01-18T19:15:46Z")

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Im working on a banner testing application coded in flashdevelop on Adobe Air 1.5, testing sizes, kb, animation time etc. One of the tests ran by the application is clickthroughs via clicktags. Since most of these banner…

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## [Travel Distance Calculator](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/travel-distance-calculator/318387)

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**Author:** [@navigator81](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/navigator81)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/travel-distance-calculator/318387 "2011-01-18T18:50:46Z")

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Hello Everyone. I am given a task by my client to develop a calculator which will calculate the Cab fair from one location to another. There is a list of Cab fairs as well as their corresponding Location Name. It would…

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## [Access an array of Sprites from the timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-an-array-of-sprites-from-the-timeline/318385)

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**Author:** [@lario](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lario)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-an-array-of-sprites-from-the-timeline/318385 "2011-01-18T18:22:48Z")

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Hey! i'm pretty new to AS3 and i'm having a problem with accessing an array from the timeline. What I'm trying to do is to add sprites from the array that is being created in a class. It goes like this package { i…

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## [I'm sure this is basic but](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-sure-this-is-basic-but/318384)

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**Author:** [@mkiefer00](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mkiefer00)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-sure-this-is-basic-but/318384 "2011-01-18T18:10:44Z")

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so I have a function programmed into the start of a movie it's function ballMove(e:Event):void { var spin: Tween = new Tween (ball\_mc, "rotation", Elastic.easeOut, 0, 360, 5, true); } I tried using ball\_mc.addEve…

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## [Frame rate problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/318383)

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**Author:** [@outback](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/outback)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/318383 "2011-01-18T17:46:36Z")

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Hi all, I'm trying to change my background color through Flash so I created a code in my HTML and another on my FLA file. my problem when I use this.addEventListener.... my frame rate goes crazy... (its supposed to…

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## [AS2 - playing animations depending on what mc's are onstage](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-playing-animations-depending-on-what-mcs-are-onstage/318381)

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**Author:** [@Skarab](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skarab)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-playing-animations-depending-on-what-mcs-are-onstage/318381 "2011-01-18T17:07:47Z")

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Im building an interactive courtroom exhibit which has seven thumbnails along the bottom of the screen that can be dragged up to load a larger image of each into three possible positions above. Once in position, an "Asse…

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## [Mask in top, why?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-in-top-why/318380)

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**Author:** [@Robika](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Robika)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-in-top-why/318380 "2011-01-18T17:06:58Z")

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Hi! Sorry for my stupid question, but i don't know why. I attached the image. Image The mask on top, "megye1" the normal movieclip, and this movieclip's mask is "megye2" on layer4. on layer5 have 3 arrow, but not on …

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## [Scrubbing through timeline](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrubbing-through-timeline/318379)

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**Author:** [@youan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrubbing-through-timeline/318379 "2011-01-18T16:54:51Z")

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Hello, I'm not sure if this is a noob question or not (so it probably is). I have a dial that scrubs through the timeline, when it gets to frame seven, a sound plays, the problem is that moving away and then back to …

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## [Reducing redraw regions in snow effect](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reducing-redraw-regions-in-snow-effect/318378)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Pixel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dan_Pixel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reducing-redraw-regions-in-snow-effect/318378 "2011-01-18T15:39:06Z")

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Hi all, I have a difficult problem that I can see no way to solve. Perhaps someone here can help me? I've been making a flash animation for a client - the dimensions of the stage are 2,000px wide, 800px tall. They wa…

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## [Populate text from .txt file](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/populate-text-from-txt-file/318377)

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**Author:** [@s6xspeed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/s6xspeed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/populate-text-from-txt-file/318377 "2011-01-18T14:10:37Z")

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Hi, I would like to know if this is possible, i'm looking around the web to see if anyone has done this, but i would like to have a textboxes in my flash form read data and populate text from a textfile, is this possibl…

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## [Need someone to make graphics for Android air game!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-someone-to-make-graphics-for-android-air-game/318376)

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**Author:** [@Macsy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Macsy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-someone-to-make-graphics-for-android-air-game/318376 "2011-01-18T13:54:49Z")

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Hey! First of all, sorry for my somewhat bad english :-). Im making a flash/air game for android devices, and im soon in the stage of needing graphics. The game will be released free of charge, and if it all goes well …

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## [Object property from XML behaves erratically in switch statement](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-property-from-xml-behaves-erratically-in-switch-statement/318374)

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**Author:** [@Shaedo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shaedo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-property-from-xml-behaves-erratically-in-switch-statement/318374 "2011-01-18T13:07:51Z")

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Hi, I'll start by saying I don't expect and answer to this but I am really curious if someone else has encountered it or knows what the friggle is going on or just has some thoughts on the matter: Sequence of events: …

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## [TileList Component, help appreciated](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tilelist-component-help-appreciated/318373)

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**Author:** [@vickyh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vickyh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tilelist-component-help-appreciated/318373 "2011-01-18T12:23:55Z")

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Hi Guys, Hoping for some advice here in regards to a project I'm working on involving the Flash component TileList. Essentially, I want Flash to assign a variable to each item in the TileList, so that when a user cli…

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## [Checking value of var from php](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-value-of-var-from-php/318372)

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**Author:** [@RobLamox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RobLamox)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-value-of-var-from-php/318372 "2011-01-18T11:54:26Z")

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Hi I have a var thats created in php. $toFlash = 1 How do I check it in as2? I hhave tried the following but its not working (in fact I have tried a couple of different things and had no joy! myVars.sendAndLoad…

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## [3D Symbols UNWANTED Blur - Newbie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-symbols-unwanted-blur-newbie/318371)

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**Author:** [@jessemg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jessemg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-symbols-unwanted-blur-newbie/318371 "2011-01-18T10:54:00Z")

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\[FONT=Times New Roman, serif\]First off, I'm a Flash CS5 and Actionscript 3.0 newbie with no programming background. This is a piece of my first Flash site.\[/FONT\] \[FONT=Times New Roman, serif\]I know my problem is commo…

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## [Urgent help: Two flash files communicating](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-two-flash-files-communicating/318370)

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**Author:** [@lilleypants](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lilleypants)\
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**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-two-flash-files-communicating/318370 "2011-01-18T10:51:24Z")

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I have a flash banner and a flash video on a webpage. The banner plays straight away when the website loads and the video is further down the page on a stop on the first frame. Once the banner finishes I need the flash v…

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## [How to remove image icon from a flex datagrid](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-remove-image-icon-from-a-flex-datagrid/318369)

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**Author:** [@rajesh\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajesh_flash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-remove-image-icon-from-a-flex-datagrid/318369 "2011-01-18T09:28:16Z")

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Hello Friends, I need a small help in flex datagrid (adobe flash builder 4.0). I am loading the data externally from xml and displaying in a datagrid. I have 2 buttons addRow and deleteRow. My datagrid headertext nam…

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## [Strengthening of the Police Station and Medical se](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strengthening-of-the-police-station-and-medical-se/318368)

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**Author:** [@ritayd8640](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ritayd8640)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strengthening-of-the-police-station-and-medical-se/318368 "2011-01-18T09:04:49Z")

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Now our life is getting better and better, regardless of basic necessities of life Strengthening of the Police Station any on the one hand, is more than the original \[dental equipment much better, precisely because the s…

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## [sendAndLoad vars help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sendandload-vars-help/318367)

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**Author:** [@RobLamox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RobLamox)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sendandload-vars-help/318367 "2011-01-18T08:56:41Z")

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Hi Guys Please help me out on this. I have a flash gui that I need to integrate with a db. I am tring to save info to a db and get a respone on whether a cellular number exists in the database already. This is my as2…

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## [Revolving viewer that doesn't stop when navigating to other pages](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/revolving-viewer-that-doesnt-stop-when-navigating-to-other-pages/318365)

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**Author:** [@soop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soop)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/revolving-viewer-that-doesnt-stop-when-navigating-to-other-pages/318365 "2011-01-18T07:22:19Z")

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any AS3 code that stops a revolving viewer from running when navigating to other pages. the thing is, it remains visible on all other pages only after viewing it.

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## [Tutorial: Finding the Distance Between Two Points](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-finding-the-distance-between-two-points/318364)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-finding-the-distance-between-two-points/318364 "2011-01-18T06:09:00Z")

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This is the happening place to discuss anything and everything related to the Finding the Distance Between Two Points tutorial. Cheers, Kirupa :pa:

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## [Why is it so difficult to load a swf inside another?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-load-a-swf-inside-another/318363)

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**Author:** [@jac4b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jac4b)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-load-a-swf-inside-another/318363 "2011-01-18T05:37:18Z")

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I get all kinds of errors, like: ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable flash.geom::Matrix3D is not defined. at test998\_fla::MainTimeline() TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object r…

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## [Measuring the Performance of your Code using a Timer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/measuring-the-performance-of-your-code-using-a-timer/318362)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/measuring-the-performance-of-your-code-using-a-timer/318362 "2011-01-18T05:34:57Z")

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Hi everyone, I had to fiddle with this recently to see which approach for doing squares was faster - Math.pow or a simple x\*x. Hopefully the approach for using a timer to measure the time it takes to perform a computatio…

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## [How to move the images moving forward?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-move-the-images-moving-forward/318361)

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**Author:** [@learner\_7n](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/learner_7n)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-move-the-images-moving-forward/318361 "2011-01-18T05:32:24Z")

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Hi, How can I do the same effect (moving continuously) as in the following link using images? http://activeden.net/item/red-carpet/152701 Thanks.

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## [getChildByName return null if publis setting is Flash 9](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getchildbyname-return-null-if-publis-setting-is-flash-9/318360)

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**Author:** [@nitinmukesh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nitinmukesh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getchildbyname-return-null-if-publis-setting-is-flash-9/318360 "2011-01-18T05:15:41Z")

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Hi, I am facing a weird problem. The following code returns null if targeted player is Flash player 9 but works fine for Flash Player 10. var \_mc:MovieClip = getChildByName("introMC") as MovieClip; It works fine …

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