# Best way to have a search box in flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-search-box-in-flash/259812
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**Created:** [May 8, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-search-box-in-flash/259812 "2008-05-08T22:10:20Z")
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### Author: ![jarenjel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@jarenjel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jarenjel)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-search-box-in-flash/259812/1 "2008-05-08T22:10:20Z")

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Hi,

Could you please tell me how is the best way to integrate a search box in a flash movie??

I am making a catalog and I have the otion to search through the catalog with a menu, but I also wanted to search the products with a search box and button.

For the catalog I have each product in a .pdf file.

I hope someone could help me,

Thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![aragoneldragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@aragoneldragon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aragoneldragon)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-search-box-in-flash/259812/2 "2008-05-10T00:09:08Z")

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Here are a couple of links that will help:

[http://www.flash-design-marketing.com/tutorials/free-fla-files/search-function-components.shtml](http://www.flash-design-marketing.com/tutorials/free-fla-files/search-function-components.shtml)

[http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Interactivity/Creating-Flash\_Ju-73/more13.php](http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Interactivity/Creating-Flash_Ju-73/more13.php)

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### Author: ![jarenjel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@jarenjel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jarenjel)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-search-box-in-flash/259812/3 "2008-05-12T02:36:00Z")

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Thanks a lot, that is what I have been looking for!

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### Author: ![jarenjel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@jarenjel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jarenjel)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-search-box-in-flash/259812/4 "2008-05-12T02:44:27Z")

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I would also paste a link to a search tutor that I found in the web, in case somebody has the same problem:

[http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/143/1/Active-Search-List/Page1.html](http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/143/1/Active-Search-List/Page1.html)