# Flash Limits
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019 "2003-03-05T11:15:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/41 "2003-07-07T00:06:38Z")
well not really a limit but something nice to know for those frustrated with some textboxes not showing up text…:sigh:
If you have “bold” on and you are trying to load htmlText into the textbox, it wont show up for some reason… just found that out today. 😛
-Aditya
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/42 "2003-07-07T00:09:08Z")
it shows up, just need to make sure your embedding the bold version too when using it :sigh:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/43 "2003-07-07T01:00:29Z")
Yeah, I remember when I went through that issue, I almost went insane. It took me a few days to finally find out that you have to embed the individual normal, bold, and italic versions of the font.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/44 "2003-07-07T02:44:39Z")
lol sorry about that… 😛
should I just keep my post in there or delete it?
Thanks,
Aditya
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/45 "2003-07-07T02:51:12Z")
they are considered different versions of the same font…
when you install a new font family, you will install several, sometimes as much as 9 diff fonts…
…and the client always seems to use one that you don’t own…
😉
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/46 "2003-07-10T05:36:32Z")
wow…its great which i waited for this…
actually i ask this flash limits question in some other forum but i got here…
thanks guys
flashmani
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/47 "2004-09-10T11:05:52Z")
this can be added
[color=black]You can use up to 26 shape hints.[/color]
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### Author:  [@lorenelks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorenelks)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/48 "2006-03-20T12:49:39Z")
[SIZE=1]Hi:
Are you limited to a max amount of height in a movie clip? I have this
scrolling pane with a movieclip in it. When you scroll the pane, the mc inside scrolls up or down.
The mc inside has text. I can’t seem make it taller than 4000. Is this a physical limit of Flash.
Is there a more efficient way to make a scroll pane (window), that will scroll a movieclip through it?
Thanks,
Loren
[/SIZE]
> [@senocular](#):
>
> I think its a good idea to set some known limits to Flash - things which are good to be aware of for future reference and if not, something to just be impressed or enamored with 😉
>
> here are some things Ive jotted down recently. Ill add more as I think of them
>
> ==============================================
> [SIZE=4] **Flash limits** [/SIZE]
>
> **[DOCUMENT]**
> size:
> -[SIZE=1]width[/SIZE]: **1** to **2880**
> -[SIZE=1]height[/SIZE]: **1** to **2880**
>
> drawing extents within:
> -[SIZE=1]width[/SIZE]: **-720** to **document width + 720**
> -[SIZE=1]height[/SIZE]: **-720** to **document height + 720**
>
> -[SIZE=1]grid spacing[/SIZE]: **7.2** to **288**
> -[SIZE=1]frame rate[/SIZE]: **.01** to **120**
> -[SIZE=1]frames[/SIZE]: **16000**
> -[SIZE=1]layers[/SIZE]: **16000**
> -[SIZE=1]movieclip instances[/SIZE]: **16000**
> -[SIZE=1]loaded movies (in levels)[/SIZE]: **16000**
>
> **[MOVIECLIP]**
> drawing extents within:
> -[SIZE=1]width[/SIZE]: **-720** to **720**
> -[SIZE=1]height[/SIZE]: **-720** to **720** (1440x1440)
>
> -[SIZE=1]\_xscale/\_yscale values[/SIZE]: ~ **3276800**
> -[SIZE=1]\_alpha values[/SIZE]: **256**
> -[SIZE=1]\_alpha steps[/SIZE]: ~ **.4** (don’t increment \_alpha below that value)
> -[SIZE=1]\_x/\_y steps[/SIZE]: **.05** (don’t increment \_x/\_y below that value)
> -[SIZE=1]\_rotation[/SIZE]: **-180** to **180** (you can set it to values beyond these but will revert to a value in that range)
> -[SIZE=1]\_rotation steps[/SIZE]: **.1** (\_rotation wont be seen in increments below that value)
> -[SIZE=1]attached clips before drastic attachMovie speed drop[/SIZE]: ~ **800-1000** (common in grid creation; creating new clips to attach groups of clips, like each row, to will reduce the slowdown)
>
> **[TEXT]**
> -[SIZE=1]characters in a textfield[/SIZE]: **~63000** (?)
> -[SIZE=1]rotation of dynamic or input textfields w/o embedded fonts or static w/ device fonts[/SIZE]: **0** (no rotation)
> -[SIZE=1]max size of POST data (loadVars and XML Objects etc)[/SIZE]: around **64k**
> -[SIZE=1]characters for URLs set in Character panel[/SIZE]: **127**
>
> **[SCRIPTING]**
> depths:
> -[SIZE=1]depths of existence[/SIZE]: **-16384** to **2130690045**
> [SIZE=1](createEmptyMovieClip can surpass these values in creation but not always accurate
> max reliable: 2147483647, min reliable: -2147483648)[/SIZE]
> -[SIZE=1]removable depths[/SIZE]: **0** to **1048575**
>
> -[SIZE=1]recursive function call levels[/SIZE]: **256**
> -[SIZE=1]loop calls[/SIZE]: processor dependant, 15 or 20 seconds until timeout
>
> **[MISC]**
> -[SIZE=1]Flash Player zoom[/SIZE]: **2000%**
> -[SIZE=1]line thickness (Flash authoring)[/SIZE]: **.1** to **10**
> -[SIZE=1]line thickness (AS)[/SIZE]: **0** to **256** (increments of 1; 0 is hairline)
> -[SIZE=1]size of imported bitmap[/SIZE]: **5x5** minimum
> -[SIZE=1]shape hints[/SIZE]: **0** to **26**
>
> ==============================================
>
> suggestions welcome and will be added to this list 🙂
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### Author:  [@jnbeck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jnbeck)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/49 "2006-04-18T18:24:27Z")
I ran into a limitation with exporting out files with a third party projector.
The flash player will not allow you to export a string over 30kb.
[Screen Weaver Forums](http://www.screenweaver.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=72&sid=3b2d3fa9c3b0e2b37cbbccd862728846)
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### Author:  [@vintage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vintage)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-limits/15019/50 "2006-04-19T21:16:41Z")
I made a slideshow that loads the pictures from a xml file.
I havent really experimented with it, but if I use more than 99 pictures, flash starts to freak and only load 3 pictures (piece of the xml)
so 100 is probably a limit ?
```auto
slideshow 1
toet.jpg
bla bla
meep.jpg
weep woei
blaat.jpg
hoppa
```
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