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  1. Thanks for the reply. Actually, what I'm...

    Thanks for the reply.

    Actually, what I'm trying to do is not to create instances of a symbol; rather, to create a copy of a symbol, rename the copy, make some changes to it--in general turn it...
  2. using code to duplicate and rename symbols

    In Flash MX, can you use codes to duplicate an existing symbol and create and rename a batch of new symbols rather than having to manually create them one by one? Say in an external txt file, you...
  3. Thread: bug???

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    I have the full version and am running it under...

    I have the full version and am running it under Windows ME. It only happens when I'm in the authoring mode. It did again just now. I wanted to pull my hair out!!!

    I'll try pasting everything into...
  4. Thread: bug???

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    bug???

    OK, just when I thought I was finally starting to get the hang of Flash, I ran into this:

    It usually happens shortly after I go back to the authoring mode from the test-movie mode. The moment I...
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    max size for an xml document

    Hi, all.

    Some time ago, I was working on a project in another development environment, in which there was the need to pull data from an external txt file. We had a problem with the size of the txt...
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    I originally had it as a button, and the code...

    I originally had it as a button, and the code worked--just what you put there. But for various reasons, I needed to use a movie clip instead of a button.

    Thanks for your help all the same.
  7. Thanks a lot. You guys are the best. Huaiwudong

    Thanks a lot. You guys are the best.

    Huaiwudong
  8. Another newbie question: Can anyone explain in...

    Another newbie question:

    Can anyone explain in simple language to me when to use _root and when to use parent?

    Much obliged.

    Huaiwudong
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    Thank you so much, GSOLO. I'm all clear now.

    Thank you so much, GSOLO. I'm all clear now.
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    Thanks. How do you go about making a button...

    Thanks.

    How do you go about making a button movie clip? I'm still lost...
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    I found the following discussion on the...

    I found the following discussion on the useHandCursor method in the help files that ship with Flash MX software:

    myMovieClip.useHandCursor

    Description


    Property; a Boolean value that...
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    I need to load a movie into level1 when user...

    I need to load a movie into level1 when user clicks on a movie clip contained on the main timeline. The following is the code I used. Before I called loadmovie, I set the playhead of the parent movie...
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    Can I tag along and ask a question of my own? ...

    Can I tag along and ask a question of my own?

    I recently discovered that you can do a lot of things by using the .hitTest method in conjunction with the mouse events. I ran into a scenario where I...
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    Bump

    Bump
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    Let me clarify what I meant-- I have a bunch...

    Let me clarify what I meant--

    I have a bunch of buttons named lesson1, lesson2, lesson3, linking to lesson1.swf, lesson2.swf, and lesson3.swf respectively. When the user clicks the lesson1 button,...
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    Yep, the _url property is exactly what I was...

    Yep, the _url property is exactly what I was hunting for. :0)

    Thanks a lot, GSolo.
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    Let me try and see if I could make myself...

    Let me try and see if I could make myself understood this time...

    I have a bunch of swf files that are loaded into a parent swf on the fly. And we want to track certain data related to each of the...
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    Question from a bewildered newbie-- How do you...

    Question from a bewildered newbie--

    How do you retrieve at run-time the name of the button instance that's currently being pressed by the user? I originally thought about using "this._name" in the...
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    How do you retrieve on the fly the name of the...

    How do you retrieve on the fly the name of the swf that's currently playing? What's the code to use?

    Many thanks.
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    I'd like to update some button instances on the...

    I'd like to update some button instances on the stage and relink them to symbols in a different library. The symbols in the new library have the same names as the ones in the original library. So if...
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    Is it possible to turn an existing library into a...

    Is it possible to turn an existing library into a shared library? How do you go about doing that?

    Thanks.

    Huaiwudong
  22. Is it possible to refer to the symbol name of an...

    Is it possible to refer to the symbol name of an instance on the fly? What's the correct code to use? I was thinking along the lines of

    this.getsymbol() or some such methods, but I don't think...
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