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I want to create a collision detention system where objects move away from each other if they get too close, much like in the link below (done in java I think):
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i'm trying to find a tutorial for spacing objects out on a stage...
Say for example I have 20 spheres on the stage different sizes I want to create a script (OOP probably) that will...

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i'm having trouble writing variable names

I used to write something like this when joining some text and the contents of a variable:

_root["fruit_"+type] = "banana";

how can I...

thanks for your reply
basically i'm reading in an xml file e.g.
<node1>has sometext here</node1>
<node2>has some more text here</node2>

basically I want to display the value of the nodes in a...

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I'm using textareas and loading in text. Some of the text that I am loading in I want to be editable, and some text I want it to be impossible for the user to edit

Is there a way to...

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I'm trying to write a function that will parse through an xml document and store the contents into variables,
I can write it by using lots of for and if loops (which is a lot of code if...

great thanks for that,
its annoying how its often the simplest things

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I'm having real trouble trying to get my head around the logic of a loop.
basically I want to conduct a for loop where a variable has the value of a function call on its previous...

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i've got a string, and I want to be able to perform a split at a specific character position, I've identified what number the character is at, but don't know how to split at that point.
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I have a text string and I need to count the number of times a particular word is used in that string.

Can anyone point me in the right direction in how to count the number of times say...

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I'm parsing xml data in flash, here is some example code:

var file:XML = new XML();
file.ignoreWhite = true;
file.load("test.xml");
file.onLoad = function(bSuccess:Boolean) {
if...

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I'm reading in a series of xml files (which I cannot change the structure of) which contain a passage of text like that below
Here is an example:

Since iritis is associated with HLA...

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I'm reading in nodes from an xml file into flash.
A node can consist of html code and various subnodes

here is an example

<fulltext>
<p>once upon a time there was a
...

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I've got a series of textarea components which hold data read in from an xml file.

What I want to do is alter the textarea height dynamically depending upon the amount of text the...

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i've got a few textInput components on my stage.
However, I cannot alter the properties of these components - specifically adding text (myComponent.text = "hey joe";)- on the same frame...

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I'm reading in an xml file via the xml connector component. However, before I display text into text areas i need to do some manipulations using actionscript.

How can I bind the xml...

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i've got a scrollpane component that loads in a movieclip.
that movieclip itself loads in data and changes height.

How can I tell the scrollpane to update the scrollbar height once the...

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I need to do some string manipulations, and was wondering whether there were any functions like the php ones ereg_replace, preg_replace available in actionscript?

Many thanks!

Joe

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I've got a variable that holds a string eg

var banana:String = "<intro>this is an intro</intro> and this is a load of other non important information";

What i want to do is be able...

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I want to create a series of variable names dynamically, but don't know how to do it.

for example, i have a for loop, and want to use the "i" value to be part of a new variable name
...

I believe you can pass variables to your flash movie through the embedded object code which is on your page.

so in human speak, if you were on a car about pages you can pass the variable ?page=car...

How to detect a newline when a user is typing into an input textfield?
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I've got a movieclip which holds a number of input textfields
When a user is writing into one of these textfields,...

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I'm trying to create a scrollbar for a movieclip
Basically when i move the scrollbar down the content movieclip should go up and vice versa,

This works, however I can't get the...

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I'm trying to figure out how to know what item on the stage has been clicked on.
i've got the following mouse listener code:

var mouseListener = new Object();...