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ah ha! &nbsp;thanks, zvytas! &nbsp;that was easy 500 points, eh? ;-)
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ah ha!  thanks, zvytas!  that was easy 500 points, eh? ;-)

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Hi, I am having a really tough time with this and I am tired of searching. &nbsp;I am working on a little game while trying to learn flash/actionscript 3. &nbsp;I am trying to have flash retrieve data from a database or file, which contains coordinates that flash uses to move a shape. &nbsp;what's the best way to send coordinates to flash from an external source?<br />
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could someone please point me in the right direction on how to get started? &nbsp;thanks!
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Hi, I am having a really tough time with this and I am tired of searching.  I am working on a little game while trying to learn flash/actionscript 3.  I am trying to have flash retrieve data from a database or file, which contains coordinates that flash uses to move a shape.  what's the best way to send coordinates to flash from an external source?

could someone please point me in the right direction on how to get started?  thanks!

Passing data to flash

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