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On default, clicking the close button on the mochi leaderboard calls play(), which can in case of a timeline controlled movie lead to some problems. That’s why I added an argument to the showLeaderboard function. The following class belongs to my highscore screen that is called when the game ends or is ended.
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In the ‘Main Index Template’ (index.php) just add the following line have an Adsense ad between the post end and the comments.
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Let’s assume, you got 12 worksheets named with year and month. Each sheet contains several values for every day. To put them all together I recommend a combination of the Excel functions CONCATENATE and INDIRECT (the real dynamic duo if there wasn’t one before).

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Getting rid of old calendar items that waste storage capacity is easy.
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This topic came up some days ago with a lot of interesting possibilities especially for flash games. One shared object holding several variables you can load from every game. What could that mean? A regular player of your games gets secret levels, special items or skills for playing a game more often. Or let the player compare his actual score to the scores he achieved in other games you made, if these are comparable. Or an adventurelike game where one has to solve puzzles in external games or where achievements in other games control the plot.

Alright, enough of the dreaming, let’s go to where the action is:

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Setting up a workbook
Open Excel and create a blank workbook. The default settings will create three Worksheets, that’s enough. My personal settings only create one sheet, the others are inserted by ‘Insert->Worksheet’. For the beginning we need two sheets. These are renamed (rightclick on tab->Rename) to ‘budget’ and (for actual reasons) ‘2009’. Then go to ‘File->Save as…’ and save it.
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Just trying to embed some flash into this blog with the kimili plugin. This could come in handy for things like coding tutorials or games.
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