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import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.video.*;
/*var flvPlayer:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
addChild(flvPlayer);
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var i:Number = 0;
var startR:Number = gear._rotation;
var endR:Number = 0;
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title[i]._alpha = 100;
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function moveGearFwd() {
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            break;
        case 40 >= startR <= 50:
            startR = 45;
            break;
        case 85 >= startR <= 95:
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            break;
        case 130 >= startR <= 140:
            startR = 135;
            break;
        case 175 >= startR <= 185:
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            break;
        case 220 >= startR <= 230:
            startR = 225;
            break;
        case 265 >= startR <= 275:
            startR = 270;
            break;
        case 310 >= startR <= 320:
            startR = 315;
            break;
//        default:
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function moveGearBack() {
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        case 40 >= startR <= 50:
            startR = 45;
        case 85 >= startR <= 95:
            startR = 90;
        case 130 >= startR <= 140:
            startR = 135;
        case 175 >= startR <= 185:
            startR = 180;
        case 220 >= startR <= 230:
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        case 265 >= startR <= 275:
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        case 310 >= startR <= 320:
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//            startR = 0;
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function fadeInButton() {
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    new Tween(backward,"_alpha",Strong.easeIn,0,100,5,false);
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forward.onPress = function() {
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forward.onRelease = function () {
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        i++;
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backward.onPress = function () {
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backward.onRelease = function () {
    fadeInButton();
    title[i]._alpha = 0;
    if (i == 0) {
        i = (title.length - 1);
    } else {
        i--;
title[i]._alpha = 100;

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var myFile = new File ("c:/ScriptFiles/installedFonts-Families.txt");
var openFile = myFile.open("r");
//check if open
if(openFile == true){
    $.writeln("The file has loaded")}
else {$.writeln("The file did not load, check the name or the path");}
//load the file content into a variable
var content = myFile.read();
myFile.close();
var ch;
var x = 0;
var fontList = [];
for (var i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
    ch = content.charAt (i);
        if((ch) !== (String.fromCharCode(10))) {
            fontList[x] += ch;
        else {
            x ++;
for ( i = 0; i < fontList.length; i++) {
   $.writeln(fontList[i]);
doc.close (SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
Thank you for any help or explanation. If you have any advice on how to improve my practices or any hint, please feel free to say. Thank you

CarlosCantos wrote an amazing script a while back (2013) that may help you in your endeavor. Below is his code, I had nothing to do with this other then give him praise and I hope it doesn't offend him since it was pasted on the forums here.
This has helped me do something similar to what your doing.
Thanks again CarlosCanto
// script.name = fontList.jsx;
// script.description = creates a document and makes a list of all fonts seen by Illustrator;
// script.requirements = none; // runs on CS4 and newer;
// script.parent = CarlosCanto // 02/17/2013;
// script.elegant = false;
#target illustrator
var edgeSpacing = 10;
var columnSpacing = 195;
var docPreset = new DocumentPreset;
docPreset.width = 800;
docPreset.height = 600;
var idoc = documents.addDocument(DocumentColorSpace.CMYK, docPreset);
var x = edgeSpacing;
var yyy = (idoc.height - edgeSpacing);
var fontCount = textFonts.length;
var col = 1;
var ABcount = 1;
for(var i=0; i<fontCount; i++) {
    sFontName = textFonts[i].name;
    var itext = idoc.textFrames.add();
    itext.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 12;
    itext.contents = sFontName;
    //$.writeln(yyy);
    itext.top = yyy;
    itext.left = x;
    itext.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = textFonts.getByName(textFonts[i].name);
    // check wether the text frame will go off the bottom edge of the document
    if( (yyy-=(itext.height)) <= 20 ) {
        yyy = (idoc.height - edgeSpacing);
        x += columnSpacing;
        col++;
        if (col>4) {
            var ab = idoc.artboards[ABcount-1].artboardRect;
            var abtop = ab[1];
            var ableft = ab[0];
            var abright = ab[2];
            var abbottom = ab[3];
            var ntop = abtop;
            var nleft = abright+edgeSpacing;
            var nbottom = abbottom;
            var nright = abright-ableft+nleft;
            var abRect = [nleft, ntop, nright, nbottom];
            var newAb = idoc.artboards.add(abRect);
            x = nleft+edgeSpacing;
            ABcount++;
            col=1;
    //else yyy-=(itext.height);

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