HitTest with as objects no instance names

Im making a game and i need a code to make hitTetObject between two as objects no instances because it addChild because the two Objects are not on the stage and if hitTest object it remove 1 of the objects

If objects are not on the stage 1 of them cannot be removed but if addChild they are so use getChildAt if as objects no instances

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Create object without instance name

hi
here is the problem , i have hero shoot bullets and because of that i cant give the objects an instance names and i wanna check if the object on the stage or not and that is easy when
i do    var bullet:BULLET = new BULLET
if (bullet.stage){
addChild(bullet)
but the problem that when i do like this
addChild(new BULLET())
i know that , flash give them a names but how can i check their names??
if(???.stage)
thank you

Per Ned's suggestion you should use some structure. Because it seems you will use animations of large numbers of objects - Vector is the best because it is faster than Array.
Here is an example in two iterations - first as timeline code (just paste it on timeline), and below - as document class - you can use it by placing it into the same directory as your fla and assign doc class to Shooter:
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
var bullets:Vector.<BULLET>;
init();
function init():void
    makeBullets();
    placeBullets();
    shoot();
function shoot():void
    addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveBullets);
function moveBullets(e:Event):void
    for each (var b:BULLET in bullets)
        b.x += 10;
function placeBullets():void
    var nextX:Number = 0;
    for each (var b:BULLET in bullets)
        addChild(b);
        b.y = stage.stageHeight * .5;
        b.x = nextX;
        nextX -= b.width * 2;
function makeBullets():void
    var numBullets:int = 500;
    bullets = new Vector.<BULLET>();
    while (numBullets--)
        bullets.push(new BULLET());
Class:
package
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.Event;
    public class Shooter extends Sprite
        private var bullets:Vector.<BULLET>;
        public function Shooter()
            init();
        private function init():void
            makeBullets();
            placeBullets();
            shoot();
        private function shoot():void
            addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveBullets);
        private function moveBullets(e:Event):void
            for each(var b:BULLET in bullets) {
                b.x += 10;
        private function placeBullets():void
            var nextX:Number = 0;
            for each(var b:BULLET in bullets) {
                addChild(b);
                b.y = stage.stageHeight * .5;
                b.x = nextX;
                nextX -= b.width * 2;
        private function makeBullets():void
            var numBullets:int = 500;
            bullets = new Vector.<BULLET>();
            while (numBullets--) {
                bullets.push(new BULLET());

SQL Cluster with FQDN only (no instance names)

Is it possible to setup a SQL failover cluster with multiple instances but basically be named the "default instance".
Right now I have three instances: AAA, BBB, and CCC. With failover clusters you associate each SQL instance with its own Drive, its own cluster name, etc. So right now this is how you connect:
aaa.db.domain.com\AAA
bbb.db.domain.com\BBB
ccc.db.domain.com\CCC
Is there a way that you can make it where people can connect by not providing an instance name? Because there is always only one instance per virtual server / fqdn:
aaa.db.domain.com
bbb.db.domain.com
ccc.db.domain.com
I hope I explained well enough. Thanks in advance!

So Azure is not using a regular SQL server? I figured they were just using SQL 2014 or such because they offer Azure services for on-premisis now in your own datacenter.
SQL Azure is definitely not the same as an on-premises SQL Server.
For features and limitation for Azure SQL Database, please see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ff394115.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/jj879332.aspx
Thanks.
Tracy Cai
TechNet Community Support

Having trouble with creating objects from instances created with ClassLoade

Hi.
I'm having a bit of trouble with casting an instance of an object from a custom ClassLoader. Don't worry - the code isn't for anything sinister - it's for one of those life simulation thingies, but I want to make it modular so people can write their own 'viruses' which compete for survival. You know the score.
Anyway. I've got the beginnings of my main class, which seems to load the class data for all 'virus' classes in a folder called 'strains'. There is a abstract class called AbstractVirus which declares the method calls for how the viruses should behave and to get textual descriptions, etc. AbstractVirus is to be subclassed to create working virus classes and these are what my main class is trying to load instances of.
Unfortuantely, I can't cast the instances into AbstractVirus objects. The error I've been getting is 'ClassCastException' which I presume is something to do with the fact that my ClassLoader and the Bootstrap ClassLoader aren't seeing eye-to-eye with the class types. Can anyone help? This line of programming is really new to me.
My code for the main class is below:
/* LifeSim.java */
public class LifeSim {
public LifeSim() {
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     * abstract classes in an array. */
    Class virusClasses[] = null;
    try {
      /* Get a reference to the file folder 'strains' and make sure I can read
       * from it. */
      java.io.File modulesFolder = new java.io.File("strains");
      if (!modulesFolder.isDirectory() || !modulesFolder.canRead()) {
     System.out.println("Failed to find accessible 'strains' folder");
     System.exit(-1);
      /* Get a list of all the class files in the folder. */
      String virusFiles[] = modulesFolder.list(new ClassFileFilter());
      if (virusFiles.length == 0) {
     System.out.println("No virus strains in 'strains' folder");
     System.exit(-1);
      /* Create an array of class objects to store my Virus classes. Ignore the
       * abstract class as I cannot instantiate objects directly from it.*/
      virusClasses = new Class[virusFiles.length];
      VirusClassLoader classLoader = new VirusClassLoader();
      int j = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < virusFiles.length; i++) {
     String virusName = "strains/" + virusFiles;
     Class tempClass = classLoader.loadClass(virusName);
     if (tempClass.getName().compareToIgnoreCase("strains.AbstractVirus") != 0) {
     virusClasses[j++] = tempClass;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ncfe) {
System.out.println("Failed to access virus class files.");
ncfe.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);
/* TEST CODE: Create an instance of the first virus and print its class
* name and print details taken from methods defined in the AbstractVirus
* class. */
if (virusClasses.length > 0) {
try {
     // Print the class name
     System.out.println(virusClasses[0].getName());
     Object o = virusClasses[0].newInstance();
     strains.AbstractVirus av = (strains.AbstractVirus) o;
     // Print the virus name and it's description
     System.out.println(av.getQualifiedName());
     System.out.println(av.getDescription());
} catch (InstantiationException ie) { ie.printStackTrace(); }
     catch (IllegalAccessException iae) { iae.printStackTrace(); }
public static void main(String args[]) {
new LifeSim();
class ClassFileFilter implements java.io.FilenameFilter {
public boolean accept(java.io.File fileFolder, String fileName) {
if (_fileName.indexOf(".class") > 0) return true;
return false;
class VirusClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
private String legalClassName = null;
public VirusClassLoader() {
super(VirusClassLoader.class.getClassLoader());
public byte[] findClassData(String filename) {
try {
java.io.File sourcefile = new java.io.File(filename);
legalClassName = "strains." + sourcefile.getName().substring(0,sourcefile.getName().indexOf("."));
java.io.FileInputStream fis = new java.io.FileInputStream(sourcefile);
byte classbytes[] = new byte[fis.available()];
fis.read(classbytes);
fis.close();
return classbytes;
} catch (java.io.IOException ioex) {
return null;
public Class findClass(String classname) throws ClassNotFoundException {
byte classbytes[] = findClassData(classname);
if (classbytes == null) throw new ClassNotFoundException();
else {
return defineClass(legalClassName, classbytes, 0, classbytes.length);
Thank you in advance
Morgan

Two things:
I think your custom ClassLoader isn't delegating. In general a ClassLoader should begin by asking it's parent ClassLoader to get a class, and only if the parent loader fails get it itself. AFAIKS you could do what you're trying to do more easilly with URLClassLoader.
Second, beware that a java source file can, and often does, generate more than one class file. Ignore any class files whose names contain a $ character. It's possible you are loading an internal class which doesn't extend your abstract class.

Hittest with multiple objects...

Ok I need some help!
I'm trying to make a room with a little guy and he moves around the issue is that HE CAN WALK THE WALL it's like Spiderman...
I want to only have to use one object with the same root name, but I want it to be a hittest so it's like a wall here's my code...
"if (_root.char.hittest(_root.wall)) {
        startX = startX+1;
        startY = endYstartY+1;
I dont want to have to hard code like 20 walls for eace "wall" if you know what I mean...
Oh and almost forgot char is a MC on the root also.
-Java

if you have walls named _root.wall1,_root.wall2, etc
for(var i=0;i<wallNum;i++){
if (_root.char.hittest(_root["wall"+i])) {
        startX = startX+1;
        startY = endYstartY+1;
break;

(MX04) Pausing a loaded swf with sound objects within it

Hi,
I'm working on a PowerPoint-esque presentation where a user
watches and listens to a loaded swf in the main movie, clicks the
next button (which unloads the swf, advances to the next frame and
loads the next swf), and watches the next one. Lather, rinse,
repeat. Some of the sections are rather long, and I'd like to give
the user the ability to pause and play by button click.
I know how to stop and start the container MC, but that
doesn't stop the sound object (and the embedded MCs). I also know
how to pause and start a sound object using the object's instance
name. Is there a way to pause everything from the main timeline,
and keep the AS general enough so that any sound object pauses when
clicked?
Any help is most appreciated! MX04 and AS2.0.
Thanks!

Kglad,
I tried your code and ran into some problems with stopping
the mc's, as the embedded mc's within the loaded swf need to stop
as well. I found the attached code to stop the mc's, but now am
having trouble with the sound objects.
Here's the issue, I used this:
this.soundPosition = currentMovie.loop1.position/1000;
this.currentMovie.loop1.stop();
... for the sound object stop commands and listed a new one
for each loop I was using. On the play button I started them back
up again. This all works, but when I start them up again they all
play, not just the one that is currently paused. Do you mind giving
me some guidance with the for (obj in mc) loop? My loop experience
is nil. What I want to do is have the code cycle through all of the
loops to see which one is playing, then store that information in a
variable, then pause and play the variable. Does that sound right?
Thanks again for the help!
-Sandy

Loading SWF giving Instance name as TimeLine

I'm Loading swf into a movieclip name main_mc. After
successfully loading it into main_mc. I had written a function to
get all children present in that movieclip(main_mc). It is getting
Children present in that, but every time it give [Object
MainTimeLine] as instance3 or sometime instance10. How can i
control instance name of maintimeline as it is randomly getting its
name.... I'm attaching code use in getting child and loading it...
Plz check if their any problem in code.
quote:
Clip=new Loader();
var urlRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest("test.swf");
Clip.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,LoadingDone);
Clip.load(urlRequest);
private function LoadingDone(event:Event):void {
var _mc:MovieClip=event.target.content as MovieClip;
main_mc.addChildAt(_mc,0);
//if i trace the name of _mc movieclip... it will instance4
or instance10 randomly
trace(_mc.name);
showChildren(stage,0);
function showChildren(dispObj, indentLevel:Number):void {
for (var i:uint = 0; i < dispObj.numChildren; i++) {
var obj:DisplayObject = dispObj.getChildAt(i);
if (obj is DisplayObjectContainer) {
trace(padIndent(indentLevel), obj.name, obj);
showChildren(obj, indentLevel + 1);
} else {
trace(padIndent(indentLevel) + obj);
function padIndent(indents:int):String {
var indent:String = "";
for (var i:uint = 0; i < indents; i++) {
indent += " ";
return indent;
when loading is done suppose test.swf has one_mc movieclip
Children traced are like that...
quote:
main_mc [object MovieClip]
instance3 [object MainTimeline]
one_mc [object MovieClip]
[object Shape]
Can we solve this problem...

you can't control the instance name of a main timeline. but
if you name everything else, the main timeline will be the only
object whose instance name starts with "instance".

Changing Instance Name - spfile

Hello guys,
i've got a little question about changing instance names and values.
For example i got the following spfile (only example values):
*.db_name=DB1
DA1.shared_pool=9000000
DA2.shared_pool=8000000
and so on...
So the db_name DB1 is valid for all instance identifiers.
But how can i specify manually with which instance name the oracle db server should start? (for exampe DA1 and DA2)
The standard spfile name can also not be used, because of oracle searches normally for $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/spfileSID.ora file?
And which value is preferred, if i have a value for all instances (*.shared_pool) and a value for the specfied instance (DA1.shared_pool)... which parameter is valid if both are specified in the spfile?
Thanks and regards
Stefan

hi,
Every Instance having there own spfile<sid>.ora.hmm that sounds very strange to me. Because of the option with the identifier in front of the parameter (*= for every instance, DA1 = only for instance with name DA1).
I read about the advantage only having one spfile for more instances (for exampe RAC).
So maybe there is a possibility, to start an instance with the specified name (in my example DA1 or DA2).
I don't want to change the DB name... only the instance name so that i can easily start the same db with different parameters (=different instance name)..
Thanks
Stefan

Acquiring movieclip instance names

I need to write a function that retrieves the instance names of movie clips without knowing what those instance names are.
Here's the scenario:
The timeline reaches a frame which has a movieclip with an instance name of "bigClip"
bigClip itself holds a number of movieclips, each with its own unique instance name. On the enterFrame of bigClip, I want to retrieve all the instance names that are on bigClip and put them in an array.
I can't seem to figure this out. Any guidance would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
David

Well I doubt you want to do it on the enterframe of bigClip. Do you really need to find the names of all the clips 30 times a second every second that big clip exists? I'm guessing/hoping you just mean when bigClip starts.
In any event you can make a function that returns an array. Perhaps something like this:
function findChildrenClips(clip:MovieClip):Array{
var theClips:Array=new Array();
for(var a in clip){
if(typeof(clip[a])=="movieclip"){
theClips.push(clip[a]);
return theClips;
Then on the frame where big clip exisits you can do this:
var foundClips:Array=findChildrenClips(bigClip);
Now if you really want to do this onEnterFrame you could probably do it, but there is probably a better way to structure your file in that case.

Multiple MovieClips with same instance name

I'm following a tower defence tutorial and part of the code is set up so I can build towers on the "grass" movie clip. I wanted to add more patches of "grass" and gave them all the same instance name so I can be able to place towers on them, but I have the problem that I can only place towers on the first item I placed and has the instance name of "grass". I can't seem to place towers on the other patches of grass.
I removed the instance name of the first patch of grass and it let me build towers on the second patch, but the second patch only.
I was following this tutorial: http://www.goofballgames.com/2010/01/31/how-to-build-a-tower-defense-f lash-game-part-2-placing-towers/
Here is the code for it I believe:
onClipEvent (load)
    active = 0;
onClipEvent (enterFrame)
    if (active == 1)
        setProperty("", _x, int((_root._xmouse - 10) / 20) * 20 + 20);
        setProperty("", _y, int((_root._ymouse - 10) / 20) * 20 + 20);
hitTestOnGrassMovieClip = _root.grass.hitTest(_x, _y, 1);
        if (hitTestOnGrassMovieClip) {
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        else {
            gotoAndStop(2);
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        _root.ranger._x = _x;
        _root.ranger._y = _y;
        _root.ranger._width = _root["tower_" + tower].range * 2;
        _root.ranger._height = _root["tower_" + tower].range * 2;
on (press)
hitTestOnGrassMovieClip = _root.grass.hitTest(_x, _y, 1);
hitTestOnDeSelectMovieClip = _root.deselect.hitTest(_x, _y, 1);
    if (hitTestOnGrassMovieClip || hitTestOnDeSelectMovieClip) {
        if (hitTestOnGrassMovieClip) {
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   a = _root["t" + _root.towerCount];
   a._x = _x;
   a._y = _y;
   a.active = 1;
active = 0;
setProperty("", _x, 1000);
_root.selectedTower = "";
_root.ranger._x = 1000;
_root.ranger._width = 10;
_root.ranger._height = 10;
}

1. You cannot use the same instance names for different objects and expect more than one to be targeted. You need to assign unique names, or you can store references to them in an array and use the array to target them.
2. You are posting AS2 code in the AS3 forum. You should repost in the AS2 forum. http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript

Listing objects and their instance names (of closed source SWF)

I have an API for a flash player that I want to use, but it is closed source. I know I could try a decompiler but I need to see what it loads and what it's doing at runtime.
I'd like to see the objects (and all their info) that it loads and has on stage along with thier instance names. I'd like to see what this SWF has/does so I can write my AS3 code accordingly... maybe add some additional event listeners.
Is there any was to go about doing this? I know there's some AS3 commands to get this information but I dont know what they are. If you all could give me some hints at which commands would be useful that would be great.

"I need to see what it loads"
You can use Fiddles, Charles or Firebug to monitor traffic (what it loads).
As for the rest of your question - good luck. Although it is possible to decompile swf of course, reverse engineering is an extremely complex time consuming task. In the majority of cases it is easier and faster to replicate functionality from scratch than to try to understand SWF's logic.
Unless you know packages structure - there is no native way to figure out/access application domain.

Referring to instance names with variables

I have the following problem. I have two movie clips with the
instance
names inst01 and inst02.
I have the code :
_root.inst01._alpha += 10;
Now sometimes I would like it to be for "inst01" and others
"inst02".
Is there a way that I can just say set a variable like :
currentinst = "inst01"
or
currentinst = "inst02"
And then write the code as:
_root.currentinst._alpha += 10;
Would this work, how would Flash know whether "currentinst"
was an
instance name or a variable name?
THANK!
Tim

Thanks!
I had actually just figured it out, I have to use the array
brackets,
thanks so much!
In article <ess33h$d73$[email protected]>, "David
Stiller"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> > Is there a way that I can just say set a variable
like :
> >
> > currentinst = "inst01"
> > or
> > currentinst = "inst02"
>
> There is.
>
> > And then write the code as:
> > _root.currentinst._alpha += 10;
>
> The problem with that, as is, is that the variable
currentint currently
> refers to a string, and the String class has no such
property as _alpha.
> You need to "translate" that string into an actual
object reference, and
> there are two ways I know of to do that, both described
here.
>
>
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/actionscript-20/reference-objects-dynamically
>
>
> David Stiller
> Adobe Community Expert
> Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
> "Luck is the residue of good design."

Creating instances of symbols with unique instance names in Actionscript 3

Hey
I was wondering if it is possible to create a large number (lets say 100) of symbol instances where each of the different instances had its own unique instance- name . The names beeing something like ball1, ball2, ball3, etc..
Normally i would just create all these and manually give them their name, so a solution to this would spear me alot of time.
Thanks

Here's a very simple example that should get you started:
var howMany:int = 100;
var itemNameList:Array = new Array();
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            var newBox:box = new box();
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            newBox.y = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight/2;
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populateScreen();
Have a movieClip in the movie's Library with a class name of "box". Create a new instance of that object, add it to the display list and then set a name property. I then added each name to an array so that you can keep track of the objects. I then placed each one at a random location on the screen.

IDoc failed with the error massaeg "Instance of object type could not be ch

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I am getting IDoc failed with the error massaeg "Instance of object type could not be changed"
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All POs are get uploaded in SAP during Cut over activities only.
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Ajit

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After uploading POs into SAP we are changing quantity and value in PO in Legacy system, and for this all IDocs are failed, subsequently these changes are not triggering to ECC.
Please help
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with SP2: 'SQLEXPRESS'-instance installation fails while any other instance name installation succeeds.

We supply our software package that also includes the unattended installation (with /QS and so on) of SQL Server R2 Express (with SP2).
The setup works good in about 99.9% cases, but one customer complained that after the "successful SQL Sever installation (at least, it looked so!) he could not open the supplied database getting some strange error messages...
After some months of trial-n-error attempts we are now able to reproduce the problems this custumer had. But we cannot find the reason of the problem.
So the test computer is a virtual machine with Windows 7 + sp1 32-bit.
Among the programs/tools installed on this machine there were (in the following order):
SQL Server 2008 Express - the default SQLEXPRESS instance
SSMS
VS 2010 Pro (German)
SQL Server 2008 Express R2 (with SP 1 or SP2 - ?) - the default SQLEXPRESS instance
Then some of them were uninstalled in the following order:
SQL Server 2008 Express
SSMS
SQL Server 2008 Express R2
Now we tried to install (in normal mode with UI) the SQL Server 2008 Express R2 with SP2.
When we chose the default SQLEXPRESS instance - it failed with the following info:
Configuration status: Failed: see details below
Configuration error code: 0x7FCCE689
Configuration error description: External component has thrown an exception.
and the Detail.txt file contained the following:
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: External component has thrown an exception.
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: The configuration failure category of current exception is ConfigurationValidationFailure
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Configuration action failed for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst during timing Validation and scenario Validation.
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException (0x80004005): External component has thrown an exception.
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: at SSisDefaultInstance(UInt16* , Int32* )
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SniServer.NLRegSWrapper.NLregSNativeMethod Wrapper.SSIsDefaultInstanceName(String sInstanceName, Boolean& pfIsDefaultInstance)
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException.
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Source: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SniServerConfigExt.
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Message: External component has thrown an exception..
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Watson Bucket 1 Original Parameter Values
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Parameter 0 : SQL Server 2008 R2@RTM@
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Parameter 1 : SSisDefaultInstance
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Parameter 2 : SSisDefaultInstance
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Parameter 3 : System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException@-2147467259
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Parameter 4 : System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException@-2147467259
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Parameter 5 : SniServerConfigAction_Install_atValidation
2015-01-20 10:44:09 Slp: Parameter 6 : INSTALL@VALIDATION@SQL_ENGINE_CORE_INST
When we chose some other instance name then the installation has completed successfully.
So the questions are:
What could be the reason of the problem (and only for SQLEXPRESS instance that was earlier installed and then uninstalled)? I will provide the complete Detail.txt file if needed.
How could we check (if we could) the conditions so some name would be allowed as an instance name for SQL Server installer to success?
With the best regards,
Victor
Victor Nijegorodov

Thank you Lydia!
Unfortunately the simple check the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL does /did not work in our case since there is no any instance
name there,
However there seem to be some "rudiments" under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and/or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services.
So I will now try to check the subkeys of these two keys as it was mentioned by Xiao-Min Tan.
Best regards,
Victor Nijegorodov
Victor Nijegorodov

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