RE: [Flashcoders] error mesg
Then make the parameter optional: function doSubmit(e:MouseEvent=null):void OR in your function doSubmitViaEnter method call doSubmit(null) - Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens DONALD TALCOTT Verzonden: vrijdag 17 december 2010 1:24 Aan: Flash Coders List Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] error mesg I failed to mention, also have the following for a button; mc_aim_higher.mc_form.submitBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doSubmit); If I remove e.MouseEvent the button won't work. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] How to detect for modifier (alt/ctrl) keys
just Alt -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Henrik Andersson Verzonden: dinsdag 16 november 2010 14:54 Aan: Flash Coders List Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] How to detect for modifier (alt/ctrl) keys I am curious, does the key say Alt or AltGr? They are not quite the same. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] How to detect for modifier (alt/ctrl) keys
Hi Glen,
I tried your code (somewhat modified, see below, to get the desired traces)
but it gives me the same result.
E.g. if I hit (right) Alt-5 it traces:
onKeyDown: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=false, keyCode=17
onKeyDown: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=true, keyCode=18
onKeyDown: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=true, keyCode=53
onKeyUp: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=true, keyCode=53
onKeyUp: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=false, keyCode=18
Notice that the KEY_DOWN event fires twice for the right alt key!
If I just press and release the right alt key it traces:
onKeyDown: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=false, keyCode=17
onKeyDown: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=true, keyCode=18
onKeyUp: _ctrlKeyDown=true, _altKeyDown=false, keyCode=18
So the first trace shows a phantom control key press ...
This lead me to the following work-around (Flash Pro script):
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.ui.Keyboard;
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDownOrUpHandler);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onKeyDownOrUpHandler);
var _ctrlKeyDown:Boolean;
var _altKeyDown:Boolean;
function onKeyDownOrUpHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
if (e.keyCode==17 || e.keyCode==18) // then always test both Ctrl
and Alt to work around possible bug:
{
_ctrlKeyDown = e.keyCode == Keyboard.CONTROL;
_altKeyDown = e.keyCode == Keyboard.ALTERNATE;
}
trace(e.type + : _ctrlKeyDown= + _ctrlKeyDown + , _altKeyDown= +
_altKeyDown + , character: + String.fromCharCode(e.charCode));
}
So the trick is to flag both ctrlKeyIsDown and _altKeyIsDown every time.
This will override the phantom event.
It would be great if you and/or anybody else could confirm the initial bogus
key down event for the right alt key on press.
I tested this so far on two systems with MS Vista and tested with various
debug 10 and 10.1 players, stand alone and in browser. In all cases I got
the bogus control event when pressing alt.
If this is a bug I will log it to Adobe's bug base with the discovered
work-around.
Thanks!
- Benny
By the way this is how I modified your code to get the traces I want (in
Flash Pro):
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
const CTRL_KEYCODE:int = 17;
const ALT_KEYCODE:int = 18;
var _ctrlKeyDown:Boolean = false;
var _altKeyDown:Boolean = false;
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDownHandler);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onKeyUpHandler);
function onKeyDownHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch(e.keyCode) {
case CTRL_KEYCODE:
_ctrlKeyDown = true;
break;
case ALT_KEYCODE:
_altKeyDown = true;
break;
}
trace(onKeyDown: _ctrlKeyDown= + _ctrlKeyDown + , _altKeyDown= +
_altKeyDown + , keyCode=+e.keyCode);
}
function onKeyUpHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch(e.keyCode) {
case CTRL_KEYCODE:
_ctrlKeyDown = false;
break; //your choice if you put break after return
case ALT_KEYCODE:
_altKeyDown = false;
break;
}
trace(onKeyUp: _ctrlKeyDown= + _ctrlKeyDown + , _altKeyDown= +
_altKeyDown + , keyCode=+e.keyCode);
}
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Glen Pike
Verzonden: dinsdag 16 november 2010 1:08
Aan: Flash Coders List
Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] How to detect for modifier (alt/ctrl) keys
Yes, but if you don't use keyEvent.ctrlKey in your event handler, but
check for CTRL and set a flag:
e.g.
public static const CTRL_KEYCODE:int = 17;
private var _ctrlKeyDown:Boolean = false;
//etc
function onKeyDownHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch(e.keyCode) {
case CTRL_KEYCODE:
_ctrlKeyDown = true;
return;
break; //your choice if you put break after return
//case ALT_KEYCODE:
// _altKeyDown = true;
// return;
// break;
default:
break;
}
trace(onKeyDown: ctrlKeyDown= + _ctrlKeyDown);
}
function onKeyUpHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch(e.keyCode) {
case CTRL_KEYCODE:
_ctrlKeyDown = false;
return;
break; //your choice if you put break after return
//case ALT_KEYCODE:
// _altKeyDown = false;
/ return;
// break;
default:
break
RE: [Flashcoders] How to detect for modifier (alt/ctrl) keys
The work-around I listed would of course only work if you are just interested in key combo's with either Alt or Ctrl. Something like (right) Alt-Ctrl-5 won't work. I had a second thought on Henriks comment about Alt vs AltGr and Googled a bit. Part of Wiki article: Control + Alt as a substitute Originally, US PC keyboards (specifically, the US 101-key PC/AT keyboards) did not have an AltGr key, it being relevant to only non-US markets; they simply had left and right Alt keys. As those using such US keyboards increasingly needed the specific functionality of AltGr when typing non-English text, Windows began to allow it to be emulated by pressing the Alt key together with the Control key: Ctrl+Alt ? AltGr Therefore, it is recommended that this combination not be used as a modifier in Windows keyboard shortcuts as, depending on the keyboard layout and configuration, someone trying to type a special character with it may accidentally trigger the shortcut,[4] or the keypresses for the shortcut may be inadvertently interpreted as the user trying to input a special character. -- So I think this explains why I get 2 events when pressing the right alt key. Although the key says Alt it actual behaves like the mentioned AltGr key. In other words. Flash doesn't actual support pure Alt key behavior but only AltGr. - Benny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] How to detect for modifier (alt/ctrl) keys
In an application I am building I need to detect whether the (right) alt-key
was pressed in combination with another (letter) and make sure that the
control key isn't being pressed at the same time.
But it looks like the Keyboard events for both MOUSE_DOWN and MOUSE_UP
always return true for ctrlKey (when it is not actual pressed!) while the
Alt key is pressed.
Simplified test code:
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDownHandler);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onKeyUpHandler);
function onKeyDownHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
trace(onKeyDown: e.ctrlKey= + e.ctrlKey + , e.altKey= +
e.altKey);
}
function onKeyUpHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
trace(onKeyUp: e.ctrlKey= + e.ctrlKey + , e.altKey= + e.altKey);
}
When I test the code (tested on 2 PC's with Flash 10 or 10.1 Debug player in
Flash pro CS5 or via same version debug players in MSIE/FF browsers) and
press only the right alt key or a key combi e.g. right-alt-5 the traces
report always true for the ctrlKey, so even when it isn't pressed!?
I checked the Adobe bug base, tried Google, but didn't find anything related
so far.
What am I missing?
Thanks.
- Benny
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RE: [Flashcoders] How to detect for modifier (alt/ctrl) keys
Thanks for the tip Glen. Unfortunately that class also shows the problem of Keyboard.CONTROL (keycode 17) being reported as being down (while it actual isn't) when the right alt key is being pressed. - Benny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Highligting words in a textField
Maybe if you could give a sample text and the words that should be highlighted we can advise you better. But in a nutshell I would use one or more RegExp if the words you are looking for are only a few different ones. If there are many or there is a complex syntax that needs to be analyzed then probably you should look into a string tokenizer. - Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens ktt Verzonden: maandag 16 augustus 2010 0:26 Aan: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] Highligting words in a textField Hello, I have a multiline text in a dynamic textfield with a scroll. How is it possible to higlight some words in a textFiled which is splited to lines (\n) ? Thank you in advance, Ktt ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database viruskenmerken 5368 (20100815) __ Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Flash CS5 input controls with dragable values, what are they called?
(the former message probably come not through because of the included image, so let's retry without ;-) The Flash CS authoring tool nowadays has input controls (the ones with the dotted underline) that allow you to click and drag the value out to change it. For an extension I am building I want to use the same type of control and am trying to Google if somebody already created such component but I found nothing so far. That's probably because I am searching with the wrong key phrases. Does anybody know how these input controls are actually (officially) called? Do you know whether somebody already recreated (free or commercial) a AS3 UI component that mimics such an input control? Thanks. - Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens flashcoders-ow...@chattyfig.figleaf.com Verzonden: donderdag 29 juli 2010 2:28 Onderwerp: Flash CS5 input controls with dragable values, what are they called? The message's content type was not explicitly allowed ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Error in displaying Hindi Text
Make sure the font(s) you use are embedded. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] reading a css from www?
You are right about the base path being the html, so you should get to your
css by passing in the complete relative path, so:
'../path_to_css/cssfile.css' when the html is in 'somefolder' en the css is
in 'path_to_css' folder
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens sebastian
Verzonden: zaterdag 17 april 2010 23:53
Aan: Flash Coders List
Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] reading a css from www?
sweet thanks Benny, this replacement method worked! yaay!
btw, as far as i can tell, the flash file tries to load the files
relative to the path of the current URL, and not the path relative to
the SWF itself...
so if if the HTML file is in:
http://mysite.com/somefoloder/index.html
and you load: ('file.css');
then it will look in:
http://mysite.com/somefoloder/file.css
even if the swf is being loaded from:
http://mysite.com/flash/flashfile.swf
If I am wrong, and the path is relative to the swf, then I am completely
confused as to why i have to use full URL paths and I cant just type
file.css and get it to load when the swf and the css file are actually
stored on the server from the same location...
Best,
Seb.
Benny wrote:
You could use the url from which your swf is loaded, replace the filename
of
the swf by that of the css.
In your main movie (from top of my haead, i.e. not tested ;-) use
something
like:
var cssFullURL:String = this.loaderInfo.url.replace(/thecallingfile\.swf
/,cssFile.css);
trace(cssFullURL);
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RE: [Flashcoders] reading a css from www?
You could use the url from which your swf is loaded, replace the filename of the swf by that of the css. In your main movie (from top of my haead, i.e. not tested ;-) use something like: var cssFullURL:String = this.loaderInfo.url.replace(/thecallingfile\.swf /,cssFile.css); trace(cssFullURL); ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] reading a css from www?
... or just load the css file relative. As far as I know you are not required to pass in absolute URLs -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Benny Verzonden: zaterdag 17 april 2010 14:01 Aan: 'Flash Coders List' Onderwerp: RE: [Flashcoders] reading a css from www? You could use the url from which your swf is loaded, replace the filename of the swf by that of the css. In your main movie (from top of my haead, i.e. not tested ;-) use something like: var cssFullURL:String = this.loaderInfo.url.replace(/thecallingfile\.swf /,cssFile.css); trace(cssFullURL); ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database viruskenmerken 5035 (20100416) __ Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Getting the line index at the caretIndex
After *appending* a character the caret is positioned after the last
character input pointing to the next position it will accept input.
Hence when you call getLineIndexOfChar(caret) you ask for info about a none
existing character.
This should work:
var tf:TextField = new TextField();
tf.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
tf.border=true;
tf.multiline = true;
tf.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, onChange);
addChild(tf);
function onChange(event:Event):void
{
var newCharIndex:int = tf.caretIndex-1;
var line:int = tf.getLineIndexOfChar(newCharIndex);
trace(caretIndex= + tf.caretIndex + , newCharIndex= + newCharIndex
+
, char= +
tf.text.charAt(newCharIndex).replace(/\r/,\\r) + , line= + line);
}
Cheers, Benny
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RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)
Hi Susan I cannot recommend any OOP book but I can recommend Lynda.com. Lynda.com has some great video courses, like http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=759 Which amongst other covers OOP fundamentals and common design patterns. - Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Susan Day Verzonden: woensdag 10 maart 2010 19:29 Aan: Flash Coders List Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT) On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote: I got AS 3 w/Design Patterns right when I delved into AS3 and I found the examples too long and complicated to follow. I would not recommend it as an introduction to OOP. Noted. And your thoughts, if any, on The Object-Oriented Thought Process? Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database viruskenmerken 4932 (20100310) __ Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)
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RE: [Flashcoders] Problem Importing Class
Hi susan, In the 'other package' try: import Star; var myStar:Star = new Star(); addChild(myStar); --- Why are you getting the error? .. because you are trying to cast 'nothing' as a Star. Because Flash can't cast 'nothing' it tells you it's missing an argument. --- Regards, Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- .. This code works by itself. However, when I call it in the other package with the following lines: import Star; // var star:Sprite = new Sprite(); (whether commented out or not) Star(); I get the error: 1136 Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 1. Star.as for the last of the lines in the importing pkg. What argument is it expecting? TIA, Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Tutorial
No need for inheritance then, just give your Star class the desired
parameters in the constructor, e.g
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Star extends MovieClip
{
public function Star(lineColor:uint, fillColor:uint)
{
graphics.lineStyle(1, lineColor);
graphics.beginFill(fillColor);
graphics.moveTo(144, 277);
graphics.lineTo(188, 184);
graphics.lineTo(288, 170);
graphics.lineTo(216, 98);
graphics.lineTo(232, 0);
graphics.lineTo(144, 47);
graphics.lineTo(55, 1);
graphics.lineTo(72, 100);
graphics.lineTo(0, 170);
graphics.lineTo(99, 184);
graphics.endFill();
}
}
}
When you then instantiate your class you just pass on the desired
parameters, like:
import Star;
var myStar:Star = new Star(0xFF, 0xFF);
addChild(myStar);
- Benny
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RE: [Flashcoders] MultiLevel ContextMenu
Flash doesn't support that or actually even prevents us to come up with a custom context menu.. In the past some flashers worked around that limitation by capturing the right click mouse event in javascript and then communicate the event via a local connection to the flash movie which than could built a custom context menu. This worked not in all browsers though as far as I can remember. Google will probably remember it better ;-) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Re: import documents into flash
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 10 - using basic RTL features without CS4
The standard TextField has no support for RTL text out of the box. But in the past some clever devs had gone through a lot of trouble to make it somehow possible, e.g: http://www.red-id.com/blog/category/RTL-Flash.aspx If you the linked solution (or another one you may come across) works (100%?) for RTL (+BIDI) please let us know. - Benny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Runtime Font embedding
Maybe this will help you a step in the right direction: The IDE uses C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS4\en\First Run\FontEmbedding\UnicodeTable.xml http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/0894.html http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2009/06/01/flash-character-embedding-adding-addit ional-ranges/ http://www.epic.dk/flash-unicodetable/flash-unicodetable-generator.php - Benny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OT: finding where a web site lives
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RE: [Flashcoders] Som HTML tags do not work in Flash?
Did you set tf.multiline = true; Groet, Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Cor Verzonden: zaterdag 2 januari 2010 16:05 Aan: 'Flash Coders List' Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] Som HTML tags do not work in Flash? Hi List, I load my text from a mySQL database using AMFPHP. In Flash I have a: var tf:TextField = new TextField(); tf.htmlText = data[0][0]; trace(typeof = +typeof(aData[0][0])); //returns string addChild(tf); Everything shows. But when I use HTML in my text in the database, these show correctly: IItalic/I BBold/B UUnderline/U But the below do not work: BR BR / PParagraaf/P Any ideas?? Kind regards Cor van Dooren ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database viruskenmerken 4737 (20100102) __ Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OTish - CMS
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[Flashcoders] project planning tools
I am looking for tips/experiences for a simple/intuitive and affordable gantt based (offline) planning tool which should run on Windows vista. Which tools are you using to plan your Flash projects and why would you recommend it? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] how to uncompress a compressed bytearray with PHP
Thanks Juan Pablo Califano. I'm already sending the data in binary form so that's is probably not the problem. You are right about that the php decompression should be done with gzinflate (I did test with it before but that didn't work either so I thought I should try gzuncompress ;) When I compare the deflating results of the same string in PHP and Flash I noticed that flash started with two extra bytes while the rest of the output was the same. Next I added this code to the PHP test script to remove the two extra leading bytes: mb_internal_encoding(UTF-8); $encoded = mb_substr($_POST[XMLString], 2); Now when I compare the string in $encoded with the encoded string produced by PHP deflate() then both seem to be exactly the same. So I expected that $decoded = gzuncompress($encoded); would now return the original string but no, an empty string is returned!? If however I copy (i.e. hardcode) the compressed string into $encoded and then execute $decoded = gzuncompress($encoded); Then it Works; I get the original text!? Big question now why does it work with the hardcoded compressed string and not with runtime compressed string, they seem to be exactly the same?? Any ideas? BTW: thanks for your time :) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] how to uncompress a compressed bytearray with PHP
(please ignore previous reply - contained mistakes regarding gzuncompress while I meant gzinflate) Thanks Juan Pablo Califano. I'm already sending the data in binary form so that's is probably not the problem. You are right about that the php decompression should be done with gzinflate (I did test with it before but that didn't work either so I thought I should try gzuncompress ;) When I compare the deflating results of the same string in PHP and Flash I noticed that flash started with two extra bytes while the rest of the output was the same. Next I added this code to the PHP test script to remove the two extra leading bytes: mb_internal_encoding(UTF-8); $encoded = mb_substr($_POST[XMLString], 2); Now when I compare the string in $encoded with the encoded string produced by PHP deflate() then both seem to be exactly the same. So I expected that $decoded = gzinflate($encoded); would now return the original string but no, an empty string is returned!? If however I copy (i.e. hardcode) the compressed string into $encoded and then execute $decoded = gzinflate($encoded); Then it Works; I get the original text!? Big question now why does it work with the hardcoded compressed string and not with runtime compressed string, they seem to be exactly the same?? Any ideas? BTW: thanks for your time :) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] how to uncompress a compressed bytearray with PHP
We are getting closer ;-) The code you provided worked for me too. When I compare my code to yours I notice that I am using the $_POST array while you are using the PHP input stream. The other major difference is the fact that I am POSTing using via an URLVariables instance. When I change both in my code then everything indeed works fine. The only problem now is that in the production code I have to send several ByteArray objects to the server in one go. And I have to process them separately in the PHP script. Hence I thought the obvious thing would be to assign the various vars to an URLVariables object and send that as the URLRequest data. On the PHP side I wanted then to access those vars again as members of the $_POST array and gzinflate the compressed vars there for further processing. Can you think of any solution that would make this possible? The only thing which comes to my mind at the moment is parsing the php input string by hand but I still would expect that the $_POST array should just work too, after all it seems it contains the correct compressed string. But when I feed that string to the gzinflate function I get an empty string in return and when I feed it the exact same string hardcoded then it returns the correct uncompressed string... I must be missing something obvious ;-) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] how to uncompress a compressed bytearray with PHP
There's one problem with using URLVariables: it works on NUL-terminated Strings You're right, so URLVariables is now out of the picture ;-) I think your class would indeed do the job but because I want to keep the client code as light as possible I think I'll just send one big compressed ByteArray to the server inflate it and decode the AMF data using the AMF capabilities the Zend Framework will bring in the near future. Thank you for your time and great input!! Cheers, Benny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] how to uncompress a compressed bytearray with PHP
I am sending a compressed bytearray to PHP: var XMLOut:ByteArray = new ByteArray(); XMLOut.writeUTFBytes(rootitem1just an example/item1/root); XMLOut.compress(); . cut . The data is POSTed (with URLLoader in var XMLString) to mydomain.com/save.php: ?php $XMLString = gzuncompress($_POST[XMLString ]); $handle = fopen(content/test.xml, w+b); fwrite($handle, $ XMLString); fclose($handle); ? The result of this is that test.xml is being created but without any content. (BTW: If I leave out the compression/decompression part then the file is created with the expected content) Should this actually work with gzuncompress and if so why might it be failing here? Or should the uncompressioning be handled differently? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] search engine optimization for flash sites
Hi Robin, Google DOES index flash content (out of the box) but there are some limitations. The biggest one is that Google only indexes the text and links that are embedded in the swf. So dynamically loaded content will NOT be indexed. Therefore most pro's will go another direction, the one of 'progressive enhancement'. This means you first build the html version of your site (inclusive internal linking) and build your swf in such way that it loads that same content. Then you setup your index page with SWFObject. This will first load the html version of your site in a div and immediately overwrites that div with the flash version (i.e. if possible). Now if a indexing robot visits your site they will only get as far as the html version, because they don't pass SWFObject's flash detection check. Dont forget to disallow indexing of your swf through an entry in your robots.txt file. Regards, Benny P.S. SWFAddress (or alternatives) is not persé needed for good SEO but does have a positive effect on the accessibility and user experience of your site. Another benefit of SWFAddress is it's deep linking capability. So if someone finds any page of your site in Google you can direct them to the exact spot in your swf site, without deep linking the will always end up at the start section of your swf site. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] accessing super fields
Looks like you forgot to actually extend the superclass, try
class SubClass extends superclass {
- Benny
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Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] accessing super fields
Hi,
lets say i have a superclass:
class SuperClass {
private var _test:String = null;
}
and a subclass:
class SubClass {
private function _testFunction () {
super._test = foo;
trace (super._test);
}
}
this traces undefined.
If I remove the super. it works, but I like to know when I'm referencing
super class fields.
It is fixed as well, when I nicely wrap the setting of _test in a function,
as I should, but I'm still wondering why it fails.
Any ideas?
greetz
JC
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RE: [Flashcoders] accessing super fields
On a second look: first you don't need the super statement because
SuperClass' _test is already inherited by the SubClass and second super is
only supported with method members, see LiveDocs:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.h
tm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1337.html
Greetz
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] accessing super fields
Hi Benny,
Sorry, copy paste error, of course the subclass looks like: subclass
extends superclass etc
:)
Still no go :)
greetz
JC
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Looks like you forgot to actually extend the superclass, try
class SubClass extends superclass {
- Benny
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Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] accessing super fields
Hi,
lets say i have a superclass:
class SuperClass {
private var _test:String = null;
}
and a subclass:
class SubClass {
private function _testFunction () {
super._test = foo;
trace (super._test);
}
}
this traces undefined.
If I remove the super. it works, but I like to know when I'm referencing
super class fields.
It is fixed as well, when I nicely wrap the setting of _test in a
function,
as I should, but I'm still wondering why it fails.
Any ideas?
greetz
JC
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RE: [Flashcoders] accessing super fields
As Benny said, you dont need to, no i know! But appearantly it works different for fields than for methods. It actually doesn't work *different* but it doesn't work *per design* for fields. The docs (see the link I provided) clearly state that it is only supported with methods. There is no mention of that it should only work with overridden methods but that's of course the logical place where you would use super (and of course in the constructor). - Benny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 instantiating a new class object from a string value
MaTT, See getDefinitionByName() function in flash.utils It will give you a reference to the class name that is specified by a string. You can then use that reference to get an instance of that class. Of course you must make sure the class is loaded. Regards, Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] AS3 instantiating a new class object from a string value Hi, I'm trying to instantiate a new class object from a xml attribute which is a string, but its not having any of it. I've tried casting the string to an object and also using this['class_id'] etc but no luck. Does someone have a solution? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Found an AS3 RegExp Bug.
The results you get are as expected.
To get the output you desire try:
var code:String = alert('foo');;
code = code.replace(/'/g,\\');
trace(code);
- Benny
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Found an AS3 RegExp Bug.
Let me correct a paste mistake there:
THE FOLLOWING CODE:
var pattern:RegExp = /[^\\]'/;
var code:String = alert('foo');;
code = code.replace(pattern, \\');
code = code.replace(pattern, \\');
traces: alert\'fo\');
Should it not trace: alert(\'foo\'); instead?
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On Jun 9, 2007, at 1:04 PM, Isaac Rivera wrote:
The following code:
var pattern:RegExp = /[^\\]'/;
var code:String = alert(\'foo\');;
code = code.replace(pattern, \\');
code = code.replace(pattern, \\');
traces alert\'fo\'); instead of alert(\'foo\');
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[Flashcoders] AS3 RegExp (bug?)
I have some troubles with RegExp in Flash CS3 (AS3). It seems whenever a pattern ends with .* AND has the Global flag set flash freezes. Simplified sample code: var re:RegExp=/.*/g; var str:String=one two three; trace(str.match(re)); Why does Flash CS3 (AS3) freeze with this code, is it a bug or am I missing something obvious? - Benny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 RegExp (bug?)
Thanks for confirming this. I submitted a bug report with Adobe. I noticed that if the pattern is used with exec command the same thing happens. Aafter the last actual match is found it will not return null for the result so in a while loop (as demonstrated in the Adobe docs for the exec method) you'll get trapped in an endless loop. But with the exec method we at least can come up with a work-around by testing if the new lastindex is then the previous lastIndex. If not then stop the search. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Andrés González Aragón Verzonden: woensdag 2 mei 2007 17:39 Aan: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 RegExp (bug?) Is not a cs3 bug, is a player bug. I cut n paste your code in cs3 and it freezes, in eclipse with flex builder plugin the same, but eclipse didn't freeze, only the player do. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle
Hi John, Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and for pushing for public explanations. I contacted Dutch Adobe support and this is the explanation they gave: --- Thankyou for your email to Adobe Cs. Why are European products more expensive than UE or American products? The price of software in EMEA reflects both the additional expense to develop and test Adobes applications for local markets and operating systems, as well as for the delivery of complimentary Warranty support. Adobes complimentary Warranty support covers product installation and defect issues for the life of the current version of Adobes desktop applications. Although Adobe Europe and Adobe US are different parts of the same global company European Marketing strategies and pricing are not directly related on those used for the US. The prices are not simply converted from the dollar pricing used for US products, therefore, the pricing used for each country in the EMEA region may vary. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. --- My question: what is so specific about our local market that requires those (huge?) additional expenses for tests and development to such extend that prices have to almost double or if I understand correct even are 2.5 times as high for UK customers then US customers. By the way you would think that with the whole emphasis on local support that the support person would answer in my local language (Dutch) but no, the answer was in English and for further info I could phone to the Adobe office in the UK or in Ireland. My point if I have to pay for local support I want local support if not I would rather contact the American office and pay the much lower price just like out American friends do. In fact I even don't need support in my language but just to make the point... ;-) I hope you, actual the people in charge of this ridicules pricing policy, would offer us an option to order from a US store. Preferable downloadable (upgrade/upsell) studio versions but others might be more interested in boxed versions. I don't mind if that means that we must contact the US support desk for assistance ;-) John if you could make that happen I will pronounce you in advance: men of the year and maybe I'll even consider to nominate you for the Nobel Peace Prize ;-) Thanks for listening. cu, Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens John Dowdell Verzonden: vrijdag 30 maart 2007 22:04 Aan: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle jd wrote: Thanks for the response John, please don't take this personally, - but I suspect the legitimate reason is because we can ... and if that's the case, then I'd like to see those decisionmakers defend it in open debate. But it's difficult for me to see intentional discrimination as the root cause... doesn't match up with what I see of people here. The DNA is towards global participation, so I suspect there are real constraints in the way of flat pricing. I've still got the action item to keep pressing for public explanations about why software companies show such similar disparities across regions. Such a mystery does no-one any good. The ZDNet/CNET articles today likely caught org-wide attention, so I've got some more ammo this week ;-) -- John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com __ NOD32 2158 (20070330) Informatie __ Dit bericht is gecontroleerd door het NOD32 Antivirus Systeem. http://www.nod32.nl ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Flair Pattern?
The pattern is similar to Decorator (as they acknowledge in the book) but different in that it allows you to add and remove functionality at runtime. ... Hmmm ...sounds interesting. Besides the book (which I don't have access to unfortunately) are there any online resources where I can find more details (description/code samples) about the flair pattern? - Benny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
