[Flashcoders] Design Work in London, UK

2007-03-26 Thread Trevor Burton
even if you're looking for something contract/temporary. Trevor Burton Flash Developer Virtue Fusion Ltd 14-16 Betterton Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9AH Tel: +44 (0) 20 7420 6420 Fax: +44(0) 20 7420 6449 Mob: +44(0) 7990 813 039

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 ApplicationDomain example fails to compile

2007-03-20 Thread Trevor Burton
I've just figured this out myself - I was going to blog the results but I haven't organized it yet. If you contact me off list I'd be happy to go into detail T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Pearson Sent: 16 March 2007 07:05

[Flashcoders] Rates of pay in Europe...

2007-03-12 Thread Trevor Burton
could tell me what the going rate is for Flash work is in those countries... Now i don't necessarily need to know what YOU earn, just what i could expect to earn as a middleweight Flash developer. thanks. T Trevor Burton Flash Developer Virtue Fusion Ltd 14-16 Betterton Street Covent

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash diagnostic tools

2007-02-01 Thread Trevor Burton
I had similar issues a while ago - there's not a great deal out there, there's asprof ( http://www.nochump.com/asprof/ )- which you'll need to integrate with your code - I've never used it but it looks like it'll do what it says on the tin - there's also Xray ( http://osflash.org/xray ) - which is

Re: [Flashcoders] AS 2 Logging Library

2007-01-25 Thread Trevor Burton
i use a custom-built logging thing at work, at home i use ALCON - and have just started looking at xRay On 1/25/07, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a good logging library compatible with Flash 7 along the lines of log4j. I found this one, which looks exactly like what I

Re: [Flashcoders] AS 2 Logging Library

2007-01-25 Thread Trevor Burton
i added to ALCON some bits and bobs to make it stamp the log with the classname - it prepends a timestamp, too... but obviously not enough for you needs... On 1/25/07, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you might want to take a look at xflas2, at osflash.org/xflas2 It says alpha, but

Re: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] External libraries

2007-01-23 Thread Trevor Burton
i seem to remember having to rework my Delegate class to run with mtasc - what's the error it's giving you? On 1/23/07, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I add the -mx parameter to MTASC (I'm working through FlashDevelop) it removes the error, but the Delegate class doesn't work anymore

Re: [Flashcoders] External libraries

2007-01-22 Thread Trevor Burton
ok, i work on a setup that sounds like it's what you're aiming for... i've recently started working with MTASC and swfmill in order to get file sizes down to a minimum and streamline the build process - what i do at the moment is this (simplified) 1 - all code is compiled into a library using

Re: [ Ticket #1310 ] Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Tracer / FF2

2007-01-16 Thread Trevor Burton
i'm getting them too T On 1/16/07, slangeberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know why zocoSites Support ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) is sending me these support ticket emails, regarding messages sent to this forum?? PS. I never submitted anything to any help desk! -Scott -- Forwarded

[Flashcoders] ComboBox woes

2007-01-10 Thread Trevor Burton
I'm having a bit of a nightmare with the ComboBox component. I have a small application that attaches a combobox instance to the stage via actionscript… I've used _lockroot = true to make sure it works correctly and all is fine except that I can't seem to access the ListComponent part of the

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC pattern problem

2006-12-13 Thread Trevor Burton
Why do your buttons all need references to different models? If they really do use different models then I'd create different views to render them and different controllers to control them. If they're all using the same model then just pass a reference to the button (this) to the controller, the

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: MVC pattern problem

2006-12-13 Thread Trevor Burton
If you want to take this a step further then think about creating a custom button class - the button class can extend MovieClip - be given a reference to the view's controller when it's created and simply overwrite onRelease with something like: Public function onRelease():Void {

RE: [Flashcoders] Boids algorithm in as2 or as3?

2006-12-07 Thread Trevor Burton
Ar you still looking for this? I wrote a 3D implementation a while ago from Conrad Parker's pseudocode - if you're still looking I'll scare It up for you. T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: 07 December 2006 18:19 To:

RE: [Flashcoders] Class seemingly left out of compile

2006-12-06 Thread Trevor Burton
Have you tried clearing the ASO cache? (under Control menu in the Flash IDE) Sure you have, Just a thought. T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Ganz Sent: 06 December 2006 22:15 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders]

RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java

2006-12-06 Thread Trevor Burton
I'm with you there, brother, 3D is useful for games, though. T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: 06 December 2006 20:58 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java I'm not too

[Flashcoders] foreign language character weirdness

2006-11-24 Thread Trevor Burton
Hi all, I have a problem with using Swedish characters in a textfield in flash… If I create a text field using a simple setup in the flash IDE actions panel and send some Swedish characters to populate it then all works fine, the characters display as they should…. Now, I have a

RE: [Flashcoders] Italic text being chopped

2006-11-14 Thread Trevor Burton
What font are you using? I've had a similar issue with ascenders in the past rather than descenders but turned out to be a dodgy font. T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: 14 November 2006 10:49 To: Flashcoders Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] Italic text being chopped

2006-11-14 Thread Trevor Burton
Cheers T. It's verdana, 11, bitmap text (no anti-alias). I'm stuck with this due to brand guidelines. Any other ideas? Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Trevor Burton Sent: 14 November 2006 11:31 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE

[Flashcoders] Garbage Collection in FP8

2006-11-09 Thread Trevor Burton
Can anyone point me to some solid information about FP8's Garbage Collection process? I read the article here - http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/09/garbage-collection-in-flash-player-8.html but i'm looking for some more in-depth stuff. or perhaps there's a tool to view the GC working? I'm

RE: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection in FP8

2006-11-09 Thread Trevor Burton
: 09 November 2006 11:12 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection in FP8 On 11/9/06, Trevor Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone point me to some solid information about FP8's Garbage Collection process? I read the article here - http://www.kaourantin.net

RE: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection in FP8

2006-11-09 Thread Trevor Burton
me know... T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 09 November 2006 11:59 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection in FP8 On 11/9/06, Trevor Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Ian, What

RE: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection in FP8

2006-11-09 Thread Trevor Burton
of these symptoms. Some of the 'modules' pretty intensive stuff. Ian On 11/9/06, Trevor Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian, We do load different swfs - the game itself consists of several 'modules' (the game itself, a navigation bar, mini-games that run within the main game etc.etc.) when you

[Flashcoders] Extending MovieClip without touching the Library

2006-11-02 Thread Trevor Burton
Morning List! I've been asked to take a look at this: http://osflash.org/flashcoders/as2#creating_a_class_instance_based_on_moviec lip_without_a_symbol_in_the_library and find out whether: the suggested implementation in the link is not a hack that relies on a bug in the Flash

[Flashcoders] buttons not active on mac

2006-10-26 Thread Trevor Burton
I have a site at http://venues.or-media.com http://venues.or-media.com/ that doesn't work on a mac, you're supposed to be able to click on one those logos and the site loads the relevant xml document to build itself. You can drill straight to the main site by going to

[Flashcoders] FW: Domino Game

2005-12-30 Thread Trevor Burton
Hi List I'm trying to create a dominos game and I'm having trouble - anyone seen anything similar in flash or any pointers for how to approach this (no, I'm not being paid for this - it's a personal project so you're not doing any work for me!) or just advice or hints on how to get started -

RE: [Flashcoders] FW: Domino Game

2005-12-30 Thread Trevor Burton
Thanks Danny, I'll have to do some work and see how I get on. Cheers again. t -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: 30 December 2005 11:40 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FW: Domino Game I'm