Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 2.0 Class involving XML
Do you mean parse any dataSet of a specific structure? XPath might do the trick - either using the built-in or using xfactorstudio's XPath. edolecki On 1/3/06, Al Veldhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I am wondering if there is anyone out there who knows Actionscript 2.0 > Classes and XML extremely well. > > I have an Open Source Actionscript 2.0 class that is used to parse an > XML file into Flash. Currently this class is only capable of reading 1 > recordset of data from a specially formatted XML file which is causing a > significant limitation. I need to modify the class so it can > reference/parse multiple datasets. > > I have not posted the code or the XML here as it is kinda substancial, > however I am looking to see if there is any expert out there who is up > to the challenge. Please let me know and I will send the code. > > Al Veldhuis > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] State Machine Implementation, anyone?
Hi flexies, Does anyone know of a good State Machine implementation in actionscript? One with history, concurrent states, joins, splits ( forks ), etc? I have used Kaye's ( www.flashsim.com ), ported part of Miro Samek's method based machine, modified a compiler (CHSM), and finally went half the way to creating my own SCXML interpreter. So... why ask now??? well, because after all this work it has become evident that there is so much space for different designs that hearing other people's practical experiences is, well, a very practical way to take some decisions... like the following for instance: - The state machine declaration ( states and transitions ) can be supplied in several different ways -- external XML declarations ( could be SCXML for example. Note that this approach introduces some complexity due to the async loading "state" ) -- inline XML declarations. -- MXML declaration ( unfortunately we cannot provide an id for a nested faceless component in flex 1.5) -- Actionscript declaration ( instantiating classes ) -- with a class hierarchy ( a la samek ) - How do we scope state and transition ids? Per state machine? per superstate? do we use paths? - There is also the debate on giving each state it's own controller ( using class inheritance to override the superstate's controller ) or using one central controller querying the machine. - How to declare event handlers ( in the same state/transition declaration or later on by hooking them with listeners ) - how do we implement guard conditions... are they necessary / benefitial at all? why not just provide hooks for complex logic then. - and Finally, how do we feed events to the machine... should we be able to call transitions directly? - MXML wrappers can be created to allow the use of binding and inline event declarations Should we allow this without limits? Pfff. write one line of code on this domain and you will see what I mean. State machines are so broad and powerful that it is hard to see the best way to fit them into flex at a glimpse. Help / observations / links / ideas appreciated. Man, we could even create a complete osflash project devoted to state machines. ( perhaps I will if there is enough interest. let me know ) Best, Aldo -- : Aldo Bucchi : mobile (56) 8 429 8300 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 2.0 Class involving XML
Dunno if you have looked at this before but is very nice for dealing with xml in flash http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ActionScript/AS2/XPath/ Hey Everyone, I am wondering if there is anyone out there who knows Actionscript 2.0 Classes and XML extremely well. I have an Open Source Actionscript 2.0 class that is used to parse an XML file into Flash. Currently this class is only capable of reading 1 recordset of data from a specially formatted XML file which is causing a significant limitation. I need to modify the class so it can reference/parse multiple datasets. I have not posted the code or the XML here as it is kinda substancial, however I am looking to see if there is any expert out there who is up to the challenge. Please let me know and I will send the code. Al Veldhuis ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Actionscript 2.0 Class involving XML
Hey Everyone, I am wondering if there is anyone out there who knows Actionscript 2.0 Classes and XML extremely well. I have an Open Source Actionscript 2.0 class that is used to parse an XML file into Flash. Currently this class is only capable of reading 1 recordset of data from a specially formatted XML file which is causing a significant limitation. I need to modify the class so it can reference/parse multiple datasets. I have not posted the code or the XML here as it is kinda substancial, however I am looking to see if there is any expert out there who is up to the challenge. Please let me know and I will send the code. Al Veldhuis ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Extending the XML class
Hi!
I'm new to AS2, and I'm trying to convert some old AS1 code to AS2. This
code uses XML.prototype to add functionality to the XML class (which is
based on the XMLNode class, but you knew that already). I'm creating a new
class like this:
dynamic class core.EXML extends XML {
}
This new XML class has new properties in each of its nodes, so I add:
dynamic class core.EXML extends XML {
public var _MC:MovieClip;
public var _parentMC:MovieClip;
}
But, unfortunately, since the EXML class inherits from the XML class, the
nodes are of XMLNode class, not EXML class, so the nodes do not inherit the
properties and methods I create in the new EXML class.
So, my question is, how do I create a class that creates instances of
itself, or say, an EXMLNode class that inherits from XMLNode?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-rc
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Re: [Flashcoders] flash 8 file reference upload on macs
On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Ryan Matsikas wrote: We've expeirenced this problem on a few occasions, the easy work around is to monitor the onProgress event and manually fire the complete event. Oddly enough, I have experienced the opposite and in found you can't rely on the onProgress event on all Macs: "File upload progress cannot be determined on Macintosh platforms earlier than OS X 10.3. The onProgress event is called during the upload operation, but the value of the bytesLoaded parameter is -1, indicating that the progress cannot be determined." Weird. Were you able to figure out a pattern as to what files under what circumstances did not fire the onComplete event? What server- side processor are you using (I have only ever used it with ColdFusion)? blue skies, bryan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file
I found an ActionScript parser for HomeSite at: http://be.nw.com.au/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:07 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file I just tried SEPY. While it does print the line numbers, it doesn't print the syntax color coding. You think this simple feature would have been included in Flash 8. Oh well. I remember downloading an extension for HomeSite+ that enables color coding for Actionscript. I'll try that. Thanks for your help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Weyert de Boer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:47 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file You could use a other dedicated actionscript editor such as SEPY editor > > > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flash 8 file reference upload on macs
We've expeirenced this problem on a few occasions, the easy work around is
to monitor the onProgress event and manually fire the complete event.
Cheers,
Ryan
On 1/2/06, Adam Procter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Any body know or have seen this before ?
> Thanks Adam
>
> I have used the file reference to upload files and report in a dialog
> box if
> successful.
>
> This works fine when tested on IE on windows, but although the file
> uploads ok from a Mac it does not run the onComplete command and so
> the user does not think it has uploaded , it just says Uploading and
> goes
> not further (although the file has uploaded)
>
> Is this a mac player issue ? I have tried on Firefox and Safari
>
> Code below:
>
> //Allow this domain
> System.security.allowDomain("http://meanwhile.luton.ac.uk/";);
> import flash.net.FileReference;
> // The listener object listens for FileReference events.
> var listener:Object = new Object();
>
> // When the user selects a file, the onSelect() method is called, and
> // passed a reference to the FileReference object.
> listener.onSelect = function(selectedFile:FileReference):Void {
> //clean statusArea and details area
> gui.statusArea.text = details.text = ""
> // Flash is attempting to upload the image.
> gui.statusArea.text += "Attempting to upload JPEG" + selectedFile.name
> + "\n";
> // Upload the file to the PHP script on the server.
> selectedFile.upload("upload.php");
> removeMovieClip("newTip");
> };
>
> // the file is starting to upload.
> listener.onOpen = function(selectedFile:FileReference):Void {
> gui.statusArea.text += "Uploading " + selectedFile.name + "\n";
> };
>
> // the file has uploaded
> listener.onComplete = function(selectedFile:FileReference):Void {
> // Notify the user that Flash is starting to download the image.
> gui.statusArea.text += "Upload finished.\nThanks " + selectedFile.name
> + " now online\n";
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
Limits per frame: network requests <= 5 simultaneous connections <= 10 this all includes also local requests and Flahs Lite 2 only :) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
hank williams wrote: Yeah, that sounds right. But I dont know how you could "play" a sound if it doesnt support mp3. I wonder what the baseline assumption is for flash lite and whether you are supposed to be able to assume that the sound class works normally, by playing mp3s. The movie should just be aware of this possibility and pick the right sound (for best quality!) based on the sound capabilities of the phone ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] > DV cameras and flash
Weyert, can I say that when the camera works iMovie HD it will work with Flash too? I think iMovie is more restrictive, as it works only with DV camera's. iMovie wouldn't work with my analog source. Macrobe has this on their technote (seems to apply to Windows only): Video is captured by the Macromedia Flash Player. The Flash Player can acquire video from anything that has a WDM Video Capture Driver. This includes almost all web cameras, DV cameras and video capture boards. It even includes screen grab utilities like "Camtasia". In fact, the Flash Player can even acquire from multiple video sources at the same time. For streaming video from your DVD player, all that is required is a video capture board that has a WDM Video Capture Driver. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16454 S ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
Yeah, that sounds right. But I dont know how you could "play" a sound if it doesnt support mp3. I wonder what the baseline assumption is for flash lite and whether you are supposed to be able to assume that the sound class works normally, by playing mp3s. Regards Hank On 1/3/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Hank, > > The Sound-class available and his loadSound and/or attachSound() > methods, that means it supports progressive downloads, right? (Not sure > at the moment I have the feeling I mixing terms, atm) > > Yours, > Weyert de Boer > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
Good explanation mate ;-) That's what we meant. hehe. I think I am gonna sleep, tomorrow is it the big "lets hope the guys and girls in flashcoders know how I can make fix bitmapdata problem"-day. :-) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
On 1/3/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Hank, > > I dont quite understand. I never use frames. So since all my code is > > always in the first frame does that mean that for the life of my app I > > could only make ten network calls no matter how long it was running? > > That would be incredible. If so does this make it impractical to > > "check" the network periodically? > > > Well, you are able to do ten simultaneously connections per frame as > long the memory meets of the device. Keep in mind you are only able to > do five network requests per frame. Also requests from the local file > system of the phone counts as a request. The main reason was that these > requests take up a lot of memory, a thing which is scares/rare on the > mobile phone.The best thing is to use a altered version of the > MovieClipLoader to queue requests. Ok, sorry for being dumb here but I have to ask again. I only use *one* frame. My code all lives in the first frame. There is never more than one. So does that mean I get 10 network accesses and I am done - no more network access ever? Or are you just saying I only have 10 **simultaneous** network accesses. Because 10 simultaneous network accesses sounds like a lot. I dont think I ever do 10 simultaneous. I dont think I ever do 5. So that would be fine. Thanks Hank ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
Hi Hank, The Sound-class available and his loadSound and/or attachSound() methods, that means it supports progressive downloads, right? (Not sure at the moment I have the feeling I mixing terms, atm) Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
You may not use frames, but Flash Player internally does. Do a function
onEnterFrame, and you'll see what Weyert means.
So, basically, if you do this:
loadMovie("cow1.jpg");
loadMovie("cow2.jpg");
loadMovie("cow3.jpg");
loadMovie("cow4.jpg");
loadMovie("cow5.jpg");
It'll work, but this:
loadMovie("cow1.jpg");
loadMovie("cow2.jpg");
loadMovie("cow3.jpg");
loadMovie("cow4.jpg");
loadMovie("cow5.jpg");
loadMovie("cow6.jpg");
Wouldn't. However, you could make the above work by only issuing the
loadMovie("cow6.jpg"); when 1 of the other jpeg's finishes loading.
Yeah, it's basically just a small computer, so it caches things just like
the desktop player does (sort of) if it's running standalone, and uses the
web cache if running in the browser on the phone.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
Weyert,
I dont quite understand. I never use frames. So since all my code is
always in the first frame does that mean that for the life of my app I
could only make ten network calls no matter how long it was running?
That would be incredible. If so does this make it impractical to
"check" the network periodically?
Also, regarding MP3 I understand that if the handset doesnt play mp3
then it wouldnt work. But my main question is just about progressive
download. Is it something that is likely to work. And if so, do the
handsets have a web cache so that things downloaded once are
available?
I guess really what I am trying to figure ot is how feasable it is to
thing about building media apps for flash lite 2.0
Regards
Hank
On 1/3/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Hank,
>
> Flash Lite has a limit on the number of network requests, meaning you
> can only do five per frame and a maximum of ten (was four in 1.1)
> connections at the same time. You should be aware that this means all
> requests including XML.load() or loadVariables etc. The support of mp3
> totally depends on the the host. IF the host doesn't support it, it's a
> no go ;-)
>
> Yours,
> Weyert de Boer
> > If I want to progressively download an mp3 and then play it, or I just
> > want to do an http access to grab some data does all of that work.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Hank
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Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
Hi Hank, I dont quite understand. I never use frames. So since all my code is always in the first frame does that mean that for the life of my app I could only make ten network calls no matter how long it was running? That would be incredible. If so does this make it impractical to "check" the network periodically? Well, you are able to do ten simultaneously connections per frame as long the memory meets of the device. Keep in mind you are only able to do five network requests per frame. Also requests from the local file system of the phone counts as a request. The main reason was that these requests take up a lot of memory, a thing which is scares/rare on the mobile phone.The best thing is to use a altered version of the MovieClipLoader to queue requests. Also, regarding MP3 I understand that if the handset doesnt play mp3 then it wouldnt work. But my main question is just about progressive download. Is it something that is likely to work. And if so, do the handsets have a web cache so that things downloaded once are available? Well, you could load a flash movie and store the sound in their. I think. I guess really what I am trying to figure ot is how feasable it is to thing about building media apps for flash lite 2.0 The download comes with a example of a player. Regards Hank On 1/3/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Hank, Flash Lite has a limit on the number of network requests, meaning you can only do five per frame and a maximum of ten (was four in 1.1) connections at the same time. You should be aware that this means all requests including XML.load() or loadVariables etc. The support of mp3 totally depends on the the host. IF the host doesn't support it, it's a no go ;-) Yours, Weyert de Boer If I want to progressively download an mp3 and then play it, or I just want to do an http access to grab some data does all of that work. Thanks Hank ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
Weyert, I dont quite understand. I never use frames. So since all my code is always in the first frame does that mean that for the life of my app I could only make ten network calls no matter how long it was running? That would be incredible. If so does this make it impractical to "check" the network periodically? Also, regarding MP3 I understand that if the handset doesnt play mp3 then it wouldnt work. But my main question is just about progressive download. Is it something that is likely to work. And if so, do the handsets have a web cache so that things downloaded once are available? I guess really what I am trying to figure ot is how feasable it is to thing about building media apps for flash lite 2.0 Regards Hank On 1/3/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Hank, > > Flash Lite has a limit on the number of network requests, meaning you > can only do five per frame and a maximum of ten (was four in 1.1) > connections at the same time. You should be aware that this means all > requests including XML.load() or loadVariables etc. The support of mp3 > totally depends on the the host. IF the host doesn't support it, it's a > no go ;-) > > Yours, > Weyert de Boer > > If I want to progressively download an mp3 and then play it, or I just > > want to do an http access to grab some data does all of that work. > > > > Thanks > > Hank > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
JesterXL wrote: On the networking side, you need to have a data plan for your phone. I've got Media Net through Cingular which gives me text, multimedia messengeing, pop email, and web access. Yes, it should work with a WAP plan/membership too. It worked until I switch networks. :-) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
On the networking side, you need to have a data plan for your phone. I've got Media Net through Cingular which gives me text, multimedia messengeing, pop email, and web access. In Flash Lite 1.1, when doing a network request, it would throw a popup for the user, letting them know Flash needed to make a network request. While this is good because data plans have costs for each network request & amount of data, it was bad from a user experience point of view because if you downloaded 5 SWF's, that was 5 popups; really annoying. This is changed in Flash Lite 2 to only show 1 popup, and which point I'll choose MediaNet as the provider, and it uses that from then on. Really cool. ...slow, though, but I live out in the middle of nowhere. - Original Message - From: "Weyert de Boer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access Hi Hank, Flash Lite has a limit on the number of network requests, meaning you can only do five per frame and a maximum of ten (was four in 1.1) connections at the same time. You should be aware that this means all requests including XML.load() or loadVariables etc. The support of mp3 totally depends on the the host. IF the host doesn't support it, it's a no go ;-) Yours, Weyert de Boer > If I want to progressively download an mp3 and then play it, or I just > want to do an http access to grab some data does all of that work. > > Thanks > Hank > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
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RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
Can I third that? Not to be mean, but I saw them speak at flash forward and Joey Lott had to keep answering questions they didn't know. He (Joey) was really nice about it, but it was ugly. I would start in the docs and here: http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials.shtml http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscptckbk/index.html?CMP=IL7015 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscript2/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Lapasa Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:14 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash I heartily second this notion. Don't the get Jacobsen and Jacobsen book for all the same reasons. I just happened to gain a better insight from Flash's docs than the book. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:14 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Whatever you do, don't buy "Flash and XML: A Developers Guide" by Dov Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen - Addison-Wesley Press - besides being Flash 5, the book sucks. You get the impression these guys are much more into XML than Flash. If they even use Flash at all in their professional lives. Apologies in advance if you're on thist list and one of the authors. There's some good stuff in it, but for someone new to Flash or doing basic stuff, it's not the book for you. But even the advanced stuff lacks depth though. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Deroo >>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:29 PM >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>Subject: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash >> >>Hi, >>The title says it all I guess. >>Are there any good books out there on the subject of Flash 8 and XML? >>I found one called "XML in Flash" from Que publications, but as far as I can >>tell it is for Flash 5 and was written in 2001. >> >>Is that still "current"? I am assuming not. >> >>What books should I read when just getting into this subject, again, using >>Flash 8 or Flash MX2004? >> >> >>Thanks for your help, >>Ben >> >> >> >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] How does flash lite 2.0 handle network access
If I want to progressively download an mp3 and then play it, or I just want to do an http access to grab some data does all of that work. Thanks Hank ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file
tech wrote: I just tried SEPY. While it does print the line numbers, it doesn't print the syntax color coding. You think this simple feature would have been included in Flash 8. Oh well. I remember downloading an extension for HomeSite+ that enables color coding for Actionscript. I'll try that. Okay, if you need any changes to the ActionScript highlighting scheme for HomeSite+ e-mail me, and I will make some changes for you. :-) Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
I heartily second this notion. Don't the get Jacobsen and Jacobsen book for all the same reasons. I just happened to gain a better insight from Flash's docs than the book. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:14 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Whatever you do, don't buy "Flash and XML: A Developers Guide" by Dov Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen - Addison-Wesley Press - besides being Flash 5, the book sucks. You get the impression these guys are much more into XML than Flash. If they even use Flash at all in their professional lives. Apologies in advance if you're on thist list and one of the authors. There's some good stuff in it, but for someone new to Flash or doing basic stuff, it's not the book for you. But even the advanced stuff lacks depth though. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Deroo >>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:29 PM >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>Subject: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash >> >>Hi, >>The title says it all I guess. >>Are there any good books out there on the subject of Flash 8 and XML? >>I found one called "XML in Flash" from Que publications, but as far as I can >>tell it is for Flash 5 and was written in 2001. >> >>Is that still "current"? I am assuming not. >> >>What books should I read when just getting into this subject, again, using >>Flash 8 or Flash MX2004? >> >> >>Thanks for your help, >>Ben >> >> >> >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
Just to clarify: * fl2 is free for developers who download the flash pro update from labs. Note that this is limited time offer. For everyone else, it's $10, for all the reasons that jesse mentioned * we require the device id to prevent people from downloading it once and installing it on lots of phone. Have fun and show us what you build! I saw Jesse's flickr app and think it's great! -Sara -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:55 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 Thx Jesse - suppose it makes some sense when you put it that way. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL >>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:10 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 >> >>This is an ld debate. I can't find the context weblog links but >>basically: >>- normal consumers wouldn't buy FlashLite from the Macromedia.com store. It >>would come pre-installed on their phones like Flash Lite 1.1 does already on >>some. >>- Macromedia has a different business model around Flash Lite. They make >>bling licensing it; go check out their financial reports. >> >> >>- Original Message - >>From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Flashcoders mailing list" >>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:01 PM >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 >> >> >>Wow, they're *selling* the player? Stupid move IMO. >> >>Also the store download page before you purchase says: "This product is >>not refundable. The player is offered as is." And, you have to give them >>the serial number of the phone in order to buy the player. Perhaps for >>good reason, but some people are probably going to be concerned with >>privacy issues. >> >>So much for penetrating the market any further. Really bizarre. >> >>Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>NOTICE: >>This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged >>or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify >>the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail >>by you is prohibited. >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file
I just tried SEPY. While it does print the line numbers, it doesn't print the syntax color coding. You think this simple feature would have been included in Flash 8. Oh well. I remember downloading an extension for HomeSite+ that enables color coding for Actionscript. I'll try that. Thanks for your help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Weyert de Boer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:47 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file You could use a other dedicated actionscript editor such as SEPY editor > > > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 12, Issue 4
On Jan 3, 2006, at 1:09 PM, Henry @ Tonic wrote: I should add, that if you *really* want to stick with text files, you could replace special characters with URLEncoded entities (like, %26 for ampersand) and it should work. But I wouldn't recommend it ;) How do you then deal with entities that Flash doesn't have support for (like the combined greater-than/equal-to)? Since like Flash 5, we always end up using custom fonts, and some bastardized regEx-like replacement routine, and I've love to be rid of that. Is there a better way? Will CDATA nodes allow me to put stuff like that in directly? I use CDATA nodes in my XML, but have always used them still like plain-text (no funky characters.) -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
Thx Jesse - suppose it makes some sense when you put it that way. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL >>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:10 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 >> >>This is an ld debate. I can't find the context weblog links but >>basically: >>- normal consumers wouldn't buy FlashLite from the Macromedia.com store. It >>would come pre-installed on their phones like Flash Lite 1.1 does already on >>some. >>- Macromedia has a different business model around Flash Lite. They make >>bling licensing it; go check out their financial reports. >> >> >>- Original Message - >>From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Flashcoders mailing list" >>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:01 PM >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 >> >> >>Wow, they're *selling* the player? Stupid move IMO. >> >>Also the store download page before you purchase says: "This product is >>not refundable. The player is offered as is." And, you have to give them >>the serial number of the phone in order to buy the player. Perhaps for >>good reason, but some people are probably going to be concerned with >>privacy issues. >> >>So much for penetrating the market any further. Really bizarre. >> >>Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>NOTICE: >>This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged >>or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify >>the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail >>by you is prohibited. >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file
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[Flashcoders] Print line numbers for AS file
Hello, I'm currently working on a flash project that uses 7 external .as files. I would like to print out these files for a reference from Flash 8. The code prints with the colored syntax, however, there does not seem to be an option to include line numbers (urgent) and wrap the text. Any one have any idea on how I can print this out with line numbers and wrapped text? Thanks, Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
Merrill, Jason wrote: Wow, they're *selling* the player? Stupid move IMO. Well, we should always examine all possibilites, but somehow ;-) For you, use Labs. Like Jesse said, the download cost for developers is nullified at the Store, once you get the authoring kit. (I think the "$10" is there just to reserve a slot in the Store, although I haven't seen specific documentation on this yet.) For consumers, we want to get Players embedded in their device automatically... we don't want lots of consumers trying to install things on their phones then asking how to do it on their varied devices. (Free installations into consumers' computer browsers is much easier, yet still confuses many.) The consumer experience is better when it just works, when they take the phone out of the box. Also the store download page before you purchase says: "This product is not refundable. The player is offered as is." And, you have to give them the serial number of the phone in order to buy the player. Perhaps for good reason, but some people are probably going to be concerned with privacy issues. The software is keyed to the device type, which is why we need to know what device they'd like to install into. This is another reason why there's heavy work on getting standard capabilities embedded into each device at the factory. jd -- 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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
Well, it works fine on my Nokia 6681. Are their any limitations about the amount of times your can redownload a product from the online store? Normally I buy my software at TechData to get a nice retail box for on the bookcloset. Hmm, time to fix my bluetooth on my Windows notebook... ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
JesterXL wrote: This is an ld debate. I can't find the context weblog links but basically: - normal consumers wouldn't buy FlashLite from the Macromedia.com store. It would come pre-installed on their phones like Flash Lite 1.1 does already on some. - Macromedia has a different business model around Flash Lite. They make bling licensing it; go check out their financial reports. Yep, I can't wait for more previews in this new year :-) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
> From: JesterXL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:53 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 > > It's actually free currently if you go through the checkout > process, you'll see it subtracts the full price form the > total, equaling $0. Tried installing it on my N-Gage. No joy. Looks like I'll need to upgrade phones to use it :( --- John Hattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gamedev.net - more 1's and 0's than you can shake a stick at ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
This is an ld debate. I can't find the context weblog links but basically: - normal consumers wouldn't buy FlashLite from the Macromedia.com store. It would come pre-installed on their phones like Flash Lite 1.1 does already on some. - Macromedia has a different business model around Flash Lite. They make bling licensing it; go check out their financial reports. - Original Message - From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:01 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 Wow, they're *selling* the player? Stupid move IMO. Also the store download page before you purchase says: "This product is not refundable. The player is offered as is." And, you have to give them the serial number of the phone in order to buy the player. Perhaps for good reason, but some people are probably going to be concerned with privacy issues. So much for penetrating the market any further. Really bizarre. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
Wow, they're *selling* the player? Stupid move IMO. Also the store download page before you purchase says: "This product is not refundable. The player is offered as is." And, you have to give them the serial number of the phone in order to buy the player. Perhaps for good reason, but some people are probably going to be concerned with privacy issues. So much for penetrating the market any further. Really bizarre. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
It's actually free currently if you go through the checkout process, you'll see it subtracts the full price form the total, equaling $0. - Original Message - From: "Joe Cutting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:23 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 For those of you who haven't seen it. Macromedia/Adobe have announced the release of Flash Lite 2.0 http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/ As far as I can see this means - You can now develop Flash 7 content for mobile phones (and maybe other devices) - You can download a player for several phones - all Nokia for some reason but it will cost you $10 per phone - You can download an authoring externsion for Flash 8 from labs.macromedia.com (for free I think). This all looks like pretty good news apart from the $10 player fee which seems a bit bizarre given that for flash to beat Java in the mobile world its got to get its penetration up. I would have thought a better way of making money would be to charge for the authoring environment or player upgrades once the public has got used to Flash on phones. It is possible that Macromedia/Adobe is offering discounts to phone companies to bundle the player on their handsets so that you'll be able to buy handsets with the player ready installed, but we'll have to wait and see. Still it all sounds pretty exciting, I might have replace my 5 year old phone with a new Nokia now... Joe ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] > DV cameras and flash
Hi Sander, Thanks! This is great news can I say that when the camera works iMovie HD it will work with Flash too? I don't have such good quality camera at room at the moment, so I won't be able to test it out. Good reason to use my Apple too ;-) Yours, Weyert de Boer Weyert, Only my question is if it's possible to use a DV camera for the real installation instead of such webcam. On Mac, any video source is good. I have an old Hi8 camera hooked up to an analog Miro Motion DC30 card using a non-official OSX driver. My entire system sees it, so does flash. I've used it on some sites that showcase bitmapData on video streams. S ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders --No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.11/219 - Release Date: 1/2/2006 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] > DV cameras and flash
Weyert, Only my question is if it's possible to use a DV camera for the real installation instead of such webcam. On Mac, any video source is good. I have an old Hi8 camera hooked up to an analog Miro Motion DC30 card using a non-official OSX driver. My entire system sees it, so does flash. I've used it on some sites that showcase bitmapData on video streams. S ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
For those of you who haven't seen it. Macromedia/Adobe have announced the release of Flash Lite 2.0 http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/ As far as I can see this means - You can now develop Flash 7 content for mobile phones (and maybe other devices) - You can download a player for several phones - all Nokia for some reason but it will cost you $10 per phone - You can download an authoring externsion for Flash 8 from labs.macromedia.com (for free I think). This all looks like pretty good news apart from the $10 player fee which seems a bit bizarre given that for flash to beat Java in the mobile world its got to get its penetration up. I would have thought a better way of making money would be to charge for the authoring environment or player upgrades once the public has got used to Flash on phones. It is possible that Macromedia/Adobe is offering discounts to phone companies to bundle the player on their handsets so that you'll be able to buy handsets with the player ready installed, but we'll have to wait and see. Still it all sounds pretty exciting, I might have replace my 5 year old phone with a new Nokia now... Joe ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] > DV cameras and flash
Hello Sorry for all the dumb questions lately, but I am currently prototyping an interactive installation. Only I currently video source is a cheap webcam from iBot and/or Logitech. Only my question is if it's possible to use a DV camera for the real installation instead of such webcam. Does anyone have experience with this? The only information I could found about it is for FMS. Any insight would be nice :-) Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 12, Issue 4
If you're in Flash 8, it's the button that looks like a pair of angle brackets. I should add, that if you *really* want to stick with text files, you could replace special characters with URLEncoded entities (like, %26 for ampersand) and it should work. But I wouldn't recommend it ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Sakell Sent: 03 January 2006 18:04 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] RE: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 12, Issue 4 Johannes: Thanks for the excellent suggestion. I jumped back into my MX file and ... can't find the HTML button that used to be a simple click in older versions. Suggestions anyone? Thanks much. Message: 8 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:07:28 -0500 From: Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] a Flash coding question To: Flashcoders mailing list Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 set it to html text as well On 1/3/06, Tom Sakell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all: I've a pesky Flash question, and since it's a new Year, > I'm going to move beyond lurker on this list. So. > > On my site, I use Flash "news" boxes: Scrolling text boxes that are > populated by a TXT file outside the SWF file. They're easy to upload, > assign to others, etc. The coding is simple -- I'm barely using CSS > in the TXT file. > > My problem: It won't allow special characters (apostrophes, %, &). > When reading the text in the scrolling SWF file, everything stops at > the offending character. > > I could really use these characters -- especially the ampersands. > Anyone have an idea of why this is happening, or a work around? > > In the Flash file, I have the text as Dynamic. > > Tom Sakell > > 703.598.6857 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > Tom Sakell 703.598.6857 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
Thanks for that link. It's a good read. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sander Sent: 03 January 2006 17:53 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Indeed: a good book on Xpath and possibly XHTML for flash and browser would be more interesting. Bare in mind that player 8.5 has E4X support, which will change XML usage completely. If you're on Flex, you can start using E4X now, otherwise you have to wait for Flash 9. http://www.brajeshwar.com/archives/2005/10/ e4x_or_ecmascript_for_xml_in_flash/ >>> xml capability in flash is so limited that its not worth buying a >>> book >>> on the subject IMO. rather spend your time tracking down a few tuts >>> and learn from those. lastly buy the moock book for the reference. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] RE: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 12, Issue 4
Johannes: Thanks for the excellent suggestion. I jumped back into my MX file and ... can't find the HTML button that used to be a simple click in older versions. Suggestions anyone? Thanks much. Message: 8 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:07:28 -0500 From: Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] a Flash coding question To: Flashcoders mailing list Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 set it to html text as well On 1/3/06, Tom Sakell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all: I've a pesky Flash question, and since it's a new Year, > I'm going to move beyond lurker on this list. So. > > On my site, I use Flash "news" boxes: Scrolling text boxes that are > populated by a TXT file outside the SWF file. They're easy to upload, > assign to others, etc. The coding is simple -- I'm barely using CSS > in the TXT file. > > My problem: It won't allow special characters (apostrophes, %, &). > When reading the text in the scrolling SWF file, everything stops at > the offending character. > > I could really use these characters -- especially the ampersands. > Anyone have an idea of why this is happening, or a work around? > > In the Flash file, I have the text as Dynamic. > > Tom Sakell > > 703.598.6857 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > Tom Sakell 703.598.6857 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
Indeed: a good book on Xpath and possibly XHTML for flash and browser would be more interesting. Bare in mind that player 8.5 has E4X support, which will change XML usage completely. If you're on Flex, you can start using E4X now, otherwise you have to wait for Flash 9. http://www.brajeshwar.com/archives/2005/10/ e4x_or_ecmascript_for_xml_in_flash/ xml capability in flash is so limited that its not worth buying a book on the subject IMO. rather spend your time tracking down a few tuts and learn from those. lastly buy the moock book for the reference. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Components development: collection item class problems
Michael Klishin wrote: It's in, thanks Jesse. Other ideas? Never mind guys, I just misspelled the class file name :) Thanks for your time spent on it. -- Michael "Antares" Klishin, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.novemberain.com Non progredi est regredi ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Components development: collection item class problems
JesterXL wrote: Ensure it's getting compiled in. Import is not enough. import mx.something.TheCollectionClass; private var dependCollection:TheCollectionClass; It's in, thanks Jesse. Other ideas? -- Michael "Antares" Klishin, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.novemberain.com Non progredi est regredi ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Components development: collection item class problems
Ensure it's getting compiled in. Import is not enough. import mx.something.TheCollectionClass; private var dependCollection:TheCollectionClass; - Original Message - From: "Michael Klishin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders ML" Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:21 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Components development: collection item class problems Hi, I'm developing a component and running into troubles with Collections. I'm consistently getting error that says collection items class is not found. If I just create an instance of that class in code in the same .FLA I see no errors. Furthermore if I start it all over compiler see no changes in Components definition dialog and if there were errors in component's class compiler throws error messages as if class wasn't changed. ASO files were killed several times with no result. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Regards, -- Michael "Antares" Klishin, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.novemberain.com Non progredi est regredi ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
Yes - I agree - I would actually recommend people learn to use something like XPATH in Flash - should be able to get enough help from their site and from this list. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Nel >>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:19 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash >> >>xml capability in flash is so limited that its not worth buying a book >>on the subject IMO. rather spend your time tracking down a few tuts >>and learn from those. lastly buy the moock book for the reference. >> >>On 1/3/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Whatever you do, don't buy "Flash and XML: A Developers Guide" by Dov >>> Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen - Addison-Wesley Press - besides being Flash >>> 5, the book sucks. You get the impression these guys are much more into >>> XML than Flash. If they even use Flash at all in their professional >>> lives. Apologies in advance if you're on thist list and one of the >>> authors. There's some good stuff in it, but for someone new to Flash or >>> doing basic stuff, it's not the book for you. But even the advanced >>> stuff lacks depth though. >>> >>> Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-Original Message- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Deroo >>> >>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:29 PM >>> >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> >>Subject: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash >>> >> >>> >>Hi, >>> >>The title says it all I guess. >>> >>Are there any good books out there on the subject of Flash 8 and XML? >>> >>I found one called "XML in Flash" from Que publications, but as far as >>> I can >>> >>tell it is for Flash 5 and was written in 2001. >>> >> >>> >>Is that still "current"? I am assuming not. >>> >> >>> >>What books should I read when just getting into this subject, again, >>> using >>> >>Flash 8 or Flash MX2004? >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>Thanks for your help, >>> >>Ben >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>___ >>> >>Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> NOTICE: >>> This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or >>confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender >>immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is >>prohibited. >>> ___ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >> >> >>-- >>j:pn >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
Johannes Nel wrote: xml capability in flash is so limited that its not worth buying a book on the subject IMO. rather spend your time tracking down a few tuts and learn from those. lastly buy the moock book for the reference Yes, you can better spend your money on the moock book or luxery beer while learning Xml in Flash ;-) I like the following class for Xml stuff: http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=129 also the references at: http://www.flashdeveloper.nl/g_flash_xml_faq.html Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Components development: collection item class problems
Hi, I'm developing a component and running into troubles with Collections. I'm consistently getting error that says collection items class is not found. If I just create an instance of that class in code in the same .FLA I see no errors. Furthermore if I start it all over compiler see no changes in Components definition dialog and if there were errors in component's class compiler throws error messages as if class wasn't changed. ASO files were killed several times with no result. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Regards, -- Michael "Antares" Klishin, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.novemberain.com Non progredi est regredi ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
xml capability in flash is so limited that its not worth buying a book on the subject IMO. rather spend your time tracking down a few tuts and learn from those. lastly buy the moock book for the reference. On 1/3/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever you do, don't buy "Flash and XML: A Developers Guide" by Dov > Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen - Addison-Wesley Press - besides being Flash > 5, the book sucks. You get the impression these guys are much more into > XML than Flash. If they even use Flash at all in their professional > lives. Apologies in advance if you're on thist list and one of the > authors. There's some good stuff in it, but for someone new to Flash or > doing basic stuff, it's not the book for you. But even the advanced > stuff lacks depth though. > > Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com > > > > > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Deroo > >>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:29 PM > >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >>Subject: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash > >> > >>Hi, > >>The title says it all I guess. > >>Are there any good books out there on the subject of Flash 8 and XML? > >>I found one called "XML in Flash" from Que publications, but as far as > I can > >>tell it is for Flash 5 and was written in 2001. > >> > >>Is that still "current"? I am assuming not. > >> > >>What books should I read when just getting into this subject, again, > using > >>Flash 8 or Flash MX2004? > >> > >> > >>Thanks for your help, > >>Ben > >> > >> > >> > >>___ > >>Flashcoders mailing list > >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > NOTICE: > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged > or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify > the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail > by you is prohibited. > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
Whatever you do, don't buy "Flash and XML: A Developers Guide" by Dov Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen - Addison-Wesley Press - besides being Flash 5, the book sucks. You get the impression these guys are much more into XML than Flash. If they even use Flash at all in their professional lives. Apologies in advance if you're on thist list and one of the authors. There's some good stuff in it, but for someone new to Flash or doing basic stuff, it's not the book for you. But even the advanced stuff lacks depth though. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Deroo >>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:29 PM >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>Subject: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash >> >>Hi, >>The title says it all I guess. >>Are there any good books out there on the subject of Flash 8 and XML? >>I found one called "XML in Flash" from Que publications, but as far as I can >>tell it is for Flash 5 and was written in 2001. >> >>Is that still "current"? I am assuming not. >> >>What books should I read when just getting into this subject, again, using >>Flash 8 or Flash MX2004? >> >> >>Thanks for your help, >>Ben >> >> >> >>___ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] > Camera oddities
Works now. No idea, what the problem was. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] TextFormat constructor
"underline:true" isn't valid, unless you are building an anonymous object. You can pass the values like this but they're not named. You have to pass the values in the order shown in the docs. It would have been a lot more useful if you could pass an object ... Derek Vadneau - Original Message - From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 8:39 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] TextFormat constructor Hi list... I thought you could instantiate a TextFormat object like this: var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(underline:true, color:0xFF); But that doesn't work as there's a compile error. Why? - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Re: JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability
http://www.mustardlab.com/developer/flash/jscommunication/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take a look at this. I did not encounter any problems with browsers using the following: http://www.mustardlab.com/developer/flash/jscommunication/ Happy newyear, Jiri Send Flashcoders mailing list submissions to flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Flashcoders digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability (Jeff Mastropietro) 2. Re: Undefine a Component (Charles Parcell) 3. Re: JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability (Nathan Derksen) 4. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (g.wygonik) 5. Re: Remote Debugging + Flash Remoting = Frozen Browser. FP8 Bug? (Judah Frangipane) 6. Re: JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability (Jeff Mastropietro) 7. Re: Re: calling a static method on dynamicallynamedclass? (Rich Rodecker) 8. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (Nathan Derksen) 9. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (JesterXL) 10. > Difference keying (Weyert de Boer) 11. Passing complex structure of parameters to webservice with ActionScript (Binyamin Bauman) 12. RE: Passing complex structure of parameters towebservice with ActionScript (Adrian Lynch) 13. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (g.wygonik) 14. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (Nathan Derksen) 15. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (JesterXL) 16. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (JesterXL) 17. Re: Re: calling a static method on dynamicallynamedclass? (Jim Kremens) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:20:47 -0800 From: Jeff Mastropietro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability To: Flashcoders mailing list Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Nathan, Thanks, I was aware of both of the Macromedia methods, and I have switched over to the Macromedia Flash JavaScript Integration Kit. It has pretty poor documentation, and that is why I did not use it initially. I need to support back to Flash 6, so ExternalInterface is out of the question. :( The sad news is that it still doesn't work in Opera on maemo. The project I am working on needs to run on the new Nokia 770, which runs maemo and uses Opera as the web browser. The flash player version is 6,0,82,0 which should be sufficient to work with my application which now is at version 6,0,65,0. However, it seems that the LocalConnection class is not working, and as a result the Macromedia Flash JavaScript Integration Kit method does not work. I've found some indication that this is a problem with the flash player plugin for Opera on Linux, and maemo. The Macromedia page says it support Opera on Windows and Mac, but nothing about other platforms. Jeff Nathan Derksen wrote: I haven't seen an up-to-date chart either. You may be interested in knowing that Macromedia already has two ways for you to do this. The first is the Flash JavaScript Integration Kit: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashjavascript/ This uses legacy techniques to make what you are doing work in versions 8 to (I believe) 6, and works in Firefox 1.0+ and Opera 8+. The other one is the Flash 8 ExternalInterface class. I have an example up at http://www.nathanderksen.com/blog/?p=11 and you can find the documentation at http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/ wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm? context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=2200.html. Very slick, but the browser support isn't as good and it only works in Flash 8. Nathan http://www.nathanderksen.com On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Jeff Mastropietro wrote: I'm working on a project using JavaScript to call functions in a flash movie. I'm currently using the JSFCommunicator Library: http://www.abdulqabiz.com/files/JSFC/JSFCommunicator%20Library.htm What I would like to know is, is there a better object available? Also, I'm guessing that all solutions are going to be dependant on the .GetVariable and .SetVariable methods being available to JavaScript. Does anyone know of a more up to date compatability chart than this one? http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14159 More specifically, I need to know compatability with Mozilla and Opera browsers. Thanks, Jeff
Re: [Flashcoders] Change layer/path of a MovieClip
You cannot change the parent of a movieclip in Flash 8, although from
what I understand about 8.5 this will be possible. If you want a
movieclip on the root, why not make it there?
tmp_mc=_root.attachMovie('blankClip', 'mc'+depth, depth);
tmp_mc.loadMovie(moduleName+'.swf');
thingie=tmp_mc.attachMovie(moduleName, 'mod'+depth, depth);
On Jan 3, 2006, at 8:12 AM, Minase wrote:
Hi,
I was hoping someone would be able to help me with a problem i've been
fiddling with for a long time. I would have thought it's fairly
common,
but Googling and searching this ML archive has yeilded nothing, so...
I have a fairly complex application using Flash which i wont bore you
all with the specifics here, but basically you have one movie which
loads others as pluggable modules via external SWF files. These SWF
files contain a MovieClip symbol which is linked to an AS class,
which then displays stuff and communicates with the parent SWF via
a standard interface.
This is done with (what i assume is) the usual method of...
tmp_mc=attachMovie('blankClip', 'mc'+depth, depth);
tmp_mc.loadMovie(moduleName+'.swf');
thingie=tmp_mc.attachMovie(moduleName, 'mod'+depth, depth);
It is my understanding that layers are a kind of tree like layout, is
this correct? So no matter what i do in tmp_mc.attachMovie() calls,
movieclips will always be in the same plane as tmp_mc as far as the
root clip is concerned.
What i need to do, is be able to somehow attach a symbol from the
moduleName+'.swf' file on a layer in the root space, not in tmp_mc's
space.
The reason for this, is the class that gets loaded for this particular
module may need to do some kind of overlay on the display, so it'd
make some call like mc=_root.requestOverlay(this, symbolName, etc
etc).
Am i making sense so far?
There are three ways i can see to do this:
1) Find a way to address symbols located in moduleName+'.swf' from
the root MovieClip.
2) Find a way to transfer MovieClips from one depth to
another. I.e. tmp_mc.attachMovie(blah) and then move the result into
root. This probably isn't possible...?
3) The method i am currently using, is to simply just load the module
SWF a second (or third, fourth, etc...) time into a different depth,
and attach much as i would the main module clip. This seems wasteful,
though... and it also makes implentation much more clumsy because the
method in the root clip cannot return the overlay clip immediately,
it simply returns a handle and then notifies the caller at a later
time when it is loaded.
Is 1 or 2 possible? Or can you think of another method?
Regards,
- Daniel
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RE: [Flashcoders] > Camera oddities
Make sure you check your global settings for flash8--->http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashpl ayer/help/settings_manager02.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Weyert de Boer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:33 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] > Camera oddities Hello! I am playing with my new web camera in Flash 8. It works fine in Firefox (tried it with:http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion_print .html). Only when I used the included source files in Flash 8 nothing happens. It only popups the allow/deny popup dialogAnyone know why it works in Firefox but not in the standalone flash player, flash8 and IE ? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] > Camera oddities
Hello! I am playing with my new web camera in Flash 8. It works fine in Firefox (tried it with:http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion_print.html). Only when I used the included source files in Flash 8 nothing happens. It only popups the allow/deny popup dialogAnyone know why it works in Firefox but not in the standalone flash player, flash8 and IE ? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Change layer/path of a MovieClip
Methods 1 and 2 is not possible. A movieclip can only be attached to a
timeline inside the "owning" swf.
One dirty fix would be to do the second load emidiatly after the "module"
has loaded. Since that usually would mean it loading from the cache it would
load to the next frame. And don't consider the loading done until this
second load is done.
Another thing you could do is to put the overlay movieclips into an swf of
their own and load it to the higher depth. And of course don't consider the
loading done until both movies are loaded.
/Johan
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Minase
Sent: den 3 januari 2006 14:12
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Change layer/path of a MovieClip
Hi,
I was hoping someone would be able to help me with a problem i've been
fiddling with for a long time. I would have thought it's fairly common,
but Googling and searching this ML archive has yeilded nothing, so...
I have a fairly complex application using Flash which i wont bore you
all with the specifics here, but basically you have one movie which
loads others as pluggable modules via external SWF files. These SWF
files contain a MovieClip symbol which is linked to an AS class,
which then displays stuff and communicates with the parent SWF via
a standard interface.
This is done with (what i assume is) the usual method of...
tmp_mc=attachMovie('blankClip', 'mc'+depth, depth);
tmp_mc.loadMovie(moduleName+'.swf');
thingie=tmp_mc.attachMovie(moduleName, 'mod'+depth, depth);
It is my understanding that layers are a kind of tree like layout, is
this correct? So no matter what i do in tmp_mc.attachMovie() calls,
movieclips will always be in the same plane as tmp_mc as far as the
root clip is concerned.
What i need to do, is be able to somehow attach a symbol from the
moduleName+'.swf' file on a layer in the root space, not in tmp_mc's
space.
The reason for this, is the class that gets loaded for this particular
module may need to do some kind of overlay on the display, so it'd
make some call like mc=_root.requestOverlay(this, symbolName, etc etc).
Am i making sense so far?
There are three ways i can see to do this:
1) Find a way to address symbols located in moduleName+'.swf' from
the root MovieClip.
2) Find a way to transfer MovieClips from one depth to
another. I.e. tmp_mc.attachMovie(blah) and then move the result into
root. This probably isn't possible...?
3) The method i am currently using, is to simply just load the module
SWF a second (or third, fourth, etc...) time into a different depth,
and attach much as i would the main module clip. This seems wasteful,
though... and it also makes implentation much more clumsy because the
method in the root clip cannot return the overlay clip immediately,
it simply returns a handle and then notifies the caller at a later
time when it is loaded.
Is 1 or 2 possible? Or can you think of another method?
Regards,
- Daniel
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 8.5 - Illegal Operation caused by ?
eric dolecki schrieb: Ok - I am working on fixing up those errors - but that still doesn't tell me what is bombing the 8.5 player yet. Perhaps after a rev that might go away or something. err, sure it is not. just wanted to point out that there is a solution for the markup you may want to use. doesn't really help on bugfixing the player problem i guess ;-) micha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] a Flash coding question
If necessary, feed XML with CDATA tag, on top of setting text field to htmlText. Miles At 10:07 AM 1/3/2006, Johannes Nel wrote: set it to html text as well On 1/3/06, Tom Sakell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all: I've a pesky Flash question, and since it's a new Year, > I'm going to move beyond lurker on this list. So. > > On my site, I use Flash "news" boxes: Scrolling text boxes that are > populated by a TXT file outside the SWF file. They're easy to upload, > assign to others, etc. The coding is simple -- I'm barely using CSS > in the TXT file. > > My problem: It won't allow special characters (apostrophes, %, &). > When reading the text in the scrolling SWF file, everything stops at > the offending character. > > I could really use these characters -- especially the ampersands. > Anyone have an idea of why this is happening, or a work around? > > In the Flash file, I have the text as Dynamic. > > Tom Sakell > > 703.598.6857 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.11/219 - Release Date: 1/2/2006 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] a Flash coding question
set it to html text as well On 1/3/06, Tom Sakell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all: I've a pesky Flash question, and since it's a new Year, > I'm going to move beyond lurker on this list. So. > > On my site, I use Flash "news" boxes: Scrolling text boxes that are > populated by a TXT file outside the SWF file. They're easy to upload, > assign to others, etc. The coding is simple -- I'm barely using CSS > in the TXT file. > > My problem: It won't allow special characters (apostrophes, %, &). > When reading the text in the scrolling SWF file, everything stops at > the offending character. > > I could really use these characters -- especially the ampersands. > Anyone have an idea of why this is happening, or a work around? > > In the Flash file, I have the text as Dynamic. > > Tom Sakell > > 703.598.6857 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] a Flash coding question
Hello all: I've a pesky Flash question, and since it's a new Year, I'm going to move beyond lurker on this list. So. On my site, I use Flash "news" boxes: Scrolling text boxes that are populated by a TXT file outside the SWF file. They're easy to upload, assign to others, etc. The coding is simple -- I'm barely using CSS in the TXT file. My problem: It won't allow special characters (apostrophes, %, &). When reading the text in the scrolling SWF file, everything stops at the offending character. I could really use these characters -- especially the ampersands. Anyone have an idea of why this is happening, or a work around? In the Flash file, I have the text as Dynamic. Tom Sakell 703.598.6857 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] TextFormat constructor
Hi list... I thought you could instantiate a TextFormat object like this: var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(underline:true, color:0xFF); But that doesn't work as there's a compile error. Why? - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] > Craig Swann
Troublesome, those BitmapData API. All those PHPing lately had a bad effect on my imaging lingo skills, :-( ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 8.5 - Illegal Operation caused by ?
Ok - I am working on fixing up those errors - but that still doesn't tell me what is bombing the 8.5 player yet. Perhaps after a rev that might go away or something. edolecki On 1/3/06, Michael Stuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ryanm schrieb: > >> Firefox 1.0.6 also reports many syntax errors: > >> > >> Source Code: > >> > >> > > This is just Firefox being particular about the html being what it > says > > it is. You need to remove these doctype tags from the top of the page, > > because it will never be HTML 4.0 with an embed tag inside of an object > tag. > > If you remove the doctype declaration Firefox won't call it an error > > anymore. > > > > you should better use UFO [1] or a similar solution for injecting you > embed code. > > [1] http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/ > > micha > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Change layer/path of a MovieClip
Hi,
I was hoping someone would be able to help me with a problem i've been
fiddling with for a long time. I would have thought it's fairly common,
but Googling and searching this ML archive has yeilded nothing, so...
I have a fairly complex application using Flash which i wont bore you
all with the specifics here, but basically you have one movie which
loads others as pluggable modules via external SWF files. These SWF
files contain a MovieClip symbol which is linked to an AS class,
which then displays stuff and communicates with the parent SWF via
a standard interface.
This is done with (what i assume is) the usual method of...
tmp_mc=attachMovie('blankClip', 'mc'+depth, depth);
tmp_mc.loadMovie(moduleName+'.swf');
thingie=tmp_mc.attachMovie(moduleName, 'mod'+depth, depth);
It is my understanding that layers are a kind of tree like layout, is
this correct? So no matter what i do in tmp_mc.attachMovie() calls,
movieclips will always be in the same plane as tmp_mc as far as the
root clip is concerned.
What i need to do, is be able to somehow attach a symbol from the
moduleName+'.swf' file on a layer in the root space, not in tmp_mc's
space.
The reason for this, is the class that gets loaded for this particular
module may need to do some kind of overlay on the display, so it'd
make some call like mc=_root.requestOverlay(this, symbolName, etc etc).
Am i making sense so far?
There are three ways i can see to do this:
1) Find a way to address symbols located in moduleName+'.swf' from
the root MovieClip.
2) Find a way to transfer MovieClips from one depth to
another. I.e. tmp_mc.attachMovie(blah) and then move the result into
root. This probably isn't possible...?
3) The method i am currently using, is to simply just load the module
SWF a second (or third, fourth, etc...) time into a different depth,
and attach much as i would the main module clip. This seems wasteful,
though... and it also makes implentation much more clumsy because the
method in the root clip cannot return the overlay clip immediately,
it simply returns a handle and then notifies the caller at a later
time when it is loaded.
Is 1 or 2 possible? Or can you think of another method?
Regards,
- Daniel
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Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)
I have a number of files all with names like "assessmentitem_15845.xml". In each of these files, I have to replace a number (always 14772) with 15845 (comes from name of file). Lieven, I'm using a batch rename tool on Mac, called R-name. renames patterns, add stuff, replaces extensions,... I'm sure something similar is out there for Windows if you're not on Mac. Check Versiontracker for "batch rename" S ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 8.5 - Illegal Operation caused by ?
ryanm schrieb: Firefox 1.0.6 also reports many syntax errors: Source Code: This is just Firefox being particular about the html being what it says it is. You need to remove these doctype tags from the top of the page, because it will never be HTML 4.0 with an embed tag inside of an object tag. If you remove the doctype declaration Firefox won't call it an error anymore. you should better use UFO [1] or a similar solution for injecting you embed code. [1] http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/ micha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 8.5 - Illegal Operation caused by ?
Firefox 1.0.6 also reports many syntax errors: Source Code: This is just Firefox being particular about the html being what it says it is. You need to remove these doctype tags from the top of the page, because it will never be HTML 4.0 with an embed tag inside of an object tag. If you remove the doctype declaration Firefox won't call it an error anymore. ryanm ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)
ctrl-h On 1/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody of you guys know if a replace like this is possible in > eclipse : > > > > I have a number of files all with names like "assessmentitem_15845.xml". > In each of these files, I have to replace a number (always 14772) with > 15845 (comes from name of file). > > > > thx > > > > Vriendelijke groeten, > > Lieven Cardoen > > PointX Multimedia > > Engelse Wandeling 2 K18 > > 8500 Kortrijk > > Tel. 056 35 23 89 > > Fax 056 35 26 48 > > www.pointx.be > > > > > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] > Craig Swann
Does anyone got some sort of contact details of Craig Swann? I would like to ask him something about his presentation he did at Spark last year. Only he ain't responding on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe someone else on this know some better way to contact him? Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] (no subject)
Does anybody of you guys know if a replace like this is possible in eclipse : I have a number of files all with names like "assessmentitem_15845.xml". In each of these files, I have to replace a number (always 14772) with 15845 (comes from name of file). thx Vriendelijke groeten, Lieven Cardoen PointX Multimedia Engelse Wandeling 2 K18 8500 Kortrijk Tel. 056 35 23 89 Fax 056 35 26 48 www.pointx.be ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Caret position coords
Except getTextExtent() is deprecated with no replacement since 8 O_o Why is that? - Andreas Kalle Thyselius, inlovewith wrote: i remember doing this a few years ago, using — a loop (filling the textfield) and autoSize=true to determine if there was a line break (you could determine this in other ways) — and if _height > old_height in the loop, do — letterCurrentY += LINE_HEIGHT then use getTextExtent() to get _x. i remember there was some margins and stuff inside the text field to take into account, but it worked. the problem is it can be hard to find out the constant LINE_HEIGHT. good luck, kalle On 1/2/06, Michael Bedar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To answer the original question - there is no direct way to do this, although you can use the text-extent to get the x offset of the caret fairly easily in a single line textfield. On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Andreas Rønning wrote: Is there a decent way of getting the _x / _y position of a caret in a text box? Somehow compare the x/y of the textfield with the caret index..? Have a hard time getting an exact value from this. - Andreas ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- inlovewith.com inlovewith ltd. kalle thyselius linnégatan 76, stockholm, sweden + 46 707 602 600 inlovewith you ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
