[Flashcoders] asking book opinion-OOP with AS2, Jeff Taper et al.
Hello , anyone have read this book, could recommen or not, i'm as 2 programmer for long time, alreade got moock's esential as2, but still want more oop approaches and techniques to learn. thanks in advance martin ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
Weldon, here's the method I've wrote to handle the blending. It's very simple and I cannot detect any bug in there ... public static function alphaBlend(fromImage:MovieClip, toImage:MovieClip):Void { fromImage.swapDepths(100); fromImage._alpha = 100; fromImage._visible = true; toImage.swapDepths(101); toImage._alpha = 0; toImage._visible = true; toImage.onEnterFrame = function():Void { if (toImage._alpha < 100) { toImage._alpha += 5; } else { toImage._alpha = 100; delete toImage.onEnterFrame; } }; } The blending works but strangely the fromImage is not shown, instead the toImage fades in from the white background of my Flash movie. As I mentioned before there are other image mc's in the holder movieclip but they are on depths 0 to 20 and are invisible so I doubt they have any influence on this. Sascha - Original Message - From: "Weldon MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:55 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps? I've done what you seem to be discribing and it works. You probably have a small bug in your code. Without seeing the code it's hard to say what it is, but you could look for a depth duplication problem. Have you made certain the lower one is loading at all or has been made visible...etc... Your idea will work, you just need to do some debugging On 3/18/06, Sascha Balkau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Michael, there are several mc's in one container mc but all are set to invisible except for two at a time. And I want to fade between these two but I haven't managed to do so. The top most mc always fades in from the white background as if the bottom mc would be invisible. But it isn't. Flash 8 is no choice as my client wants it in Flash 7. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with "auto-play" {Director v. Flash??}
On Mar 18, 2006, at 8:08 PM, Michael Bedar wrote: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_13374 This technote is for Director, but applies to flash projectors as well. Also, here is a good article about burning a hybrid CD, should you choose to go down that road. http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=831 Right on! thanks for linkages... ;) Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with "auto-play" {Director v. Flash??}
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_13374 This technote is for Director, but applies to flash projectors as well. Also, here is a good article about burning a hybrid CD, should you choose to go down that road. http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=831 On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:56 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Ramon Miguel M. Tayag wrote: Director is really made for CD authoring, however, for what you want to do, Flash is sufficient. Sounds good, thanks. :) Got any links relating to Flash and CD authoring? Tuts? Examples? Many thanks. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with "auto-play" {Director v. Flash??}
On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Michael Bedar wrote: Just for the record, there is no autoplay on OSX, if you are supporting mac. Ah, good to know hmmm, I think most users will be PC, but Mac is not an impossibility. Thanks for pointing that out/giving me the heads-up, :) M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with "auto-play" {Director v. Flash??}
On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Ramon Miguel M. Tayag wrote: Director is really made for CD authoring, however, for what you want to do, Flash is sufficient. Sounds good, thanks. :) Got any links relating to Flash and CD authoring? Tuts? Examples? Many thanks. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with "auto-play" {Director v. Flash??}
Just for the record, there is no autoplay on OSX, if you are supporting mac. On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:25 PM, Ramon Miguel M. Tayag wrote: Director is really made for CD authoring, however, for what you want to do, Flash is sufficient. On 3/19/06, Michael Hulse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, The subject-line pretty much says it all... I have an upcoming project that requires me to build an interface for playing 4 videos... this will then be burned onto a CD - a major requirement for this CD is that it goes full-screen as soon as the user puts it in their machine. My question is this: Is Flash MX 2004 comparable to director when it comes to CD authoring? If the above answer is no, then how-a-bout the latest version of Flash? Which app would you use (Director/Flash)? Many TIA! :) Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag Managing Director Quirkworks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip actions not working
that's not it, does not work. on what timeline are you putting your actions? I've tried on the main timeline and on the m1 timeline (which is what I think you mean) but both don't work. here's my description again: create a new movie create a blue square and make that a movieclip symbol , name it m1, create a red square and make that a movieclip symbol , name it m2, drag a copy of m1 to the stage and give it instance name m1 open m1 and add some frames to the timeline (50 or so, does not matter) stop action on frame 1 stop action on frame 20 at frame 20 (of the m1 timeline), drag a copy of movieclip m2 on the stage, name it m2, place it just below the blue square I want the following to happen: when a user rolls over the movieclip in the main timeline (m1), I want the m1 timeline to advance to frame 20. You should then see a blue square and a red square. When a user clicks on the RED square (m2), I want them to go to a website (http://www.website.com) anyone? thx, Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: zondag 19 maart 2006 2:59 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip actions not working > stop action on frame 1 stop(); m1.onRollOver = function() { gotoAndStop(20); //or play(); } > stop action on frame 20 stop(); m2.onRelease = function() { getURL("http://www.website.com";, "_blank"); } ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with "auto-play" {Director v. Flash??}
Director is really made for CD authoring, however, for what you want to do, Flash is sufficient. On 3/19/06, Michael Hulse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The subject-line pretty much says it all... > > I have an upcoming project that requires me to build an interface for > playing 4 videos... this will then be burned onto a CD - a major > requirement for this CD is that it goes full-screen as soon as the user > puts it in their machine. > > My question is this: > > Is Flash MX 2004 comparable to director when it comes to CD authoring? > > If the above answer is no, then how-a-bout the latest version of Flash? > > Which app would you use (Director/Flash)? > > Many TIA! :) > > Cheers, > Micky > > > > > > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag Managing Director Quirkworks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip actions not working
> stop action on frame 1 stop(); m1.onRollOver = function() { gotoAndStop(20); //or play(); } > stop action on frame 20 stop(); m2.onRelease = function() { getURL("http://www.website.com";, "_blank"); } ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] movieclip actions not working
My mind is melting :-) Flash: create a new movie create a blue square and make that a movieclip symbol , name it m1, create a red square and make that a movieclip symbol , name it m2, drag a copy of m1 to the stage and give it instance name m1 open m1 and add some frames to the timeline (50 or so, does not matter) stop action on frame 1 stop action on frame 20 at frame 20, drag a copy of movieclip m2 on the stage, name it m2, place it just below the blue square I want the following to happen: when a user rolls over the movieclip in the main timeline (m1), I want the m1 timeline to advance to frame 20. You should then see a blue square and a red square. When a user clicks on the RED square (m2), I want them to go to a website (http://www.website.com) I keep getting these messages "the script contains no errors" when I "validate " the actionscript, and still nothing works. any help would be welcome, i'm sure it's a rookie mistake Ben ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: maps of hyperlinks that change in font size?
Tagclouds - rajat On 3/17/06, thotskee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Flashcoders, > > What are those maps of hyperlinks that change in font size according to > relevance called? > > Thanks... > > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Trying to solve this math equation
Hey, Thanks all for verifying that it was indeed correct. The problem ended up being my not plugging in the true values. It didn't actually work 100% correctly the first way (which I didn't notice at first so I thought the alternate equation was to blame). I solved that issue and now the equation works correctly both ways. Thanks again! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Trying to solve this math equation
> But that doesn't work... if that is of any help, i came up with the same result after solving it exactly like you did, without reading your result first. that doesn't make it ricght, of course, but i've made another test and the odds are one in a million that we're both wrong: var y:Number = Math.random(); var s:Number = Math.random(); var w:Number = Math.random(); var b:Number = Math.random(); var i:Number = Math.random(); var c:Number = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)) * i; trace( "test: " + ( Math.round( y * 100 ) == Math.round( ( ((c / i) * (w - b - s)) + s ) * 100 ) ) ); // traces "test: true" hth, mark On 3/19/06, Steven Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > My algebra seems to be failing me. I need some help here. > > Here's my equation: > c = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)) * i; > > I need to solve for y when I have c. I wrote it out on paper and I came up > with: > y = ((c / i) * (w - b - s)) + s; > > But that doesn't work... > > My logic: > > c = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)) * i; > > c / i = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)); > > (c / i) * (w - b - s) = y - s; > > ((c / i) * (w - b - s)) + s = y; > > Am I missing something? > > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- http://snafoo.org/ jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Trying to solve this math equation
Hi Steven, Your math *is* correct. Some people find it easy to verify their work by using subsitutions, and then replace at the end. As a validation of your work you can do the following: Original: c=((y-2)/(w-b-s))*i Define: A = y-s B = w-b-s Now equation is: c=A/B*i Solve: A=c*B/i Put A back in: y-s = c*B/i ---> y = c*B/i + s Put B back in: y = c*(w-b-s)/i + s Generally substitutions like this are for longer expressions, but you get the picture. Hope you solve what ever issue you are having! Jobe Makar http://www.electrotank.com http://www.electro-server.com phone: 919-609-0408 mobile: 919-610-5754 fax: 919-341-8104 - Original Message - From: "Steven Sacks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 7:04 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Trying to solve this math equation Hey everyone, My algebra seems to be failing me. I need some help here. Here's my equation: c = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)) * i; I need to solve for y when I have c. I wrote it out on paper and I came up with: y = ((c / i) * (w - b - s)) + s; But that doesn't work... My logic: c = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)) * i; c / i = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)); (c / i) * (w - b - s) = y - s; ((c / i) * (w - b - s)) + s = y; Am I missing something? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Trying to solve this math equation
Hey everyone, My algebra seems to be failing me. I need some help here. Here's my equation: c = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)) * i; I need to solve for y when I have c. I wrote it out on paper and I came up with: y = ((c / i) * (w - b - s)) + s; But that doesn't work... My logic: c = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)) * i; c / i = ((y - s) / (w - b - s)); (c / i) * (w - b - s) = y - s; ((c / i) * (w - b - s)) + s = y; Am I missing something? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with "auto-play" {Director v. Flash??}
Hi, The subject-line pretty much says it all... I have an upcoming project that requires me to build an interface for playing 4 videos... this will then be burned onto a CD - a major requirement for this CD is that it goes full-screen as soon as the user puts it in their machine. My question is this: Is Flash MX 2004 comparable to director when it comes to CD authoring? If the above answer is no, then how-a-bout the latest version of Flash? Which app would you use (Director/Flash)? Many TIA! :) Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 broken
use this technote it should hopefully solve your troubles http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=614bb5a9 Stefan On 3/18/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It takes about five minutes to install so if it were me, I'd uninstall > > and then reinstall the program. Or you could spend hours > > troubleshooting it if you prefer. > > Good point, let's see if that works. The problem didn't work on a friends > Flash 8 copy too. > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
I've done what you seem to be discribing and it works. You probably have a small bug in your code. Without seeing the code it's hard to say what it is, but you could look for a depth duplication problem. Have you made certain the lower one is loading at all or has been made visible...etc... Your idea will work, you just need to do some debugging On 3/18/06, Sascha Balkau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > there are several mc's in one container mc but all are set to invisible > except for two at a time. And I want to fade between these two but I haven't > managed to do so. The top most mc always fades in from the white background > as if the bottom mc would be invisible. But it isn't. Flash 8 is no choice > as my client wants it in Flash 7. > > Thanks, > Sascha > > > - Original Message - > From: "Michael Bedar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:32 AM > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps? > > > > There is a limit to how many alpha'd movieclips you can have overlapping > > before Flash runs into display errors. If a movieclip is supposed to be > > completely invisible, set _visible=false instead of _alpha=0, so that > > Flash does not need to display it. > > > > If for some reason you really need to display many images overlapped with > > >0 alpha, look into drawing them into the same bitmap in Flash 8. > > > > > > > > On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:05 AM, Sascha Balkau wrote: > > > >> Hi list, > >> > >> I got a number of movieclips created with createEmptyMovieClip, into > >> every MC I load a JPG image dynamically and then it's set it invisible. > >> Then I change the depth of two of these mc's, say one to depth 2000, the > >> other to 2001, make them visible and then I try to blend over these two > >> images with an alpha transparency by setting the _alpha of the upper > >> image to 0 and increase it up to 100 in an onEnterFrame. > >> However it doesn't work, the upper image always fades in from 100% white > >> and not the underlying image. > >> Did I missed something? Is that not possible with _alpha in Flash? > >> > >> Thanks for any hints! > >> Sascha > >> > >> ___ > >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > >> http://www.figleaf.com > >> http://training.figleaf.com > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Weldon Mac Donald ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Re: swfdraw2jpg database table settings
Hi Mack, Thx for your offer to help. I've solved the MySql code now and got it to work. To the list, I'm sorry I got angry earlier - I just HATE people whose actions don't match their words. rafa On 3/18/06, Mack K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello rafa, > > I have used the swfdraw2jpg app before and it is very simple to setup - > any dummy can do it ;) > Let me know if you need a hand. > > > Hi All, if you're familiar with the swfdraw2jpg application, hope you can > advise on the following: > - how do I set up the MySQL database table 'drawingstable'? What fields > should be in this database? > - I've tried creating a MySQL 'drawingstable' table with the following > fields: id, user, comment, url > - I've set the 'id' field to integer and as the primary key, with the > other > fields set as 'varchar' > - But I keep getting the following error: Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): > supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in (url)index.php > > I can't figure it out what am I doing wrong? Can someone pls advise. > > Thanks, rafa > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Cannot stop loaded movie
Thanks Ian--but no dice. At this point, I'm willing to write this off to a sandboxing problem, although it makes no sense that you shouldn't be able to stop a movie that you load, regardless of where it comes from. I'm sure the folks at Macromedia have thought it through--although, personally, I find it all pretty puzzling. Thanks to everyone who tried to help. If anyone else has any ideas/thoughts/suggestions, I am all ears. For the moment, I'll revert back to 7.0 and live without the cool 8.0 stuff. Cheers, Marco Ian Thomas wrote: Is this a scoping issue? Are you sure that mcClip is defined and pointing at the right thing inside your function()? Try import mx.utils.Delegate; function onLoadedClip(clip:MovieClip) { clip.stop(); // or clip.gotoAndStop(1); } var mcl:MovieClipLoader=new MovieClipLoader(); mcl.onLoadInit=Delegate.create(this,onLoadedClip); mcl.load(url,myClip); ... from memory, that ought to work (as long as myClip is the clip you're loading into) (Delegate makes the calling of anonymous functions much clearer - see http://www.osflash.org/flashcoders/as2#handling_scope_in_event_handlers for more details on that one. ) HTH, Ian On 3/18/06, Marco Tabini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Helen-- Still having the same problem though. Here's my code now: ld = new MovieClipLoader(); url = ld.onLoadInit = function() { mcClip.gotoAndStop (1); } ld.loadClip(url, mcClip); This only works if I publish in Flash 7 compatibility mode with local access only. If I set it to publish in Flash 8 mode, I have to switch to network access only and, when I run the movie from the player the movie loads but it doesn't stop. Any more thoughts? Can anyone try and reproduce this to see if it also happens to them? Any remote SWF move should do. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] File Exists - a better way?
Alright... I have a minute now... This may be an issue of semantics, but if what we want to know is whether the file exists or not on an HTTP connection, then the only way is to wait for the success boolean. HTTP servers do respond when a requested resource is not available. This is the classic 404 HTTP status. Unfortunately there is no way of knowing if the response coming back from the server is the requested resource or an Error type HTTP response until the response is downloaded and we can either see the HTTP response headers (flash 8) or test the success boolean. The only other possible condition is whether the resource requested, existing or not, is available. By this I mean whether the connection to the server was achieved and the request is processed in "reasonable" time. This is where a time out comes in. I think time out subjectivity can be minimized by testing for the first few bytes, not whether the full response happens or not. There is a huge difference if we give 10 seconds to get a full response to a 50K file or the same 10 seconds to just test the first few bytes of the same file. In other words... if in 10 seconds you have not loaded a single byte, then forget it, the response is either not coming or too slow. On the other hand, if you did get a single byte on those 10 seconds, then you are going to have to wait for the full response to find out whether that response indicates that the resource exists or not. Again, to that effect: // code -- function fileExists() {} function fileDoesNotExist() {} var timeout:Number = 1; // 10 seconds... var app:MovieClip = this; var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) { clearInterval(app.interval); if (!success) { app.fileDoesNotExist(); } else { app.fileExists(); } }; var startTime:Number = getTimer() + timeout; lv.load(url); var interval:Number = setInterval(function () { var loaded:Number = app.lv.getBytesLoaded(); if (loaded == 0 && getTimer() >= app.startTime) { app.lv.onLoad = null; delete app.lv; clearInterval(app.interval); app.fileDoesNotExist(); } else if(loaded > 0) { clearInterval(app.interval); } }, 25); // code -- This essentially tests whether a there has been no response in the given timeout. If there hasnt it clears out. If on the other hand, there has, it waits for the load to determine whether the file exists or not. I think only a simple server side proxy script, or perhaps even an AJAX script, could bypass the hassle of waiting for the full response. On Mar 18, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Ian Thomas wrote: Bart, Firstly, I'm not sure why that's a reply to my posting - and secondly, why would you want to do that..? The original poster asked if there was a way of checking whether a file exists sooner than waiting for the whole file to load. Your solution loads the whole file via LoadVars - which would take the same amount of time as loading it normally. My solution is a quick call to a webserver and a few bytes worth of response - much quicker than (say) loading a 250Kb file... Ian On 3/18/06, Bart Wttewaall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ian: "There's no Flash native hack as far as I know." You can check (and cache while you're at it) any file by using LoadVars: var file:String = "anyFileType.exe"; var fileExists:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); fileExists.onLoad = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, doCheck); fileExists.load(file); function doCheck(success:Boolean) { if (success) trace("File "+file+" exists."); else trace("File "+file+" does not exist."); } ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 broken
> It takes about five minutes to install so if it were me, I'd uninstall > and then reinstall the program. Or you could spend hours > troubleshooting it if you prefer. Good point, let's see if that works. The problem didn't work on a friends Flash 8 copy too. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 broken
It takes about five minutes to install so if it were me, I'd uninstall and then reinstall the program. Or you could spend hours troubleshooting it if you prefer. Kevin Jackson On 3/18/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Define reluctant. Is it crashing Flash, or freezing? Have you tried > > different FLA's? > > It's freezing halfway. At first I thought it was slow but after waiting 30 > minutes it was still not done. I think I f---ed something up. My brother > told me that you can delete preferences files but I don't know where those > are ? I am a Mac noob > -- > Yours, > > Weyert de Boer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > innerfuse* > > http://www.innerfuse.biz/ > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Kevin Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What does it say for democracy that half of the American population is unable to draw a rational conclusion from unambiguous facts?" Paul Craig Roberts ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] flash8 and cgi
At 03:43 AM 3/18/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, anyone know how to connect a flash movie to a cgi script? I tried to use sendAndLoad but when i check with the onLoad function it gives me an unsuccess... Thanks,Riccardo Ricardo, This will sound v. elementary, but have you checked the CGI script outside the movie, and does it return clean material? Second, what does that fragment of your AS look like? I'be been bedevilled by this myself. Miles -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 3/10/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
Hi Michael, there are several mc's in one container mc but all are set to invisible except for two at a time. And I want to fade between these two but I haven't managed to do so. The top most mc always fades in from the white background as if the bottom mc would be invisible. But it isn't. Flash 8 is no choice as my client wants it in Flash 7. Thanks, Sascha - Original Message - From: "Michael Bedar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps? There is a limit to how many alpha'd movieclips you can have overlapping before Flash runs into display errors. If a movieclip is supposed to be completely invisible, set _visible=false instead of _alpha=0, so that Flash does not need to display it. If for some reason you really need to display many images overlapped with >0 alpha, look into drawing them into the same bitmap in Flash 8. On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:05 AM, Sascha Balkau wrote: Hi list, I got a number of movieclips created with createEmptyMovieClip, into every MC I load a JPG image dynamically and then it's set it invisible. Then I change the depth of two of these mc's, say one to depth 2000, the other to 2001, make them visible and then I try to blend over these two images with an alpha transparency by setting the _alpha of the upper image to 0 and increase it up to 100 in an onEnterFrame. However it doesn't work, the upper image always fades in from 100% white and not the underlying image. Did I missed something? Is that not possible with _alpha in Flash? Thanks for any hints! Sascha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] File Exists - a better way?
Ah, you're right Ian. My post wasn't really a reply to your sollution, the topic "File Exists - a better way" just triggered a memory to the code I posted. I just wanted to contribute a bit to the original topic (it was a long, tiresome day). But perhaps it might be useful in some other way? For example if you'd like to preload/cache a few files when your application starts that can be used later on... Oh well, sorry for the noise. Bart 2006/3/18, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bart, > Firstly, I'm not sure why that's a reply to my posting - and > secondly, why would you want to do that..? > > The original poster asked if there was a way of checking whether a > file exists sooner than waiting for the whole file to load. Your > solution loads the whole file via LoadVars - which would take the same > amount of time as loading it normally. My solution is a quick call to > a webserver and a few bytes worth of response - much quicker than > (say) loading a 250Kb file... > > Ian > > On 3/18/06, Bart Wttewaall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ian: "There's no Flash native hack as far as I know." > > > > You can check (and cache while you're at it) any file by using LoadVars: > > > > var file:String = "anyFileType.exe"; > > > > var fileExists:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); > > fileExists.onLoad = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, doCheck); > > fileExists.load(file); > > > > function doCheck(success:Boolean) { > > if (success) trace("File "+file+" exists."); > > else trace("File "+file+" does not exist."); > > } > > > > > ___ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Avoid escaping spaces
Hi List, I´m using escape() a lot in my project to create XML-save content I write to disk. Is there any possibility to override the escape() command that it does not escape spaces to %20 ? I know I could do that by calling escape like this escape("my string").split("%20").join(" "); but as I use escape() a lot in my project I´m afraid I might miss one escape()-call,... Thanks for any thoughts, André ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
There is a limit to how many alpha'd movieclips you can have overlapping before Flash runs into display errors. If a movieclip is supposed to be completely invisible, set _visible=false instead of _alpha=0, so that Flash does not need to display it. If for some reason you really need to display many images overlapped with >0 alpha, look into drawing them into the same bitmap in Flash 8. On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:05 AM, Sascha Balkau wrote: Hi list, I got a number of movieclips created with createEmptyMovieClip, into every MC I load a JPG image dynamically and then it's set it invisible. Then I change the depth of two of these mc's, say one to depth 2000, the other to 2001, make them visible and then I try to blend over these two images with an alpha transparency by setting the _alpha of the upper image to 0 and increase it up to 100 in an onEnterFrame. However it doesn't work, the upper image always fades in from 100% white and not the underlying image. Did I missed something? Is that not possible with _alpha in Flash? Thanks for any hints! Sascha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 broken
> Define reluctant. Is it crashing Flash, or freezing? Have you tried > different FLA's? It's freezing halfway. At first I thought it was slow but after waiting 30 minutes it was still not done. I think I f---ed something up. My brother told me that you can delete preferences files but I don't know where those are ? I am a Mac noob -- Yours, Weyert de Boer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) innerfuse* http://www.innerfuse.biz/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Cannot stop loaded movie
Is this a scoping issue? Are you sure that mcClip is defined and pointing at the right thing inside your function()? Try import mx.utils.Delegate; function onLoadedClip(clip:MovieClip) { clip.stop(); // or clip.gotoAndStop(1); } var mcl:MovieClipLoader=new MovieClipLoader(); mcl.onLoadInit=Delegate.create(this,onLoadedClip); mcl.load(url,myClip); ... from memory, that ought to work (as long as myClip is the clip you're loading into) (Delegate makes the calling of anonymous functions much clearer - see http://www.osflash.org/flashcoders/as2#handling_scope_in_event_handlers for more details on that one. ) HTH, Ian On 3/18/06, Marco Tabini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Helen-- > > Still having the same problem though. Here's my code now: > > ld = new MovieClipLoader(); > url = > > ld.onLoadInit = function() > { > mcClip.gotoAndStop (1); > } > > ld.loadClip(url, mcClip); > > > This only works if I publish in Flash 7 compatibility mode with local > access only. If I set it to publish in Flash 8 mode, I have to switch to > network access only and, when I run the movie from the player the movie > loads but it doesn't stop. > > Any more thoughts? Can anyone try and reproduce this to see if it also > happens to them? Any remote SWF move should do. > ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] control two text area with one scrollbar
Hi, is possible to control the scroll of two text area using only one scrollBar+ Thanks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Cannot stop loaded movie
Thanks Helen-- Still having the same problem though. Here's my code now: ld = new MovieClipLoader(); url = ld.onLoadInit = function() { mcClip.gotoAndStop (1); } ld.loadClip(url, mcClip); This only works if I publish in Flash 7 compatibility mode with local access only. If I set it to publish in Flash 8 mode, I have to switch to network access only and, when I run the movie from the player the movie loads but it doesn't stop. Any more thoughts? Can anyone try and reproduce this to see if it also happens to them? Any remote SWF move should do. Thanks! Marco Helen Triolo wrote: What Marc said, plus use onLoadInit instead of onLoadComplete. From the help docs: "It's important to understand the difference between MovieClipLoader.onLoadComplete and MovieClipLoader.onLoadInit. The onLoadComplete event is called after the SWF, JPEG, GIF, or PNG file loads, but before the application is initialized. At this point, it is impossible to access the loaded movie clip's methods and properties, and therefore you cannot call a function, move to a specific frame, and so on. In most situations, it's better to use the onLoadInit event instead, which is called after the content is loaded and fully initialized." Helen ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] FlashPaper creates a Script Error when loading from a DataBase
Hello all, maybe some of you encotured the same problem. I created a service to upload swf and jpg files to a mysql DataBase and then it's possible to load those files simply calling a PHP based service. All works fine in the borswer ( I get the file from the DB with the right size and proper header ) and also in a flash movie loading jpg and standard swf. When the my flashmovie tries to load the flashpaper it causes an enormous BUG...It start to create a "A SCRIPT IS RUNNING SLOW..." ALERT crashing the swf... I don't what is the reason but I think should be something about domain restrictions ( I'm using DB, flashmovie and PHP service on the same domain and I'm also using crossdomain.xml properly configured ) or the flashpaper header... But I think it's a bug. I don't really understand It should means that flashpaper could loaded only as a physical file on a web server. Thanks, -- dott. daniele galiffa multimedia designer and developer Macromedia FlashMX Developer Certified mobile: +393355753078 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: danielegaliffa ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
Hi list, I got a number of movieclips created with createEmptyMovieClip, into every MC I load a JPG image dynamically and then it's set it invisible. Then I change the depth of two of these mc's, say one to depth 2000, the other to 2001, make them visible and then I try to blend over these two images with an alpha transparency by setting the _alpha of the upper image to 0 and increase it up to 100 in an onEnterFrame. However it doesn't work, the upper image always fades in from 100% white and not the underlying image. Did I missed something? Is that not possible with _alpha in Flash? Thanks for any hints! Sascha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] File Exists - a better way?
Bart, Firstly, I'm not sure why that's a reply to my posting - and secondly, why would you want to do that..? The original poster asked if there was a way of checking whether a file exists sooner than waiting for the whole file to load. Your solution loads the whole file via LoadVars - which would take the same amount of time as loading it normally. My solution is a quick call to a webserver and a few bytes worth of response - much quicker than (say) loading a 250Kb file... Ian On 3/18/06, Bart Wttewaall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian: "There's no Flash native hack as far as I know." > > You can check (and cache while you're at it) any file by using LoadVars: > > var file:String = "anyFileType.exe"; > > var fileExists:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); > fileExists.onLoad = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, doCheck); > fileExists.load(file); > > function doCheck(success:Boolean) { > if (success) trace("File "+file+" exists."); > else trace("File "+file+" does not exist."); > } > > ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] flash8 and cgi
How are you trynig to use sendAndLoad? What does your CGI script do/look like? Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 March 2006 07:43 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] flash8 and cgi Hi, anyone know how to connect a flash movie to a cgi script? I tried to use sendAndLoad but when i check with the onLoad function it gives me an unsuccess... Thanks,Riccardo ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com