[Flashcoders] Window Component doesn't close

[Lieven Cardoen]

I have a window component that doesn't close. It does trigger the
click-event, but hintWindow.deletePopUp() or evt.target.deletePopUp()
doesn't seem to have any effect.

Inside the window component is a mediaplayback component, which works
fine.

 

How do I get rid of this popup

   

lieven cardoen

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RE: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[Robin Burrer]

I agree, the swf studio support is just phenomenal. I have been using
swf studio for over two years now and I never had any issues. It's just
a great wrapper, which offers a lot of features. The pricing is very
reasonable as well. It's not cross platform though. 

Robin


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SWF Studio all the way. The customer support is amazing and the people
who
work there are both knowledgable and helpful- rare indeed.

> On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder
>> what are the pros and cons of other projectors?
>
> Flash Magazine did a comparison of projectors.
>
> http://www.flashmagazine.com/1095
> http://www.flashmagazine.com/1097
>
> It's a little old now, but is a good starting point.
>
>
> Chris
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Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[André Nachtigall Tessmann]

Hello,

I`ll start with the development of a big application next week, and we
need to use these projectors. I`ll be a commercial product, so i think
that it`s very important that i take the right way on the beginning.

What you thing guys, should i develop it that i can easily change
between projectors? Or it`s better run away from them and develop the
tool using C# or something like that? I never had problems with ZINC
or SW till today, but now i have a really big project so i`m a bit
afraid! These projectors are relly stable? Because i only build
some small demo applications in-house, not for commercial use. Success
testimonials are welcome! :-)

Regards,

Andre Nachtigall Tessmann

On 3/29/06, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah I have to say, I've been using zinc for xray's wrapper and they were
> always very responsive to my requests on the forums.  But admittedly, even I
> don't use the EXE version of Xray because of the memory and CPU issues.
>
> That being said, I felt like their support was very good and they seem like
> patient people ;)
>
> On 3/28/06, Grant Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > We just did our first application with a projector app like this.
> > Thankfully the target was only for Windows 2000 and XP, but it needed to
> > support nice transparency with non-rectangular windows.
> >
> > First I gave Screenweaver OS a go, but it has some major bugs, and
> > almost no development (well, not on the version 3, apparently they are
> > working hard on the beta version 4).  After a couple of days we decided
> > that we needed an application that could provide support.
> >
> > We looked at them all, and decided on Zinc, as it seemed to have the
> > most active forums and developers (ie they respond to bug reports
> > quickly), it was cross platform (thinking about future projects), and
> > had a lot of features.  Unfortunately we found that CPU usage was
> > extreme - with an application approximately 800x600 it would use 65% of
> > a 3.0GHz cpu just sitting there, and 100% cpu when there was any
> > animation inside the window.  This is due to the transparency - it was
> > much better with a regular rectangular window.
> >
> > As our client found this unacceptable we moved to mProjector (at their
> > recommendation).  We found mProjector to make the smallest file size,
> > and have the best CPU usage.  Unfortunately their support is much slower
> > - the forums are much less busy and the devs will take some days to
> > respond to emails.  They were in the process of releasing their new
> > version at this time, so this may explain it (they are a much smaller
> > operation than Zinc).  Unfortunately we found there was a bug that would
> > cause the application to crash sporadically (when loading external
> > movies/data), and some two months after reporting this as a bug it was
> > still on their "todo" list.  Also transparency was fine in the Flash 7
> > build, but in Flash 8 was very patchy (I believe this has been fixed
> > since).
> >
> > So, we had to move to Northcode SWF Studio.  This was our last option,
> > as we couldn't find any other Projector applications that had
> > synchronous commands (and switching to asynchronous would be far too
> > much work this late in the project).  Northcode has fairly quiet forums,
> > but their devs replied to every post at least once a day, and responded
> > to emails within a day (with the timezone difference from Aus to Canada
> > I thought that was pretty good).  The downside is that their
> > transparency support was fairly poor - the only reliable method for
> > non-rectangular windows was to have 1bit transparency.  They did provide
> > me with a pre-release version with better transparency (which I believe
> > has been released now), however this did have pretty much the same CPU
> > issue as Zinc.
> >
> > So, overall:
> > - Northcode (which we ended up going with) had the best support and
> > least bugs.  But did make the largest filesize.
> > - Zinc has the most features, and the CPU issue appeared to just be
> > Flash 8 - all three had ver poor CPU usage when using nice transparency
> > in Flash 8.  Medium filesize
> > - mProjector had the smallest filesize, and with Flash 7 had the best
> > CPU performance.  The app/libraries had the least features (ie no cross
> > platform, no screensavers, no support for standard rectangular windows).
> >
> > And at the end of it all, I have vowed to avoid working on any Projector
> > applications like this again.  They all seem like patchy solutions, and
> > I guess that's why Macromedia never added more than basic fscommands to
> > the standard Flash projectors.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Grant Cox
> >
> >
> > Chris Velevitch wrote:
> >
> > >On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what
> > are the pros and cons of other projectors?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >Flash Magazine did a comparison of 

Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[John Grden]

Yeah I have to say, I've been using zinc for xray's wrapper and they were
always very responsive to my requests on the forums.  But admittedly, even I
don't use the EXE version of Xray because of the memory and CPU issues.

That being said, I felt like their support was very good and they seem like
patient people ;)

On 3/28/06, Grant Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> We just did our first application with a projector app like this.
> Thankfully the target was only for Windows 2000 and XP, but it needed to
> support nice transparency with non-rectangular windows.
>
> First I gave Screenweaver OS a go, but it has some major bugs, and
> almost no development (well, not on the version 3, apparently they are
> working hard on the beta version 4).  After a couple of days we decided
> that we needed an application that could provide support.
>
> We looked at them all, and decided on Zinc, as it seemed to have the
> most active forums and developers (ie they respond to bug reports
> quickly), it was cross platform (thinking about future projects), and
> had a lot of features.  Unfortunately we found that CPU usage was
> extreme - with an application approximately 800x600 it would use 65% of
> a 3.0GHz cpu just sitting there, and 100% cpu when there was any
> animation inside the window.  This is due to the transparency - it was
> much better with a regular rectangular window.
>
> As our client found this unacceptable we moved to mProjector (at their
> recommendation).  We found mProjector to make the smallest file size,
> and have the best CPU usage.  Unfortunately their support is much slower
> - the forums are much less busy and the devs will take some days to
> respond to emails.  They were in the process of releasing their new
> version at this time, so this may explain it (they are a much smaller
> operation than Zinc).  Unfortunately we found there was a bug that would
> cause the application to crash sporadically (when loading external
> movies/data), and some two months after reporting this as a bug it was
> still on their "todo" list.  Also transparency was fine in the Flash 7
> build, but in Flash 8 was very patchy (I believe this has been fixed
> since).
>
> So, we had to move to Northcode SWF Studio.  This was our last option,
> as we couldn't find any other Projector applications that had
> synchronous commands (and switching to asynchronous would be far too
> much work this late in the project).  Northcode has fairly quiet forums,
> but their devs replied to every post at least once a day, and responded
> to emails within a day (with the timezone difference from Aus to Canada
> I thought that was pretty good).  The downside is that their
> transparency support was fairly poor - the only reliable method for
> non-rectangular windows was to have 1bit transparency.  They did provide
> me with a pre-release version with better transparency (which I believe
> has been released now), however this did have pretty much the same CPU
> issue as Zinc.
>
> So, overall:
> - Northcode (which we ended up going with) had the best support and
> least bugs.  But did make the largest filesize.
> - Zinc has the most features, and the CPU issue appeared to just be
> Flash 8 - all three had ver poor CPU usage when using nice transparency
> in Flash 8.  Medium filesize
> - mProjector had the smallest filesize, and with Flash 7 had the best
> CPU performance.  The app/libraries had the least features (ie no cross
> platform, no screensavers, no support for standard rectangular windows).
>
> And at the end of it all, I have vowed to avoid working on any Projector
> applications like this again.  They all seem like patchy solutions, and
> I guess that's why Macromedia never added more than basic fscommands to
> the standard Flash projectors.
>
> Regards,
> Grant Cox
>
>
> Chris Velevitch wrote:
>
> >On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what
> are the pros and cons of other projectors?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Flash Magazine did a comparison of projectors.
> >
> >http://www.flashmagazine.com/1095
> >http://www.flashmagazine.com/1097
> >
> >It's a little old now, but is a good starting point.
> >
> >
> >Chris
> >--
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> >Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group
> >www.flashdev.org.au
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Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[stacey]

SWF Studio all the way. The customer support is amazing and the people who
work there are both knowledgable and helpful- rare indeed.

> On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder
>> what are the pros and cons of other projectors?
>
> Flash Magazine did a comparison of projectors.
>
> http://www.flashmagazine.com/1095
> http://www.flashmagazine.com/1097
>
> It's a little old now, but is a good starting point.
>
>
> Chris
> --
> Chris Velevitch
> Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group
> www.flashdev.org.au
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RE: RE: [Flashcoders] non breaking space in html textfield, Flash MX 2004

[Ian Wood]

Hi,

 

I've been pulling my hair out over this one too, and I eventually found
a solution (too late for the project I was working on, but good enough
for the next one!).

 

The problem is to get Flash to embed the font outline for the non
breaking space.

 

There is a file called :

 

C:\Documents and Settings\ian\Local Settings\Application
Data\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\FontEmbedding\UnicodeTable.xml

 

That contains all the "presets" in the embed window for a text field.

 

In the glyphRange for Latin I, I did this:

 



 

  -  here I changed A1 to A0 so it
includes A0 - the unicode for a non-breaking space.

...

 

and to be sure, I added a new glyphRange at the end :

 







 

and selected this one in the text field too embedded font outlines popup
too.

 

It seems to work fine.

 

Ian 

 

>  Hi

>  

>  thanks for the suggestions.   is no good in this case as I need
the text to

>  stay on the same line.

>  

>  It turns out it is down to using embedded fonts. If I have the text
field set to

>  use any embedded fonts the problem occurs. ie: With the the 'Specify
Ranges'

>  checkbox on in the "Character" dialog of the propertries panel, then
the $nbsp;

>  spaces fail to show up.  I tried Jayson's suggestion of forcing the
inclusion

>  of the space character with the "include these characters" box, but
that

>  doesn't work either.  It works ok with other punctuation characters.

>  

>  For example if I ammend the script to -

>  

>  var somehtml = "Diddy never wanted a nap .,;:";
//note the

>  punctuation characters

>  

>  this.textfield1.html=true;

>  this.textfield1.htmlText = somehtml;

>  

>  then use embedded fonts for the textfield only those punctuation
characters I

>  enter into the "include these characters" box show up. Alternatively
selecting

>  the punctuation category from the "Specfy Ranges" list works as well
for ,.:'

>  etc.

>  

>  However, including the space character, or selecting the punctuation
category

>  from the "Specfy Ranges" list, does not make it show up in htmlText.
This

>  seems to me to be a real bug.

>  

>  Joe

>  

>  - Original Message -

>  From: "Jayson K Hanes" 

>  To: 

>  Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:21 PM

>  Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] non breaking space in html textfield,
Flash MX 2004

>  

>  

>  This works for me:

>  

>  var somehtml = "Diddy never wanted a nap";

>  this.textfield1.html=true;

>  this.textfield1.htmlText = somehtml;

>  

>  ergo, you NEED this line:

>  

>  this.textfield1.html=true;

>  

>  BUT, that's if the [<>] isn't selected in your properties panel.

>  

>  BUT.. I'm assuming you had that enabled otherwise you'd have seen the

>  raw  's.. sooo...

>  

>  WHAT FONT are you using?.. I'm guessing that you have font outlines

>  embedded with certain characters...

>  

>  Try this: in FRONT OF ALL characters listed in "include other

>  characters".. click there, and PRESS THE SPACEBAR.. ie: put a "space
in

>  there". If you have none in there, put a SPACE and a PERIOD " ."

>  

>  Then try it..

>  

>  Hope that helps.

>  

>  -Jayson

>  

>  > -Original Message-

>  > From: lists at jlister.f2s.com [mailto:lists at jlister.f2s.com]

>  > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 1:20 PM

>  > To: flashcoders at chattyfig.figleaf.com

>  > Subject: [Flashcoders] non breaking space in html textfield, Flash
MX

>  2004

>  >

>  > Hi

>  >

>  > the   character does not seem to be working in html textfields
in

>  > when

>  > publishing from MX 2004.  Has anyone else come across this?

>  >

>  > I am using test code as follows

>  >

>  > var somehtml = "Diddy never wanted a nap";

>  > this.textfield1.htmlText = somehtml;

>  >

>  > the textfield displays -

>  >

>  > Diddyneverwantedanap

>  >

>  > although if I copy and paste from the textfield I get -

>  >

>  > Diddy never wanted a nap

>  >

>  > I have trawled the flashcoders archive but no one else seems to be

>  > reporting

>  > this problem, on the contrary   seems to be the solution to
many

>  > problems.

>  > The   is used extensivily in a large project created in Flash
MX,

>  so

>  > its

>  > sudden failure is a real pain.  Any help appreciated.

>  >

>  > I am publishing to Flash 6, with AS1, using Flash MX2004 on win XP.

>  >

>  > tia

>  >

>  > joe

 

 

 

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Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[Grant Cox]

We just did our first application with a projector app like this.  
Thankfully the target was only for Windows 2000 and XP, but it needed to 
support nice transparency with non-rectangular windows.


First I gave Screenweaver OS a go, but it has some major bugs, and 
almost no development (well, not on the version 3, apparently they are 
working hard on the beta version 4).  After a couple of days we decided 
that we needed an application that could provide support.


We looked at them all, and decided on Zinc, as it seemed to have the 
most active forums and developers (ie they respond to bug reports 
quickly), it was cross platform (thinking about future projects), and 
had a lot of features.  Unfortunately we found that CPU usage was 
extreme - with an application approximately 800x600 it would use 65% of 
a 3.0GHz cpu just sitting there, and 100% cpu when there was any 
animation inside the window.  This is due to the transparency - it was 
much better with a regular rectangular window.


As our client found this unacceptable we moved to mProjector (at their 
recommendation).  We found mProjector to make the smallest file size, 
and have the best CPU usage.  Unfortunately their support is much slower 
- the forums are much less busy and the devs will take some days to 
respond to emails.  They were in the process of releasing their new 
version at this time, so this may explain it (they are a much smaller 
operation than Zinc).  Unfortunately we found there was a bug that would 
cause the application to crash sporadically (when loading external 
movies/data), and some two months after reporting this as a bug it was 
still on their "todo" list.  Also transparency was fine in the Flash 7 
build, but in Flash 8 was very patchy (I believe this has been fixed since).


So, we had to move to Northcode SWF Studio.  This was our last option, 
as we couldn't find any other Projector applications that had 
synchronous commands (and switching to asynchronous would be far too 
much work this late in the project).  Northcode has fairly quiet forums, 
but their devs replied to every post at least once a day, and responded 
to emails within a day (with the timezone difference from Aus to Canada 
I thought that was pretty good).  The downside is that their 
transparency support was fairly poor - the only reliable method for 
non-rectangular windows was to have 1bit transparency.  They did provide 
me with a pre-release version with better transparency (which I believe 
has been released now), however this did have pretty much the same CPU 
issue as Zinc.


So, overall:
- Northcode (which we ended up going with) had the best support and 
least bugs.  But did make the largest filesize.
- Zinc has the most features, and the CPU issue appeared to just be 
Flash 8 - all three had ver poor CPU usage when using nice transparency 
in Flash 8.  Medium filesize
- mProjector had the smallest filesize, and with Flash 7 had the best 
CPU performance.  The app/libraries had the least features (ie no cross 
platform, no screensavers, no support for standard rectangular windows).


And at the end of it all, I have vowed to avoid working on any Projector 
applications like this again.  They all seem like patchy solutions, and 
I guess that's why Macromedia never added more than basic fscommands to 
the standard Flash projectors.


Regards,
Grant Cox


Chris Velevitch wrote:


On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 


I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what are the 
pros and cons of other projectors?
   



Flash Magazine did a comparison of projectors.

http://www.flashmagazine.com/1095
http://www.flashmagazine.com/1097

It's a little old now, but is a good starting point.


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www.flashdev.org.au
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Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[Troy Rollins]

On Mar 28, 2006, at 11:32 PM, John Grden wrote:

Screenweaver by far IMHO is the best wrapper around.  It's now open  
source

and Version4 will be cross platform.


It probably IS the best, but if cross-platform is important, then it  
isn't in the competition yet. Will be great when it is.


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Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[John Grden]

Screenweaver by far IMHO is the best wrapper around.  It's now open source
and Version4 will be cross platform.

http://www.osflash.org/screenweaver

On 3/28/06, Troy Rollins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 28, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Gene Jannece wrote:
>
> > I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder
> > what are the pros and cons of other projectors?
>
> Cross-platform? Zinc is pretty much the most powerful wrapper for
> Windows. The problem with Zinc is mostly the Mac version, which is
> pretty weak comparatively, and kinda buggy. mProjector for Mac seems
> more solidly built, but both rely on Applescript if much heavy-
> lifting is required.
>
> Zinc. "The workaround wonder." More workarounds have been developed
> for Zinc than any tool I've ever seen. It can do almost anything, and
> without crashing, as long as you don't mind the workarounds.
>
> --
> Troy
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> http://www.rpsystems.net
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[Troy Rollins]

On Mar 28, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Gene Jannece wrote:

I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder  
what are the pros and cons of other projectors?


Cross-platform? Zinc is pretty much the most powerful wrapper for  
Windows. The problem with Zinc is mostly the Mac version, which is  
pretty weak comparatively, and kinda buggy. mProjector for Mac seems  
more solidly built, but both rely on Applescript if much heavy- 
lifting is required.


Zinc. "The workaround wonder." More workarounds have been developed  
for Zinc than any tool I've ever seen. It can do almost anything, and  
without crashing, as long as you don't mind the workarounds.


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Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[Chris Velevitch]

On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what are 
> the pros and cons of other projectors?

Flash Magazine did a comparison of projectors.

http://www.flashmagazine.com/1095
http://www.flashmagazine.com/1097

It's a little old now, but is a good starting point.


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Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Charles Parcell]

To respecfully debate the issue...

All the examples you listed are all self aware events not broadcast level
events. Broadcasting so that other components can respond is pointless for
enter/leave events

Charles P.


On 3/28/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>My question to you would be, why would you expect a button to
> broadcast that
> >>it being rolled over?  There is no standard UI reason for it. The only
> real
> >>action that a standard button is good for is clicking.
>
> Hmmm.  I would tend to disagree with that.  I think for the same reasons
> you would want a custom-made button to broadcast it.  Even with standard
> UI buttons, I can think of uses for onPress, onReleaseOutside,
> onRollOver, etc.  What would make an mx button any different?
>
> Imagine a fast-forward button for an animation which you hold down to
> activate, and then release to deactivate.  I mean, there are a million
> uses IMO.
>
> I think if I were to venture a guess, the real reason is what Mike was
> suggesting: Macromedia chose the lowest common denominator, redundant
> code, simplicity, etc.  Unless there ARE ways to broadcast these other
> events from MX UI buttons, which I don't know about.
>
> Jason Merrill   |   E-Learning Solutions   |  icfconsulting.com
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Un-HQX, Burn in Mac, make ISO in PC, and make copies in PC

[Ramon Miguel M. Tayag]

Sorry for the late reply; I was out of town.  Ok, thank you for all
your comments.  I'll check these out! :)

On 3/21/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Ramon,
>
> Why don't use hdiutil included on the mac to convert the image or cd into
> the correct format? I think even that you use the Disk Utility on the mac
> to convert it to the ISO format. Anyway check out the hdiutil console app
> too. Works nice.
>
> Yours,
> Weyert de Boer
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RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Mike Anderson]

Hello All - thanks for the interesting input.

For those who DO want to enable the RollOver and RollOut functionality,
I did finally get it working - and all using code that already existed
within the SimpleButton.as file.

If you open up the file, and scroll way to the bottom, there are in fact
"onRollOver" and "onRollOut" functions defined - but only for the
purpose of broadcasting the signal to turn the Halo Effect on and off
when hovering the mouse over.

All I added was the actual lines of code to "DispatchEvent".  What I
overlooked first time around, was that I had "buttonRollOver" and
"buttonRollOut" in order to stay consistent with the other functions
within the Class File.  So after I changed the code in MY Class File
containing the Button reference, to broadcast "buttonRollOver" and
"buttonRollOut", it started to magically work.

So, that's all you gotta do - is add two lines of code (one for each
function) in the SimpleButton.as file, and you are good to go!!

Thanks again for your help on this - 

Mike

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott
Hyndman
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:35 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class
File??

It's not really up to the component developer to decide what may or may
not be done with any control. Of course there are limits to this, but I
would expect that with any visual component a roll over event is a
reasonable thing to expect. Swing (MouseMoveListener), Cocoa (tracking
rects), and the .NET framework (the MouseEnter event) all have support
for this functionality.

I'm not coming down on V2. It's a basic framework for basic needs...I'm
just saying.

Scott

-Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Charles
Parcell
Sent:   Tue 3/28/2006 5:54 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Cc: 
Subject:Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside
a Class File??

My question to you would be, why would you expect a button to broadcast
that it being rolled over?  There is no standard UI reason for it. The
only real action that a standard button is good for is clicking.

Charles P.


On 3/28/06, Mike Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Michael - thanks for the reply -
>
> I guess my real question is, why isn't "onRollOver" and "onRollOut"
> natively part of the Events that the Button Components can broadcast?
>
> In the help docs, there is only 1 mentioned Event - which is "click" -
>
> It just seems odd, that I have to use one method of adding an Event 
> Listener for Click, and a totally different type of "Add Event
Listener"
> method for adding other types of events.
>
> Do you know why that is?
>
> Is it for the purpose of not reinventing the wheel, and borrowing 
> events that already exist in other components, and applying it to 
> others?  I know that all the components in Flash are reduced to their 
> lowest common denominators - and that they import their core functions

> from other core classes - again, for the purpose of not having any 
> redundant code & not reinventing the wheel.
>
> Thanks for your help on this, and to help me further understand how 
> this all works.
>
> Mike :)
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Michael Bedar
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:32 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a 
> Class File??
>
> Whats wrong with this?
>
> myButton.onPress=function(){
> //
> }
>
> Alternatively, use delegate to call a function from the correct scope.
>
> myButton.onPress=Delegate.create(this, myButton_Click)
>
>
> On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Mike Anderson wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am getting very confused here, on how to get the "onRollOver" and 
> > "onRollOut" events to be broadcasted whenever the mouse moves over a

> > Flash Component, contained within a MovieClip using a Class File.
> >
> > The component in this particular instance, is the Push Button.  When

> > reading the documentation, the only "events" that are mentioned is 
> > the
>
> > "click" event.  To my knowledge, when using a Class File attached to

> > a
>
> > MovieClip containing a Push Button component, there is only one type

> > of syntax that can be used for adding listeners.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> >   myButton.addEventListener( "click", myButton_Click );
> >
> > And you usually place this statement inside of the onLoad function 
> > of the MovieClip class itself.
> >
> > Then the function that handles the event, conforms to the method of 
> > how functions must be written inside of a Class File:
> >
> >   private function myButton_Click( evtObj:Object ):Void
> >   {
> >   //code here...
> >   }
> >
> > Since you can't use a listener object (like you would if you were 
> > simply putting functions in the root of the movie itself), and

[Flashcoders] OT: Programmer Job in Salt Lake City

[Jason Lutes]

The company I work for is looking to hire full-time, on-site (SLC, Utah)
Flash programmers. We develop training and courseware for a variety of
clients.

Candidates don't have to be über programmers, but MUST be very comfortable
with Flash and ActionScript coding. Additional Web programming experience
and knowledge is also important.

Please contact me if you, or someone you know, is interested.


-
Jason

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RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Scott Hyndman]

It's not really up to the component developer to decide what may or may not be 
done with any control. Of course there are limits to this, but I would expect 
that with any visual component a roll over event is a reasonable thing to 
expect. Swing (MouseMoveListener), Cocoa (tracking rects), and the .NET 
framework (the MouseEnter event) all have support for this functionality.

I'm not coming down on V2. It's a basic framework for basic needs...I'm just 
saying.

Scott

-Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Charles Parcell
Sent:   Tue 3/28/2006 5:54 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Cc: 
Subject:Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class 
File??

My question to you would be, why would you expect a button to broadcast that
it being rolled over?  There is no standard UI reason for it. The only real
action that a standard button is good for is clicking.

Charles P.


On 3/28/06, Mike Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Michael - thanks for the reply -
>
> I guess my real question is, why isn't "onRollOver" and "onRollOut"
> natively part of the Events that the Button Components can broadcast?
>
> In the help docs, there is only 1 mentioned Event - which is "click" -
>
> It just seems odd, that I have to use one method of adding an Event
> Listener for Click, and a totally different type of "Add Event Listener"
> method for adding other types of events.
>
> Do you know why that is?
>
> Is it for the purpose of not reinventing the wheel, and borrowing events
> that already exist in other components, and applying it to others?  I
> know that all the components in Flash are reduced to their lowest common
> denominators - and that they import their core functions from other core
> classes - again, for the purpose of not having any redundant code & not
> reinventing the wheel.
>
> Thanks for your help on this, and to help me further understand how this
> all works.
>
> Mike :)
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael
> Bedar
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:32 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class
> File??
>
> Whats wrong with this?
>
> myButton.onPress=function(){
> //
> }
>
> Alternatively, use delegate to call a function from the correct scope.
>
> myButton.onPress=Delegate.create(this, myButton_Click)
>
>
> On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Mike Anderson wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am getting very confused here, on how to get the "onRollOver" and
> > "onRollOut" events to be broadcasted whenever the mouse moves over a
> > Flash Component, contained within a MovieClip using a Class File.
> >
> > The component in this particular instance, is the Push Button.  When
> > reading the documentation, the only "events" that are mentioned is the
>
> > "click" event.  To my knowledge, when using a Class File attached to a
>
> > MovieClip containing a Push Button component, there is only one type
> > of syntax that can be used for adding listeners.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> >   myButton.addEventListener( "click", myButton_Click );
> >
> > And you usually place this statement inside of the onLoad function of
> > the MovieClip class itself.
> >
> > Then the function that handles the event, conforms to the method of
> > how functions must be written inside of a Class File:
> >
> >   private function myButton_Click( evtObj:Object ):Void
> >   {
> >   //code here...
> >   }
> >
> > Since you can't use a listener object (like you would if you were
> > simply putting functions in the root of the movie itself), and then
> > have a statement of listenerObject.onRollOver = function() within a
> > Class File, I am wondering how I can force the onRollOver and
> > onRollOut events to get properly broadcasted.
> >
> > Please keep in mind, I am trying to keep 100% of my code inside of my
> > Class Files.  I know a simple solution could be simply highlighting
> > the actual Push Button within the MovieClip, and then directly apply
> > an "on(event)" function to temporarily accomplish my goals - but this
> > totally defeats the purpose of creating a separation between Flash App
>
> > and Source Code.
> >
> > I also looked at the SimpleButton.as Class File in which the Button.as
>
> > Class is based on.  Oddly enough, there are "onRollOver" and
> > "onRollOut"
> > functions in there, but it doesn't Dispatch Events - it simply
> > activates the "highlight" option when the user rolls over the button.
>
> > I thought that was pretty weird...  I manually edited the Class File,
> > so that a Dispatch Event of "onRollOver" and "onRollOut" would be
> > broadcasted, but still no dice...
> >
> > Could any of you point me in the right direction, on how to accomplish
>
> > this using only Class Files?  Since V2 components, AS 2.0, and Class
> > Files are being pushed so hard as the preferred way of doing things,

[Flashcoders] Is there a way to retrieve the order of a given item in my dataset?

[Manuel Saint-Victor]

It would seem that would be something easy to obtain - I want to find out
the current index of the selected item in my DataSet.  I checked the ID
property and it's not a regular index like an array.  Do I have to go
through actually dumping the content into an Array or is there an easier
way.  Since the inheritance of the Dataset is from MovieClip I can't just
call one of it's parent class methods.  Any suggestions on how this is
done?  I'm thinking I might end up having to decorate it with an indexing
method but that that seems like a lot for  a feature that I'm probably just
not aware of how to access.


Thanks,
Mani
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Re: [Flashcoders] WebService - Linux

[David Rorex]

On 3/27/06, franto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to know if it is needed something in system installed (problem is
> in Linux) to run webServices
> i got Flash example with webServices which works on Windows, Linux with
> many
> stuff installed, but on some Linux with few things installed, it doesnt
> work.
> Sorry, i'm not LinuxMan ;) ii can't tell you more, but it's seems, that
> there must be something (library or what) to got webServices functional.
>
> We have dumped connection to server with webService, and it connect to
> webService, even something was returned, but in Flash no responce was
> received.
>
> Does anyone know something concerning this?
>
> Thank you


What language are your web services written in (ASP.Net, PHP, Perl, ...)?
Does the webserver you are trying to run them on support that scripting
language?


-David R
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RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Merrill, Jason]

>>My question to you would be, why would you expect a button to
broadcast that
>>it being rolled over?  There is no standard UI reason for it. The only
real
>>action that a standard button is good for is clicking.

Hmmm.  I would tend to disagree with that.  I think for the same reasons
you would want a custom-made button to broadcast it.  Even with standard
UI buttons, I can think of uses for onPress, onReleaseOutside,
onRollOver, etc.  What would make an mx button any different?

Imagine a fast-forward button for an animation which you hold down to
activate, and then release to deactivate.  I mean, there are a million
uses IMO.

I think if I were to venture a guess, the real reason is what Mike was
suggesting: Macromedia chose the lowest common denominator, redundant
code, simplicity, etc.  Unless there ARE ways to broadcast these other
events from MX UI buttons, which I don't know about.

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[Flashcoders] Re: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 14, Issue 95

[Anastasia McCune]

>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:57:17 -0500
> From: Helen Triolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] special character weirdness using < in XML
> To: Flashcoders mailing list 
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> First thing to check is that you're using the nodeValue property to
> access that node.  Eg, if articleNode is the article node, then
>
> yourtextfield.text = articleNode.firstChild.nodeValue;
>
> Helen
>
> --
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> http://i-technica.com



Yes, definately using .nodeValue to get at the value.  What I did not say is
that I am outputting to htmlText in order to format with CSS.  Even when not
using CSS to format, just outputting the text straight with no CSS
formatting, no go.  The problem doesn't seem to occur when you're using
something like yourtextfield.text.  Many thanks for the previous reply.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Scott Mathieson]

as bit manip. class(es), kwik n durty...

http://flashmx2004.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2440

old one of mine, 'scuse any incorporated guff/lack of features... a lot has 
happened in 2 yrs :P

On Tuesday 28 March 2006 23:31, Eric E. Dolecki wrote:
> Thanks about the bitwise stuff...
>
> thing is this app is kinda like a PPT - except I have 7 config states
> that need checked every step. So the "next" depends on the config
> state... i guess I'll just need to get the bitwise number and then
> check that against some function that returns t/f or something... at
> each step. If you saw the flow diagram for this application, your jaw
> would drop.
>
> I'm wondering if up front I detect the config combination, and then
> load a sep SWF or MC for each of those states to proceed. That way I
> wouldn't need to check all the time along the way... hmmm
>
> 7 configs = 49 possible combinations. Nasty ;/
>
> On Mar 28, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Dave Mennenoh wrote:
> > Here's another tutorial on using bitmasks that I think is a nice one:
> > http://www.vipan.com/htdocs/bitwisehelp.html
> >
> >
> > Dave -
> > Adobe Community Expert
> > www.blurredistinction.com
> > www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/
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Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[elibol]

To answer having switch statements and if/else statements galore, options
behaviors that're determined by other options being active or inactive
should be combined into a single option. This should account to a collection
of options absolutey decoupled from one another. If this is already the
case, being, all options do not depend on each others states to enforce
their behaviors, then I have a suggestion that should lend itself to bit
switches.

Each option should be a class of its own, taking the current pages clip as
an argument to a decorative function which would design the options behavior
into the page.

The application would sequence as so:

The options would be set and stored in an array, the order should not matter
since the options are decoupled from each other. When a new page is
navigated to, the navigator would pass the page to a function which would
propogate the page to a common function which each option would use to take
and identify the page to be decorated with that options behavior. All
options could extend, or be composed with, a base option class which would
account for the common functionality each option would share, such as
decorating pages.

The idea is to swap the conditions from the pages logic over to the options
logic, you could take from the idea of this and maintain the conditions
driven by the options if there are less options than pages.

In a rough outline in code, it might resemble this:

Class OptionBase {

var pageA:Function; //to be defined in extending class

function OptionBase(){
}

function decoratePage(page:MovieClip, pageID:String){
switch(pageID){
case 'pageA': pageA(page); break;
}

}

//...
}


Class OptionA extends OptionBase {
//...
function pageA(pageA:MovieClip){
//mangle pageA in every which way.
}
//...
}

There might be a manager class that does managerial things.

Good luck,

M

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>
> I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that
> controls
> walkthroughs of various situations.
>
> I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)
>
> var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
> var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
> var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
> var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
> var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
> ... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them
> in total.
>
>
> I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think
> this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be
> readable
> & this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am
> looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I
> wanted
> to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An
> array
> of configs?
>
> Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial".
> What
> might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements
> galore
> at each step of the process?
>
> Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Charles Parcell]

My question to you would be, why would you expect a button to broadcast that
it being rolled over?  There is no standard UI reason for it. The only real
action that a standard button is good for is clicking.

Charles P.


On 3/28/06, Mike Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Michael - thanks for the reply -
>
> I guess my real question is, why isn't "onRollOver" and "onRollOut"
> natively part of the Events that the Button Components can broadcast?
>
> In the help docs, there is only 1 mentioned Event - which is "click" -
>
> It just seems odd, that I have to use one method of adding an Event
> Listener for Click, and a totally different type of "Add Event Listener"
> method for adding other types of events.
>
> Do you know why that is?
>
> Is it for the purpose of not reinventing the wheel, and borrowing events
> that already exist in other components, and applying it to others?  I
> know that all the components in Flash are reduced to their lowest common
> denominators - and that they import their core functions from other core
> classes - again, for the purpose of not having any redundant code & not
> reinventing the wheel.
>
> Thanks for your help on this, and to help me further understand how this
> all works.
>
> Mike :)
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael
> Bedar
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:32 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class
> File??
>
> Whats wrong with this?
>
> myButton.onPress=function(){
> //
> }
>
> Alternatively, use delegate to call a function from the correct scope.
>
> myButton.onPress=Delegate.create(this, myButton_Click)
>
>
> On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Mike Anderson wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am getting very confused here, on how to get the "onRollOver" and
> > "onRollOut" events to be broadcasted whenever the mouse moves over a
> > Flash Component, contained within a MovieClip using a Class File.
> >
> > The component in this particular instance, is the Push Button.  When
> > reading the documentation, the only "events" that are mentioned is the
>
> > "click" event.  To my knowledge, when using a Class File attached to a
>
> > MovieClip containing a Push Button component, there is only one type
> > of syntax that can be used for adding listeners.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> >   myButton.addEventListener( "click", myButton_Click );
> >
> > And you usually place this statement inside of the onLoad function of
> > the MovieClip class itself.
> >
> > Then the function that handles the event, conforms to the method of
> > how functions must be written inside of a Class File:
> >
> >   private function myButton_Click( evtObj:Object ):Void
> >   {
> >   //code here...
> >   }
> >
> > Since you can't use a listener object (like you would if you were
> > simply putting functions in the root of the movie itself), and then
> > have a statement of listenerObject.onRollOver = function() within a
> > Class File, I am wondering how I can force the onRollOver and
> > onRollOut events to get properly broadcasted.
> >
> > Please keep in mind, I am trying to keep 100% of my code inside of my
> > Class Files.  I know a simple solution could be simply highlighting
> > the actual Push Button within the MovieClip, and then directly apply
> > an "on(event)" function to temporarily accomplish my goals - but this
> > totally defeats the purpose of creating a separation between Flash App
>
> > and Source Code.
> >
> > I also looked at the SimpleButton.as Class File in which the Button.as
>
> > Class is based on.  Oddly enough, there are "onRollOver" and
> > "onRollOut"
> > functions in there, but it doesn't Dispatch Events - it simply
> > activates the "highlight" option when the user rolls over the button.
>
> > I thought that was pretty weird...  I manually edited the Class File,
> > so that a Dispatch Event of "onRollOver" and "onRollOut" would be
> > broadcasted, but still no dice...
> >
> > Could any of you point me in the right direction, on how to accomplish
>
> > this using only Class Files?  Since V2 components, AS 2.0, and Class
> > Files are being pushed so hard as the preferred way of doing things,
> > it simply baffles me why these other events wouldn't be available to
> > the developer.  Sorry, but "click" just isn't doing it for me - I need
>
> > more events out of my components.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Mike
> >
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Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Eric E. Dolecki]

Thanks about the bitwise stuff...

thing is this app is kinda like a PPT - except I have 7 config states  
that need checked every step. So the "next" depends on the config  
state... i guess I'll just need to get the bitwise number and then  
check that against some function that returns t/f or something... at  
each step. If you saw the flow diagram for this application, your jaw  
would drop.


I'm wondering if up front I detect the config combination, and then  
load a sep SWF or MC for each of those states to proceed. That way I  
wouldn't need to check all the time along the way... hmmm


7 configs = 49 possible combinations. Nasty ;/


On Mar 28, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Dave Mennenoh wrote:


Here's another tutorial on using bitmasks that I think is a nice one:
http://www.vipan.com/htdocs/bitwisehelp.html


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Re: [Flashcoders] 8.5 player and javascript

[David Rorex]

What would be useful is if someone took one of the existion Flash <--> JS
communication kits, which works w/ 6 & 7, and then modified the API, such
that it matched exactly the ExternalInterface of 8 & 8.5.
This way, you could write the same code which compiled for all versions.
Only if you were going to 6 or 7, you would just include the extra class
file.

-David R

On 3/27/06, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yeah, external interface works great, but it's not backward compatible
> to 6 or even 7 which is what we need to support.
>
> It'll be interesting to see how fast things move.
>
>
>
> Mike Britton wrote:
> > I suggest switching to the flash.external (ExternalInterface) package.
> >  This seems to be *the way* to do it in AS3.  I use it currently in
> > AS2 and it works really well.
> >
> > Mike
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[Flashcoders] problem with FileReference download

[riccardo.roasio]

Hi,
i'm trying to download a file from the server using the FileREference download 
function...

If i try from flash ( TEst movie ) it download the file correcly, but if 
i try from the web browser it seems to wait for something

So i tryed to run it directy as swf and it sayd that i'm doing something 
potentially 
dangerous...

I need to set something about security to permit to connect to the server?


Thanks, Riccardo
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Re: [Flashcoders] >> Flash to pdf

[David Rorex]

I think flashpaper is mainly for going the other waythat is: pdf (or
anything) -> swf

-David R

On 3/28/06, arief ferdiansyah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> try this
> http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashpaper/
>
> 2006/3/28, Laurent CUCHET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Im searching a way to convert a clip from a swf to a PDF
> >
> > Anyone got a tips to fo flash 8 ?
> >
> > No flashto go or blaze to pdf
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> >
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RE: [Flashcoders] Makin a Game

[Adrian Lynch]

You'll need to know when the game is complete. How you do that depends on
how you've built the game so far.

You have a number of things to drag in to place, say 10, each time one of
those things has been put in position, increment a counter. When that
counter is the same as the number of things you have, the game is complete.
That's about as easy as it gets. Though I'm sure they'll be other things to
complicate it some more.

Adrian

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Subject: [Flashcoders] Makin a Game


Hi,

I am making a Drag and Drop game in Flash, but at the end of it when
user has put all the pieces of game together I need to take him to a
next screen where they can see the entire *product* they created.

I need to know, how to go about it? (Do I need to assign some variables
to different pieces in the game, and call them at the end of it???)

Any help would be appreciated?

Thanks
Varun Dixit

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Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Dave Mennenoh]

Here's another tutorial on using bitmasks that I think is a nice one:
http://www.vipan.com/htdocs/bitwisehelp.html


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RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Mike Anderson]

Hello Michael - thanks for the reply - 

I guess my real question is, why isn't "onRollOver" and "onRollOut"
natively part of the Events that the Button Components can broadcast?

In the help docs, there is only 1 mentioned Event - which is "click" - 

It just seems odd, that I have to use one method of adding an Event
Listener for Click, and a totally different type of "Add Event Listener"
method for adding other types of events.

Do you know why that is?

Is it for the purpose of not reinventing the wheel, and borrowing events
that already exist in other components, and applying it to others?  I
know that all the components in Flash are reduced to their lowest common
denominators - and that they import their core functions from other core
classes - again, for the purpose of not having any redundant code & not
reinventing the wheel.

Thanks for your help on this, and to help me further understand how this
all works.

Mike :)
 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael
Bedar
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:32 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class
File??

Whats wrong with this?

myButton.onPress=function(){
//
}

Alternatively, use delegate to call a function from the correct scope.

myButton.onPress=Delegate.create(this, myButton_Click)


On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Mike Anderson wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I am getting very confused here, on how to get the "onRollOver" and 
> "onRollOut" events to be broadcasted whenever the mouse moves over a 
> Flash Component, contained within a MovieClip using a Class File.
>
> The component in this particular instance, is the Push Button.  When 
> reading the documentation, the only "events" that are mentioned is the

> "click" event.  To my knowledge, when using a Class File attached to a

> MovieClip containing a Push Button component, there is only one type 
> of syntax that can be used for adding listeners.
>
> For example:
>
>   myButton.addEventListener( "click", myButton_Click );
>
> And you usually place this statement inside of the onLoad function of 
> the MovieClip class itself.
>
> Then the function that handles the event, conforms to the method of 
> how functions must be written inside of a Class File:
>
>   private function myButton_Click( evtObj:Object ):Void
>   {
>   //code here...
>   }
>
> Since you can't use a listener object (like you would if you were 
> simply putting functions in the root of the movie itself), and then 
> have a statement of listenerObject.onRollOver = function() within a 
> Class File, I am wondering how I can force the onRollOver and 
> onRollOut events to get properly broadcasted.
>
> Please keep in mind, I am trying to keep 100% of my code inside of my 
> Class Files.  I know a simple solution could be simply highlighting 
> the actual Push Button within the MovieClip, and then directly apply 
> an "on(event)" function to temporarily accomplish my goals - but this 
> totally defeats the purpose of creating a separation between Flash App

> and Source Code.
>
> I also looked at the SimpleButton.as Class File in which the Button.as

> Class is based on.  Oddly enough, there are "onRollOver" and 
> "onRollOut"
> functions in there, but it doesn't Dispatch Events - it simply 
> activates the "highlight" option when the user rolls over the button.

> I thought that was pretty weird...  I manually edited the Class File, 
> so that a Dispatch Event of "onRollOver" and "onRollOut" would be 
> broadcasted, but still no dice...
>
> Could any of you point me in the right direction, on how to accomplish

> this using only Class Files?  Since V2 components, AS 2.0, and Class 
> Files are being pushed so hard as the preferred way of doing things, 
> it simply baffles me why these other events wouldn't be available to 
> the developer.  Sorry, but "click" just isn't doing it for me - I need

> more events out of my components.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mike
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Automated extracting screenshots from .swf's

[Dave Mennenoh]

It'd be pretty easy to do this with Director. Not sure about any of the 
other Flash wrappers though.



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[Flashcoders] Automated extracting screenshots from .swf's

[David Rorex]

Hi,

I am looking for an automated way in which I can automatically extract
frames from a .swf into a bitmap image (.jpg, .bmp, whatever). My ideal
program would work like this:

swf2jpg.exe --input myMovie.swf --frame 2 --output myMovie_F2.jpg

And then it would extract frame 2 from myMovie.swf into a jpg. I am
interested in anything that can convert a swf into bitmaped images, but I
really need something that can be automated (run without human interaction).

Thanks,
David R
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Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[John Mark Hawley]

You want to use bit flags for your constants...

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/bitwise.html

(plenty of other tutorials floating around as well, if that don't float yer 
boat...)

-Mark Hawley


> From: "eric dolecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/03/28 Tue PM 01:44:20 CST
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" 
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...
> 
> I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that controls
> walkthroughs of various situations.
> 
> I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)
> 
> var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
> var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
> var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
> var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
> var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
> ... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them
> in total.
> 
> 
> I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think
> this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be readable
> & this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am
> looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I wanted
> to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An array
> of configs?
> 
> Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial". What
> might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements galore
> at each step of the process?
> 
> Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Michael Bedar]

Whats wrong with this?

myButton.onPress=function(){
//
}

Alternatively, use delegate to call a function from the correct scope.

myButton.onPress=Delegate.create(this, myButton_Click)


On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Mike Anderson wrote:


Hello All,

I am getting very confused here, on how to get the "onRollOver" and
"onRollOut" events to be broadcasted whenever the mouse moves over a
Flash Component, contained within a MovieClip using a Class File.

The component in this particular instance, is the Push Button.  When
reading the documentation, the only "events" that are mentioned is the
"click" event.  To my knowledge, when using a Class File attached to a
MovieClip containing a Push Button component, there is only one  
type of

syntax that can be used for adding listeners.

For example:

myButton.addEventListener( "click", myButton_Click );

And you usually place this statement inside of the onLoad function of
the MovieClip class itself.

Then the function that handles the event, conforms to the method of  
how

functions must be written inside of a Class File:

private function myButton_Click( evtObj:Object ):Void
{
//code here...
}

Since you can't use a listener object (like you would if you were  
simply

putting functions in the root of the movie itself), and then have a
statement of listenerObject.onRollOver = function() within a Class  
File,

I am wondering how I can force the onRollOver and onRollOut events to
get properly broadcasted.

Please keep in mind, I am trying to keep 100% of my code inside of my
Class Files.  I know a simple solution could be simply highlighting  
the

actual Push Button within the MovieClip, and then directly apply an
"on(event)" function to temporarily accomplish my goals - but this
totally defeats the purpose of creating a separation between Flash App
and Source Code.

I also looked at the SimpleButton.as Class File in which the Button.as
Class is based on.  Oddly enough, there are "onRollOver" and  
"onRollOut"
functions in there, but it doesn't Dispatch Events - it simply  
activates

the "highlight" option when the user rolls over the button.  I thought
that was pretty weird...  I manually edited the Class File, so that a
Dispatch Event of "onRollOver" and "onRollOut" would be  
broadcasted, but

still no dice...

Could any of you point me in the right direction, on how to accomplish
this using only Class Files?  Since V2 components, AS 2.0, and Class
Files are being pushed so hard as the preferred way of doing  
things, it

simply baffles me why these other events wouldn't be available to the
developer.  Sorry, but "click" just isn't doing it for me - I need  
more

events out of my components.

Thanks in advance,

Mike

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Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Daniel Cascais]

I think you could use something like the example I had posted some
time ago. It uses the technique Scott is mentioning.


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RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Scott Hyndman]

yeah, sure. Any combination of numbers you want. Just make sure all of your 
CONFIG_* variables are ascending 2^n numbers (hence the bitwise, we're dealing 
with binary number reps here). So...

1
2
4
8
16
32
...and so on

You'll find that this technique is used frequently in many frameworks and 
standard libraries, so it's a good thing to understand if you ever choose to 
move away from Flash. The V2 Alert component even uses it to determine what 
buttons an Alert should display. And not to mention it's fast as hell. No 
lengthy array scans to determine configuration. :)

Scott

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Cc: 
Subject:Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

would that work with combinations of 3 or 4?

aAndCAndDAndE = A | C | D | E ?

On 3/28/06, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Bitwise arithmentic would be much more appropriate (if I understand
> correctly)
>
> var CONFIG_A:Number = 1;
> var CONFIG_B:Number = 2;
> var CONFIG_C:Number = 4;
> var CONFIG_D:Number = 8;
>
> So a configuration of A and C would be.
>
> var aAndC:Number = A | C;
>
> To detect config numbers, do the following:
>
> if (configNumber & CONFIG_D) {
>   // do something to do with D
> }
> else if (configNumber & CONFIG_B) {
>   // do something to do with B
> }
>
> This is way more extensible, as it's easy to add new configs.
>
> -Original Message-
> From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of eric
> dolecki
> Sent:   Tue 3/28/2006 2:44 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Cc:
> Subject:[Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...
>
> I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that
> controls
> walkthroughs of various situations.
>
> I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)
>
> var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
> var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
> var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
> var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
> var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
> ... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them
> in total.
>
>
> I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think
> this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be
> readable
> & this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am
> looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I
> wanted
> to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An
> array
> of configs?
>
> Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial".
> What
> might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements
> galore
> at each step of the process?
>
> Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] Makin a Game

[elibol]

To do what you seem to be questioning, maybe 2 classes, a shapeData object,
and a shapeManager, the latter would serve to manage shapeData objects.
shapeData objects would store a shapes library ID, along with any user
interactive changes that the original shape may under go. The shapeManager
would server to add, remove, read, and write shapeData.

Maybe something along these lines...

Good luck Varun,

M.

I would create a class that, as an instance, would be equiped to carry the
library ID of the object

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> Hi,
>
> I am making a Drag and Drop game in Flash, but at the end of it when
> user has put all the pieces of game together I need to take him to a
> next screen where they can see the entire *product* they created.
>
> I need to know, how to go about it? (Do I need to assign some variables
> to different pieces in the game, and call them at the end of it???)
>
> Any help would be appreciated?
>
> Thanks
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[Flashcoders] MXI Creator and Ant build

[Manuel Saint-Victor]

I've been trying to package some class files with MXI File creator
(Excellent tool -by the way) and My stack of class files is getting bigger.
Can MXI File Creator use ANT.  I'm starting to feel like it might be time
for me to learn ANT and if I could use it for this part of my project it
would be more justified.

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[Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

[Gene Jannece]

I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what are the 
pros and cons of other projectors?


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Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[eric dolecki]

would that work with combinations of 3 or 4?

aAndCAndDAndE = A | C | D | E ?

On 3/28/06, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Bitwise arithmentic would be much more appropriate (if I understand
> correctly)
>
> var CONFIG_A:Number = 1;
> var CONFIG_B:Number = 2;
> var CONFIG_C:Number = 4;
> var CONFIG_D:Number = 8;
>
> So a configuration of A and C would be.
>
> var aAndC:Number = A | C;
>
> To detect config numbers, do the following:
>
> if (configNumber & CONFIG_D) {
>   // do something to do with D
> }
> else if (configNumber & CONFIG_B) {
>   // do something to do with B
> }
>
> This is way more extensible, as it's easy to add new configs.
>
> -Original Message-
> From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of eric
> dolecki
> Sent:   Tue 3/28/2006 2:44 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Cc:
> Subject:[Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...
>
> I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that
> controls
> walkthroughs of various situations.
>
> I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)
>
> var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
> var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
> var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
> var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
> var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
> ... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them
> in total.
>
>
> I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think
> this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be
> readable
> & this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am
> looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I
> wanted
> to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An
> array
> of configs?
>
> Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial".
> What
> might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements
> galore
> at each step of the process?
>
> Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Scott Hyndman]

Here's a little tutorial that seems to cover it, if you don't understand my 
example.

http://www.nwnlexicon.com/compiled/primer.bitwiseoperators.html

Scott


-Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Scott Hyndman
Sent:   Tue 3/28/2006 2:48 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Cc: 
Subject:RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

Bitwise arithmentic would be much more appropriate (if I understand correctly)

var CONFIG_A:Number = 1;
var CONFIG_B:Number = 2;
var CONFIG_C:Number = 4;
var CONFIG_D:Number = 8;

So a configuration of A and C would be.

var aAndC:Number = A | C;

To detect config numbers, do the following:

if (configNumber & CONFIG_D) {
  // do something to do with D
}
else if (configNumber & CONFIG_B) {
  // do something to do with B
}

This is way more extensible, as it's easy to add new configs.

-Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of eric dolecki
Sent:   Tue 3/28/2006 2:44 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Cc: 
Subject:[Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that controls
walkthroughs of various situations.

I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)

var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them
in total.


I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think
this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be readable
& this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am
looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I wanted
to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An array
of configs?

Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial". What
might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements galore
at each step of the process?

Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Merrill, Jason]

This is how I like to organize that type of thing - I would do an array
of objects - then just set properties on those objects, some of which
can be arrays if you want - or anything else.  Like this:

var numObjects:Number = 15;
var Config:Array = new Array();
for(var i=0; i>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:44 PM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...
>>
>>I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that
controls
>>walkthroughs of various situations.
>>
>>I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)
>>
>>var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
>>var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
>>var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
>>var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
>>var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
>>... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of
them
>>in total.
>>
>>
>>I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't
think
>>this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be
readable
>>& this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I
am
>>looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I
wanted
>>to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An
array
>>of configs?
>>
>>Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial".
What
>>might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements
galore
>>at each step of the process?
>>
>>Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[Scott Hyndman]

Bitwise arithmentic would be much more appropriate (if I understand correctly)

var CONFIG_A:Number = 1;
var CONFIG_B:Number = 2;
var CONFIG_C:Number = 4;
var CONFIG_D:Number = 8;

So a configuration of A and C would be.

var aAndC:Number = A | C;

To detect config numbers, do the following:

if (configNumber & CONFIG_D) {
  // do something to do with D
}
else if (configNumber & CONFIG_B) {
  // do something to do with B
}

This is way more extensible, as it's easy to add new configs.

-Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of eric dolecki
Sent:   Tue 3/28/2006 2:44 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Cc: 
Subject:[Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that controls
walkthroughs of various situations.

I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)

var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them
in total.


I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think
this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be readable
& this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am
looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I wanted
to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An array
of configs?

Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial". What
might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements galore
at each step of the process?

Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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[Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

[eric dolecki]

I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that controls
walkthroughs of various situations.

I have configuration states... (sets of three basically)

var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0;  // Has item A
var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1;   // Has item A and B
var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;   // Has item A and B and C
var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3;   // Has item A and D
var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4;   // has item A and D and B
... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them
in total.


I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think
this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be readable
& this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am
looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I wanted
to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An array
of configs?

Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial". What
might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements galore
at each step of the process?

Thanks - I know this is a strange request :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] setting properties on a loaded movie clip with a dynamic name

[Aaron Smith]

you could also do it this way..

var lo:Object;
var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader;
var childClips:Array;

doNextLoad(-1);

function doNextLoad(index):Void
{
index++;
	var mc = createEmptyMovieClip('_cancelButton' + index,  
getNextHighestDepth() );	


lo['t'] = this;
lo['i'] = index;
lo.onLoadComplete = function(target:MovieClip):Void
{
this['t'].handleLoadComplete( target, this['i'] );
}
mcLoader.addListener(lo);
mcLoader.loadClip( 'gif', mc );
}


function handleLoadComplete( target, index ):Void
{
childClip.push(target);
target._visible = false;
doNextLoad( index );
}




hope that helps

smith




On Mar 28, 2006, at 11:18 AM, David Farrell wrote:


for (var i:Number = 0; i < numberOfButtons; i++) {
  this.createEmptyMovieClip("button"+i, getNextHighestDepth());
  loader.loadClip("someImage.gif", this["button"+i]);
  var currentClip = this["button"+i];
  loadListener.onLoadComplete = function 
(currentClip:MovieClip ):Void {

  currentClip ._visible = false;
  }
}


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[Flashcoders] Creating Rows of objects

[Flash Mel]

Sorry if this shows up three times, but I am having trouble sending emails
to the list.

///

Hello,

Here is what I have so far:

import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

m = 0;
numTiles = 112;

function placeTiles() {
if (m == numTiles){
m = 0;
clearInterval(buildTiles);
} else {
_root.attachMovie("square", "tile" + m + "_mc", m, {_x:m % 14 * 50,
_y:Math.floor(m / 14) * 50});
myObj = "tile" + m + "_mc";
new Tween(_root[myObj], "_alpha", Regular.easeInOut, 0, 100, 35,
false);
_root[myObj].number_text.text = m;
m++;
}
}

buildTiles = setInterval(placeTiles, 30);

This works fine.  Builds the rows one after another.  But what I am trying
to do is build one row across and one down.  Make sense?

In essence:

123
456
789

That sequence would display:

1

then

12
4

then

123
45
7

and so on

123
456
78

until all the objects fill the screen.

Any advice would greatly be appreciated.

Ciao,

fM
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Re: [Flashcoders] setting properties on a loaded movie clip with a dynamic name

[David Farrell]

Aaron,

That looks like it could do the business.

Thanks
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[Flashcoders] FileReference does double post?

[David Cohn]

Hey all,

Has anybody run into a case where using a FileReference instance to  
browse/upload causes the server to receive 2 POSTs?

This seems to happen whenever the uploaded file is over 10240 bytes.
The first POST is received with a content size of 0, the second gets  
the full size/content of the file.


We can just ignore 0-length POSTs and everything works just fine, but  
it's puzzling enough to want to know what's going on...

Any ideas?

Thanks,
--Dave

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Re: [Flashcoders] setting properties on a loaded movie clip with a dynamic name

[David Farrell]

Thanks for replying.

That's kinda what I'm doing - that would work for the example given as 
would my currentClip thing (which is similar to what you have done only 
with a bit of redirection (create a clip, THEN create a reference to 
that clip)).


But my problem really lies when loading a dynamic clip.

like this:

for (var i:Number = 0; i < numberOfButtons; i++) {
  this.createEmptyMovieClip("button"+i, getNextHighestDepth());
  loader.loadClip("someImage.gif", this["button"+i]);
  var currentClip = this["button"+i];
  loadListener.onLoadComplete = function(currentClip:MovieClip ):Void {
  currentClip ._visible = false;
  }
}


in the above example, it works fine - if numberOf Buttons = 1.

if i'm loading two or more, the second time round the loop, the var 
currentClip is reassigned to the second button and when the first 
button's onLoadComplete is triggered, it sets the wrong button's variable.


The same thing would happen with your example would it not?

The second time round the loop, myMC would be reassigned to button1 
(from button0)?

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[Flashcoders] Creating Rows of objects

[Flash Mel]

Hello,

Here is what I have so far:

import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

m = 0;
numTiles = 112;

function placeTiles() {
if (m == numTiles){
m = 0;
clearInterval(buildTiles);
} else {
_root.attachMovie("square", "tile" + m + "_mc", m, {_x:m % 14 * 50,
_y:Math.floor(m / 14) * 50});
myObj = "tile" + m + "_mc";
new Tween(_root[myObj], "_alpha", Regular.easeInOut, 0, 100, 35,
false);
_root[myObj].number_text.text = m;
m++;
}
}

buildTiles = setInterval(placeTiles, 30);

This works fine.  Builds the rows one after another.  But what I am trying
to do is build one row across and one down.  Make sense?

In essence:

123
456
789

That sequence would display:

1

then

12
4

then

123
45
7

and so on

123
456
78

until all the objects fill the screen.

Any advice would greatly be appreciated.

Ciao,

fM
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Re: [Flashcoders] setting properties on a loaded movie clip with a dynamic name

[Aaron Smith]

//class vars
var lo:Object = new Object;
var mcLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var childClips:Array = new Array();

function createCancelButtons():Void
{
//create the container clip
var clip = createEmptyMovieClip('_cancelOrder', getNextHighestDepth());

//create clips
for( var i:Number = 0; i < NUMOFCLIPS; i++)
{
		//create the clip in which to hold the loaded gif insid the  
container clip

clipInCancel = clip.createEmptyMovieClip('button' + i, i);

//set up anonymous function references
lo['t'] = this;
lo.onLoadComplete = function(target:MovieClip)
{
this['t'].handleLoadComplete(target);
}

mcLoader.addListener(lo);
//load clip
mcLoader.loadClip( "buttonCancelOrder.gif", clipInCancel );
}

}


function handleLoadComplete(target:MovieClip):Void
{   
//do any property changes
target._visible = false;

	//push loaded clip into childClips array so have references to all  
of them through childClips array

childClips.push(target);
}




something like this is what is needed

smith







On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:52 AM, David Farrell wrote:


Hope the title isn't too cryptic!

I need to load a dynamic number of images and temporarily set  
visible to false on them.


Simple huh?

well...

I assume I am missing something fairly simple in my process but  
here goes:


[code]
createEmptyMovieClip("_cancelOrder", getNextHighestDepth());
loader.loadClip("buttonCancelOrder.gif", this["_cancelOrder"]);
var currentClip = this["_cancelOrder"];
loadListener.onLoadComplete = function(currentClip ):Void {
currentClip ._visible = false;
}
[/code]

Now... in this instance, I could have passed _cancelOrder through  
to the onLoadComplete (instead of passing currentClip)- since it is  
a top level and predefined var. But seperately in the same script I  
dynamically create movieclips with names like "button"+i - so since  
there is a number in the title (and an indeterminate number of  
them), i need to refer to them in a for loop as this["button"+i]


and you can't pass that through to onLoadComplete - hence I have  
been assigning the dynamic movie to a temporary variable


so far so good.

but when I have a number of these loading, often the next clip is  
assigned to 'currentClip' before the first one has finished loading  
- this means that the currentClip doesn't refer to the movieclip it  
should when the first onLoadComplete is triggered.


how do i get by this?

I basically want to load in X images, and then be able to set  
different properties / onReleases for each of them - but using the  
above, I can't see how to.


It all falls down because the movie clips don't have 'real' names -  
but can only be refered to as this["button"+i] and you can't pass  
that to the movie loader because of the inline function style.


The only thing I can think of is to do a check to see if EVERYTHING  
has loaded, then I could just have a big chunk of code that loops  
round everything and sets all the vars - but that's a bit crap!


Anyway, any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

David
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Re: [Flashcoders] setting properties on a loaded movie clip with a dynamic name

[Christian]

create a temporary reference

var myMC = createEmptyMovieClip("_cancelOrder",getNextHighestDepth());

now you don't need currentClip

loadListern.onLoadComplete = function(myMC:MovieClip){
   myMC._visible = false;
}


Did I miss something or is that what you were asking for?

David Farrell wrote:

Hope the title isn't too cryptic!

I need to load a dynamic number of images and temporarily set visible 
to false on them.


Simple huh?

well...

I assume I am missing something fairly simple in my process but here 
goes:


[code]
createEmptyMovieClip("_cancelOrder", getNextHighestDepth());
loader.loadClip("buttonCancelOrder.gif", this["_cancelOrder"]);
var currentClip = this["_cancelOrder"];
loadListener.onLoadComplete = function(currentClip ):Void {
currentClip ._visible = false;
}
[/code]

Now... in this instance, I could have passed _cancelOrder through to 
the onLoadComplete (instead of passing currentClip)- since it is a top 
level and predefined var. But seperately in the same script I 
dynamically create movieclips with names like "button"+i - so since 
there is a number in the title (and an indeterminate number of them), 
i need to refer to them in a for loop as this["button"+i]


and you can't pass that through to onLoadComplete - hence I have been 
assigning the dynamic movie to a temporary variable


so far so good.

but when I have a number of these loading, often the next clip is 
assigned to 'currentClip' before the first one has finished loading - 
this means that the currentClip doesn't refer to the movieclip it 
should when the first onLoadComplete is triggered.


how do i get by this?

I basically want to load in X images, and then be able to set 
different properties / onReleases for each of them - but using the 
above, I can't see how to.


It all falls down because the movie clips don't have 'real' names - 
but can only be refered to as this["button"+i] and you can't pass that 
to the movie loader because of the inline function style.


The only thing I can think of is to do a check to see if EVERYTHING 
has loaded, then I could just have a big chunk of code that loops 
round everything and sets all the vars - but that's a bit crap!


Anyway, any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

David
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[Flashcoders] Creating Rows of objects

[Flash Mel]

Hello,

Here is what I have so far:

import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

m = 0;
numTiles = 112;

function placeTiles() {
if (m == numTiles){
m = 0;
clearInterval(buildTiles);
} else {
_root.attachMovie("square", "tile" + m + "_mc", m, {_x:m % 14 * 50,
_y:Math.floor(m / 14) * 50});
myObj = "tile" + m + "_mc";
new Tween(_root[myObj], "_alpha", Regular.easeInOut, 0, 100, 35,
false);
_root[myObj].number_text.text = m;
m++;
}
}

buildTiles = setInterval(placeTiles, 30);

This works fine.  Builds the rows one after another.  But what I am trying
to do is build one row across and one down.  Make sense?

In essence:

123
456
789

That sequence would display:

1

then

12
4

then

123
45
7

and so on

123
456
78

until all the objects fill the screen.

Any advice would greatly be appreciated.

Ciao,

fM
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[Flashcoders] setting properties on a loaded movie clip with a dynamic name

[David Farrell]

Hope the title isn't too cryptic!

I need to load a dynamic number of images and temporarily set visible to 
false on them.


Simple huh?

well...

I assume I am missing something fairly simple in my process but here goes:

[code]
createEmptyMovieClip("_cancelOrder", getNextHighestDepth());
loader.loadClip("buttonCancelOrder.gif", this["_cancelOrder"]);
var currentClip = this["_cancelOrder"];
loadListener.onLoadComplete = function(currentClip ):Void {
currentClip ._visible = false;
}
[/code]

Now... in this instance, I could have passed _cancelOrder through to the 
onLoadComplete (instead of passing currentClip)- since it is a top level 
and predefined var. But seperately in the same script I dynamically 
create movieclips with names like "button"+i - so since there is a 
number in the title (and an indeterminate number of them), i need to 
refer to them in a for loop as this["button"+i]


and you can't pass that through to onLoadComplete - hence I have been 
assigning the dynamic movie to a temporary variable


so far so good.

but when I have a number of these loading, often the next clip is 
assigned to 'currentClip' before the first one has finished loading - 
this means that the currentClip doesn't refer to the movieclip it should 
when the first onLoadComplete is triggered.


how do i get by this?

I basically want to load in X images, and then be able to set different 
properties / onReleases for each of them - but using the above, I can't 
see how to.


It all falls down because the movie clips don't have 'real' names - but 
can only be refered to as this["button"+i] and you can't pass that to 
the movie loader because of the inline function style.


The only thing I can think of is to do a check to see if EVERYTHING has 
loaded, then I could just have a big chunk of code that loops round 
everything and sets all the vars - but that's a bit crap!


Anyway, any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

David
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Re: [Flashcoders] Help with MovieClipLoader

[David Farrell]

When movieLoader loads a clip, once it has finished, all the properties 
of that clip are reset to default values.


This includes "on" events

This is how I deal with the issue:

   createEmptyMovieClip("_cancelOrder", getNextHighestDepth());
   loader.loadClip("buttonCancelOrder.gif", this["_cancelOrder"]);
   loadListener.onLoadComplete = function(_cancelOrder):Void {
   _cancelOrder ._visible = false;
   }

In this example, I'm setting visibility - but the same applies to 
setting onReleases and whatnot.


David
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[Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

[Mike Anderson]

Hello All,

I am getting very confused here, on how to get the "onRollOver" and
"onRollOut" events to be broadcasted whenever the mouse moves over a
Flash Component, contained within a MovieClip using a Class File.

The component in this particular instance, is the Push Button.  When
reading the documentation, the only "events" that are mentioned is the
"click" event.  To my knowledge, when using a Class File attached to a
MovieClip containing a Push Button component, there is only one type of
syntax that can be used for adding listeners.

For example:

myButton.addEventListener( "click", myButton_Click );

And you usually place this statement inside of the onLoad function of
the MovieClip class itself.

Then the function that handles the event, conforms to the method of how
functions must be written inside of a Class File:

private function myButton_Click( evtObj:Object ):Void
{
//code here...
}

Since you can't use a listener object (like you would if you were simply
putting functions in the root of the movie itself), and then have a
statement of listenerObject.onRollOver = function() within a Class File,
I am wondering how I can force the onRollOver and onRollOut events to
get properly broadcasted.

Please keep in mind, I am trying to keep 100% of my code inside of my
Class Files.  I know a simple solution could be simply highlighting the
actual Push Button within the MovieClip, and then directly apply an
"on(event)" function to temporarily accomplish my goals - but this
totally defeats the purpose of creating a separation between Flash App
and Source Code.

I also looked at the SimpleButton.as Class File in which the Button.as
Class is based on.  Oddly enough, there are "onRollOver" and "onRollOut"
functions in there, but it doesn't Dispatch Events - it simply activates
the "highlight" option when the user rolls over the button.  I thought
that was pretty weird...  I manually edited the Class File, so that a
Dispatch Event of "onRollOver" and "onRollOut" would be broadcasted, but
still no dice...

Could any of you point me in the right direction, on how to accomplish
this using only Class Files?  Since V2 components, AS 2.0, and Class
Files are being pushed so hard as the preferred way of doing things, it
simply baffles me why these other events wouldn't be available to the
developer.  Sorry, but "click" just isn't doing it for me - I need more
events out of my components.

Thanks in advance,

Mike

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Re: [Flashcoders] Changing color of the scrollbar in the List Component

[Aaron Smith]

id say this is a pretty good article: http://www.macromedia.com/ 
devnet/flash/articles/skinning_fl8.html


there is also a video tutorial here: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/  - 
called v2 component skinning (under select a tutorial)



also you want to skin the UIScrollbar. The list component uses the  
UIScrollbar..


smith




On Mar 28, 2006, at 7:05 AM, ojorus wrote:


Hi;

I try to change the background color of the scrollbar in a List  
component,

but I have not succeeded so far. Is there an easy way of doing this?
Example?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
ojorus



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Emne: Re: [Flashcoders] Flasc - simple question

You didn't give mtasc anything to compile.

The pupose would be to publish your SWF with the Flash IDE first,  
then use
Flasc.  But the only thing that FLasc does is help you manage your  
projects

and tell MTASC what CODE to inject into your already existing SWF.

OR you can create a new SWF without the Flash IDE altogether by  
using a

class that has a static "main" method.

The error your getting is essentially saying "Hey, I wasn't given a  
class

file to compile with the SWF"

Does that make sense Bram?  Let me know what I can clear up for you,

Thanks

John

On 3/28/06, Bram Plessers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hello,

Trying to use Flasc.
I have a simple fla with only some squares on stage on
my first frame.  No actionscript etc.

I've created a new "test" group with a "test" project &
checked the -mx option in the [edit tags] overview.

Where did I go wrong :)

Thanks !

This is my output:




"C:/Program Files/mtasc/mtasc.exe" -swf "E:/test.swf" -mx  -cp
"C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local Settings/Application
Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Classes"  -header  
800:600:30

-version 8  2> "C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local

Settings/Application

Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Commands/FLASC/errors.txt"
pause
Motion-Twin ActionScript2 Compiler 1.12 - (c)2004-2005 Motion-Twin
 Usage : mtasc.exe [options] 
 Options :
  -pack  : compile all files in target package
  -cp  : add classpath



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Re: [Flashcoders] >> Flash to pdf

[arief ferdiansyah]

try this
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashpaper/

2006/3/28, Laurent CUCHET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi
>
> Im searching a way to convert a clip from a swf to a PDF
>
> Anyone got a tips to fo flash 8 ?
>
> No flashto go or blaze to pdf
>
> Thank you
>
>
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[Flashcoders] Changing color of the scrollbar in the List Component

[ojorus]

Hi;

I try to change the background color of the scrollbar in a List component,
but I have not succeeded so far. Is there an easy way of doing this?
Example?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
ojorus



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Emne: Re: [Flashcoders] Flasc - simple question

You didn't give mtasc anything to compile.

The pupose would be to publish your SWF with the Flash IDE first, then use
Flasc.  But the only thing that FLasc does is help you manage your projects
and tell MTASC what CODE to inject into your already existing SWF.

OR you can create a new SWF without the Flash IDE altogether by using a
class that has a static "main" method.

The error your getting is essentially saying "Hey, I wasn't given a class
file to compile with the SWF"

Does that make sense Bram?  Let me know what I can clear up for you,

Thanks

John

On 3/28/06, Bram Plessers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Trying to use Flasc.
> I have a simple fla with only some squares on stage on
> my first frame.  No actionscript etc.
>
> I've created a new "test" group with a "test" project &
> checked the -mx option in the [edit tags] overview.
>
> Where did I go wrong :)
>
> Thanks !
>
> This is my output:
>
>
>
> > "C:/Program Files/mtasc/mtasc.exe" -swf "E:/test.swf" -mx  -cp
> > "C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local Settings/Application
> > Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Classes"  -header 800:600:30
> > -version 8  2> "C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local
> Settings/Application
> > Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Commands/FLASC/errors.txt"
> > pause
> > Motion-Twin ActionScript2 Compiler 1.12 - (c)2004-2005 Motion-Twin
> >  Usage : mtasc.exe [options] 
> >  Options :
> >   -pack  : compile all files in target package
> >   -cp  : add classpath
>
>
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[Flashcoders] mp3 with FLVPlayback component?

[ojorus]

Hello, 

Is there an easy (or any) way of playing mp3 with the FLVPlayback component?
(Flash 8), or do I have to use the old Media Playback component?

Thanks!

ojorus



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Re: [Flashcoders] Flasc - simple question

[John Grden]

You didn't give mtasc anything to compile.

The pupose would be to publish your SWF with the Flash IDE first, then use
Flasc.  But the only thing that FLasc does is help you manage your projects
and tell MTASC what CODE to inject into your already existing SWF.

OR you can create a new SWF without the Flash IDE altogether by using a
class that has a static "main" method.

The error your getting is essentially saying "Hey, I wasn't given a class
file to compile with the SWF"

Does that make sense Bram?  Let me know what I can clear up for you,

Thanks

John

On 3/28/06, Bram Plessers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Trying to use Flasc.
> I have a simple fla with only some squares on stage on
> my first frame.  No actionscript etc.
>
> I've created a new "test" group with a "test" project &
> checked the -mx option in the [edit tags] overview.
>
> Where did I go wrong :)
>
> Thanks !
>
> This is my output:
>
>
>
> > "C:/Program Files/mtasc/mtasc.exe" -swf "E:/test.swf" -mx  -cp
> > "C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local Settings/Application
> > Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Classes"  -header 800:600:30
> > -version 8  2> "C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local
> Settings/Application
> > Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Commands/FLASC/errors.txt"
> > pause
> > Motion-Twin ActionScript2 Compiler 1.12 - (c)2004-2005 Motion-Twin
> >  Usage : mtasc.exe [options] 
> >  Options :
> >   -pack  : compile all files in target package
> >   -cp  : add classpath
>
>
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RE: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

[John Hattan]

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Jim Tann
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:54 AM
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> Subject: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)
> 
> I have just bought Zinc and looking at this thread yesterday 
> on how stable it is I was wondering what the last good version is.
> 
> Are you all using 2.5.0.12 or should I get a previous version?

IIRC, there's a "last known good" discussion at mdmforum.com.

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RE: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

[Mike Mountain]

Has the latest update fixed the tortoise SVN issue? 

M

> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Jim Tann
> Sent: 28 March 2006 11:54
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)
> 
> I have just bought Zinc and looking at this thread yesterday 
> on how stable it is I was wondering what the last good version is.
> 
> Are you all using 2.5.0.12 or should I get a previous version?
> 
> Jim
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[Flashcoders] Window component problem

[frode hansen]

 I have a problem with a flash movie where the window component works just
fine in 95% of the times, but once in a while the component stops working.
The component opens, but there seems to be a white area behind the component
which moves around with the window  when i move the window. The window
contains an external swf with form elements (which receives data after the
window.complete event and the onEnterFrame hack mentioned in other threads).
When the window fails, these components also fail. The dataproviders is not
set, and the buttons I hide on complete event is all visible.

Has anyone else seen this problem?
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[Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

[Jim Tann]

I have just bought Zinc and looking at this thread yesterday on how
stable it is I was wondering what the last good version is.

Are you all using 2.5.0.12 or should I get a previous version?

Jim


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian
Thomas
Sent: 27 March 2006 17:54
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FATAL Zinc issue

On 3/27/06, John Hattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Speaking as a registered user, Zinc is currently suffering from some
serious
> quality problems. Version 2.5 was rushed out the door, and they
haven't done
> a good job staying on top of things since then.

Yes - I've had exactly the same problem. For example, a key bit of
functionality (for me) broke in a new version. I raised it as an issue
- it was acknowledged and assigned a bug id - and reverted to an older
version. No announcement of the functionality being fixed was ever
made. A couple of months later I downloaded a newer version and, lo
and behold, it was fixed, but that fix wasn't mentioned in any release
note. And something else was broken.

Bit of a quality issue going on there...

Ian
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RE: [Flashcoders] as2lib best regex class?

[Jim Tann]

I have used the as2lib ones a couple of times now & think they are good.
Not used any others in Actionscript tho.

Jim

-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade
Arnold
Sent: 28 March 2006 00:53
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Subject: [Flashcoders] as2lib best regex class?

What is the best regular expression classes for AS 2.0

I use to use Pavils Jurjans in as 1.0. I was thinking of using as2lib
classes for a new project.

Thanks for any insight. I can't use AS3 it's for an existing project. I
know
that this is one of those once a quarter emails. I have been here for
several years. But I don't want to make a bad decision.
 

Wade Arnold


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[Flashcoders] Printing capabilities

[julian atienza]

Hi. I'm learning about printing capabilities of Flash and AS2.0
I know now print, PrintJob, etc.

My question is:

Is there any way to format contents of a textArea (with html and styles) and
send to print easily?
It would mean, add automatic page breaks, redistribute text for line breaks,
and so on...

I think i must make it by hand (creating a "virtual" container to pass my
current textArea screen-formatted contents into a textArea print-formatted
contents) but it's so... hard to code, because i want an A-4 results with a
report-design.

Must i create a so big hidden textarea with correct measurements and
controlling page/line breaks???


thanks in advance
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[Flashcoders] Flasc - simple question

[Bram Plessers]

Hello,

Trying to use Flasc.
I have a simple fla with only some squares on stage on
my first frame.  No actionscript etc.

I've created a new "test" group with a "test" project &
checked the -mx option in the [edit tags] overview.

Where did I go wrong :)

Thanks !

This is my output:



> "C:/Program Files/mtasc/mtasc.exe" -swf "E:/test.swf" -mx  -cp
> "C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local Settings/Application
> Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Classes"  -header 800:600:30
> -version 8  2> "C:/Documents and Settings/user/Local Settings/Application
> Data/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Commands/FLASC/errors.txt"
> pause
> Motion-Twin ActionScript2 Compiler 1.12 - (c)2004-2005 Motion-Twin
>  Usage : mtasc.exe [options] 
>  Options :
>   -pack  : compile all files in target package
>   -cp  : add classpath


...
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 freelance work in London

[Arul]

FYI:
- Original Message - 
From: "Aaron Haines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" 
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:07 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] AS2 freelance work in London




Atticmedia requires a good Actionscript 2 developer for cutting edge work 
on

new BBC projects.

Atticmedia is one of the leading new media suppliers to the BBC and has a
number of large, high profile interactive BBC projects in progress. You 
will
be working on cutting edge multimedia alongside some of the best 
programmers

and designers in the industry. Your portfolio will never look the same
again! And you'll be working in a friendly, exciting, team-centred and
challenging environment. We like to think we're one of the best agencies 
to

work for and this is borne out by the fact employees hang around or come
back after leaving.

We are looking for someone who has a minimum of 3 years Actionscripting
experience and can hit the ground running.

The successful candidate will be solid in the following areas:

- In-depth knowledge of Actionscript 2

- Object oriented code (OOP)

- Server interaction via XML


If you think this sounds an exciting opportunity then contact
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (with FREELANCERS.NET in the subject
line) with examples of your work and a full CV. Applications will not be
considered without examples of your work.

Contract status: Permanent or contract position.

Location: London - near Angel tube station. Must work on site.

Salary: Generous and negotiable depending on experience.

No agencies should respond.

Atticmedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (with FLASHCODERS in
the subject line).

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Re: [Flashcoders] fyi : Open Source ActionScript 3 libraries update

[Eskil Janson]

Nice,

Thanks for the info!

/Eskil

Mike Chambers skrev:

More info here:

http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/03/new_open_source.cfm

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