RE: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/000104.html Check out the preloading. You could also create a shell and preload in that swf. Are you basing the percentage on the frames loaded (100 * _framesloaded / _totalframes) or bytes loaded (100 * getBytesLoaded() / getBytesTotal())? You should be doing the latter. If you are then ... um *tags someone else* -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Boutin Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:52 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled Hey everyone, Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about 90% done loading the file. I believe this is because my ui components are exported to the first frame. I tried unchecking export to first frame with no difference. I also tried changing the actionscript setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to change (the field is disabled). Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks! Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled
This is one of the reasons I avoid MM components unless I totally have to.
Most of the components will only work if you export in first frame so the
only option I''ve found is:
- Put your content in an external SWF (which also causes problems because of
a bug with the components needing an instance in the root library if they're
loaded into target MCs). So, you now need to create a Shared Library for the
components and preload them (or if you don't want the hassle of a shared
library, some components get around this bug if you put a _lockroot in the
SWF containing them).
I'd love to hear other peoples solutions to component preloading.
On 6/24/06, Mike Boutin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here is an example of the preloader used placed on the first frame of
the movie.
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
var loaded:Number = this.getBytesLoaded();
var total:Number = this.getBytesTotal();
var percent:Number = Math.floor((loaded/total)*100);
load_txt.text = Loading... +percent+%;
loadBar._xscale = percent;
if (percent == 100){
gotoAndPlay(2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
stop();
Mike
Mike wrote:
Are you basing the percentage on the frames loaded (100 * _framesloaded
/ _totalframes) or bytes loaded (100 * getBytesLoaded() /
getBytesTotal())? You should be doing the latter. If you are then ... um
*tags someone else*
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
Boutin
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:52 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled
Hey everyone,
Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about
90% done loading the file. I believe this is because my ui components
are exported to the first frame. I tried unchecking export to first
frame with no difference. I also tried changing the actionscript
setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to
change (the field is disabled). Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks!
Mike
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[Flashcoders] onEnterFrame / SetInterval in a Class (with Delegate)
Hello All --- I am trying to run an onEnterFrame or setInterval in a Class (which extends mx.core.UIComponent) and not having much luck. If I use onEnterFrame it runs once and then dies. I have even tried using Delegate with the onEnterFrame and still no luck. Likewise, I have tried using setInterval with Delegate and while it gets called it only seems to keep the scope passed from the Delegate the first time thru. The remaining calls, the scope is undefined. Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong. Thanks for any and all replies. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?
http://www.fjax.net/ ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Physics Engine?
it was discussed last wekk or 2 weeks ago, try to search in archives. There were another engine (at least 1:) On 6/22/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Does anyone know if there's an Actionscript (preferably AS2) physics engine out there other than Flade? Thanks, Ian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - Franto http://blog.franto.com http://www.flashcoders.sk ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?
Seems like a hack to me, from both the AJAX programming and Flash programming perspective. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?
Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as they say, and if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to code then why not? AJAX programming is not hard at all, as long as you know JavaScript and a server-side programming language. There's no need to have your server-side programming language return XML, either, so this is a solution in search of a problem. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?
AJAX is just a buzzword anyway. The methodology has been around forever. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?
AJAX programming is not hard at all, as long as you know JavaScript and a server-side programming language. There's no need to have your server-side programming language return XML, either, so this is a solution in search of a problem. Lol. So the whole thing about their code eliminating the differences between browsers is huey huh?! Thats funny. Well *they* seem to think they have done something really good. At least they are amusing themselves. Of course I would love to hear their defense. Hank ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?
ridiculous? not really, i think its kind of slick, the idea to use flash as your xml parser rather than the browser. Overblown? defintely. i think i can actually hear those guys stroking themselves from here. On 6/23/06, hank williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well... not really. Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as they say, and if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to code then why not? Hank On 6/23/06, ryanm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.fjax.net/ ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?
Error parsing XML data .. LOL! The Digg Effect strikes again. Anyway, I don't think it's hard to use conditional branching in your Javascript to account for browser differences, but I think FJAX is a neat idea anyway. Mark Luker Illustration Design Interactive Media GREF-Southern Facilities-Visual Communication Solutions GSC-EMB-877B 713-656-4194 Taking on ExxonMobil's toughest web multi-media design challenges » http://emgs.na.xom.com/gref/bcsc/default.htm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] peer 2 peer
hi has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash? Anyone care to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties? thanks Tj ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?
Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as they say, and if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to code then why not? Because it makes your web site dependant on the Flash plugin when it doesn't need to be. You're trading the effort of browser compatibility for the effort of Flash versioning, which are about equal to begin with. But browser compatibility doesn't require VBScript. :-P ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Oregano forum/mailing list/etc
Where can I find one? I'm getting some errors and I need an archive to search. ;-) ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components gonebad)
wow, those drumbeat ones look prety nice, good job. On 6/22/06, judah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While not trying to pimp my own stuff I'd like to add http://drumbeatinsight.com to the list. It is a small set of components that covers what I think were missing most from the V2 components. They work with all the V2 components, extend them and fixes what I considered were the main problems with them. If you want, check them out. They are as up to date as one month ago, with version 3, and you can purchase the source code for them if you need it. Ville Walveranta wrote: The documenation is detailed, but there is so much stuff in the XP components that the documenation would have to be massive to cover it all. The XP Components documentation is mostly autogenerated (from code) with AS2DOC and while it describes the classes' methods and properties fairly well, IT HAS VIRTUALLY NO CODE EXAMPLES! That annoys heck out of me; just *one* simple this-is-how-you-instantiate-XP-Component-from-custom-class example would have made my day (or, two weeks, rather). Instead all examples use their xp.system.Application.Run() mehtod. Perhaps this means that's the only way to use them, but why? They're in Hong Kong, I think. Ville -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Hivnor Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 16:57 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components gonebad) I just posted a similar question, look for the thread with subject line Best component set for Flash 8 / MTASC development? Quickly, tho, I'm feeling the same way: There seems to be a lack of good component sets these days. The XP components look very comprehensive, and have good keyboard control. But they don't seem to be under active development. The lead developer has responded to my initial questions, but seems to be in a far east timezone so responses take full day to get. The documenation is detailed, but there is so much stuff in the XP components that the documenation would have to be massive to cover it all. I haven't spent too much time with them, but haven't been able to get a lot done in the time I've spent. There are a couple of open source projects under development, but are in either alpha or beta state. Ghostwire has poor keyboard control. David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There seems to be a lack of good component sets these days. Ghostwire: Maybe the best, but done in old-style AS1 mCom: Pretty good, but a couple showstopper bugs, little to no support from developer. poor documentation. XP: see previous message MM v2: bloated, bugs Flex 2: requires flash 9 What am I missing here? Are there any other full component sets I don't know about? -David R - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. - Abraham Lincoln ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled
two things you can do to remedy this problem: 1.pay attention to the bandwitdth profiler when you test your movie.it sounds like the bulk of your movie is being loaded in the first frame. make sure that the only thing on the timeline in the frame or frames where the preloader works is the preloader. make sure classes are set to export in a frame after the preloader. also if you have assets in the library set to export for actionscript, by default, they load in the first frame. either change that or store them off stage after the first couple of frames. 2. use a stub swf. you can make a very lightweight stub swf that contains only the preloader and a blank movie clip in which to load your main movie. On 6/22/06, Mike Boutin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone, Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about 90% done loading the file. I believe this is because my ui components are exported to the first frame. I tried unchecking export to first frame with no difference. I also tried changing the actionscript setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to change (the field is disabled). Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks! Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- John Van Horn [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?
Lol. So the whole thing about their code eliminating the differences between browsers is huey huh?! Yeah, pretty much. There's very little about using XmlHTTPRequest that's browser-dependent. If you're doing anything significant with the data you return via AJAX, that's where you're more likely to run into browser dependency issues, and this won't help with that. Of course, one of the reasons for AJAX's current popularity is that browsers are much more compatible than they used to be. We've been writing apps that use the same sort of functionality for many years, but it's only recently that you can do it without a lot of code explicitly to deal with browser differences. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Componentsgonebad)
Check http://www.tufat.com/category3.htm Dont know if they are good but really cheap and with AS2 source! You can check the api and demo's as well. Arnoud -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Rich Rodecker Verzonden: vrijdag 23 juni 2006 20:50 Aan: Flashcoders mailing list Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Componentsgonebad) wow, those drumbeat ones look prety nice, good job. On 6/22/06, judah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While not trying to pimp my own stuff I'd like to add http://drumbeatinsight.com to the list. It is a small set of components that covers what I think were missing most from the V2 components. They work with all the V2 components, extend them and fixes what I considered were the main problems with them. If you want, check them out. They are as up to date as one month ago, with version 3, and you can purchase the source code for them if you need it. Ville Walveranta wrote: The documenation is detailed, but there is so much stuff in the XP components that the documenation would have to be massive to cover it all. The XP Components documentation is mostly autogenerated (from code) with AS2DOC and while it describes the classes' methods and properties fairly well, IT HAS VIRTUALLY NO CODE EXAMPLES! That annoys heck out of me; just *one* simple this-is-how-you-instantiate-XP-Component-from-custom-class example would have made my day (or, two weeks, rather). Instead all examples use their xp.system.Application.Run() mehtod. Perhaps this means that's the only way to use them, but why? They're in Hong Kong, I think. Ville -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Hivnor Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 16:57 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components gonebad) I just posted a similar question, look for the thread with subject line Best component set for Flash 8 / MTASC development? Quickly, tho, I'm feeling the same way: There seems to be a lack of good component sets these days. The XP components look very comprehensive, and have good keyboard control. But they don't seem to be under active development. The lead developer has responded to my initial questions, but seems to be in a far east timezone so responses take full day to get. The documenation is detailed, but there is so much stuff in the XP components that the documenation would have to be massive to cover it all. I haven't spent too much time with them, but haven't been able to get a lot done in the time I've spent. There are a couple of open source projects under development, but are in either alpha or beta state. Ghostwire has poor keyboard control. David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There seems to be a lack of good component sets these days. Ghostwire: Maybe the best, but done in old-style AS1 mCom: Pretty good, but a couple showstopper bugs, little to no support from developer. poor documentation. XP: see previous message MM v2: bloated, bugs Flex 2: requires flash 9 What am I missing here? Are there any other full component sets I don't know about? -David R - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. - Abraham Lincoln ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:
Re: [Flashcoders] Best Flash data access way opinions
Hey no laughing - my point was that they support PHP, nothing more :P On 6/23/06, Michael Stuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mick G schrieb: You can build a fully blown database driven site in Dreamweaver (allbeit not perfect code) LOL ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?
Yes.. why not use remoting instead? Much cleaner from both the Flash and server perspective. Of course, perhaps with aid of AJAX Flash front-end can be fitted to more back-ends. Ville -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Britton Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 12:47 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else? Seems like a hack to me, from both the AJAX programming and Flash programming perspective. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer
It's possible to do it with the help of a 3rd party wrapper like Northcode's UDP/TCP API or even using Python Simple Socket Server. It's impossible to do a Flash Player to a remote Flash Player directly because you need some external common meeting place (like a server) to tell you that somebody is waiting to connect. Also there is nothing in Flash Player 8 or less that would let you host incomming connections as all it can do is pull stuff into the player via LoadVars or XML or XMLSocket. So I think the minute you introduce a server that acts as a directory or lobby for Flash Players to connect, your back to the old Client-Server model which is not really P2P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Marbois Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:25 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer hi has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash? Anyone care to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties? thanks Tj ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer
It is not possible. Flash cannot connect to another flash peer for security reasons. First of all, flash cannot accept incoming requests to connect. It can only generate connection requests. It is conceivable that Apollo will do p2p, but if my recollection serves me, I read that while they are considering it, it would probably not be in a first release. Regards, Hank On 6/23/06, Thomas Marbois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash? Anyone care to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties? thanks Tj ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?
Dave has it right - the only issue on browser dependency I've found was with sending hefty packets via the xmlhttprequest... beyond the browser actually supporting the call in the first place. The biggest hurdle I found was the space character being presented as a + character when using Safari. Another bit - for debugging xmlhttprequest I found the firebug extension for firefox to be very powerful. -- Jim Palmer ! Mammoth Web Operations Yeah, pretty much. There's very little about using XmlHTTPRequest that's browser-dependent. If you're doing anything significant with the data you return via AJAX, that's where you're more likely to run into browser dependency issues, and this won't help with that. Of course, one of the reasons for AJAX's current popularity is that browsers are much more compatible than they used to be. We've been writing apps that use the same sort of functionality for many years, but it's only recently that you can do it without a lot of code explicitly to deal with browser differences. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer
ah yea... but IF the server is JUST a meeting spot -- could Flash clients actually host data? As long as the server is just doing the mapping of other clients its okbut what I was thinking about was having them all hold data somehow. Like - what is the internal limit for Flash plug in - receiving data? Is it browser limit? etc... Thanks Tj On Jun 23, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Mark Lapasa wrote: It's possible to do it with the help of a 3rd party wrapper like Northcode's UDP/TCP API or even using Python Simple Socket Server. It's impossible to do a Flash Player to a remote Flash Player directly because you need some external common meeting place (like a server) to tell you that somebody is waiting to connect. Also there is nothing in Flash Player 8 or less that would let you host incomming connections as all it can do is pull stuff into the player via LoadVars or XML or XMLSocket. So I think the minute you introduce a server that acts as a directory or lobby for Flash Players to connect, your back to the old Client- Server model which is not really P2P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Marbois Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:25 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer hi has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash? Anyone care to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties? thanks Tj ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Applying transformations to text?
I think you'd need to use bitmapData and some filters on it... like displacement mapping, etc. Not a small task. I took a look at the BitMapData class and the displacementMapFilter and I'm not sure if it can do what I want or not. I looked at the PerlinNoise filter as well and I don't see any way of creating a simple, symmetrical distortion with it. Is it possible to take a regular bitmap shape (say, a bulging square) and map a MC or image to it? On 6/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All: I'm bringing this question over from flash-newbie at the suggestion of the list. I'm looking for insight into applying transformations to text (or vectorized text) such as Adobe's warp functionality, where you can take an object and make it bulge, arc, squeeze, spherize, etc. in flash. Is it possible, or has anyone already done it? The goal would be to have an interface where a user could input a line of text and then apply one of several distortion effects to it. TIA, AK OK...please LART me if I'm asking this question wrong! I see that I can take a line of text, break it apart, and then grab the envelope controls in the IDE and distort it however I want...but is there a way to programmatically control the envelope controls? What I'd like to do is: 1) Create an interface where the user can type in a line of text, hit enter, and have the text appear as a draggable symbol (I can do that). I think I would store the strings in vars, so I can manipulate them destructively but be able to go back to the original text if necessary. 2) Have a combobox with all the system fonts in it, and have the user select the font they want to apply to the text/symbol (I think I can do that). 3) Make the symbol scalable so the user can position it however they want against a reference shape (I can do that). 4) Have a combobox or radio array of envelope distortions that the user could apply to the text/symbol one at a time. I imagine that I could write a function that would take an object and apply some predetermined envelope modifications to create a desired effect, like arc or bulge Is step 4 possible? TIA, AK ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Physics Engine?
Thanks Franto - my mistake for skipping that discussion. The other one mentioned is: http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/tutorials.html However, the last discussion was about free physics engine, whereas I'll happily take a look at anything commercial out there as well - if anyone's got any commercial suggestions, please let me know. Cheers, Ian On 6/23/06, franto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it was discussed last wekk or 2 weeks ago, try to search in archives. There were another engine (at least 1:) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Can Flash for Pocket PC interface external devices?
Hi, I have a Flash application inside a C wrapper to gain access to the PDA file system (mostly read and write txt/xml files) without major problems. We´re communicating both applications via XMLSockets (you cannot use ExternalInterface because player the Flash PPC player is player 7), which is not beautiful but does the work. HTH On 6/23/06, Ettore Paolillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! I am considering the possibility of using Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC to build the client-side (PDA-based) user interface of an application communicating via GPRS with a server. In addition to UI and GPRS communication handling, the PDA needs to interface an RFID-reader module installed in the Compact Flash slot of the PDA itself. My concern is mainly related to interfacing external devices (RFID reader, GPRS communication module etc.) from Flash. Can this be done? Are there any 3rd-party tools facilitating this task? Can anyone point me to relevant document/articles? TIA Ettore Paolillo COSI srl Viale Sondrio, 7 Milano - Italy www.cosi.it ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Numeric Stepper - limiting field length?
Does anyone here happen to know a way to limit the field length in the V2 numeric stepper component? In TextInput the same can be accomplished fairly easily as every keypress within it broadcasts a change event. Numeric stepper doesn't appear to do so; a change is broadcast only when the focus is lost, or when the up or down arrow is clicked. Nor are keyUp or keyDown events broadcast on every keypress. I'd like to limit keyboard entry to two characters. Validation will, of course, reset the value to the maximum allowed on loss of focus but for clarity's sake - especially since Numeric Stepper's display window is pretty small - it would be nice to prevent users from entering more digits than what can be displayed. Thanks! Ville ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] TextField behaves differently in player v7 and v8
Hello Flashcoders, I've found substantial differencies in TextField behavior when the movie is played in Flash Player v7 (7.0.19.0) and v8(8.0.24.0). Moments I have problems with are: - IMG tag with external swf (or clip from library) embedded - .maxscroll property I'd like to avoid version-specific corrections (using System.capabilities.version)... Have anyone some relevant experience to share? Thanks in advance. -- Best regards, GregoryN http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Numeric Stepper - limiting field length?
Never mind.. :) maxChars appears to work for Numeric Stepper the same way it does for TextInput even though it's not in the documentation. Ville -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ville Walveranta Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 22:18 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] Numeric Stepper - limiting field length? Does anyone here happen to know a way to limit the field length in the V2 numeric stepper component? In TextInput the same can be accomplished fairly easily as every keypress within it broadcasts a change event. Numeric stepper doesn't appear to do so; a change is broadcast only when the focus is lost, or when the up or down arrow is clicked. Nor are keyUp or keyDown events broadcast on every keypress. I'd like to limit keyboard entry to two characters. Validation will, of course, reset the value to the maximum allowed on loss of focus but for clarity's sake - especially since Numeric Stepper's display window is pretty small - it would be nice to prevent users from entering more digits than what can be displayed. Thanks! Ville ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
