Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 parseFloat issue?

[Fumio Nonaka]

I am not sure whether it is a bug or by design, though.

var test0_str:String = "6.30e+51";
var n0:Number = parseFloat(test0_str);
trace(n0);
trace(n0 == (6.30e+51));
trace(n0-(6.30e+51));
// ActionScript 3.0
6.30e+51
false
1.32922799578491e+36
// ActionScrpt 2.0
6.3e+51
true
0

Decrease one digit:

var test1_str:String = "6.3e+51";
var n1:Number = parseFloat(test1_str);
trace(n1 == (6.3e+51));
trace(n1-(6.3e+51));
// ActionScript 3.0
true
0
_
elibol wrote:

Those who are interested in helping me verify the problem can run this test
in actionscript 2.0 and again in actionscript 3.0.

var a:String = "6.30e+51";
var b:String = "23";
var c:Number = parseFloat(a)%parseFloat(b);
trace(c); //outputs 7 in as3, and 18 in as2
trace(6.30e+51%23); // outputs 18 in both as2 and 3


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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash + SWFObject + innerHTML + IE7 problem

[Joshua Sera]

Yup. I'm doing that, but that's not working either.

It's also not working in Safari. ARGH!


--- "T. Michael Keesey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I haven't had that problem.
> 
> Make sure you escape your data, since SWFObject
> doesn't do this automatically:
> 
> function getInnerCode(id) {
>   var element = document.getElementById(id);
>   return escape(element.innerHTML.toString());
> }
> 
> On 3/5/07, Joshua Sera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Here's the situation:
> >
> > I've got a div, within which is a bunch of
> content.
> > I'm passing the contents of that div to a
> SWFObject
> > using document.getElementById("content").innerHTML
> > using Flashvars.
> >
> > Everything works hunky-dory in Firefox, but the
> .swf
> > gets nothing in IE7. Is this a result of IE7's
> > stricter security?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Micky Hulse]

Note: Grrr, this is the one thing I hate about Thunderbird and text-only 
emails hard to reply/copy/paste quoted emails and retain the nice 
formatting.


> Kalani Bright wrote:
>> As far as Flex goes verything can be done in Flash.
>> If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex.

Sounds like solid advice. :)

>> Flex is somewhat the equivalent of visual studio .net's ide.  Drag and
>> drop
>> ..
>> not flash + code.  But yes it is faster.

If I were into that type of development, I am sure it would be great. 
But for me, I mainly do small things... I think I will install Flex 
Builder though... A specific coding app for AS3 sounds like a good idea.


>> But I use Flex Builder 2 in conjuction with Flash and avoid Flex
>> altogether.

Sounds like the direction I will head.

Excellent! you all rock. Thanks for help everyone. :)

Cheers,
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Micky Hulse]

Note: Sorry about the funky formatting.

> Muzak wrote:
>> Hi Micky, see inline reply.

Hi Muzak, ditto. :)

>>> I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and
>>> found myself pondering this:
>>> Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS?
>>
>> That (as always) depends on your goal (project).
>> If you're into RIA's, Flex+AS3 is probably better suited for the job.

Ah, yes... I am definitely not a guru -- mostly use flash to enhance 
non-crucial aspects of websites and/or for adverts/videos/small 
animations -- basic stuff. But, AS3 looks like a step in right 
direction, and I am excited to start learning the ins-and-outs... I am 
hoping I can figure-out some small 1-man projects that will get me 
learning the new version of code.


>>> What happened to coding in Flash? Am I waiting for the next version
>>> of Flash until I can successfully and/or easily write AS3 via the
>>> Flash application?
>>
>> I think the above answer applies here as well.

Sounds good/makes sense. :)

>>> Will the future of Flash AS always require the Flex Builder? Or, is
>>> Flex Builder just one out of many/few code editors for compiling the
>>> new AS3 code?
>>
>> Flex Builder is just another AS editor. It just happens to be ahead of
>> the Flash IDE when it comes to AS-version.
>> AS3 for the Flash IDE is currently only available through the AS3
>> alpha preview (http://labs.adobe.com)

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for clarification. :)

Gonna install Flex Builder tonight (assume it is free)... Looking 
forward to coding inside of it.


>>> If I only want to animate some objects around the stage
>>> programatically (for something like a website header), should I just
>>> make the switch to AS3 (if player versions were not an issue), or is
>>> AS2 still an acceptable way of producing small action-scripted movies?
>>
>> I see no reason why you'd switch to AS3 for this kind of work.

Ah, seems like the consensus... Although, I hope I can find a 
way/project that will get me started on learning the new syntax.


>>> Links? Blog posts? Articles? Am I over-complicating things?
>>
>> What kind of links/articles are you looking for?
>> http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/
>> http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/
>> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/
>> http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/

Looks like a great list of links! Thanks for sharing.

>> As for over-complicating things, I'd say, yes ;-)

Hehe, I can see that now. Lol. ;)

>> Flex/Flex Builder was made because Flash (as a technology) has become
>> more and more powerful and more and more programmers with all kinds of
>> backgrounds (Java, .NET, etc..) started using it (or wanted to) but
>> found the Flash IDE lacking, especially compared to other tools
>> available for other languages.

I can see that. As a noob myself, I can think of a few dislikes when it 
comes to using Flash for coding.


>> So Flex/Flex Builder is not here to replace the Flash IDE, but
>> (finally) gives those that are more into the programming side of
>> things a powerful and robust tool that they're probably already
>> comfortable with, since it's based on Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org)

Never used Eclipse, but I think I have heard good things. I like the 
thought of having two apps -- one for coding, other for graphics.


>> older articles explaining Flex + AS3
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flex2_flash.html
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex2_intro.html

Excellent! I am glad I asked the list -- you guys/gals have been very 
helpful -- many many thanks to you all. :D


>> I think the following quote (from Nigel Pegg) sums it all up:
>> "We Call This 'The Timeline.' No, Wait, Come Back!"
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flash_perspective.html

LOL! Nice one. Heheh.

Cheers Muzak, I greatly appreciate your time.
- Micky




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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash + SWFObject + innerHTML + IE7 problem

[T. Michael Keesey]

I haven't had that problem.

Make sure you escape your data, since SWFObject doesn't do this automatically:

function getInnerCode(id) {
var element = document.getElementById(id);
return escape(element.innerHTML.toString());
}

On 3/5/07, Joshua Sera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Here's the situation:

I've got a div, within which is a bunch of content.
I'm passing the contents of that div to a SWFObject
using document.getElementById("content").innerHTML
using Flashvars.

Everything works hunky-dory in Firefox, but the .swf
gets nothing in IE7. Is this a result of IE7's
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Micky Hulse]

NOTE: Not sure why bounced emails... The error was:
"I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below."

Re-sending email(s)... sorry in advance if fomatting is screwy. :(

> Stan Vassilev wrote:
>> Well the future is AS3. AS3 is coming in the next version of the Flash
>> Authoring app as well.

Ah, yep. I am excited to get to know AS3 better -- Hehe, I felt like I 
was just getting to know AS2!!!


>> When should you make the switch? Well, if you are working on a project
>> ..
>> -> Flex Builder 2 is your app.

Ah, I see. I am definitely not a power-user... mostly for small 
animations and such -- I love coding, but my head is more into the 
graphic-end of things. But man, I do love the challenge and fulfillment 
of coding things... in whatever language it may be.


>> If you're working on a project that is interactive multimedia
>> ..
>> for a feature only available in AS3.

Sounds good. :)

Many thanks for your guidance, I really appreciate all of your help and 
time.


Have a great day/night Stan!
Cheers,
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Micky Hulse]

NOTE: All my replies to the list bounced yesterday... so I am 
re-sending... Sorry in advance if below email is not formatted well. 
Kinda frustrated that my emails bounced -- Time wasted. :(


Hi Kalani, many thanks for your help! Your reply has greatly helped me. :)

> Kalani Bright wrote:
>> I always thought the flash as editor is horrible.  I've always used
>> external
>> ..
>> to the class files built in Flex Builder).  It's more of a balanced

Ahh, makes perfect sense. So far, I really like the direction AS3 took 
things. I am excited to learn more and figure-out a good coding 
workflow... Hehe, so many coding languages, so little time (not to 
mention room in my head!)


>> approached to coding, graphics, and animation then going all out code
>> or all
>> ..
>> the other which work together.

Sounds good to me. :)

I plan on downloading/installing Flex Builder tonight.

>> For things like animating a website header...why would you want to
>> animate
>> that programmatically?  It would only make sense to code something
>> which was
>> going to be used more than once or for something that wouldn't be
>> possible

Ah, I mention website header because I am working on a header for my 
portfolio site... currently all coded in AS2 -- I am doing a lot of 
sequential loading of clips, and action-scripted tweening... also, I try 
to write as much AS as possible whenever I get the chance -- for 
learning purposes.


>> just using normal flash.  As far as the differences of AS2 and AS3 and
>> Flash
>> ..
>> they perform any cross scripting.

Makes perfect sense to me. :)

>> Of course you are going to get lots of opinions which way is the right
>> way
>> to do things, and they are all going to be different.  These are mine.

I like your thinking -- many thanks Kalani, I greatly appreciate the 
reply. It has cleared-up a lot of confusion I have been having.


Have a great day/night.
Cheers,
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[Flashcoders] Flash + SWFObject + innerHTML + IE7 problem

[Joshua Sera]

Here's the situation:

I've got a div, within which is a bunch of content.
I'm passing the contents of that div to a SWFObject
using document.getElementById("content").innerHTML
using Flashvars.

Everything works hunky-dory in Firefox, but the .swf
gets nothing in IE7. Is this a result of IE7's
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Micky Hulse]

Hey all.

Thanks for all the great replies... Thanks for all the help. :)

Unfortunately, it looks like all my replies to your emails have bounced 
from the chattyfig address... not sure why. I will try to re-organize my 
responses and send again -- hopefully they go through this time!


Thanks,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Number -- how good for use as an integer?

[Jim Cheng]

Douglas Pearson wrote:

Can someone clarify whether Number is actually just a simple wrapper round a
double precision floating point value?

Is this a problem with Flash?  If so, any solutions?


Internally, it's a 32-bit single precision float and doesn't play well 
if you need arbitrary precision integer manipulations.  You can see the 
link that Mick recommended for a longer discussion of this from Adobe.


This is a fairly common problem across many programming languages.  As 
such, most developers needing such functionality (e.g. for financial, 
scientific or cryptographic usages) resort to libraries providing for 
arbitrary precision integer storage and operations.


While I don't know of any ActionScript specific libraries for this, 
there are several that have been written for Javascript and shouldn't be 
too difficult to port if you're so inclined.  Among others, see:


http://www.leemon.com/crypto/BigInt.html

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/jsbn/

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash video player / modular component

[Eric Walton]

Carlos,

I just spoke with Kurt at
http://www.kurtboeker.com/his flv vid player is here:
http://www.kurtboeker.com/videopopup/player.html

However it and most of them will only play FLV's and will not play swf's
But you could build out something with iframes like this.

It will be available for download tomorrow.

Eric



On 3/5/07, Carlos Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hey what's up? I'm looking for a flash video player with these
requirements:

1) Can play SWF or FLV
2) Has a nice simple scrubber, like quicktime. (Pause / Play, drag
slider, and that's enough)
3) Generates a list of videos based on an XML file
4) Just put SWFs / FLVs in a folder, put the XML file in there, put
the main player swf on your home page, and bam. Video player with
scrolling list of videos appears.
5) The list of videos should look pretty cool, have a cool scrolling
effect
6) The look should be nice / elegant. Not default flash skin looking
stuff.
7) Flash 6, 7, or 8 compatible. (Flash 6 if possible, but not
required. At least 7.)

Anyone? Best recommendation? Or if someone wants to make some money
putting #1 - 7 above together, let me know. I am SERIOUSLY bogged
down with too much other work to get this video thing done.

I really appreciate anyone's help, information, or time on this one.

Thanks,
-Carlos-
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Re: [Flashcoders] Number -- how good for use as an integer?

[Mick G]

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_13989

I think you may have to put some Math.round(); around some of your values
just in case.




On 3/5/07, Douglas Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Can someone clarify whether Number is actually just a simple wrapper round
a
double precision floating point value?

The reason I'm asking is I'd like to know how accurately Flash can store
integers.  With AS3 there's a true "int" type added but in AS2 how
reliable
is Number at storing and retrieving integer values?

The problem here, of course, is that a floating point value can't exactly
represent integers (you get a lot of 1025.01 values instead of
1025).

Is this a problem with Flash?  If so, any solutions?

Doug

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[Flashcoders] Camera Privacy Dialog Box

[Edmund Kim]

Any way to re-skin this dialog box or to replace the "allow" camera
access interaction with a button/ActionScript within the Flash movie?

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Re: [Flashcoders] free flv player with lister component URGENT

[Matheus Araujo]

This is a good one:
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player

On 3/5/07, Eric Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Greeting all Flashcoders,

Anyone know of a free flv player with lister component?  One that works
right out of the box.

My client has purchased a couple others and they have errors or are buggy
or
just plain do not work.
I am even willing to have him purchase another one however I need to
install
it and see all of the source
files as well as test it before my client will pay for it as he has been
burned already.

I have one from Proxus and we would like to use it but I cant get it to
work. I can send you the sources
as well as component (a value of $100) if anyone could get it to work for
me.

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[Flashcoders] Number -- how good for use as an integer?

[Douglas Pearson]

Can someone clarify whether Number is actually just a simple wrapper round a
double precision floating point value?

The reason I'm asking is I'd like to know how accurately Flash can store
integers.  With AS3 there's a true "int" type added but in AS2 how reliable
is Number at storing and retrieving integer values?

The problem here, of course, is that a floating point value can't exactly
represent integers (you get a lot of 1025.01 values instead of
1025).

Is this a problem with Flash?  If so, any solutions?

Doug

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[Flashcoders] Flash video player / modular component

[Carlos Saenz]

Hey what's up? I'm looking for a flash video player with these  
requirements:


1) Can play SWF or FLV
2) Has a nice simple scrubber, like quicktime. (Pause / Play, drag  
slider, and that's enough)

3) Generates a list of videos based on an XML file
4) Just put SWFs / FLVs in a folder, put the XML file in there, put  
the main player swf on your home page, and bam. Video player with  
scrolling list of videos appears.
5) The list of videos should look pretty cool, have a cool scrolling  
effect
6) The look should be nice / elegant. Not default flash skin looking  
stuff.
7) Flash 6, 7, or 8 compatible. (Flash 6 if possible, but not  
required. At least 7.)


Anyone? Best recommendation? Or if someone wants to make some money  
putting #1 - 7 above together, let me know. I am SERIOUSLY bogged  
down with too much other work to get this video thing done.


I really appreciate anyone's help, information, or time on this one.

Thanks,
-Carlos-
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[Flashcoders] Flex 360 Conference

[Phil Dupré]

Anyone at this event here in San Jose?

~Phil
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[Flashcoders] AS3 parseFloat issue?

[elibol]

Hi guys,

I've been writing some code that evaluates operations from strings, and when
doing some stress testing, I think I may have discovered a problem.

Those who are interested in helping me verify the problem can run this test
in actionscript 2.0 and again in actionscript 3.0.

var a:String = "6.30e+51";
var b:String = "23";
var c:Number = parseFloat(a)%parseFloat(b);
trace(c); //outputs 7 in as3, and 18 in as2
trace(6.30e+51%23); // outputs 18 in both as2 and 3

Here is the test I ran in Java, just to confirm:

String a = "6.30e+51";
String b = "23";
double c = Double.parseDouble (a)%Double.parseDouble(b);
System.out.println(c); //18
System.out.println(6.30e+51%23); //18

Clearly, the answer to this problem is 18, but as3 calculates 7 after
parsing the large number.

I feel reluctant to draw any wild conclusions, I mean, I have no idea what
the problem could be. Anyone have any clue? Is this an issue or am I missing
something?

Good day,

Melih
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[Flashcoders] free flv player with lister component URGENT

[Eric Walton]

Greeting all Flashcoders,

Anyone know of a free flv player with lister component?  One that works
right out of the box.

My client has purchased a couple others and they have errors or are buggy or
just plain do not work.
I am even willing to have him purchase another one however I need to install
it and see all of the source
files as well as test it before my client will pay for it as he has been
burned already.

I have one from Proxus and we would like to use it but I cant get it to
work. I can send you the sources
as well as component (a value of $100) if anyone could get it to work for
me.

Thanks in advanvce.

Eric Walton 9 / Edub9

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Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...

[Gustavo Duenas]

ok, I rephrased, this issue with andreas' email allow us or not to  
post ?
so if someone has the same problem as us...reply us to know the rest  
of you don't have problems reading our posts, because as I though,  
nobody knows about our recent posts.


Regards


Gustavo



On Mar 5, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Omar Fouad wrote:

I think u can't get rid of it unless that email owner unsubscribes  
from the

list as the list won't send him more emails. this way no failure
notification would pop up

On 3/5/07, Gustavo Duenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


any ideas to avoid or get of rid of that problem with andreas' email?

Regards

Gustavo

P.s: who I  need to talk...write.


On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Alain Rousseau wrote:

> it's because it fails to deliver the message to the following
> address :
>
> Recipients and delivery history
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Gustavo
> Duenas
> Sent: 5 mars 2007 14:25
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...
>
> so do I
>
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Omar Fouad wrote:
>
>> Every time a write a post in this list i get a mail delivery
>> notification "failure" mail...
>> why?
>>
>> --
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>>
>> Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is  
never
>> boastful nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not  
take

>> offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other
>> people's
>> sins...but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to
>> trust, to hope...
>> and to
>> endure... whatever comes.
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Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never  
boastful
nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense  
and is
not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins...but  
delights
in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope...  
and to

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Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...

[Omar Fouad]

I think u can't get rid of it unless that email owner unsubscribes from the
list as the list won't send him more emails. this way no failure
notification would pop up

On 3/5/07, Gustavo Duenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


any ideas to avoid or get of rid of that problem with andreas' email?

Regards

Gustavo

P.s: who I  need to talk...write.


On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Alain Rousseau wrote:

> it's because it fails to deliver the message to the following
> address :
>
> Recipients and delivery history
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Gustavo
> Duenas
> Sent: 5 mars 2007 14:25
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...
>
> so do I
>
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Omar Fouad wrote:
>
>> Every time a write a post in this list i get a mail delivery
>> notification "failure" mail...
>> why?
>>
>> --
>> Omar Fouad - Digital Emotions...
>>
>> Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never
>> boastful nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not take
>> offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other
>> people's
>> sins...but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to
>> trust, to hope...
>> and to
>> endure... whatever comes.
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nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is
not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins...but delights
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Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...

[Gustavo Duenas]

any ideas to avoid or get of rid of that problem with andreas' email?

Regards

Gustavo

P.s: who I  need to talk...write.


On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Alain Rousseau wrote:

it's because it fails to deliver the message to the following  
address :


Recipients and delivery history

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of  
Gustavo

Duenas
Sent: 5 mars 2007 14:25
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...

so do I

On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Omar Fouad wrote:


Every time a write a post in this list i get a mail delivery
notification "failure" mail...
why?

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boastful nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not take
offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other  
people's

sins...but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to
trust, to hope...
and to
endure... whatever comes.
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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Steven Sacks | BLITZ]

The issue at hand is that there is really a lack of information out
there to educate Flash developers on what the benefits and differences
are of using Flex.  You pretty much have to take the plunge and learn it
to educate yourself on why you should be using it in the first place.

This is, IMO, Adobe's burden, however, it should be noted that a lot of
Flex developers come not from Flash, but from arenas like Java, .NET,
VB, etc. and they needed no prodding as Flex fulfills a need many of
them have been looking for.

To say that Flex is only as good as the components it comes with is not
a fair statement.  You can, should and do write your own components with
Flex.  You don't have to only use the components Flex comes with if you
don't want to (much the same as Flash in this regard).

If you come from Flash, you will find the Design view woefully
inadequate compared to what you're used to with the timeline.  There's
no visual z-indexing or folders, etc.  However, without breaking any
NDAs, I'll casually mention that Adobe is working on making Flex Builder
more attractive to designers.  ;)

The best thing I've heard comparing Flex vs. Flash (and it's still not
really sufficient) is that there are applications that are much easier
to write in Flex than in Flash and vice-versa, and knowing which to use
and how to use them will help you choose the right implementation for
your client.  At the same time, pretty much every Flash developer I know
that took the plunge to Flex no longer does any Flash (if they can help
it) and swears by Flex.

So, in conclusion, you have to take the time to learn Flex to understand
Flex, but in doing so you may never come back to Flash.  I'm still in
the early stages of learning Flex, so I can't speak to why those who
emigrate never return.
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RE: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...

[Alain Rousseau]

it's because it fails to deliver the message to the following address :

Recipients and delivery history

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gustavo
Duenas
Sent: 5 mars 2007 14:25
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...

so do I

On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Omar Fouad wrote:

> Every time a write a post in this list i get a mail delivery 
> notification "failure" mail...
> why?
>
> --
> Omar Fouad - Digital Emotions...
>
> Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never 
> boastful nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not take 
> offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's 
> sins...but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to 
> trust, to hope...
> and to
> endure... whatever comes.
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Re: [Flashcoders] posting Problem...

[Gustavo Duenas]

so do I

On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Omar Fouad wrote:

Every time a write a post in this list i get a mail delivery  
notification

"failure" mail...
why?

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boastful
nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense  
and is
not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins...but  
delights
in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope...  
and to

endure... whatever comes.
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[Flashcoders] Re: [AS3] Timers behaving erratically

[Erica Norton]

 
Hi,

Best practices say that when done with an event listener, it should be
removed.  If you're not removing it (them) anywhere else, you should
remove it with your "destroy" function.  This is also an excellent time
to kill any streams, stop sounds, stop timers, etc.  In fact, it's
recommended that your AS3 scripts do clean up things like this.  In AS3,
removing items from the display list doesn't destroy the objects like it
did in AS2. 

I try to include the following in any movie clip that is loaded:
---
function unloadHandler(event:Event):void {
/*
in here clean things up such as
* null out any references to loaded content
var myVar = myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.someVar
=> myVar = null;
* unload any swf's that were loaded so they can also clean up on
unload
* stop any sounds from playing
this might mean SoundMixer.stopAll();
or it might mean stopping a moiveclip (like with a .mov
on it)
* close any LocalConnections, NetConnections, NetStreams
* return any global properties to their default
* null out any Camera or Microphones
* removeEventListener for any that weren't by their natural flow
* clearIntervals
* stop any Timers
*/
root.loaderInfo.removeEventListener("unload", unloadHandler);
}

root.loaderInfo.addEventListener("unload", unloadHandler);
---

This could be adapted for classes that are instantiated.

-Erica
Flash Player QE
 
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:45:43 -0800 (PST)
> From: badi malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [AS3] Timers behaving erratically
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> i've had this happen many times and even posted to the list 
> about iti use the debugger that comes with the flash ide 
> alot and only then can i see what's happening...if you look 
> at the instances using the debugger you can see that the 
> instances haven't cleared their values. what i've done in the 
> past is make sure that i call removeMovieClip as well as call 
> delete, and pray! :)
> 
> hope this helps
> 
> - Original Message 
> From: Daniel Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 6:13:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] [AS3] Timers behaving erratically
> 
> > classes. The second time this class is instantiated, the 
> timers don't 
> > fire. Any reason why this is happening?
> 
> Actually, nowhere in the application they aren't firing.
> Here's the code that disables the application:
> 
> 
> 
> public static function disable(message:String):void {
>   with (_instance) {
> var snapshot:Bitmap = takeSnapshot();
> 
> destroyForm();
> 
> _container.addChildAt(snapshot, 0);
> _container.addChildAt(drawCurtains(), 1);
> _container.stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
> mouseClickHandler);
> 
> showAlert(message);
> 
> _container.stage.invalidate();
> 
> _enabled = false;
>   }
> }
> 
> 
> private function destroyForm():void {
>   _container.removeChild(_container.getChildByName("form"));
>   _form = null;
> }
> 
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[Flashcoders] posting Problem...

[Omar Fouad]

Every time a write a post in this list i get a mail delivery notification
"failure" mail...
why?

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nor conceited It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is
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[Flashcoders] Please remove me from your email lists!

[Tony Accurso]

Hi, can you please remove my email from your list??? I have tried several 
times before with no success. I hate to site the Cann-spam act on your org, 
and pursue this to a deeper resolution. thanks...


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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Alain Rousseau]

The thing is, are you a graphic designer or a programmer? 

If the first, i'd recommend you stick with Flash, otherwise it's up to you
to choose.
Not all Flash websites are RIA, but they are tending to be so more and more.
hence the need of a team : Designers ->Flash ,  Programmers -> Flex or FLash


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Caldwell
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To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?


>> If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex. 
I would disagree with this entirely. Flex frees up an artist to focus on the
areas they want to work with. If you're a UI artist, sure, avoid flex.

Telling an artist to avoid flex in flash development would be like telling a
video game developer to avoid directx.

Not all sites use that many flex components, but they're a good tool when
needed.

Seth



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Bright
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?


I don't know about FDT or what that was based on.
I know Adobe purchased a company which produced Eclipse related plugins such
as JSEclipse.
Which probably is how they got Flex Builder built so fast.

As far as Flex goes verything can be done in Flash.
If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex. 
Flex is somewhat the equivalent of visual studio .net's ide.  Drag and drop
components onto the stage.
It's a boring sort of deal...more interesting than other technologies...but
not flash + code.  But yes it is faster.

But I use Flex Builder 2 in conjuction with Flash and avoid Flex altogether.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:28 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

I think what you can do in flex can be done in flash, flex is
easierthough

Is this right??


On 3/4/07, Chris RM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I didn't know Flex Builder was based off Eclipse. I haven't used F.B.
> but how does it differ from the FDT plug-in for Eclipse? Is it as 
> robust as FDT?
>
> http://ftd.powerflasher.com
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Muzak wrote:
>
> > Hi Micky, see inline reply.
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Micky Hulse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" 
> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 AM
> > Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?
> >
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and 
> >> found myself pondering this:
> >>
> >> Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS?
> >
> > That (as always) depends on your goal (project).
> > If you're into RIA's, Flex+AS3 is probably better suited for the job.
> >
> >> Third paragraph states:
> >>
> >> "This book assumes that you have obtained a copy of Flex Builder 2 
> >> and have successfully installed it on your computer. ... "
> >>
> >> What happened to coding in Flash? Am I waiting for the next version 
> >> of Flash until I can successfully and/or easily write AS3 via the 
> >> Flash application?
> >
> > I think the above answer applies here as well.
> >
> >> Will the future of Flash AS always require the Flex Builder? Or, is 
> >> Flex Builder just one out of many/few code editors for compiling 
> >> the new AS3 code?
> >
> > Flex Builder is just another AS editor. It just happens to be ahead 
> > of the Flash IDE when it comes to AS-version.
> > AS3 for the Flash IDE is currently only available through the AS3 
> > alpha preview (http://labs.adobe.com)
> >
> >> If I only want to animate some objects around the stage 
> >> programatically (for something like a website header), should I 
> >> just make the switch to AS3 (if player versions were not an issue), 
> >> or is
> >> AS2 still an acceptable way of producing small action-scripted 
> >> movies?
> >
> > I see no reason why you'd switch to AS3 for this kind of work.
> >
> >> Links? Blog posts? Articles? Am I over-complicating things?
> >
> > What kind of links/articles are you looking for?
> > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/
> > http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/
> > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/
> >
> >
> > As for over-complicating things, I'd say, yes ;-)
> >
> > Flex/Flex Builder was made because Flash (as a technology) has 
> > become more and more powerful and more and more programmers with all 
> > kinds of backgrounds (Java, .NET, etc..) started using it (or wanted
> > to) but found the Flash IDE lacking, especially compared to other 
> > tools available for other languages.
> > So Flex/Flex Builder is not here to replace the Flash IDE, but
> > (finally) gives those that are 

RE: [Flashcoders] Cache Killer... is it bulletproof ???

[Karina Steffens]

Also check out my blog entry on the subject -
http://blog.neo-archaic.net/2006/08/02/nocache-for-javascript-and-flash.htm
The Flash IDE doesn't like the cache-busters so you need to test
System.capabilities.playerType before appending the query.

Karina

 

> -Original Message-
> From: David Bellerive [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 03 March 2007 03:54
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Cache Killer... is it bulletproof ???
> 
> I've read that appending a random query string ( example : 
> new Date.getTime() ) to the URL of assets (images, sounds, 
> XML files, etc.) loaded at runtime in the Flash Player 
> ensures that these assets are always loaded from the server 
> instead of being loaded from the cache.
> 
> I've tested this on Windows XP in IE5, IE5.5, IE6, FF1, 
> FF1.5, FF2, Opera 8, Opera 8.5, Opera 9, Netscape 7 and 
> Netscape 8 and it seems to work very well.
> 
> However, I haven't been able to test this on a Mac or on Linux.
> 
> Is this method bulletproof (it works in all browsers on all 
> operating systems)?
> 
> Is this something that you would really rely on for big projects?
> 
> Has anyone ever used this method and had big problems with it 
> or even minor glitches?
> 
> 
> 
>  
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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Seth Caldwell]

>> If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex. 
I would disagree with this entirely. Flex frees up an artist to focus on the
areas they want to work with. If you're a UI artist, sure, avoid flex.

Telling an artist to avoid flex in flash development would be like telling a
video game developer to avoid directx.

Not all sites use that many flex components, but they're a good tool when
needed.

Seth



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kalani
Bright
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 1:28 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?


I don't know about FDT or what that was based on.
I know Adobe purchased a company which produced Eclipse related plugins such
as JSEclipse.
Which probably is how they got Flex Builder built so fast.

As far as Flex goes verything can be done in Flash.
If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex. 
Flex is somewhat the equivalent of visual studio .net's ide.  Drag and drop
components onto the stage.
It's a boring sort of deal...more interesting than other technologies...but
not flash + code.  But yes it is faster.

But I use Flex Builder 2 in conjuction with Flash and avoid Flex altogether.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:28 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

I think what you can do in flex can be done in flash, flex is
easierthough

Is this right??


On 3/4/07, Chris RM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I didn't know Flex Builder was based off Eclipse. I haven't used F.B.
> but how does it differ from the FDT plug-in for Eclipse? Is it as 
> robust as FDT?
>
> http://ftd.powerflasher.com
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Muzak wrote:
>
> > Hi Micky, see inline reply.
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Micky Hulse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" 
> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 AM
> > Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?
> >
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and 
> >> found myself pondering this:
> >>
> >> Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS?
> >
> > That (as always) depends on your goal (project).
> > If you're into RIA's, Flex+AS3 is probably better suited for the job.
> >
> >> Third paragraph states:
> >>
> >> "This book assumes that you have obtained a copy of Flex Builder 2 
> >> and have successfully installed it on your computer. ... "
> >>
> >> What happened to coding in Flash? Am I waiting for the next version 
> >> of Flash until I can successfully and/or easily write AS3 via the 
> >> Flash application?
> >
> > I think the above answer applies here as well.
> >
> >> Will the future of Flash AS always require the Flex Builder? Or, is 
> >> Flex Builder just one out of many/few code editors for compiling 
> >> the new AS3 code?
> >
> > Flex Builder is just another AS editor. It just happens to be ahead 
> > of the Flash IDE when it comes to AS-version.
> > AS3 for the Flash IDE is currently only available through the AS3 
> > alpha preview (http://labs.adobe.com)
> >
> >> If I only want to animate some objects around the stage 
> >> programatically (for something like a website header), should I 
> >> just make the switch to AS3 (if player versions were not an issue), 
> >> or is
> >> AS2 still an acceptable way of producing small action-scripted 
> >> movies?
> >
> > I see no reason why you'd switch to AS3 for this kind of work.
> >
> >> Links? Blog posts? Articles? Am I over-complicating things?
> >
> > What kind of links/articles are you looking for?
> > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/
> > http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/
> > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/
> >
> >
> > As for over-complicating things, I'd say, yes ;-)
> >
> > Flex/Flex Builder was made because Flash (as a technology) has 
> > become more and more powerful and more and more programmers with all 
> > kinds of backgrounds (Java, .NET, etc..) started using it (or wanted 
> > to) but found the Flash IDE lacking, especially compared to other 
> > tools available for other languages.
> > So Flex/Flex Builder is not here to replace the Flash IDE, but
> > (finally) gives those that are more into the programming side of 
> > things a powerful and robust tool that they're probably already 
> > comfortable with, since it's based on Eclipse
> > (http://www.eclipse.org)
> >
> > older articles explaining Flex + AS3 
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flex2_flash.html
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex2_intro.html
> >
> > I think the following quote (from Nigel Pegg) sums it all up:
> > "We Call This 'The Timeline.' No, Wait, Come Back!"
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fle

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

[Omar Fouad]

allright thanks

On 3/4/07, Kalani Bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



I don't know about FDT or what that was based on.
I know Adobe purchased a company which produced Eclipse related plugins
such
as JSEclipse.
Which probably is how they got Flex Builder built so fast.

As far as Flex goes verything can be done in Flash.
If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex.
Flex is somewhat the equivalent of visual studio .net's ide.  Drag and
drop
components onto the stage.
It's a boring sort of deal...more interesting than other
technologies...but
not flash + code.  But yes it is faster.

But I use Flex Builder 2 in conjuction with Flash and avoid Flex
altogether.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:28 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

I think what you can do in flex can be done in flash, flex is
easierthough

Is this right??


On 3/4/07, Chris RM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I didn't know Flex Builder was based off Eclipse. I haven't used F.B.
> but how does it differ from the FDT plug-in for Eclipse? Is it as
> robust as FDT?
>
> http://ftd.powerflasher.com
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Muzak wrote:
>
> > Hi Micky, see inline reply.
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Micky Hulse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" 
> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 AM
> > Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?
> >
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and
> >> found myself pondering this:
> >>
> >> Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS?
> >
> > That (as always) depends on your goal (project).
> > If you're into RIA's, Flex+AS3 is probably better suited for the job.
> >
> >> Third paragraph states:
> >>
> >> "This book assumes that you have obtained a copy of Flex Builder 2
> >> and have successfully installed it on your computer. ... "
> >>
> >> What happened to coding in Flash? Am I waiting for the next version
> >> of Flash until I can successfully and/or easily write AS3 via the
> >> Flash application?
> >
> > I think the above answer applies here as well.
> >
> >> Will the future of Flash AS always require the Flex Builder? Or, is
> >> Flex Builder just one out of many/few code editors for compiling
> >> the new AS3 code?
> >
> > Flex Builder is just another AS editor. It just happens to be ahead
> > of the Flash IDE when it comes to AS-version.
> > AS3 for the Flash IDE is currently only available through the AS3
> > alpha preview (http://labs.adobe.com)
> >
> >> If I only want to animate some objects around the stage
> >> programatically (for something like a website header), should I
> >> just make the switch to AS3 (if player versions were not an issue),
> >> or is
> >> AS2 still an acceptable way of producing small action-scripted
> >> movies?
> >
> > I see no reason why you'd switch to AS3 for this kind of work.
> >
> >> Links? Blog posts? Articles? Am I over-complicating things?
> >
> > What kind of links/articles are you looking for?
> > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/
> > http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/
> > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/
> >
> >
> > As for over-complicating things, I'd say, yes ;-)
> >
> > Flex/Flex Builder was made because Flash (as a technology) has
> > become more and more powerful and more and more programmers with all
> > kinds of backgrounds (Java, .NET, etc..) started using it (or wanted
> > to) but found the Flash IDE lacking, especially compared to other
> > tools available for other languages.
> > So Flex/Flex Builder is not here to replace the Flash IDE, but
> > (finally) gives those that are more into the programming side of
> > things a powerful and robust tool that they're probably already
> > comfortable with, since it's based on Eclipse
> > (http://www.eclipse.org)
> >
> > older articles explaining Flex + AS3
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flex2_flash.html
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex2_intro.html
> >
> > I think the following quote (from Nigel Pegg) sums it all up:
> > "We Call This 'The Timeline.' No, Wait, Come Back!"
> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flash_perspective.html
> >
> > regards,
> > Muzak
> >
> >
> >
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RE: [Flashcoders] Cache Killer... is it bulletproof ???

[Steven Sacks | BLITZ]

The user would have to reset their clock and make the request at the
EXACT SAME MILLISECOND in time.  It's nigh impossible.  It will never
ever ever EVER happen.  You're good to go.

var d:Date = new Date();
var noCache:String = String(d.getTime());
var xmlPath:String = "http://www.domain.com/my.xml?noCache="; + noCache;
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