Re: [Flashcoders] dynamic image loading in mc

[sebastian]

hi Michael,

quick reply here, but you may want to consider assigning the XML data to 
an Array instead of to variables. This way, you can call positions in 
the array easily.


So instead of:

bild = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes[paktBild].attributes.pic;

you would have:

pictureArray = new array
for i loop with max = XML.children.length
pictureArray[i] = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.pic;
position = 0;//position tracker

next/previous just calls 'position' of 'pictureArray[i]' array and loads 
up. also saves reloading XML EVERY time you call an image [less load on 
server/flash]


cheers,

seb.

mastro wrote:


hello,

I'm looking for a solution witch can handle the following problem:

i need a mc witch will load several images and text dynamically from a 
folder into the flash-file. (the number of images change sometimes)


also 2 buttons should give the possibility to go from image 1 to image 
however and back...


my xml file looks like this:














in flash on my mc the AS looks like:

--snip!


mein_xml = new XML();


mein_xml.ignoreWhite = true;


mein_xml.load("test.xml");


mein_xml.onLoad = function(status) {
if (status && this.loaded) {
anzahl = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length;
geladen = true;
aktbild = 0;
ladeBild(aktBild);
}
};


function ladeBild(paktBild) {
status_mc._visible = 1;
bild = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes[paktBild].attributes.pic;
bildname = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes[paktBild].attributes.name;
loadMovie(bild, "bild_mc");
titel_txt.text = bildname;
}


weiter_btn.onRelease = function() {
if (geladen && aktbild0) {
aktbild--;
ladeBild(aktBild);
}
};



---snip!

here is a link to a test file:

http://nano.machfeld.net/test/test.zip




someone an idea?

cheers,

michael



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[Flashcoders] dynamic image loading in mc

[mastro]

hello,

I'm looking for a solution witch can handle the following problem:

i need a mc witch will load several images and text dynamically from  
a folder into the flash-file. (the number of images change  
sometimes)


also 2 buttons should give the possibility to go from image 1 to  
image however and back...


my xml file looks like this:




   
  








in flash on my mc the AS looks like:

--snip!


mein_xml = new XML();


mein_xml.ignoreWhite = true;


mein_xml.load("test.xml");


mein_xml.onLoad = function(status) {
if (status && this.loaded) {
anzahl = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length;
geladen = true;
aktbild = 0;
ladeBild(aktBild);
}
};


function ladeBild(paktBild) {
status_mc._visible = 1;
bild = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes[paktBild].attributes.pic;
bildname = mein_xml.firstChild.childNodes[paktBild].attributes.name;
loadMovie(bild, "bild_mc");
titel_txt.text = bildname;
}


weiter_btn.onRelease = function() {
if (geladen && aktbild0) {
aktbild--;
ladeBild(aktBild);
}
};



---snip!

here is a link to a test file:

http://nano.machfeld.net/test/test.zip




someone an idea?

cheers,

michael



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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: SendAndLoad

[Helmut Granda]

Thanks Leandro. I really appreciate it.

On 4/30/07, Leandro Amano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


import mx.utils.Delegate;
var sendObj:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
sendObj.variable = "value";
sendObj.sendAndLoad("server_side.extension", sendObj, "POST");
sendObj.onData = Delegate.create(this, onReceiveData);
function onReceiveData (string:String):Void {
//do something
}

On 4/30/07, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> bounce...
>
> On 4/27/07, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > How long does the server waits before it returns an error message?
> >
> > Say I sent 40 variables to the server and the server receives the
> > variables but doesn't process them correctly so it just hangs there,
> does
> > flash has a time limit to wait for a response before spitting out an
> error
> > message?
> >
> > TIA
> >
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[Flashcoders] Two column forms and removing null

[Dennis Asher]

Just starting with Flex. A couple of questions:

Can I auto layout my form in 2 columns without absolute positioning? ie.
specify n columns or???

and I have text boxes and images sourcing content from a database. How do I
stop the 'null' appearing in the text box when there is no data in the field
and the 'image missing' outline appearing when there is no image listed in
the source field.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: flash Dock

[Andrés González & Aragón]

May be if that code wasn't decompiled with sothink, was more legible. I say
it because sothink decompiler writes _locN variables. I was atempt to use
when i lost a fla file.

2007/4/30, Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:


For real. Wow, four hours.

On 4/30/07 10:56 AM, "eric e. dolecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Quit bumping your posts by copy & pasting your old one. Wait a bit and
see
> if someone answers, okay?


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Re: [Flashcoders] compare Objects

[Ron Wheeler]

Fix a small typo

It is more reasonable to include a method in the class to compare itself
to another instance of itself.

x= new MyObj(1,2,3)
y=new MyObj(1,2,4)
trace (x.isequal(y))

Ron

Gilles Roquefeuil wrote:

Hello,

seems trivialo, but is there a simpler way to compare two identically 
formed objects than recursively compare their props (and types and 
values of their props)?


var obj1:Object = {a:0,b:"1",c:[0,1,2],d:[{x:0,y:10},{x:10,y:0}]}
var obj2:Object = {a:0,b:"1",c:[0,1,2],d:[{x:0,y:10},{x:10,y:0}]}
trace (obj1==obj2) returns false...

Thanx,

Gilles

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Re: [Flashcoders] compare Objects

[Ron Wheeler]

It is more reasonable to include a method in the class to compare itself 
to another instance of itself.


x= new myObj(1,2,3)
y=new MyObj(1,2,4)
trace (x.isequal(y))

Ron

Gilles Roquefeuil wrote:

Hello,

seems trivialo, but is there a simpler way to compare two identically 
formed objects than recursively compare their props (and types and 
values of their props)?


var obj1:Object = {a:0,b:"1",c:[0,1,2],d:[{x:0,y:10},{x:10,y:0}]}
var obj2:Object = {a:0,b:"1",c:[0,1,2],d:[{x:0,y:10},{x:10,y:0}]}
trace (obj1==obj2) returns false...

Thanx,

Gilles

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Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in AS3?

[David Bellerive]

Thanks Fumio!

That's the answer I was looking for.

So my next question would be : When would you ever need to use the String 
class' constructor instead of just a string literal?

AS2.0
var myString:String = "this is a string";
trace(myString instanceof String);// outputs FALSE

AS3.0
var myString:String = "this is a string";
trace(myString instanceof String);// outputs TRUE

- Original Message 
From: Fumio Nonaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:40:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in 
AS3?

Programming ActionScript 3.0 > ActionScript language and syntax > Data 
types:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/0044.html
"In ActionScript 3.0, primitive values and their wrapper objects are, 
for practical purposes, indistinguishable. All values, even primitive 
values, are objects. Flash Player treats these primitive types as 
special cases that behave like objects but that don't require the normal 
overhead associated with creating objects."

ECMAScript 4 > Types
http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/es4/libraries/types.html
"Unlike in ECMAScript 3, there is no distinction between objects and 
primitive values. All values can have methods."
_
David Bellerive wrote:

> In AS2, your example would of course work but only because the Flash Player 
> would create a temporary String object with your string literal, then get the 
> object's length property and return the value, and then delete the temporary 
> String object it created. So yes, all method calls and get/set on property 
> values would work just fine on literals in AS2, but only because Flash Player 
> used to create temporary objects and delete them as soon as the operation 
> ended.
> Thus, when you needed to call multiple methods on a string for exemple, it 
> was more efficient to explicitely create a new instance of the String object 
> and call those methods on the object rather that just calling those methods 
> on a string literal.
> But it seems that this is no longer true in AS3, that String objects and 
> string literals are now treated the same by Flash Player 9 using AS3 (there 
> are no more implicit temporary String objects created by the Flash Player).
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: SendAndLoad

[Leandro Amano]

import mx.utils.Delegate;
var sendObj:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
sendObj.variable = "value";
sendObj.sendAndLoad("server_side.extension", sendObj, "POST");
sendObj.onData = Delegate.create(this, onReceiveData);
function onReceiveData (string:String):Void {
//do something
}

On 4/30/07, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


bounce...

On 4/27/07, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How long does the server waits before it returns an error message?
>
> Say I sent 40 variables to the server and the server receives the
> variables but doesn't process them correctly so it just hangs there,
does
> flash has a time limit to wait for a response before spitting out an
error
> message?
>
> TIA
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in AS3?

[Fumio Nonaka]

Programming ActionScript 3.0 > ActionScript language and syntax > Data 
types:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/0044.html
"In ActionScript 3.0, primitive values and their wrapper objects are, 
for practical purposes, indistinguishable. All values, even primitive 
values, are objects. Flash Player treats these primitive types as 
special cases that behave like objects but that don't require the normal 
overhead associated with creating objects."


ECMAScript 4 > Types
http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/es4/libraries/types.html
"Unlike in ECMAScript 3, there is no distinction between objects and 
primitive values. All values can have methods."

_
David Bellerive wrote:


In AS2, your example would of course work but only because the Flash Player 
would create a temporary String object with your string literal, then get the 
object's length property and return the value, and then delete the temporary 
String object it created. So yes, all method calls and get/set on property 
values would work just fine on literals in AS2, but only because Flash Player 
used to create temporary objects and delete them as soon as the operation ended.
Thus, when you needed to call multiple methods on a string for exemple, it was 
more efficient to explicitely create a new instance of the String object and 
call those methods on the object rather that just calling those methods on a 
string literal.
But it seems that this is no longer true in AS3, that String objects and string 
literals are now treated the same by Flash Player 9 using AS3 (there are no 
more implicit temporary String objects created by the Flash Player).

--
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[Flashcoders] Re: SendAndLoad

[Helmut Granda]

bounce...

On 4/27/07, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


How long does the server waits before it returns an error message?

Say I sent 40 variables to the server and the server receives the
variables but doesn't process them correctly so it just hangs there, does
flash has a time limit to wait for a response before spitting out an error
message?

TIA


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[Flashcoders] RE: Flash Over Windows Media Player

[Jason Lutes]

Scratch that. Setting the wmode to "window" works just fine.


-
Jason


> Is there a way to display a Flash movie above an embedded 
> Windows Media Player in the browser? I've tried various 
> things with CSS z-index and the Flash object wmode parameter, 
> but can't get it to work. Is there something I'm overlooking 
> or is this just not going to happen?
> 
> Thanks.
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[Flashcoders] Flash Over Windows Media Player

[Jason Lutes]

Is there a way to display a Flash movie above an embedded Windows Media Player 
in the browser? I've tried various things with CSS z-index and the Flash object 
wmode parameter, but can't get it to work. Is there something I'm overlooking 
or is this just not going to happen?

Thanks.


-
Jason


> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:28 AM
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Wave effect
> 
> Hi Jesse,
> 
> Quite good stuff there! Thanks for the link ;)
> 
> Marcelo.
> 
> On 4/27/07, Jesse Graupmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/ has a ton of info on 
> this and more.
> >
> > Check out:
> > http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=356
> > http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=108
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Muzak
> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:02 AM
> > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Wave effect
> >
> > google: "flash mac dock"
> >
> > here's one:
> > http://jrgraphix.net/research/flash-dock-mx-2004.php
> >
> > there's more of them, check google.
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Parvaiz Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: 
> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:50 PM
> > Subject: [Flashcoders] Wave effect
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Anybody knows how to create the wave effect shown in
> > > (http://www.mandchou.com/) at the bottom for dynamically 
> loaded images.
> > > Pls let me know.
> > >
> > > Thanks & regards,
> > > PP
> >
> >
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Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Share Music Online

[Paul V.]

Glen,
   Hey, I have been wondering that from time to time as well.  I actually
started a  mini project to put up free sounds.
http://websounds.stilllightarts.com   which to be honest has only  a few
samples so far.  But here are a couple of other sites, not a sound
registry - no pun intended (which I would love to see), but a bunch of links
to download sounds:  I would check out the rights on these (not sure if they
are royalty free. http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/ts/sow.html  is one.
http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm  in another (great for animal
sounds).
and this one http://www.sounddogs.com/ShowMessage.asp?Code=NSC  is Not Free
if I remember correctly.Like I said I would check out the copyrights and
the royalty issues on these sites.  My project websounds is currently free
and royalty free.  But has limited sounds at present.  Hmmm.  Maybe I will
have  a busy night.

Hope these help out.
Peace,

Vdst.

 - Original Message - 
From: "Glen Pike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:04 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Share Music Online


> Hi,
>
> "Flickr is to photo's what ? is to audio"
>
> This is a bit OT, but does anyone have any links to sites that would
> fill in the blank for me?
>
> Googling also...
>
> (Not myspace).
>
> Thanks in advance.
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[Flashcoders] OT: Share Music Online

[Glen Pike]

Hi,
  
   "Flickr is to photo's what ? is to audio"
 
   This is a bit OT, but does anyone have any links to sites that would 
fill in the blank for me?


   Googling also...  


   (Not myspace).

   Thanks in advance.
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[Flashcoders] object tag params

[[p e r c e p t i c o n]]

I have a question regarding the params in the object tag.

first, are the default params (height, bgcolor etc) the only ones permitted?

second how can i pass in a var at runtime...so far i'm doing it like this

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0";
width="550" height="400" id="DocProxy" align="middle">




http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"; />


the problem is that if i pass in ZipCode this way i need to use the request
object  ("DocProxy.swf?ZipCode=<% request.getParameter("zipCode"); %>  "/>)
to pass the value, but how can i do it within the quotes

thanks in advance
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Re: [Flashcoders] More fun with XPATH... now I want XSLT in Flash!

[Peter Hall]

On 4/13/07, Josh Santangelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I wanted the same thing at once time, and asked the xfactorstudio
gent about it. He said that he'd looked into it at once point but
found that it was very difficult to implement XSLT in AS2 at any
reasonable level of performance.

AS3 + E4X would likely be another matter.



http://code.google.com/p/xpath-as3/

Performance is perfectly acceptable, except for really heavy work, and
I haven't even started the performance tuning yet.


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[Flashcoders] compare Objects

[Gilles Roquefeuil]

Hello,

seems trivialo, but is there a simpler way to compare two identically  
formed objects than recursively compare their props (and types and  
values of their props)?


var obj1:Object = {a:0,b:"1",c:[0,1,2],d:[{x:0,y:10},{x:10,y:0}]}
var obj2:Object = {a:0,b:"1",c:[0,1,2],d:[{x:0,y:10},{x:10,y:0}]}
trace (obj1==obj2) returns false...

Thanx,

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Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in AS3?

[David Bellerive]

In AS2, your example would of course work but only because the Flash Player 
would create a temporary String object with your string literal, then get the 
object's length property and return the value, and then delete the temporary 
String object it created. So yes, all method calls and get/set on property 
values would work just fine on literals in AS2, but only because Flash Player 
used to create temporary objects and delete them as soon as the operation ended.

Thus, when you needed to call multiple methods on a string for exemple, it was 
more efficient to explicitely create a new instance of the String object and 
call those methods on the object rather that just calling those methods on a 
string literal.

But it seems that this is no longer true in AS3, that String objects and string 
literals are now treated the same by Flash Player 9 using AS3 (there are no 
more implicit temporary String objects created by the Flash Player).

Anyone knows if that is the case?

- Original Message 
From: T. Michael Keesey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:45:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in 
AS3?

On 4/30/07, David Bellerive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> From what I understand, in AS2, a String object was a wrapper object around a 
> string literal. For exemple, in AS2, these were not the same:
>
> var myFirstString:String = "my first string";
> var mySecondString:String = new String("my second string");
>
> The first line (the string literal) was just that, a literal value with no 
> properties or methods.

Not true. As a counterexample, try this:

trace("Hello".length);
// Traces "5".

-- 
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[Flashcoders] Job: Flash Developers wanted in Los Angeles (freelance or full-time)

[T. Michael Keesey]

Exopolis, Inc., an award-winning interactive/motion design company
located in Los Angeles (Silver Lake), is looking for Senior Flash
Developers to join our dynamic, high-powered team. We are open to
staff or contractor positions. Must be local (no relocation).
Contractors may work off-site when possible.

Responsibilities:
- Develop media-rich websites and other interactive projects for
high-end clients.
- Assist in leading junior developers, contractors, integrators, and
near-shore teams as necessary.
- Assist with technical design/architecture.
- Participate in client conferences as necessary.

Requirements:
- Thorough knowledge of OOP. (Experience with UML structure diagrams a plus.)
- Thorough knowledge of ActionScript 2.0.
- Some knowledge of ActionScript 3.0 and MXML.
- Knowledge of XML, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Experience working directly with a creative team.
- Experience working with video in Flash.
- Ability to write and edit documentation.

Bonus Experience and Skills:
- Experience working with web services.
- Experience with back-end technologies (ASP, PHP, etc.).
- Experience with other front-end web technologies (AJAX, etc.).
- Experience with other programming languages (Java, C, etc.).
- Experience with database design and SQL.
- Animation skills, especially proficiency with programmatic
animation and animation packages (FuseKit, physics engines, etc.).
- Experience working with version control software (SVN, etc.).
- Experience working with bug-tracking software.
- Knowledge of standard code comment formats (e.g., ASDoc).

Please send a resume and one or more code samples to mike dot keesey
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Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in AS3?

[Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov]

On Apr 30, 2007, at 4:18 PM, David Bellerive wrote:

I'm not 100% sure that's right but that's what I think it used to  
be in AS2.

Now in AS3, I'm not sure but I think this might have changed.

oops.. no I guess they call it boxing now
generics is about collections
but nevertheless
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Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in AS3?

[Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov]

On Apr 30, 2007, at 4:18 PM, David Bellerive wrote:

I'm not 100% sure that's right but that's what I think it used to  
be in AS2.


Now in AS3, I'm not sure but I think this might have changed.


The generics blues.

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[Flashcoders] Developing Components with AS3 and CS3

[Sascha]

Hi list,

 

Now that we have AS 3.0 and Flash CS3 we can finally start to make some
decent Flash components, don't we?

Or so I thought but it's not exactly the same like making components with
AS2 and resources on how to develop them with CS3 and AS3 are sparse or
should I say non-existent so far?! So I was wondering if somebody knows of
any tutes that shed some light on this.

 

With AS3 we cannot use identifiers anymore when linking a symbol in the
library, we can only provide a class name. Also on the Component Definition
dialog are some settings that are left in the dark when looking into the
docs, for one there's another Class input field and stuff to obviously
create skinable components but a simple beginner guidance would be very
appreciated!

 

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: flash Dock

[Lists]

For real. Wow, four hours.

On 4/30/07 10:56 AM, "eric e. dolecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Quit bumping your posts by copy & pasting your old one. Wait a bit and see
> if someone answers, okay?


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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

[Gustavo Duenas]

doesn't the flash 8 and cs3 already have a video converter?

Regards


Gustavo Duenas

I don't feel good to pay something extra for something that I've  
already have in flash 8.


On Apr 30, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Ken Rogers wrote:


felt like spam to me..


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of master
Sent: Mon 4/30/2007 12:15 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

Hi,

You can have a look at this site http://www.flash-video-mx.com. it  
may help you~!


Best regards!




master
2007-04-30



From:  Stephen Ford
Sent:  2007-04-30 12:36:52
To:  flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
CC:
Subject:  [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

Just got my hands on an Xbox 360.Can anyone tell if there is any  
type of development sites resources for the 360.Does it have even  
have the Flash Player, can you view flash files via the Xbox 360  
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Re: [Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in AS3?

[T. Michael Keesey]

On 4/30/07, David Bellerive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


From what I understand, in AS2, a String object was a wrapper object around a 
string literal. For exemple, in AS2, these were not the same:

var myFirstString:String = "my first string";
var mySecondString:String = new String("my second string");

The first line (the string literal) was just that, a literal value with no 
properties or methods.


Not true. As a counterexample, try this:

trace("Hello".length);
// Traces "5".

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[Flashcoders] Re: TransitionManager type Fly breaks coordinates of my MovieClips

[Alexander Farber]

The funny thing is that it only happens with Fly:

On 4/30/07, Alexander Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

//TransitionManager.start(card_mc, {type:Fly, 
direction:Transition.IN,
  //  duration:3, easing:Strong.easeOut, startPoint:(1 + i % 3)});


When I take some other transition class like:

TransitionManager.start(card_mc, {type: Rotate, 
direction:Transition.IN,
duration: 3, easing: Strong.easeInOut, ccw: false, degrees: 
720});

then the coordinates of the playing cards movieclips are ok.

Regards
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[Flashcoders] TransitionManager type Fly breaks coordinates of my MovieClips

[Alexander Farber]

Hello,

I have a v2 component displaying up to 12 playing cards at the
bottom of the stage and slightly rotating them from left to right:

private function placeCards(new_array:Array):Void {
var gap:Number = 40;

for (var i:Number = 0, j:Number = 0; i < new_array.length; i++) 
{
var index:Number = new_array[i];
var card_mc:MovieClip = index > 0 ?
opened_cards[index] : you_closed[j++];

card_mc.setDepthTo(DepthManager.kTop);
card_mc._x = RADIUS + gap * i;
card_mc._y = height - Card.HEIGHT_2;
card_mc._rotation = 4 * (i - new_array.length / 2);
//TransitionManager.start(card_mc, {type:Fly, 
direction:Transition.IN,
  //  duration:3, easing:Strong.easeOut, startPoint:(1 
+ i % 3)});
}

deal_sound.start();
}

When I comment the last 2 lines in the for-loop above, everything
works: the cards are displayed one by one, with a gap of 40 pixels
between them and with rotation changed from left to right.

But when I try to use those 2 lines, then the transition does work:
the cards fly down from above (startPoint is 1, 2 or 3), but after
the 2nd call of placeCards() the _x coordinates of the playing
cards get broken: every 3 or 4th card is displaced (_x is too low).

Does anybody have an idea what is happening or
should I prepare a simpler test case?

Is TransitionManager.start() supposed to be used on multiple
mc's simultaneously and is it supposed to change the end
coordinates (_x, _y) of them?

Thank you
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Re: [Flashcoders] flowcharting

[Jordan Snyder]

If anyone's on a Mac, Omnigraffle Pro is a great app.

Cheers

On 4/30/07, Danny Kodicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



> OpenOffice has a nice drawing tool with all of the
> flowcharting symbols defined. www.openoffice.org You can
> colour and shade them to your hearts content.

If you want to look at alternatives, I'm a fan of SmartDraw, which is good
for mocking up interfaces as well. For flow charts specifically, I
remember
using WizFlow as a decent cheap programme.

Danny

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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

[Ken Rogers]

felt like spam to me..


-Original Message-
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Sent: Mon 4/30/2007 12:15 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...
 
Hi,

You can have a look at this site http://www.flash-video-mx.com. it may help 
you~!

Best regards!




master
2007-04-30



From:  Stephen Ford
Sent:  2007-04-30 12:36:52
To:  flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
CC:  
Subject:  [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

Just got my hands on an Xbox 360.Can anyone tell if there is any type of 
development sites resources for the 360.Does it have even have the Flash 
Player, can you view flash files via the Xbox 360 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: flash Dock

[eric e. dolecki]

Quit bumping your posts by copy & pasting your old one. Wait a bit and see
if someone answers, okay?

- eric


On 4/30/07, Prince Zain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>
>
> Hi Friends,
>
> I am new to flash code.
> Can anybody please guide me to make the following code of OSX menu in
> vertical format.
> Here is the like of original code.
> http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=356
>
> The *.fla file is uploaded on following path
> http://www.pixelmultimedia.net/OSX_menu_3_1.fla
>
> // codes/
> function __com_mochibot__(swfid, mc, lv, trk)
> {
> var x;
> var g;
> var s;
> var fv;
> var sb;
> var u;
> var res;
> var mb;
> var mbc;
> mb = "__mochibot__";
> mbc = "mochibot.com";
> g = _global ? (_global) : (_level0._root);
> if (g[mb + swfid])
> {
> return (g[mb + swfid]);
> } // end if
> s = System.security;
> x = mc._root.getSWFVersion;
> fv = x ? (mc.getSWFVersion()) : (_global ? (6) : (5));
> if (!s)
> {
> s = {};
> } // end if
> sb = s.sandboxType;
> if (sb == "localWithFile")
> {
> return (null);
> } // end if
> x = s.allowDomain;
> if (x)
> {
> s.allowDomain(mbc);
> } // end if
> x = s.allowInsecureDomain;
> if (x)
> {
> s.allowInsecureDomain(mbc);
> } // end if
> u = "http://"; + mbc + "/my/core.swf?mv=7&fv=" + fv + "&v=" +
> escape(getVersion()) + "&swfid=" + escape(swfid) + "&l=" + lv + "&f=" +
mc +
> (sb ? ("&sb=" + sb) : ("")) + (trk ? ("&t=1") : (""));
> lv = fv > 6 ? (mc.getNextHighestDepth()) : (g[mb + "level"] ? (g[mb
+
> "level"] + 1) : (lv));
> g[mb + "level"] = lv;
> if (fv == 5)
> {
> res = "_level" + lv;
> if (!eval(res))
> {
> loadMovieNum(u, lv);
> } // end if
> }
> else
> {
> res = mc.createEmptyMovieClip(mb + swfid, lv);
> res.loadMovie(u);
> } // end else if
> return (res);
> } // End of the function
> var numItems = 10;
> var itemsArray = new Array();
> var increase = 2.50E+000;
> var minSize = 40;
> var maxSize = increase * minSize;
> var spacing = minSize + 2;
> var diff = maxSize - minSize;
> var piSpan = 3.141593E+000 / maxSize;
> var proximity = 1.00E-001;
> var hZ = 30;
> var state = 0;
> var isInside = false;
> var centerX = Stage.width / 2;
> var centerY = Stage.height / 2;
> this.initMenu = function ()
> {
> for (i = 0; i < numItems; i++)
> {
> var _loc2 = this.attachMovie(i, "clip_" + i, i);
> var _loc3 = i * spacing + minSize / 2;
> _loc3 = _loc3 + 40;
> _loc2._x = _loc2.x = _loc3;
> _loc2._y = _loc2.y = centerY;
> itemsArray[i] = _loc2;
> } // end of for
> this.onEnterFrame = renderMenu;
> };
> this.renderMenu = function ()
> {
> state = isInside ? (Math.min(1, state + proximity)) : (Math.max(0,
> state - proximity));
> var _loc16 = this.hitZone_mc._x - this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
> var _loc15 = this.hitZone_mc._y - this.hitZone_mc._height / 2;
> var _loc12 = this.hitZone_mc._x + this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
> var _loc13 = this.hitZone_mc._y + this.hitZone_mc._height / 2;
> isInside = _xmouse > _loc16 && _xmouse < _loc12 && (_ymouse > _loc15
> && _ymouse < _loc13);
> hZ = sliderH;
> for (i in itemsArray)
> {
> var _loc4 = itemsArray[i].x - state * maxSize;
> var _loc5 = itemsArray[i].x + state * maxSize;
> if (_xmouse > _loc4 && _xmouse < _loc5)
> {
> var _loc8 = piSpan * (_loc5 - _xmouse);
> var _loc2 = Math.cos(_loc8 / 2);
> var _loc6 = diff * (1 - _loc2 * _loc2);
> var _loc9 = itemsArray[i].x - state * hZ * _loc2;
> }
> else
> {
> _loc6 = 0;
> var _loc10 = itemsArray[i].x + state * hZ;
> var _loc7 = itemsArray[i].x - state * hZ;
> _loc9 = _xmouse <= _loc4 ? (_loc10) : (_loc7);
> } // end else if
> var _loc3 = minSize + state * _loc6;
> itemsArray[i]._width = _loc3;
> itemsArray[i]._height = _loc3;
> itemsArray[i]._x = _loc9;
> } // end of for...in
> var _loc14 = itemsArray[0].getBounds(this).xMin;
> var _loc11 = itemsArray[numItems - 1].getBounds(this).xMax;
> this.hitZone_mc._width = _loc11 - _loc14;
> this.hitZone_mc._x = _loc11 - this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
> this.hitZone_mc._height = minSize + maxSize * state;
> };
> initMenu();
> stop ();
> __com_mochibot__("6d82e250", this, 10301, true);
> ///code end///
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Prince
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[Flashcoders] Re: flash Dock

[Prince Zain]

Hi Friends,

I am new to flash code.
Can anybody please guide me to make the following code of OSX menu in
vertical format.
Here is the like of original code.
http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=356

The *.fla file is uploaded on following path
http://www.pixelmultimedia.net/OSX_menu_3_1.fla

// codes/
function __com_mochibot__(swfid, mc, lv, trk)
{
var x;
var g;
var s;
var fv;
var sb;
var u;
var res;
var mb;
var mbc;
mb = "__mochibot__";
mbc = "mochibot.com";
g = _global ? (_global) : (_level0._root);
if (g[mb + swfid])
{
return (g[mb + swfid]);
} // end if
s = System.security;
x = mc._root.getSWFVersion;
fv = x ? (mc.getSWFVersion()) : (_global ? (6) : (5));
if (!s)
{
s = {};
} // end if
sb = s.sandboxType;
if (sb == "localWithFile")
{
return (null);
} // end if
x = s.allowDomain;
if (x)
{
s.allowDomain(mbc);
} // end if
x = s.allowInsecureDomain;
if (x)
{
s.allowInsecureDomain(mbc);
} // end if
u = "http://"; + mbc + "/my/core.swf?mv=7&fv=" + fv + "&v=" +
escape(getVersion()) + "&swfid=" + escape(swfid) + "&l=" + lv + "&f=" + mc +
(sb ? ("&sb=" + sb) : ("")) + (trk ? ("&t=1") : (""));
lv = fv > 6 ? (mc.getNextHighestDepth()) : (g[mb + "level"] ? (g[mb +
"level"] + 1) : (lv));
g[mb + "level"] = lv;
if (fv == 5)
{
res = "_level" + lv;
if (!eval(res))
{
loadMovieNum(u, lv);
} // end if
}
else
{
res = mc.createEmptyMovieClip(mb + swfid, lv);
res.loadMovie(u);
} // end else if
return (res);
} // End of the function
var numItems = 10;
var itemsArray = new Array();
var increase = 2.50E+000;
var minSize = 40;
var maxSize = increase * minSize;
var spacing = minSize + 2;
var diff = maxSize - minSize;
var piSpan = 3.141593E+000 / maxSize;
var proximity = 1.00E-001;
var hZ = 30;
var state = 0;
var isInside = false;
var centerX = Stage.width / 2;
var centerY = Stage.height / 2;
this.initMenu = function ()
{
for (i = 0; i < numItems; i++)
{
var _loc2 = this.attachMovie(i, "clip_" + i, i);
var _loc3 = i * spacing + minSize / 2;
_loc3 = _loc3 + 40;
_loc2._x = _loc2.x = _loc3;
_loc2._y = _loc2.y = centerY;
itemsArray[i] = _loc2;
} // end of for
this.onEnterFrame = renderMenu;
};
this.renderMenu = function ()
{
state = isInside ? (Math.min(1, state + proximity)) : (Math.max(0,
state - proximity));
var _loc16 = this.hitZone_mc._x - this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
var _loc15 = this.hitZone_mc._y - this.hitZone_mc._height / 2;
var _loc12 = this.hitZone_mc._x + this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
var _loc13 = this.hitZone_mc._y + this.hitZone_mc._height / 2;
isInside = _xmouse > _loc16 && _xmouse < _loc12 && (_ymouse > _loc15
&& _ymouse < _loc13);
hZ = sliderH;
for (i in itemsArray)
{
var _loc4 = itemsArray[i].x - state * maxSize;
var _loc5 = itemsArray[i].x + state * maxSize;
if (_xmouse > _loc4 && _xmouse < _loc5)
{
var _loc8 = piSpan * (_loc5 - _xmouse);
var _loc2 = Math.cos(_loc8 / 2);
var _loc6 = diff * (1 - _loc2 * _loc2);
var _loc9 = itemsArray[i].x - state * hZ * _loc2;
}
else
{
_loc6 = 0;
var _loc10 = itemsArray[i].x + state * hZ;
var _loc7 = itemsArray[i].x - state * hZ;
_loc9 = _xmouse <= _loc4 ? (_loc10) : (_loc7);
} // end else if
var _loc3 = minSize + state * _loc6;
itemsArray[i]._width = _loc3;
itemsArray[i]._height = _loc3;
itemsArray[i]._x = _loc9;
} // end of for...in
var _loc14 = itemsArray[0].getBounds(this).xMin;
var _loc11 = itemsArray[numItems - 1].getBounds(this).xMax;
this.hitZone_mc._width = _loc11 - _loc14;
this.hitZone_mc._x = _loc11 - this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
this.hitZone_mc._height = minSize + maxSize * state;
};
initMenu();
stop ();
__com_mochibot__("6d82e250", this, 10301, true);
///code end///

Thanks in advance,
Prince


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[Flashcoders] Are string literals and String objects the same in AS3?

[David Bellerive]

Does anyone know if string literals are the same as String objects in AS3?

>From what I understand, in AS2, a String object was a wrapper object around a 
>string literal. For exemple, in AS2, these were not the same:

var myFirstString:String = "my first string";
var mySecondString:String = new String("my second string");

The first line (the string literal) was just that, a literal value with no 
properties or methods. The second line (the instance of the String class) was 
just that, an instance of a class with methods and properties. And it was 
recommended to use mostly literals over String objects unless you needed to 
call methods or set/get properties. When the Flash Player would encounter a 
situation where you would call a method or set/get a property on a string 
literal, it would create a temporary String object, call the method or set/get 
the property and then delete the temporary String object. So, in the folowing 
exemple, it would create and delete 3 temporary String objects:

var myString:String = "this is a string literal";
trace(myString.length);
trace(myString.charAt(0));
trace(myString.indexOf("s"));

I'm not 100% sure that's right but that's what I think it used to be in AS2.

Now in AS3, I'm not sure but I think this might have changed.

Does anyone know if the Flash Player 9 with AS3 still interprets String objects 
and string literals as described above (the same way as AS2) or as it changed?

Are String objects and string literals treated exactly the same now (with no 
temporary String objects created and destroyed by the Player when calling 
methods or setting/getting property values directly on string literals)?

What about other literals that have wrapper functions like Number, Boolean, 
Object and Array?

David



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[Flashcoders] OT - Six-month contract opportunity in Dallas, TX area

[Jim Armstrong]

A company I contract for has an opening for a Flash developer - AS 2/F8,
OOP, the usual stuff.  Must be in the Dallas, TX area and able to work
on-site.  Contract duration is approximately six months.  If interested,
contact me off-list with resume, url's etc.

 

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OOP: design patterns: multiple MVCs?

[Ron Wheeler]

I am using ArgoUML which is open source (www.tigris.org) but the 
diagrams are not nearly as attractive.


Ron

sebastian wrote:

Hi Ron!

Thanks for the advice, I think I solved it by removing the 2 MCV's and 
just making nested classes within the view.


http://www.chedal.org/temp/uml_idea_02.png

State machines are quite interesting, and I think I'll use that form 
of logic with switch->case statements inside of the PageBuilder class. 
Thanks for the reference!


The program I am using for the charts is OmniGraffle, which I think is 
Mac only.

:P

With kind,

Sebastian.

Ron Wheeler wrote:

Nice diagram ;-)

"could be designed with several Model->View->Controller rings in it"

Without getting too deep into your application, it looks like might 
want to think about a Controller with set of nested state machines 
inside.
 From what you wrote, it seems that this is where you are headed 
without using the words "State machine".
If you can take a look at a State Machine Design Pattern, you will 
likely find the ideas that you need to implement, elegantly laid out


We have done this is a complex ActionScript application and the State 
machine in the Controller really simplified how we thought about the 
Controller and eventually the implementation was fairly 
straightforward and has survived a few years of maintenance and 
improvements without collapsing or requiring major rewrites to handle 
new functionality. Adding new states is easy and usually has no 
impact on existing state (just the transition routes).


The control functions inside each state override the defaults 
(Interface methods)  and impose their own behaviour. If you press 
"next" in "Starting of Chapter" state, you get different behaviour 
than you do when you press "Next" in "Administering Test" state. 
(Ours is an eLearning delivery system).
The top level of the controller only has to manage its state and make 
sure that event is dispatched to the current state object. When the 
controller starts, it builds its state engine(instantiates the state 
objects), sets up the View, sets the initial state and waits.



I hope that this helps.

Ron


sebastian wrote:
In case it makes more sense to look at a diagram, here is my [still 
in progress] UML overview of the application:

:-P

http://www.chedal.org/temp/uml_idea.png

with kind,

seb.

sebastian chedal wrote:

Hello folks,

I have a design question, the application I am building could be 
designed with several Model->View->Controller rings in it. But I am 
not sure what would be the best practice to connect them 
together... or if MVC is even the best way to go?


In a nut shell here is what my application does:

"An 3D interface moves with the mouse around the screen. When you 
click on an item, it expands to show you some info [sometimes an 
flv]. If you click on "more info" button, you zoom into the 3D 
navigation item and the flash view pane gets filled exclusively 
with information about this navigation item.


Each navigation item has different modules of information compared 
to other navigation items, and inside each module is content. There 
are possibly sub pages underneath each navigation page. Naturally 
you can close the page and go back to the main 3D navigation at any 
time."


Now where I am unsure about my UML OO design is in the approach of 
the module-templates, and whether I should use multiple M->V->C 
circles. I will be implementing SWFAddress [for deeplinks] and 
Stats, so an overall event manager [Observer] is essential.


Logically I would imagine just 3 [nested] classes for the templates:

Page->Module(s)->Content(s)
[there can be multiple modules per page loaded dynamically and 
multiple content item types loaded per module: button, text, flv 
players etc.]


but if I break 'Page' into an MCV chain I would get:

SWFAdress->PageController->PageModel->PageView
[Page Controller also sends data to StatsCollectorClass for updates]

And then another chain for the modules:

?>ModuleController->ModuleModel->ModuleView

And then I presume the content would then be loaded/attached by the 
'ModuleView'


My questions are:

1. Should I bother with an MCV layout? [the application needs to 
built for long term use/expansion] Or just group the pages and 
modules together into one class each?
2. If I do split them into separate classes, where is the point of 
connection between two MCV chains? Is it from the parent model to 
the child's controller? Or from the parent's controller to the 
child's controller?


Thanks for your insight!

Sebastian.


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RE: [Flashcoders] Have anyone idea

[Danny Kodicek]

 > Hello everybody!
> 
> I want to know that if we make a cube in flash then want to 
> play with it like shock boy at www.neostream.com . If any one 
> have idea so please tell me and one thing more is, please 
> give me some resources to learn physics and trignometry for flash.

For the last, you might like to try my book Mathematics and Physics for
Programmers:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584503300/sr=8-1/qid=1142351038/ref=pd_bbs
_1/104-0280101-3567142

It's been fairly well reviewed on this list in the past, so it's not *pure*
shameless self-promotion :)

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RE: [Flashcoders] TextFileds not receivign data?

[Amandeep Singh]

Hi,

Seen you code. Just change the following line of code:

_root.createTextField("mytext"+[i], 1, myX, 0, 100, 30);

To this one:

_root.createTextField("mytext"+[i], i, myX, 0, 100, 30);

**

The problem with your code is that you are giving the same depth to all the
textfields. In flash you cannot assign the same depth to different objects
else it will remove the first object and place the new object on the same
depth.

Amandeep Singh,
Senior Flash Engineer,
Synapse Communication Pvt. Ltd.
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Office: +91 120 4330500 


-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
Trentini
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 4:37 PM
To: chattyFig
Subject: [Flashcoders] TextFileds not receivign data?

Hi guys,


I want to create as many text fields (which eventually I would like to 
turn into buttons) as the length of an array. I also want to use the 
content of the array to populate the text of the fields created 
dynamically. I have tried everything I know but all I seem to get is 
one filed with the lasat item in the array, sheesh!

I've gone absolutely mad on this one (newish to actionScript, I am!) but 
can anyone tell me what  I am doing wrong here? I could do with a 
helping hand or seven =:-)



var myTxt:Array = new Array("branding", "news", "about us", "print", 
"marks", "contact");
var myX = 430;
var menuArray:Array = new Array();
var ySpacing:Number = 90;
//

/*create  textFields**/
//
//

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Re: [Flashcoders] TextFileds not receivign data?

[Jim Robson]

Just took a quick look, but I think that this line may be giving you 
trouble:


myId = _root["mytext"+[i]];

You may want to try this instead:

var myId = _root.createTextField("mytext"+[i], 1, myX, 0, 100, 30);

HTH
Jim

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:06:49 +1000
 John Trentini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi guys,


I want to create as many text fields (which eventually I would like 
to turn into buttons) as the length of an array. I also want to use 
the content of the array to populate the text of the fields created 
dynamically. I have tried everything I know but all I seem to get 
is one filed with the lasat item in the array, sheesh!


I've gone absolutely mad on this one (newish to actionScript, I am!) 
but can anyone tell me what  I am doing wrong here? I could do with a 
helping hand or seven =:-)




var myTxt:Array = new Array("branding", "news", "about us", "print", 
"marks", "contact");

var myX = 430;
var menuArray:Array = new Array();
var ySpacing:Number = 90;
//

/*create  textFields**/
//
//

for(i=0; i   //   
   trace(myTxt[i]);//the trace works, it list all tyhe 
lements in the array but
   myId.text = myTxt[i];  // this one in not producing the 
appropriate 
results

   //
   myId.border = false;
   myformat = new TextFormat();
   myformat.font = "Verdana";
   myformat.size = 14;
   myformat.bold = true;
   myformat.color = 0x55;
   myformat.align = "right";
   //
   myId.selectable = false;
   myId.setTextFormat(myformat);
   //myId.text = myTxt[i];  //tried putting it at the end but no 
dah!

   //
}
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SV: [Flashcoders] TextFileds not receivign data?

[Pierre Eklöf]

Looks like you´ve created the textfields on the same level. Create the
fields like this instead: 
_root.createTextField("mytext"+[i], this.getNextHighestDepth(), myX, 0, 100,
30);

Cheers
Pierre
(first post, wahey!)

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Ämne: [Flashcoders] TextFileds not receivign data?

Hi guys,


I want to create as many text fields (which eventually I would like to 
turn into buttons) as the length of an array. I also want to use the 
content of the array to populate the text of the fields created 
dynamically. I have tried everything I know but all I seem to get is 
one filed with the lasat item in the array, sheesh!

I've gone absolutely mad on this one (newish to actionScript, I am!) but 
can anyone tell me what  I am doing wrong here? I could do with a 
helping hand or seven =:-)



var myTxt:Array = new Array("branding", "news", "about us", "print", 
"marks", "contact");
var myX = 430;
var menuArray:Array = new Array();
var ySpacing:Number = 90;
//

/*create  textFields**/
//
//

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[Flashcoders] TextFileds not receivign data?

[John Trentini]

Hi guys,


I want to create as many text fields (which eventually I would like to 
turn into buttons) as the length of an array. I also want to use the 
content of the array to populate the text of the fields created 
dynamically. I have tried everything I know but all I seem to get is 
one filed with the lasat item in the array, sheesh!


I've gone absolutely mad on this one (newish to actionScript, I am!) but 
can anyone tell me what  I am doing wrong here? I could do with a 
helping hand or seven =:-)




var myTxt:Array = new Array("branding", "news", "about us", "print", 
"marks", "contact");

var myX = 430;
var menuArray:Array = new Array();
var ySpacing:Number = 90;
//

/*create  textFields**/
//
//

for(i=0; i   //   
   trace(myTxt[i]);//the trace works, it list all tyhe 
lements in the array but
   myId.text = myTxt[i];  // this one in not producing the appropriate 
results

   //
   myId.border = false;
   myformat = new TextFormat();
   myformat.font = "Verdana";
   myformat.size = 14;
   myformat.bold = true;
   myformat.color = 0x55;
   myformat.align = "right";
   //
   myId.selectable = false;
   myId.setTextFormat(myformat);
   //myId.text = myTxt[i];  //tried putting it at the end but no dah!
   //
}
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[Flashcoders] OSX Menu -----Cool

[Prince Zain]

Hi Friends,

I am new to flash code.
Can anybody please guide me to make the following code of OSX menu in
vertical format.
Here is the like of original code.
http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=356

The *.fla file is uploaded on following path
http://www.pixelmultimedia.net/OSX_menu_3_1.fla

// codes/
function __com_mochibot__(swfid, mc, lv, trk)
{
   var x;
   var g;
   var s;
   var fv;
   var sb;
   var u;
   var res;
   var mb;
   var mbc;
   mb = "__mochibot__";
   mbc = "mochibot.com";
   g = _global ? (_global) : (_level0._root);
   if (g[mb + swfid])
   {
   return (g[mb + swfid]);
   } // end if
   s = System.security;
   x = mc._root.getSWFVersion;
   fv = x ? (mc.getSWFVersion()) : (_global ? (6) : (5));
   if (!s)
   {
   s = {};
   } // end if
   sb = s.sandboxType;
   if (sb == "localWithFile")
   {
   return (null);
   } // end if
   x = s.allowDomain;
   if (x)
   {
   s.allowDomain(mbc);
   } // end if
   x = s.allowInsecureDomain;
   if (x)
   {
   s.allowInsecureDomain(mbc);
   } // end if
   u = "http://"; + mbc + "/my/core.swf?mv=7&fv=" + fv + "&v=" +
escape(getVersion()) + "&swfid=" + escape(swfid) + "&l=" + lv + "&f=" + mc +
(sb ? ("&sb=" + sb) : ("")) + (trk ? ("&t=1") : (""));
   lv = fv > 6 ? (mc.getNextHighestDepth()) : (g[mb + "level"] ? (g[mb +
"level"] + 1) : (lv));
   g[mb + "level"] = lv;
   if (fv == 5)
   {
   res = "_level" + lv;
   if (!eval(res))
   {
   loadMovieNum(u, lv);
   } // end if
   }
   else
   {
   res = mc.createEmptyMovieClip(mb + swfid, lv);
   res.loadMovie(u);
   } // end else if
   return (res);
} // End of the function
var numItems = 10;
var itemsArray = new Array();
var increase = 2.50E+000;
var minSize = 40;
var maxSize = increase * minSize;
var spacing = minSize + 2;
var diff = maxSize - minSize;
var piSpan = 3.141593E+000 / maxSize;
var proximity = 1.00E-001;
var hZ = 30;
var state = 0;
var isInside = false;
var centerX = Stage.width / 2;
var centerY = Stage.height / 2;
this.initMenu = function ()
{
   for (i = 0; i < numItems; i++)
   {
   var _loc2 = this.attachMovie(i, "clip_" + i, i);
   var _loc3 = i * spacing + minSize / 2;
   _loc3 = _loc3 + 40;
   _loc2._x = _loc2.x = _loc3;
   _loc2._y = _loc2.y = centerY;
   itemsArray[i] = _loc2;
   } // end of for
   this.onEnterFrame = renderMenu;
};
this.renderMenu = function ()
{
   state = isInside ? (Math.min(1, state + proximity)) : (Math.max(0, state
- proximity));
   var _loc16 = this.hitZone_mc._x - this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
   var _loc15 = this.hitZone_mc._y - this.hitZone_mc._height / 2;
   var _loc12 = this.hitZone_mc._x + this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
   var _loc13 = this.hitZone_mc._y + this.hitZone_mc._height / 2;
   isInside = _xmouse > _loc16 && _xmouse < _loc12 && (_ymouse > _loc15 &&
_ymouse < _loc13);
   hZ = sliderH;
   for (i in itemsArray)
   {
   var _loc4 = itemsArray[i].x - state * maxSize;
   var _loc5 = itemsArray[i].x + state * maxSize;
   if (_xmouse > _loc4 && _xmouse < _loc5)
   {
   var _loc8 = piSpan * (_loc5 - _xmouse);
   var _loc2 = Math.cos(_loc8 / 2);
   var _loc6 = diff * (1 - _loc2 * _loc2);
   var _loc9 = itemsArray[i].x - state * hZ * _loc2;
   }
   else
   {
   _loc6 = 0;
   var _loc10 = itemsArray[i].x + state * hZ;
   var _loc7 = itemsArray[i].x - state * hZ;
   _loc9 = _xmouse <= _loc4 ? (_loc10) : (_loc7);
   } // end else if
   var _loc3 = minSize + state * _loc6;
   itemsArray[i]._width = _loc3;
   itemsArray[i]._height = _loc3;
   itemsArray[i]._x = _loc9;
   } // end of for...in
   var _loc14 = itemsArray[0].getBounds(this).xMin;
   var _loc11 = itemsArray[numItems - 1].getBounds(this).xMax;
   this.hitZone_mc._width = _loc11 - _loc14;
   this.hitZone_mc._x = _loc11 - this.hitZone_mc._width / 2;
   this.hitZone_mc._height = minSize + maxSize * state;
};
initMenu();
stop ();
__com_mochibot__("6d82e250", this, 10301, true);
///code end///

Thanks in advance,
Prince
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[Flashcoders] Have anyone idea

[Waseem Shahzad]

Hello everybody!

I want to know that if we make a cube in flash then want to play with it
like shock boy at www.neostream.com . If any one have idea so please tell me
and one thing more is, please give me some resources to learn physics and
trignometry for flash.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OOP: design patterns: multiple MVCs?

[sebastian]

Hi Ron!

Thanks for the advice, I think I solved it by removing the 2 MCV's and 
just making nested classes within the view.


http://www.chedal.org/temp/uml_idea_02.png

State machines are quite interesting, and I think I'll use that form of 
logic with switch->case statements inside of the PageBuilder class. 
Thanks for the reference!


The program I am using for the charts is OmniGraffle, which I think is 
Mac only.

:P

With kind,

Sebastian.

Ron Wheeler wrote:

Nice diagram ;-)

"could be designed with several Model->View->Controller rings in it"

Without getting too deep into your application, it looks like might want 
to think about a Controller with set of nested state machines inside.
 From what you wrote, it seems that this is where you are headed without 
using the words "State machine".
If you can take a look at a State Machine Design Pattern, you will 
likely find the ideas that you need to implement, elegantly laid out


We have done this is a complex ActionScript application and the State 
machine in the Controller really simplified how we thought about the 
Controller and eventually the implementation was fairly straightforward 
and has survived a few years of maintenance and improvements without 
collapsing or requiring major rewrites to handle new functionality. 
Adding new states is easy and usually has no impact on existing state 
(just the transition routes).


The control functions inside each state override the defaults (Interface 
methods)  and impose their own behaviour. If you press "next" in 
"Starting of Chapter" state, you get different behaviour than you do 
when you press "Next" in "Administering Test" state. (Ours is an 
eLearning delivery system).
The top level of the controller only has to manage its state and make 
sure that event is dispatched to the current state object. When the 
controller starts, it builds its state engine(instantiates the state 
objects), sets up the View, sets the initial state and waits.



I hope that this helps.

Ron


sebastian wrote:
In case it makes more sense to look at a diagram, here is my [still in 
progress] UML overview of the application:

:-P

http://www.chedal.org/temp/uml_idea.png

with kind,

seb.

sebastian chedal wrote:

Hello folks,

I have a design question, the application I am building could be 
designed with several Model->View->Controller rings in it. But I am 
not sure what would be the best practice to connect them together... 
or if MVC is even the best way to go?


In a nut shell here is what my application does:

"An 3D interface moves with the mouse around the screen. When you 
click on an item, it expands to show you some info [sometimes an 
flv]. If you click on "more info" button, you zoom into the 3D 
navigation item and the flash view pane gets filled exclusively with 
information about this navigation item.


Each navigation item has different modules of information compared to 
other navigation items, and inside each module is content. There are 
possibly sub pages underneath each navigation page. Naturally you can 
close the page and go back to the main 3D navigation at any time."


Now where I am unsure about my UML OO design is in the approach of 
the module-templates, and whether I should use multiple M->V->C 
circles. I will be implementing SWFAddress [for deeplinks] and Stats, 
so an overall event manager [Observer] is essential.


Logically I would imagine just 3 [nested] classes for the templates:

Page->Module(s)->Content(s)
[there can be multiple modules per page loaded dynamically and 
multiple content item types loaded per module: button, text, flv 
players etc.]


but if I break 'Page' into an MCV chain I would get:

SWFAdress->PageController->PageModel->PageView
[Page Controller also sends data to StatsCollectorClass for updates]

And then another chain for the modules:

?>ModuleController->ModuleModel->ModuleView

And then I presume the content would then be loaded/attached by the 
'ModuleView'


My questions are:

1. Should I bother with an MCV layout? [the application needs to 
built for long term use/expansion] Or just group the pages and 
modules together into one class each?
2. If I do split them into separate classes, where is the point of 
connection between two MCV chains? Is it from the parent model to the 
child's controller? Or from the parent's controller to the child's 
controller?


Thanks for your insight!

Sebastian.


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RE: [Flashcoders] flowcharting

[Danny Kodicek]

 
> OpenOffice has a nice drawing tool with all of the 
> flowcharting symbols defined. www.openoffice.org You can 
> colour and shade them to your hearts content.

If you want to look at alternatives, I'm a fan of SmartDraw, which is good
for mocking up interfaces as well. For flow charts specifically, I remember
using WizFlow as a decent cheap programme.

Danny

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

[nik crosina]

hi master,

aslightly off topic for this thread...

but do you know if these conversion tools are any good and worth
bookmarking? Can they do more than flash itself? especially with the
swf to video area?

nik crosina

On 4/30/07, master <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

You can have a look at this site http://www.flash-video-mx.com. it may help 
you~!

Best regards!




master
2007-04-30



From:  Stephen Ford
Sent:  2007-04-30 12:36:52
To:  flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
CC:
Subject:  [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

Just got my hands on an Xbox 360.Can anyone tell if there is any type of 
development sites resources for the 360.Does it have even have the Flash 
Player, can you view flash files via the Xbox 360 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

[master]

Hi,

You can have a look at this site http://www.flash-video-mx.com. it may help 
you~!

Best regards!




master
2007-04-30



From:  Stephen Ford
Sent:  2007-04-30 12:36:52
To:  flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
CC:  
Subject:  [Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

Just got my hands on an Xbox 360.Can anyone tell if there is any type of 
development sites resources for the 360.Does it have even have the Flash 
Player, can you view flash files via the Xbox 360 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Creating Buttons with dynamic labels

[sebastian]

hi John,

the trick is to make invisible buttons stacked ontop of another layer 
where you have dynamic text fields.


the invisible button is set to be the same height/width as the text 
field [with code you can make it match the text's width/height if its 
dynamic], and then with code you can assign the dynamic text field the 
text you want at run time.


you shouldn't place the text and the button in the same button object.
what you have it is a movie clip that inside of it has a text layer, and 
a button layer. you can then duplicate this item from the library at run 
time. alternatively you can create them at runtime with code too, then 
you would only need to have the invisible button in the library, it all 
depends on your total architecture[/coding] style.


if you are not seeing text, it could also be an embed fonts issue, as 
flash is really a pain when it comes to that, it wants very particular 
settings and then it will work just fine. to isolate if its an embed 
issue or not, you can always set the field's embed value to "false' 
which will make it show [unformatted] text, but at least then you know 
its actually receiving the *.text value you are passing it.


hope this helps!

John Trentini wrote:

Hi folks,

Can 'button's be created with a label (textField) that can be updated 
dynamically?


I have tried but the dynamic text, not only i could not get it to change 
but it does not recognise the mouse, in spite of having the 'selected' 
property set to false. Can this be done?


I want to build a menu made up of just lables (the names of the various 
sections to navigate to) with the info (the text) to be dynamically 
uploaded from an external file. I thought I could just use the 
array._length to attach as many buttons as  there are entries and then 
use the array elements to populate  their labels. Any tips?


Ideally I would have preferred to be able to create the button entirely 
with actionScript but may be I am asking the impossible?


Cheers
JohnT
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