[Flashcoders] stage resize

[José Antonio Viadas O.]

Hi,

 

I want to know if someone here has a problema similar to mine.

Well im developing a flash game

Where I want 100 % full flash in the site then I make the html like this:

 

// HTML

 







 











 





AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.
cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','100%','height','100%','src','swf/inicio','qua
lity','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download
.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','swf/inicio' ); //end AC code

  



http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.ca
b#version=9,0,28,0" width="100%" height="100%">

  

  

  http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Ve
rsion=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"
height="100%">









 

// \ HTML

 

Then in my flash I have the main swf that loads everything else like this:

 

// AS2  inicio.fla

 

Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";

Stage.align = "TL";

 

System.useCodepage = true;

fscommand("trapallkeys", "true");

 

Stage.showMenu = false;

 

var path:String = new String

path = "swf/";

 

function rsize() {

var mc:MovieClip = _root.contentMC;

mc.forceWidth = 960

mc.forceHeight = 580

var width:Number = (mc.forceWidth == null) ? mc._width :
mc.forceWidth;

var height:Number = (mc.forceHeight == null) ? mc._height :
mc.forceHeight;

mc._x = Math.round((Stage.width-width)/2);

mc._y = Math.round((Stage.height-height)/2);

};

 

var stageListener:Object = {};

stageListener.onResize = rsize();

Stage.addListener(stageListener);

 

var contentMC:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("contentMC",
this.getNextHighestDepth());

 

 

var contentLoaderMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

var contentLoaderListener:Object = {};

//cuando ya se acabo de cargar y esta ejecutandose el primer frame de ese MC

contentLoaderListener.onLoadInit = function():Void  {

//stageListener.onResize();

};

//Cuando termino de cargarse el MC

contentLoaderListener.onLoadComplete = function(mc:MovieClip):Void {

removeMovieClip(loading)

}

//mientras esta cargando el MC

contentLoaderListener.onLoadProgress = function(mc:MovieClip,
bytesLoaded:Number, bytesTotal:Number):Void {

var porcentaje:Number = Math.floor((bytesLoaded/bytesTotal)
* 100);

loading.back_loading._width = Stage.width

loading.back_loading._height = Stage.height

loading.porcentaje = porcentaje + "%";

loading.barra._xscale = porcentaje

loading._x = Math.floor((Stage.width - 960) / 2);

loading._y = Math.floor((Stage.height - 580) / 2);

}

//cuando empieza a cargarse el MC

contentLoaderListener.onLoadStart = function(mc:MovieClip):Void {

attachMovie("loading", "loading",
_root.getNextHighestDepth());

loading._x =Math.floor((Stage.width - 960) / 2);

loading._y = Math.floor((Stage.height - 580) / 2);

}

 

contentLoaderMCL.addListener(contentLoaderListener);

contentLoaderMCL.loadClip(path+"template.swf",contentMC);

rsize();

stop();

 

// \AS2 inicio.fla

 

Well as you can see I have an stage listener where I center my main movie
(template.swf)

Inside this I make a lot of things and I have one part of the game where is
a racing car game, where I detect a lot of colitions but theres my problem
where I test the swf inside flash all works fine.

But when I test it with the 100 % of the flash movie where is the stage
listener the game brokes … it seems I make colitions all the time.

If I remove the stage listener all works fine.

 

I want to know if someone has encounter some similar problem.

 

thanks

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Re: [Flashcoders] ADA compliance & Flash

[Matt Morgan-May]

Hi John, 

In general, for web accessibility, you will find more by looking for
"Section 508" or "WCAG" (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) than you will
by looking for ADA. WCAG and 508 are the two global standards in this area.
Also, how ADA applies to the Web is yet to be determined. (The ADA
Accessibility Guidelines, or ADAAG, are guidelines for the accessibility of
buildings and other facilities.)

As others have mentioned, you can look at our accessibility info at:

http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/

Thanks,
M


Matt May
Accessibility Engineer


On 2/4/08 7:53 AM, "John Peacock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Just wondering if there are any good solid resources / approaches for
> staying ADA compliant when creating a project in Flash. I'm not entirely
> sure of the approach people take on the subject, so I'm scoping it out
> before said project starts.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Insert new symbol

[Cory Petosky]

Just move the image so 0,0 is in the middle of it and animate from there.

On 2/4/08, [p e r c e p t i c o n] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> because i load an image into it and animate from the middle of the
> image...so if i can't control the registration point it animates from top
> left...
>
> On Feb 4, 2008 9:12 AM, Kenneth Kawamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Do you mean an empty MovieClip? It's empty - why do you need to worry
> > about the registration point?
> >
> > Kenneth Kawamoto
> > http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/
> >
> > [p e r c e p t i c o n] wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > Can anyone explain why when you insert a new movieclip symbol using the
> > > insert>new symbol from the menu can't choose a registration point?  very
> > > annoying...
> > > that's my rant for the day...
> > > happy monday
> > > p
> > >
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[Flashcoders] multiple TextFormats in one TextField

[Mendelsohn, Michael]

Hi list...

I'm trying to concatenate a bunch of strings into one TextField, with
each string using a specific TextFormat.  I'm doing a loop of adding
text, formatting that text, then adding more text, formatting it, etc.

The problem is whenever I add new text, the entire text in the TextField
reverts back to the original TextFormat.

How can I preserve certain substrings of the text to keep their assigned
TextFormats?

Thanks,
- Michael M.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Properly embedding flash with html.

[Jason Lutes]

Since I disrespected SWF Object a little in my last post, I should 
backtrack a little to say that, since it's becoming de facto (despite 
what I feel are some typical usability oversights), and if you're 
already comfortable using it, then you should probably just continue to 
use it.


I'm considering whether or not to post what I use somewhere. I may just 
offer streamlining suggestions or coding alternatives to Geoff, Bobby, 
et al via http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ instead, although they 
seem pretty committed to the development direction already.



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Vayu Robins wrote:

Hi Jason.

This custom solution sounds very interesting.  Would you like to share it
with others? Or refer to a similar solution? :-))

Vayu

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Re: [Flashcoders] Simple compression algo?

[Juan Pablo Califano]

Actually, from my tests (on the "component" I made, which was AS 3.0), the
bottle neck was not encoding to base 64 per se (as I assumed at first), but
assigning the resulting string to the LoadVars object (o URLRequest in my
case...). If I commented out that specific line, it worked way faster; when
the big string was assigned to the URLRequest, it took a while, even in AS
3.0 (I'm talking about really big images, perhaps some 1 MB string...)

In my "component" I used a mix of AS 2.0 and AS 3.0. The app was AS 2.0; I
got the raw pixel data and sent it to the AS 3.0 module (loaded in an
invisible frame) through a local connection (in various "passes" not just
the whole array because there's a limit, I think it's 40 Kb or something
like that).

Once I got the raw pixel data in the AS 3.0 module I converted it to jpeg,
then encoded it to Base64, and the post it to the server. It took a while to
get it right, but finally I got it working. Later I realized that the
URLRequest object lets you send binary data, so I avoided the base64
encoding step.

You're stuck with AS 2.0, so there are things you can't do. For instance,
posting binary data to the server. As far as I know, you just can send text,
using a LoadVars obj.

However, you can try to create the jpeg in the swf. I'm not saying it'll be
faster. Who knows. But maybe it's worth trying. I have a JPGEnconder class,
that can be ported to AS 2.0. The code is far from understandable to me, but
just adapting it to AS 2.0 seems feasible. The only thing missing is the
native ByteArray class, but it's not that hard to make one (in the end, it's
just a storage structure with a pointer / cursor and a few methods to make
it easier reading bytes, shorts, ints, etc).

So, I think the parts needed to give it a try are there. If you're
interested  I can post somewhere the Base64 class (AS 3.0, should be
ported), the ByteArray (might need to add some methods but already
reads/writes unsigned bytes and unsigned shorts), and a Base64 encoder (AS
2.0, too, I've used to some extent and works fine).

What I was thinking, to sum things up, is this:

* get the raw image data into a ByteArray
* encode that data to create a JPEG image in memory
* encode that image data to base64
* post the resulting string to the server

Might or might not cut it, haven't tried it as I said, and that's really the
only way to know.

If you want to use some of the code I mentioned to give it a try, just let
me know.


Cheers
Juan Pablo Califano

2008/2/4, Dave Mennenoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > you're sending a comma separated string to the server?
> >
> > why not have 2 hey digits for all the data and omit the comma? this
> would
> > bring your data to 2/3 of its size, which means 26sec*2/3 = 17.3sec
> >
> > when this works, you could try to send binary data - so instead if
> sending
> > the string "ff" you would send the binary byte 255. if this works, this
> > would cut the time in half again => 8.6sec
> >
> > if you can't create binary data, you could still use base64 encoding
> > instead, which would give you 8.6*1.33 = 11.5sec.
>
> Yeah, I'm sending an array of colors. What's a hey digit? And it's not FF,
> that was just an example, it's colors so it's FF or 16777215 as an
> integer and it's not any faster to send as integers, in fact I found it a
> little slower so am sending the hex string. Keeping in the commas just
> makes
> it easy to reconstruct the image since if an array index is null I just
> use
> the last good color. I did say it was simple. :) I'll definitely give
> base64
> a shot. I'm stuck with AS2 here so I didn't think I could do binary, but
> Juan seems to say it's possible.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave -
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Re: [Flashcoders] Catching an error from a component

[Helmut Granda]

>
>
> Before you try this code I would urge you to check the setup of your
> application as it (usually) should be avoidable to have this error in the
> first place.
>
>
> Greetz Erik



Thanks for your comments Erik, my set up is as follows ScriptHolder <-
scroll component inside scriptHolder

The script holder has an event to detect the mouse position, if the mouse
position is out of the area where the scroll component is located at then
the scroll component is "destroyed"... everything works fine but say you
press the down or up arrow key, then you hold the mouse down and roll off
the component the "destroy" method then is fired because you are located
away from the component and that is how the error fires...

You are right in regards to having to check my setup specially since it was
one of those "we need it done now, no matter what has to be done" times.

Thanks again,
Helmut

On 1/29/08, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I have a scroll component that sometimes is deleted from the display
> list
> > while the user is holding the scroll bar and I get this error:
> >
> > TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
> > object
> > reference.
> > at fl.controls::ScrollBar/fl.controls:ScrollBar::thumbReleaseHandler
> ()
> >
> > We know this error is fired since the scroll component is non-existent
> by
> > the time the user releases the scroll bar...I am trying to catch it but
> > not
> > sure how should I catch this type of error since this is fired from
> within
> > the component...
> >
> > I have tried the following:
> >
> > sp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, catchError);
> > sp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_LEAVE, catchError);
> >
> > and so forth... I am still trying but some suggestions would be great.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Helmut
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Re: [Flashcoders] Simple compression algo?

[Dave Mennenoh]

you're sending a comma separated string to the server?

why not have 2 hey digits for all the data and omit the comma? this would
bring your data to 2/3 of its size, which means 26sec*2/3 = 17.3sec

when this works, you could try to send binary data - so instead if sending
the string "ff" you would send the binary byte 255. if this works, this
would cut the time in half again => 8.6sec

if you can't create binary data, you could still use base64 encoding
instead, which would give you 8.6*1.33 = 11.5sec.


Yeah, I'm sending an array of colors. What's a hey digit? And it's not FF, 
that was just an example, it's colors so it's FF or 16777215 as an 
integer and it's not any faster to send as integers, in fact I found it a 
little slower so am sending the hex string. Keeping in the commas just makes 
it easy to reconstruct the image since if an array index is null I just use 
the last good color. I did say it was simple. :) I'll definitely give base64 
a shot. I'm stuck with AS2 here so I didn't think I could do binary, but 
Juan seems to say it's possible.


Thanks

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Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate question...

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

oh yes...of course! i haven't done that in such a long time i forgot about
it :)
thanks to all

On Feb 4, 2008 7:21 AM, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> >>You don't.  Therein lies the rub with Macromedia's Delegate class.
>
> But there is a semi-ugly way you could if you want to.  Not that I
> recommend this method (though I have used it lots in the past with no
> issues, but I think it's better to go with Muzak's suggestion)
>
> myDel:Object = myClip.onRelease = Delegate.create(this,
> myReleaseHandler)
> myDel.myProperty = "hello"
>
> function myReleaseHandler():Void
> {
>trace(arguments.caller.myProperty)
> }
>
>
>
> Jason Merrill
> Bank of America
> GT&O L&LD Solutions Design & Development
> eTools & Multimedia
>
> Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community
>
>
>
>
>
> >>-Original Message-
> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> >>Of Steven Sacks
> >>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:19 PM
> >>To: Flash Coders List
> >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate question...
> >>
> >>You don't.  Therein lies the rub with Macromedia's Delegate class.
> >>
> >>Use Big Spaceship's Improved Delegate class
> >>
> >>http://labs.bigspaceship.com/blog/?p=9
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>[p e r c e p t i c o n] wrote:
> >>> Howdy,
> >>> Quick question...How can I pass vars if i'm using delegates
> >>for handlers
> >>> I have it set up like so...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> someMC.onRelease = Delegate.create(_level0, doSomething);
> >>>
> >>> what i want to be able to do is know which instance of
> >>someMC actually
> >>> called it...
> >>>
> >>> thanks
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Re: [Flashcoders] Simple compression algo?

[Dave Mennenoh]

if you can't create binary data, you could still use base64 encoding 
instead, which would give you 8.6*1.33 = 11.5sec.


OK, I did some tests and it's taking way too long to base64 encode the 
string. It might be quicker to send once it's done, but overall it'd be a 
lot slower than my current method. I tried LZW too, and same thing.


?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Simple compression algo?

[Dave Mennenoh]

Sounds a bit like Run Length Encoding


Right, I mentioned that. :) I kept it simple to be able to reconstruct the 
image from it more easily in PHP. Gotta try the base64 thing next.



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Re: [Flashcoders] Properly embedding flash with html.

[Vayu Robins]

Hi Jason.

This custom solution sounds very interesting.  Would you like to share it
with others? Or refer to a similar solution? :-))

Vayu


On 2/4/08 6:36 PM, "Jason Lutes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> There are several problems with the Adobe code/solution, and at least
> one was already mentioned. My biggest complaint about it was that its
> JavaScript was so poorly written. (It even generated malformed mark-up
> at one point.)
> 
> Another complaint I have with the Adobe code/solution is one I also have
> for SWF Object. The list of function arguments that are expected when
> embedding Flash media is unnecessarily cumbersome.
> 
> I use a custom solution for embedding my Flash media, in order to keep
> the JavaScript file size down (to under half of the SWF Object
> footprint), to more efficiently (code-wise) do the same kinds of
> (essential) embedding tasks, and to provide a simpler interface for
> embedding.
> 
> It has proven to carry a higher degree of sensible usability (over UFO,
> SWF Object, the Adobe hack, or other) for coding neophytes, as verified
> by co-workers who have harnessed it.
> 
> 
> -
> Jason
> 
> Vlado Krempl wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Question:
>> When embedding a flash movie in HTML -
>> Is everyone using the Publish settings that flash CS3 comes with
> "AC_RunActiveContent.js etc or
>> is the "SWF OBject still the preferred way?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Vlado Krempl
>> M 0433 781740
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RE: [Flashcoders] Properly embedding flash with html.

[Merrill, Jason]

>>I use a custom solution for embedding my Flash media,

I do the same as you...  never been a fan of Adobe's code or swfobject.

Jason Merrill
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eTools & Multimedia 

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Re: [Flashcoders] Insert new symbol

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

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Re: [Flashcoders] Insert new symbol

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

because i load an image into it and animate from the middle of the
image...so if i can't control the registration point it animates from top
left...

On Feb 4, 2008 9:12 AM, Kenneth Kawamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Do you mean an empty MovieClip? It's empty - why do you need to worry
> about the registration point?
>
> Kenneth Kawamoto
> http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/
>
> [p e r c e p t i c o n] wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Can anyone explain why when you insert a new movieclip symbol using the
> > insert>new symbol from the menu can't choose a registration point?  very
> > annoying...
> > that's my rant for the day...
> > happy monday
> > p
> >
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Re: [Flashcoders] Properly embedding flash with html.

[Jason Lutes]

There are several problems with the Adobe code/solution, and at least 
one was already mentioned. My biggest complaint about it was that its 
JavaScript was so poorly written. (It even generated malformed mark-up 
at one point.)


Another complaint I have with the Adobe code/solution is one I also have 
for SWF Object. The list of function arguments that are expected when 
embedding Flash media is unnecessarily cumbersome.


I use a custom solution for embedding my Flash media, in order to keep 
the JavaScript file size down (to under half of the SWF Object 
footprint), to more efficiently (code-wise) do the same kinds of 
(essential) embedding tasks, and to provide a simpler interface for 
embedding.


It has proven to carry a higher degree of sensible usability (over UFO, 
SWF Object, the Adobe hack, or other) for coding neophytes, as verified 
by co-workers who have harnessed it.



-
Jason

Vlado Krempl wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Question:
> When embedding a flash movie in HTML -
> Is everyone using the Publish settings that flash CS3 comes with 
"AC_RunActiveContent.js etc or

> is the "SWF OBject still the preferred way?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vlado Krempl
> M 0433 781740

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Re: [Flashcoders] Insert new symbol

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

Do you mean an empty MovieClip? It's empty - why do you need to worry 
about the registration point?


Kenneth Kawamoto
http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/

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

Hi all,
Can anyone explain why when you insert a new movieclip symbol using the
insert>new symbol from the menu can't choose a registration point?  very
annoying...
that's my rant for the day...
happy monday
p
  


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[Flashcoders] Insert new symbol

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

Hi all,
Can anyone explain why when you insert a new movieclip symbol using the
insert>new symbol from the menu can't choose a registration point?  very
annoying...
that's my rant for the day...
happy monday
p
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Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic upload of bunch of images withautomaticsmooth.

[Muzak]

You should have a custom movieclip (component) that does all that automatically.

So instead of doing:

var loader:Loader = new Loader();
walkerMc.figure.head.imgholder.addChild(loader);
loader.load(new URLRequest(theURL+"img/"+xml..epic[usrNr-1].text()));
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, handleComplete,false, 
0, true);

you could have:

var img:SmoothImage = new SmoothImage();
img.source = "path_to_image.jpg";
img.width = 45;
img.height = 45;
walkerMc.figure.head.addChild(img);

where SmoothImage is a custom component that loads the image and once loaded, creates a Bitmap copy (with smoothing) and removes the 
loaded image.


regards,
Muzak

- Original Message - 
From: "Irene Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic upload of bunch of images 
withautomaticsmooth.



Thank you for replies BUT. :)

If i use mr. Muzaks code, i dont know how can i add my new image into right
movieclip

I need to add child to walkerMc.figure.head.imgholder.

The handleComplete is triggered when an image is loaded.
I am parsing the XML file, looping through nodes, some have images, some
dont, some pictures are bigger(load slower), some smaller(load faster).
How can i add the new child to right target?

Hope you can understand what i am talking about :)

Thanks Irene


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Re: [Flashcoders] ADA compliance & Flash

[Glen Pike]

Niqui Merret has some good Flash info.

http://niquimerret.com/?p=94

Usability & accessibility probably overlap somewhat, so look into both 
aspects.


Think about your target audience.

Niqui Merret did a good session that covered the following point: Many 
people think that being accessible is covered by the "hybrid" Flash over 
HTML approach, which may work for screenreaders, but this is only 
catering for blind people - there are many different reasons people find 
it hard to use a computer, so that's why thinking about your target 
audience is probably the first step.


Google is as good a place to start as any 
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=accessibility+flash&btnG=Search&meta= 



John Peacock wrote:

Just wondering if there are any good solid resources / approaches for
staying ADA compliant when creating a project in Flash. I'm not entirely
sure of the approach people take on the subject, so I'm scoping it out
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RE: [Flashcoders] ADA compliance & Flash

[Jim Robson]

This page on Adobe's website has a categorized list of accessible Flash
applications. It's somewhat dated, but at least it provides a demonstration
of a range of accessibility features.

http://www.adobe.com/resources/accessibility/examples.html

Here's Adobe's blog on accessibility:

http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/

hth

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Subject: [Flashcoders] ADA compliance & Flash

Just wondering if there are any good solid resources / approaches for
staying ADA compliant when creating a project in Flash. I'm not entirely
sure of the approach people take on the subject, so I'm scoping it out
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Re: [Flashcoders] ADA compliance & Flash

[Sidney de Koning]

Hi John,

There is a realy good book on, called; "Dont make me think" by Steve Crug
Talks about usability for websites, html or flash. I think there is a 
special chaptor on ADA guidlines.

You can get it on Amazon and any other bookstore,

Cheers, Sidney

John Peacock wrote:

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sure of the approach people take on the subject, so I'm scoping it out
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[Flashcoders] ADA compliance & Flash

[John Peacock]

Just wondering if there are any good solid resources / approaches for
staying ADA compliant when creating a project in Flash. I'm not entirely
sure of the approach people take on the subject, so I'm scoping it out
before said project starts.


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RE: [Flashcoders] Delegate question...

[Merrill, Jason]

>>You don't.  Therein lies the rub with Macromedia's Delegate class.

But there is a semi-ugly way you could if you want to.  Not that I
recommend this method (though I have used it lots in the past with no
issues, but I think it's better to go with Muzak's suggestion)

myDel:Object = myClip.onRelease = Delegate.create(this,
myReleaseHandler)
myDel.myProperty = "hello"

function myReleaseHandler():Void
{
trace(arguments.caller.myProperty)
}



Jason Merrill
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>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
>>Of Steven Sacks
>>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:19 PM
>>To: Flash Coders List
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate question...
>>
>>You don't.  Therein lies the rub with Macromedia's Delegate class.
>>
>>Use Big Spaceship's Improved Delegate class
>>
>>http://labs.bigspaceship.com/blog/?p=9
>>
>>
>>
>>[p e r c e p t i c o n] wrote:
>>> Howdy,
>>> Quick question...How can I pass vars if i'm using delegates 
>>for handlers
>>> I have it set up like so...
>>>
>>>
>>> someMC.onRelease = Delegate.create(_level0, doSomething);
>>>
>>> what i want to be able to do is know which instance of 
>>someMC actually 
>>> called it...
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flex Lists

[Merrill, Jason]

>>Where do the folks on this list go for Flex questions.  I'm 
>>looking for a Flex-Newbies list.

Flexcoders list at Yahoo.  It's an "any Flex question" list and has
Adobe people there.  

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Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic upload of bunch of images with automaticsmooth.

[Irene Johansson]

Thank you for replies BUT. :)

If i use mr. Muzaks code, i dont know how can i add my new image into right
movieclip

I need to add child to walkerMc.figure.head.imgholder.

The handleComplete is triggered when an image is loaded.
I am parsing the XML file, looping through nodes, some have images, some
dont, some pictures are bigger(load slower), some smaller(load faster).
How can i add the new child to right target?

Hope you can understand what i am talking about :)

Thanks Irene






for(var k:Number=1; k<=itemNr; k++){
usrNr++;
var walker1:MovieClip = new walker();
walker1.x = k*150+ Math.random()*40;
//walker1.y = Math.random()*5;
walker1.name = "walker"+k;
walker1.i = i;
walker1.k = k;
this["row"+i].addChild(walker1);
var walkerMc:MovieClip = this["rad"+i].getChildByName("walker"+k) as
MovieClip;
if(xml..epic[usrNr-1].text()!= undefined){
//upload picture
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
walkerMc.figure.head.imgholder.addChild(loader);

loader.load(new URLRequest(theURL+"img/"+xml..epic[usrNr-1].text()));
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, handleComplete,
false, 0, true);
}else{
//show random face
walkerMc.figure.head.faces.gotoAndStop(xml..spic[brukerNr-1].text());
}

}



function handleComplete(event:Event){
var ldr:Loader = LoaderInfo(event.currentTarget).loader as Loader;
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.content.width=43;
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.content.height=43;


var image:Bitmap = Bitmap(ldr.contentLoaderInfo.content);
image.smoothing = true;

}


On 2/4/08, EECOLOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Another problem here may be the quality property on the object/embed tag.
> If
> it is auto high it might for some cases switch to non-smoothing to benefit
> the performance. This will change if you set the property to high.
>
>
> Greetz Erik
>
> On 2/3/08, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Check the example in the docs.
> > You need to create a copy of the original (loaded) image, add it to the
> > display list and remove the (original) loaded image
> >
> >
> >
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/Bitmap.html
> >
> > Here's an example of loading an image and displaying a copy next to it:
> >
> > import flash.display.Loader;
> > import flash.net.URLRequest;
> > import flash.display.Bitmap;
> >
> > var loader:Loader;
> > var req:URLRequest;
> > var orig_mc:MovieClip;
> > var copy_mc:MovieClip;
> >
> > function loaderCompleteHandler(evt:Event) {
> > var ldr:Loader = evt.currentTarget.loader as Loader;
> > var origImg:Bitmap = (ldr.content as Bitmap)
> > origImg.width = 200;
> > origImg.height = 150;
> >
> > var image:Bitmap = new Bitmap(origImg.bitmapData, "auto", true);
> > image.width = 200;
> > image.height = 150;
> > copy_mc.addChild(image);
> > }
> >
> > loader = new Loader();
> > req = new URLRequest("2.jpg");
> > loader.load(req);
> > loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
> > loaderCompleteHandler);
> >
> > orig_mc = new MovieClip();
> > orig_mc.addChild(loader);
> > addChild(orig_mc);
> >
> > copy_mc = new MovieClip();
> > copy_mc.x = 210;
> > addChild(copy_mc);
> >
> >
> > regards,
> > Muzak
> >
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Re: [Flashcoders] Bundle swf's on server for transport to client

[Gert-Jan van der Wel]

That's a nice hack indeed! I'll keep it in mind. Thanks!
Gert-Jan

2008/2/4, EECOLOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >In the Flash app we are having some trouble with the attachMovie method
> and
> the fact that you can only attach a mc on the same parent.
>
> What you could do here (if you are developing for Flash 8) is put a method
> in you library like this (might contain errors, wrote it from the top of
> my
> head):
>
> function getImageBitmapData(linkageID:String, width:Number,
> height:Number):BitmapData
> {
>var currentImage:MovieClip = attachMovie(linkageID, "currentImage", 0);
>
>var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(width, height);
>bmd.draw(currentImage);
>
>//remove the movieclip
>currentImage.removeMovieClip();
>//make sure it is removed
>delete this.currentImage;
>
>return bmd;
> };
>
> Then where you use the component you could draw it with attachBitmap or
> bitmapFill. I suspect you resize the images aswell. In that case at the
> end
> of the resize just get a new bitmapData (during might be too heavy,
> something to test I guess).
>
>
> Greetz Erik
>
>
> On 2/4/08, Gert-Jan van der Wel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Erik,
> > Thank you for your response. I know that something like this should be
> > possible in AS3 but we're (at this moment) stuck with AS2, so that makes
> > it
> > a little bit more difficult.
> >
> > On our server we've been testing with Swfmill and Ming, but we keep
> > getting
> > an error rate of about 10% with the bundling our furniture swf's to one
> > big
> > swf. In the Flash app we are having some trouble with the attachMovie
> > method
> > and the fact that you can only attach a mc on the same parent.
> >
> > Therefor we decided to stop our attempt. We'll continue our quest when
> the
> > main app is AS3 ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gert-Jan
> >
> >
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Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic upload of bunch of images with automaticsmooth.

[EECOLOR]

Another problem here may be the quality property on the object/embed tag. If
it is auto high it might for some cases switch to non-smoothing to benefit
the performance. This will change if you set the property to high.


Greetz Erik

On 2/3/08, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Check the example in the docs.
> You need to create a copy of the original (loaded) image, add it to the
> display list and remove the (original) loaded image
>
>
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/Bitmap.html
>
> Here's an example of loading an image and displaying a copy next to it:
>
> import flash.display.Loader;
> import flash.net.URLRequest;
> import flash.display.Bitmap;
>
> var loader:Loader;
> var req:URLRequest;
> var orig_mc:MovieClip;
> var copy_mc:MovieClip;
>
> function loaderCompleteHandler(evt:Event) {
> var ldr:Loader = evt.currentTarget.loader as Loader;
> var origImg:Bitmap = (ldr.content as Bitmap)
> origImg.width = 200;
> origImg.height = 150;
>
> var image:Bitmap = new Bitmap(origImg.bitmapData, "auto", true);
> image.width = 200;
> image.height = 150;
> copy_mc.addChild(image);
> }
>
> loader = new Loader();
> req = new URLRequest("2.jpg");
> loader.load(req);
> loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
> loaderCompleteHandler);
>
> orig_mc = new MovieClip();
> orig_mc.addChild(loader);
> addChild(orig_mc);
>
> copy_mc = new MovieClip();
> copy_mc.x = 210;
> addChild(copy_mc);
>
>
> regards,
> Muzak
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Bundle swf's on server for transport to client

[EECOLOR]

>In the Flash app we are having some trouble with the attachMovie method and
the fact that you can only attach a mc on the same parent.

What you could do here (if you are developing for Flash 8) is put a method
in you library like this (might contain errors, wrote it from the top of my
head):

function getImageBitmapData(linkageID:String, width:Number,
height:Number):BitmapData
{
   var currentImage:MovieClip = attachMovie(linkageID, "currentImage", 0);

   var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(width, height);
   bmd.draw(currentImage);

   //remove the movieclip
   currentImage.removeMovieClip();
   //make sure it is removed
   delete this.currentImage;

   return bmd;
};

Then where you use the component you could draw it with attachBitmap or
bitmapFill. I suspect you resize the images aswell. In that case at the end
of the resize just get a new bitmapData (during might be too heavy,
something to test I guess).


Greetz Erik


On 2/4/08, Gert-Jan van der Wel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Erik,
> Thank you for your response. I know that something like this should be
> possible in AS3 but we're (at this moment) stuck with AS2, so that makes
> it
> a little bit more difficult.
>
> On our server we've been testing with Swfmill and Ming, but we keep
> getting
> an error rate of about 10% with the bundling our furniture swf's to one
> big
> swf. In the Flash app we are having some trouble with the attachMovie
> method
> and the fact that you can only attach a mc on the same parent.
>
> Therefor we decided to stop our attempt. We'll continue our quest when the
> main app is AS3 ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Gert-Jan
>
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Bundle swf's on server for transport to client

[Gert-Jan van der Wel]

Hi Erik,
Thank you for your response. I know that something like this should be
possible in AS3 but we're (at this moment) stuck with AS2, so that makes it
a little bit more difficult.

On our server we've been testing with Swfmill and Ming, but we keep getting
an error rate of about 10% with the bundling our furniture swf's to one big
swf. In the Flash app we are having some trouble with the attachMovie method
and the fact that you can only attach a mc on the same parent.

Therefor we decided to stop our attempt. We'll continue our quest when the
main app is AS3 ;-)

Cheers,
Gert-Jan

2008/2/3, EECOLOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> With AS2 this indeed seems
> tricky. With AS3 you could just zip the stuff, unzip within your Flash
> application and load the bytes. Your best guess is a tool like swfmill
> that has
> the ability to
> create swf's on the server. I only know of a library in java that has
> the ability to generate swf's (javaswf).
>
> If the content you are loading in is created within flash you might be
> able
> to convert it to actionscript drawings (think lineTo and beginFill, etc).
> This allows you to convert those commands to a text or xml file and run
> them
> in your main application.
>
>
> Greetz Erik
>
>
> On 1/30/08, Gert-Jan van der Wel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I'm working on the Flash app of
> > Floorplanner and
> > we are having some problems with the loading of all the swf's. The Flash
> > app
> > (AS2) consists of 1 main app that loads several forms (the windows you
> > see,
> > like the library). The library holds a lot of furniture elements, which
> > are
> > separate swf's that are loaded one by one.
> >
> >
> > When someone creates a floor plan and adds furniture to it, it's not
> > strange
> > that the design holds more than 50 furniture
> > elements.
> > Though all elements are small swf files, it takes a lot of time to
> handle
> > all resource requests on our server. So my question is: is there a
> > technique
> > that makes it possible to (dynamically) bundle a set of swf's on the
> > server
> > and transport it to the client?
> >
> > Right now I'm testing with swfmill and it looks promising, but it seems
> a
> > little buggy...
> >
> >
> > I hope someone can help me out and point me in the right direction.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gert-Jan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Resizing a background image only.And keepingaspectratio.

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

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Re: [Flashcoders] Properly embedding flash with html.

[Glen Pike]

I use SWFObject, don't like the other as it adds JavaScript to the HTML 
page rather than putting it in an external file.


I also find SWFObject easier to add parameters and express install to as 
well.


Vlado Krempl wrote:

Hello everyone,

Question:
When embedding a flash movie in HTML - 
Is everyone using the Publish settings that flash CS3 comes with  "AC_RunActiveContent.js etc or 
is the "SWF OBject still the preferred way?


Cheers,

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