[Flashcoders] Flash IDE ASO Files
I was just bitten again by the buggy Flash IDE compiler, which seems to be
particularly moronic handling the infamous classes cache. I've read a number
of posts about this issue, and have come across it in the pass, especially
when working with network shares (which, admitedly, is not the ideal
setting, although it's not an excuse for this bug, either), but I think I
finally understand how to reproduce it reliably and can make a (hopefully)
educated guess about why it happens.
A little background: when Flash got AS 2.0 and a class syntax (Flash 7 or
was it Flash 6?), the IDE compiler began using a cache to cut down the
compiling times for ActionScript code. Sounds neat, but the implementation
left lots to be desired. Amazingly, it still does, since these problems
continue to exist in CS3.
The idea is simple. When you compile some fla, the compiler looks up for all
referenced classes and pre-compile them into an intermediate file, with the
extension .aso (from Action Script Object, I think). Those files are then
linked into the swf, and remain stored in a directory in your local drive
for future reuse. That is, if you recompile the fla but haven't changed the
code in the classes, it won't be recompiled. The bytecode from pre-compiled
aso file will be used instead. So far, so good. (Yet, I wonder how much of
the net compiling time is actually spent compiling AS code; I have the
impression that usually most time is spent compiling assets).
How does the IDE know whether the code in a class has changed? Basically, it
assumes that it will be able to determine that by comparing the timestamps
of the .as file, the .aso file. (And they say assumption is the mother of
all fuck-ups... but I digress).
If the .as file timestamp is greater than the .aso file timestamp, it means
the source code has been modified and should be recompiled. Else, there
isn't anything new, so go ahead and use the .aso file.
But, as soon as you start interchanging files with other people (especially
if they are in different time zones), the problems begin.
Let's assume there are 2 people involved. John, who lives somewhere in the
Atlantic Time Zone (GMT -4) and Paul, who lives the Pacific Time Zone (GMT
-8).
Scenario 1:
Paul edits the class ClassesCacheBug.as at 1 pm and sends it over to John.
It's 5 pm for John. He has made a minor change and compiled the fla an hour
ago, and so the IDE has created an .aso file with a timestamp of 4 pm. Now
he compiles again with Paul's changes, but since 1 pm (.as file) 4 pm
(.aso file), Flash will refuse to compile the new .as code and will use the
old .aso file instead. He notices it, and since this feature has bitten
him before, he remembers there are some
yet-to-be-actually-and-finally-fixed-problems-regarding-aso-files-instead-of-adding-a-delete-aso-files-command-nobody-should-really-give-a-hoot-about,
and so decides to flush the cache clicking on Delete ASO Files and Test
Movie. Problem solved.
Scenario 2:
Next day. John modifies again ClassesCacheBug.as at 5 pm (East) and sends
the changes back to Paul (it's 1 pm in the West). Paul is also aware of the
.aso-related problems, and has recently flushed his cache to force Flash to
compile some other rebel .as file. He doesn't have ClassesCacheBug.aso in
his local drive anymore. So his clock reads 1 pm, the .as file was last
modified at 5 pm, and there is no .aso file. He tries to compile the fla and
the compiler whines:
The name of this class, 'ClassesCacheBug', conflicts with the name of
another class that was loaded, 'ClassesCacheBug'.
class ClassesCacheBug {
WTF is that supposed to mean? He flushes again the cache, but no joy. He
tries to figure out what could be wrong but he finds no logic in it. If the
.aso file doesn't exists, couldn't Flash just be so kind as to recompile the
damn thing without further ado? What else could it do anyway? It certainly
has the source code available and there's nothing to get from the cache to
begin with. But Flash wouldn't do it. Paul curses badly, helplessly tries
deleting ASO files again for the 30th time, invokes different voodoo spirits
and finally decides to use brute force. After trying some really weird
things, he sets the date to the next day. And now, lo and behold, Flash has
stops complaining and gets the swf compiled.
Let's say I've been in Paul's shoes an hour or so ago, and I thought I would
post this message about this (at least to me) new manifestation of this old
and known bug / feature in the Flash IDE, for venting a bit and hopefully
alerting other people who might run into this problem.
So, to sum up, from observing this rather stupid behavior (and of course,
without knowing what is actually going on in the Flash logic), the problem
happens in both Flash 8 and Flash CS3 when:
1) There is no ASO file
AND
2) AS timestamp current local timestamp
Like if it was coded (and yes, I'm exaggerating now):
if(ASO exists) {
if(AS ASO) {
use ASO
} else {
compile
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[Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief
sorry to necro an old thread but i still have a problem
file structure:
one index swf that preloads the main swf
main swf that loads in several different section swfs and masks them in a
frame
the combobox is in one of the masked sections
the issue is this:
i have a combo box that uses an array populated by a loaded xml file as a
dataprovider. It all works just fine apart from that when the combo box is
first opened, the first 'page' of entries doesn't render. If the list is
scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire list
renders properly, including the entry that's selected.
This happens when the site is viewed on a server and when the file is 'test
movie'd on it's own but it doesn't happen when the index swf is 'test
movie'd or when the site is viewed locally in a browser
The cb uses fonts used throughout the site and they are embedded (i've added
the code for the cb below). It's been suggested that maybe the cb is loaded
before the fonts so that it doesn't get a chance to render properly but i
can't see how that is happeneing - i've tried added a textfield with the
fonts embedded make sure that that wasn't it (although i haven't added the
fonts to a frame loaded before the cb - i'm trying that now)
the cb is placed manually onstage and has the following code added on the
timeline:
function init():Void {
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlFile = (xmldata != undefined) ? xmldata : PATH();
xml.load(xmlFile);
xml.onData = function (src:String) {
if (src == undefined) {
this.onLoad(false);
} else {
this.parseXML(src);
this.loaded = true;
this.onLoad(true);
parse(); // creates the arrays
}
}
var cBox:Object = {};
cBox.change = function(o:Object):Void
{
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
//o.target.onKillFocus=undefined; // didn't work
getGeoEvents(
arrayOfUniversitiesNames[mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities.selectedIndex]
); // sends user to correct tab
lock();
}
// this is the script for the cb
var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
c.setStyle(fontFamily, VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
changeTab(bt_tab);
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief
Hi,
you're not using runtime file sharing right?
greetz
JC
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, allandt bik-elliott
(thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sorry to necro an old thread but i still have a problem
file structure:
one index swf that preloads the main swf
main swf that loads in several different section swfs and masks them in a
frame
the combobox is in one of the masked sections
the issue is this:
i have a combo box that uses an array populated by a loaded xml file as a
dataprovider. It all works just fine apart from that when the combo box is
first opened, the first 'page' of entries doesn't render. If the list is
scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire list
renders properly, including the entry that's selected.
This happens when the site is viewed on a server and when the file is 'test
movie'd on it's own but it doesn't happen when the index swf is 'test
movie'd or when the site is viewed locally in a browser
The cb uses fonts used throughout the site and they are embedded (i've added
the code for the cb below). It's been suggested that maybe the cb is loaded
before the fonts so that it doesn't get a chance to render properly but i
can't see how that is happeneing - i've tried added a textfield with the
fonts embedded make sure that that wasn't it (although i haven't added the
fonts to a frame loaded before the cb - i'm trying that now)
the cb is placed manually onstage and has the following code added on the
timeline:
function init():Void {
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlFile = (xmldata != undefined) ? xmldata : PATH();
xml.load(xmlFile);
xml.onData = function (src:String) {
if (src == undefined) {
this.onLoad(false);
} else {
this.parseXML(src);
this.loaded = true;
this.onLoad(true);
parse(); // creates the arrays
}
}
var cBox:Object = {};
cBox.change = function(o:Object):Void
{
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
//o.target.onKillFocus=undefined; // didn't work
getGeoEvents(
arrayOfUniversitiesNames[mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities.selectedIndex]
); // sends user to correct tab
lock();
}
// this is the script for the cb
var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
c.setStyle(fontFamily, VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
changeTab(bt_tab);
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief
i've tried amending the combo box to instantiate it on the fly and that
doesn't seem to work either
// first attempt using the component as an mc
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.attachMovie(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
// second attempt using createClassObject
import mx.controls.ComboBox;
var c:ComboBox = mc_university.createClassObject(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
c.setStyle(fontFamily, Lloyds TSB VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c);
changeTab(bt_tab_university);
unlock();
}
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:35 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
nope
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Hans Wichman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
you're not using runtime file sharing right?
greetz
JC
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, allandt bik-elliott
(thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sorry to necro an old thread but i still have a problem
file structure:
one index swf that preloads the main swf
main swf that loads in several different section swfs and masks them in
a
frame
the combobox is in one of the masked sections
the issue is this:
i have a combo box that uses an array populated by a loaded xml file as
a
dataprovider. It all works just fine apart from that when the combo box
is
first opened, the first 'page' of entries doesn't render. If the list is
scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire list
renders properly, including the entry that's selected.
This happens when the site is viewed on a server and when the file is
'test
movie'd on it's own but it doesn't happen when the index swf is 'test
movie'd or when the site is viewed locally in a browser
The cb uses fonts used throughout the site and they are embedded (i've
added
the code for the cb below). It's been suggested that maybe the cb is
loaded
before the fonts so that it doesn't get a chance to render properly but
i
can't see how that is happeneing - i've tried added a textfield with
the
fonts embedded make sure that that wasn't it (although i haven't added
the
fonts to a frame loaded before the cb - i'm trying that now)
the cb is placed manually onstage and has the following code added on
the
timeline:
function init():Void {
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlFile = (xmldata != undefined) ? xmldata : PATH();
xml.load(xmlFile);
xml.onData = function (src:String) {
if (src == undefined) {
this.onLoad(false);
} else {
this.parseXML(src);
this.loaded = true;
this.onLoad(true);
parse(); // creates the arrays
}
}
var cBox:Object = {};
cBox.change = function(o:Object):Void
{
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
//o.target.onKillFocus=undefined; // didn't work
getGeoEvents(
arrayOfUniversitiesNames[mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities.selectedIndex]
); // sends user to correct tab
lock();
}
// this is the script for the cb
var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
c.setStyle(fontFamily, VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
changeTab(bt_tab);
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief
just tried putting the box on the stage and applying the style to it on the
first frame and putting the rest of the code on the second but no joy
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i've tried amending the combo box to instantiate it on the fly and that
doesn't seem to work either
// first attempt using the component as an mc
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.attachMovie(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
// second attempt using createClassObject
import mx.controls.ComboBox;
var c:ComboBox = mc_university.createClassObject(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
c.setStyle(fontFamily, Lloyds TSB VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c);
changeTab(bt_tab_university);
unlock();
}
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:35 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
nope
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Hans Wichman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
you're not using runtime file sharing right?
greetz
JC
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, allandt bik-elliott
(thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sorry to necro an old thread but i still have a problem
file structure:
one index swf that preloads the main swf
main swf that loads in several different section swfs and masks them in
a
frame
the combobox is in one of the masked sections
the issue is this:
i have a combo box that uses an array populated by a loaded xml file as
a
dataprovider. It all works just fine apart from that when the combo box
is
first opened, the first 'page' of entries doesn't render. If the list
is
scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire
list
renders properly, including the entry that's selected.
This happens when the site is viewed on a server and when the file is
'test
movie'd on it's own but it doesn't happen when the index swf is 'test
movie'd or when the site is viewed locally in a browser
The cb uses fonts used throughout the site and they are embedded (i've
added
the code for the cb below). It's been suggested that maybe the cb is
loaded
before the fonts so that it doesn't get a chance to render properly but
i
can't see how that is happeneing - i've tried added a textfield with
the
fonts embedded make sure that that wasn't it (although i haven't added
the
fonts to a frame loaded before the cb - i'm trying that now)
the cb is placed manually onstage and has the following code added on
the
timeline:
function init():Void {
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlFile = (xmldata != undefined) ? xmldata : PATH();
xml.load(xmlFile);
xml.onData = function (src:String) {
if (src == undefined) {
this.onLoad(false);
} else {
this.parseXML(src);
this.loaded = true;
this.onLoad(true);
parse(); // creates the arrays
}
}
var cBox:Object = {};
cBox.change = function(o:Object):Void
{
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
//o.target.onKillFocus=undefined; // didn't work
getGeoEvents(
arrayOfUniversitiesNames[mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities.selectedIndex]
); // sends user to correct tab
lock();
}
// this is the script for the cb
var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
c.setStyle(fontFamily, VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
changeTab(bt_tab);
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief
Why can't you put all the code in the first frame?
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief
just tried putting the box on the stage and applying the style to it on the
first frame and putting the rest of the code on the second but no joy
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i've tried amending the combo box to instantiate it on the fly and that
doesn't seem to work either
// first attempt using the component as an mc
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.attachMovie(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
// second attempt using createClassObject
import mx.controls.ComboBox;
var c:ComboBox = mc_university.createClassObject(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
c.setStyle(fontFamily, Lloyds TSB VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c);
changeTab(bt_tab_university);
unlock();
}
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:35 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
nope
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Hans Wichman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
you're not using runtime file sharing right?
greetz
JC
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, allandt bik-elliott
(thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sorry to necro an old thread but i still have a problem
file structure:
one index swf that preloads the main swf
main swf that loads in several different section swfs and masks them
in
a
frame
the combobox is in one of the masked sections
the issue is this:
i have a combo box that uses an array populated by a loaded xml file
as
a
dataprovider. It all works just fine apart from that when the combo
box
is
first opened, the first 'page' of entries doesn't render. If the list
is
scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire
list
renders properly, including the entry that's selected.
This happens when the site is viewed on a server and when the file is
'test
movie'd on it's own but it doesn't happen when the index swf is 'test
movie'd or when the site is viewed locally in a browser
The cb uses fonts used throughout the site and they are embedded (i've
added
the code for the cb below). It's been suggested that maybe the cb is
loaded
before the fonts so that it doesn't get a chance to render properly
but
i
can't see how that is happeneing - i've tried added a textfield with
the
fonts embedded make sure that that wasn't it (although i haven't added
the
fonts to a frame loaded before the cb - i'm trying that now)
the cb is placed manually onstage and has the following code added on
the
timeline:
function init():Void {
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlFile = (xmldata != undefined) ? xmldata : PATH();
xml.load(xmlFile);
xml.onData = function (src:String) {
if (src == undefined) {
this.onLoad(false);
} else {
this.parseXML(src);
this.loaded = true;
this.onLoad(true);
parse(); // creates the arrays
}
}
var cBox:Object = {};
cBox.change = function(o:Object):Void
{
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
//o.target.onKillFocus=undefined; // didn't work
getGeoEvents(
arrayOfUniversitiesNames[mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities.selectedIndex]
); // sends user to correct tab
lock();
}
// this is the script for the cb
var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
c.setStyle(fontFamily, VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
changeTab(bt_tab);
}
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[Flashcoders] [solved] combobox still giving grief
i thought maybe the style needed to be applied before the data is added
I found the problem - the data provider wasn't full so i've moved the code
into the onLoad of the xml and it's all behaving lovely jubbly now
thanks for your time guys - i really appreciate it
a
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why can't you put all the code in the first frame?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt
bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Sent: woensdag 3 september 2008 13:22
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief
just tried putting the box on the stage and applying the style to it on the
first frame and putting the rest of the code on the second but no joy
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i've tried amending the combo box to instantiate it on the fly and that
doesn't seem to work either
// first attempt using the component as an mc
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
//var c:MovieClip = mc_university.attachMovie(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
// second attempt using createClassObject
import mx.controls.ComboBox;
var c:ComboBox = mc_university.createClassObject(ComboBox,
cb_listOfUniversities, mc_university.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:74,
_y:133.6, _width:245});
c.setStyle(fontFamily, Lloyds TSB VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c);
changeTab(bt_tab_university);
unlock();
}
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:35 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
nope
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Hans Wichman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
you're not using runtime file sharing right?
greetz
JC
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, allandt bik-elliott
(thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sorry to necro an old thread but i still have a problem
file structure:
one index swf that preloads the main swf
main swf that loads in several different section swfs and masks them
in
a
frame
the combobox is in one of the masked sections
the issue is this:
i have a combo box that uses an array populated by a loaded xml file
as
a
dataprovider. It all works just fine apart from that when the combo
box
is
first opened, the first 'page' of entries doesn't render. If the list
is
scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire
list
renders properly, including the entry that's selected.
This happens when the site is viewed on a server and when the file is
'test
movie'd on it's own but it doesn't happen when the index swf is 'test
movie'd or when the site is viewed locally in a browser
The cb uses fonts used throughout the site and they are embedded
(i've
added
the code for the cb below). It's been suggested that maybe the cb is
loaded
before the fonts so that it doesn't get a chance to render properly
but
i
can't see how that is happeneing - i've tried added a textfield with
the
fonts embedded make sure that that wasn't it (although i haven't
added
the
fonts to a frame loaded before the cb - i'm trying that now)
the cb is placed manually onstage and has the following code added on
the
timeline:
function init():Void {
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlFile = (xmldata != undefined) ? xmldata : PATH();
xml.load(xmlFile);
xml.onData = function (src:String) {
if (src == undefined) {
this.onLoad(false);
} else {
this.parseXML(src);
this.loaded = true;
this.onLoad(true);
parse(); // creates the arrays
}
}
var cBox:Object = {};
cBox.change = function(o:Object):Void
{
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
//o.target.onKillFocus=undefined; // didn't work
getGeoEvents(
arrayOfUniversitiesNames[mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities.selectedIndex]
); // sends user to correct tab
lock();
}
// this is the script for the cb
var c:MovieClip = mc_university.cb_listOfUniversities;
c.setStyle(fontFamily, VAG Rounded Light);
c.setStyle(embedFonts, true);
c.addEventListener(change, cBox);
c.dataProvider = arrayOfUniversitiesNames;
c.text = Select;
//Selection.setFocus(c); // didn't work
changeTab(bt_tab);
}
[Flashcoders] How to avoid little blink while loading another movie ...
Can you load it behind another display object that is a copy (perhaps bitmap snapshot) of the main stage in question? This should fix it. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE : [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief ...
In regards to this part of your question: --- If the list is scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire list renders properly, including the entry that's selected. --- Can you force or simulate whatever event or function is fired when any of the above occurs?, before the user actually does anything? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: RE : [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief ...
ah - i solved the problem - the dataprovider wasn't populated properly thanks for the response On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:46 PM, S0 F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In regards to this part of your question: --- If the list is scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire list renders properly, including the entry that's selected. --- Can you force or simulate whatever event or function is fired when any of the above occurs?, before the user actually does anything? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ...
Any thoughts on whether it's more efficient (in terms of development and player performance) to use Singleton's (with static public 'getInstance' or such) instead of Event's when developing mid-sized applications? (for classes that *are* Singleton's of course). Asking this in regards to when you know no other class needs notification. It seems a lot cleaner in terms of code (not having to create and listen for events). Just a direct call - but what about performance speed, etc. Is this good practice. Cheers. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ...
- Original Message - From: S0 F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:16 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ... Any thoughts on whether it's more efficient (in terms of development and player performance) to use Singleton's (with static public 'getInstance' or such) instead of Event's when developing mid-sized applications? (for classes that *are* Singleton's of course). Asking this in regards to when you know no other class needs notification. It seems a lot cleaner in terms of code (not having to create and listen for events). Just a direct call - but what about performance speed, etc. Is this good practice. Direct calls? No, because you are binding one class to another and are building restrictions into your classes that mean they are less reusable in the future. What if you need another class to respond? You need to add another call to class C from class A because class A was built only to call class B. With events class A issues the event and remains unchanged. I don't understand the supposed correlation between sinletons and avoiding events. Perhaps it's because static classes/singletons are accessible without having to access an instance created elsewhere? Paul Cheers. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ...
From a performance perspective, using fewer listeners in favor of instance references will always be a performance gain since listeners take up way more system resources than object references do. From an architecture/design pattern perspective though, I can't say whether it's better or not, it depends more on the type of app you are building and the type of architecture you put in place to support it. Not having as many events (either bubbling or non-bubbling) in favor of instances (i.e. SingletonClass.getInstance()) can get very messy and buggy if you don't do it right. I've found using a mix of both in the right places to be the best methodology in terms of overall design. Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of S0 F1 Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:17 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ... Any thoughts on whether it's more efficient (in terms of development and player performance) to use Singleton's (with static public 'getInstance' or such) instead of Event's when developing mid-sized applications? (for classes that *are* Singleton's of course). Asking this in regards to when you know no other class needs notification. It seems a lot cleaner in terms of code (not having to create and listen for events). Just a direct call - but what about performance speed, etc. Is this good practice. Cheers. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ...
*I like events - but I am no computer scientist. Events allow flexibility. * On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:16 AM, S0 F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any thoughts on whether it's more efficient (in terms of development and player performance) to use Singleton's (with static public 'getInstance' or such) instead of Event's when developing mid-sized applications? (for classes that *are* Singleton's of course). Asking this in regards to when you know no other class needs notification. It seems a lot cleaner in terms of code (not having to create and listen for events). Just a direct call - but what about performance speed, etc. Is this good practice. Cheers. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ...
Performance optimization is nice and all, but... how often will that happen in a frame? Once? A few hundred times? Then go with whatever is the easiest to understand, because you're still at fractions of a milisecond. Try it -- just time how long it takes to call a getInstance method a few thousand times or send as many events. I'd expect the Singletons to be slightly faster, especially if a new event object would have to be instantiated each time, but then, I don't see the relation between them and events. Perhaps you could give an example of a situation where both would be equaly valid options? If you have a situation where it would actually make a measurable difference in performance, then you'd probably want to go without any of the two. Mark On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:16 PM, S0 F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any thoughts on whether it's more efficient (in terms of development and player performance) to use Singleton's (with static public 'getInstance' or such) instead of Event's when developing mid-sized applications? (for classes that *are* Singleton's of course). Asking this in regards to when you know no other class needs notification. It seems a lot cleaner in terms of code (not having to create and listen for events). Just a direct call - but what about performance speed, etc. Is this good practice. Cheers. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Minimal Class Props + Methods ...
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:36 AM, S0 F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to find out the bare minumum Attributes and Methods of all built-in/intrinsic Classes being used in a SWF/AS3 application. Something perhaps that can parse a SWF, identify what intrinsic classes are being used and what is redundant or could be stripped out of those classes? Asking this from the point of view of optimising filesize/performance? Intrinsics are built into the player, they're not part of the SWF. In the SWF you'll only find the strings to identify them with, and you can't go without those anyway. If you want to know which intrinsics are referenced in an SWF, Swfdump, Swfmill etc will be able to help. They're right at the beginning of the dump, but connecting the class- to the package names will require some work. Mark ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Need a flash developer
I need help with a flash project and am looking for a freelancer it would be over the next 2 weeks. I need someone with xml/flash AS experience. Please email me if you¹re interested. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MouseEvents on overlapping siblings in AS3
yeh hittests are the slowest way of doing things but they have their place On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Matthias Dittgen [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Thanks for all the answers!!! So I went back to a solution where the upper MovieClip listens to the MouseMove event and hittest while the lower MovieClip is using Rollover now. That works for me. But nonetheless it is frustrating that there is no other way to get an ROLLOVER event for two or even more overlapping siblings other than hittesting them all. When it comes to performance - hittests are usually more cpu intensive than rollovers, right? On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think rollover means it will fire once, wether or not it 'rolls' over a child of that parent. With mouseover, the event will fire each time the mouse also get's over a child of the parent which is listening to the event. (in short; rollover is like a parent with mouseover only with mousechildren set to false). On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:26 PM, EECOLOR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a guess, but you could change the listener to MOUSE_OVER instead of ROLL_OVER. The difference between the two is very subtle and explained at the reference documentation of InteractiveObject. I am not sure if it is applicable to the problem posed. Greetz Erik ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- M.A. van't Kruis http://www.malatze.nl/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Open Source YouTube Player
or there's swf and flv player on the mac http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/swfflvplayer.html On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Ashim D'Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: The JW Player seems to be popular. Haven't used it yet, but I intend to soon. http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Player 2008/9/3 Elia Morling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a stable open source FLV player? Or should I reinvent the wheel? Thanks, Elia ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- The Random Lines My online portfolio www.therandomlines.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Complex Hittest
I have two display object I want to check overlapping on - one of the object will be very odd shaped, so I need to take advantage of the ShapeFlag of the hitTestPoint method to be sure the object's shape is taken into account. The problem is, each display object is nested inside other many display objects - and each is nested in a different display list hierarchy. So global coordinates and local coordinates have to be accounted for otherwise, the hittesting is all messed up -meaning, the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping. The hitTestObject () method won't work because even though it compares the two objects, it doesn't have shapeFlag, which I need for at least one of the objects, which is an odd-shaped user-drawn polygon. HitTestPoint() works for the odd shape, but it only compares a point to an object - which is normally OK, but if I convert one of the objects down to global coordinates, the other is still using it's own local coordinates, so the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping. Colin Holgate on Flash_Tiger, when I asked earlier about a similar hittest problem, posted a link to this class: http://www.adventuresinactionscript.com/blog/15-03-2008/actionscript-3-h ittestobject-and-pixel-perfect-collision-detection but so far, it doesn't seem to be working with detecting collision between these two objects, I assume because of the same problem I am facing: they are in different display hierarchies and thus their discrepancies in local coordinates are messing up the detection. Any thoughts? Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/tlc/flash/default.as px Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/default. aspx subscribe blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/_layouts /SubNew.aspx?List=\%7b41BD3FC9-BB07-4763-B3AB-A6C7C99C5B8D\%7dSource=ht tp://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/Lists/Posts/Archive. aspx . ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] State Machines and user interaction
Hello! I am curious if anyone on this list has ever tried to leverage state machines to handle user interaction gestures in Flash. If so, what's your opinion about this? Any tips how to implement this? Yours, Weyert ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flash vars questions.
Thanks guys, instead to try to reinvent the wheel I read a thread about a youtube player and I did...voila! is working the way I was looking for...Thanks. Gustavo On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Ashim D'Silva wrote: AS3 example: http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashVars/indexAs3.html link was at the top of the page.. 2008/9/3 Gustavo Duenas [EMAIL PROTECTED] do you know something that actually can work in as3? Regards, Gustavo On Sep 2, 2008, at 2:36 AM, Rajiv Seth (Pixelated) wrote: Hi, it's very simple process. you can view this tutorial http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashVars/index.html You can view this too http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do ?externalId=tn_16417sliceId=1 hope it will help. Rajiv Seth On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Gustavo Duenas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi have a swf file which has a flv inserted and I'd like to know a way to pass url variables with the name of the file to the flv. like this: index.html?video=123.flv and I want this to goes to the video.swf, and then to the flv source, any ideas or you know a good tutorial, I've been trying one, but for so long no results. Regards, Gustavo ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Regards Rajiv Seth Ph: 09839157388 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Gustavo A. Duenas Creative Director LEFT AND RIGHT SOLUTIONS 904. 265 0330 - 904. 386 7958 www.leftandrightsolutions.com Jacksonville - Florida ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- The Random Lines My online portfolio www.therandomlines.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders \ Gustavo A. Duenas Creative Director LEFT AND RIGHT SOLUTIONS 904. 265 0330 - 904. 386 7958 www.leftandrightsolutions.com Jacksonville - Florida ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] all useless: removeMovieClip, destroyObject, DepthManager.setDepthTo
Hi list... I can't seem to figure out in AS2 how to get V2 components off the stage. I've tried destroyObject, removeMovieClip and even used the DepthManager class to try to get the depth within range to be removed. It's showing as -32000. Any ideas how to get the movieClip off the stage? Help! Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] all useless: removeMovieClip, destroyObject, DepthManager.setDepthTo
It's showing as -32000. Have you tried swapping it to a positive depth first before removing it? Not with the DepthManager, but with movieClip.swapDepths() (I think that's what it's called, its been a while since I worked in AS2) Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] all useless: removeMovieClip, destroyObject, DepthManager.setDepthTo
Thanks Jason for replying, however it didn't work, but I appreciate the suggestion. I've tried swapDepths to a positive number, destroyObject of the components within that movieClip (2 get destroyed, the third one, a ScrollPane containing the other two doesn't), simple removeMovieClip calls, and trying to createEmptyMovieClip on that level. I must be missing something. - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How to avoid little blink while loading another movie ...
Thanks I have figured that out by loading new movie just one frame before finishing the first movie. Your idea will also work. Thanks On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:41 AM, S0 F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you load it behind another display object that is a copy (perhaps bitmap snapshot) of the main stage in question? This should fix it. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] all useless: removeMovieClip, destroyObject, DepthManager.setDepthTo
On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: I can't seem to figure out in AS2 how to get V2 components off the stage. I've tried destroyObject, removeMovieClip and even used the DepthManager class to try to get the depth within range to be removed. It's showing as -32000. Any ideas how to get the movieClip off the stage? This might help. http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=702902 I have never used DepthManager and createClassObjectAtDepth, or createClassObject ... mainly because they suck. So, I've never had a problem because I've always just casted any v2 component as a MovieClip in any AS2 class (I never needed code completion on them). good luck with that one. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Perspective movement: Back button problem
hi Rajiiv, nice movement so far. :) Don't have the time to dig into all your code, so if you could perhaps refine the problem to just one problematic equation/function/question, I (we) might be better [ more quickly] able to assist you. :) Sebastian Rajiv Seth (Pixelated) wrote: Hi there, I am working on a project, for which I have made perspective movement of thumbnails. My one side movement is working fine, but I am unable to create to and fro movement (back forward), as variable values don't change as desired. Can anyone help me with this and tell me how to code this. file can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/cybe_r/ I have put there fla download link and code too. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Complex Hittest
hi Merrill, Doing hit tests of nested objects is simply a question of referencing the right child within the hierarchy instead of the parent MC, who's x and y are potentially different. You can prove this to yourself by doing hit tests on a test stage with MC's in different MC trees and tracing the resulting X, Y and hit test point result. So it should really be possible and not present an obstacle you can't overcome, just reference the right MC in the tree and voila, it should work. You may want to consider encapsulating the testing objects hit test to some external class file that would handle the boolean check/return, but that's an optional code-optimization-extra. Hope this is enough info to get you further. :) Seb. Merrill, Jason wrote: I have two display object I want to check overlapping on - one of the object will be very odd shaped, so I need to take advantage of the ShapeFlag of the hitTestPoint method to be sure the object's shape is taken into account. The problem is, each display object is nested inside other many display objects - and each is nested in a different display list hierarchy. So global coordinates and local coordinates have to be accounted for otherwise, the hittesting is all messed up -meaning, the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping. The hitTestObject () method won't work because even though it compares the two objects, it doesn't have shapeFlag, which I need for at least one of the objects, which is an odd-shaped user-drawn polygon. HitTestPoint() works for the odd shape, but it only compares a point to an object - which is normally OK, but if I convert one of the objects down to global coordinates, the other is still using it's own local coordinates, so the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping. Colin Holgate on Flash_Tiger, when I asked earlier about a similar hittest problem, posted a link to this class: http://www.adventuresinactionscript.com/blog/15-03-2008/actionscript-3-h ittestobject-and-pixel-perfect-collision-detection but so far, it doesn't seem to be working with detecting collision between these two objects, I assume because of the same problem I am facing: they are in different display hierarchies and thus their discrepancies in local coordinates are messing up the detection. Any thoughts? Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/tlc/flash/default.as px Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/default. aspx subscribe blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/_layouts /SubNew.aspx?List=\%7b41BD3FC9-BB07-4763-B3AB-A6C7C99C5B8D\%7dSource=ht tp://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/Lists/Posts/Archive. aspx . ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] State Machines and user interaction
Sure many times, There are different ways to implement it, depending on the applicaiton. State machines can be used to load Objects that load the subroutines [useful for things like changing AI behavior of a sprite], or for simply switching elements on/off, or for triggering an event [wide broadcasting]. You can track states via booleans, and do checks on states via a switch statement, or a boolean check [depending on application]. There is a lot of information also on the net about this [google it], as well as in Oriely's book on AS-design patterns. My 2 cents, Good luck! Seb. Weyert de Boer wrote: Hello! I am curious if anyone on this list has ever tried to leverage state machines to handle user interaction gestures in Flash. If so, what's your opinion about this? Any tips how to implement this? Yours, Weyert ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
Hi everyone, so I have a MC I want to move very-very slowly across the screen; so that it is subtle. I have the frame rate set to 30fps and any increase to the FPS doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle]. Am I just stuffed? Or is there a way to achieve very smooth animations in Flash/AS3? [short of laying it all out as frames and cross fading! which would be ridiculous and over-size the file so not possible]. Maybe I just need to turn on something somewhere? I can't remember where if that's the case... Thanks!! Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
If you want sub-pixel movement, you must turn smoothing on for the asset, but there are a few gotchas that I'm aware of: 1) If DisplayObject/MovieClip has any filters applied to it (blur, drop shadow, etc.), I'm pretty sure it's impossible to get sub-pixel movement. It will only move on whole pixels which would explain that undesirable effect you described. 2) If you're animating a TextField with anti-aliasing set to anti-alias for readability, you'll probably get some visual vibration as it moves. Obviously bitmap text (no anti-aliasing) won't work well for sub-pixel movement. 3) In certain scenarios, Flash will not allow smoothing on subloaded assets from other domains unless you have a crossdomain.xml file in place. It's a security thing. If your asset is a raster image in your library, you can simply right-click on it, choose properties, and select the allow smoothing checkbox. If it's a BitmapData object, you'll need to enable smoothing when you create it through code. If it's not a raster image, could try creating a BitmapData of your asset, set smoothing to true, and animate that in order to get the sub-pixel movement. Not sure it would give you great results, but it's worth a shot. Hope that helps. Jack -Original Message- From: sebastian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:50 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3 Hi everyone, so I have a MC I want to move very-very slowly across the screen; so that it is subtle. I have the frame rate set to 30fps and any increase to the FPS doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle]. Am I just stuffed? Or is there a way to achieve very smooth animations in Flash/AS3? [short of laying it all out as frames and cross fading! which would be ridiculous and over-size the file so not possible]. Maybe I just need to turn on something somewhere? I can't remember where if that's the case... Thanks!! Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle]. If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias. Zeh ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
Thanks Jack and Zeh, I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement... :((( It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is helping... Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the problem? Thanks, Sebastian. Zeh Fernando wrote: I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle]. If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias. Zeh ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing something simple here... hmmm sebastian wrote: Thanks Jack and Zeh, I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement... :((( It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is helping... Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the problem? Thanks, Sebastian. Zeh Fernando wrote: I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle]. If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias. Zeh ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
ok I don't normally ask this, but I have made a very simple test flash
file with just one vector graphic and with Tweener I am moving it across
the screen; it doesn't move smoothly.
The code you will find in my flash file is just this:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
//main timeline AS file:
public class testas extends MovieClip {
public function testas () {
setAnimation2 ();
}
private function setAnimation2 () {
Tweener.addTween (testMC, {x:-1800, time:8000,
transition:linear});
}
}
}
the file with my FLA, which like I said has only one vector-item of a
square on the timeline is:
http://www.fountain-city.com/archives/test/testMotion.zip
Can anyone help me fix this?
Much appreciated!
thanks!
seb.
sebastian wrote:
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it
STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing
something simple here...
hmmm
sebastian wrote:
Thanks Jack and Zeh,
I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the
library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use
runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement...
:(((
It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm
trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend
mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except
for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the
bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is
helping...
Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the
problem?
Thanks,
Sebastian.
Zeh Fernando wrote:
I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener
class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation
makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and
break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle].
If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If
it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a
loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias.
Zeh
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Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
Square vectors might still look like they're snapping if they have an outline. Do you have a published example of that, as an SWF, so we can see and measure what kind of movement problem is it having? Zeh sebastian wrote: also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing something simple here... hmmm sebastian wrote: Thanks Jack and Zeh, I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement... :((( It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is helping... Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the problem? Thanks, Sebastian. Zeh Fernando wrote: I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle]. If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias. Zeh ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
There are two things wrong with that example:
One, the square image you have has an outline. Because of the way Flash
renders outlines, it'll always snap perfectly vertical and horizontal
lines to the pixel, hence producing what looks like a hard bitmap move.
In fact, if you cut a diagonal line on the square and try to move it,
you'll notice only the vertical and horizontal sides will snap, which
is pretty odd (but expected behavior). Turning on stroke hinting
actually forces this same behavior for all lines.
And two, you turned on bitmap caching (use runtime bitmap caching) for
the object, which forces it to render as a bitmap on round pixels and
then transfer to the screen. Your object acts like a bitmap with
smoothing/antialias off.
So if you turn bitmap caching off and remove the outline and it'll work.
Check it out:
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/misc/test.swf
These techniques are only good for this example scenario though, which
probably isn't the problem that you're facing on your actual work
(specially if you're using images or text), so you'll have to test to
see what's up with your specific case.
But what I can tell you is, don't use runtime bitmap caching as default.
Not only because it'll force your renders to be based on the pixel most
of the times, but because it'll mess with your movies in a number of
different ways like forcing a large use of memory and garbage collection
when not needed. Don't get me wrong, it's a great feature to have, but
it has to be used sparingly and there's a reason why it's off by default.
Zeh
sebastian wrote:
ok I don't normally ask this, but I have made a very simple test flash
file with just one vector graphic and with Tweener I am moving it across
the screen; it doesn't move smoothly.
The code you will find in my flash file is just this:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
//main timeline AS file:
public class testas extends MovieClip {
public function testas () {
setAnimation2 ();
}
private function setAnimation2 () {
Tweener.addTween (testMC, {x:-1800, time:8000,
transition:linear});
}
}
}
the file with my FLA, which like I said has only one vector-item of a
square on the timeline is:
http://www.fountain-city.com/archives/test/testMotion.zip
Can anyone help me fix this?
Much appreciated!
thanks!
seb.
sebastian wrote:
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it
STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing
something simple here...
hmmm
sebastian wrote:
Thanks Jack and Zeh,
I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the
library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use
runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement...
:(((
It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm
trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend
mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except
for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the
bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is
helping...
Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the
problem?
Thanks,
Sebastian.
Zeh Fernando wrote:
I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener
class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation
makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and
break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle].
If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation.
If it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's
a loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias.
Zeh
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[Flashcoders] Problem with flash site randomly crashing browsers
About a month ago I started developing a website using the Gaia flash framework (http://gaiaflashframework.com) and once I got a rough version 1.0 of the site together and started testing it hard (with various people on various OS and browser versions) I started to get feedback that it would randomly crash the browser. I experienced it as well from time to time. My primary development platform is a Mac Powerbook running Leopard and Safari 3.1. After flipping through a few pages of the site, I would get the spinning beachball of death which would immediately be followed by the browser resetting. My question is, other than querying System.totalMemory from time to time, are there any other troubleshooting/debugging tools that I can use to figure out if I'm releasing objects properly or just generally what is going on in the flash site at the time of the crash? I'd love to post the site somewhere for someone to troubleshoot but it's fairly sizeable with all the moving pieces and I'm not sure if that's allowed. Steve Bailey ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Perspective movement: Back button problem
Hi Sebastian, Thanks for looking into my problem, but I have resolved the issue myself. Thanks Rajiv On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:04 AM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi Rajiiv, nice movement so far. :) Don't have the time to dig into all your code, so if you could perhaps refine the problem to just one problematic equation/function/question, I (we) might be better [ more quickly] able to assist you. :) Sebastian Rajiv Seth (Pixelated) wrote: Hi there, I am working on a project, for which I have made perspective movement of thumbnails. My one side movement is working fine, but I am unable to create to and fro movement (back forward), as variable values don't change as desired. Can anyone help me with this and tell me how to code this. file can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/cybe_r/ I have put there fla download link and code too. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Regards Rajiv Seth Ph: 09839157388 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
