Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs

[dr.ache]

Alan Neilsen schrieb:

Thanks dr.ache



I still can't get this to work. Whatever is wrong, it doesn't like the line "public 
function completeHandler(event:Event) {".

  

ok, lets go trough this:


package {

  // Import stuff

  import flash.events.addEventListener;
  
what should that be? you can only import Classes, not Methods...so this 
line should look like this:

import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
because that is the class you can use to addEventListeners


  import flash.events.Event
  

this should have an ; at the end of the line

  import flash.events.MouseEvent;

  import flash.display.*;

  import flash.net.URLRequest;

  import flash.display.Graphics;



  public class rte2124buserName {
  

you should name your class with a capital letter at the beginning

var rect1:Shape = new Shape();

rect1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);

rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);
  

here you should enter:
rect1.endFill();
otherwise flash would not draw anything

addChild(rect1);

var ldr1:Loader = new Loader();

ldr1.mask = rect;
  

what you you doing here? if you want to mask ldr1 with rect1 then
a) you must addChild(rect1); to the display list and
b) you should name it rect1 not rect

var url1:String = "topics/rte2124b_topic1.swf";

var urlReq1:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url1);

ldr1.load(urlReq1);


ldr1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler1);

  

i cut out the second shape here

after that... you must close the constructor function..that is your main 
fault.

here it comes:  }

now your completeHandler1 is outside of the constructor function and a 
method of your class.


// Call up topics from topics folder.

public function completeHandler1(event:Event) {
  

this line should look like this:
   


public function completeHandler1(event:Event):void {



  MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;

  trace(_parent.ldr1);

}

  }

}



All I want to do is to pass user input (user name) from a parent SWF to a child 
SWF. Could somebody please tell me all the code I need and where the code goes 
to do this. I am sorry that I can't work this out, and to be honest, Flash help 
is less than useless unless you have been doing OO programming for years. It 
does not contain decent examples of everything one needs to do to get stuff to 
work.
  
Flash help "helps" you alot if you read it ... you need to read more 
depending on your level
of knowledge. and for sure it does not give you all the code for every 
situation you could come in.

but it definitely shows you how to set up your first class  properly:

Manual - Programming AS3 - Object Oriented programming - Classes

and how to use the loader class:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/Loader.html

If you cant deal with it... pay someone for doing your job.

The examples written at the loader class page assume that you put the 
code on the
first frame of a fla file.. not in a seperate class file...that is why 
the compiler complaints

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[Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs

[Alan Neilsen]

Thanks dr.ache



I still can't get this to work. Whatever is wrong, it doesn't like the line 
"public function completeHandler(event:Event) {".



I get "Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Event"



I tried adding "import flash.events.Event", but then I get several various 
errors.



Currently my faulty code to load child objects and use "contentLoaderInfo" 
looks like:



package {

  // Import stuff

  import flash.events.addEventListener;

  import flash.events.Event

  import flash.events.MouseEvent;

  import flash.display.*;

  import flash.net.URLRequest;

  import flash.display.Graphics;



  public class rte2124buserName {

var rect1:Shape = new Shape();

rect1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);

rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);

addChild(rect1);

var ldr1:Loader = new Loader();

ldr1.mask = rect;

var url1:String = "topics/rte2124b_topic1.swf";

var urlReq1:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url1);

ldr1.load(urlReq1);


ldr1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler1);



var rect2:Shape = new Shape();

rect2.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);

rect2.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);

addChild(rect2);

var ldr2:Loader = new Loader();

ldr2.mask = rect2;

var url2:String = "topics/rte2124b_topic2.swf";

var urlReq2:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url2);

ldr2.load(urlReq2);


ldr2.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler2);



// Call up topics from topics folder.

public function completeHandler1(event:Event) {

  MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;

  trace(_parent.ldr1);

}

public function completeHandler2(event:Event) {

  MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;

  trace(_parent.ldr2);

}

  }

}



All I want to do is to pass user input (user name) from a parent SWF to a child 
SWF. Could somebody please tell me all the code I need and where the code goes 
to do this. I am sorry that I can't work this out, and to be honest, Flash help 
is less than useless unless you have been doing OO programming for years. It 
does not contain decent examples of everything one needs to do to get stuff to 
work.



Cheers

Alan





Hi Alan.



In the same class / at the same position where you load your child

movieclip.

One line below your loadClip method call.

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Re: [Flashcoders] open word document from flash

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

You could use fscommand exec to run a BAT file/Apple Script (in 
"fscommand" subdirectory) which opens the file (...in theory. I haven't 
done this for many years :)


Kenneth Kawamoto
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Bassam M wrote:

Hi guy
Is there anyway that I can open word-excel files from flash


Thanks
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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

[sebastian]

naughty!

Pedro Taranto wrote:
In AS2 I used to create an onEnterFrame loop to overwrite the clipboard 
content using the System.setClipboard(string) function, it still works 
in AS3


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Andrew Murphy wrote:

Hi. :)

I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 
movie on
a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN 
when

the Print Screen key is pressed.

Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
movie?



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Re: [Flashcoders] open word document from flash

[Rob Romanek]

From within a browser or are you creating a stand-alone app that  
needs to open the files?


If a stand alone then you could use a wrapper. I've done this with AS3  
Flash running as an active-x component inside of Director 10. Flash  
communicates to Director, Director uses an xtra like Buddy-API to open  
the files.


Rob

On 23-Oct-08, at 3:24 PM, Bassam M wrote:


Hi guy
Is there anyway that I can open word-excel files from flash


Thanks
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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

[Pedro Taranto]

In AS2 I used to create an onEnterFrame loop to overwrite the clipboard 
content using the System.setClipboard(string) function, it still works 
in AS3


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Andrew Murphy wrote:

Hi. :)

I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie on
a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN when
the Print Screen key is pressed.

Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
movie?



Andrew Murphy
Interactive Media Specialist
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Delvinia
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Toronto Canada M5H 3S6


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RE: [Flashcoders] open word document from flash

[Mendelsohn, Michael]

If your swf is wrapped in a Director executable file, you could do this
by invoking baOpenFile() with the buddy api xtra.

- MM

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Re: [Flashcoders] open word document from flash

[sebastian]

h i doubt natively.

Save as XML and then look at the result, you will get a lot of junk this 
way, so its not ideal - otherwise, just export the excel files as comma 
deliminated, and then you can parse it as any text file - but thats more 
work than reading an XML file because you will have to re-structure it 
yourself.


Maybe someone else has a better sollution?

Seb.

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Hi guy
Is there anyway that I can open word-excel files from flash


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[Flashcoders] open word document from flash

[Bassam M]

Hi guy
Is there anyway that I can open word-excel files from flash


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Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie() with non-library-symbols

[strk]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:38:52AM +0100, Peter Hall wrote:
> The code on my old blog works for content published with Flash
> authoring. However, it works because Flash inserts the export tags in
> the swf automatically. If you have a swf that has a working
> attachMovie, but no export tags, then it must be attaching the symbol
> from another swf. An RSL perhaps?

What's an RSL ?

I'm not sure that the movie *is* working.
I mean, could as well be that the attachMovie with unexistent
symbols are just garbage in the SWF, or hooks for the case in
which the movie is loaded by another one, which contain the syms,
but optional.

Is the sym library of a 'loader' movie supposed to be available
to 'loaded' movies for use ?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

[Hans Wichman]

yes, thats my point: he wants to avoid, and it isn't possible to do so

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Fabio Pinatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ??
> I think he wants avoid screen grab, not take it. It's a good point, I've
> never heard about a way to do it. Maybe with JS?
>
> Pinatti
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Hans Wichman <
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>> If they want to grab your screen... they will...
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=screen+grabber
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Andrew Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi. :)
>> >
>> > I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie
>> on
>> > a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN
>> when
>> > the Print Screen key is pressed.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
>> > disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
>> > movie?
>> >
>> >
>> > 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

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btw, I cant live without stealing flash screen grabs. :)

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> All your Flash are belong to us :)
>
> You can't stop them nicking - (stealing) - content, so just give them a
> substandard version, or make money from your IP in other ways.
>
> Fabio Pinatti wrote:
>
>> ??
>>
>> I think he wants avoid screen grab, not take it. It's a good point, I've
>> never heard about a way to do it. Maybe with JS?
>>
>> Pinatti
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Hans Wichman <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> If they want to grab your screen... they will...
>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=screen+grabber
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Andrew Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
 Hi. :)

 I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie


>>> on
>>>
>>>
 a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN


>>> when
>>>
>>>
 the Print Screen key is pressed.

 Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
 disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
 movie?


 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

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All your Flash are belong to us :)

You can't stop them nicking - (stealing) - content, so just give them a 
substandard version, or make money from your IP in other ways.


Fabio Pinatti wrote:

??
I think he wants avoid screen grab, not take it. It's a good point, I've
never heard about a way to do it. Maybe with JS?

Pinatti

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Hans Wichman <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  

If they want to grab your screen... they will...
http://www.google.com/search?q=screen+grabber


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Andrew Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


Hi. :)

I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie
  

on


a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN
  

when


the Print Screen key is pressed.

Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
movie?



Andrew Murphy
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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

[Fabio Pinatti]

??
I think he wants avoid screen grab, not take it. It's a good point, I've
never heard about a way to do it. Maybe with JS?

Pinatti

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Hans Wichman <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If they want to grab your screen... they will...
> http://www.google.com/search?q=screen+grabber
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Andrew Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi. :)
> >
> > I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie
> on
> > a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN
> when
> > the Print Screen key is pressed.
> >
> > Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
> > disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
> > movie?
> >
> >
> > 
> > Andrew Murphy
> > Interactive Media Specialist
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RE: [Flashcoders] RE: LMS -- Moodle (Cor)

[Cor]

Hi Norman,

I am trying to find a little example how to write and read variables from
Flash into Moodle (p.e. suspend_data)
In fact all help/info is welcome!!

Thanks.
Kind regards
Cor

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Subject: [Flashcoders] RE: LMS -- Moodle (Cor)

 
You just need to load your SCORM compliant package into Moodle, and it will
do the rest.
Of course that requires installing Moodle, PHP and MySQL.
 
You can test your SCORM package in ADL test suite to make sure it is
compliant.
The you zip all your files, and add them to Moodle.
If you need any more help, let me know, I can provide more info on how I've
set it up.
 
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

[Glen Pike]

Hi,

   I would suggest maybe talking to some of the IT people at the places 
where you want to roll out your Flash stuff and ask them if they have 
Flash Player 9 on any of the computers.
  
   I know some people who work in Local Government over here who rolled 
out Flash Player 9, as a network upgrade.  The IT people in your target 
institutions are going to be the best placed to answer that question and 
if they have not got FP9, they are also the best people to convince that 
upgrading due to security issues is the best way to go - I am guessing 
as you have a .mil address, security might be an important factor to 
people you need to speak to :)


   Although, there is always the chance that this may ruffle some 
feathers - I hate office politics...


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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

[Hans Wichman]

If they want to grab your screen... they will...
http://www.google.com/search?q=screen+grabber


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Andrew Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi. :)
>
> I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie on
> a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN when
> the Print Screen key is pressed.
>
> Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
> disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
> movie?
>
>
> 
> Andrew Murphy
> Interactive Media Specialist
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convertback to AS2?

[Paul Andrews]

Oh and he'll feel pretty stupid once the goverment institutions roll over to 
Flash 10 just after he's spent a load of money going back to AS2.


That'll be interesting to explain to his boss..

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AS2?



Oh, and probably the best argument to your boss is the security fixes in 
Flash player 9 which takes care of issues in previous versions


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Jason

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to AS2?


What are some good arguments for upgrading?  I need to be able to
convince him that this is the way to go!

http://gskinner.com/talks/as3workshop/

and especially:

http://gskinner.com/talks/50reasonsAS3/


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Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

[Eric E. Dolecki]

Since thats at an operating system level, I don't think you could do
anything. If it's a kiosk, have a keyboard without that button, for every
one else, you're stuck.
What would you try to do with the keypress for that key anyway? By the time
you received it (if Flash had focus), it would already be too late to do
anything (ie. hide your flash content on the stage).

I would be surprised if you can do what you want.

Eric

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Andrew Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Hi. :)
>
> I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie on
> a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN when
> the Print Screen key is pressed.
>
> Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
> disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
> movie?
>
>
> 
> Andrew Murphy
> Interactive Media Specialist
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Delvinia
> 214 King Street West, Suite 214
> Toronto Canada M5H 3S6
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RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

[Merrill, Jason]

Oh, and probably the best argument to your boss is the security fixes in Flash 
player 9 which takes care of issues in previous versions

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:16 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to 
AS2?

What are some good arguments for upgrading?  I need to be able to
convince him that this is the way to go!

http://gskinner.com/talks/as3workshop/

and especially:

http://gskinner.com/talks/50reasonsAS3/


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[Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

[Andrew Murphy]

Hi. :)

I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button for an AS3 movie on
a web page.  The stage doesn't appear to fire a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN when
the Print Screen key is pressed.

Is there a way to detect the Print Screen key?  Or another method for
disabling the user's ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash
movie?



Andrew Murphy
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

[jonathan howe]

If you look at the Adobe-published Flash Player penetration rate, the
difference between Flash Player 7 and Flash Player 8 probably isn't
statistically significant. .03 %?

http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html

Granted, this is Adobe published despite references listed at the bottom,
and government agencies may be behind the curve {insert joke}
-jonathan


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The client is convinced that the Flash 9 has not permeated government
> systems yet.  My point of view is how will we ever move forward unless
> we put the requirement out there? He does not want to force our students
> to upgrade their plug-ins, with as difficult it is to get technical
> support in the government (users have no control over their systems and
> there is a long approval process to get new software, even plug-ins
> approved).
>
> What are some good arguments for upgrading?  I need to be able to
> convince him that this is the way to go!
>
> Any words of wisdom you could provide would be very much appreciated!
>
> Thank you!
> Susan
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
> Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:52 PM
> To: Flash Coders List
> Subject: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back
> to AS2?
>  Importance: Low
>
> How can anyone know how much effort is involved?
>
> It'll depend on how your code is written. What is sure is that it'll be
> a
> ton of work.
>
> Why does your client want to revert to AS2?
>
> If they insist you'll just have to charge accordingly.
>
> I reverted an AS3 video/slide player to AS2 and it was a PIA because the
>
> code was close to what it should be but had so many differences because
> the
> classes involved had changed between AS2 and AS3. It'd probably have
> been
> easier to dump the AS3 code and start from scratch.
>
> I'd probably do everything possible to not go back. Try and educate you
> client that it's a huge amount of work and one day they'll still want to
> go
> forward to AS3.
>
> Paul
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Flash Coders List" 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:11 PM
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?
>
>
> I know this seems like a backwards question... but my client has
> requested (300 plus fla's later) that we revert our code back to AS2.  I
> was wondering if there was a quick way to do this.  When I ran my first
> piece in AS2 and it was searching for the event class. I was wondering
> if there was a quick way around this... like somehow incorporating the
> event class into an AS2 piece or will this piece completely have to be
> rewritten?
>
> Thanks!
> Susan
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RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

[Merrill, Jason]

What are some good arguments for upgrading?  I need to be able to
convince him that this is the way to go!

http://gskinner.com/talks/as3workshop/

and especially:

http://gskinner.com/talks/50reasonsAS3/


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RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

[Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS]

The client is convinced that the Flash 9 has not permeated government
systems yet.  My point of view is how will we ever move forward unless
we put the requirement out there? He does not want to force our students
to upgrade their plug-ins, with as difficult it is to get technical
support in the government (users have no control over their systems and
there is a long approval process to get new software, even plug-ins
approved).

What are some good arguments for upgrading?  I need to be able to
convince him that this is the way to go!

Any words of wisdom you could provide would be very much appreciated!

Thank you!
Susan


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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:52 PM
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Subject: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back
to AS2?
Importance: Low

How can anyone know how much effort is involved?

It'll depend on how your code is written. What is sure is that it'll be
a 
ton of work.

Why does your client want to revert to AS2?

If they insist you'll just have to charge accordingly.

I reverted an AS3 video/slide player to AS2 and it was a PIA because the

code was close to what it should be but had so many differences because
the 
classes involved had changed between AS2 and AS3. It'd probably have
been 
easier to dump the AS3 code and start from scratch.

I'd probably do everything possible to not go back. Try and educate you 
client that it's a huge amount of work and one day they'll still want to
go 
forward to AS3.

Paul

- Original Message - 
From: "Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?


I know this seems like a backwards question... but my client has
requested (300 plus fla's later) that we revert our code back to AS2.  I
was wondering if there was a quick way to do this.  When I ran my first
piece in AS2 and it was searching for the event class. I was wondering
if there was a quick way around this... like somehow incorporating the
event class into an AS2 piece or will this piece completely have to be
rewritten?

Thanks!
Susan
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[Flashcoders] RE: LMS -- Moodle (Cor)

[Norman Cousineau]

 
You just need to load your SCORM compliant package into Moodle, and it will do 
the rest.
Of course that requires installing Moodle, PHP and MySQL.
 
You can test your SCORM package in ADL test suite to make sure it is compliant.
The you zip all your files, and add them to Moodle.
If you need any more help, let me know, I can provide more info on how I've set 
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Code problem, can anyone help?

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

The other thing caught my eye is this bit:

mobileNumber.text != NaN
mobileNumber.text != undefined

"text" property is ALWAYS String, therefore it cannot be a Number or 
undefined. The code should not compile.


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


- Original Message - From: "FlashDev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:32 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Code problem, can anyone help?



Hi Guys

Im trying to write a little piece of code to stop the submit button of a
form be active until the form fields have been completely filled in, its
a
really simple for consisting of 1 form field and 1 checkbox, ive had a go
at
writing some code of my own but for some reason flash quits on export.

Whats wrong with my code?
What do you think could be causing it to crash?

here is my stab at it...

submit_btn.useHandCursor = false;
submit_btn.mouseEnabled = false;

submit_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, submit_btn_CLICK);
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, ENTERFRAME);

function ENTERFRAME(ev:Event):void
{
 if((mobileNumber.text != "") || (mobileNumber.text != NaN) ||
(mobileNumber.text != undefined) && (terms.selected != false)){
 submit_btn.useHandCursor = true;
 submit_btn.mouseEnabled = true;
 }else{
 var frame:int = 0;
 trace("EnterFrame"+(frame+));
 }
}
function submit_btn_CLICK(ev:Event):void
{
 var url:String = "formSubmit.php";
 var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
 var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
 variables.mobile = mobileNumber.text;
 request.data = variables;
 request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
 try {
 navigateToURL(request, "_blank");
 }
 catch (err:Error) {
 trace(err);
 }
}

Thanks
SJM
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Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie() with non-library-symbols

[Matthias Dittgen]

@strk:

I should try
var func:String = "register";
Object[func](args);

instead of
Object.registerClass(args);

to see, if an all code based attempt is working without having the
compiler do EXPORT tags.


I have attached a test situation build in current FlashDevelop on
WinXP as AS2 project.
Let us know, how it goes.

btw. what is your realname and what is your motivation working on
gnash? What else do you do?

@Peter:
nice to read you! You've been a motivation to play with AS2 for a long
time for me.

Matthias

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Peter Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The code on my old blog works for content published with Flash
> authoring. However, it works because Flash inserts the export tags in
> the swf automatically. If you have a swf that has a working
> attachMovie, but no export tags, then it must be attaching the symbol
> from another swf. An RSL perhaps?
>
> Peter
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:31 AM, strk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:01:37AM +0200, Matthias Dittgen wrote:
>>
>>> if you mean EXPORT tags in the swf bytecode,
>>> I am not aware of the tags that are written by the compiler when using
>>> the code explained by Peter Joel, but I could imagine, that when using
>>> MTASC for compiling only DOACTION tags are written and no EXPORT tags.
>>> But I usually don't read SWF bytecode after comiling. ;)
>>
>> I've seen a few compilers automatically adding non-action tags as
>> a side effect of AS interpretation...
>>
>>> > My problem with the dmplayer.swf above is that it ends up
>>> > looking for symbols like 'video_frame':
>>> >  ERROR: No export symbol video_frame found in movie dmplayer.swf.
>>> > Which do NOT appear in any EXPORT tag.
>>> How do you know?
>>> Where does the SWF come from?
>>> Do you do some kind of reverse engineering?
>>
>> The SWF comes from the web. I know by using an SWF dumper
>> (listswf from Ming - libming.org).
>>
>>> >> This way you can attach classes that don't have a library symbol but
>>> >> extend MovieClip.
>>> > You mean it is possible to add entries to the 'symbols library'
>>> > trough DOACTION blocks only ? I mean, not something automatically
>>> > done by the AS *compiler* but something done by the actual VM/player ?
>>> I think so, but I am not sure about the bytecode/tags written by the
>>> compiler interpreting the code.
>>
>> Could you send me (a private attachment if the list doesn't let you) a small
>> SWF produced as a proof of concept ? If it contains no EXPORT tags
>> but has a working attachMovie('symbol',..) I'll go on with the research.
>>
>> This is for eventual compatibility fixes in Gnash (The GNU SWF Player).
>>
>> --strk;
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Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie() with non-library-symbols

[Peter Hall]

The code on my old blog works for content published with Flash
authoring. However, it works because Flash inserts the export tags in
the swf automatically. If you have a swf that has a working
attachMovie, but no export tags, then it must be attaching the symbol
from another swf. An RSL perhaps?

Peter


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:31 AM, strk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:01:37AM +0200, Matthias Dittgen wrote:
>
>> if you mean EXPORT tags in the swf bytecode,
>> I am not aware of the tags that are written by the compiler when using
>> the code explained by Peter Joel, but I could imagine, that when using
>> MTASC for compiling only DOACTION tags are written and no EXPORT tags.
>> But I usually don't read SWF bytecode after comiling. ;)
>
> I've seen a few compilers automatically adding non-action tags as
> a side effect of AS interpretation...
>
>> > My problem with the dmplayer.swf above is that it ends up
>> > looking for symbols like 'video_frame':
>> >  ERROR: No export symbol video_frame found in movie dmplayer.swf.
>> > Which do NOT appear in any EXPORT tag.
>> How do you know?
>> Where does the SWF come from?
>> Do you do some kind of reverse engineering?
>
> The SWF comes from the web. I know by using an SWF dumper
> (listswf from Ming - libming.org).
>
>> >> This way you can attach classes that don't have a library symbol but
>> >> extend MovieClip.
>> > You mean it is possible to add entries to the 'symbols library'
>> > trough DOACTION blocks only ? I mean, not something automatically
>> > done by the AS *compiler* but something done by the actual VM/player ?
>> I think so, but I am not sure about the bytecode/tags written by the
>> compiler interpreting the code.
>
> Could you send me (a private attachment if the list doesn't let you) a small
> SWF produced as a proof of concept ? If it contains no EXPORT tags
> but has a working attachMovie('symbol',..) I'll go on with the research.
>
> This is for eventual compatibility fixes in Gnash (The GNU SWF Player).
>
> --strk;
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Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie() with non-library-symbols

[strk]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:01:37AM +0200, Matthias Dittgen wrote:

> if you mean EXPORT tags in the swf bytecode,
> I am not aware of the tags that are written by the compiler when using
> the code explained by Peter Joel, but I could imagine, that when using
> MTASC for compiling only DOACTION tags are written and no EXPORT tags.
> But I usually don't read SWF bytecode after comiling. ;)

I've seen a few compilers automatically adding non-action tags as
a side effect of AS interpretation...

> > My problem with the dmplayer.swf above is that it ends up
> > looking for symbols like 'video_frame':
> >  ERROR: No export symbol video_frame found in movie dmplayer.swf.
> > Which do NOT appear in any EXPORT tag.
> How do you know?
> Where does the SWF come from?
> Do you do some kind of reverse engineering?

The SWF comes from the web. I know by using an SWF dumper
(listswf from Ming - libming.org).

> >> This way you can attach classes that don't have a library symbol but
> >> extend MovieClip.
> > You mean it is possible to add entries to the 'symbols library'
> > trough DOACTION blocks only ? I mean, not something automatically
> > done by the AS *compiler* but something done by the actual VM/player ?
> I think so, but I am not sure about the bytecode/tags written by the
> compiler interpreting the code.

Could you send me (a private attachment if the list doesn't let you) a small
SWF produced as a proof of concept ? If it contains no EXPORT tags
but has a working attachMovie('symbol',..) I'll go on with the research.

This is for eventual compatibility fixes in Gnash (The GNU SWF Player).

--strk;
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Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie() with non-library-symbols

[Matthias Dittgen]

> Talking about SWF8:
which btw. means Actionscript 2.0 (AS2)

> Thank you for the pointer, but reading that article doesn't
> help me much. For example, I don't understand if the resulting
> SWF from that syntax is expected to contain EXPORT tags or not.
if you mean EXPORT tags in the swf bytecode,
I am not aware of the tags that are written by the compiler when using
the code explained by Peter Joel, but I could imagine, that when using
MTASC for compiling only DOACTION tags are written and no EXPORT tags.
But I usually don't read SWF bytecode after comiling. ;)

> My problem with the dmplayer.swf above is that it ends up
> looking for symbols like 'video_frame':
>  ERROR: No export symbol video_frame found in movie dmplayer.swf.
> Which do NOT appear in any EXPORT tag.
How do you know?
Where does the SWF come from?
Do you do some kind of reverse engineering?

>> This way you can attach classes that don't have a library symbol but
>> extend MovieClip.
> You mean it is possible to add entries to the 'symbols library'
> trough DOACTION blocks only ? I mean, not something automatically
> done by the AS *compiler* but something done by the actual VM/player ?
I think so, but I am not sure about the bytecode/tags written by the
compiler interpreting the code.

The magic line of code actually is this one:
Object.registerClass("__Packages.com.peterjoel.shapes.Rectangle", Rectangle);
(http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/2587.html)

first argument is of type String, specifying the classpath of the
Rectangle class.
second argument is of type Function and is a reference to the
Rectangle class constructor function.
In Peter's example Rectangle extends MovieClip.

this way if becomes possible to do the attachMovie call:
attachMovie("__Packages.com.peterjoel.shapes.Rectangle",
"RectangleInstance", getNextHighestDepth());

> If so, can you provide the smallest example of such thing ?
see above and Peter's blog entry.

hth,
Matthias
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