[Flashcoders] Re:AS3 thousand child objects in a container
is this helpful for you?
protected function onMouseMove(e:MouseEvent):void
{
var pt:Point = new Point(mouseX, mouseY);
var objects:Array =
this.getObjectsUnderPoint(pt);
if (objects.length > 0)
{
for (var items in objects)
{
trace(objects[items].name);
}
}
}
Hopefully...
Best
Thomas
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Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Kenneth Kawamoto wrote:
> If I understand you correctly you want to trace "index.html"?
>
> One funky way is...
>
> trace(new XML("Home")@href);
> // traces "index.html"
>
> ...therefore if your e.currentTarget.getChildAt(0).htmlText is giving you
> "Home" you can do:
>
> trace(new XML(e.currentTarget.getChildAt(0).htmlText)@href);
>
I don't know where the heck that took me, something about "go to this
address here" or some such in the address bar of the browser lol. Yeah,
pretty out there and crazy. Definitely not elegant, but you knew that, too.
Karl DeSaulniers asks if I can give the Sprite/MC a name and call that. I've
tried that and I don't get the results I want; namely, an URL.
Paul Andrews asks me to state more clearly that for which I am looking.
Probably a good idea to re-clarify things.
1) I have a TextField (TF) to which I assign attributes.
2) TF is the child of an MC
3) The MC has listeners which call functions
4) One of the functions (onClick) requires that a new Web page be opened;
therefore, either:
a) I attach and call the URL to/from the TF, or;
b) I do so from the MC.
TIA,
Susan
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RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem
Anyone?? Yes, I know. But how do I free them?? -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Andersson Sent: woensdag 10 maart 2010 12:49 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem Cor wrote: > It seems that after instanciating 32 FLVPlayback my SoundFacade crashes. What a coincidence, the Flash sound mixer only supports 32 sound channels at once. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 08:33:00 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 20:33:00 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On 11/03/2010 11:46, Susan Day wrote:
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Kenneth Kawamoto
wrote:
If I understand you correctly you want to trace "index.html"?
One funky way is...
trace(new XML("Home")@href);
// traces "index.html"
...therefore if your e.currentTarget.getChildAt(0).htmlText is giving you
"Home" you can do:
trace(new XML(e.currentTarget.getChildAt(0).htmlText)@href);
I don't know where the heck that took me, something about "go to this
address here" or some such in the address bar of the browser lol. Yeah,
pretty out there and crazy. Definitely not elegant, but you knew that, too.
Karl DeSaulniers asks if I can give the Sprite/MC a name and call that. I've
tried that and I don't get the results I want; namely, an URL.
Paul Andrews asks me to state more clearly that for which I am looking.
Probably a good idea to re-clarify things.
1) I have a TextField (TF) to which I assign attributes.
2) TF is the child of an MC
3) The MC has listeners which call functions
4) One of the functions (onClick) requires that a new Web page be opened;
therefore, either:
a) I attach and call the URL to/from the TF, or;
b) I do so from the MC.
TIA,
Susan
Susan,
I think your main confusion lies with the concept of "attaching" code
and your "clarification" points to the URL being the content of the text
field.
The natural place for your code is in the click handler.
The click handler knows which MC is involved, so it should be easily
possible to access the URL text via the event property passed to the
click handler.
Something like event.currentTarget.urlTextField.text
so in the click handler you need something like:
var pageURL:String = event.currentTarget.textField.text;
Then you can navigate. I'm not sure what you mean by "attach".
Paul
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RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem
you only have one instance of FLVPlayback and play all the videos through that? > From: c...@chello.nl > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:37 +0100 > > Anyone?? > > > Yes, I know. > But how do I free them?? > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik > Andersson > Sent: woensdag 10 maart 2010 12:49 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > Cor wrote: > > It seems that after instanciating 32 FLVPlayback my SoundFacade crashes. > > What a coincidence, the Flash sound mixer only supports 32 sound > channels at once. > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 > 08:33:00 > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > 20:33:00 > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem
David, Thanks for reacting. Unfortuneatly this is not an option, because my app has an undefined amount of levels/menus/pages where videos are to be shown. And because it is all dynamic, I need te create instances on the fly. And after that I clean them up, but in some way the SoundChannels are not cleared? Regards Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David Hunter Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:16 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem you only have one instance of FLVPlayback and play all the videos through that? > From: c...@chello.nl > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:37 +0100 > > Anyone?? > > > Yes, I know. > But how do I free them?? > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik > Andersson > Sent: woensdag 10 maart 2010 12:49 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > Cor wrote: > > It seems that after instanciating 32 FLVPlayback my SoundFacade crashes. > > What a coincidence, the Flash sound mixer only supports 32 sound > channels at once. > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 > 08:33:00 > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > 20:33:00 > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 20:33:00 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
A bare-bones example of a navigation button you are after:
// NavigationButton class
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
public class NavigationButton extends Sprite {
public var href:String;
public var label:String;
public function NavigationButton(h:String, l:String):void {
href = h;
label = l;
init();
}
private function init():void {
mouseChildren = false;
var tf:TextField = new TextField();
with(tf){
autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
text = label;
}
addChild(tf);
}
}
}
//
...then you create a NavigationButton instance from your document class:
//
private function init():void {
var navBtn:NavigationButton = new NavigationButton("index.html", "Home");
navBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, navBtnClick);
addChild(navBtn);
}
private function navBtnClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(e.target.href));
}
//
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On 11 March 2010 11:46, Susan Day wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Kenneth Kawamoto
> wrote:
>>
>> If I understand you correctly you want to trace "index.html"?
>>
>> One funky way is...
>>
>> trace(new XML("Home")@href);
>> // traces "index.html"
>>
>> ...therefore if your e.currentTarget.getChildAt(0).htmlText is giving you
>> "Home" you can do:
>>
>> trace(new XML(e.currentTarget.getChildAt(0).htmlText)@href);
>
> I don't know where the heck that took me, something about "go to this
> address here" or some such in the address bar of the browser lol. Yeah,
> pretty out there and crazy. Definitely not elegant, but you knew that, too.
> Karl DeSaulniers asks if I can give the Sprite/MC a name and call that. I've
> tried that and I don't get the results I want; namely, an URL.
> Paul Andrews asks me to state more clearly that for which I am looking.
> Probably a good idea to re-clarify things.
> 1) I have a TextField (TF) to which I assign attributes.
> 2) TF is the child of an MC
> 3) The MC has listeners which call functions
> 4) One of the functions (onClick) requires that a new Web page be opened;
> therefore, either:
> a) I attach and call the URL to/from the TF, or;
> b) I do so from the MC.
> TIA,
> Susan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Paul Andrews wrote: Susan, > > > I think your main confusion lies with the concept of "attaching" code and > your "clarification" points to the URL being the content of the text field. > > The natural place for your code is in the click handler. > > The click handler knows which MC is involved, so it should be easily > possible to access the URL text via the event property passed to the click > handler. > > Something like event.currentTarget.urlTextField.text > > so in the click handler you need something like: > > var pageURL:String = event.currentTarget.textField.text; > > Then you can navigate. I'm not sure what you mean by "attach". > So I added a new child (in addition to TF) to the MC specifically to handle the URL. I gave this new child a text property of the URL that is passed through to the function. Now: 1) When I trace the value of this URL within the function in which the child is created and added to the MC, the correct value traces. 2) When I explicitly add the correct value (as opposed to passing it as a parameter to said function, which again printed correctly on trace), the correct value is passed and the link is indeed established in the onMouseClick function. Of course, that won't work on automatic generation, since that same value will be passed to all instances, which is contrary to what I need. 3) **However**, when I call the property in the onMouseClick function when the URL is passed through to the initial function, onMouseClick truncates ".html"!!! The inelegant solution to this, of course, is to tag ".html" on to that which is passed to the navigation function in the onMouseClick function. Yuck. But hey, it works. Now the property which I use to attach the URL to the newly created child is "text". If I use "htmlText", ugly things happen (spits out all sorts of superfluous code). OK, so it works. It's ugly, Any ideas on how to clean it up? TIA, Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem
Can you not just have one flvplayback and then switch it visible=false when it isn't needed and then make it visible=true and alter all its settings(x,y,size etc if you need to change these) when it is required? Do you need to have two videos playing at once? I have used this bit of code to close flvplayback in sites that load multiple swfs with an flvplayback instance in them: myFLV.getVideoPlayer(myFLV.activeVideoPlayerIndex).close(); Otherwise the video audio persists playing though the video can't be seen and I have removed it from the display list. Not sure if its best practice but it has solved a problem before! Who knows it might free your audio channels if they are being occupied by FLVs. Best > From: c...@chello.nl > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:22:11 +0100 > > David, > Thanks for reacting. > > Unfortuneatly this is not an option, because my app has an undefined amount > of levels/menus/pages where videos are to be shown. > And because it is all dynamic, I need te create instances on the fly. > And after that I clean them up, but in some way the SoundChannels are not > cleared? > > Regards > Cor > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David Hunter > Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:16 > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > you only have one instance of FLVPlayback and play all the videos through > that? > > > From: c...@chello.nl > > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:37 +0100 > > > > Anyone?? > > > > > > Yes, I know. > > But how do I free them?? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik > > Andersson > > Sent: woensdag 10 maart 2010 12:49 > > To: Flash Coders List > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > > Cor wrote: > > > It seems that after instanciating 32 FLVPlayback my SoundFacade crashes. > > > > What a coincidence, the Flash sound mixer only supports 32 sound > > channels at once. > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 > > 08:33:00 > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > > 20:33:00 > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _ > Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > 20:33:00 > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _ Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem
To use only 1 flvplayback is really a lot of work rebuilding my classes/logic!! So, if nothing else comes up, I will be forced to do so. But any other solution is better for me in this case. Thank you very much for your suggestions!! Regards Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David Hunter Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:47 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem Can you not just have one flvplayback and then switch it visible=false when it isn't needed and then make it visible=true and alter all its settings(x,y,size etc if you need to change these) when it is required? Do you need to have two videos playing at once? I have used this bit of code to close flvplayback in sites that load multiple swfs with an flvplayback instance in them: myFLV.getVideoPlayer(myFLV.activeVideoPlayerIndex).close(); Otherwise the video audio persists playing though the video can't be seen and I have removed it from the display list. Not sure if its best practice but it has solved a problem before! Who knows it might free your audio channels if they are being occupied by FLVs. Best > From: c...@chello.nl > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:22:11 +0100 > > David, > Thanks for reacting. > > Unfortuneatly this is not an option, because my app has an undefined amount > of levels/menus/pages where videos are to be shown. > And because it is all dynamic, I need te create instances on the fly. > And after that I clean them up, but in some way the SoundChannels are not > cleared? > > Regards > Cor > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David Hunter > Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:16 > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > you only have one instance of FLVPlayback and play all the videos through > that? > > > From: c...@chello.nl > > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:37 +0100 > > > > Anyone?? > > > > > > Yes, I know. > > But how do I free them?? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik > > Andersson > > Sent: woensdag 10 maart 2010 12:49 > > To: Flash Coders List > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > > Cor wrote: > > > It seems that after instanciating 32 FLVPlayback my SoundFacade crashes. > > > > What a coincidence, the Flash sound mixer only supports 32 sound > > channels at once. > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 > > 08:33:00 > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > > 20:33:00 > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _ > Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > 20:33:00 > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _ Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On 11/03/2010 12:37, Susan Day wrote:
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Paul Andrews wrote:
Susan,
I think your main confusion lies with the concept of "attaching" code and
your "clarification" points to the URL being the content of the text field.
The natural place for your code is in the click handler.
The click handler knows which MC is involved, so it should be easily
possible to access the URL text via the event property passed to the click
handler.
Something like event.currentTarget.urlTextField.text
so in the click handler you need something like:
var pageURL:String = event.currentTarget.textField.text;
Then you can navigate. I'm not sure what you mean by "attach".
So I added a new child (in addition to TF) to the MC specifically to handle
the URL. I gave this new child a text property of the URL that is passed
through to the function. Now:
1) When I trace the value of this URL within the function in which the child
is created and added to the MC, the correct value traces.
2) When I explicitly add the correct value (as opposed to passing it as a
parameter to said function, which again printed correctly on trace), the
correct value is passed and the link is indeed established in the
onMouseClick function. Of course, that won't work on automatic generation,
since that same value will be passed to all instances, which is contrary to
what I need.
3) **However**, when I call the property in the onMouseClick function when
the URL is passed through to the initial function, onMouseClick truncates
".html"!!! The inelegant solution to this, of course, is to tag ".html" on
to that which is passed to the navigation function in the onMouseClick
function. Yuck. But hey, it works. Now the property which I use to attach
the URL to the newly created child is "text". If I use "htmlText", ugly
things happen (spits out all sorts of superfluous code).
OK, so it works. It's ugly, Any ideas on how to clean it up?
I think another poster has supplied a more elegant solution. In truth
your code becomes complicated as you seek to a void using classes.
A simple class solution would be to extend MovieClip (or Sprite) and
add a url string. This would allow you to stop messing about with children.
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class URLClip extends Sprite{
public var url:String;
public function URLClip (){
// add your text fields here
}
}
}
Now you can set the url directly and access it later.
var newBtn:URLClip = new URLClip();
newBtn.url="http://goggle.com/";;
newBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
function onClick(e:Event):void{
trace("navigate to "+e.currentTarget.url);
}
or something like that.
Paul
TIA,
Susan
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RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem
D A V I D You saved me !! This did the trick: myFLV.getVideoPlayer(myFLV.activeVideoPlayerIndex).close(); Man, I can't thank you enough I have to buy you a beer... or a few at least. Regards Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David Hunter Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:47 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem Can you not just have one flvplayback and then switch it visible=false when it isn't needed and then make it visible=true and alter all its settings(x,y,size etc if you need to change these) when it is required? Do you need to have two videos playing at once? I have used this bit of code to close flvplayback in sites that load multiple swfs with an flvplayback instance in them: myFLV.getVideoPlayer(myFLV.activeVideoPlayerIndex).close(); Otherwise the video audio persists playing though the video can't be seen and I have removed it from the display list. Not sure if its best practice but it has solved a problem before! Who knows it might free your audio channels if they are being occupied by FLVs. Best > From: c...@chello.nl > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:22:11 +0100 > > David, > Thanks for reacting. > > Unfortuneatly this is not an option, because my app has an undefined amount > of levels/menus/pages where videos are to be shown. > And because it is all dynamic, I need te create instances on the fly. > And after that I clean them up, but in some way the SoundChannels are not > cleared? > > Regards > Cor > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David Hunter > Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:16 > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > you only have one instance of FLVPlayback and play all the videos through > that? > > > From: c...@chello.nl > > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:37 +0100 > > > > Anyone?? > > > > > > Yes, I know. > > But how do I free them?? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik > > Andersson > > Sent: woensdag 10 maart 2010 12:49 > > To: Flash Coders List > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > > Cor wrote: > > > It seems that after instanciating 32 FLVPlayback my SoundFacade crashes. > > > > What a coincidence, the Flash sound mixer only supports 32 sound > > channels at once. > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 > > 08:33:00 > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > > 20:33:00 > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _ > Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > 20:33:00 > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _ Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10
Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Benny wrote: > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/oop_as3.html This really clicked for me. I now feel comfortable with all the major concepts of OOP. Obviously, implementation is something entirely different (and I didn't say I felt comfortable with that). It also occurs to me that simply working with AS3 will give me ample opportunity and self-taught lessons in OOP implementation. For example, this little navigation that I'm building now (from my other thread) will, obviously, become it's own class and be implemented in other Web sites. I see this is how we build our script libraries. As time moves on, I'll reference the above article and discover how I could have used, for example getter/setter methods where I hadn't in a script I'd written, then go back and amend that script. Thus, just by natural process as I become an AS3 developer, I will learn the principles of OOP. At this point, I don't see that a book or Lynda.com is even necessary. Flash seems to lend itself more easily to self-teaching OOP than the few other languages that I've studied by its very nature! Thank you all, Susan > > > > > ___ > 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] Passing Call To Child
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Paul Andrews wrote:
> A simple class solution would be to extend MovieClip (or Sprite) and add a
> url string. This would allow you to stop messing about with children.
>
>
> package {
>import flash.display.Sprite;
>public class URLClip extends Sprite{
>public var url:String;
>public function URLClip (){
>// add your text fields here
>}
>}
> }
>
> Now you can set the url directly and access it later.
>
> var newBtn:URLClip = new URLClip();
> newBtn.url="http://goggle.com/";;
>
>
> newBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
>
> function onClick(e:Event):void{
>trace("navigate to "+e.currentTarget.url);
> }
>
> or something like that.
>
Gotcha. Yep, that's the way to do it.
Thanks,
Susan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Paul Andrews wrote:
> function onClick(e:Event):void{
>trace("navigate to "+e.currentTarget.url);
>
The blasted thing traced the url without ".html" at the end...again!! What
could possibly be causing this behavior? When I trace Btn.url in the
function where it is created, it correctly traces with the ".html" tag. Why
on earth would it be stripped in the onMouseClick function?? Here's the
pertinent from that fn:
function onPressHandler(e:MouseEvent)
{
if (e.currentTarget.name == ' Home ')
{
Navigation(' Home ', 'index', 235, 0xff);
Navigate.to(e.currentTarget.getChildAt(1).text + '.html');
trace(e.currentTarget.url);
...
Please advise.
TIA,
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RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem
glad i could help. think i got it off some obscure japanese blog when i ran into a problem on my first site transitioning from AS2 to AS3. there might be a more efficient way of writing/targeting what you need, but i've just stuck with that. at least it works! best > From: c...@chello.nl > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:35:36 +0100 > > D A V I D > > You saved me !! > This did the trick: > myFLV.getVideoPlayer(myFLV.activeVideoPlayerIndex).close(); > > > Man, I can't thank you enough > > I have to buy you a beer... or a few at least. > > > Regards > Cor > > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David Hunter > Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:47 > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > Can you not just have one flvplayback and then switch it visible=false when > it isn't needed and then make it visible=true and alter all its > settings(x,y,size etc if you need to change these) when it is required? > Do you need to have two videos playing at once? > I have used this bit of code to close flvplayback in sites that load > multiple swfs with an flvplayback instance in them: > myFLV.getVideoPlayer(myFLV.activeVideoPlayerIndex).close(); > Otherwise the video audio persists playing though the video can't be seen > and I have removed it from the display list. Not sure if its best practice > but it has solved a problem before! Who knows it might free your audio > channels if they are being occupied by FLVs. > Best > > > From: c...@chello.nl > > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:22:11 +0100 > > > > David, > > Thanks for reacting. > > > > Unfortuneatly this is not an option, because my app has an undefined > amount > > of levels/menus/pages where videos are to be shown. > > And because it is all dynamic, I need te create instances on the fly. > > And after that I clean them up, but in some way the SoundChannels are not > > cleared? > > > > Regards > > Cor > > > > -Original Message- > > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David > Hunter > > Sent: donderdag 11 maart 2010 13:16 > > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > > > > you only have one instance of FLVPlayback and play all the videos through > > that? > > > > > From: c...@chello.nl > > > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:37 +0100 > > > > > > Anyone?? > > > > > > > > > Yes, I know. > > > But how do I free them?? > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik > > > Andersson > > > Sent: woensdag 10 maart 2010 12:49 > > > To: Flash Coders List > > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FLVplackback problem > > > > > > Cor wrote: > > > > It seems that after instanciating 32 FLVPlayback my SoundFacade > crashes. > > > > > > What a coincidence, the Flash sound mixer only supports 32 sound > > > channels at once. > > > > > > ___ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 > > > 08:33:00 > > > > > > ___ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > > > 20:33:00 > > > > > > ___ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _ > > Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2735 - Release Date: 03/10/10 > > 20:33
[Flashcoders] Perfroming Math in DataGrid
I have a datagrid that is populated with xml that looks like:
I have this being put into a datagrid with:
var groupcol:DataGridColumn=new DataGridColumn("fieldA");
groupcol.headerText="Field";
groupcol.width=100;
Anyway - I need to create a column that is fieldB/fieldC How can I d this
math and get it displayed??
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
From: Valentin Schmidt To: Flash Coders List Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 3:28:52 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online first, your emails are a bit hard to read, I'd suggest to quote correctly (see e.g. http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/), or better, use an email client that takes care of correct quoting (and configure it accordingly). I don't see that yahoo affords me the opportunity to do other than I have done above. Bummer ;( second, I have the impression that this thread could go on forever without getting anywhere. Maybe it would be a good idea to do a fresh start, and this time first create a clear conception of what you want to achieve (in each function), e.g. by describing it in plain english, before writing your actual code? OK. I have: 1) Created a "preloader" which preloads two graphics, one of which is rather large. 2) These graphics, in turn, are used as assets in two swf files. 3) The first of these swf files is displayed only when the visitor visits the home page. 4) BOTH of these swf files are scripted into a template that is used for all pages. The first of them displays "over" the second (when it's the home page) and then is removed using css. This is why I can't have a traditional preloader page: I need to preserve those assets and not have them re-loaded whenever the splash page disappears and reveals the regular page with the second swf as an element within the html page that is generated from the template. Now, the problem is that, for some reason, the "preloader" always, without fail, loads the graphics. It never seems to check if these graphics were cached, even though they were in fact cached in the browser. I wonder if the reason it doesn't check could be because I don't add the graphics to the stage (addChild), since I don't want them to appear on stage. but if you don't want to this, maybe you could extract the problematic part into a simple demo movie and put the FLA online, so anyone interested can download and fix the code? I think that makes more sense than posting longe code extracts here which then even aren't your actual code. I don't believe that would help. All you'll see is: 1) a counter showing how much is loaded, then; 2) a splash page, finally; 3) the template In other words, exactly what I've already described. I hope I've clarified the problem. Thanks, John. just my 2 cts. cheers, valentin ___ 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] Passing Call To Child
On 11/03/2010 13:53, Susan Day wrote:
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Paul Andrews wrote:
function onClick(e:Event):void{
trace("navigate to "+e.currentTarget.url);
The blasted thing traced the url without ".html" at the end...again!! What
could possibly be causing this behavior? When I trace Btn.url in the
function where it is created, it correctly traces with the ".html" tag. Why
on earth would it be stripped in the onMouseClick function?? Here's the
pertinent from that fn:
function onPressHandler(e:MouseEvent)
{
if (e.currentTarget.name == ' Home ')
{
Navigation(' Home ', 'index', 235, 0xff);
Navigate.to(e.currentTarget.getChildAt(1).text + '.html');
trace(e.currentTarget.url);
The trace statement above doesn't have '.html' appended. You have
inconveniently left off the assignment to the url string.
Susan, make a tiny example rather than give snippets.
In general, for an OO solution, code that says "if (e.currentTarget.name
== ' Home ') " to look for particular cases isn't very OO!
Also if you had code in your sprite class that said something like:
public var urlTextFld:TextField ;
In the constructor ..
urlTextFld = new TextField() ..
addChild(urlTextFld);
You can then ditch guessing where on the display list for the target the
textfield is because it would then be
Navigate.to(e.currentTarget.urlTextFld.text + '.html');
Paul
...
Please advise.
TIA,
Susan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
John Singleton wrote: Now, the problem is that, for some reason, the "preloader" always, without fail, loads the graphics. It never seems to check if these graphics were cached, even though they were in fact cached in the browser. I wonder if the reason it doesn't check could be because I don't add the graphics to the stage (addChild), since I don't want them to appear on stage. I am guessing that your browser caching is turned off and that you are testing in the browser, not the IDE? What happens if you try "Work Offline"? Are you able to look at the actual cache on your computer to see if they are there? If you are using Firefox, can you use something like the LiveHTTPHeaders add on to see the request for the SWF and whether the server sends back "NOT MODIFIED". You could also look at Charles the debugging proxy, or ServiceCapture by Kevin Langdon. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
John Singleton wrote: > From: Valentin Schmidt To: Flash Coders List > Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 3:28:52 > PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online > > > first, your emails are a bit hard to read, I'd suggest to > quote correctly (see e.g. http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/), or > better, use an email client that takes care of correct quoting (and > configure it accordingly). > > I don't see that yahoo affords me the opportunity to do other than I > have done above. Bummer ;( in case this is "Yahoo! Mail": go to Options->Mail Options at the bottom you will see a checkbox: "When replying & forwarding: Mark original message with > (plain text only)" activate it and save the changes (and only use plain text mails for mailing lists, of course). cheers, valentin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] AS3 -> Objective-C
Have any of you taken on the challenge of learning Objective-C (or any C-based language), coming from an AS/Scripting background? I came to AS3 from a designer origin, taking the route from design to HTML/CSS/Javascript to AS's 1,2 and 3, so while I'm pretty comfortable in an oop/coding environment, I havent ventured into true programming languages as of yet. The few times I've looked at the code it seems like its less "natural" and more complex than an ECMA-based scripting language but maybe thats just an initial reaction and not reality based. Anyway I'd love to hear y'alls 2¢... (oh and in case you hadnt guessed this is iphone related ;) Since Adobe doesnt seem to be planning to release CS5 any time soon — and no, October 2010 doesn't count as soon — I figured it was time to dive in ). .m ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 -> Objective-C
check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost identical to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you compile. i haven't used it for c++ but i've followed conversations on the mailing list about targetting the iphone. probably a good way to dip your toe in while you are waiting for cs5... On 11 March 2010 16:15, Matt S. wrote: > Have any of you taken on the challenge of learning Objective-C (or any > C-based language), coming from an AS/Scripting background? I came to > AS3 from a designer origin, taking the route from design to > HTML/CSS/Javascript to AS's 1,2 and 3, so while I'm pretty comfortable > in an oop/coding environment, I havent ventured into true programming > languages as of yet. The few times I've looked at the code it seems > like its less "natural" and more complex than an ECMA-based scripting > language but maybe thats just an initial reaction and not reality > based. > > Anyway I'd love to hear y'alls 2¢... (oh and in case you hadnt guessed > this is iphone related ;) Since Adobe doesnt seem to be planning to > release CS5 any time soon — and no, October 2010 doesn't count as soon > — I figured it was time to dive in ). > > .m > > ___ > 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] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
> If you are using Firefox, can you use something like the > LiveHTTPHeaders add on to see the request for the SWF and whether the > server sends back "NOT MODIFIED". or the "Firebug" addon (which IMHO every web developper should have installee in his firefox anyway), in the Network Tab in can also show you the exact details of all HTTP transactions, of course also those started by the flash (or director shockwave) plugin. concerning cache, in firefox you can use those 2 about-URLs to get detailed infos about all cache entries, including last update and total number of fetches: about:cache?device=memory about:cache?device=disk cheers, valentin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Paul Andrews wrote:
> The trace statement above doesn't have '.html' appended. You have
> inconveniently left off the assignment to the url string.
>
I believe I mentioned in an earlier post that when I print url in the
calling function, it prints the entire url, with ".html". However, when I
print it in the called fn, it drops the ".html". Is that not clear? Does
something else need clarification?
>
> Susan, make a tiny example rather than give snippets.
>
Not sure what you mean here. Complete code? If necessary, please let me
know.
>
> In general, for an OO solution, code that says "if (e.currentTarget.name== '
> Home ') " to look for particular cases isn't very OO!
>
Well, that's the next question lol. But let's deal with this one first.
>
> Also if you had code in your sprite class that said something like:
>
> public var urlTextFld:TextField ;
>
> In the constructor ..
> urlTextFld = new TextField() ..
> addChild(urlTextFld);
>
It says:
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class URLClip extends Sprite
{
public var url:String;
public function URLClip ()
{
}
}
}
Exactly what a previous poster supplied. It's called thus:
nsprite.url = nurl;
where nsprite has the listener that calls the onClick fn and nurl is passed
as a var to the fn from which the above line is quoted.
I just don't understand why, when I trace nsprite.url in the calling fn, it
prints with ".html", but when I call it in the listening fn (the onClick),
it drops it! Why would it do that?
TIA,
Susan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
Each to their own I guess, Firebug for me is too much like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut for Flash applications - it's unwieldy and I have found it to be a bigger memory hog than Adobe products. I have found it vaguely useful for debugging / learning AJAX coding, but I still find Charles much more useful and I never use it for HTML / CSS - half the time I don't want to inspect my variables, but then I tend not to do any heavyweight AJAX. I guess I am a bit long in the tooth for using Firebug for developing web-code, I never saw the point of inspecting my CSS when I can do that in the editor and find it much quicker to change the colour of a div and resize than try and tweak it in the debugger. I think it's because I am used to writing my own JS that I did not use the debugger much - I am not looking at other people's libraries so tend to know where I am in the code and what is not working. If I was to go back to doing HTML stuff now I might change my mind, but I am trying to avoid it because I hate doing websites nearly as much as I hate Steve Jobs. Valentin Schmidt wrote: or the "Firebug" addon (which IMHO every web developper should have installee in his firefox anyway), in the Network Tab in can also show you the exact details of all HTTP transactions, of course also those started by the flash (or director shockwave) plugin. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 -> Objective-C
Good to know! I'll definitely check that out. Cheers, .matt On Mar 11, 2010, at 10:28 AM, tom rhodes wrote: check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost identical to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you compile. i haven't used it for c++ but i've followed conversations on the mailing list about targetting the iphone. probably a good way to dip your toe in while you are waiting for cs5... On 11 March 2010 16:15, Matt S. wrote: Have any of you taken on the challenge of learning Objective-C (or any C-based language), coming from an AS/Scripting background? I came to AS3 from a designer origin, taking the route from design to HTML/CSS/Javascript to AS's 1,2 and 3, so while I'm pretty comfortable in an oop/coding environment, I havent ventured into true programming languages as of yet. The few times I've looked at the code it seems like its less "natural" and more complex than an ECMA-based scripting language but maybe thats just an initial reaction and not reality based. Anyway I'd love to hear y'alls 2¢... (oh and in case you hadnt gue ssed this is iphone related ;) Since Adobe doesnt seem to be planning to release CS5 any time soon — and no, October 2010 doesn't count as soon — I figured it was time to dive in ). .m ___ 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] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
Glen Pike wrote: > Each to their own I guess, Firebug for me is too much like using a > sledgehammer to crack a nut for Flash applications - it's unwieldy and I > have found it to be a bigger memory hog than Adobe products. who cares? of course you only activate it when you really need it - and I'm quite sure that in deactivated state it doesn't consume any xtra memory. I do a lot of PHP/XHTML/CSS/JS/Ajax stuff, and I defintely couldn't live (well: work) without firebug, no way :-) cheers, valentin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On 11/03/2010 15:41, Susan Day wrote:
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Paul Andrews wrote:
The trace statement above doesn't have '.html' appended. You have
inconveniently left off the assignment to the url string.
I believe I mentioned in an earlier post that when I print url in the
calling function, it prints the entire url, with ".html". However, when I
print it in the called fn, it drops the ".html". Is that not clear? Does
something else need clarification?
Susan, make a tiny example rather than give snippets.
Not sure what you mean here. Complete code? If necessary, please let me
know.
In general, for an OO solution, code that says "if (e.currentTarget.name== ' Home ')
" to look for particular cases isn't very OO!
Well, that's the next question lol. But let's deal with this one first.
Also if you had code in your sprite class that said something like:
public var urlTextFld:TextField ;
In the constructor ..
urlTextFld = new TextField() ..
addChild(urlTextFld);
It says:
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class URLClip extends Sprite
{
public var url:String;
public function URLClip ()
{
}
}
}
Exactly what a previous poster supplied. It's called thus:
nsprite.url = nurl;
where nsprite has the listener that calls the onClick fn and nurl is passed
as a var to the fn from which the above line is quoted.
I just don't understand why, when I trace nsprite.url in the calling fn, it
prints with ".html", but when I call it in the listening fn (the onClick),
it drops it! Why would it do that?
Because your code doesn't do what you think it does and we don't know
what your code is really doing because we only know what you choose to
tell us.
It's a bit like playing twenty questions.
Show us "Navigate.to()"
TIA,
Susan
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[Flashcoders] OT: was swf doesn't work the same online
I'm quite sure that in deactivated state it doesn't consume any xtra memory. Not sure - I think there used to be a nasty memory leak, even when it was disabled - I had it upto 1.5 GB, a bit like FF 3 years ago. PITA when you have tons of pages open and your browser dies! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: was swf doesn't work the same online
Glen Pike wrote: >> I'm quite sure that in deactivated state it doesn't consume any xtra memory. >> > Not sure - I think there used to be a nasty memory leak, even when it > was disabled - I had it upto 1.5 GB, a bit like FF 3 years ago. PITA > when you have tons of pages open and your browser dies! don't know about this specific leak, but firebug is under active development, and in the last few years firebug definetly doesn't have such a leak anymore (at least not in deactivated state) - millions of users use it every day, many (like me) with less than 1,5 GB RAM available. cheers, valentin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
From: Glen Pike To: Flash Coders List Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 10:45:38 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online Let's see if my changes to Yahoo options translate this to plain text now ;) I am guessing that your browser caching is turned off and that you are testing in the browser, not the IDE? Browser caching is not turned off, no. Yes, I am testing in the browser not the IDE. What happens if you try "Work Offline"? If I were to rewrite my code in pure HTML (which it isn't, just translates for the browser) and do as you say, it would pop up almost immediately because it's all right here on a screaming fast Mac Pro. It struck me at this point, after already trying LiveHTTPHeaders, which is pretty darn cool, that maybe the problem I'm running into is caused by not being able to get my swf files to load in my newly downloaded FireFox, Apparently, Flash doesn't come bundled (amazing). I tried downloading and installing it from Adobe, three times, and it doesn't want to install. It isn't trying to install like other plugins. So I went to install Charles and unfortunately it assumed I wanted to install it in FF not in Safari. So I'm back to square one. How do I get FF to cooperate? Are you able to look at the actual cache on your computer to see if they are there? Yes, they're there, even though I can't display them. Then I clean them out. If you are using Firefox, can you use something like the LiveHTTPHeaders add on to see the request for the SWF and whether the server sends back "NOT MODIFIED". I can't find anywhere where it downloads the swf. I didn't find the words "NOT MODIFIED" anywhere. Pity I can't copy and paste then search the output :( Thanks, John ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Paul Andrews wrote:
> Show us "Navigate.to()"
>
Navigate was a script I copied and it works in other apps:
package
{
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
public class Navigate{
public function Navigate(url:String, target:String) {
var URLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
navigateToURL(URLReq, target);
} catch (e:Error) {
trace("Navigate is broken = " + e);
}
}
public static function to(url:String, target:String =
"_self"):Navigate {
return new Navigate(url, target);
}
}
}
Does this help?
Susan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
John Singleton wrote: > From: Glen Pike To: Flash Coders List > Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 > 10:45:38 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same > online > > > Let's see if my changes to Yahoo options translate this to plain text > now ;) so why didn't you activate the automatic quote settings in yahoo mail, as I had shown you? again, this is what correct quoting looks like, and yahoo can very well do this for you, if you only change those settings accordingly: http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: swf doesn't work the same online
If I were to rewrite my code in pure HTML (which it isn't, just translates for the browser) and do as you say, it would pop up almost immediately because it's all right here on a screaming fast Mac Pro. It struck me at this point, after already trying LiveHTTPHeaders, which is pretty darn cool, that maybe the problem I'm running into is caused by not being able to get my swf files to load in my newly downloaded FireFox, Apparently, Flash doesn't come bundled (amazing). I tried downloading and installing it from Adobe, three times, and it doesn't want to install. It isn't trying to install like other plugins. So I went to install Charles and unfortunately it assumed I wanted to install it in FF not in Safari. So I'm back to square one. How do I get FF to cooperate? Aahh, the dreaded Adobe Download Manager - it worked for me just now on FF 3.5.8, but broke before. I can't remember how I worked around that, but it was a grand PITA and a big PITY that Adobe introduced it, the old Flash download worked perfectly & seamlessly for me in all my browsers - if it ain't broke Adobe, don't break it, concentrate on the FP bugs ;) You can search for "archived players" and download all of the FP 10 ones (157MB!) if you are completely stuck - install them for FF manually, not sure if that's the same for MacOS, sorry. I can't find anywhere where it downloads the swf. I didn't find the words "NOT MODIFIED" anywhere. Pity I can't copy and paste then search the output :( Thanks, John The NOT MODIFIED is just one possible status returned by the server: For a successful request you would normally see: "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" Which means that your file was found and sent. You can right click (in Windows) the "Captured" output in the Headers tab, select all and choose copy if you need it - you only need to look at the request and response for your actual swf files. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OT: was swf doesn't work the same online
I switched my default browser to Chrome a week or so ago, both on my Windows box at work and Mac at home. It's noticeably faster than FF, especially on the Mac and it has a built-in developer tool which shows all requests. There's a "FireBug Lite" extension for it https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bnbbfjbeaefgipfjpdabmpadaacmafkj _ _ _ Erik Mattheis Senior Web Developer Minneapolis T 952 346 6610 C 612 377 2272 Weber Shandwick Advocacy starts here. PRWeek Global Agency Report Card 2009 - Gold Medal Winner The Holmes Report Global Agency of the Year PR News Agency of the Year -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Valentin Schmidt Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:14 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: was swf doesn't work the same online Glen Pike wrote: >> I'm quite sure that in deactivated state it doesn't consume any xtra memory. >> > Not sure - I think there used to be a nasty memory leak, even when it > was disabled - I had it upto 1.5 GB, a bit like FF 3 years ago. PITA > when you have tons of pages open and your browser dies! don't know about this specific leak, but firebug is under active development, and in the last few years firebug definetly doesn't have such a leak anymore (at least not in deactivated state) - millions of users use it every day, many (like me) with less than 1,5 GB RAM available. cheers, valentin ___ 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 -> Objective-C
>> check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost identical >> to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you compile. Right, but I thought the question was, "how challenging was it to switch to Objective-C from Actionscript 3"? - not "can I program for other languages like c++ and PHP using a language similar to Actionscript"? Seems like a completely different question to me. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning & Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 -> Objective-C
I'll weigh in here - going for AS3 to Obj-C took me about a month to feel comfortable with, and I'm learning new things all the time. There are so many frameworks and methods, you feel overwhelmed when trying to do something and you don't know the proper framework to do it quite yet. I have grown to like Obj-C quite a lot. You can't quite make something as quickly as you can in AS3 (not by a long shot), but it's powerful! And learning memory management is a great thing that might influence what you do in AS3 to a degree. Go for it... don't wait for CS5, learn some Obj-C today if you're interested. The tools are free. On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Merrill, Jason < jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > >> check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost > identical > >> to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you > compile. > > Right, but I thought the question was, "how challenging was it to switch > to Objective-C from Actionscript 3"? - not "can I program for other > languages like c++ and PHP using a language similar to Actionscript"? > Seems like a completely different question to me. > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America Global Learning > Learning & Performance Solutions > > Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our > Instructional Technology Design Blog > (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) > > > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On 11/03/2010 16:20, Susan Day wrote:
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Paul Andrews wrote:
Show us "Navigate.to()"
Navigate was a script I copied and it works in other apps:
package
{
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
public class Navigate{
public function Navigate(url:String, target:String) {
var URLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
navigateToURL(URLReq, target);
} catch (e:Error) {
trace("Navigate is broken = " + e);
}
}
public static function to(url:String, target:String =
"_self"):Navigate {
return new Navigate(url, target);
}
}
}
Does this help?
Well it shows that it has nothing to do with the ".html" being missing
and nowhere have you shown where you assigned the string with ".html" added.
We are going around in circles.
Paul
Susan
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RE: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
>> Please advise. >> We are going around in circles. Smells a bit like beno in here. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning & Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 -> Objective-C
more than one way to skin a cat :) just thought it might be handy to look at given that Matt was weighing up how much of a headache diving into objective-C woudl be... On 11 March 2010 18:05, Merrill, Jason wrote: > >> check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost > identical > >> to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you > compile. > > Right, but I thought the question was, "how challenging was it to switch > to Objective-C from Actionscript 3"? - not "can I program for other > languages like c++ and PHP using a language similar to Actionscript"? > Seems like a completely different question to me. > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America Global Learning > Learning & Performance Solutions > > Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our > Instructional Technology Design Blog > (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) > > > > ___ > 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 -> Objective-C
Yeah, that was the question. Haxe looks interesting in its own right though, and of course whatever gets the job done However, I am fundamentally interested in the question of what Objective-C is like and how easy a transition it would be. I'm quite comfortable with OOP, within an AS3 framework(although I'm still wrapping my head around Design Patterns), so I feel like I have the conceptual foundation down, and just need to translate it a new language. .m On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Merrill, Jason wrote: > Right, but I thought the question was, "how challenging was it to switch > to Objective-C from Actionscript 3"? - not "can I program for other > languages like c++ and PHP using a language similar to Actionscript"? > Seems like a completely different question to me. > > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Paul Andrews wrote: > Well it shows that it has nothing to do with the ".html" being missing and > nowhere have you shown where you assigned the string with ".html" added. > I believe I made it clear before that I assign the ".html" to the url. I believe most urls end in html, py, php, asp, etc., and that most variables with a url would be written like a url. I have mentioned previously that this var prints out correctly in the fn in which it is defined and incorrectly--specifying without the html--in the onClick fn. Yes, I believe I've made this clear before. And I'm making it clear again. Why is it that the assigning fn traces this var with the extension and that the onClick fn doesn't?? > > We are going around in circles. > I don't think that's my fault, sorry. Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
On 11/03/2010 17:57, Susan Day wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Paul Andrews wrote: Well it shows that it has nothing to do with the ".html" being missing and nowhere have you shown where you assigned the string with ".html" added. I believe I made it clear before that I assign the ".html" to the url. I believe most urls end in html, py, php, asp, etc., and that most variables with a url would be written like a url. I have mentioned previously that this var prints out correctly in the fn in which it is defined and incorrectly--specifying without the html--in the onClick fn. Yes, I believe I've made this clear before. And I'm making it clear again. Why is it that the assigning fn traces this var with the extension and that the onClick fn doesn't?? We are going around in circles. I don't think that's my fault, sorry. Cool, I'll just let you get on with it. Susan ___ 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
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RE: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
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Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child
You are holding onto the string reference created after addding the ".html" and not the reference to the object that doesn't have the ".html", right? --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Susan Day wrote: From: Susan Day Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Call To Child To: "Flash Coders List" Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 12:57 PM On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Paul Andrews wrote: > Well it shows that it has nothing to do with the ".html" being missing and > nowhere have you shown where you assigned the string with ".html" added. > I believe I made it clear before that I assign the ".html" to the url. I believe most urls end in html, py, php, asp, etc., and that most variables with a url would be written like a url. I have mentioned previously that this var prints out correctly in the fn in which it is defined and incorrectly--specifying without the html--in the onClick fn. Yes, I believe I've made this clear before. And I'm making it clear again. Why is it that the assigning fn traces this var with the extension and that the onClick fn doesn't?? > > We are going around in circles. > I don't think that's my fault, sorry. Susan ___ 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] OOP Books (OT)
hi all, as the author of an oop book myself, i have to admit that books aren't always the right learning tool for everyone. i agree with benny...i've liked the video training that's been emerging over the last few years. here are a bunch of other free options: http://gotoandlearn.com/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/actionscript-11-with-doug-winnie/ http://tv.adobe.com/channel/development/actionscript http://tv.adobe.com/show/max-2009-develop/ in fact, there's also a "video version" of Essential ActionScript 3.0 available called "The Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend". it's a commercial product, but lots of it is freely available online here: oop overview: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-oriented-programming-overview/ making a class: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4&video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player inheritance http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801564/i17 garbage collection (very important in oop ActionScript 3.0!) http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-references-and-garbage-collection/ datatypes: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4&video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801557.VIDEO#embedded_player graphics and oop: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/graphics-programming/ http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/the-display-list/ debugging and profiling oop: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-debugging-mode/ http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-profiling/ flash/flex workflow http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801588/i20 course introduction: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/course-1-introduction/ 3d effects with adobe's chris nuuja: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=20&video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player the full video is available at: http://www.oreilly.com/go/law once you're up to speed on the basics, examples, practice, and a helping community like flashcoders should take you the rest of the way. if you're doing any flex work, i find peter dehaan's examples to be a fantastic resource: http://flexexamples.com/ and for targeted questions, the stackoverflow community is really helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/actionscript happy coding! colin Benny wrote: Hi Susan I cannot recommend any OOP book but I can recommend Lynda.com. Lynda.com has some great video courses, like http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=759 Which amongst other covers OOP fundamentals and common design patterns. - Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Susan Day Verzonden: woensdag 10 maart 2010 19:29 Aan: Flash Coders List Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT) On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) < ematth...@webershandwick.com> wrote: I got AS 3 w/Design Patterns right when I delved into AS3 and I found the examples too long and complicated to follow. I would not recommend it as an introduction to OOP. Noted. And your thoughts, if any, on The Object-Oriented Thought Process? Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database viruskenmerken 4932 (20100310) __ Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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
Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)
Great information and thanks for sharing. I didn't know "The Lost Actionscript 3.0 Weekend" even existed. On Mar 11, 2010, at 3:29 PM, co...@moock.org wrote: > hi all, > as the author of an oop book myself, i have to admit that books aren't always > the right learning tool for everyone. i agree with benny...i've liked the > video training that's been emerging over the last few years. > > here are a bunch of other free options: > > http://gotoandlearn.com/ > http://tv.adobe.com/show/actionscript-11-with-doug-winnie/ > http://tv.adobe.com/channel/development/actionscript > http://tv.adobe.com/show/max-2009-develop/ > > in fact, there's also a "video version" of Essential ActionScript 3.0 > available called "The Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend". it's a commercial > product, but lots of it is freely available online here: > > oop overview: > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-oriented-programming-overview/ > > making a class: > http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4&video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player > > inheritance > http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801564/i17 > > garbage collection (very important in oop ActionScript 3.0!) > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-references-and-garbage-collection/ > > datatypes: > http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4&video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801557.VIDEO#embedded_player > > graphics and oop: > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/graphics-programming/ > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/the-display-list/ > > debugging and profiling oop: > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-debugging-mode/ > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-profiling/ > > flash/flex workflow > http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801588/i20 > > course introduction: > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/course-1-introduction/ > > 3d effects with adobe's chris nuuja: > http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=20&video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player > > the full video is available at: > http://www.oreilly.com/go/law > > once you're up to speed on the basics, examples, practice, and a helping > community like flashcoders should take you the rest of the way. > > if you're doing any flex work, i find peter dehaan's examples to be a > fantastic resource: > > http://flexexamples.com/ > > and for targeted questions, the stackoverflow community is really helpful: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/actionscript > > happy coding! > colin > > Benny wrote: >> Hi Susan I cannot recommend any OOP book but I can recommend Lynda.com. >> Lynda.com has some great video courses, like >> http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=759 >> Which amongst other covers OOP fundamentals and common design patterns. >> - Benny >> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- >> Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Susan Day >> Verzonden: woensdag 10 maart 2010 19:29 >> Aan: Flash Coders List >> Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT) >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) < >> ematth...@webershandwick.com> wrote: >>> I got AS 3 w/Design Patterns right when I delved into AS3 and I found the >>> examples too long and complicated to follow. I would not recommend it as >> an >>> introduction to OOP. >>> >> Noted. And your thoughts, if any, on The Object-Oriented Thought Process? >> Susan >> ___ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database >> viruskenmerken 4932 (20100310) __ >> Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> http://www.eset.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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] hitTestPoint "hit-ing" on invisible objects
Hi, Try this (CS4, frame 1 script, with minor mod will work in Flex): import flash.display.Sprite; var host:Sprite; var child:Sprite; addChild(host = new Sprite()); host.addChild(child = new Sprite()); child.graphics.beginFill(0xFF); child.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100); trace(host.hitTestPoint(50, 50, true)); // true, expected child.visible = false; trace(host.hitTestPoint(50, 50, true)); // true, .. huh? So... Why is hitTestPoint not respecting child visibility? Does anyone know a solution to this issue? Regards, Stan Vassilev ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] RegExp
Hello List, A while back I remember someone asking about RegExp (regular expressions). I found this website. Now it is not flash based, it is javascript, but interesting none the less. May give people hints on how to construct their own in AS or even PHP for that matter. I am new to lists in general, so if this is bad form, let me know. I just like sharing :) and thought this could help someone. Best, http://lawrence.ecorp.net/inet/samples/regexp-format.php Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
