[Flashcoders] Comparing HEX
Hello all! I am looking for a reference to read up on comparing two or more color values. I have not done a whole lot of work with color math so any foundation articles would be great. What I am trying to accomplish, say I have a var myColor which represents the color I would like to find the closest match for, I also have an array of other colors that are all shades of yellow: -- var myColor:Number = 0xffcc00 var similarColors:Array = [ 0xfce427, 0xdcb30a, 0xa48611]; -- What would be the best way to loop the array and find the best match to myColor? Thanks in Advance! -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Comparing HEX
Hey all, I found a good article on the devnet that fried my brain, and will need a couple more times over before I get my head around it. In the meantime if anyone has other links that can get me the results I meantioned below, please share. This is the article I found, by grant: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/bitwise_operators.html Thx! a On 10/30/06 3:10 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all! I am looking for a reference to read up on comparing two or more color values. I have not done a whole lot of work with color math so any foundation articles would be great. What I am trying to accomplish, say I have a var myColor which represents the color I would like to find the closest match for, I also have an array of other colors that are all shades of yellow: -- var myColor:Number = 0xffcc00 var similarColors:Array = [ 0xfce427, 0xdcb30a, 0xa48611]; -- What would be the best way to loop the array and find the best match to myColor? Thanks in Advance! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] (Taboo) What to charge
Hi kev, I always break down the hours. For me it is time consuming until you are able to liscence your codebase for projects. Then the process of bidding can go much faster. I don't have the time to look at your links atm, but I can give you a couple tip to help. First take a look at what's already been said on the topic.There was a big thread a while back titled where to poliely and appropriately discuss pricing issues. You should be able to find it in the archives. One bookmark of mine that came from this discussion was this: http://www.blueflavor.com/ed/tips_tricks/pricing_a_project.php Cheers! Aaron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Newman Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] (Taboo) What to charge Hey guys, I know this is a somewhat taboo topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. :-D What would you charge to either design these apps or to do the production/programming or both? Also, what pricing strategy would you use (hourly rate, itemized deliverables, etc.)? http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ http://www.marchofdimes.com/pad/ I'd gladly take off list responses if necessary. :-) Thanks, Kevin N. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Change publish path dynamically
You could write a jsfl to loop all open FLAs, or perhaps all FLAs in a project if you're using the project panel. The latter I haven't done yet, but should be possible. On 9/25/06 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Does anyone know if there is a way to change the publish path dynamically? This would be really useful if working with the same FLA in different test environments instead of manually having to change the publish settings...time consuming with projects involving lots of fla's. Thanks Jim Bachalo [e] jbach at bitstream.ca [c] 416.668.0034 [w] www.bitstream.ca ...all improvisation is life in search of a style. - Bruce Mau,'LifeStyle' ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Software Development Position
is lucrative with a competitive base salary, bonus and stock options. The company also offers excellent medical and dental coverage along with 401K. Please email your resume a cover letter addressing your qualifications. Qualified candidates must demonstrate verifiable references to be considered. Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We will consider exceptionally qualified candidates from any where within the US or Canada who are willing to relocate to Detroit region. Our office is located in Troy, MI. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Software Development Position
And we wonder why this is happening, lol. Hell, I would do an active of public (and self) service by teaching but that is a crazy cut in pay. sigh. On 9/15/06 3:28 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly, and I'm skeptical of anyone who requires a CompSci degree for a Flash position because there isn't a single college degree for Flash programming. ;) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?
Yes, but you really gotta see my banners man!! I am loving this convo- I'm lead dev at my shop with 3 minions-to-be that I have been working on for a few months. My boss gave up after he found me ( offered up good dough). He has since put me in charge of finding my own help, and while I do enjoy a flourishing LA group of friends, there are obvious signs that the end, is in fact, nearing. =P -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media.com | T 909 702 1368 On 9/12/06 10:15 AM, Zeh Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tween a banner ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?
That's awesome. On 9/14/06 4:28 PM, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah it's crazy, but hell, it cost me 7hrs or work, I got a new site out of it, and the job I wanted. -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: *** Spam *** Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website
Hi Tony, I am using it on a site I am doing now, http://build.lab-media.com/mpvs Cheers! Aaron On 8/9/06 9:26 PM, Anthony Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: use javascript to resize the swf's object height attribute, so that when your user opens a section that will increase your stage height beyond the window height, Hi Aaron, I noticed a site doing that just this morning. Switching the swf attributes from Javascript doesn't mess with the application's state? Does anyone have any sample code they could point at? Tony ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website
Hi Bjorn, There is an issue that occurs when users with smaller monitors (13 macbooks) accessing 100% flash content. Say you do not want to scale the content down to 13. You also do not want to write a flash scroller, because the browser has excellent support and performance for this, and Flash might have a harder time. So my solution is that I detect the window height/width, and if they are less than my minimum, I set the swf object to my minimum height, otherwise I allow it to be 100% with noScale. You can see an example of this at a site I am working on (still in dev): http://build.lab-media.com/mpvs Cheers! -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media.com | T 909 702 1368 On 8/9/06 10:28 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tone, noScale showAll? They are not mutually exclusive? Typing without thinking to hard. What will this do for me? If you're using showAll then Stage.height etc. is lost? Is that why you have to get the values from the browser? Here's the cool part, Say you want to display a video fullscreen.. The stage could be 1px x 1px, it doesn't matter. Let js pass in the window values and have an flash method equate the corrent xywh coords. What I'm basically saying is you can drop your reliance on the stage completely rather than having to worry about resizing that bitch ;[ Regards, Bjorn Schultheiss Senior Flash Developer QDC Technologies -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Lee Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2006 3:06 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website Hi Bjorn, There's a better way to do it. Have you seen swfObject? Seen it. Use it. Love it. Insert the swf into the html with noscale and showall, then you are not limited to a stage size. noScale showAll? They are not mutually exclusive? Have a listener set up in js for onResize and pass it into flash via swfObject. What will this do for me? If you're using showAll then Stage.height etc. is lost? Is that why you have to get the values from the browser? Tony ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website
I'm not sure, I actually just found this solution through playing around with some ideas. Which is why I haven't been able to get it to work for safari yet. But have tested modern IE, FF, on osx and xp to work ok. Luckily the adverse of this not working will still allow users to interact with the site, the only limitation being that the site will assume a absolute height. But the concept is fairly simple and I will look around to see if there is. If I cant find anything I can post a little write up. But there has to be something out there from someone smarter than I, hehe :) Cheers! Aaron On 8/10/06 11:04 AM, dnk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron Buchanan wrote: Hi Bjorn, There is an issue that occurs when users with smaller monitors (13 macbooks) accessing 100% flash content. Say you do not want to scale the content down to 13. You also do not want to write a flash scroller, because the browser has excellent support and performance for this, and Flash might have a harder time. So my solution is that I detect the window height/width, and if they are less than my minimum, I set the swf object to my minimum height, otherwise I allow it to be 100% with noScale. You can see an example of this at a site I am working on (still in dev): http://build.lab-media.com/mpvs Cheers! Are there any good tutorials on this subject? d ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: *** Spam *** Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website
Ditto- thx I wasn't using the style method before and was having trouble with safari, HG's version works well :) http://build.lab-media.com/mpvs/ Cheers all! Aaron -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 8/10/06 5:37 PM, Anthony Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good explanation of how it works. The code is commented. http://hossgifford.com/downloads.htm Thanks for that Ryan. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website
Hi Tom, I like the site, environmental are clean and the site responds quickly. A couple suggestions I have are: use javascript to resize the swf's object height attribute, so that when your user opens a section that will increase your stage height beyond the window height, your user will be able to scroll to see all of the content. Another idea would be to have the content shuffle to the top, so that I don't have to close something to close something to close something so see a page. Instead, I would click the main nav button for it and the current top item would slide down and the item I want to see will slide up. All in all, good work. Just tighten down those screws and enjoy not having to do it again for a while. (im still milking my 04 site, lol. -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 8/9/06 1:49 PM, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: very nice work Tom, I dig the tunes and the site is very clean - what'd you use for the tweens? did you use an animation package? On 8/9/06, Tom Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello people, I recently finished a new portfolio site for my own work and is entirely flash based using all manner of xml , mysql and other fancy techie geekery, would love it if you wouldn't mind checking it out, see what you think :) http://www.freshcut.org is the url Cheers, Tom ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Google maps api
http://www.afcomponents.com/map_google/ G MAP V 1.0 Google Map Flash 8 Component displays geographical locations and allows for easy map navigation. Component uses Google Map Data by connecting to Google Maps API. Google Map Flash 8 Component is an experimental project and has been developed without the knowledge or permission of Google Inc -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 7/19/06 11:10 AM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could write a proxy and have middleware like Ruby on Rails or PHP do the communication with the google API and return information to Flash via AMFPHP Remoting or the Rails Remoting that has been developed. :) BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Smith Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:53 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Google maps api Does anyone have experience with using Google's map APIs to plot GEO locations within Flash? (I'm basically looking to outsource the development for this project, so if anyone has experience in this area and is interested, please send samples of work, resume and availability. Thanks!) --dave ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Google maps api
One strength of the ymaps are the rss integration :), I do prefer yahoo's flash to the fc gmap component, for usability and extensibility, legality? -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 7/19/06 12:58 PM, Dave Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help me out here -- if it can be done with JavaScript, then can't AJAX be used to pass that data back into Flash? I thought that was one of the strengths of AJAX? I have heard that Yahoo's APIs were stronger, so that still may be a better solution. I'd still like to know if there are any Flash gurus on this list available for development work. Thanks! --dave ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Yahoo! Maps api
Works great - thanks kev! On 7/17/06 4:53 PM, Kevin Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a known problem with the current version of the mxp file (3.02). You can work around the problem by using the whole classname. so instead of: import com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget; var foo:NavigatorWidget = new NavigatorWidget('closed'); use: var foo:com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget = new com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget('closed'); etc. There is another way to fix this, but I can't remember it ;-P Kevin N. Aaron Buchanan wrote: Anyone seen any issues with class files not being installed when you load the mpx in? This is among the errors I am getting after freshly installing the component. I tried y! Blogs but haven't heard back yet, so was wondering if anyone here had found any info on the mystery classes :) **Error** Symbol=yahoomap, layer=//as, frame=1:Line 7: The class or interface 'com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget' could not be loaded. import com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget; Thx! A ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode
A while back I released my console as well. It's nothing fancy, but did have a feature that allows you to individually toggle whether a certain broadcaster's output would be traced in flash. Additionally, in the live console, you can filter across specific broadcasters, so that you can look at output on a per object basis, as well as look at the chronological, albeit laggy, mess of output from your application. I guess some doc's would be helpful. If anyone would like, lemme know and ill take a lil time to run em through asdoc or somethin. http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-June/167515.html Cheers! Aaron On 7/18/06 3:59 PM, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have something like XRAY, but you never take snapshots, it works runtime, and has special trace statements, allows me to fire functions runtime with arguments, interrogate variable values, properties, you name it. It can work with multiple SWFS (by switching the target), etc. e.d. On 7/18/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another alternative is to do this: if (!debug) _global.tt = null; or if (debug) { _global.out = function(m) { NetDebug.trace(m); _global.tt(m); } } And use out() as your trace method which universally works in the IDE, with the RemotingConnection Debugger, and with Xray. BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode
And does it have a cool logo? Huh? Hehe. a On 7/18/06 4:04 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it open source and freely available like Xray is? BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:00 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode i have something like XRAY, but you never take snapshots, it works runtime, and has special trace statements, allows me to fire functions runtime with arguments, interrogate variable values, properties, you name it. It can work with multiple SWFS (by switching the target), etc. e.d. On 7/18/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another alternative is to do this: if (!debug) _global.tt = null; or if (debug) { _global.out = function(m) { NetDebug.trace(m); _global.tt(m); } } And use out() as your trace method which universally works in the IDE, with the RemotingConnection Debugger, and with Xray. BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode
Silver/grey with a funny lookin f? a On 7/18/06 4:19 PM, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think mine has the sweetest logo for any debugger I have ever seen... On 7/18/06, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And does it have a cool logo? Huh? Hehe. a On 7/18/06 4:04 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it open source and freely available like Xray is? BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:00 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode i have something like XRAY, but you never take snapshots, it works runtime, and has special trace statements, allows me to fire functions runtime with arguments, interrogate variable values, properties, you name it. It can work with multiple SWFS (by switching the target), etc. e.d. On 7/18/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another alternative is to do this: if (!debug) _global.tt = null; or if (debug) { _global.out = function(m) { NetDebug.trace(m); _global.tt(m); } } And use out() as your trace method which universally works in the IDE, with the RemotingConnection Debugger, and with Xray. BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Application Framework
One of my fav's On 7/18/06 1:26 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Pragmatic Programmer http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppbook/index.shtml ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] I want new Flash 8!
I have noticed quite a few issues with focus. When I jump to another program, I can click something on the stage of my project and it will update the props panel and actions, and bring flash up, but the focus stays on the other app, so I cannot modify anything until I click the flash logo. Would also, really like to stop restarting flash after activating fonts :) I'm on a quad g4, and a dual g4 runnin' 10.4.6 Best! Aaron On 7/16/06 1:58 PM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: errr..i have a a working copy of flash 8 an all of my macs. i actually dont think even even heard about any buginess in the flash 8 ide on macsespecially not to the level of needing an 8.2 release. what kinds of issues are you having? On 7/16/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Totally off topic, totally boring to read for you of course. But I would love to have a /working/ Flash 8 IDE on the MacOSX. It's acting goofy on my Mac. What about releasing Flash 8.2 in the lab? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] I want new Flash 8!
If you set your code-font aliasing to somewhere around 8, you will get interesting marquee readings. It will appear your marquee is 5 - 10 chars behind the current position. A On 7/16/06 3:18 PM, Bart Wttewaall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't get me started on FlexBuilder... There is no auto-format and I've experienced some weird error-reporting on totally valid code. The trick seems to be to comment the problematic code, wait 10 minutes for the builder to pass through the code (saving doesn't work), then uncomment the code, and it works.. pshhh... Syntaxcollors get messed up too from time to time. 2006/7/16, Michael Bedar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are a few issues that are annoying.. although I am not sure if they are mac-only.. One that drives me crazy is that sometimes auto-format won't work on valid code.. I've run into this a lot when decaring vars of custom types that are in packages.. as said, the redraw in the script window can get funky too.. sometimes it gets into a state where the ends of words get chopped off. These annoyances are small however - at the end of that day I'd rather have FlexBuilder than have these issues resolved. Mike On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Aaron Buchanan wrote: I have noticed quite a few issues with focus. When I jump to another program, I can click something on the stage of my project and it will update the props panel and actions, and bring flash up, but the focus stays on the other app, so I cannot modify anything until I click the flash logo. Would also, really like to stop restarting flash after activating fonts :) I'm on a quad g4, and a dual g4 runnin' 10.4.6 Best! Aaron On 7/16/06 1:58 PM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: errr..i have a a working copy of flash 8 an all of my macs. i actually dont think even even heard about any buginess in the flash 8 ide on macsespecially not to the level of needing an 8.2 release. what kinds of issues are you having? On 7/16/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Totally off topic, totally boring to read for you of course. But I would love to have a /working/ Flash 8 IDE on the MacOSX. It's acting goofy on my Mac. What about releasing Flash 8.2 in the lab? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] I want new Flash 8!
And saving any large-flas 10mb+ ( I do mostly asset-heavy experience sites rich ads ) takes considerably longer on a mac when saving to the network. see: http://www.laflash.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1768 a On 7/16/06 3:18 PM, Bart Wttewaall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't get me started on FlexBuilder... There is no auto-format and I've experienced some weird error-reporting on totally valid code. The trick seems to be to comment the problematic code, wait 10 minutes for the builder to pass through the code (saving doesn't work), then uncomment the code, and it works.. pshhh... Syntaxcollors get messed up too from time to time. 2006/7/16, Michael Bedar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are a few issues that are annoying.. although I am not sure if they are mac-only.. One that drives me crazy is that sometimes auto-format won't work on valid code.. I've run into this a lot when decaring vars of custom types that are in packages.. as said, the redraw in the script window can get funky too.. sometimes it gets into a state where the ends of words get chopped off. These annoyances are small however - at the end of that day I'd rather have FlexBuilder than have these issues resolved. Mike On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Aaron Buchanan wrote: I have noticed quite a few issues with focus. When I jump to another program, I can click something on the stage of my project and it will update the props panel and actions, and bring flash up, but the focus stays on the other app, so I cannot modify anything until I click the flash logo. Would also, really like to stop restarting flash after activating fonts :) I'm on a quad g4, and a dual g4 runnin' 10.4.6 Best! Aaron On 7/16/06 1:58 PM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: errr..i have a a working copy of flash 8 an all of my macs. i actually dont think even even heard about any buginess in the flash 8 ide on macsespecially not to the level of needing an 8.2 release. what kinds of issues are you having? On 7/16/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Totally off topic, totally boring to read for you of course. But I would love to have a /working/ Flash 8 IDE on the MacOSX. It's acting goofy on my Mac. What about releasing Flash 8.2 in the lab? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Yahoo! Maps api
Anyone seen any issues with class files not being installed when you load the mpx in? This is among the errors I am getting after freshly installing the component. I tried y! Blogs but haven't heard back yet, so was wondering if anyone here had found any info on the mystery classes :) **Error** Symbol=yahoomap, layer=//as, frame=1:Line 7: The class or interface 'com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget' could not be loaded. import com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget; Thx! A -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, AvatarLabs | T 818 728 6778 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Detecting a Sound Card
A good timeline goes a long way :) On 7/7/06 10:18 AM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not everything has to be done in code. Flash has timelines and you should use them. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs
If adobe would stop boycotting it, heh. Jk just waiting for photoshop at the moment.. On 6/29/06 1:46 PM, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, it sucks... but a reason to buy a mactel though ;-) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs
That's along the lines of what im thinkin On 6/28/06 7:38 PM, Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:03 PM, coroner wrote: no, no joke at all... i downloaded this and installed it in the afternoon... it' sflash 9 public alpha ... flash 9, as 3 I guess Mac users will mostly use AS3 in Flash 9. It doesn't appear we're getting Flex Builder 2. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Sound markers
I heard Flash Player 9 has some new sound goodies, but couldn't turn up a link.. Anyone got one? a On 6/27/06 12:05 AM, Christophe Herreman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, does anyone have a proper solution for simulating markers in (mp3) sound files? As far as I understood, these cannot be read by the Flash Player. We are looking for a workaround and the first thing we would try is to insert the times into the comment field of the mp3 file. Reading this value shouldn't be a problem. Does this seem like a thing that would work (I guess so) ? Has anyone tried this, or does anyone have a better solution ? thx in advance, Christophe ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Sound markers
From weyert: http://labs.adobe.com/subversion/flashplatform/projects/actionscriptsamples/ trunk/src/actionscript3/sound/ComputeSpectrum/ComputeSpectrum.as On 6/27/06 1:33 PM, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice trick, Christophe - thanks for sharing that. You never know what might come in useful some day... Cheers, Ian On 6/27/06, Christophe Herreman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, I found a little workaround using the scripting possibilities in SoundForge. You can find a little explanation on my blog and you can download the script. http://www.herrodius.com/blog/?p=49 thx for your input ! regards, Christophe ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] For...in counts backwards?
Great article, thanks steven! On 6/20/06 10:22 AM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's how the for-in loop works, no idea why. for in loops go backwards because they compile to reverse loops which are MUCH faster than forward loops. For more detailed information on this subject, check out the Flasm page. http://flasm.sourceforge.net/#optas Here are the fastest loops: // Pre-decrement (--a) is faster than post-decrement (a--) // and subtraction (- (-1)) is faster than addition (+1) // This can be SECONDS faster than any for loop var a = 100; while (--a -(-1)) {} // Second fastest var a = 100; while (a--) {} // Here's the fastest for loop. Note the crazy syntax: for (var i = myArray.length; --i -(-1); ) {} ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
Bump for any ideas? On 6/14/06 9:44 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I asked, I found a bunch of people mentioning this bug. Sorry for bein lazy.. According to some livedocs post, we cannot rely on this event because: The problem is that the MovieClipLoader.onLoadError function is triggered by 404 HTTP error... as far as I know, nor mozilla or CF based servers return 404 error to flash.. that's why it doesn't work... FROM: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/h tml/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004file=1579.html So I tried not using the moviecliploader class, and just using a loadmovie then an iterative function to watch the movieclip's _url property to change, but it didn't. I guess the clip's _url value will only be updated once the load has finished, or an error has been returned. Otherwise it's still waiting for something to load (as indicated by the status waiting for lab-media.com...). Anyone else have any ideas? I'm about out, sigh. Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 9:06 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting find Jameson! I just ran it on a pc here at the office and it worked in IE and failed in Firefox. It also fails on OS X in firefox. Anyone know of any issues with onLoadError not being triggered from firefox? Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 8:45 PM, Jameson Hsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I figured out the problem. Your solution only seems to work when running Safari. I'm running Firefox on a PC so that's why your examples weren't working for me. Jameson ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] flashcoders google search
Very cool, thx muzak! One next step could be to write a lil firefox quicksearch plugin. Cheers! On 6/16/06 8:16 PM, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Put together a little Flash app that will search the FlashCoders archive, through Google: http://muzakdeezign.com/flashcoders/ Uses the Google SOAP Search API http://www.google.com/apis/index.html You can add your search as a querystring, for example: http://muzakdeezign.com/flashcoders/?q=filereference If you want to avoid really old entries, you can include the year in your search string: http://muzakdeezign.com/flashcoders/?q=filereference 2006 hope this will encourage people to use the archives more often ;-) For those interested: Uses Flash Remoting (ColdFusion) to act as a proxy, as google doesn't have a cross domain policy file, so calling their wsdl file directly from Flash doesn't work. kind regards, Muzak ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
That's a cool way to do that. Unfortunately, I am unable to modify the embed, as it's automated by the ad serving application. Thanks though! Aaron On 6/14/06 10:46 PM, Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's something I tried that might work if you have control over the code used to do the embed. You'll need to set allowScriptAccess to always and set the name/id in the OBJECT/EMBED tags to the same as the variable embedName. This doesn't require any javascript to be embedded in the page. This sets a variable named location to the location of the HTML page. You should wait a frame or two before trying to read it. getURL ('javascript:document.getElementById(' + embedName+ ').setVariable(location, window.location.href); void (0);'); I have in my notes that this only worked in IE, but can't remember the specifics. Also won't work on MySpace where they overwrite allowScriptAccess to never. Crazy the hoops you need to jump through to even attempt to get this information. best, - rajat On 6/14/06, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I asked, I found a bunch of people mentioning this bug. Sorry for bein lazy.. According to some livedocs post, we cannot rely on this event because: The problem is that the MovieClipLoader.onLoadError function is triggered by 404 HTTP error... as far as I know, nor mozilla or CF based servers return 404 error to flash.. that's why it doesn't work... FROM: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/h tml/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004file=1579.html So I tried not using the moviecliploader class, and just using a loadmovie then an iterative function to watch the movieclip's _url property to change, but it didn't. I guess the clip's _url value will only be updated once the load has finished, or an error has been returned. Otherwise it's still waiting for something to load (as indicated by the status waiting for lab-media.com...). Anyone else have any ideas? I'm about out, sigh. Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 9:06 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting find Jameson! I just ran it on a pc here at the office and it worked in IE and failed in Firefox. It also fails on OS X in firefox. Anyone know of any issues with onLoadError not being triggered from firefox? Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 8:45 PM, Jameson Hsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I figured out the problem. Your solution only seems to work when running Safari. I'm running Firefox on a PC so that's why your examples weren't working for me. Jameson ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] The Delegate class ...
What is the difference between that and this: class SomeClass { private var a:Number = 3; function SomeClass(mc:MovieClip){ var thisObj = this; // Set a reference to this mc.onRelease = function(){ thisObj.onRelease(); } } function onRelease(){ trace(this.a: +this.a); } } On 6/14/06 1:39 PM, js [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While not as elegant, you can get around this issue delegate-free with the following: class SomeClass { private var a:Number = 3; function SomeClass(mc:MovieClip){ var thisObj = this; // Set a reference to this mc.onRelease = function(){ thisObj.onRelease.call(thisObj); } } function onRelease(){ trace(this.a: +this.a); } } -- Joseph James Marsden wrote: The delegate class is a godsend for so many things... // inside a class: mc.onEnterFrame = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, main); function main() { // the mc is calling my method, and I can access all my properties as if I was calling it myself } Stephen Ford wrote: Hello All, Can anyone confirm that the Delegate class is only helpful when using components ? Or should it also be used for events outside the component framework ? No doubt it depends on what your trying to achieve, but just generally speaking, what do you think. Thanks, Stephen. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
I am doing some flash ads and was trying to find out if there is a property that I can read the url of the html page that called my current .swf file. I know that MovieClip._url will tell me where the .swf file's sitting, but what do I read for the serving page's location? Thx! Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
Alright, I had a theory that if you were to try and load a relative file that didn't exist, you might be able to catch the path within the MovieClipLoader.onLoadError() event, by reading the ._url property of the movieclip that you were trying to load into. This seems to be working fine, if there is no documented way to read the property, then I will continue this way. Here is a preview, notice the swf is being called remotely: http://lab-media.com/test This is the code: var myListener:Object = new Object (); var servedToUrl:String = ; var my_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader (); var myListener:Object = new Object (); myListener.onLoadError = function (target_mc:MovieClip, errorCode:String) { servingUrl = target_mc._url.substr (0, target_mc._url.indexOf (SomeFileThatDoesntExist)); }; my_mcl.addListener (myListener); this.createEmptyMovieClip (clip1_mc, this.getNextHighestDepth ()); my_mcl.loadClip (SomeFileThatDoesntExist, clip1_mc); Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 3:52 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am doing some flash ads and was trying to find out if there is a property that I can read the url of the html page that called my current .swf file. I know that MovieClip._url will tell me where the .swf file's sitting, but what do I read for the serving page's location? Thx! Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
The problem is that the only thing I can deliver is a .swf file. I cannot pass anything in because it is served by an ad tracking system. Thx tho :) On 6/14/06 4:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can send a parameter in source code like: manualy param name=movie value=main.swf?url=test.asp and embed src=main.swf?url=test.asp ... or dynamic (for example with asp) param name=movie value=main.swf?url=%Request.ServerVariables(URL)% and embed src=main.swf?url=%Request.ServerVariables(URL)% ... note: if current page in a folder %Request.ServerVariables(URL)% gives you foldername/test.asp mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
Without being able to execute any js, I'm not sure I could get that to work? Unless I tried via raw js calls via ExternalInterface(). But that would only work for flash 8 ads, and we get away with very little of those, the majority is still F7. Thanks though! Aaron On 6/14/06 4:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could also tap into the history of the page with the js history object - and either embed that via params or use external interface. Not sure how reliable that is but its an idea. I am doing some flash ads and was trying to find out if there is a property that I can read the url of the html page that called my current .swf file. I know that MovieClip._url will tell me where the .swf file's sitting, but what do I read for the serving page's location? Thx! Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
Forgot to embed fonts. The variable servedToUrl, defined on line 2, was a typo, should have been servingUrl, which is what was embedded into the textfield and being set from the onLoadError event. I moved the test into a more permanent place and uploaded the flas, incase anyone wanted to take a look. DEMO: http://lab-media.com/transfer/chattyfig/swf_served_url/ SOURCE: http://lab-media.com/transfer/chattyfig/swf_served_url/source.zip Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 8:17 PM, Jameson Hsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron, I don't think that your example is working. The This ad is being served to field is empty in your example. Also your variable servedToUrl isn't being utilized in the code that you provided. Did I overlook something? Jameson On 6/14/06, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alright, I had a theory that if you were to try and load a relative file that didn't exist, you might be able to catch the path within the MovieClipLoader.onLoadError() event, by reading the ._url property of the movieclip that you were trying to load into. This seems to be working fine, if there is no documented way to read the property, then I will continue this way. Here is a preview, notice the swf is being called remotely: http://lab-media.com/test This is the code: var myListener:Object = new Object (); var servedToUrl:String = ; var my_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader (); var myListener:Object = new Object (); myListener.onLoadError = function (target_mc:MovieClip, errorCode:String) { servingUrl = target_mc._url.substr (0, target_mc._url.indexOf (SomeFileThatDoesntExist)); }; my_mcl.addListener (myListener); this.createEmptyMovieClip (clip1_mc, this.getNextHighestDepth ()); my_mcl.loadClip (SomeFileThatDoesntExist, clip1_mc); Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 3:52 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am doing some flash ads and was trying to find out if there is a property that I can read the url of the html page that called my current .swf file. I know that MovieClip._url will tell me where the .swf file's sitting, but what do I read for the serving page's location? Thx! Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
Interesting find Jameson! I just ran it on a pc here at the office and it worked in IE and failed in Firefox. It also fails on OS X in firefox. Anyone know of any issues with onLoadError not being triggered from firefox? Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 8:45 PM, Jameson Hsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I figured out the problem. Your solution only seems to work when running Safari. I'm running Firefox on a PC so that's why your examples weren't working for me. Jameson ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location
After I asked, I found a bunch of people mentioning this bug. Sorry for bein lazy.. According to some livedocs post, we cannot rely on this event because: The problem is that the MovieClipLoader.onLoadError function is triggered by 404 HTTP error... as far as I know, nor mozilla or CF based servers return 404 error to flash.. that's why it doesn't work... FROM: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/h tml/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004file=1579.html So I tried not using the moviecliploader class, and just using a loadmovie then an iterative function to watch the movieclip's _url property to change, but it didn't. I guess the clip's _url value will only be updated once the load has finished, or an error has been returned. Otherwise it's still waiting for something to load (as indicated by the status waiting for lab-media.com...). Anyone else have any ideas? I'm about out, sigh. Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 9:06 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting find Jameson! I just ran it on a pc here at the office and it worked in IE and failed in Firefox. It also fails on OS X in firefox. Anyone know of any issues with onLoadError not being triggered from firefox? Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 8:45 PM, Jameson Hsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I figured out the problem. Your solution only seems to work when running Safari. I'm running Firefox on a PC so that's why your examples weren't working for me. Jameson ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: *** Spam *** [Flashcoders] xls - xml mapping
Quick search turned this up: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/01/09/q-and-a.html A On 6/15/06 9:47 AM, Kedar Mehendale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have designed a website in flash with a xml backend. All the products are called from the xml datasheet. Now the client wants a simpler way of updating the site. He finds xml difficult to work on. How can i map an xls to the xml backend. ie the client will update the xls file upload it. From there the xml should read the xls file and update the site. Is that possible. Pls do help if anyone knows the solution or codes to do it. Thanks. Regards, Kedar Mehendale Account Supervisor Tribal DDB India [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brindavan , 3rd Floor, Shree Ram Mills, Worli, Mumbai 18 Tel: 022-30404055 /58 Cell: 9820211838 www.tribalddbindia.com This email is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this email or the information herein, by anyone other than the intended recipient or an employee or an agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Mudra Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Mudra) or its group Companies or its clients. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the sender's legal rights. We require that unintended recipients delete the email and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. Information in this message that do not relate to the official business of sender or its group Companies shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Company. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The email has been successfully scanned for presence of virus. It is recommended to scan along with attachment, if any, before launching. We do not accept any liability for any errors, omissions, viruses or computer problems experienced by any recipient as a result of this email. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: *** Spam *** [Flashcoders] xls - xml mapping
Here is another, has more implementation in a non-complex xml schema http://www.meadinkent.co.uk/xl_xml1.htm a On 6/15/06 9:47 AM, Kedar Mehendale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have designed a website in flash with a xml backend. All the products are called from the xml datasheet. Now the client wants a simpler way of updating the site. He finds xml difficult to work on. How can i map an xls to the xml backend. ie the client will update the xls file upload it. From there the xml should read the xls file and update the site. Is that possible. Pls do help if anyone knows the solution or codes to do it. Thanks. Regards, Kedar Mehendale Account Supervisor Tribal DDB India [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brindavan , 3rd Floor, Shree Ram Mills, Worli, Mumbai 18 Tel: 022-30404055 /58 Cell: 9820211838 www.tribalddbindia.com This email is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this email or the information herein, by anyone other than the intended recipient or an employee or an agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Mudra Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Mudra) or its group Companies or its clients. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the sender's legal rights. We require that unintended recipients delete the email and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. Information in this message that do not relate to the official business of sender or its group Companies shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Company. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The email has been successfully scanned for presence of virus. It is recommended to scan along with attachment, if any, before launching. We do not accept any liability for any errors, omissions, viruses or computer problems experienced by any recipient as a result of this email. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Eolas fix and backspace key flash bug
Fresh off the Flash coders content degrading thread, eh? On 6/13/06 11:54 AM, Michael Stuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alec Matusis schrieb: Can anyone explain this behavior? Is this an IE bug? why don't you use another browser like FF test your cases, and tell us ? this list is all about coding flash (therefor the name), so if you want an answer to your question why not try all YOU can do, and than ask your question ? micha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Flash coders content degrading (Mark Winter halder)
lol On 6/13/06 2:06 PM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You do realize that this is, and always has been, an unmoderated list, right? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software Dave, please keep your replies on-topic. :) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading
I use rules with entourage, and then filter by subject, you can delete all messages with a matching subject that way. Somethin like that might work for you. I'm sure u can do it in outlook as well. a On 6/12/06 7:37 AM, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno if its me skilling up (which I doubt) but it would seem a lot of the posts flash coders are getting now would be better suited in: Flashnewbie: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashnewbie We seem to be getting a lot of basic questions and the list seems to have lost some of its bleeding edge status. Anyone else sense this change in the force? It would seem a lot of the big guns have moved on - so the question is where is the next list up? Has everyone moved over to: OSFlash: http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org What's the traffic/quality ratio there like? M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool
Wow, that would be such an awesome feature! On 6/11/06 4:09 AM, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this way you can indent message which belogn to a specific method. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool
One feature of the tool is that while you are developing in flash, you can toggle each broadcaster's trace output and an optional parameter to the constructor. If you set it to true, your broadcast messages will appear in the output panel, prefixed by the channelName: Message..., if you set it to false, it will not trace anything in flash, but you can still catch those messages in the console. Thanks for your positive feedback guys! Being a lone gun, it's nice to get input from others! A On 6/11/06 4:09 AM, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Grden wrote: Yeah that's cool Aaron, I dig the concept. So basically, its a logger with filters that's really lightweight and is just listening for any swf sending it log data, is that about right? Yes, his debugging tool is really nice. It's similar to the tool I always use in Delphi or VS.NET for debugging purpose, that application is really sweet. Check it out at: http://www.raize.com/DevTools/CodeSite/VS.NET/Default.asp or http://www.remobjects.com/page.asp?id={BBF91784-8FC3-4192-A6CD-32AA4A0A252C} Of course, with the upcoming AS3 and his binary sockets I would be able to use that application too from inside Flash. Because CodeSite or DebugServer can receive messages through TelNet for example. The indented messages tree like seen in the screenshot of CodeSite might be of use for Aaron tool too, this way you can indent message which belogn to a specific method. CodeSite have special methods for it beginMethod() and endMethod(). PS again, I dig how lightweight this seems - a simplified UI can never be under estimated in it's affect on how the user feels about using it. I could easily see people opting for something like this, where as Xray seems a bit overwhelming, know what I mean? Yes, it looks difficuilt that's why I am gonna look at it later today, to really dig it. Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?
Hey Kev - This is achieved to listening to the Stage object. It's super simple. I actually have a little snippet that I use over and over when I am gonna do stage stuff. It's below, the formatting get's messed up here, so I'll post a lil FLA example, if you like. Basically, I create 9 arrays of the basic alignments that I generally use (ie top-left, top-right, bottom right, etc..) And simply add an object to the respective array I want to target. This object will have 3 parameters, the MovieClip that is the target, and a var for xpaddign and ypadding that act as offsets to the given position. Take A Look. Here is the basic code, with no clips: /*Stage.onResize() listings * * *NOTE: Any clips that are moved due to an onResize event, are filed into their respective arrays below *as objects with three properties, _mc (the clip being referenced), x and y padding. *NOTE: To have a clip move with the stage, use this format: {_mc:upperLeft_mc, xpadding:0, ypadding:0} * */ var TopLeft:Array= []; var TopCenter:Array= []; var TopRight:Array= []; var MiddleLeft:Array= []; var MiddleCenter:Array= []; var MiddleRight:Array= []; var BottomLeft:Array= []; var BottomCenter:Array= []; var BottomRight:Array= []; /*Stage.onResize() engine * */ var stageObj:Object = new Object(); stageObj.onResize = function() { for(var i in TopLeft) {TopLeft[i]._mc._x = 0+TopLeft[i].xpadding;TopLeft[i]._mc._y= 0+TopLeft[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in TopCenter) {TopCenter[i]._mc._x = Stage.width/2+TopCenter[i].xpadding; TopCenter[i]._mc._y= 0+TopCenter[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in TopRight) {TopRight[i]._mc._x = Stage.width+TopRight[i].xpadding; TopRight[i]._mc._y= 0+TopRight[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in MiddleLeft) {MiddleLeft[i]._mc._x = 0+MiddleLeft[i].xpadding;MiddleLeft[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height/2)+MiddleLeft[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in MiddleCenter) {MiddleCenter[i]._mc._x = Stage.width/2+MiddleCenter[i].xpadding; MiddleCenter[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height/2)+MiddleCenter[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in MiddleRight) {MiddleRight[i]._mc._x = Stage.width+MiddleRight[i].xpadding; MiddleRight[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height/2)+MiddleRight[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in BottomLeft) {BottomLeft[i]._mc._x = 0+BottomLeft[i].xpadding;BottomLeft[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height)+BottomLeft[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in BottomCenter) {BottomCenter[i]._mc._x= Stage.width/2+BottomCenter[i].xpadding; BottomCenter[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height)+BottomCenter[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in BottomRight) {BottomRight[i]._mc._x = Stage.width+BottomRight[i].xpadding; BottomRight[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height)+BottomRight[i].ypadding; }; }; Stage.addListener(stageObj); stageObj.onResize(); On 6/11/06 4:29 AM, Kevin Cannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I've seen a couple of design occasionally (like thefwa.com) that dynamically stretch and adjust with the width of the browser and the content. How is that kind of thing done? I know you can achieve some interestin gthings with scaleMode and Stage.align but I'm guessing something more complex is going on here. I want to create a header banner, that fits into a flexible width site, so it needs to stretch with the page. The height will stay the same, and there's some design elements that should be locked left, and some locked right. Could anyone point me in the right direction. I've not had much trouble with google since i'm not entirely sure what the correct terms for this are. Thanks! - Kevin ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and
Re: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?
Threw together a quick example for you: http://lab-media.com/transfer/chattyfig/StageObject.fla.zip ;] A On 6/11/06 10:29 AM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Kev - This is achieved to listening to the Stage object. It's super simple. I actually have a little snippet that I use over and over when I am gonna do stage stuff. It's below, the formatting get's messed up here, so I'll post a lil FLA example, if you like. Basically, I create 9 arrays of the basic alignments that I generally use (ie top-left, top-right, bottom right, etc..) And simply add an object to the respective array I want to target. This object will have 3 parameters, the MovieClip that is the target, and a var for xpaddign and ypadding that act as offsets to the given position. Take A Look. Here is the basic code, with no clips: /*Stage.onResize() listings * * *NOTE: Any clips that are moved due to an onResize event, are filed into their respective arrays below *as objects with three properties, _mc (the clip being referenced), x and y padding. *NOTE: To have a clip move with the stage, use this format: {_mc:upperLeft_mc, xpadding:0, ypadding:0} * */ var TopLeft:Array= []; var TopCenter:Array= []; var TopRight:Array= []; var MiddleLeft:Array= []; var MiddleCenter:Array= []; var MiddleRight:Array= []; var BottomLeft:Array= []; var BottomCenter:Array= []; var BottomRight:Array= []; /*Stage.onResize() engine * */ var stageObj:Object = new Object(); stageObj.onResize = function() { for(var i in TopLeft) {TopLeft[i]._mc._x = 0+TopLeft[i].xpadding;TopLeft[i]._mc._y= 0+TopLeft[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in TopCenter) {TopCenter[i]._mc._x = Stage.width/2+TopCenter[i].xpadding; TopCenter[i]._mc._y= 0+TopCenter[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in TopRight) {TopRight[i]._mc._x = Stage.width+TopRight[i].xpadding; TopRight[i]._mc._y= 0+TopRight[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in MiddleLeft) {MiddleLeft[i]._mc._x = 0+MiddleLeft[i].xpadding;MiddleLeft[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height/2)+MiddleLeft[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in MiddleCenter) {MiddleCenter[i]._mc._x = Stage.width/2+MiddleCenter[i].xpadding; MiddleCenter[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height/2)+MiddleCenter[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in MiddleRight) {MiddleRight[i]._mc._x = Stage.width+MiddleRight[i].xpadding; MiddleRight[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height/2)+MiddleRight[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in BottomLeft) {BottomLeft[i]._mc._x = 0+BottomLeft[i].xpadding;BottomLeft[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height)+BottomLeft[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in BottomCenter) {BottomCenter[i]._mc._x= Stage.width/2+BottomCenter[i].xpadding; BottomCenter[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height)+BottomCenter[i].ypadding; }; for(var i in BottomRight) {BottomRight[i]._mc._x = Stage.width+BottomRight[i].xpadding; BottomRight[i]._mc._y= (Stage.height)+BottomRight[i].ypadding; }; }; Stage.addListener(stageObj); stageObj.onResize(); On 6/11/06 4:29 AM, Kevin Cannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I've seen a couple of design occasionally (like thefwa.com) that dynamically stretch and adjust with the width of the browser and the content. How is that kind of thing done? I know you can achieve some interestin gthings with scaleMode and Stage.align but I'm guessing something more complex is going on here. I want to create a header banner, that fits into a flexible width site, so it needs to stretch with the page. The height will stay the same, and there's some design elements that should be locked left, and some locked right. Could anyone point me in the right direction. I've not had much trouble with google since i'm not entirely sure what the correct terms for this are. Thanks! - Kevin ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool
On the console side, it would be easy to implement a filtering mechanism that would let you sort by keywords, or even search for your own. But as it stands, there is no support for additional flags. There is an extra object that I set up as a parameter to the broadcaster, metaData, but was never implemented. I knew I would want to expand it, but didn't actuallly know what for at the time. I figured I would eventually pass in additional flags, possibly for filtering messages on their importance, or revelance to a specific bug. One idea I had, was that if I knew a bug was contained to a certain set of classes (external I/O classes for instance) then I might be able to type in keywords to that broadcasters' constructor's metadata object, that I could sort by on the console side. So, if I started seeing an issue with the I/O in my app, I could open the console, type I/O in my custom filters and then pull up any related error messages being generated. I suppose we could register methods in some way through the metadata, then on the console side, allow the user to sort by any of the active registered sub-broadcasters. I'm going to look at those other apps you posted. With as3 around the corner, I may not want to spend time on it. Just need a mac beta of flex 2 :( a On 6/11/06 10:39 AM, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No problem, is it easy to make that ident support using that listbox of Flash? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?
Attachment was stripped, can you send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will post along with mine :) a On 6/11/06 11:15 AM, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron, thanks for putting together that example. I made an example of keeping an element in the center of the Stage using zmc_tween along with your technique, something I started doing to add a little depth when the user resizes. Just eye candy. The attachment is your example with zmc_tween being used on another clip on stage. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool
Hey guys, I made this little tool about 3-4 months ago to let debug live rich ads with synced animations. The tool itself is simple and lightweight, but has managed to be an important part of my work. A few people have referred me to john's tool, I will definitely play with it when I get a chance, but I wanted to offer this up too. Basically the idea underlying the tool is that you are able to set up broadcasters in your code with channel names. Then anytime your broadcaster sends a message to the console, you can filter them by their channel name. It has some issues, including performance hits if you use rapid iterative functions, or if you set up more buttons than there is room to tile the buttons for the channel names. I may end up building more functionality into this tool at some point. But it has fit my needs quite well and figured if anyone cant use john's tool, of if it doesn't quite do the same thing, then I offer this one for perusing. There is some docs in the code, but nothing formal yet. If you have any questions, feel free to hit me up offlist if you like on aim (tribalab) or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thx enjoy :) -- Example Console (open before broadcaster): http://lab-media.com/opensource/flashconsole/index.html Example broadcaster: http://lab-media.com/opensource/fla...roadcaster.html Download Source: http://lab-media.com/opensource/flashconsole/source.zip -- Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position
Lol, I think I took that job, sigh. I left a long time ago though, heh. On 6/9/06 12:48 PM, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, if you hadn't been rude in your reply, I'd have let it go. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position
Sorry, new here. What's ot? Thx dave! On 6/9/06 12:57 PM, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This thread is now OT. Please don't prolong it. Thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position
Such a noob.. sigh On 6/9/06 1:23 PM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, new here. What's ot? Asking what is OT. :) OT means off=topic Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Buchanan Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 4:14 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position Sorry, new here. What's ot? Thx dave! On 6/9/06 12:57 PM, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This thread is now OT. Please don't prolong it. Thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.align Wish
Isnt that the default? On 6/7/06 7:22 PM, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be cool to have: StageAlign.CENTER - so the stage would be centered horizontally AND vertically... - e.dolecki ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Funny
http://abum.com/file/shadow/animations/17632.swf Now get back to work ;) -- Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Batch Upload and resize
Hello all, I am trying to optimize an upload tool build in html by using the flash 8 upload goodness. I have used the download features, but haven't had time yet to play with the upload feature. The tool I looking to rebuild will allow the user to select up to 10 files and press submit. As it currently works, the form will attempt to upload all 10 images, after which it will begin converting each image into the 5 different sizes used on the site. This batch upload is resulting in frequent timeouts and instabilities. What I would like to do is upload only 1 at a time, but I would like to preserve the one-step for the user and manage the one at a time by managing the events. Would also like to send messages back to the client to let the user know what is happinging, ie: creating thumnail 1 of 5. Question is, is there a way to que the uploading of these files in this fashion. If there were 10 images, I guess I might need 10 filereference instances, each with one image, sitting an a que array. Not sure about any security issues that may be involved, however. It is possible to wrap in zinc or another similar app (haven't done so personally), and run locally. Thx! Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Wrapping a loaded image onto a cylinder?
Underwater could be done with displacement masks / perlin noise. Haven't done personally, but grant skinner had an amazing example at fitc so try googling for that. Also, check his experiments site and maybe hit his blog for some source. http://galleryincomplet.com http://gskinner.com/blog As for mapping to cylinder, I have been trying to get a similarly difficult skew to work. The perspective skew. Where the front of the image is taller than the rear. If I get some time I will try to write something up, but I suspect someone has already done it. The trouble is trying to alias neighboring pixels without killing the quality of the image.. A simple cylinder may be easy, with the bitmap data class. You would basically want to loop through the rows (horizontal cylinder) or columns (vertical cylinder) of pixels and dup that to a 1xrowcount bitmap data object and add it an onstage one, perhaps with varying alpha to depth. Aaron On 6/1/06 4:48 PM, edwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How would I wrap an image or movieclip around a cylinder using actionscript? I thought of doing it by making multiple copies of an image and using a lot of masks, but perhaps there is an easier way to do this. I would also be interested in doing a kind of underwater distortion effect on an image, dynamically. Thanks, -edwin ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com