Re: [Flashcoders] Selective display with XMLConnector, DataSet and DataGrid
Thanks Muzak, that's most useful. Andy - Original Message - From: Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Selective display with XMLConnector,DataSet and DataGrid There's a few ways you can do this, but here is one, using Bindings through the Component Inspector. First set the columns for the datagrid. Add the following code to the first frame (where the button code is) this.menu_dg.columnNames = [name, price, calories]; Add a TextArea component for the description of the selected datagrid item to the stage, name it:description_ta With the TextArea instance selected, set editable to false in the Parameters tab. Next step is to bind the .text property of the TextArea to the description field of the XML connector. You could bind the TextArea to the DataSet, but then you'd have to manually create a schema for the DataSet's dataProvider in the Component Inspector. Since the XMLConnector already has a Schema defined, we'll use that one. Bind the TextArea's text property to the XMLConnector's description property: click the plus (+) sign, select the text:String property, click Bound To, click the magnifying glass icon, select XMLConnector, then select the description:String property. Select in for the direction. Last thing to do is to tell the TextArea to display the description of the selected item of the DataGrid. However you do this through the XMLConnector.. Select the XMLConnector, select the Bindings tab in the Component Inspector. There should be 2 Bindings - results.dinner_menu.food - results.dinner_menu.food.[n].description The last one is the one we need. Note that it has [n] in the path, meaning there's multiple food properties and we now need to tell the XMLConnector which one to use. Select results.dinner_menu.food.[n].description in the Bindings tab, click Index for 'food', click the magnifying glass icon, unselect Use constant value, which will make the selections at the top available, select Datagrid - selectedIndex:Number Test the movie. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Andrew Kirkham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 6:31 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Selective display with XMLConnector,DataSet and DataGrid I am learning about data integration and have completed the elementary Dinner Menu exercise at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004file=0435.html . The XML has a root node named dinner_menu, containing multiple nodes named food, each of which contains nodes named name, price, description and calories. By means of XMLConnector, DataSet and DataGrid, this information is displayed in columns labelled name, price, description and calories. So far it is perfectly simple, but what I now want to modify the example to display only _selected_ columns in my DataGrid, for instance to read in the same XML but display only name, price and calories in my DataGrid, omitting description. Nevertheless I don't want to discard description; I want to read it in with the other data, store it and make it available if the user requests it. Can anybody suggest how I can do this, or direct me to any examples? Thanks Andy ___ 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] Transforming a MovieClip instance to monochrome
That looks like it! Thanks Andy - Original Message - From: Rákos Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Transforming a MovieClip instance to monochrome ColorMatrixFilter is your friend :) Attila AK Is there a way of transforming a coloured MovieClip instance to AK monochrome (specifically grey scale) at run time? I want it to AK indicate that a control is disabled. AK It seems a fairly elementary thing to do, so possibly I'm AK overlooking something quite obvious. AK The ColorTransform class seems a likely method, but I'm not very AK knowledgable about the intricacies manipulating RGB values, and AK although I've spent some time adjusting various values I haven't AK acheived the result I want. ___ 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] Saving out XML direct from Flash?
I managed something like this by embedding my Flash movie in a Director movie, which managed the saving of the XML. I'm afraid I no longer have access to the files, but I seem to remember it didn't take me very long to implement. Andy - Original Message - From: Henry Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Saving out XML direct from Flash? 'lo all I'm noodling around with a little app that I'd like to be able to write out some internally generated XML directly to the user's hard disc. Preferably with a nice FileReference type interface. But this seems next to impossible. I was hoping it would be possible to hack FileReference to take file conetent from a variable, rather than a URL, but that looks like a no-go. My second idea was to write to a SharedObject, then pass that through FileReference, but I can't find a way of finding out the path to the SO file within Flash. I've spent the afternoon reading about MMSave, FSCommand save and ASnative(302, 0) and coming to the conclusion that they're deprecated as hell and useless to me. So does anyone have any good suggestions? I'm not averse to dirty hacks, but this is a standalone app, so I can't bounce the file back off a server, and I really don't want to use one of those weird extended projectors if I can avoid it. Cheers, Henry ___ 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] Override _xscale and _yscale setter in AS2
I've only skimmed the messages and I don't have any practical experience
with this issue ( so possibly I am talking rubbish) but I don't think anyone
so far has mentioned super.
I wonder if this approach is of any use.
public function set _yscale( value:Number ):Void
{
super._yscale = Number;
//your code :)
}
Andy
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From: Patrick Matte | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 12:37 AM
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Override _xscale and _yscale setter in AS2
Anybody has any other idea ?
BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200 x214
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick
Matte | BLITZ
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:19 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Override _xscale and _yscale setter in AS2
No I've tried that but it doesn't work unfortunately, I've also
overridden the enabled setter before but the _xscale and _yscale setters
seem to be different from the enabled setter.
What I want to do is not scale the movieClip at all and scale redraw a
bitmapData inside of it.
BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200 x214
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eka
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:50 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Override _xscale and _yscale setter in AS2
Hello :)
Yes you can :) Try this code (not tested)
class Test1 extends MovieClip
{
/**
* Constructor
*/
function Test1()
{
}
public function get _xscale ():Number
{
return _xscale_ ;
}
public function set _yscale( value:Number ):Void
{
__xscale__ = value ;
// your code :)
}
private var _xscale_ = MovieClip.prototype._xscale ;
}
I use this technik in LUnAS the extension of VEGAS my framework
OpenSource
with the enabled property... it's possible it's work with the _xscale
property.
NB 1 : Vegas project : http://vegas.riaforge.org/
NB 2 : the AbstractComponent class in LunAS with this hack over the
enabled
property :
http://svn.riaforge.org/vegas/AS2/trunk/src/lunas/display/components/Abs
tractComponent.as
EKA+ :)
2007/1/19, Patrick Matte | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
In AS2, is it possible to override the _xscale and _yscale setter in a
subclass of MovieClip ?
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[Flashcoders] The Align panel
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[Flashcoders] Arguments always undefined in debugger
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[Flashcoders] Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam - Actionscript versions
I note that the sample questions provided by Macromedia for the MX 2004 Developer exam (http://www.adobe.com/support/training/certified_professional_program/flmx2004_developer.html) includes a question about Object.registerClass. Since I changed over to AS2 I haven't found any need to use Object.registerClass, and I am apt to regard it as a redundant relic of AS1. Does its inclusion in the exam imply there is still a siginificant amount of AS1 stuff in the exam? Or is there a still a legitimate need for Object.registerClass in AS2? And does anyone know if a Flash 8 Developer Exam can be expected in the near future? Andy Kirkham ___ 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] MX 2004 Developer Exam Actionscript versions
I note that the sample questions provided by Macromedia for the MX 2004 Developer exam (http://www.adobe.com/support/training/certified_professional_program/flmx2004_developer.html) includes a question about Object.registerClass. Since I changed over to AS2 I haven't found any need to use Object.registerClass, and I am apt to regard it as a redundant relic of AS1. Does its inclusion in the exam imply there is still a siginificant amount of AS1 stuff in the exam? Or is there a still a legitimate need for Object.registerClass in AS2? And does anyone know if a Flash 8 Developer Exam can be expected in the near future? Andy Kirkham ___ 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] Re: Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam - Actionscript versions
Thanks Ian That's very enlightening. Perhaps my query shows I'm not yet ready to take the exam :-( And sorry about the duplicate posting of my query! Andy Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:54:19 +0100 From: Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam - Actionscript versions To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I use Object.registerClass all the time. It is very handy when programmatically controlling which class is associated with a symbol without having to specify a class in the Linkage dialog in the library, for example (which means you can associate different classes with the same symbol if you want to - or at the least you don't have to rely on a graphic artist getting it right). It is also useful for Peter Joel's trick to create MovieClip-derived classes that aren't associated with symbols in the library - see here: http://www.osflash.org/flashcoders/as2#creating_a_class_instance_based_on_movieclip_without_a_symbol_in_the_library For that latter usage alone, if I didn't have Object.registerClass in AS2, I probably couldn't cope. :-) HTH, Ian On 6/28/06, Andrew J Kirkham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I note that the sample questions provided by Macromedia for the MX 2004 Developer exam (http://www.adobe.com/support/training/certified_professional_program/flmx2004_developer.html) includes a question about Object.registerClass. Since I changed over to AS2 I haven't found any need to use Object.registerClass, and I am apt to regard it as a redundant relic of AS1. Does its inclusion in the exam imply there is still a siginificant amount of AS1 stuff in the exam? Or is there a still a legitimate need for Object.registerClass in AS2? And does anyone know if a Flash 8 Developer Exam can be expected in the near future? Andy Kirkham ___ 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
