[Flashcoders] protoscript
I've hunted around, but no luck--anyonethought about porting protoscript (protoscript.com) to AS3? It's a simple JSON-based set of behaviors for adding interactivity to sites. ___ 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: RE: [Flashcoders] Casting to Array
David's suggestion doesn't actually cast to array, though -- it makes a shallow
copy of the array and returns it. This will lead you to many tricky bugs.
If you really *really* need type checking on arrays, make a List class to wrap
arrays and only use that.
>
> From: "Danny Kodicek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2007/07/20 Fri AM 10:07:47 CDT
> To:
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Casting to Array
>
> > As it's AS2, you might think about making it so
> > doMyArrayFunction will not expect an array, but will take anything:
> >
> > class ArrayTest {
> >
> > public function ArrayTest(a) {
> > trace(a[0]);
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > new ArrayTest([1,2,3,4]);
> >
> > works fine.
>
> Yes, but I'm trying to do things 'properly' :)
>
> I've been quite enjoying the discipline of strong typing and it seems a
> shame to lose it for a little technicality. I like David's suggestion, which
> I'd imagine works pretty fast.
>
> Thanks
> Danny
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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] local connection,
> > From: Stephen Downs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/05/03 Thu PM 02:48:51 CDT > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] local connection, > online swf -> local stand alone projector. > The documentation for LocalConnection.send states the syntax for the > third argument is an Object, and you've put in a string literal. This > probably doesn't make a difference as Flash seems to do a lot of > behind the scenes casting, but it wouldn't hurt to change your code > to conform. String literals are just fine here. There are very few, if any, reasons to use a String() object instead of a string literal in actionscript 2.0. -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Changing Green (halogreen) highlight color
setStyle("themeColor", "red" ( or 0xFF or whatever ) );
>
> From: "Helmut Granda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2007/04/24 Tue PM 02:04:23 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Changing Green (halogreen) highlight color
>
> Is there anyway to change the green highlight color for components without
> having to create a custom skin (The green/orange/blue highlight when the
> component has focus) ?
>
> TIA
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and needed computer specs
If you're serious about keeping these new developers, but them the best computers you can get. If they want a Mac, get them a Mac. If they want a PC, get them a PC. You'll save more time keeping them from grumbling about having stinky computers than compiling slightly faster anyway. > > From: "Dennis - I Sioux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/04/10 Tue AM 10:17:42 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash and needed computer specs > > A bit weird to ask such a lame question... > But my co-worker has to order some working stations for more flash (game) > developers.. and was wondering what are handy computer specs for such. > > Especially what reduces large compiling time (besides using flasc and handy > file seperation and such). > > Does anyone have an opinion.. or if it's an old subject.. a link? > > With kind regards, > > > Dennis > I Sioux > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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 and needed computer specs
If you're serious about keeping these new developers, buy them the best computers you can get. If they want a Mac, get them a Mac. If they want a PC, get them a PC. You'll save more time keeping them from grumbling about having stinky computers than compiling slightly faster anyway. > > From: "Dennis - I Sioux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/04/10 Tue AM 10:17:42 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash and needed computer specs > > A bit weird to ask such a lame question... > But my co-worker has to order some working stations for more flash (game) > developers.. and was wondering what are handy computer specs for such. > > Especially what reduces large compiling time (besides using flasc and handy > file seperation and such). > > Does anyone have an opinion.. or if it's an old subject.. a link? > > With kind regards, > > > Dennis > I Sioux > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Window component scrolling...am I insane?
Do you happen to have a trick you can share for sizing a window properly when the scrollPane's scroll policies are set to "auto"? I can only seem to get things working properly if the vScrollPolicy is "auto" and the hScrollPolicy is "off". (I want the window so it should just fit around the loaded content of the scrollPane if the width and height are below a given maximum size, only scrolling if necessary.) -Mark Hawley Merrill, Jason wrote: I've never heard of Window having scroll features. I've always placed a list, datagrid or scrollpane on it. I know that doesn't help you much though as it sounds. Jason Merrill Bank of America GT&O Learning & Leadership Development eTools & Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mark Hawley Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 5:58 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Window component scrolling...am I insane? Have I gone completely mad, or does the v2 Window component really not support scrolling the contents? It extends ScrollView, and the guts of it make several references to the scrollbars, yet there seem to be no actual scrollbars present. I've wasted a good deal of time today trying to throw a ScrollPane in there and getting it to work properly, but the automatic resizing ScrollPane does is causing me angina. So...am I missing something? Does anyone have a free/oss scrolling Window component floating around? -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Window component scrolling...am I insane?
Have I gone completely mad, or does the v2 Window component really not support scrolling the contents? It extends ScrollView, and the guts of it make several references to the scrollbars, yet there seem to be no actual scrollbars present. I've wasted a good deal of time today trying to throw a ScrollPane in there and getting it to work properly, but the automatic resizing ScrollPane does is causing me angina. So...am I missing something? Does anyone have a free/oss scrolling Window component floating around? -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Enumerating properties from outside an instance.
You can do it; you must have an error in your code.
for (var prop:String in clip)
{
var subObject:Object = clip[prop];
for (var otherProp:String in subObject)
{
trace(otherProp + ": " + subObject[otherProp]);
}
}
It should look like that, but not horrible.
>
> From: "Jason Lutes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2007/04/05 Thu PM 04:10:48 CDT
> To:
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Enumerating properties from outside an instance.
>
> I can't figure this out.
>
> I can set up a for...in loop to show me all the (enumerable) properties --
> variables and functions -- on the MovieClip instance where I place the loop,
> but I can't enumerate properties for other (nested) MovieClip instances by
> simply changing the focus object of that same for...in loop.
>
> Why not?
>
> If I move the enumerating loop into the nested clips it works as expected.
>
>
> -
> Jason
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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate Class Scoping self instantiated
This looks like a lot of very strange stuff is going on in the design of this
code. I think you should explain what you want to do at a very high level so we
can see if there is a better and simpler way to accomplish it. (I can't figure
out where the Delegate mentioned in the subject line is coming from, either.)
>
> From: "Helmut Granda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2007/04/03 Tue AM 08:38:08 CDT
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate Class Scoping self instantiated
>
> So I figured it out or at least I think I did,
>
> private var target: myClass;
>
> function myClass(){
>
> target = this;
> }
>
> now I can reference to properties within a class without breaking the app.
> So in the same lines, is there anyway to code the classe so that we don't
> have to reference to the properties and methods within the class without
> having to say
>
> target.objectA._x = 130;
>
> but just have
>
> objectA._x = 130;
>
> Thanks
> -h
>
> On 4/3/07, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Oh, and I forgot an important point, the reson why I want to find the
> > scope of the class is because inside the class there are variables that talk
> > to each other and I can have them talk back and forth like this
> >
> > _level0.instance1.myVariable = "blah";
> >
> > but this of course wont work when the movie is loaded into a new movie
> > because the reference will be lost and changes to
> >
> > _level0.movieHolder.instance1.myVariable = "blah";
> >
> > and of course it breaks the app.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > -h
> >
> > On 4/3/07, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Classes don't know their own scope, they are oblivious to anything
> > > outside of them, (unless of course you import some other class - then
> > > they know what the other class does, but still don't have any scope
> > > reference). What are you trying to do?
> > >
> > > Jason Merrill
> > > Bank of America
> > > GT&O Learning & Leadership Development
> > > eTools & Multimedia Team
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >>-Original Message-
> > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >>[mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> > > >>Of Helmut Granda
> > > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:05 AM
> > > >>To: Flashcoders mailing list
> > > >>Subject: [Flashcoders] Delegate Class Scoping self instantiated
> > > >>
> > > >> I understand that when instantiating a class you can set the
> > > >>scope where the instance is going to run, but how about when
> > > >>we dont actually instantiate the class on the timeline but we
> > > >>just link the class directly to the items on the stage, how
> > > >>is the scope treated in this case? I assume the class has to
> > > >>be instantiated on itself or do we need a separate class to
> > > >>keep track of this item?
> > > >>
> > > >>TIA
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Re: RE: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal
You can poke around in mx.controls.Alert for some modal-making code, then
extend Window using it. It's got another variation on the
big-invisible-button-behind-the-clip trick.
>
> From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2007/04/02 Mon AM 10:18:46 CDT
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal
>
> Yes, that is true - that's a limitation of setting enabled = false.
> There is no other way around it I have found with the popup manager, so
> I have just accepted that fact. You can make your own close button if
> you choose, that's what I do. But it DOES make it modal wich is nice.
> Saves a ton of coding having it be modal.
>
> Jason Merrill
> Bank of America
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> eTools & Multimedia Team
>
>
>
>
> >>-Original Message-
> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> >>Of Matthew Ganz
> >>Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:12 AM
> >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal
> >>
> >>that kinda works in the sense that i can't interact with
> >>anything behind it but now i can't drag my window either and
> >>the close button also becomes disabled.
> >>- Original Message -
> >>From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To:
> >>Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:45 AM
> >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal
> >>
> >>
> >>> Set enabled = false on the Popup window and it should be modal.
> >>>
> >>> Jason Merrill
> >>> Bank of America
> >>> GT&O Learning & Leadership Development eTools & Multimedia Team
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>-Original Message-
> >>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> >>>>>Of Matthew Ganz
> >>>>>Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 9:35 AM
> >>>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
> >>>>>Subject: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal
> >>>>>
> >>>>>hi.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>am i correct in assuming that when i create a new Pop up
> >>>>>window using the PopUpManager via:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>myWindow =
> >>>>>mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root,mx.containers.Windo
> >>>>>w,true,{title:"Search Criteria",contentPath:"searchCriteria"});
> >>>>>
> >>>>>...and set it to be modal via the "true" arg that you
> >>>>>shouldn't be able to interact with anything behind it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>my problem is that i have a combobox that i'm able to open up
> >>>>>behind this window. anyone experience s/thing like this before?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>thanks for any helpful tips.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>matt.
> >>>>>
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Re: [Flashcoders] .aso cache frustration
Are you sure you just haven't written another class with the same name higher up in the include paths? > > From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/20 Tue AM 11:03:32 CST > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] .aso cache frustration > > So I am updating an AS 2.0 class file I wrote last fall, and when I go > to publish the .swf, I get the classic problem where the .swf doesn't > update with the new code in the class. I verified it by commenting out > everything but the constructor which only contains the trace statement. > So I figured, it was just a simple matter of deleting the .ASO files > because Flash was still caching my old .as file. But no luck. I also > verified all my classpaths were correct and pointing to the right parent > directory where the class file lives as a package. The only way I can > get the new code to get injected into this .swf is to name the class and > file something else completely different and then import that into my > .swf instead. > > Has anyone fixed this issue before? (and please don't tell me to use > MTASC instead - had enough problems with that which I plan to tackle > later :) ) Deleting ASO files (at least from the Flash 8 IDE option) > doesn't seem to do the trick. Do I need to manually hunt down these old > .aso files? Thanks. > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America > Global Technology & Operations > Learning & Leadership Development > eTools & Multimedia Team > > > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Changing the computer code of a swf file?
You could open it up with a hex editor and poke at it if you really knew what you were doing. Otherwise, your best bet is to edit the FLA and republish. If you can't do that, you'll have to decompile, edit *that* FLA, and republish. > > From: "Dennis - I Sioux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/08 Thu AM 10:11:38 CST > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Changing the computer code of a swf file? > > Hey guys, > > Just a long shot.. > > But i had a request if it was possible to change the file source from the > swf... the code you see when you open a swf in notepad :) > > This to ad a (Security/affiliate) var. > > > With kind regards, > > > Dennis > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Print a big dynamic text on multiple pages
You have to print the text using an embedded font, or Flash will screw up the scroll properties on the print and you'll end up repeating a few lines of text from page to page. > > From: "Flap Flap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/08 Thu AM 08:46:06 CST > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] Print a big dynamic text on multiple pages > > Hi there, > > We have a big dynamic text to print so he must be on several pages. > > We make some tests by using the scroll properties (we print, we scroll of > the number of lines printed and print again to the end of the text) the > display is good but at print some of line of the first page come to the > second page, wich he's weird because display is good... It seems that flash > recaculcate the scroll for the print ? > > Any clue to come around this bug or some pieces for print a big text ? > > Thanks for any help > > -- > Flapflap > http://www.kilooctet.net (Dev Blog Flash Fr) > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: RE: [Flashcoders] how to tell if you're running in the ide
You can also set up your code along these lines:
var inTestMovie:Boolean = false;
trace( inTestMovie = true );
if (inTestMovie)
{
// do wacky test movie stuff
}
else
{
// do normal stuff
}
Then you can just turn off trace statements when you want to see the 'normal'
behavior, and leave them on when you want your 'test movie' behavior. You're
probably turning off trace statements on your deliverables anyway.
If you do a done of stuff like this, though, it might be best to use a
preprocessor on your source and have it dump out two different code branches
for you. (I don't have any recommendations on AS preprocessors; I had to throw
one together in Perl at work myself.)
-John Mark Hawley
>
> From: "Chuck Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2007/01/26 Fri AM 08:59:59 CST
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] how to tell if you're running in the ide
>
> I've occasionally used the trick of checking whether this._url begins
> with "file:" Doesn't exactly tell you if you're running in the IDE, but
> does tell you whether it's running locally on your machine or in a
> browser, from a web server.
>
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> Subject: [Flashcoders] how to tell if you're running in the ide
>
> Is there a way for a SWF to know if it's running in the "test movie"
> environment vs the browser or standalone players? I often have a need
> to compile in different settings in test-movie than I do for
> deployment, and have to manually remember to take them out before
> shipping a build. Or is there a more elegant way to handle that sort
> of thing?
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Shorhand for if statement without else statement
For that specific example, you can usually turn lines like return object ? true : null; into return Boolean( object ); as long as object != 0 and your code doesn't mind getting a false instead of a null. Most objects, as long as they exist, evaluate to Boolean true. Really, though, the ternary operator is confusing enough as is. It tends to be a lot easier to read and maintain plain old if-statements in the long run. -John Mark Hawley > > From: "Helmut Granda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/26 Fri PM 03:01:25 CST > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Shorhand for if statement without else statement > > does anybody knows if there is any short hand for if statement without the > else statement? > > at the moment I am using > > object ? true : null; > > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] XRay and projectors [SOLVED]
D'oh. I forgot to mention that I was using the Zinc wrapper. I managed to discover a fix here: http://www.mdmforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16240&b=1&st=&p=&#entry -mark > > From: John Mark Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/12/26 Tue PM 02:40:33 CST > To: > Subject: [Flashcoders] XRay and projectors > > Am I missing something here? I can't get XRay to successfully take snapshots > of a Flash Projector. It sure seems like it ought to work, but I'm always > told 'No swf is available to connect with.' > > I *do* get log messages from the projector. Anyone more familiar with this > situation on the job today? > > -mark > > -- > John Mark Hawley > The Nilbog Group > 773.968.4980 (cell) > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] XRay and projectors
Am I missing something here? I can't get XRay to successfully take snapshots of a Flash Projector. It sure seems like it ought to work, but I'm always told 'No swf is available to connect with.' I *do* get log messages from the projector. Anyone more familiar with this situation on the job today? -mark -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: RE: [Flashcoders] Skinning buttons Part II
That might be it -- themes are wild and woolly things I try not to fuss with too much. > > From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/12/26 Tue AM 09:37:35 CST > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Skinning buttons Part II > > Could it have something to do with the fact that I imported the Halo > themes folder into my library? > > Thanks, > - MM > > > > > You don't normally need to do any of those extra steps. Something else > is hosed. > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Skinning buttons Part II
You don't normally need to do any of those extra steps. Something else is hosed. > > From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/12/26 Tue AM 08:23:55 CST > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Skinning buttons Part II > > I just discovered that you have to add mx.skins.SkinElement to the AS2 > class field in the linkage dialog box and an onClipEvent(initialize) > function to the button instance to assign it skins. But, does this code > have to be there for every button instance? There's got to be a more > streamlined way, right? > > - MM > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Complex objects in a DataProvider
I'm about to go ape over this, and strongly suspect I'm missing an easy fix. I have an Array of complex objects which I want to display in a DataGrid. I assign the array to the DataGrid's dataProvider. As expected, the properties of the complex objects appear in the DataGrid. However, what I want is to be able to see the results of certain method calls on the objects in my dataProvider. Is there some way to accomplish this feat without going berserk? -Mark -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: RE: [Flashcoders] Find item in array
Unless the loop is a proven bottleneck, please don't use that while loop. I see
enough mystical journeys going through other people's code, I'd hate to start
seeing that floating around all over the place. Premature
optimization...evil...etc Pity the Java programmers who wander over into
AS2 and 3 land and have to squint at oddball loops.
>
> From: "Steven Sacks | BLITZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/09/18 Mon PM 11:27:33 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Find item in array
>
> There has been extensive testing on this (search the archives) and it's
> been proven to my satisfaction that pre-decrementated loops are
> consistently faster than post-decremented loops, and specifically that
> while (--i -(-1)) is faster than while (i--), less p-code or not.
>
> To the point that it's more readable, that's like saying that you prefer
> quarter notes instead of sixteenth notes when reading music. Once you
> write while (--i -(-1)) a bunch, you have no trouble reading it. It's a
> hell of a lot easier to read than the fastest for loop syntax.
>
> for (var i = myArray.length; --i -(-1); ) {}
>
> I mean, if you find inline conditionals or non-braced if statements hard
> to read, does that mean you shouldn't write them or that you should
> learn to write them so you can learn to read them.
>
> I didn't like mustard when I was younger. Does that mean I shouldn't
> ever like mustard? ;)
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[Flashcoders] Remote access of local files: Possible anymore?
I am looking for a way to get at some local SWFs from a remote HTML page. (Basically, I want to be able to offer high-quality installable assets on CD that can be used instead of the remote assets in case the user has a slow internet connection.) After a few failed attempts, I came across this article: http://www.actionscript.com/flashweek/0361.html It sounds as though what it describes is exactly what I'm after, but since it dates back to 2002 and I can find no other references to the technique, I doubt it works anymore and can't figure out a way to duplicate it. So far I've attempted the following: 1. embedding a flash movie with a "file:///" source 2. using javascript to jump to a locally HTML file with the local flash embedded within it 3. using an IFRAME loading the local content 4. having a remote SWF try to load a local SWF (with all combinations of 'allow local'/'allow remote') All have failed in at least IE or Firefox. Does anyone know another option that doesn't seem incredibly fragile? -mark -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox,Depth,& Draw API - Bug?
;>> >>>> Why is it that if you specify an explicit depth for a movie
> clip
> >>>> (SEE
> >>>> >>>> LINE 2 OF THE FIRST SET OF CODE BELOW) and draw on it with the
> >>draw
> >>>> >>API,
> >>>> >>>> and a comboBox made later with a depth of
> getNextHighestDepth()
> >>>> will
> >>>> >>>> have a drop down which displays over the drawn portion of the
> >>movie
> >>>> >>clip
> >>>> >>>> AS EXPECTED, but when you use getNextHighestDepth() on the
> movie
> >>>> clip
> >>>> >>>> (SEE LINE 2 OF THE SECOND SET OF CODE BELOW), the comboBox's
> >>>> dropdown
> >>>> >>is
> >>>> >>>> BEHIND the drawn portions of the clip, even though the depth
> of
> >>the
> >>>> >>clip
> >>>> >>>> is greater???
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> So in other words, this:
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> //CODE SAMPLE #1
> >>>> >>>> import mx.controls.ComboBox;
> >>>> >>>> mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("triangle", 1);
> >>>> >>>> mc.beginFill(0x00aaFF, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineStyle(4, 0xFF, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.moveTo(0, 0);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineTo(100, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineTo(0, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineTo(0, 0);
> >>>> >>>> this.createClassObject(mx.controls.ComboBox, "my_cb",
> >>>> >>>> this.getNextHighestDepth());
> >>>> >>>> for (i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
> >>>> >>>> my_cb.addItem({label:i});
> >>>> >>>> }
> >>>> >>>> trace("mc depth: "+mc.getDepth());
> >>>> >>>> trace("my_cb. depth: "+my_cb.getDepth());
> >>>> >>>> //cb depth is higher than "mc" as expected
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Vs. this:
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> //CODE SAMPLE #2 (only diff. from CODE 1 is line 2)
> >>>> >>>> import mx.controls.ComboBox;
> >>>> >>>> mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("triangle",
> >>>> >>this.getNextHighestDepth());
> >>>> >>>> mc.beginFill(0x00aaFF, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineStyle(4, 0xFF, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.moveTo(0, 0);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineTo(100, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineTo(0, 100);
> >>>> >>>> mc.lineTo(0, 0);
> >>>> >>>> this.createClassObject(mx.controls.ComboBox, "my_cb",
> >>>> >>>> this.getNextHighestDepth());
> >>>> >>>> for (i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
> >>>> >>>> my_cb.addItem({label:i});
> >>>> >>>> }
> >>>> >>>> trace("mc depth: "+mc.getDepth());
> >>>> >>>> trace("my_cb. depth: "+my_cb.getDepth());
> >>>> >>>> //cb depth is higher than "mc" as expected,
> >>>> >>>> //yet drop down is drawn BEHIND "mc"!
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Is this a bug with ComboBox? Is there any way to get the
> >>>> comboBox's
> >>>> >>>> dropdown in front of drawn content on "mc" while using
> >>>> >>>> getNextHighestDepth() for "mc"?
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Jason Merrill
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Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Reduce file size of mx.transitions.Tween ??
Steal the actual math from the Easing classes you want to use and shoehorn them into ugly, small onEnterFrame functions. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2006/09/07 Thu AM 08:47:29 CDT > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] Q:Reduce file size of mx.transitions.Tween ?? > > Hi > Working on a project where file size is important...and the built in > mx.transitions.Tween comes in at over 6k. > > Any suggestions to reduce the size? > > Thanks! > Jim bBachalo > [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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Zinc & Mirage Licence Protector
Has anyone here attempted using these two beasts in conjunction to safeguard a Flash-y CD? -mark hawley -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: Re: [Flashcoders] oop question kind of...
_ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > j:pn > http://www.lennel.org > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: Re: [Flashcoders] [:::] appending html to a var for display not
Do you have the italic and bold versions of the font used in the field in your library, if you have embedFonts set to true? > > From: dnk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/08/15 Tue PM 05:13:40 CDT > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [:::] appending html to a var for display not > working and code not runnign as expected. > > dnk wrote: > > > And to top it off - no matter what my text field does not have the HTML > > loaded into it. > > > > I wanted to thank everyone for their great help in explaining the other > part of this original post regarding the testing... now i just wanted to > touch on the other issue i was still having with this > > I was trying to assign html to an html text field.. and for some reason > it comes up as empty - even though ha trace of the same var holding the > html shows all my results. I checked and double checked, and it is set > to html, set to multi line. > > > ideas on this one? > > > > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: Re: [Flashcoders] |:::| can you write dynamic meathods in a class?
com.dynamicflash.utils.Delegate is the other Delegate class that allows argument passing. http://dynamicflash.com/2005/02/delegate-class-refined/ -mark > > From: Bbt Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/08/11 Fri PM 12:54:04 CDT > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] |:::| can you write dynamic meathods in a class? > > Ramon Miguel M. Tayag wrote: > > Sorry, I'm using a custom delegate class.. I completely forgot. Let > > me dig up that post that has what you need... > > > I was just reading a reference to a "proxy" class that does similar to > delegate, but allows args to the functions. So I was not entirely insane > (as in not knowing about passing args with delegate). > > Curious to see if you are referencing the same class. > > And also I still have my question about re-assigning a new arg. > > -- > dnk > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Can't access mc
Class 'linker' is not dynamic. This means that unless you add something like
private var theClip:MovieClip;
(or:
dynamic class linker extends MovieClip)
to your class definition, you can't reference it within the class.
>
> From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/08/11 Fri AM 08:47:08 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Can't access mc
>
> Hi list...
>
> I'm trying to access a mc within a mc in my class as follows:
>
> class linker extends MovieClip {
> function linker() {
> trace(theClip);
> }
> }
>
> The linker clip is on the stage, and there's a mc within it called
> theClip. I get the error "There is no property with the name
> 'theClip'." What am I missing to access it?
>
> Thanks,
> - MM
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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] x,y coordinates of a character
I think you're stuck with either mucking with bitmaps or measuring the width of each character, the kerning between each pair, the line heights...(hope you at least stick with one font size and one font for these text fields if you're working in Flash 7 or lower, and forget about Unicode) > > From: Robert Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/08/02 Wed AM 09:56:38 CDT > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] x,y coordinates of a character > > Wish I could ... But I need the formatting... > > r o b > > > | Robert Gordon > | The Article 19 Group Inc. > | phone: 514.938.8512 > | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | http://www.article19.com > > > > From: John Mark Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: Nilbog > > Reply-To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 9:17:15 -0500 > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] x,y coordinates of a character > > > > Can you make your life easier and use a monospace font? > > > >> > >> From: Robert Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2006/08/02 Wed AM 09:12:10 CDT > >> To: Flashcoders mailing list > >> Subject: [Flashcoders] x,y coordinates of a character > >> > >> Hey List! > >> > >> I'm trying to find a way to determine the stage coordinates of a character > >> within a dynamically constructed text field (multiline, wrapping, html > >> formated). I've experimented with Erik's TextFieldExtension - but the html > >> formatting & wrapping seem to throw it off. Anyone have another solution? > >> One thought I had was to recolor the field to white, colour the character > >> of > >> interest to non-white, convert to a bitmap object and walk it pixel by > >> pixel. Can't imagine that's going to be very efficient though... > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions, > >> > >> r o b > >> > >> > >> | Robert Gordon > >> | The Article 19 Group Inc. > >> | phone: 514.938.8512 > >> | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> | http://www.article19.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 > >> > > > > -- > > John Mark Hawley > > The Nilbog Group > > 773.968.4980 (cell) > > > > ___ > > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] x,y coordinates of a character
Can you make your life easier and use a monospace font? > > From: Robert Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/08/02 Wed AM 09:12:10 CDT > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] x,y coordinates of a character > > Hey List! > > I'm trying to find a way to determine the stage coordinates of a character > within a dynamically constructed text field (multiline, wrapping, html > formated). I've experimented with Erik's TextFieldExtension - but the html > formatting & wrapping seem to throw it off. Anyone have another solution? > One thought I had was to recolor the field to white, colour the character of > interest to non-white, convert to a bitmap object and walk it pixel by > pixel. Can't imagine that's going to be very efficient though... > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, > > r o b > > > | Robert Gordon > | The Article 19 Group Inc. > | phone: 514.938.8512 > | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | http://www.article19.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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Row Height in Tree Components
I'm having a problem setting the row height in a Tree component. Since Tree extends List, you'd think tree.rowHeight = 50 or tree.setRowHeight( 50 ) would do the trick, but neither seems to be doing squat. I tried using icons of varying heights and failed to see any corresponding change in row heights -- just icons that overlap each other. Can anyone point me int he right direction here? Do I have to write a cellRenderer to accomplish something this dinky? -Mark -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: Re: [Flashcoders] Array Empowerment
One thing about putting these methods into a class -- it would be nice if they
were a mixin so only Arrays that actually needed the methods got them. (Mixing
into the Array prototype would add them to all Arrays if a user decided that
would be worthwhile.)
I occasionally make utility classes (ArrayUtil) and exporter classes
(ArrayUtilExporter) -- the utility class has methods like:
ArrayUtil.contains( toCheck:Array, item:Object ) :Boolean
and the exporter class is a mixin that adds the ArrayUtil methods to a given
array.
-mark
>
> From: Chris Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/07/26 Wed PM 01:20:15 CDT
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Array Empowerment
>
> Found a couple problems with sum():
> First off, instanceof works with *objects* not primitives, and so you
> must do:
>
> var a:Array = new Array(new Number(2),new Number(3),new Number(54),new
> Number(6),new Number(7),new Number(8),new Number(9));
>
> instead of say:
>
> var b:Array = new Array(2,3,54,6,7,8,9);
>
> So you *have* to check with typeof for primitives, then instanceof for
> objects. Horrible, I know.
>
> Additionally, it would help to have a return statement :D.
>
> Array.prototype.sum = function() {
> var x = 0;
> var a = this.length;
> while (--a -(-1)) {
> var num = this[a];
> if (typeof(num) == "number" || num instanceof Number) {
> x += num;
> } else {
> return undefined;
> }
> }
> return x;
> };
>
> //Here are the test cases i wrote to verify functionality
>
> var a:Array = new Array(new Number(2),new Number(3),new Number(54),new
> Number(6),new Number(7),new Number(8),new Number(9));
> var b:Array = new Array(2,3,54,6,7,8,9);
> var c:Array = new Array(2,new Number(3),new Number(54), 6,7,8,9);
> var d:Array = new Array("2",3,4,new Number(54),6,7,8,9); //should return
> undefined
> trace(a.sum());
> trace(b.sum());
> trace(c.sum());
> trace(d.sum());
>
>
> Lastly, there were a couple places where you did not use 'var' and the
> compiler caught it when I encapsulated your AS 1 into a class. I'll post
> if you like.
>
> Peace
> C
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re-parenting movie clips in AS 2.0
Simple movies can be almost re-parented by deep-copying all the data and methods from one movie into another, but you'll run into problems if you try this with MovieClip subclasses that require constructor calls, and things rapidly get complicated as the clip you need to reparent gets more complicated. There is no magic bullet for this. (But there's always another way to accomplish whatever you're trying to do.) > > From: "Jason Lutes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/07/25 Tue AM 09:02:12 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Re-parenting movie clips in AS 2.0 > > Surely there is a work-around, however convoluted, for assigning a movie > clip instance to some other parent movie clip in AS 2.0. Does someone know > of a trick? It can involve undocumented features, removing/attaching... > whatever. > > Much appreciated. > > > - > pixelTwiddler, a.k.a. Jason > > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
Going the PrintJob route is going to flatten everything no matter what, unless
your layers are in separate movieclips that you can print to PDF separately,
but you can always scale your clip up to the required resolution, print, then
scale back down again...
>
> From: "Mason Wendell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/06/30 Fri PM 01:50:07 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
>
> John: I just played around with this. Unfortunately it flattens all the
> layers to screen resolution and I need to blow it up for print. It also
> flattens it to the background, and Ideally I'm looking for a more flexible
> solution.
>
> Joylon: That's a good point about the pdf writer only having the ability to
> pull the library assets, and not the runtime alterations. I hadn't put that
> together. It explains why I had no luck with different pdf settings.
>
> I'm downloading some decompiler trials, and hopefully I'll have more luck
> with one of those.
>
>
> On 6/30/06, John Mark Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > How about trying to print the _root as a pdf using {printAsBitmap: true}?
> > That's supposed to play well with transparency, innit?
> >
> > >
> > > From: "Jolyon Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: 2006/06/30 Fri AM 10:39:24 CDT
> > > To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
> > >
> > > This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp
> > > course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter
> > (not
> > > tried w/filters).
> > >
> > > I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are
> > applied
> > > at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library
> > symbols
> > > without any of this information.
> > >
> > > Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files,
> > > Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your
> > > problem, sadly.
> > >
> > > Jolyon
> > >
> > > PS. First reply so :-P
> > >
> > > On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and
> > see
> > > > what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any
> > > > recommendations
> > > > for a good decompiler or technique?
> > > >
> > > > On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the
> > Flash
> > > > > IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be
> > made
> > > > > use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut
> > down
> > > > > for file size and speed purposes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in
> > the
> > > > > IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they
> > support
> > > > > it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lee
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -Original Message-
> > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> > Mason
> > > > > Wendell
> > > > > Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36
> > > > > To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> > > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf
> > and
> > > > > bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending
> > it
> > > > > out
> > > > > to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but
> > since
> > > > > everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions.
> > > > >
> > > > > My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player
> > and
> > > > > open
> > > > > that pdf in Illustrator. U
Re: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
How about trying to print the _root as a pdf using {printAsBitmap: true}?
That's supposed to play well with transparency, innit?
>
> From: "Jolyon Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/06/30 Fri AM 10:39:24 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
>
> This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp
> course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter (not
> tried w/filters).
>
> I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are applied
> at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library symbols
> without any of this information.
>
> Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files,
> Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your
> problem, sadly.
>
> Jolyon
>
> PS. First reply so :-P
>
> On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and see
> > what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any
> > recommendations
> > for a good decompiler or technique?
> >
> > On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the Flash
> > > IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be made
> > > use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut down
> > > for file size and speed purposes.
> > >
> > > Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in the
> > > IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they support
> > > it.
> > >
> > > Lee
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mason
> > > Wendell
> > > Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36
> > > To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> > > Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
> > >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and
> > > bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it
> > > out
> > > to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since
> > > everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions.
> > >
> > > My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and
> > > open
> > > that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter
> > > data in
> > > this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export
> > > those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the
> > > pdf
> > > settings but I haven't found the right combo yet.
> > >
> > > Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not
> > > trying to
> > > export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format?
> > >
> > > This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't
> > > found
> > > any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any
> > > feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot.
> > >
> > > -=Mason
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Re: RE: [SPAM?] RE: [Flashcoders] XPcomponents set
DepthManager and FocusManager cause a few headaches for people used to working without the MM components. Granted, nowhere near as bad as XP is sounding in this thread, but still... -mark hawley > > From: "Steven Sacks | BLITZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/29 Thu PM 02:39:22 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: RE: [SPAM?] RE: [Flashcoders] XPcomponents set > > > MM did that as well, did you say scam then too ? > > With the exception of the DRK series of components, MM's components came > free with Flash. > > And I don't recall any MM components that caused other things to break > in your application. The components themselves were buggy and certain > components didn't play nicely with others, but they didn't require you > to build your application in a very specific way. > > The scam is not that the XP Components break native Flash code. The > scam is that they're not components, it's an entire architecture you > must adhere to but they call them components on their website, IMPLYING > that they are COMPONENTS not a FRAMEWORK. > > XPFramework would be honest. > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] trying to call a function passed as an argument
You can't pass a reference to a method call like you seem to be trying to do by
'bar.doLast'. You *can* pass functions around, but not object methods -- they
no longer know what object they are supposed to act on.
See:
var a:Array = [1, 2, 3];
a.shift(); // a = [2, 3];
var shiftMethod:Function = a.shift;
shiftMethod(); // a still equals [2, 3] - this did nothing
One solution would be something like this:
public function doFirst(aString:String, aBarInstance:Bar,
aBarMethodName:String) {
trace("the first string is "+aString);
aBar["aBarMethodName"]();
}
This is pretty nasty, though. You should probably let us know what the effect
you are going for is so someone can suggest a better way, probably involving
either untangling these two objects or using mx.utils.Delegate.
-mark hawley
>
> From: "Elie Zananiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/06/29 Thu PM 02:21:47 CDT
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: [Flashcoders] trying to call a function passed as an argument
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have this method where I need to call a function passed as an argument
> (kind of like in setInterval()) and I don't understand the documentation and
> can't get it to work.
>
> First of all, I don't understand how to pass the function as a parameter.
> Am I passing a String or an actual Function object? Can I pass a Function
> with parameters? Do I have to write the parentheses in the parameter?
>
> Next, how do I call this function? The Function.call() function requires a
> parameter but I don't get what it does...
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> -Elie
>
> Here is the structure I have:
>
> class Bar {
> public Bar() {
> }
>
> public function doLast(bString:String) {
> trace("the second string is "+bString);
> }
> }
>
> class Foo {
> var bar:Bar;
>
> public Foo() {
> bar = new Bar();
> doFirst("hello", "world", bar.doLast);
> }
>
> public function doFirst(aString:String, bString:String,
> aFunction:Function) {
> trace("the first string is "+aString);
>
> // call the second function here ???
> aFunction.call(??);
> }
> }
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Re: [Flashcoders] [SOLVED]TextField PrintJob oddities
Hooray for me! It looks like embedding the font and applying a TextFormat to the temporary TextField does the trick. Of course, now I have to ensure that there's a suitable font embedded in any SWF that uses this class, but I guess you can't have it all. Anyone else discover an alternate solution that would avoid this? -mark hawley > > From: John Mark Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/29 Thu PM 01:22:27 CDT > To: > Subject: [Flashcoders] TextField PrintJob oddities > > I'm having an odd problem with a wrapper I've written for the PrintJob class. > One of the methods of the wrapper, printString(), takes a string of arbitrary > length and is *supposed* to print all of it, breaking it over pages as > needed. It *almost* works, and I need some assistance figuring out where the > real problem is. Here's how it works now: > > 1. start the printJob so we have access to pageWidth and pageHeight > > 2. create a temporary TextField with the dimensions of pageWidth and > pageHeight, with multiline and wordWrap on, all other settings as default > > 3. put the string into the TextField > > 4. get the number of pages and number of lines per page by setting scroll=1 > and checking bottomScroll and maxscroll > > 5. add enough newline padding to the end of the string so that the last page > can scroll up high enough > > 5. for each page: > a. set scroll = loopIndex * linesPerPage + 1 > b. addPage( tempTextField ) > > 6. send the printJob to the printer > > Sound good? Good. Now, when I look at my temporary text field on screen, I > see that, with my printer settings and default formatting, 50 lines are > visible on screen at a time. *However* when I look at my printouts, I get 55 > lines per page! (This is a problem because the code *thinks* only 50 lines > fit on a page, so the pagination goes screwy.) Oh, and this happens even if I > printAsBitmap. > > Is there an alternate approach I'm missing? Is the size difference between > screen and print text linear? Should I be fooling around with different > TextFormats to try applying to my temporary TextField? I welcome any > suggestions. > > -Mark Hawley > > -- > John Mark Hawley > The Nilbog Group > 773.968.4980 (cell) > > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] TextField PrintJob oddities
I'm having an odd problem with a wrapper I've written for the PrintJob class. One of the methods of the wrapper, printString(), takes a string of arbitrary length and is *supposed* to print all of it, breaking it over pages as needed. It *almost* works, and I need some assistance figuring out where the real problem is. Here's how it works now: 1. start the printJob so we have access to pageWidth and pageHeight 2. create a temporary TextField with the dimensions of pageWidth and pageHeight, with multiline and wordWrap on, all other settings as default 3. put the string into the TextField 4. get the number of pages and number of lines per page by setting scroll=1 and checking bottomScroll and maxscroll 5. add enough newline padding to the end of the string so that the last page can scroll up high enough 5. for each page: a. set scroll = loopIndex * linesPerPage + 1 b. addPage( tempTextField ) 6. send the printJob to the printer Sound good? Good. Now, when I look at my temporary text field on screen, I see that, with my printer settings and default formatting, 50 lines are visible on screen at a time. *However* when I look at my printouts, I get 55 lines per page! (This is a problem because the code *thinks* only 50 lines fit on a page, so the pagination goes screwy.) Oh, and this happens even if I printAsBitmap. Is there an alternate approach I'm missing? Is the size difference between screen and print text linear? Should I be fooling around with different TextFormats to try applying to my temporary TextField? I welcome any suggestions. -Mark Hawley -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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:Determining timeline scope from within class
You can always do this in your first keyframe of your root movie:
_global.myRoot = this;
and just use _global.myRoot wherever you would have used _root. This gives you
the slight advantage that should you later want to embed what used to be your
root movie into another swf, all your '_root-y' method calls will still work.
Or you can do something like this:
class MyRoot
{
public static var _root:MovieClip = _root;
}
...and just have a lot of MyRoot._root calls all over the place, if that looks
prettier than _global to you. (or hide it behind a singleton and end up with
MyRoot.getInstance().getRoot() and blah blah blah...)
I'm not exactly sure what the problem is you're running into. _root is just
another movie clip reference that you know will always point to something. How
is it working differently than you expect? Having to reference _root directly
often is generally a bad idea -- just try to pass in into whatever class(es)
will need it when they are constructed or allow everything to reach it via a
singleton.
Eh? Sorry, long day.
-mark hawley
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: 2006/06/28 Wed PM 04:32:32 CDT
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Q:Determining timeline scope from within class
>
> Hi
> Normally when defining local scopes in the timeline I'll use
>
> //set local scope
> _global.localScope=this;
>
>
> However
> this doesn't seem to work if I need to call a 'timeline based' method from a
> class.
>
> Only '_root' seems to work which I'd like to avoid using...
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance
> Jim Bachalo
>
> [e] jbach at bitstream.ca
> [c] 416.668.0034
> [w] www.bitstream.ca
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Re: RE: [Flashcoders] init TextFormat prop in a class
You're a hundred percent correct. I must have been pulling some other
shenanigans when I had the compiler cranking at me when I tried that about a
year ago...sorry for the misinformation.
-mark hawley
>
> From: "Yotam Laufer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/06/27 Tue PM 12:53:25 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: Re: RE: [Flashcoders] init TextFormat prop in a class
>
> > BTW, you also can't do this:
> > class MyClass
> > {
> > private static var kMyState:String = "value"; // good
> > private static var kMyInitialState:String = kMyState; // bad
> > }
> >
> > You've have to write
> > private static var kMyInitialState:String = "value";
> > in order to get the compiler to allow this.
> >
> > -mark
>
> I don't think you are correct on that one.
>
> class a {
> private static var kMyState:String = "value";
> private static var kMyInitialState:String = kMyState;
> static function echo() {
> trace(kMyInitialState);
> }
> }
>
> b = new a();
> a.echo();
>
> // outputs: value
>
> It works well.
>
> Regards, Yotam.
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Re: RE: [Flashcoders] init TextFormat prop in a class
Mike Keesey hit the nail on the head. By primitives, I meant null, undefined,
numeric, boolean, and string literals (4, true, "some text").
Literal Object and Array instances ( {}, [] ) can also work like primitives in
a class definition, but they behave a bit oddly because they end up sitting in
a class's prototype instead of in a class instance.
BTW, you also can't do this:
class MyClass
{
private static var kMyState:String = "value"; // good
private static var kMyInitialState:String = kMyState; // bad
}
You've have to write
private static var kMyInitialState:String = "value";
in order to get the compiler to allow this.
-mark
>
> From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/06/27 Tue AM 11:55:41 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] init TextFormat prop in a class
>
> Thanks, Mike and John for your responses.
> John: what do you mean by primitives?
>
> - MM
>
>
>
> > Class properties can only be initialized with primitives outside of a
> constructor
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Re: [Flashcoders] init TextFormat prop in a class
The constructor for TextFormat() would have to be called before your class was
ready to be instantiated. Class properties can only be initialized with
primitives outside of a constructor -- and the wierdness inherent in assigning
arrays in a property definition means that just about all initalization of
properties should occur either in a constructor or within an initialization
function.
>
> From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/06/27 Tue AM 11:04:27 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: [Flashcoders] init TextFormat prop in a class
>
> Hi list...
>
> Why is it that when I try to init a prop for my class, I get this error:
> "A class's instance variables may only be initialized to compile-time
> constant expressions."
> What exactly does that mean?
>
> Thanks,
> - Michael M.
>
> class test{
> private var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
> function test(){
> trace("hello");
> }
> }
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Re: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Junior Developer Flash/Flex Salary?
; my last corporate job, it was costing us $15/hr. just to have a > >> temp come > >> in > >> and put papers in a filing cabinet. Is that how you see yourself? As > >> unskilled labor??? > >> > >> Now if the idea is just that the guy wants to check you out and > >> make sure > >> you can do the work, then I might give him a few DAYS at $11/hr. > >> and then > >> revert to an honest pay scale if he wants to keep you... And this > >> assumes > >> that you don't have any references or much in the way of code > >> samples to > >> share. > >> > >> The real question then becomes 'how long is it going to take to > >> get you up > >> to speed?' If the guy is thinking several months, then you would > >> clearly > >> be > >> foolish to accept that offer. If you don't respect yourself, no > >> one else > >> will either... And your getting 'up to speed' could take a very > >> long time > >> indeed. > >> > >> 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 Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > > > > -- > Radley Marx > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 310.220.4088 > http://www.radleymarx.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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] help
Sorry Richard, but you probably won't get much help with a non-question phrased like that. You're better off picking a small portion of the site that you'd like to replicate, making an attempt at it, doing some research, and then coming back with a specific question about how to accomplish the part that is giving you the most problems. Repeat. A more specific subject line is usually required as well. -mark hawley > > From: "Bachman, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/20 Tue AM 09:11:32 CDT > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] help > > > I need help with creating a site somewhat like this > onehttp://www.samsung.com/se/current/campaign/slim/site/index.htm > > I'm trying to figure out the coding involved in this site. Thanks! > > Rich > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Is Object scope lost when using Delegate?
You can use com.dynamicflash.utils.Delegate instead of mx.utils.Delegate
and pass the myNewMc clip as an argument to onMenuRelease. person13's
Proxy class can also be used similarly.
-mark hawley
Jeff Jonez wrote:
I'm wondering if, when I use the Delegate class to set the scope of an
event handler, is it possible to reference the previous scope? My
problem is this...
I have a class which implements a menu. Each menu item is a movieclip
and I add new menu items by calling a function called addChild like
this.
var myMenu: new Menu();
myMenu.addChild( "Item1" );
myMenu.addChild( "Item2" );
In class Menu, the function addChild does something like this,
funciton addChild( txt:String ):Void
{
// make new mc, with a text field and set the txt
myNewMc.onRelease = Delegate( this, onMenuRelease );
{
function onMenuRelease( ):Void
{
// here I want to access class variable No problem!
// now I want to change properties of myNewMc! How do I access it?
// If I have 12 menu items, how can I know which one was triggered
the onRelease!?
}
So, when I get to the onRelease event handler, is there a way to
reference the scope of the MC that the event hander is attached to?
Or, because I used Delegate has the mc scope been lost and I need to
somehow keep track of that by, perhaps setting a focus variable or
something...
Makes sense?
Thanks.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: NumericStepper in CellRender disappears and gets 256 levels of recursion...
Thanks, I found mentions of this on the web but the links were busted. Josh Santangelo wrote: There's a multiline CellRenderer in the Flash 8 documentation. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=3131.html (Or just search "CellRenderer" in the Help panel.) I made one based on this code and it worked fine, the only trick being setting the rowHeight of the component to the height of the largest row you need to display. -josh ___ 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: NumericStepper in CellRender disappears and gets 256 levels of recursion...
I triple dog dare someone to post a gallery of basic CellRenderers, especially a multiline text field one like the one I'm going to have to put together tomorrow amidst much cranking that no one has posted one online yet that I can find via Google...don't be a chicken, some person with more gumption than I... Really, CellRenderers are so annoying to put together if you don't fool around with DataGrids often, it would be a mammoth boon to have all the basic possible ones covered -- ComboBox, NumericStepper, RadioButton, CheckBox, etc. grimmwerks wrote: Curious - does anyone have a good example of a NumericStepper CellRender? ___ 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] Get Original Variable's Name in Function?
Why would you need to know the variable name? It sounds like something
has gone heinously wrong with your code if this need is popping up.
Doug Coning wrote:
Greetings all,
Is it possible to retrieve the name of the variable passed into a
function? For instance:
function myFunct(str:String){
// GET ORIGINAL NAME of str?
}
var foo:String = "ABC";
var moo:String = "DEF";
myFunct(foo);
myFunct(moo);
In the above, how can myFunct know that the first call was sent 'foo'
and the second call was sent 'moo'?
Thanks,
Doug Coning
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Re: RE: [Flashcoders] WAV to SWF Audio
I believe that you can change the *.mp3 extension to just about anything else, and Flash will still wink at you and load it into a Sound object anyway. This lets you sneak around companies that block *.mp3 files. Right? -mark hawley > > From: "Lewis, Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/24 Wed PM 12:44:10 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WAV to SWF Audio > > I am converting to SWF due to many of the corporations I do work for > block external MP3 files from entering their network. Trust me; I would > like to take the easiest (MP3) route. > > -- Chuck > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick > Weekes > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:37 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WAV to SWF Audio > > Why not batch convert the WAVs into mp3 using any tool you can get your > hands on (Nero, MS Encoder etc), then use a bit of actionsctipt in a > single SWF to determine which MP3 to load. > > > Lewis, Chuck wrote: > > I have over a thousand audio (WAV) files that I need to convert each > to > > SWF. > > > > Does anyone have an idea to streamline the conversion??? > > > > -- Chuck > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Do objects lose their class identity when they are
I don't recall the semantics off the top of my head, but you must use Object.registerClass() in order to retain class info in your sharedObjects. Well, whaddaya know! http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2002-May/034342.html ...has the scoop. -mark hawley > > From: "Manuel Saint-Victor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/19 Fri AM 08:31:02 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Do objects lose their class identity when they are > stored and retrieved from an lso? > > This is probably a dumb question but I haven't found an answer on Google. > When I save a set of data to a Local Shared object do I need to create some > sort of deserializer to get it? I just tested some stuff from my shared > object with a instanceof operator and it returned false. > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] xpath xml strangeness
perm/item has no children with 'name' attributes. It has no children at
all...
Kent Humphrey wrote:
ok, been banging my head against a wall for ages on this one.
These lines of code work:
menu_root = XPath.selectNodes(this, "root/menu/item/@name");
trace('menu_root: ' + menu_root);
These don't:
perm_items = Xpath.selectNodes(this, "root/perm/item/@name");
trace('perm_items: ' + perm_items);
The trace returns undefined.
Here is the XML, trimmed down to the vitals:
height="400" filename="profiles-the-salon"/>
colour="0x7797ac" height="400" filename="profiles-mvc"/>
colour="0x7797ac" />
etc etc
Anyone have any ideas what the problem is?
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Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Designing in team overhead
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201835959/002-6472617-2448856?v=glance&n=283155 Yes, there is a point on that curve where things get worse. -mark hawley > > From: Sander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/10 Wed PM 12:47:04 CDT > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Designing in team overhead > > I was wandering what you guys think the design overhead is when > working in a team, as opposed to coding a project alone. And even > more interesting: how does the overhead evolve as more members are > added to the team? > > 02 persons 20% overhead? > 04 persons 30% overhead? > 10 persons 50% overhead? > > Is there a point on the curve where adding members actually slows the > project down? :-) > > Greetz, > > Sander. > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: Re: [Flashcoders] How to make flash more strict with errors ?
If you're writing something quick and dirty with a lot of code thrown all over the timeline (like an ad prototypeyou have two hours to put together), coding in a __resolve function on the _root (or right on the Object prototype) that throws errors when called can be a typo-finding lifesaver. > > From: "Paul BH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/10 Wed AM 09:34:33 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to make flash more strict with errors ? > > thats a very open question, even though it may not feel like it. > > here are some of the things you can do to try and reduce things > happening unexpectedly: > > 1: In your classes make your variables / methods private unless they > absolutely must be public. > 2: Strictly type *everything* - this may seem like a pain at first, > but it will save you heavy pain later. > 3: This includes dispatched event Objects > 4: And elements of an array if you know (or expect) that they are all > of the same type. By this I mean, if you are iterating through the > elements of an array, do soemthing like this: > > var arrayItem:SomeItem > var max:Number = arr.length > for (var i:Number=0;i arrayItem = SomeItem(arr[i]) > } > 5: Use Exceptions > 6: Unit test your apps. > > > On 5/10/06, Nik Derewianka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there anyway to make flash actually throw errors when things go wrong. > > instead of just silently failing and pretending that everything is all okay > > ? > > > > Cheers, > > :: Nik Derewianka :: > > ___ > > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Running FSCOMMAND EXEC with switches
Nope. You used to be able to sneak them in with a bit of metafied whitespace
Macromedia forgot to disallow, but they plugged that hole.
-Mark Hawley
>
> From: "Tom Haschenburger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/04/17 Mon PM 02:54:14 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Running FSCOMMAND EXEC with switches
>
> Can you send switches to the command line with the executable using
> FSCOMMAND EXEC function?
>
> button00_btn.onRelease = function(){
> fscommand ("exec", "winrar.exe a
> g:\camrav40\backups\_TEST_04-11-06beforenp.zip g:\camrav40\camdata\*.dat
> g:\camrav40\camdata\*.tag");
> }
>
> Thanks,
> T
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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio-
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Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Class errors
Could it be that some interdependent classes are each importing all of a
package when they only need to import a certain class from them?
I generally run into these problems when trying to run some new AsUnit
TestCases that have sloppy imports in them (i.e.
import com.this.that.*;
when
import com.this.that.Thingy;
would do the trick)
This also tends to happen when #include-ing files that perform the "import *"
maneuver.
>
> From: Sam Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/04/07 Fri PM 01:00:44 CDT
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Class errors
>
> Hi List,
>
> We've been developing an application over here and sending updates to
> a colleague, all has been fine until he started getting compilation
> errors.
>
> The odd thing is, the class that is supposed to be conflicting, is in
> fact conflicting with itself.
>
> > : Line 6: The name of this class,
> > 'com.native.components.ScreenElement',
> > conflicts with the name of another class that was loaded,
> > 'com.native.components.ScreenElement'.
> > class com.native.components.ScreenElement {
>
> Previously clearing ASO cache files worked fine, but it seems it's
> this isn't working now either.
> Unzipping a different copy somewhere else on his machine has also
> failed with the same error.
>
> Anyone got any idea what might be happening here?
>
> Regards,
>
> Sam Thorne
> Interaction Design
>
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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] large projects
Combining a few of these large project development things, I'm thinking of experimenting with keeping the entire development suite (or as much of it as possible) under version control. Eclipse throws a lot of ephemeral files aroundhas anyone run into problems with multiple developers sharing a development environment under subversion control? (We'd be handling any installs that we can't shove into subversion due to registry entries or what-have-you with a version-controlled batch file to set up environment pathsto make sure that each computer has things in the same places.) > > From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/05 Wed AM 09:32:28 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] large projects > > - think of using Flex instead of Flash > > - get a competent and accountable architect to enforce best coding practices > > - define standards of coding up front, and enforce those standards > > - use source control (Subversion, CVS, Source Safe) > > - use develoment servers, staging servers, and production servers. Everyone > should have the exact same setup such as Eclipse + JRun + ColdFusion all > installed on their box (or whatever your setup is). That way, everyone can > run the app and if something doesn't work, it's the person's machine or them > doing something wrong, and not the code. It's ok if the actual database > doesn't exist on the same box, although, I encourage it to be. Staging is > to test app before it goes to production, but not on a dev box. > > - time must be allocated for code-reviews and re-factoring. This should go > into time estimations given to client. > > - use a directory structure that encourages re-use of code, even from other > projects legalities permitting. > > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Lorah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:44 AM > Subject: [Flashcoders] large projects > > > This is a general question about workflow. For a long time I have > been working on Flash projects independently. Over time everything > has gotten bigger. Projects are now at a scale where I must > collaborate with other Flash programmers. I am looking for > suggestions about best practices for organizing and dividing up work > on large Flash projects. What are problems and solutions that people > have encountered when sharing work? > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Architecture opinion...
You want to use bit flags for your constants... http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/bitwise.html (plenty of other tutorials floating around as well, if that don't float yer boat...) -Mark Hawley > From: "eric dolecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/03/28 Tue PM 01:44:20 CST > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Subject: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion... > > I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that controls > walkthroughs of various situations. > > I have configuration states... (sets of three basically) > > var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0; // Has item A > var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1; // Has item A and B > var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2; // Has item A and B and C > var CONFIG_2A:Number = 3; // Has item A and D > var CONFIG_2B:Number = 4; // has item A and D and B > ... etc. for quite a number of different configuration options. 15 of them > in total. > > > I am using CONFIG_ for use in if/else statements, etc. but I don't think > this is a very elegant way of doing things. I'd like the code to be readable > & this isn't much better than using simple numerals to set this up. I am > looking for opinions on how to best set this up. Something where if I wanted > to later could add CONFIG_1D and wouldn't have to renumber things. An array > of configs? > > Each config setting will have different paths throughout a "tutorial". What > might be the best way to avoid having switches or if/else statements galore > at each step of the process? > > Thanks - I know this is a strange request :) > ___ > 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 > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Protecting Shared Objects
The program does have an installer and uninstaller, so leaving things behind shouldn't be a problem. I'm surprised no one else shares my co-workers' willies -- everyone is scared of doing something as silly as relying on souped-up cookies to implement a database. -Make Hawley Sam Thorne wrote: Just as long as you document it somewhere or off the option to uninstall, so that when someone actually is deleting things for a good reason, they can be sure they really are removing the whole application, including the archiver and it's backup. John Mark Hawley schrieb: I'm working on a CD product that needs to store a lot of data locally for easy lookup. Before your eyes glaze over and you point me at Zinc, know that this poor little product needs to run on OS 9, OSX, and Windows. Zinc doesn't do OS 9. But, aha, local shared objects! We can use them! Sure we can, but then there's a problem that some wiseguy could wipeout our entire database by clicking around in the Flash plugin settings for a good long time. So: the tentative plan says we could run a little executable via an fscommand at startup that checks to see if the LSO's are in good order, and archives them elsewhere if so. If they've been hosed, the little executable would un-archive the last backup and put them back in the right location. This sounds a little a rinky-dink, but it seems a heck of a lot easier than wrestling with a custom director wrapper and a real database. Just how icky does this sound to everyone? Anyone ever attempt something similar? Regards, Sam Thorne Interaction Design Web: http://www.native.com/ Tel: +44 (0)207 588 7970 Fax: +44 (0)207 588 7971 ___ 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] need choose your own adventure source code
I have some slightly hairy old CYOA code stuff up at:
http://www.nilbog.com/CYOA/NILBOG_CYOA_SOURCE_Nov_2004.zip
I haven't looked at it in forever, and I have no doubt that it is somewhat
crappy, but you might find some use in it.
-Mark Hawley
>
> From: ".:: { andi } ::." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/03/21 Tue PM 05:49:34 CST
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: [Flashcoders] need choose your own adventure source code
>
> need choose your own adventure game source codecan't find any
> *anywhere*! ...or ideas...or I dunno, just have to make a cool game
> for work, would like a pre-made game or game-maker(preferably in
> Flash)
>
> a.
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[Flashcoders] Protecting Shared Objects
I'm working on a CD product that needs to store a lot of data locally for easy lookup. Before your eyes glaze over and you point me at Zinc, know that this poor little product needs to run on OS 9, OSX, and Windows. Zinc doesn't do OS 9. But, aha, local shared objects! We can use them! Sure we can, but then there's a problem that some wiseguy could wipeout our entire database by clicking around in the Flash plugin settings for a good long time. So: the tentative plan says we could run a little executable via an fscommand at startup that checks to see if the LSO's are in good order, and archives them elsewhere if so. If they've been hosed, the little executable would un-archive the last backup and put them back in the right location. This sounds a little a rinky-dink, but it seems a heck of a lot easier than wrestling with a custom director wrapper and a real database. Just how icky does this sound to everyone? Anyone ever attempt something similar? -Mark Hawley -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] RadioButton CellRenderer vs. CheckBox CellRenderer
I have need of a DataGrid with one column filled with CheckBoxes, and another column filled with RadioButtons. The RadioButtons should all be in the same RadioButtonGroup. I put together CellRenderers for these two columns, and everything *almost* works. Problems: No RadioButtonGroup is ever constructed by my radioButtons, for one thing. RadioButton.as should be building a Group as soon as it sees the need for one. I've monkeyed with my cellrenderer to keep track of the selected radioButton and deselect all other radioButtons as needed, so this shouldn't be a huge problem. Clicking a checkBox affects the radioButton in the same row, without rhyme or reason. Does anyone have yet more cellrenderer code they can share, with radioButtons and checkboxes playing happily together? RadioButton cellRenderer code seems very hard to come by. (I know this sounds like a very stupid looking dataGrid, and there are much better ways to present the data -- but I have to match the HTML version of the table in dispute as closely as possible.) -Mark Hawley -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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: Installing Custom Ant Tasks in Eclipse
UPDATE: After a lot of flailing and forcing Ant to specifically include the jars for Prebob, I actually got it to run. However, all it does it copy things from one directory to another, and no amount of manual flogging and guesswork can get it to actually preprocess anything. Has anyone tried Prebop and gotten it working, or does anyone have an IDE-friendly preprocessing solution themselves? -- Mark Hawley said: There doesn't seem to be a simple tutorial for actually getting custom Ant tasks installed and running. Even as2Ant leaves you out to dry when it comes to actually getting it to work the first time. Any help? Has anyone else on the list experimented with the Prebob preprocessing Ant task, or custom Ant tasks in general in Eclipse? I can't seem to get mine to work...I have a feeling it's because I don't have the java SDK installed, and no one else is running into this because mot of the Flash devs fooling around with Ant and Eclipse in the first place are also developing Java occasionally. (UPDATE: well, installing the SDK, and making sure Ant could see tools.jar did squat.) In Eclipse->Preferences->Ant I can see the preprocessor task is defined. Vanilla Ant builds are working 100%, but ant tasks installed as Eclipse plugins don't work when built, they just croak and give a massive, unhelpful Ant error. --snip from build.xml--- --> --end snip--- --partial output--- preprocess: [echo] Allegedly running cpp or equivalent BUILD FAILED C:\PATH_HIDDEN_TO_PROTECT_THE_INNOCENT\buildPreprocess.xml:24: Could not create task or type of type: preprocess. Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon. (GIANT ERROR MESSAGE SNIPPED) Any suggestions? -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Installing Custom Ant Tasks in Eclipse
There doesn't seem to be a simple tutorial for actually getting custom Ant tasks installed and running. Even as2Ant leaves you out to dry when it comes to actually getting it to work the first time. Any help? Has anyone else on the list experimented with the Prebob preprocessing Ant task, or custom Ant tasks in general in Eclipse? I can't seem to get mine to work...I have a feeling it's because I don't have the java SDK installed, and no one else is running into this because mot of the Flash devs fooling around with Ant and Eclipse in the first place are also developing Java occasionally. (UPDATE: well, installing the SDK, and making sure Ant could see tools.jar did squat.) In Eclipse->Preferences->Ant I can see the preprocessor task is defined. Vanilla Ant builds are working 100%, but ant tasks installed as Eclipse plugins don't work when built, they just croak and give a massive, unhelpful Ant error. --snip from build.xml--- --> --end snip--- --partial output--- preprocess: [echo] Allegedly running cpp or equivalent BUILD FAILED C:\PATH_HIDDEN_TO_PROTECT_THE_INNOCENT\buildPreprocess.xml:24: Could not create task or type of type: preprocess. Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon. (GIANT ERROR MESSAGE SNIPPED) Any suggestions? -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ 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] Franto's data loss
If you're on WindowsXP, there's something funky with System Restore you might be able to exploit. Rolling back your system with System Restore is SUPPOSED to leave all your user data, files, etc. alone and only mess with the registry and related crud. However, I found on that, at least on my machine, ANYTHING IN A FOLDER NAMED 'com' GETS ROLLED BACK AS WELL. Since most *.as files are likely to be inside a 'com' folder, you might be able to get everything back. -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] The Amazing infinite call stack, part 2
A for loop wouldn't give we any way to pause for input, or to wait and let the UI animate to reflect the last command's doings, though. I need a way to avoid recursion, not use it. Ideally: 1. advance to next command. 2. execute command. 3. Wait for command to finish. 4. repeat 1-3 in some way that lets step 1 pop off the call stack while waiting for step 3. There has to be an example floating around somewhere. -Mark -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] The Amazing infinite call stack
I'm sure this has a ridiculously easy answer that I just never learned from my generally informal programming training, but I can;t figure out what the problem is called, so I can't just google an answer. Here's the (simplified) situation: 1. (Game::main()) we call Game::main(); no surprises here. 2. (_engine = new Engine()) Main sets up an 'engine' class and gets it started up. 3. (_engine.getNextCommand()) Engine's job is basically to look at a queue of Commands, ordered by the time they're supposed to execute, get the next one, and execute it. 4. (_engine.onTurnComplete()) Engine waits until it gets notified that the current turn is finished. 5. (engine.getNextCommand()) Engine looks for the next commandetc. Now, the problem is that _engine.getNextCommand() never returns, so I end up with a huge call stack with getNextCommand()s piled high, which eventually makes Flash crap out. In the ancient version of this game, the three basic stats were on different frames, so that the implied loop here was broken up, and worked fine. My brain can't see that "right" way to do this via main(), though. Any help, insight, or google search terms? -Mark Hawley ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] AS 3.0 - stage.focus and keyboard event scopes
What's the 'right' way to handle keyboard input in AS 3? I can see how one class at a time can handle keyboard events as long as stage.focus is set to it, but what happens when that object loses focus? Is there a way to ensure all keyboard events are going to make it to an object? An Object that isn't descended from Sprite and clan? (I'm putting together a keymapping utility for a few games -- all input, mouse and keyboard, needs to filter through it, where it figures out what command was meant. Then it calls the appropriate factory method to build the command blah blah blah.) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File saved as 2004MX from 8 IDE causing Flash 7 IDE crash
I wish my problem was as simple to fix -- this is happening on machines that know nothing of Flash 8, and it has already tied up our team for a day trying to fix it to no avail. The problem keeps jumping around, and some of us think it might be a stack problem -- there are a lot of loops in asynchronous calls. I seem to be crashing out of a call to a SWF preloader that zips down an array of filenames and loads one at a time -- has the standalone/IDE player somehow changed the way SWFs load via movieCLipLoader in a way that makes it more touchy? This just fell on us out of the blue after weeks of runnin' fine. == James O'Reilly wrote: I've had a swf developed in MX 2004 keep crashing in a browser after I installed Flash 8. I continued to develop in MX 2004 and publish for player 7 but it kept crashing. As soon as I uninstalled Flash 8 and the Flash 8 plugin, MX 2004 began publishing stable swfs again. Sucks because I'm afraid to install Flash 8 until my project is over. ------- John Mark Hawley wrote: > Any ideas here? > > Three FLAs saved as 2004 MX FLAs from the Flash 8 IDE have all of a sudden started crashing the 2004 MX IDE on export. Occasionally, the player itself is crashing when the resulting SWF is played in a browser afterwards. Things are haywire. > > Playing with the debugger, the crash always happens in a function that does very simple XML traversal, one cloneNode, and the deletes the XML traversed. The same FLA works fine in the Flash 8 IDE. > > The IDE crash error messages vary -- sometimes unlimited recursion is reported, then an authplay.dll crash closes the IDE...sometimes things just freeze up, then a crash message pops up -- but clicking 'Debug' or 'more info' just enhances the crash a bit and closes the IDE. > > Any clues here as to what's going on? We've has some of our team working in 8 for two weeks and others in 7, all working ont he same files, and only yesterday has this nightmare appeared. It wouldn't be so terrible if it didn't look like our SVN has somehow gone on the fritz... > > -Mark Hawley > > -- > John Mark Hawley > The Nilbog Group > 773.968.4980 (cell) -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] File saved as 2004MX from 8 IDE causing 2004MX IDE crash
Any ideas here? Three FLAs saved as 2004 MX FLAs from the Flash 8 IDE have all of a sudden started crashing the 2004 MX IDE on export. Occasionally, the player itself is crashing when the resulting SWF is played in a browser afterwards. Things are haywire. Playing with the debugger, the crash always happens in a function that does very simple XML traversal, one cloneNode, and the deletes the XML traversed. The same FLA works fine in the Flash 8 IDE. The IDE crash error messages vary -- sometimes unlimited recursion is reported, then an authplay.dll crash closes the IDE...sometimes things just freeze up, then a crash message pops up -- but clicking 'Debug' or 'more info' just enhances the crash a bit and closes the IDE. Any clues here as to what's going on? We've has some of our team working in 8 for two weeks and others in 7, all working ont he same files, and only yesterday has this nightmare appeared. It wouldn't be so terrible if it didn't look like our SVN has somehow gone on the fritz... -Mark Hawley -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Open Source Flash MMORPG
I've ben working on-and-off, though mostly off, on a MMORPG/Roguelike hybrid for a long time now, and would really like to get a team working with me so that I have some impetus to actually get serious on it. I will be open sourcing all the code base (both the AS and backend), and, once at the prototype stage, hope to form a company to run some servers hosting enhanced versions of the game. I'll be happy to share more information with people with serious interest in the project -- just email me. I'd welcome any comments about remote collaboration on coding Flash projects, but they should probably go here on this list, as they are widely applicable. For more information on roguelikes, if they are unfamiliar: www.nethack.org http://roguelikes.sauceforge.net/pub/index.html -Mark Hawley -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] ObjectCopy mishaps
I sent in a message a while ago about problems with ObjectCopy -- they're in the archive, but never made it to any emails I received. Whatever. Anyway, does anyone know of a deep-copy function sitting around somhere that actually works all the time, reliably? It seems like every time I rely on mx.utils.ObjectCopy I find a new problem with it and end up wasting time. I don't want to have to bother making my own if someone else already slogged through it. It doesn't handle nulls, doesn't deep copy once it hits an array, barfs when it hits a basic type, etc... -Mark Hawley -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] mx.utils.ObjectCopy wackiness
Well, in addition to the modification Darron Schall suggests* to this file, if you really want it to work, you'd better change the line: p[j]= q[j]; to p[j]= copy(q[j]); If you don't, your allegedly deep copies will stop being deep as soon as they hit an Array, which stinks. Arrgh. I haven't seen anyone else whining about this bug...have I missed the boat somehow? -Mark Hawley *(changing this: var result:Object = new Function( refObj.__proto__.constructor)(); to this: var result:Object = new (Function( refObj.__proto__.constructor))(); ) -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
