[Flashcoders] looking for flv and synchronized slides app or template
I need to find a way to deliver an flv of a talking head with synchronized slide images (typically from PPT) and a table of contents that can be clicked to access specific parts of the synchronized presentation. All this delivered in swf or flv, with the ability to change various parts of the look and feel of the delivery template. There are a few tools out there that do similar things like Camtasia when it decides to work, and Openworld Presenter, but none that allow customization of the delivery interface (to enable corporate branding for example), and a simple way to build them. Any thoughts? ___ 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] Site Check
Works ok for me too - FF 2.02 Flash player 8. -Jon - Original Message - From: "Sherif Elshazly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Site Check works fine with me... went over 9% before i closed the window. IE 7 flash player 9 - Original Message From: Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Flashcoders Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 3:37:02 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Site Check Could I get some of you to check this site: http://www.simon-mills.co.uk/test/ Some people are saying that it gets stuck at 1% or 2%. Can anyone confirm this? Cheers. Adrian Lynch ___ 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 We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 ___ 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] New to the list - got a question
Hi All,
I'm new to the list, so appologies if I don't get the posting right on this -
but I have a question.
I'm trying to load in a set of XML data, manipulate it and then get it to
display on the stage. So far so good on the first two fronts - I can get the
data in and get everything I want out of it.
Now the amount of XML is dynamic, so I have pushed the needed data into an
array.
For example.
XML:
The amount of "data" elements is dynamic (and there is a lot of other rubbish
in the XML) so I've pushed all the "data" elements into an array.
So far, so good, I can cycle through the array and access the XML elements
using Xpath.
The problem is - for each "data" element, I want to create a new instance of a
MovieClip on the stage (thats already created in the library) and set varaibles
inside it, and change it's X and Y positions.
No problems creating it - but I can't access the MovieClip! Because the data is
dymanic, I need to be able to create "x" amount of MovieClips.
So I'm using the following code to do this:
//For each Data Element in the Array (x = 0; x < numDataElementsInArray; x++)
{
var newItemDividerName:String = "itemDividerStageRecord" +x;
attachMovie("itemDivider", newItemDividerName ,x);
//Now this all works, a newMovieClip is created on the stage (for as many
elements as I have), 10 at the moment
}
Now the problem is - I then can't access the MovieClip dynamically. Basically I
want to be able to access it by the variable name
i've just assigned it.
For example - I now have (when it is published), 10 elements on level0, named
itemDividerStageRecord0-9.
So I want to set their cords. So what i've been doing is:
_root._level0.newItemDividerName._x = nextItemDivider; //nextItemDivider is a
Number which does increment
And thats not working at all - nothing is changing.
I've traced it down to the name I'm using to access it - if in the same loop I
put:
_root._level0.itemDividerStageRecord6._x = nextItemDivider;
That works for one MovieClip (obviously).
But I want to be able to access each MovieClip dynamically.
Is there any way to do this? I want to pass the instance name the varaible when
setting the cord, not use the absolute element name "newitemDividerName".
Please let me know if this is confusing, I can explain better!
Cheers.
-Jon-
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[Flashcoders] New to the list - got a question 2
Cheers Jason, Unfortunately I have no control over the XML produced. The code you provided didn't work. "_root._level0.["itemDividerStageRecord"+x]._x = nextItemDivider;" I get an error when compiling the actionscript now - "Expected a field name after '.' operator." -Jon- ___ 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: New to the list - got a question 2
I have now manage to get this working - using the following code: setProperty(newItemDividerName, _x , nextItemDividerX); Although why wouldn't my previous code work? Regards, -Jon- ___ 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] Local Video Window and VU meter
Hi, We are looking for a resource to build a simple 320x240 video window that displays an uncropped image from a local camera source, along with a simple VU meter that displays the level from a local microphone. Pretty basic. If you got the chops, drop me a note and we'll make something happen. Include your rate, any samples and an estimate of effort to be considered. We would like this done in the next 1-2 weeks. Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Mike Britton wrote: That makes sense Robert. In the same line of thinking, as the Flex stuff evolves, I see the Flash IDE turning into a sort of "Photoshop for Flash" where graphical assets are designed/maintained, and FlexBuilder 2 (eclipse) becoming the programming environment. I don't think that's likely to happen at all. I suspect a vast majority of users will continue to use the IDE. This is just a prediction on my part: the number of people who use the IDE or a combination of the IDE and a text editor will probably outnumber the FlexBuilder/Eclipse platform users 3:1, or even much more (10:1?). So FlexBuilder 2 will be for development, period, rapid or otherwise, and "Flash" or "the Flash IDE" will be a designer's tool. Both sit on top of the Flash Platform and are the foundation for implementing the technology. Still doubt that a lot. FlexBuilder 2 will probably used for development of _enterprise_applications_. I don't think Macromedia will be able to push it's use too much further outside those limits. Don't get me wrong, I love the metaphor and what it could possibly do for my Flash development. But, the random project that comes along which could benefit from that environment doesn't nearly justify the resources and time I'd need to devote to really knowing the platform. In the Flash community, we've got designers, designer/developers (design with some programming) and serious developers (strictly programming). I'd say the former two in that list far outnumber the latter. Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Another random number generator
I saw a post on a forum recently about random number generators and the ability to create on that could be seeded. So, I took up the challenge and converted the Mersenne Twister algorithm to AS2 (probably one of the best, and fastest, pseudo-random number generators out there). Code is available of course. Not that any of you need something like this, but ya never know: http://magicsnacks.com/shiftedpixels/?p=8 One thing I found out is that Flash chokes on a 32-bit and a 53-bit hex number. Flash should represent 0x1 as 2^32 or 4294967296. The same goes for a 53-bit hex, say 0x20, which is 2^53 or 9007199254740992. Anyone know why that is - aside from the fact that the number type is 32-bit in Flash (AS2)? I'd love to work that out but have a feeling that until I get this to AS3, there won't be any chance of that. cheers, Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Another random number generator
Thanks, Jim (nice blog content you got btw). I found that linking to a .as file didn't work on Wordpress, so I've changed the file type to .txt. It's downloadable now, sorry about that. And if anyone else is reading this thread... someone has to know (or at least know who to ask) why Flash can't handle the 32-bit and 53-bit hex values, 0x1 and 0x20. I don't know if Tinic U. follows Flashcoders, so maybe I'll drop him a line to see if he can offer up a reason or two. cheers. Jon On Oct 27, 2005, at 6:10 PM, Jim Armstrong wrote: At 05:32 PM 10/27/2005 -0400, you wrote: Not that any of you need something like this, but ya never know: This is always useful. http://magicsnacks.com/shiftedpixels/?p=8 thanks and good work! - jim ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
On Oct 28, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Shaw, Matt wrote:
Assuming the Game class is your root/stage class:
Public class Game extends MovieClip {
public function Game(){
var gameworld:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); //new GameWorld()?
this.addChild( gameworld );
var game_bg:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
gameworld.addChild( game_bg );
}
What I don't get is why it needs "this.addChild" instead of just
addChild. I've been sick of the keyword "this" for a long time and
have since avoided it in AS2.
Any reason that it needs to be back in for AS3?
- Jon
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[Flashcoders] Player 8.5 standalone on OSX?
No answer from MM on their labs forums, or anywhere else for that matter. Anyone locate the standalone player for OS X yet? It aint in the FlexBuilder2 installer or in the plug-in installer. Only the PC exe files are standalone. ?? thanks... Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] bidimensional array in as
On Oct 31, 2005, at 7:22 AM, cornel wrote: hi maybe a silly question, but here i go anyway: how would you write something like this in actionscript: int matrix[3][3]; for(i=0;i<3;i++) for(j=0;j<3;j++) matrix[i][j]=0; i've done something like this in my code, mtasc doesnt complained, but the program doesnt work, and i have a feeling that something wrong. i would appreciate any help cornel Unlike C, Actionscript can't create a two-dimensional array like that. var matrix = []; for (;i<3;i++) matrix[i] = [0]; That's the super shorthand way of doing it. cheers, Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
Ok. Since I was the 'ass' that started this junk by asking why "this" was needed, maybe I can be the 'ass' that will end it. This thread started with Andreas asking about addChild. Fair enough. I asked about a specific example that used "this" on a method which was a member of the same class and was invoked by using this.member. I was curious why that was there, nothing more, as I haven't explored AS3 too much. Is it too hard to just answer the question at hand without providing more information than is really necessary and making some of us think we're being patronized? Can we move on to some more high-level stuff already? cheers, Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Profiling the clients CPU
What I'm wondering is the doing something timeconsuming part - I need a
simple operation that will be reasonably consistent across player
types - is
there any operation that *hasn't* been improved or that has always been
fast? The target player is FP6 (pre 6.65), so I need an operation that
will
be consistently slow or fast on every player since then
Has anyone done this much?
I've found that just testing a simple for loop may sometimes be worthy
to profile the users' machine.
t = getTimer();
for (i=0;i<1;i++) { }
r = getTimer() - t;
trace(r);
(r < 40) ? trace("fast"):trace("slow");
This is just going to test AS execution speed, not redraw. Redraw is a
different game that usually needs to be dealt with separately. Even my
dual G5 may be 'slow' when profiling redraw speed using an older
player.
cheers,
Jon
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Re: [Flashcoders] bidimensional array in as
On Oct 31, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Gregory wrote:
You must create empty arrays first, like this:
// bidimensional array in AS
var matrix2:Array = [];
for(i=0;i<3;i++){
matrix2[i] = [];
for(j=0;j<3;j++){
matrix2[i][j]=0;
}
}
trace(matrix2);
Yea, I'm a dufus. I think I was in AS3 mode when i posted that - then
again, I didn't test it either...
i'll be quiet now. :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] How to draw a copy of a curve?
On Nov 3, 2005, at 12:44 PM, Gregory_GOusable wrote: Unfortunately, this is not appropriate for me :-( . Also, I've just found the answer (negative) here: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/algorithms-faq/ Thanks to all who tried to help. You mean to draw a parallel curve? Not with bezier, but with cubic curves you can - and you can approximate a cubic curve with a set of bezier curves, so the result is close enough ( <<<1pixel difference from original curve normal). As you were checking the graphics gem FAQ, I don't think you worded your question accurate enough for people here to help out. Maybe rephrasing what you are looking for may lead to better responses? cheers, jon Jon Bradley http://www.magicsnacks.com/shiftedpixels ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Math.random()
On Nov 17, 2005, at 2:56 PM, Ron Wheeler wrote: If the game is for money and the client side code can be hacked for profit, you need to move more of the game engine onto the server and only present results and table state on the client side. Dice rolls can not be generated by the client in that case. Your client could be easily replaced by a version of your client that lets the player chose his own rolls which makes Backgammon not fun for the opponent but a really lucrative way to pass an afternoon for the guy choosing his rolls. You probably only need to chose 3 or 4 rolls during a game to win almost every time. (An interesting test on a real board for someone with time to kill and a friend who does not mind losing.) Ron Actually, part of the roll work can be done client-side. The issue is with the seed to any particular random number generator. One needs a secure hash of two generated keys from the server, then using a client-side random number algorithm with this key as the state input, this is completely possible. Check out my conversion of the mersenne twister algorithm for things like this (minus the crypto part with a server). The secure hash part is fairly easy to implement. Aside to this thread - never use Math.random() because it's inherently insecure. http://magicsnacks.com/shiftedpixels/?p=8 Jon Bradley Visual Effects / Interactive / Animation Post Central, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Qauternions for avoiding gimbal-lock in 3D?
On Nov 27, 2005, at 6:39 PM, keith wrote: I read all over the internet about Quaternions are the solution for avoiding Gimbal-lock,but I dont understand the math enough to use them for rotating 3D points. I've looked at http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/3d_classes_03.html. Its a nice tutorial, however I need more examples to study with Quaternions used in Actionscript. Please post links or tutorials with Actionscript using Quaternions. Thanks, -- Keith H -- Quats are not the 'solution' for avoiding gimbal lock. Gimbal lock happens because euler rotations are expressed relative to a global coordinate system and need to be performed in a certain order to achieve a certain rotation. You get gimbal lock when you try to perform a local rotation of an object and then apply global transformations on top of that, which easily results in an improper rotation of an object if you don't code it properly. Quats are primarily used for camera animation in 3d applications because they are higher order and include transformations and rotations in the same matrix set. They are great for path animation in 3d space because of the capability of using smooth interpolation. A quick overview and simple description: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1199.asp Not to convince you otherwise, but there really isn't a reason to use quaternions. Use axis/angle representation instead of quaternions for 3d rotations, unless you really really need to do a lot of spherical linear interpolation (unlikely). Jon Bradley Visual Effects / Interactive / Animation Post Central, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] RE: 3D in Flash
On Dec 14, 2005, at 10:37 AM, nik crosina wrote: This IKEA thingy is just brilliant! But I think it is a bit out of our reach time-wise and buclient budget wise. Techniology wise I wanted to get an idea from you guys as to whcih solution you would gravitate towards to. My gut feeling would be to use Shockwave because of its 3D features, but install wise flash is more wide spread and would cause less hassle for our clients. I guess it depends on how easy and painless we make the process for the site visitors, and how good lokonig / easy to use we make it Thanks!!! Nik C Not necessarily. The flash portion of this work isn't the real budget-breaker or time element in a project like this. This is all about studio setup and setting up camera rigs with a flash controller and a lot of cameras at that - at least 30-40 with remote capabilities. There are studios that do this as a service, and you may be suprised at what you find. The compositing system used for something like this is typically a flame or inferno (autodesk/discreet) seat which can then motion blend between the still sequences. There are also some cheaper plugins for AfterEffects and Shake that will do this, albeit not nearly as good, which is why this doesn't look perfect in some regards. RE-Flex Morph which comes with Autodesk Combustion 4 will also do this (with a decent amount of hand massaging). Full 3d rendering is also an option if your environments are available for use in some 3d package. good luck! Jon Bradley Animation / Interactive / Visual FX Post Central, Inc. 170 Linden Oaks, Suite B Rochester, NY 14625 585.385.1530 x273 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cherrycrushthemovie.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Elastic ribbon
On Dec 20, 2005, at 5:58 AM, franto wrote: i just have this, but it's implemented in AS3 http://www.franto.com/blog2/as3-cloth-simulation-verlet-algorithm That's interesting. Only thing is that cloth doesn't stretch (unless it's spandex or something). :) Aside: a particle spring system is better for cloth simulation than verlet integration. Jon Bradley Animation / Interactive / Visual FX Post Central, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cherrycrushthemovie.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Registration points
On Dec 29, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Danny Kodicek wrote: Thanks to all for your comments. That's very helpful - although now I'm possibly even *more* confused about how to make this work... Best Danny Simple and effective suggestion - make sure all content in movie clips starts at 0,0. Jon Bradley Animation / Interactive / Visual FX Post Central, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cherrycrushthemovie.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flash.geom.* and drawing API
On Jan 14, 2006, at 4:50 AM, Benjamin Dobler wrote: So my question is anything like that out there already? What would bet he best way to do it (e.g. moveTo2(p:Point)). Do i have to expect performance decrease? I'm not aware of anything currently.. and don't know if this is implemented yet in AS3 (anyone?). I would definitely expect a performance decrease. It all depends on what you do - whether it will be noticeable or not. Anytime you add in a separate scope, it'll slow things down. Plus, the Point class (and matrix and other geom classes) are implemented in AS, not in C, so they really aren't that fast in the first place. Those classes are more of a timesaver than anything else. cheers, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Flash File Question - AS2.0 - Adding Extra Functionality to a Slider
Hello! I am new to the flashcoders community. Thanks for welcoming me! Unfortunately at my job, I am unable to attach files in my email so I had to upload an .fla to senduit.com http://senduit.com/ed40e7 So, I have a fairly mid to high range skill level in AS2. I am scripting a bar chart that dynamically expands bars to their size based on percentages. The trick is also that a ton of information needs to go in a small banner ad (Pharma company - go figure!) There is a long list of variables that need to be in this bar chart, not all viewable at once, hence why I need to build a slider to go along with it. This is currently just using dummy graphics so that I focus on getting the coding down pat before I stylize it. I am happy with how everything is working. It was previously built with JUST a slider bar. Now the client would also like to add UP AND DOWN ARROWS along with the slider. While I have found a few examples online of .fla's that have something like this built in them, I would like to implement the arrows using the code that I already have built. I'm stumped on how to coordinate my pre-existing slider code with arrows. Remember when pressing/rolling over an arrow button, not only does the content have to move up or down, but the slider needs to move on its track in accordance with where the content is loaded. The arrow graphics are on there, instance names of "btnUp" and "btnDown". The AS is one the top level of the timeline. The sooner I can get this, of course, the better. Thanks so much guys! Looking forward to being a member of flash coders. -J -- -------- Jon A. Billett Graphic/Interactive Design 726 Tasker St. Apt.#1 Philadelphia, Pa 19148 jonbill...@gmail.com 585.315.6696 - cell http://www.billettdesigns.com/gallery ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Runtime Font embedding
You can embed a range of characters through AS3. The unicodeRange property of the embed directive handles this. [Embed(source='pathToFond', fontName='NameOfFont', unicodeRange='Range1Start-Range1End,, RangeNStart-RangeNEnd')] - jon On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:35 AM, Geografiek wrote: Hi Glen, I don't think it's possible to embed a range of characters through AS3. It's all or nothing I'm afraid/ Willem van den Goorbergh ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Has everyone seen this yet?
It's an Adobe AIR application running on an unknown tablet device. It's not an iPad and has nothing to do with it. Someone made a mistake with the copy for the article. FYI, it's not impossible to do this in other languages or environments. There are other, more powerful frameworks that are robust for UI development and multi-touch systems than Flash. - jon On Feb 16, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Ktu wrote: Looks like a great example of how Flash with AIR can create experiences that would otherwise be impossible. Too bad it will be on the iPad. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Has everyone seen this yet?
I think the statement was justified... this is Flashcoders. I just wanted to state that developing UIs like that isn't limited to Flash, that's all. :) After doing more research, it's entirely possible that this is running on an iPad. We just can't tell from the video if that really is, in fact, the case. Whether or not it's an iPad though doesn't mean much in the context of the coolness of the application itself. I think any technology could be used to develop an application like this - from WPF/SL, Flash to more complex environments using Cocoa, openFrameworks and . That last comment though – whether or not it makes sense – is probably the largest unknown. I can see many reasons why choosing Cocoa would be better than choosing Flash, in the case of iPhone development. Or, in the case of a windows platform target, I can see reasons why WPF/SL or Surface would be chosen. I think we're all past the question of 'what framework/kit/language can we do that in?' If given the time, we can do pretty much anything in any language. I like to think that these days, it's the hardware that limits us. - j On Feb 16, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Ktu wrote: My mistake for saying such a strong statement. Of course there are other frameworks available to do the same thing. Glad its not actually an iPad. I think I'm just glad to see Flash being used for more than just flashy websites and games. Flash can do a lot more than I see it get credit for on a day to day basis. (And I know flash is used for more than just websites. I've developed quite a few things outside the website realm) I would like to see it in my hands to evaluate the usability. In theory it could be brilliant but yes, people will have to warm up to it, and it will have to be standardized. Strictly out of curiosity Jon, would anyone actually choose a different framework to develop this type of application? Does it make sense considering development life cycle and platform availability? Ktu ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agr eement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhon e Compiler
I wouldn't call that amazing – I would call that whining. No offense to Lee, of course. Although all of us would love to develop iPhone and iPad applications using the Flash platform, frankly that is not a proper methodology for developing for these systems, in my opinion. Learn C, C++ or Objective-C. They are not that hard, you have much more control and you are not at the beck and call of a translation governed by something like LLVM, which you have no control over. - j On Apr 12, 2010, at 5:00 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agr eement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhon e Compiler
I would never recommend an enterprise client to take that direction. Want to do a little game or don't care much about being able to debug, or have to rely on a middle-man? By all means that's fine but clients I deal with generally would not appreciate that direction. This whole thing has nothing to do with Adobe. Too may folks are taking this personally. I guess I am not as passionate as others in the Flash community about this. I'll move along and develop however it's accepted. Again, it's their device and their platform. Apple creates excellent consumer devices and is a market worth targeting, regardless of the limitations they impose. They are not standing alone in their decision to limit the way software is written for their devices. Blame them or not, they have the right to choose that path. Of course, they will also have to deal with the consequences of those decisions. my 0.02. - j On Apr 12, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Glen Pike wrote: IMHO, I don't think people have an issue with the correct methodology of making apps - if that were the case we might still be in the dark ages of development. Flash gave and still gives a lot of people the power to develop ideas for programs quickly, without having to wade through rubbish like DirectX and other stuffy system API's. If I want to develop crap applications for the app store, I should be able to do it in the language and on the system of my choice. If I want to develop good applications for the app store, I should go and buy some books on the language and system of my choice, then develop aforementioned apps. Your point about the compiler maybe true, but hey, there are plenty of people writing compilers out there. Surely it's my choice whether I write something that runs like a snail and does not make any money. Jon Bradley wrote: I wouldn't call that amazing – I would call that whining. No offense to Lee, of course. Although all of us would love to develop iPhone and iPad applications using the Flash platform, frankly that is not a proper methodology for developing for these systems, in my opinion. Learn C, C++ or Objective-C. They are not that hard, you have much more control and you are not at the beck and call of a translation governed by something like LLVM, which you have no control over. - j On Apr 12, 2010, at 5:00 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] iPhone viable solutions???
On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:19 AM, Julio Protzek wrote: HTML5 is less powerfull than Flash. But it is in the right way. We will see Tweeners and TweenLites done for canvas in no time. Flash guys can amuse with any technology. Just give us some time :) HTML 5 is s standard for describing content to be rendered in some runtime. It is not something that can be compared to Flash at this time. It may be compared to another specification, say the SWF format. The combination of all browser technologies into one runtime is something that may be compared to Flash, but comparing HTML 5 and Flash is not applicable. Fact remains: There is no way today, or in the foreseeable future, to develop an application using HTML 5, CSS, Javascript or ANY combination of these technologies that can compare interactively or creatively to an application developed with Adobe tools. - j ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] multiple TextFormats in one TextField
Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: How can I preserve certain substrings of the text to keep their assigned TextFormats? Before you add text to a text field that has a different format than the default that you've specified (with setTextFormat), use setNewTextFormat() on the field and then apply that text. Loop that process (setNewTextFormat ... add text ... setNewTextFormat ...) Try that out. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] wierd easter egg?
On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote: hey this is odd i'm testing my movie at http://qsworld.co.uk/index.php? extcategory=Design&extdesigner=Darkest%20Star&extproduct=Jacket and when i tried right clicking the top right corner and selecting zoom in, i got linked to http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/ i'm on osx 10.4, firefox 2.0.0.12 Nice. That's a new one. Firefox right-click zoom on OS X is screwed up with Flash Player. It does all sorts of weird crap on different machines. For me, it always jumps to a hotkey to "bookmark" the current page. Pretty fricking annoying if you ask me. - jb ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Source Control [WAS] to mac or not to mac
On Mar 15, 2008, at 6:36 AM, Muzak wrote: There's a new(er) plugin, called subversive that might be worth looking into. I haven't tried it yet, but heard good things about it: http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&project=subversive http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-viewlink- cid-611.html That's what I use, while running subversion on OS X and a remote linux machine. Before I used Eclipse as my primary IDE, I used TortoiseSVN, but having it all in one IDE makes life easier. SVNx on OS X is pretty good. Eclipse does it fairly well too with the subversive pack, but I still like the GUI tool. Of course, you can't beat the command line (I almost always have it open). Just cd'ing to my source directory and running svn on any google code or sourceforge project is priceless, and way faster than opening an application and filling in all the required params to check out a trunk. I just have to get better at actually using the source control for small projects where I'm pretty much the main person working. :) - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: Tweening a very large vector file causes shaking
On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Matt S. wrote: It seems like the problem started when I added _rotation to the the mix. The file is vector, imported from AI. is anyone familiar with this problem? Any recommendations for handling this sort of basic (or so I thought) effect? There's a bug in Flash on certain operating system configs. I just don't know what it is. I've yet to find an appropriate solution for this myself. The issue is related to the rotation. I've actually resorted to using Combustion to do some of my animation work because of it. I too would 'love' to know if anyone has found the core issue or a work around. thanks! jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Help needed AS3 --> [Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='backgroud_mc')]
On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Cor wrote: This throws an error: TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor. What am I doing wrong? You can't call new Background_mc() when it's an instance of Class - there's no constructor for it that the compiler recognizes. My suggestion if you don't need to extend UIMovieClip is as follows. In your Library.fla file, check your export for the Background_mc symbol. Give it a class name (com.something.myBackground) and have it extend flash.display.MovieClip. Export an SWC of the Library file and then set your compiler prefs to include that SWC into the project. Then, in your class just do: import com.something.myBackground and the usage is: private var myBG : MovieClip; private var Background_mc:MovieClip; myBG = MovieClip( new Background_mc() ); At least, that's one way of doing it. I do it that way for non- component UI elements that do not need to extend UIMovieClip. Also because I use the same SWC as an SWF file for CSS embedding of graphical elements. good luck, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Help needed AS3 --> [Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='backgroud_mc')]
Oops... my last email was kinda based on the idea that you were running this in Flex. My bad - replying to two lists at once. http://www.digitalflipbook.com/archives/2007/03/associating_cus.php - jb On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Cor wrote: This throws an error: TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor. What am I doing wrong? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ot : Flex RIA running on multiple servers
On Mar 26, 2008, at 4:35 PM, artur wrote: is this possible? if so does it HAVE to be on a Flash Communication Server? or can it run on others? any links to sample setups would be great too..thanks ?? Flex compiles to an SWF file. However you'd do what you want to do with Flash, you would do with Flex. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ot : Flex RIA running on multiple servers
On Mar 26, 2008, at 8:34 PM, artur wrote: the CMS webservice i want to build will be done in FLEX / AMF / MySQL. and i want to make sure that it can scale and be redundant. Ok but that doesn't have anything to do with Flex. Flex is just a different application to build an SWF file. It is only the front-end solution. Flex SWF == Flash SWF, plus a whole bunch of code for handling the UI. The Flex SDK is like using a framework (vegas, arp, etc.) for Flash, but on crack. If you're talking about your server solution scaling and being redundant, you need to be way more concerned with other things. You'll most likely need some type of J2EE server. Your best bet is to find a content management system that utilizes JSR-170 (Java Content Repository) and can use MySQL or PostgresSQL (or even oracle) for serious scalability and capability to handle clustering, etc. Check Alfresco.com as a nice, forward looking solution for that (it's open source and free, if you don't need support). You'll still need to write the API on the server with Java to allow the AMF library (GraniteDS or BlazeDS) to speak with the CMS services.Drupal or DSpace might be additional options but I don't know how they scalability and redundancy. There is also an open source project that wasn't started too long ago: Igenko The goal of this project is to act as a JSR-170 (with Apache Jackrabbit) with data services (GraniteDS at the moment). the link is: code.google.com/p/igenko Either way, your issue is server-side, not Flex/Flash. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Image colorization / contrast adjusting
On Mar 27, 2008, at 7:37 AM, Alistair Colling wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible for flash to process a regular photograph to produce a pop-arty image like this: http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgpo7028+pop-art-andy-warhol-1962-che- guevara-poster.jpg A little Warhol-style transformation huh? I am not sure if this is possible or the best way to go about this. If someone could let me know if this would be possible to do and maybe give me some direction as to how to do it that would be great. 100% possible. Check out BitmapData.paletteMap() as one option. Additionally, you could use BitmapData.threshold() to get different value areas, colorize them and recombine them. Lots of options. cheers, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ot : Flex RIA running on multiple servers
On Mar 27, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Cutter (FlashRelated) wrote: You could also use Adobe ColdFusion, which has native AMF support built-in, as well as a gateway for interacting with Flex apps. Then you have the power of a J2EE app server, the agility of RAD development with ColdFusion and Flex, plus the scalability of ColdFusion, with it's clustering support, etc. Great addition to the discussion. There are a lot of options out there. cheers, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] PureMVC vs Cairngorm // who's better?
On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if it is a small to medium size app you may want to try EasyMVC from Tom Bray (http://www.tombray.com/2007/10/16/my-easymvc-seminar-wasnt- recorded/). His presentation on 3/28/08 was recorded as an Adobe ondemand seminar and describes how to use EasyMVC and also compares it to Cairngorm. There is also easyMVC from Simeon Bateman but I haven't looked at that one. To add my 2 cents ... by the time a developer has gone through Easy MVC (Clockwork Objects) or something similar, they are already 50% of the way through knowing how Cairngorm works. It really isn't much of a leap. Cairngorm adds in the ServiceLocator and the events, commands, delegate chain. That said, Cairngorm does lack some things for enterprise development and large applications/teams that are pretty needed. Some of these things I've recently run into (better command chaining architecture) and am looking into various solutions for (UM Cairngorm extensions is one). just a thought. jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Is Adobe fixing this big FP9 problem?
On Apr 16, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Jer Brand wrote: myMovie.iDontCareIfYouHaveListeners_DIE_DAMN_YOU_DIE() ; LOL. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Using FlexBuilder3 profiler with FlashCS3
Good question. I haven't tried that yet. What you could try to do, off the top of my head, is use the SWFLoader and load up the SWF file into a simple Flex application. I believe the profiler will also profile the content loaded through SWFLoader, but I'm not certain of it. good luck! jon On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Martin Tremblay wrote: Hello, Is there a way to use the Flexbuilder3 profiler with a FlashCS3 file? I just want to take a swf and run it through the profiler. Is it possible? Martin t. LVL ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FPS limit of flash player inside browser?
On May 7, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Steven Sacks wrote: The fact of the matter is, running at a higher frame rate makes things look smoother. Period, end of statement. That's not an accurate generalization. Higher frame rate != smoother display in all cases. It matters for progressive elements (flash movies, games like Quake) but that statement is not applicable to other forms of media. If you take a time-based animation inside a 30fps movie and a 60 fps movie, the 60 fps version will look a lot smoother. In Flash yes. I just want to say for the record that this argument has absolutely nothing to do with braodcast/animation work. In the context of Flash, sure, it will look smoother. It's not an opinion, it's a fact. Fact for a limited set of time-based animation systems - primarily games and content like Flash that display progressive frames without motion blur. - jon Post • Central Visual FX | Animation | Interactive 170 Linden Oaks, Suite B | Rochester, NY | 14625 P: 585.385.1530 x273 | F: 585.218.9219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.postcentral.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FPS limit of flash player inside browser?
On May 8, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Zeh Fernando wrote: But it's important to remember movies work well at 24fps because they capture slices of time and not static frames. An entire 1/24 of a second is present on each of those frames, while with computer graphics we have a moment frozen in time. You're right on the 'slice of time' aspect, but it is still a static frame (progressive). It's just that it captures motion blur. a good example is some parts of the animated movie Akira and specially Ghost in the Shell, where they created the original cut at 60fps or 120fps (!) and then frame blended back into 24 to give the impression it was a movie. That's because they didn't have the ability to 'render' motion blur. You wouldn't do that today though because there are other efficient ways around that (optical flow is one example). - jon Post • Central Visual FX | Animation | Interactive 170 Linden Oaks, Suite B | Rochester, NY | 14625 P: 585.385.1530 x273 | F: 585.218.9219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.postcentral.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Usage of [Event....]
On Jun 2, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Helmut Granda wrote: Can you pass custom properties with this kind of event handling? All that this notation allows you to do is to define the event (as a string) and it's handler (the event class handling the event). It doesn't have anything to do with any properties or custom parameters for the instance of the event type (again, it's just the definition). You still have to dispatch the event manually, so if you want to pass your own properties, just set up your custom event class to handle those properties good luck, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Insert breakpoints and run debugger withoutFlashCS3?
On Jun 16, 2008, at 4:54 AM, EDELSTAR wrote: Данный почтовый ящик не обрабатывает подгрузки, заявки и прочие сообщения. Вам нужно написать на адрес, присвоенный Вашему СПО. List admin - can you block this? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] scaleX on TextField
On Jun 18, 2008, at 11:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes but... In my case I can have scaleX > 1000, so I loose too much quality with this method. I'm triing to embbed fonts outlines in my TextTield but the result is not very good (bad antialiasing). I guest that I have no other choice :) Thanks again, Don't use scaleX or width/height modifications. Use transformation matrices. I have an application that allows the user to scale, rotate, move (unconstrained and constrained) a TextField (flash and flex) without problems. The only issues are with the fact that there's a bug in the Flash Player with certain settings on the antialiasing - which causes the kerning of the text field to jump around wildly. In my case since this bug rears it's ugly head when text fields are rotated or scaled, I apply the transformations to the type and re- render the result back into a BitmapData object with the new dimensions of the field. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] scaleX on TextField
On Jun 18, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Matt S. wrote: Is this online somewhere? Sounds interesting :) var m:Matrix = new Matrix(); m.scale(100,1); myDisplayObject.transform.matrix = m; cheers, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Maintain position on rotation
On Jun 18, 2008, at 1:27 PM, eric e. dolecki wrote: While rotating, I want to place another MC's x,y (each frame) on that rotating MC. However the x,y never updates. I tried localToGlobal, but that doesn't seem to change either during the rotation. Can this be easily done? Give something like this a shot. Note that this is completely untested because I wrote it right here ... this is the general idea though. var m:Matrix = mainMC.transform.matrix; var pt:Point = new Point( mainMC.theChild.x, mainMC.theChild.y); var position:Point = m.transformPoint(pt); // You might need to add in the tx,ty offsets var matchMoveClipX:Number = position.x + m.tx; var matchMoveClipY:Number = position.y + m.ty; That assumes, of course, that you're applying your transformations using matrices. If you use dot notation on the properties (rotate, scale, x y), I'm not 100% certain that those properties are updated in the transformation matrix of the object. good luck. jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How to avoid fake data being sent to server?
On Jun 18, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Ricky Bacon wrote: Security through obscurity is not a very good idea. You also still have the problem of someone decompiling the swf and modifying it to their needs. If Flash Media Server 3 is being used, for a very nice level of protection it can hash the game SWF engine (just place it in the application directory and turn on the feature in the application .asc file). If the SWF requesting doesn't match the swf in the FMS3 app directory then it won't allow it to run. Still doesn't negate the idea that the game logic should be on the server. :) - jb ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Netstream fails to close
On Jul 8, 2008, at 3:44 AM, Jason Van Cleave wrote: I could cast the sound onto a separate object and mute it, so that you don't see or hear any ill effects, but my proxy tells me the flv is still downloading, so if one of my clients users clicks on 10 video clips their connection will crawl to a halt. First tip: use the video and sound classes instead of net stream. Embed an 'empty' video object in your library with a linkage id. When you want to kill the stream, attach this video which will force the player to close any streaming connection. Then do what Steven said - and null out the stream elements. This will force it to close out. I've seen the streams still stick around with 'just' pausing, closing and nulling out the stream connection. The only way I'm pretty sure it will work every time is by attaching this dummy vid. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flex 3 // Tile Component // Mutliple Drag Selection
On Jul 23, 2008, at 12:39 PM, artur wrote: would it be possible to Extend the Tile Component? instead of making a new one from scratch? Here's how I'd do it... Add a child to the container that's holding the TileList component. On click (mouse event), start drawing a rectangle (mouse move event). Intersect the boundary of this rectangle with the children of the TileList (interesting exercise) and select them if they intersect. Finally clear out the rect on release. interesting challenge. jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Upload PDF into SWF?
On Aug 11, 2008, at 7:16 PM, Dave Watts wrote: It is possible, however, to load the Acrobat ActiveX control into a Flex application, and have it load a PDF. I'm not exactly sure how this works, but the LiveCycle Workspace application does this. That wouldn't really be helpful to the original poster though, I suppose. As an AIR application, right? - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] how many coders here actually have a degree related to computer science?
On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: Do you have a degree related to computer science? if not, how difficult is it getting jobs programming AS3 without one? I think comp sci is much more geared toward software and computer engineering, as opposed to programming for rich media. Personally, I went to school for optical engineering and physics. I dropped out senior year, second semester, to start my own interactive/ web company. Ten years later and I'm now a 3d vfx artist - certainly a difference from where I started. I definitely believe that my education has had a profound effect in my career choice and overall skill level in my niche. I do wish I completed my degree, at the very least for the feel-good aspect. A degree in some field of new media study and course work that has a fair amount of interactive (programming and design included) may get you further than a comp sci degree. Actionscript development is not just programming. It requires both sides of the brain to do well because much of what you do when programming in Flash has a direct visual effect. just my 0.02. good luck! -jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!
On Aug 25, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Omar Fouad wrote: But what the hell is an interface!!! I've read lots of books and posts without getting the answer. I bought "Essential AS3" to read about interfaces and he says that helps for multi inheritance. In other places I read that it is a "deal" to ensure that a class has some methods and so on. But what is the real benefit that I can come out with using interfaces If you are using a cracked out language like VB, they might be marginally useful in weird circumstances that are, in my opinion, probably poor programming choices in the first place. They serve little purpose in general, and even less in actionscript. My 0.01 is that you certainly need to know them, because you might run into some libraries that use them. My remaining 0.01 is that you need to know them so you can get rid of them from anyone else's code library. :P - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!
On Aug 25, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Juan Pablo Califano wrote: This strikes me as the typical gratiutous bashing of some product just because it's made by MS. But perhaps you could elaborate a bit more on the idea... Nah, it doesn't have anything to do with Microsoft. I don't have anything against them personally. I just think VB is weird, and interfaces in VB are even weirder. A coworker in the past did a lot of that stuff and I paid a modicum of attention to the code. I do think VB is slightly cracked out though - but that has nothing to do with MS. :) - jb ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] all useless: removeMovieClip, destroyObject, DepthManager.setDepthTo
On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: I can't seem to figure out in AS2 how to get V2 components off the stage. I've tried destroyObject, removeMovieClip and even used the DepthManager class to try to get the depth within range to be removed. It's showing as -32000. Any ideas how to get the movieClip off the stage? This might help. http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=702902 I have never used DepthManager and createClassObjectAtDepth, or createClassObject ... mainly because they suck. So, I've never had a problem because I've always just casted any v2 component as a MovieClip in any AS2 class (I never needed code completion on them). good luck with that one. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
On Sep 4, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) wrote: Thanks, but I am talking about having it scroll, not just be multilined... Ideally, I would like to do it as simple as a div does in html (style="overflow:auto; height:400px;") is there a simple way like this in as? TextFieldInstance.scroll and TextFieldInstance.maxscroll Only works if the field is set to multLine. You need to generate your own scrollbars, or if using AS2 link a UIScrollBar instance to it (or use a TextArea component). You don't get any automatic scrollbars with text fields in Flash, only text fields themselves. For anything with scrollbars you need to use components. cheers, Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] avoid red-eye effect library in photographs made in actionscript - possible?
On Sep 9, 2008, at 5:06 AM, Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio wrote: Hi, is possible the subject? Is there any library/algorithm to avoid the red eye effect in a photograph made in actionscript? I'm working on AIR, so access to file system is covered. If not, has any of you tried some library/solution? Any help/link/idea is welcome. I'm making my research on this but can't find anything.. As far as any libraries available, I'm not aware of anything particular. Here's one example online (not good quality, but it works sorta). http://pixelfumes.blogspot.com/2005/11/red-eye-removal-with-flash-8.html Automatic red eye removal is very complex. You'll first need an algorithm that will find the eye in a photograph. Be careful here, there are quite a few patents that cover various techniques for finding eyes and facial features automatically. good luck, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] TextArea class properties
On Sep 9, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Merrill, Jason wrote: Have you tried selectable = false? I think it might be: textAreaInstance.enabled = false; Getting rid of the focus rect is generally a separate issue though, but when the component 'enabled' property is set to false, the focus rect shouldn't show. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Zipping in AS3
On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Claus Wahlers wrote: Hey Claus, one of the reasons I can't use it is because of its inability to work with a .zip file created on Mac OSX. AS3 Zip from nochump avoids the alder32 issue by implementing the deflate() mechanism in software. http://nochump.com/blog/?p=15 It's not as fast as the native bytearray methods though (which only works in AIR anyway). The only thing you might have to deal with is re-writing the parsing routines so that you don't get a script timeout error on large zip archives. I had to do this recently for a project. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] LMS -- Moodle
On Oct 17, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Cor wrote: Can anyone tell me how to read and write to Moodle (SCORM 2004 3e edition)?? Every hint is welcome! What are you trying to do? Moodle is just a CMS system at it's core. What do you want to write back to Moodle? If it's test results and whatnot: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Flash_module As far as any API, I can't really offer any suggestions. See if there is any API plugin available to read-write additional content to it. - j ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] LMS -- Moodle
On Oct 17, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Cor wrote: Just a CMS??? I thought it is L(C)MS. The main thing we are looking for is a LMS. Itis an LMS - but it's still a content management system. Either way, you just need to figure out how to communicate to Moodle to do what you want to do, if it's not something already out of the box. It can take Flash modules, and the link I provided shows you how to pass data to the system through a custom PHP script. If it's not provided, you'll have to write your own server code to do what you need. Look at the Moodle site and see what you can find out. - j ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Builder: AS Application files outside of /src root?
Hmm I haven't had the time to check this one. But, content in the src folder doesn't need to be 'added' as an individual source path to your application. So, for other application files (AS) you may want to add explicitly the source path of it's parent folder to the project properties (ie, src/com/yourcompany/ applicationname/). Then, you might be able to add that file as a separate application. Otherwise, I'm not 100% certain. - jon On Nov 4, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Henry Cooke wrote: Something that's been bugging me for a while: why can only AS files in the root of a Flex Builder project's source folder be nominated as an application? Like, I've got a bunch of classes all neatly packaged up in packages inside /src, but in the Project / Properties / Actionscript Properties dialog, upon clicking "Add", these files do not appear in the tree view of possible files to add. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Congratulations America.
Yea ... now we can all look forward to a re-incarnation of the Welfare State. Yay. :P - jon On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:57 AM, John McCormack wrote: It's off topic, but it is a very special day. You give us hope. Hope that we can help each other. This forum is also proof of that. John ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How much would you charge?
On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:28 AM, Carl Welch wrote: Good point. I'd recommend using SlideShowPro. It's cheap ($29), looks slick, and you'll be done in no time - your client will be none the wiser and you'll be $350 richer. http://slideshowpro.net/ At least there will be an email post in the public domain that shows exactly how "not" to rip off a client. :P - jb ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How much would you charge?
On Nov 14, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: Not sure thats really ripping them off considering they probably don't know how to use the thing even if they bought it themselves. Well, yea. Charging setup, installation and customization of some store bought product is one thing. Just selling back with the minor effort it takes to add images to SlideShow Pro is dishonest. - jb ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How much would you charge?
On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Carl Welch wrote: using tools of the trade is far from ripping clients off. Ridiculous statement. It's not ridiculous at all. Read my reply to my initial email where I elaborated a bit more. The comment about a client being 'none the wiser' and the implication that you're just making the extra dough by handing off some crap someone else did is what's not cool. The point was, if you're repackaging something that someone already did without any value add, then that's dishonest. Hands down, end of story. - j ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: A funny little hover problem with CSS
On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:04 PM, Ashim D'Silva wrote: Right. I recreated everything slowly in a new file, introducing things one by one and here's the culprit - Advanced Anti-Aliasing.Now I really would like to use advanced, because text looks dramatically better, but there has to be a solution, doesn't there? The issue affects more than just static fields (with hovers). It dramatically affects applications where users are allowed to rotate and scale dynamic text fields. In that instance, the kerning, leading and character positions are offset and randomly jump around in value. The kerning is the worst - as a field is scaled the kerning will jump anywhere between 0-2 em on the characters ... randomly between each. The only work around is to have the text field rotated by a small amount (0.01, for example). I submitted this bug to Adobe quite while back, along with the 'workaround.' Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. At least you can give the rotation of the field a shot. You may need to use AS to set the rotation via a Matrix. var m:Matrix = new Matrix(); m.rotate(0.01); myTextfield.transform = m; The rotaion might need to be tweaked a tad - I don't have my bug app open right now to check out the exact value that I ended up using. - jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: A funny little hover problem with CSS
On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Ashim D'Silva wrote: I always round everything I place. That was one of the first things I checked. Rotated bitmaps and text often have this problem, which is fair enough because half pixels don't exist. Actually, they do. The native coordinate space for Flash is a twip, which is 1/20th of a pixel. The rasterizer in Flash has to do some funky stuff anyway with rotated content. There are some really annoying display bugs in Flash for this - consider a nice vector shape that's rotated through AS very, very slowly. You'll actually see it jump around when zoomed up. I discovered this one when rendering content for a 1080p animation project ... so annoying. One of the most interesting tests is to create a rounded rectangle and add a 1 pixel border line around it. Notice it looks funky and isn't smooth. Position the rounded rectangle on a half pixel (+0.5 on x and y). It's all nice and smooth again. cheers, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: A funny little hover problem with CSS
Mostly on rounded rectangles and things with arcs. Kinda limited but the rounded rectangle is a unique case because 1-pixel rounded rects have always been a problem. Course, with the 0.5 rule, not so much (unless you're tweening). best, jon On Dec 17, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Ashim D'Silva wrote: Now that is odd. Is 0.5 the general rule to follow or is it simply different for every object you put down? 2008/12/18 Jon Bradley One of the most interesting tests is to create a rounded rectangle and add a 1 pixel border line around it. Notice it looks funky and isn't smooth. Position the rounded rectangle on a half pixel (+0.5 on x and y). It's all nice and smooth again. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs. Flex libraries
On Dec 23, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Jason Boyd wrote: 1. Can Flex libraries (mx.*) be used in Flash CS3/4? Is this as simple as adding source files and/or SWCs to an FLA project's classpath? And, where are all these libraries (Windows XP or Vista)? Yes. http://labs.wichers.nu/2007/12/25/using-flex-compiled-code-within-flash/ Theoretically, you can use every Flex library and component within Flash. It's all SWF bytecode in the end. There are some tricks to placement of SWC files from the Flex library at the root of your source FLA to get it to recognize and compile the code. It's just very awkward and very difficult to manage in any larger scale application. I actually requested something on flexcoders quite a while back and 'lo and behold the author of this blog responded and added some additional examples to his description of how to get the RPC classes in Flash. http://labs.wichers.nu/2007/12/25/using-flex-compiled-code-within-flash/ There are a couple other posts on that blog that may help you along as well. cheers, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Fuse Kit Sequence
I usually do it like this... mport com.mosesSupposes.fuse.*; ZigoEngine.register(PennerEasing, Fuse); this.mcOne._alpha = 0; this.mcTwo._alpha = 0; var dur=3; var delay=.5; var ease="easeOutQuad" this.mcOne.tween(["_alpha","_x"],[100,400],dur,ease,delay); this.mcTwo.tween(["_alpha","_x"],[100,300],dur,ease,delay); Your end property value(s) are supposed to be a number or array of numbers. doh, should've realised that :) thanks, Jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] Fuse kit: tweening xscale / yscale += not =
hi,
I'm building a Map application, for which I'm using Fuse to control
the zooming etc.
I have a series of moviecips, which trigger the zooming, and I need
the map to zoom to exact co-ordinates, eg:
// set basic map props
map._x = 50;
map._y = 50;
map._xscale = map._yscale = 25;
// works as expected
mc.onRelease = function ()
{
map._x = 50;
map._y = 50;
map._xscale = map._yscale = 90;
}
I'm trying to simulate the above with Fuse, so I tried:
var fSequence:Fuse = new Fuse();
var objTween:Object = {
target:this.objRef.mcMap,
x:50,
y:50,
xscale:90,
yscale:90,
time:3,
ease:"easeOutQuad"
}
fSequence.push (objTween);
fSequence.start ();
but for some reason, the xscale values are being += to the existing
value, not overwriting as I was expecting.
This meant that rather than the map being scaled to 90%, it was in
fact being scaled to 115%!!
is it possible to make this igore it's current value, and instead base
it on 100%
thanks in advance,
Jon
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[Flashcoders] Re: Fuse kit: tweening xscale / yscale += not =
I cross posted to the Fuse list and got an answer... Unless you quote the value it should be absolute not relative you are right. (btw you can use scale:90 to do both at once) AHH! well, that's probably it then, as these values are currently coming from an XML doc! I tried the values hard coded into my class and it worked flawlessly! Which leads me to my next point. I have in my xml: so my numbers are coming in as strings, and are therefore being treated as relative values by Fuse, so I tried converting them to numbers... var intRegionX:Number = objRegionXml.attributes.X; var intRegionY:Number = objRegionXml.attributes.Y; var intRegionWidth:Number = objRegionXml.attributes.Width; var intRegionHeight:Number = objRegionXml.attributes.Height; var intRegionScale:Number = objRegionXml.attributes.Scale; mcCountry.intRegionX = intRegionX; mcCountry.intRegionY = intRegionY; mcCountry.intRegionWidth = intRegionWidth; mcCountry.intRegionHeight = intRegionHeight; mcCountry.intRegionScale = intRegionScale; but they're still being treated as Strings, any ideas how to do this? thanks, jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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: Fuse kit: tweening xscale / yscale += not =
but they're still being treated as Strings, any ideas how to do this? not to worry, got it... var intRegionX:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.X); var intRegionY:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Y); var intRegionWidth:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Width); var intRegionHeight:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Height); var intRegionScale:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Scale); thanks, jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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: Fuse kit: tweening xscale / yscale += not =
var intRegionX:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.X); var intRegionY:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Y); var intRegionWidth:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Width); var intRegionHeight:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Height); var intRegionScale:Number = new Number (objRegionXml.attributes.Scale); the above wasn't quite right, didn't need the 'new' jb -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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: Fuse kit: tweening xscale / yscale += not =
I've always been told parseInt() is better/more consistent to convert numbers than Number() - I've tried both and always had better results with parseInt(). ok mate, looks like parseInt() it is! cheers, jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] tieing AS2 classes together, confused on approach
Hi, I'm working on my first commercial AS2 project. It's pretty simple, it's an interactive map, but really only a couple of classes at the moment, but I think I could split them down a bit as in my previous AS1 projects, I would have have broken things down into smaller classes, that each listen to each other (and broadcast events etc). Which brings me to my point, I'm a little confused as to how to tie my classes together. I have one class which is my menu, this is basically an accordian style menu, which uses the FuseKit library for animation. I then have a Map class, which is the graphics of the map, which also uses the FuseKit class to control it's zooming. Both of these classes are driven by the same data set, a single XML file, which I'm parsing into an Object using Sepiroth's xml2object class. Whilst testing I've been importing my classes etc from the same location as my fla, using an .as file, but I now want to move all this logic in an AppController class, which loads handles all the imports, parses the xml, instanciates my objects etc, but I've having some trouble doing so. If I have 3 classes: App.as, Map.as, Menu.as - should I only import App.as in the first frame of my movie, and let the App class import the classes it requires, or should I import all required files manually? Whichever way I do it, how can I place my files in a sub directory in the folder I'm working in (like 'classes')? Both Map.as and Menu.as use the FuseKit classes, do I need to import them for each class, once in the App class or once in the first frame. If this is all a bit hypothetical, I'll post some code ;) Thanks in advance! Jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] tieing AS2 classes together, confused on approach
I have a similar application that I wrote in ActionScript w/ mtasc. I
have a class that corresponds to your app.as class. I do all of my
imports there. The app.as class instanciates the map.as and all of the
UI stuff. Since I didn't use the IDE, my app.as class has a main method.
I used an event model similar to the Java swing event model to control
what happens when files load or buttons are clicked. I don't know if any
of that is useful. You can look at the app here:
http://www.flashmaprealtor.com/
so I can do:
// classes
import com.mosesSupposes.fuse.*;
import Menu;
import Map;
class App {
private var objMenu:Menu;
private var objMap:Map;
function App ()
{
this.objMenu = new Menu ();
this.objMap = new Map ();
ZigoEngine.simpleSetup(Shortcuts,Fuse,PennerEasing);
}
}
Will my Map and Menu classes then have access to the Fuse Kit ?
Thanks,
Jon
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[Flashcoders] EventDispatcher and Delegate - where am I going wrong...
Hi,
I'm knocking up some simple tests to get EventDispatcher and Delegate
working, but I can't seem to get my rather simple example to work:
// MyButton.as
// EventDispatcher
import mx.events.EventDispatcher;
// Delegate
import mx.utils.Delegate;
class MyButton
{
public var dispatchEvent:Function;
public var addEventListener:Function;
public var removeEventListener:Function;
public var dispatchQueue:Function;
private var mcButton:MovieClip;
function MyButton (mcButton)
{
EventDispatcher.initialize (this);
this.mcButton = mcButton;
this.init ();
}
function init ()
{
this.mcButton.objRef = this;
this.mcButton.onRelease = function ()
{
Delegate.create(this.objRef, onClick)
}
// clearInterval(timeInt);
}
function onClick ()
{
dispatchEvent ({type:'click', target:this, message:'Hey dude the
button was clicked'});
}
};
// ButtonListener.as
// EventDispatcher
import mx.events.EventDispatcher;
// Delegate
import mx.utils.Delegate;
class ButtonListener {
public var dispatchEvent:Function;
public var addEventListener:Function;
public var removeEventListener:Function;
public var dispatchQueue:Function;
private var myButton:MyButton;
function ButtonListener ()
{
myButton = new MyButton(_root.mcButton);
myButton.addEventListener('click', Delegate.create(this,
onClick));
}
function onClick (eventObj)
{
trace(eventObj.target);
trace(eventObj.type);
trace(eventObj.message);
trace(eventObj.time);
}
};
// Timeline
import MyButton;
import ButtonListener;
var myButtonListener = new ButtonListener();
I'm sure it's something blindingly obvious, but how do I get my
ButtonListener class to hear the 'click' event ?
Thanks,
Jon
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Re: [Flashcoders] EventDispatcher and Delegate - where am I going wrong...
it seems you are mixing two approaches.
approach 1)
this.mcButton.onRelease = Delegate.create(this, this.onClick)
approach 2)
this.mcButton.objRef = this;
this.mcButton.onRelease = function ()
{
this.objRef.onClick();
}
yep, certainly was!
thanks, option 2 it was, as I need to set some vars in the class
many thanks!
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[Flashcoders] Maths: scale one mc, whilst keeping an mc within it the same size
hi,
I'm scaling a large-ish MovieClip to specific width/height
combinations. Within this MovieClip I have numerous link MCs, which I
want to keep at 100%, regardless of their containing MovieClip's
width/height, and the maths involved has me a little stumped!
some example code:
// attach map symbol from the stage (_width: 744 _height: 445)
var mcMap:MovieClip = this.attachMovie ('map', 'map', 20);
// attach link within mcMap (_width: 140 _height: 21)
var mcLink:MovieClip = mcMap.attachMovie ('link', 'link'+1, 200);
// example function
_root.onPress = function ()
{
mcMap._width = 2710;
mcMap._height = 1620;
mcLink._xscale = mcLink._yscale = ARRGGHH!
}
I need a formular to obtain the scale to set to the the link MC so it
stays it's original size, but I'm stumped as to what it is, anyone got
any ideas?
Thanks!
Jon
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Re: [Flashcoders] Maths: scale one mc, whilst keeping an mc within it the same size
So in general to keep a child scaled at 100% independents of its parents, you need to divide 100% by the result of multiplying all its parent's scale factors. Eg, to keep e at 100%, you'd scale e to : 1/ ( a.scale*b.scale*c.scale*d.scale/100^4) so My original MC is 744 px wide, and I scale it so it's width is 2710, which is a scale of 364%, which means I need to scale my links to, umm... also long day, brain's super fuzzy, sorry for being a dullard! Thanks! jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] Maths: scale one mc, whilst keeping an mc within it the same size
> So in general to keep a child scaled at 100% independents of its parents, > you need to divide 100% by the result of multiplying all its parent's scale > factors. > > Eg, to keep e at 100%, you'd scale e to : 1/ ( > a.scale*b.scale*c.scale*d.scale/100^4) so My original MC is 744 px wide, and I scale it so it's width is 2710, which is a scale of 364%, which means I need to scale my links to, umm... I've tried: var intMapScale:Number = mcMap._width / 744; // width = 2710 var btnScale:Number = intMapScale / 100; that can;t be right though, as it gives me a tiny number, any pointers as to where I've gone wrong? Thanks, jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] Maths: scale one mc, whilst keeping an mc within it the same size
yeah my example was downscaling, while you are upscaling:). var intMapScale:Number = mcMap._width / 744; // width = 2710 // 364% (3,64) so btnScale is 100/intMapScale. Imagine mcMap._width had been 1000 and original was 500, you'd have 1000/500 = 200% so btnScale 100/200% is 50. Note about the percentages, they make for easy errors. Multiplying/dividing by one hundred too many, tends to give awesome, though wrong, results:). thanks Hans, have totally sussed it now! wicked. jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] scale MC using another MC as registration point
Hi, I've built a simple location plotting app. It consists of a map, in a scrollpane, which you can zoom to different percentages, move a dot around (the dot is not inside the scrollpane, but locked to its dimensions), and a textfield outputs the x and y co-ords at 100% using globalToLocal. This works fine, the problem is though that when you zoom in, it zooms in from the registration point of the map in the scrollpane, which is at 0,0. The client has requested (and it does make sense!) that when the map scales, it does so using the dot as the registration point, anyone got an idea how I can go about this? I'm sure it's possible, but my math is failing me (again!). many many thanks, Jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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:Framework ARP vs PixLib
i gotta say, even though it makes it a little more difficult to pick one to go with, I'm really glad to see all these different frameworks out there. I wish I'd thought to look out for them! especially since I recently adopted cakephp for all my php apps, that's made my life a whole load easier - I'm sure an AS framework would do the same (once I've figured them out ;)) jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] scale MC using another MC as registration point
The math for this is luckily just algebra and doesn't require any complex trig or calculus, and there are a few different ways to do it. This might help you on your way: http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/54.cfm looks perfect, thanks! jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] scale MC using another MC as registration point
> The math for this is luckily just algebra and doesn't require any > complex trig or calculus, and there are a few different ways to do it. > This might help you on your way: > > http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/54.cfm looks perfect, thanks! umm, thought it was perfect - but after a couple of hours, I'm still struggling to get it to work, I've put the fla online, if someone's got a sec to look through, I'd really appreciate it! http://jben.net/temp/dynamic_reg_test.zip thanks! Jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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:Framework ARP vs PixLib
I currently also use CakePHP for the back-end and pixlib for the client-side :) ahh, got anytihing you care to share?!?!?!??!?!?!?! nothing major, just something real basic for me to look through, no worries if not though :) jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] scale MC using another MC as registration point
umm, thought it was perfect - but after a couple of hours, I'm still struggling to get it to work, I've put the fla online, if someone's got a sec to look through, I'd really appreciate it! sorted it! was a combination of having a central registration point on the affected clip, not using the scrollpane, and having the DOT inside the affected clip - works flawlessly now :) thanks, Jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?
And yet another random number generator library (was posted at were-
here.com a long long time ago). All open source, credit for use is
nice though. :)
This one is a linear congruential generator. I've never tested the
output against anything, so at best, this may or may not work
properly for your needs.
cheers,
jon
Jon Bradley
VFX Artist / Animator
Post Central, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.cherrycrushthemovie.com
/** BEGIN LCG.as */
/**
* Class com.jbradley.math.LCG
* Author Jon Bradley
* Version 1.0
* Description Implementation of 48-bit Linear Congruential Pseudo-
Random Number Generator
*
---
* Last update: November 3, 2005 - Converted to AS 2.0
*
---
* 48-bit Linear Congruential Algorithm
* Produces pseudo-random number which can be seeded manually or by a
default time variable.
*
* Source: Computational Nuclear Physics Group, United States Government
* RNG - Random Number Generator algorithms
*
* This implementation is limited to the 48-bit version, which is
still computationally
* inaccurate in Flash due to a 32-bit limitation. It is also not
statistically a sound
* random number generator due to patterns in the low order sequences
and is not a
* cryptographically secure algorithm. It can be made secure by using
a cryptographic hash
* function to generate an initial random number state from a pair of
integers (keys).
*
* The algorithm implementation is as described in the RNG library
published by the
* Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - http://nuclear.llnl.gov/
CNP/rng/rngman/
*
* Converted to Actionscript by Jon Bradley, 2003
*
---
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
*
* - Redistributions of source code must retain the above
copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*
* - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.
*
* - Neither the name of this software nor the names of its
contributors
* may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
software
* without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
"AS IS" AND
* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
* DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS
BE LIABLE FOR
* ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
* (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES;
* LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON
* ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
TORT
* (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
USE OF THIS
* SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*
---
*
* Usage:
*
*Default:
*rGen = new LCG();
*
*Specific seed - may use new Date.getTime() ):
*rGen = new LCG( 1 );
*
* Methods:
*
*init(t:Number)
*Initializes LCG with a time seed. If t is not supplied or
*is NaN, default is used.
*
*getSeed():Number
*Returns initial time seed used to start the system. Recall
that the actual seed
*used in the algorithm is time&M, where M is 2.8^14. The
returned number maybe
*be passed back in to init to restart the random sequence:
*
*rGen.init( rgen.getSeed() )// Will restart system
with original seed
*rGen.init()// Will restart system
with new seed
*
*random()
*Shortcut method to randomReal48()
*
*randomReal48()
*Returns a random 48-bit floating point number on interval
[0,1).
*Note that this currently will not work properly in Flash due
to the limitations
*of the number type. Results are with only 32-bit precision.
(verify this?)
*
**/
class com.jbradley.math.LCG {
/* Period parameters */
static var M = Math.pow(2.8, 14); /* Period of LCG */
static var A = 2862933555777941757; /* 48-bit Mersenne Prime */
static var C = 3037000493; /* 16-bit prime? */
var time:Number = 0;
[Flashcoders] Loading SWF and FLV in sync?
Haven't really done much work with cue points and FLV files lately, and I did some serious searching of the archives but came up blank. Any help is appreciated. I've got a 7 min. FLV file (one single file) which may or may not get broken up into separate FLVs for better interaction with the video online. I also will have an SWF file that will contain a variety of 'screens', or labeled frames, that will need to get triggered as the FLV plays back. No streaming server will be used - this is all progressive playback. I'm relying on the FLV playback for Flash 8 to control buffering/ loading, but need to also guarantee that the SWF file is loaded up to the proper point so that the cue points will be triggered properly and won't stall during playback. Has anyone done anything like this recently and would be able to offer any knowledge? Specifically, is there any way to check as the FLV and SWF are loading at the same time that it's safe to start playback? I've also read of issues with loading multiple FLVs in at the same time (ie, it breaks), so separating this long FLV and SWF into multiple "scenes" may not work properly. thanks in advance ... Jon ___ 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] How to send Audio objects as MP3 via XML-RPC?
On Nov 28, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Leo Burd wrote: Hello there, I am new to Flash and I am wondering what is the best way to send Audio objects via XML-RPC. More specifically, I wonder if anyone could send me suggestions on: a) How to convert a Sound object to MP3 programatically? You need an MP3 encoding library. If you want a command line solution that you may be able to hack to work in a server environment, I'd look into ffmpeg. b) How to convert the resulting MP3 into a base64 string PHP has a base64 library. Look there for starters. I believe you can pass it an argument to encode a file (which would be the mp3 file on your server). To encode the MP3 into a base64 string dynamically is going to kill your server CPU. You're better off running a chron job on your server to execute PHP code to encode the file when placed in a certain directory. If the base64 version is already encoded, don't do anything, just send the stored encoded version. c) How to send the base64 string to my server via XML-RPC I don't know if XML-RPC is not going to handle that amount of data very effectively. The base64 encoded version of the MP3 file will be huge. BTW, shall I use AS2 or AS3 for this? I don't know if it will matter. Once you have the base64 encoded string in Flash, what do you plan to do with it? I don't see how you'll be able to attach it to a sound object. I never tried this though, so the sound object "should" be able to take the raw mp3 data and use it, but who know? This whole process may be best done with a socket connection with AS3 and using binary data to send the result directly to a sound object. good luck. jon ___ 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: Performance of AS3 vs Java
Java is still faster than the Flash AVM2. If you really want to get into doing 3d viz work, use Java and OpenGL - and skip Processing unless you just want to jump right in and be able to see your results faster. That said, it really depends on what you want to do with it and how far you plan on taking the results. cheers, jon On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: has anyone done a performance comparison between AS3 FP9 and Java/ Processing? I'm interested primarily in the area of 3d data visualisation. [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 ___ 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] brain is dead: Syntax Error, why?
Hi folks, been away from Flash for a couple of months, why can't I have a directory structure like the following for my project: /project /project/core/Folder1/Folder2/ import core.Folder1.Folder2.App **Error** /project/firstframe.as: Line 2: Syntax error. import core.Folder1.Folder2.App; actually, whilst I'm on this, what do you guys use as a common project structure to start with? I'm still a bit AS1 centric I fear, and would appreciate some guidance. thanks, Jon -- jon bennett t: +44 (0) 1225 341 039 w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett ___ 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] brain is dead: Syntax Error, why?
Have you defined:
class core.Folder1.Folder2.App
{
//
}
At that location to import?
I would suggest the Java style:
com.company_name.project_name.package.class
that's what I've been doing!
I have a folder, which is Version1
inside that I have my FLA
bia_region_map.fla
Then I have a folder called 'as' which has an as file 'firstframe.as'
then, I have the following structure:
com/3Sixty/BIARegionMap/
inside of which I have:
class com.3Sixty.BIARegionMap.App
{
//
}
does that help?
Where am I going wrong!
thanks,
Jon
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Re: [Flashcoders] brain is dead: Syntax Error, why?
Good luck! If all else fails, post your code in a zip and we'll take a look. ahh, got ya. Think I'm going to go a quicker route, because I've only got till morning to sort this job (and it's only small!). I'll be back though soon for help getting this all correct. Thanks all! Jon ___ 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] syntax highlighting
On Feb 7, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Jason Boyd wrote: I think what I'm getting at is that to really be useful, it ought to scan the document for elements, then parse the text of these nodes, applying styles (or adding classed tags or whatever) to the words based on a look-up of keywords, and syntax checking etc. This way, it truly could be used on any page that uses to show code, and could be easily extended to allow users to specify which language to use (AS, Java, etc). Would make a nifty extension for Mozilla-based browsers, for instance. If you don't have all the skills to put together these pieces, would be a good project for SourceForge or something. Well, if you want to send the whole HTML page to Flash to have it syntax highlighted then sent back to html ... then maybe you could do that. IV's tool works by re-write of a DIV layer that is properly named. It just snags the HTML source, parses it and outputs it back. Simple string parsing actually. It's a neat idea, as an experiment, but not for broad acceptance imho. At that point, might as well just use Flash to display the syntax highlighting itself without using any overflow CSS tags for scrolling and stuff. But that already exists... cheers, jon ___ 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
