RE: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools
Think Sublime Text 2 has a lot of those functions in the packages repo. You can also version control via github as well as SVN. Reason I switched from DW was due to the CSS pre-processor packages for SASS and LESS, and LiveReload makes authoring css so much easier. Tis an amazing text editor, but it's horses for courses really. I still use DW to setup sites and configure localhost server settings, but that's about it. Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Kawamoto Sent: 23 May 2013 17:15 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools I know it's a long tradition to laugh at Dreamweaver as substandard tool, but I actually use it daily, for two reasons: 1. Comprehensive jQuery auto-completion/code-hint as well as PHP 2. Built-in FTP SVN client Obviously never touch the WYSIWYG editor. Please let me know if there are alternative with above equipped. I don't like to be laughed at. But I know none. Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 23 May 2013, at 16:17, James Merrill wrote: I've been moving to StackOverflow for questions, and Reddit's coding subreddits for general programming discussion Here's a URL that bundles a bunch of good programming subreddits: http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev+web_design+html+css+programming+learnpr ogramming+design+ProgrammerHumor+html5 As for an IDE, I would highly discourage you from using Dreamweaver. There are much better tools that are cheap/free. I am currently using Aptana, which is Eclipse based and contains tons of helpful features. I am moving towards using SublimeText as my primary IDE. It's extremely streamlined and elegant, and I highly suggest checking it out. Adobe has been working on an IDE called Brackets that looks pretty cool too. On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.bizwrote: I've found Dreamweaver to be a good tool for HTML5. when you get JavaScript under your belt, take a look at JQuery. it will save you a lot of development time. Mailing lists are pretty quiet these days. I don't know where the programmers congregate, but my colleagues in the French Horn world have moved to a Facebook group. Cordially, Kerry Thompson On May 23, 2013 9:52 AM, Bryan Thompson br...@swfmagic.com wrote: I know many developers are migrating towards HTML5/CSS/JavaScript. Google reveals a multitude of results for mailing lists. I hope to take advantage of the experience on this list to get some advice on good quality lists like this one. I also would like recommendations for (Windows) IDE's for JavaScript, or general HTML5 development including all the supporting languages. I have Dreamweaver, but that seems a bit of overkill for a developer. Thanks in advance guys! Bryan Thompson ___ 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 -- James Merrill ___ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3162/6348 - Release Date: 05/22/13 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally..
Check your junk mail Karl, sent you a PM but may have got filtered Cheers Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl DeSaulniers Sent: 21 May 2013 18:50 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally.. Oh well hot dog I can afford that! :) Thanks all. Karl Sent from losPhone On May 21, 2013, at 11:44 AM, mike g mike.ogr...@gmail.com wrote: $8.49 here: http://www.ebay.com/ctg/Essential-ActionScript-3-0-Colin-Moock-2007-Pa perback-/59066703 On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Matt S. mattsp...@gmail.com wrote: You can get Moock's book for $26 on Powells: http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780596526948-6 Its been out for a while now though, so I would hit your local used bookstore, I'm willing to bet there's a few copies out there, you can probably score it for $10 or something. Not that Moock doesn't deserve full-price for this invaluable resource of course! And whatever you pay, it's simply required reading if you're serious about AS3. .m On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote: Thank you John. Yes, I have already watched some really good tuts on gotoandlearn and plan to watch more when I start working on my project. My book is from lynda.com too. Going to invest in Moocks book as suggested earlier as well. Just need to gen some funds. :) Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On May 20, 2013, at 10:30 PM, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Or subscribe to http://www.lynda.com Excellent training tutorials on tons of software. Very in-depth, but you do pay for it. If you know AS2, check out www.gotoandlearn.com. Many free tutorials on specific tasks, but you'll see them working and their AS3 code, so you can start making the correlation between what is different in 2 versus 3. John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On May 20, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Rick Hassen wrote: but you may want to consider getting a good AS3 book. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3336 / Virus Database: 3162/6341 - Release Date: 05/20/13 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future
Everything James said. Also where once the Creative suite provided an entire pipeline for workflow I can honestly say we barely touch it anymore. A little FW and PS. Maybe a little Illustrator from time to time but that's it. With their new licensing model I think they're singing their own death certificate because most savvy designers know the software doesn't change much over a short enough period to warrant a monthly subscription and will find alternatives Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of James Merrill Sent: 09 May 2013 16:19 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future From my perspective as a former Flash Developer at an Ad agency, I can't imagine us getting any more serious Flash work. These days we still use Flash for banner ads, but that's it. We've tried using Adobe Edge to do HTML5 banners, but it was an awful experience. I rest ALL of my blame on Adobe for both of these situations, not the underlying technologies. If you're betting on Adobe, you're going to lose. They've royally screwed up how they handled this whole Flash fiasco in the last five years. I have ZERO faith in their Edge HTML5 platform, and I suggest that you don't buy the hype. Adobe makes good designs software, and that's it. As AS3 Flash developers, we understand the complexities of RIA's much better than your average Javascript programmer. We've been doing AJAX far before it was popularized in mainstream web development. It was sendAndLoad to us in AS2. We understand animation, interactivity, and user experience much more than most. That's our strength, and it transcends Flash. A lot of you may not believe me, but it's becoming a reality that you can make Flash quality experiences in modern browsers. As for coding HTML5/CSS/JS in an opensource IDE with Greensock JS, Angular, or even Jquery, it's getting better. Javascript is not as elegant as AS3, actually it's more akin to AS2... But progress is being made with new releases of ECMAScript, and MV* frameworks like Backbone and Angular. I miss the good ole days of Flash... But times are exciting as a web developer, I've found some comfort in embracing the change. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Kevin Newman capta...@unfocus.com wrote: On 5/8/13 2:20 PM, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Please tell me another software that I can build an app that runs on PC/MAC/Linux/iPad/Android/Web (non-mobile)? NME / haXe, or with a bit of additional work, Xamarin (with the various Mono ports) - or Unity3D - based on the same tech. There are dozens of C/C++ based cross platform frameworks as well - Cocos2D, MarmaladeSDK, etc. Some scripting engines, CoronaSDK, LoomScript, etc. I still think Flash has an edge (except maybe over Xamarin), but tell that to Adobe. I wish Adobe was as enthusiastic about defending Flash as you are. That would go a long way toward convincing potential buyers, that the platform isn't going to evaporate tomorrow. As I said in another post - Flash and AIR are great tech, but Adobe's public support is nonexistent, which is sad, because it wouldn't take much. Kevin N. __**_ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.**com Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/**mailman/listinfo/flashcodershttp://cha ttyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- James Merrill ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6308 - Release Date: 05/08/13 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)
Not too sure about conferences. We have UX in London but not sure how much focus is on JS. On the forum / educational side I have found the following resources invaluable: CSS www.css-tricks.com Chris Coyier's screencasts and blog posts are awesome for learning simple and advanced css authoring and keeping up-to-date with best practices. Experts Exchange http://www.experts-exchange.com/ This is a subscription based service but the quality of programming advice for every language including JS is well worth it For IDE's it's difficult and for me, the single biggest barrier to entry because of the huge number of development options. The key is to find a workflow that works best for you but the following resources I cannot recommend highly enough: - Sublime Text 2 - Wordpress (Bones HTML5 Development Theme) - CSS using SASS (Compass.App) - Greensock Animation Library Sublime Text 2 - Text Editor http://www.sublimetext.com/2 There are thousands of extensions and packages I don't know where to begin If you're learning HTML5 then learning responsive design techniques is a must - this involves using CSS media queries so once you have grasped the basics of CSS, be sure to move to using pre-processing language like SASS or LESS - there's a great article on css tricks about the benefits and merits of each method. I use SASS and it's sped up my whole development process 10 fold!). To do this on Windows I use compass.app http://compass.handlino.com/ If you're using Mac, then Codekit includes libraries for compass. I do a lot of web development in Wordpress, there are a lot of great resources out there but if you're really looking to learn best practices for Responsive Web Design then you cannot go wrong with the Bones HTML5 Theme, amazingly well commented http://themble.com/bones/ Animation: jQuery is obviously ubiquitous but if you're a flasher then you've probably used Tweenmax in AS3 and if you loved using that as much as I did then you should definitely try the new Greensock for JavaScript library. http://www.greensock.com/ It provides a nice, familiar syntax and a ton of plugins that make animation in html5 a lot easier than using jQuery plugins which seem to have a short shelve life due to continual updates of the jQuery library (Can also be used on conjunction with jQuery). I haven't tried Sencha yet but look forward to dipping my toe soon. If you're looking to develop purely in Javascript using MVC design patterns then a framework like backbone.js , dojo or node.js get a lot of mentions though I haven't looked into any of this seriously yet. Cheers Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 24 January 2013 19:18 To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason) Thanks Dave - I have found a few of my answers on Stack Overflow in the past, I like it. Is it web browser only or can you subscribe like a mailing list? I think I prefer that format. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Dave Watts Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:12 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason) Oh, and as a side note, does Fig Leaf host a similar mailing list like this but for Javascript / AJAX'y stuff? We do not. I personally tend to just rely on StackExchange for JS questions. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- This message, and any attachments, is for the intended recipient(s) only, may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or proprietary and subject to important terms and conditions available at http://www.bankofamerica.com/emaildisclaimer. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6056 - Release Date: 01/25/13
RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)
Cheers IMA Will check out createjs for sure Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ima Newsletta Sent: 25 January 2013 15:36 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason) Hello mates, I think that the list is missing one of the most important js library for flashist of of there, that is the createjs http://www.createjs.com/ As you all, I'm a flashist (10 years of experience) that had to (re)learn html and javascript. When I began to use createjs, in particular easeljs I was really pleased because it seemed to me to program (quite) exactly as in Flash. A demo is worth 1000 words so here it is 2 demos I made in html/js by using that library (obviously I use also a lot jquery as support and the greensock libs for tweening): Monkey Island - Insult Swordfighting Game http://www.int33h.com/test/mi/ Dungeon Master Social Demo http://www.int33h.com/test/dm/ I'm really pleased by the results. I stronlgy suggest that if you want to learn html/js then you have to begin with createjs. Il 25/01/2013 16:15, John McCormack ha scritto: Some great resources throughout these posts. Thank you so much. Personally, I hope Adobe come storming back with some new tools next iteration. John On 25/01/2013 13:03, Marco Terrinoni wrote: Not too sure about conferences. We have UX in London but not sure how much focus is on JS. On the forum / educational side I have found the following resources invaluable: CSS www.css-tricks.com Chris Coyier's screencasts and blog posts are awesome for learning simple and advanced css authoring and keeping up-to-date with best practices. Experts Exchange http://www.experts-exchange.com/ This is a subscription based service but the quality of programming advice for every language including JS is well worth it For IDE's it's difficult and for me, the single biggest barrier to entry because of the huge number of development options. The key is to find a workflow that works best for you but the following resources I cannot recommend highly enough: - Sublime Text 2 - Wordpress (Bones HTML5 Development Theme) - CSS using SASS (Compass.App) - Greensock Animation Library Sublime Text 2 - Text Editor http://www.sublimetext.com/2 There are thousands of extensions and packages I don't know where to begin If you're learning HTML5 then learning responsive design techniques is a must - this involves using CSS media queries so once you have grasped the basics of CSS, be sure to move to using pre-processing language like SASS or LESS - there's a great article on css tricks about the benefits and merits of each method. I use SASS and it's sped up my whole development process 10 fold!). To do this on Windows I use compass.app http://compass.handlino.com/ If you're using Mac, then Codekit includes libraries for compass. I do a lot of web development in Wordpress, there are a lot of great resources out there but if you're really looking to learn best practices for Responsive Web Design then you cannot go wrong with the Bones HTML5 Theme, amazingly well commented http://themble.com/bones/ Animation: jQuery is obviously ubiquitous but if you're a flasher then you've probably used Tweenmax in AS3 and if you loved using that as much as I did then you should definitely try the new Greensock for JavaScript library. http://www.greensock.com/ It provides a nice, familiar syntax and a ton of plugins that make animation in html5 a lot easier than using jQuery plugins which seem to have a short shelve life due to continual updates of the jQuery library (Can also be used on conjunction with jQuery). I haven't tried Sencha yet but look forward to dipping my toe soon. If you're looking to develop purely in Javascript using MVC design patterns then a framework like backbone.js , dojo or node.js get a lot of mentions though I haven't looked into any of this seriously yet. Cheers Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 24 January 2013 19:18 To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason) Thanks Dave - I have found a few of my answers on Stack Overflow in the past, I like it. Is it web browser only or can you subscribe like a mailing list? I think I prefer that format. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h
RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question
Thanks again Chris
I did experiment with the reparenting before my last post but kept getting
coercion errors so there must be something I'm not getting.I have posted on
the Gaia support forum and hopefully that will provide the final missing
pieces (as I write this I've just realized why keep getting the coercion
error - I've not set type to sprite in the xml file - what a goon!)
That, along with the rest of your suggestions will help no end
Thanks again!
Marco Terrinoni - Director
MULARAM PRODUCTIONS
web design // animation // illustration
uk: +44 7876 652 643
e: mailto:ma...@mularam.com ma...@mularam.com
w: http://www.mularam.com/ www.mularam.com
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Chris Foster
Sent: 23 March 2011 22:21
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question
Hi Marco,
Nice work so far! OK, my first suggestion would be that you register
for the Gaia forum and post this kind of question there. Most of what
you're asking about here relates to best practices for working within
Gaia (with a little crossover into plain ol' AS3 knowledge). The folks
on the forum are very helpful with this kind of 'how should I be doing
this?' question.
That being said, I *think* what you want to do is treat each jpeg asset
as a Gaia 'BitmapSpriteAsset' - This next bit is straight from the Gaia
docs:
---
BitmapSpriteAsset (AS3 only)
This is a version of the BitmapAsset that you can add interactivity to
because BitmapSpriteAssets are wrapped inside a Sprite container, and
the asset provides a proxy to the Sprite methods. Set the type=sprite
in the asset node to turn a BitmapAsset into a BitmapSpriteAsset.
import com.gaiaframework.api.IBitmapSprite;
//
IBitmapSprite(assets.myBitmap).buttonMode = true;
IBitmapSprite(assets.myBitmap).addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
onClickBitmap);
---
Then you can easily create your own container MovieClip, reparent the
jpeg asset (because you can now treat it as a Sprite) into your new
MovieClip, create a textfield in your MovieClip, and create any
interactivity (via Sprite events like ) and tweening you want. Here's an
example of how to add the interactivity you want to the loaded image
(which is now treated as a Sprite)
---
public var loadedImage:BitmapSpriteAsset = new BitmapSpriteAsset();
loadedImage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,
myMouseOverEventHandler)
--
To access linkURL and caption attributes in yoru asset XML I think you
need your XML asset node to look like this:
asset id=myAssetID src=myAsset.jpg type=sprite
linkURL=http://www.random.com; caption=Caption text for my loaded
image/
...and in your Design.as where you have the line:
myBitmap = IBitmap(assetArray[i]).content;
you *should* be able to access the 'linkURL' and 'caption' attributes of
the node something like this:
var caption:String = assetArray[i].node.@caption
I'm a little fuzzy on the specific syntax, but I now you can definitely
access the XML content of your 'assets' XML, so try searching the Gaia
forums if my suggestion doesn't work immediately.
Hope that's some help...
C:
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Marco
Terrinoni
Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2011 3:42 AM
To: 'Flash Coders List'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question
Many thanks for the tip Chris, I decided to try and load the assets via
an
external xml file as jpgs instead of swfs to make the application as
scalable as possible without having to recompile anything as suggested.
I
still have some way to go, I've got the jpgs loading and positioned
where I
want them on the stage but am still struggling to:
a) Convert the bitmap to a movieclip - and reference 'linkURL' attribute
in
the xml file
b) add captions - I have two lines that need to be added, one for the
title,
another for the date.
I have followed the advice in the Gaia documentation - loading the
assets
xml file into the index page in the site.xml file with the following
code in
my index.as
var assetNodes:XMLList =
IXml(assets.projectAssets).xml.asset;
var
designPage:IPageAsset =
Gaia.api.getPage(index/nav/design);
Gaia.api.addAssets(assetNodes, designPage);
TweenMax.to(this, 0.3,
{alpha:1, onComplete:transitionInComplete});
}
Then In my design.as file
}
override public function
transitionIn():void
{
super.transitionIn
RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question
Many thanks for the tip Chris, I decided to try and load the assets via an
external xml file as jpgs instead of swfs to make the application as
scalable as possible without having to recompile anything as suggested. I
still have some way to go, I've got the jpgs loading and positioned where I
want them on the stage but am still struggling to:
a) Convert the bitmap to a movieclip - and reference 'linkURL' attribute in
the xml file
b) add captions - I have two lines that need to be added, one for the title,
another for the date.
I have followed the advice in the Gaia documentation - loading the assets
xml file into the index page in the site.xml file with the following code in
my index.as
var assetNodes:XMLList =
IXml(assets.projectAssets).xml.asset;
var designPage:IPageAsset =
Gaia.api.getPage(index/nav/design);
Gaia.api.addAssets(assetNodes, designPage);
TweenMax.to(this, 0.3,
{alpha:1, onComplete:transitionInComplete});
}
Then In my design.as file
}
override public function transitionIn():void
{
super.transitionIn();
TweenMax.to(this, 0.3, {
alpha:1, onComplete:transitionInComplete } );
var assetArray:Array = page.assetArray;
var len:int =
assetArray.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i len;
i++)
{
trace(assetArray[i]);
myBitmap =
IBitmap(assetArray[i]).content;
myBitmap.visible = true;
myBitmap.x=(i % 4) * 240;
myBitmap.y = int(i / 4) *
180 + 60;
myBitmap.alpha = 0;
TweenMax.to(myBitmap, 0.5, {
delay:1, alpha:1, ease:Circ.easeInOut } );
}
Should I be creating a movieclip in the design.fla file with a dynamic text
field that serves as a container for the bitmap array and create a button
array from that? If possible I'd also like to add ROLL_OVER and OUT effects
i.e. ROLL_OVER fires the caption whose y position and alpha are then tweened
in and are visible.ROLL_OUT = reverse and makes the caption invisible.
Any help would be awesome
Many thanks
Marco Terrinoni - Director
MULARAM PRODUCTIONS
web design // animation // illustration
uk: +44 7876 652 643
e: mailto:ma...@mularam.com ma...@mularam.com
w: http://www.mularam.com/ www.mularam.com
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Chris Foster
Sent: 21 March 2011 21:39
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question
Hi Marco,
I've always found it much easier to let the Gaia framework manage my
loading by adding items (like SWFs, images, mp3, flv etc.) as assets to
the Gaia page. It's easier because I don't have to write code to solve
the kind of problem you're asking about...
The Gaia documentation is pretty thorough about how you can use the
assets... In the case of your SWFs it looks like you'd need to create
some buttons onstage (like a menu screen) and give them each a 'click'
event handler to make the loaded SWF visible (and to hide any other
loaded SWFs that are currently visible).
Here's the docco on using assets:
http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/wiki/index.php?title=Assets#How_To_Use
_Assets
Probably the most useful and important thing to know is that once your
SWF assets are loaded, they're positioned at 0,0 and their 'visible'
property is set to false. To display them, all you need to do is set the
'visible' property to true.
And assuming that 'captions' means a single text title for each asset,
you can place this info in an attribute of the asset node in Gaia, like
this:
asset id=mySWF src=something.swf caption=Insert Caption/
...and then access this XML via E4X by using the 'node' property of the
asset, like this:
assets.mySWF.node.@caption
...and use that to populate a textfield. Keeping the caption in the XML
means you can easily change the SWF as well as the caption without
needing to recompile anything later.
Hope that helps,
C
[Flashcoders] Loader Max Question
Hi all
I am using Loadermax to load an array of swf files into a Gaia project file,
this all works fine but I would like to know how I would go about creating a
link for each swf file and adding other information externally such as
captions? Here is my code
//create an array of image file names
var urls:Array =
[brakes.swf,
hp_xmas.swf,
drambuie.swf,
ftfe.swf,
hillbillyAnim.swf
];
//create the LoaderMax queue
into which we'll put the ImageLoaders
_queue = new
LoaderMax({name:childQueue, requireWithRoot:this.root, maxConnections:1,
onChildComplete:_childCompleteHandler});
//loop through the file
names, create an SWFLoader and place it on the stage using special
properties like x, y, width, height, etc. The images will also be scaled to
fit within the width/height defined.
for (var i:int = 0; i
urls.length; i++) {
_queue.append( new SWFLoader(urls[i], {
container:this,
x:(i % 4) * 240,
y:int(i / 4) * 180 + 60,
width:220,
height:160,
bgColor:0x141414}) );
}
//prepend all of the urls in
the LoaderMax instance with assets/swf
_queue.prependURLs(assets/swf/);
//start loading
_queue.load();
}
// EVENT HANDLERS
function
_childCompleteHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
TweenMax.to(event.target,
0.5, {delay:1, ease:Circ.easeInOut});
trace(loaded +
event.target);
}
Many thanks in advance!
Marco Terrinoni - Director
MULARAM PRODUCTIONS
web design // animation // illustration
uk: +44 7876 652 643
e: mailto:ma...@mularam.com ma...@mularam.com
w: http://www.mularam.com/ www.mularam.com
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[Flashcoders] Duplicate varibale definition
Hi everybody
I'm sure some of you have experience with this issue
I'm trying to write an array for all my navigation buttons and one of the
functions is a MouseEvent clickHandler which is used for all buttons to
navigate to external pages. Below is my code:
var webArray: Array = [apoc_mc, ballards_mc, buyapowa_mc, cds_mc,
chrysalis_mc, dr_mc, girliepants_mc, hillbilly_mc, hpXmas_mc, kagemusha_mc,
mularam_mc, ouol_mc, trainerace_mc, uds_mc, ves_mc, villas_mc, webrel_mc];
for (var i:int = 0; i
webArray.length; i++) {
webArray[i].buttonMode =
true;
webArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
}
function
clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
switch (event.currentTarget)
{
case apoc_mc:
var request:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(http://www.mularam.com/projects/apoc.php;);
navigateToURL(request,
_self);
break;
case ballards_mc:
var request:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(http://www.mularam.com/projects/ballards.php;);
navigateToURL(request,
_self);
break;
And so on for each different nav element. I receive warning 3596 and
although the file publishes and works I am trying to improve my AS3 skills
and would like to know what the proper way of doing this is (without writing
separate functions for all nav elements if possible). I'm also using an
array because I'm calling other functions for Mouse ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT
states
Many thanks in advance for any advice
Marco Terrinoni - Director
MULARAM PRODUCTIONS
web design // animation // illustration
uk: +44 7876 652 643
e: mailto:ma...@mularam.com ma...@mularam.com
w: http://www.mularam.com/ www.mularam.com
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RE: [Flashcoders] Duplicate varibale definition
Thank you Tom - works perfectly now! Henrik - I'd love to know more about your use of component definitions, do you have any recommended reading material? Thanks again Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: mailto:ma...@mularam.com ma...@mularam.com w: http://www.mularam.com/ www.mularam.com From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Andersson Sent: 16 March 2011 18:31 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate varibale definition The way I would do it is to assign each clickable object the url it needs to go to in a property and then use a single event listener that reads the property to know what url to use. If I was in a really fancy mood I would look into using a component definition to allow the url to be easily set without scripting. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3510 - Release Date: 03/16/11 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] How to view and edit alternate content
Hi there I have created a flash site using Gaia Framework which scaffolds xhtml pages for browsers that don't support flash. I am in the middle of creating the alternate content but cannot find a way to view and edit these pages because my flash browser is automatically detected and swfObject is overwriting alternate content with flash. Is there a way I can use actionscript 3.0 to create a button which will display this content for the user? Many thanks in advance! Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How to view and edit alternate content
Cheers guys Both these suggestions are perfect Many thanks Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com w: www.mularam.com - Original Message - From: Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to view and edit alternate content Run the flash player uninstaller? They actually provide one, just for cases like this. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3250 - Release Date: 11/11/10 07:34:00 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Gaia - TransitionIn
Hi there
I'm having some trouble with a site created in Gaia Framework - the index file
runs before the preloader has finished. I was told this is not a Gaia issue
because transitionIn is not called until after the preloader has finished and
to leave frame 1 blank as a first step toward fixing this and do not go to
frame 2 and beyond until transitionIn is called. I have tried numerous ways but
all without success - by moving the content to frame 2 I get output error:
Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at
com.vanellensheryn::IndexPage$iinit()
Below is my index page class file - any help would be greatly appreciated.
package com.vanellensheryn
{
import com.gaiaframework.templates.AbstractPage;
import com.gaiaframework.events.*;
import com.gaiaframework.debug.*;
import com.gaiaframework.api.*;
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import com.greensock.TweenMax;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin, TransformMatrixPlugin, TintPlugin,
RemoveTintPlugin]);
public class IndexPage extends AbstractPage
{
public var container_mc:MovieClip;
public var gel:MovieClip;
public var nav_bg:MovieClip;
public var btn_mailto:SimpleButton;
public var btn_mularam:SimpleButton;
public var btn_riba:SimpleButton;
public function IndexPage()
{
super();
alpha = 0;
btn_mailto.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
btn_mailto.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, over1);
btn_mailto.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, out1);
btn_mularam.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler2);
btn_mularam.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, over1);
btn_mularam.addEventListener (MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, out1);
btn_riba.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler3);
TweenPlugin.activate([ColorTransformPlugin]);
function over1(event:MouseEvent):void {
TweenMax.to(event.target, 0.75, {colorTransform:{tint:0xFF9900},
ease:Back.easeInOut});
}
function out1(event:MouseEvent):void {
TweenMax.to(event.target, 0.75, {colorTransform:{tint:0xCC},
ease:Back.easeInOut});
}
}
private function buttonClickHandler (e:MouseEvent):void
{
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(mailto:i...@vanellensheryn.com;);
navigateToURL(request, _self);
}
private function buttonClickHandler2 (e:MouseEvent):void
{
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(http://www.mularam.com;);
navigateToURL(request);
}
private function buttonClickHandler3 (e:MouseEvent):void
{
var request:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/AboutUs/RIBAMembers.aspx;);
navigateToURL(request);
}
override public function transitionIn():void
{
super.transitionIn();
TweenMax.to(this, 0.3, { alpha:1, onComplete:transitionInComplete } );
}
override public function transitionOut():void
{
super.transitionOut();
TweenMax.to(this, 0.3, {alpha:0, onComplete:transitionOutComplete});
}
}
}
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