RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox Halo
When I experience crazy behavior like this in Flash that absolutely shouldn't happen, I take a few steps. 1) Save and compact. Quit Flash. Restart my computer. 2) If that doesn't fix it, I try deleting the component from the library, save and compact, quit Flash, relaunch, put the component back in. 3) If that doesn't fix it, I make a copy of the file and take other components out one at a time until I find the conflict. 4) If that still doesn't fix it, and I've exhausted every other reasonable debugging technique, I take drastic action. Sometimes, Flash files simply get corrupted and there's nothing you can do about it except make a brand new Flash file and copy everything from the old movie into it. It sucks, but sometimes that is the only solution. Hopefully, your movie isn't too complicated and you can do this without too much more than some copying and pasting. Yes, this solution actually works. HTH, Steven ___ 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] Accepting 1 parameter with 2 possible types in amethod?
You could also leave off the typecasting on the argument. You don't have to
type your arguments in AS2, and the compiler won't complain.
If the methods inside the argument check what type of argument it is, then
it's pretty apparent to anybody reading the code why there is no type on the
argument.
Typing has no effect except for the debugging and readability. Flash gets
no speed benefit from strict typing like other languages do.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Adrian Park
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:33 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Accepting 1 parameter with 2
possible types in amethod?
Hi all. Thanks for the responses.
I think my favoured route would be by Typing the parameter as
generic Object
as it means it's still one parameter which seems neater.
Ian, I'm intrigued if your suggestion works - I had considered it but
assumed it wouldn't work because the result of the typeOf
operation would
just be 'object' (since that is what the parameter is typed as).
I'm going to try it as that is exactly the kind of solution I
was after.
Thanks
Adrian P
On 6/15/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Adrian,
I'd do it like this:
private function myMethod(i:Object):Void
{
if (i instanceof String) {
// do this
}
else if (i instanceof Number) {
// do this
}
else
{
// report an error
}
}
And, as you see, stick in an error condition - because by
changing the
input type to Object you throw away all type-safety and can't
guarantee that someone won't try passing in a completely different
type of object...
As to whether it's dirty or not - that's your call, really. :-) It
really depends on the purpose of the function. I've used it
occasionally to fake overloading of functions just to make
APIs easier
to understand.
Sorry to be blurry about it, but without knowing a bit more
about the
circumstances, it's kind of hard to say...
HTH,
Ian
On 6/15/06, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi List,
What's the neatest way of accepting a single parameter
with 2 possible
types
into a method and then working out what type of parameter has been
passed?
e.g. in pseudo code
private function myMethod( i:Number/String ):Void {
if ( i is a String ) {
// do this
} else if ( i is a Number ) {
// do this
}
}
I can think of several alternatives :
- passing a generic object which contains the property
and then using
typeof
on that property
- calling 2 different methods but, in this case, it just
makes sense to
be
one since it's doing the same thing with either parameter
(retrieving a
bit
of data from an Array which may be identified using a
numerical id or a
String ID)
- limiting my method to accepting a String only and then
defining a
second
method that returns the correspoding String identifier
given a numerical
identifier
All of the ways I can think of seem dirty. Is there a
nice clean way or
is
it wrong to expect the method to accept one parameter of different
types?
Thanks in advance,
Adrian P.
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RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox and Other Flash Components
I've created a ComboBox. Strangely when I open the combobox, the field with selections goes under the other components...??? Is it on a lower layer in the timeline? ___ 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] xAL and xNAL
All xNAL Action. Hawt. ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Newman Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:44 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] xAL and xNAL Hello all, Has anyone done any work with these new address formats (xNAL, xAL, xNL) that have been standardized by OASIS in flash? I was so happy to hear about a standard way to deal with international address information, now all we need are some standardized form layouts, and some solid Libraries for dealing with this format. Does anyone know of any? http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq/ciq.html#6 I am mostly interested in the address standard myself, which if I understand it correctly is xAL (eXtensible Address Language http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq/ciq.html#6), which is a subset of xNAL. I learned of this new standard because Google is using it in their geocoding API. http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2006/06/geocoding-at-last.html Thanks, Kevin N. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Flashcoders Archive Broken
The Flashcoders Archive is broken. How can we elitists lecture newbies to search the Flashcoders archives if it isn't working correctly? ;) I realize that you are providing a free service, but if we are telling people to check the Archives before asking the list and the archive isn't working, we look like jerks. IMHO, this needs to be fixed ASAP in order to save us from ourselves (and, of course, to have a useful archive). Searches aren't working fully, even by Author. Example. I searched for the term help vampire which has been brought up many times over the past two months and it comes up with no results. No matches were found for 'help and vampire' However, I can look at today's posts and see the term help vampire in a few threads. Looking at April, two months previous: Here's my post with help vampire right in the subject! http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-April/164715.html That post didn't come up even when I searched by my name, even though it is clearly written by me. The post right after it has help vampire in the body: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-April/164716.html Yet, no results. Also, all the images are broken. Help! ___ 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] checkbox component label - can it wrap?
Does anyone know if you can set a checkbox component label to wrap if required. Why don't you set its label to and put your own multiline textfield next to it? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading
Before Flashcoders was around, people had to solve their Flash problems on their own. After Flashcoders was around, some people didn't know about it and had to solve their Flash problems on their own. Bottom line is - the solutions are out there and many people don't take the time to try and solve their problems on their own before taking it to the list. They think that it will be faster if they just ask the list, without realizing they are robbing themselves of an important exercise in training their own resourcefulness and problem solving abilities, and at the same time degrading the signal to noise ratio of Flashcoders. I can't tell you how many times in the past three months I've seen the same exact newbie issues repeated over and over. Flashcoders is not supposed to be the newbie arena. It's become the newbie area because help vampires have infested it. If a question is 'beneath you' you got more problems than newbies. Nobody demands that you answer, so whee, get off the list then. I recommend reading some Ayn Rand. Just because you need doesn't mean you're entitled. Hasn't history proven that communism doesn't work? Don't expect others to help you simply because you need help and aren't willing to help yourself. Telling the Flash veterans to help me, ignore me, or piss off is eventually going to reduce this list to newbies helping newbies. Your response to Try searching the archives or google for your answers before asking the list is If you don't want to help me, shut up. Apparently, petulant children have taken over. The internet is the world's most comprehensive encyclopedia. While wikipedia might have fallacious information in it, it's very rare to find misleading facts about Flash out there. This article sums it up very well. http://www.slash7.com/pages/vampires It's so regular you could set your watch by it. The decay of a community is just as predictable as the decay of certain stable nuclear isotopes. As soon as an open source project, language, or what-have-you achieves a certain notoriety-its half-life, if you will-they swarm in, seemingly draining the very life out of the community itself. The chief indicator of a Help Vampire problem is the lack of helpfulness-the community may still appear to be bustling and lively, but if on closer inspection the conversation is all towards the shallow end of the pool, with moderately difficult questions going unanswered, then a Help Vampire infestation is likely. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading
The problem with a list named FlashNewbies is that help vampires, or newbies who don't want to actually do any work, tend to avoid newbie lists and go straight for the advanced ones because that's where they perceive the advanced people to be. Why ask a noob how to do something when you can ask pro? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading
Bottom line is if someone gets stuck they are going to find help where they can. To tell you the truth I would post just about any place to be able to get an answer just so I can go to sleep one night this week. Some of us are not action scripting for fun. We are working in the real world, I am a designer I am learning flash and can make my way around the flash design environment just fine. If I knew enough about action scripting not to need help (noob) than I wouldn't really need this list now would I. Also if the Noob list wasn't so Noob I could get my problem solved their without getting spurned by an elitist. I've got four words for you. Buy a freaking book. :) There are NUMEROUS books out there on the subject. There are books dedicated to helping designers learn how to code in Flash from a designer's perspective. I'm sure you'll find something at Amazon or your local bookstore. When I wanted to learn Ruby on Rails, I went out and bought a few books. I read them from cover to cover and then I started coding, referring back to the books when I needed assistance. If I came across something the book didn't cover, I'd run a bunch of google searches. Finally, if I couldn't figure something out, I'd hop on the IRC channel and ask very specific questions which would lead me towards the solution, not asking for the solution. Here's the truth. Programming is not for everyone. It requires a type of patience, perseverance, and masochism that few possess. Maybe you're just not cut out for it. That doesn't mean anyone is better than you, just different than you. If your strength is design, I say follow that path because programming really can be frustrating for many people. I can't draw a button. Anytime I try I end up frustrated. Imagine if there was a mailing list for designers and I got on and asked questions about how to draw buttons. I might get help at first but eventually people would say Go buy a book on drawing and practice. I have friends who have been drawing since they were children. They have a sketchbook and always have some book like how to draw faces, or arms, or animals, or whatever. They're constantly practicing techniques. It's no different. There's a great quote about programming. programming: n. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading
Why not hire a designer? Precisely my point. Hence, a designer should hire a programmer if they need some programming done. :) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Flash coders content degrading (Mark Winterhalder)
You do realize that this is, and always has been, an unmoderated list, right? Now that isn't true at all. I remember back in the early years the OT police jumped on anyone who posted OT stuff. Brendan was behind most of that, and since his departure it seems the list has slowly gotten more and more out of control. ___ 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] XML diff
Try RegEx. Flash 8: http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/ Flash 5,6,7: http://www.jurjans.lv/flash/RegExp.html ___ 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] XML diff
I will check it out - I had thought that was for regular expression support? Do you have an example of how that would diff two xml files? Here is an outstanding tutorial on regular expressions, how and why they're used. http://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorialcnt.html Good luck! ___ 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] reposition MC on release
Don't use on (release) {}, use btn.onRelease = function() {} in the frame.
Putting on (action) {} methods on button and movieclip instances is for
designers who don't know how to code.
When you assign button actions to movieclips or buttons, unless you use
this, it's going to refer to the movieclip it resides in.
Example:
// Tells BTN_Foo's timeline to go to frame 2
BTN_Foo.onRelease = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(2);
};
// Tells the timeline of the clip containing BTN_Foo to go to frame 2
BTN_Foo.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndStop(2);
};
// Or you can write it like this
BTN_Foo.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.gotoAndStop(2);
};
Same thing goes for variables.
You can assign the clip to the button.
BTN_Foo.clipToControl = _level0.MC_Clip;
BTN_Foo.onRelease = function() {
this.clipToControl._x = 100;
};
HTH,
Steven
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RE: [Flashcoders] What does this code mean and What are Inspectables ...
They are for AS2 components. http://www.actionscript.org/forums/archive/index.php3/t-38760.html ___ 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: OT: Anyone got a good CSS book to recommend?
Try this: http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/ ___ 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] Getting the selection
That's one of those slap on the forehead ones that getcha everytime! :)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Bart Wttewaall
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 2:47 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Getting the selection
It's because the button you click will have the focus. So you should
return the focus on the textfield before you can get the Selection of
the text.
[as]
underline_btn.addEventListener(click, mx.utils.Delegate.create(this,
underline_check));
function underline_check(evt:Object):Void {
Selection.setFocus(editdesc_txt);
var startIndex:Number = Selection.getBeginIndex();
var endIndex:Number = Selection.getEndIndex();
var strToUnderline:String =
editdesc_txt.text.substring(startIndex, endIndex);
trace(String to Underline:
+strToUnderline+|B:+Selection.getBeginIndex()+ |E:
+Selection.getEndIndex()+ |C:+Selection.getCaretIndex());
editdesc_txt.replaceText(startIndex, endIndex,
u+strToUnderline+/u);
}
[/as]
2006/5/29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Can anyone tell me why this outputs -1 for every value?
Could it be because the
textfield looses focus when I click on the button
component? I am trying to
get the first and last position of the selected text in a
dynamic textfield.
Any pointers would be awesome!
Outputs: String to Underline: |B: -1 |E: -1 |C: -1
var underline_check:Object = new Object();
underline_check.click = function(eventObj:Object) {
var startIndex:Number = Selection.getBeginIndex();
var endIndex:Number = Selection.getEndIndex();
var strToUnderline:String =
editdesc_txt.text.substring(startIndex,
endIndex);
trace(String to Underline: +strToUnderline + |B:
+Selection.getBeginIndex()+ |E: +Selection.getEndIndex() + |C:
+Selection.getCaretIndex());
editdesc_txt.replaceText(startIndex, endIndex,
u+strToUnderline+/u);
};
underline_btn.addEventListener(click, underline_check);
Boots
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RE: [Flashcoders] Printing without print dialog box in an exe
So what you're asking is if anyone on a Flash coders list knows how to code a Visual Basic wrapper to override Windows OS print dialog boxes? I think you would have more luck taking this question to a VB users group where people would have more experience with those two environments that are outside the realm of Flash. Flash just makes a call to the wrapper which handles everything. It has nothing to do with Flash and everything to do with the wrapper. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rishi Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:02 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Printing without print dialog box in an exe Hi I need to give a print command from flash without opening the print dialog box. I have my application embedded in VB. I want to know the proposed solutions. I know this can be done and can see this working in flash jester jprintor. But I'ld like to know some more tools. Also ,if somebody has worked with Jprintor. Please advise. I need to discuss, this, Rishi -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.1/348 - Release Date: 5/25/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Printing without print dialog box in an exe
I apologize if that sounded gruff. I should have added a winky after the first sentence. ;) It's 5:30am here, hehe. Long night coding. -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 5:18 AM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Printing without print dialog box in an exe So what you're asking is if anyone on a Flash coders list knows how to code a Visual Basic wrapper to override Windows OS print dialog boxes? I think you would have more luck taking this question to a VB users group where people would have more experience with those two environments that are outside the realm of Flash. Flash just makes a call to the wrapper which handles everything. It has nothing to do with Flash and everything to do with the wrapper. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rishi Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:02 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Printing without print dialog box in an exe Hi I need to give a print command from flash without opening the print dialog box. I have my application embedded in VB. I want to know the proposed solutions. I know this can be done and can see this working in flash jester jprintor. But I'ld like to know some more tools. Also ,if somebody has worked with Jprintor. Please advise. I need to discuss, this, Rishi -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.1/348 - Release Date: 5/25/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] problems with dynamic text field autosize property
Use question.textHeight not question._height -s -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Brantley Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 1:32 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] problems with dynamic text field autosize property I think you may be right. If you look at my code it works perfectly. I'm just pissed that it took something as stupid as getting the height of the textfield in 3 different variables. It actually works on the 2nd variable. You see I put all my code in functions. But, I don't use classes and prototypes and the like. I was thinking maybe it had something to do with that. Thanks for answering though. I posted the same question on a couple of forums and got no response at all. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duncan Reid Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:15 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] problems with dynamic text field autosize property Hi Scott, I think it's one of those wait a frame type deals, either that or try question.textHeight. Dunc On 5/26/06, Scott Brantley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm having a problem with the dynamic text field autosize property. The problem I'm having is that I'm not catching the correct height of the textfield directly after the textfield is filled with text. In other words, I create a dynamic textfield and give it a set width and then I set all the properties (selectable, multiline, wordwrap, embed fonts, autosize, html etc). Then I fill it with html text and then I get its height. If you will look at my code below you can see that I have the variables a, b, and c all set to question._height. Every single time I test this and trace it in the output window I get a =34, b=92, and c=92 (92 is the correct height of the textfield). Does anyone have an explanation? The text I'm filling the textfield with is loaded from the data base way before this code executes. It seems that the code is faster than the textfield can fill up. Is there anyway to detect when the textfield has filled and autosized? test_mc.createTextField(question_txt, 1000, 0, 0, 385, 0); question = _root.test_mc.question_txt; question.selectable = false; question.multiline = true; question.wordWrap = true; question.embedFonts = true; question.autoSize = true; question.html = true; //flash is taking too much time rendering out this text question.htmlText = p align='center'font face='myVerdana' size='25' color='#FF'b+myHTML+/b/font/p; //the following is jerry rigged and needs to be fixed a = question._height; trace(a = + a); b = question._height; trace(b = + b); c = question._height; trace(c = + c); Thanks, Scott ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] OOP 101: Is import really necessary?
Also interesting to note here. If you make two layers in the timeline and in the top layer you put x = 10; And the bottom layer you put trace(x); you'll get 10. However, if in the top layer you put import SomeStaticClass; And in the bottom layer you put SomeStaticClass.someMethod(); It doesn't work. Imports only work in the scope of the specific script itself, not the clip those scripts are in, even though scripts in layers in Flash allegedly work from top to bottom as if they were one big script. ___ 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] eLearning built in Flex
The writing on the show (I'm a huge fan and have suspended disbelief for a long time) has become extremely weak over the past few episodes. They force extremely unrealistic reactions from people and have characters completely ignore stuff going on around them. Tell me. If the earth shook, there was a deafening buzz and the sky turned white and violet and eventually it went away, would you say Hm. What was that? Doesn't matter. Better clean up this mess. Give me a freaking break. I guess only the main characters are allowed to be humans with brains and the rest of the people are only animated paintings in the backdrop. ___ 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] XML Parsing
Or you could just use XML2AS
function XML2AS(n, r) {
var a, d, k;
if (r[k=n.nodeName] == null) r = ((a=r[k]=[{}]))[d=0];
else r = (a=r[k])[d=r[k].push({})-1];
if (n.hasChildNodes()) {
if ((k=n.firstChild.nodeType) == 1) {
r.attributes = n.attributes;
for (var i in k=n.childNodes) XML2AS(k[i], r);
} else if (k == 3) {
a[d] = new String(n.firstChild.nodeValue);
a[d].attributes = n.attributes;
}
}else r.attributes = n.attributes;
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] XML Parsing
Search the Flashcoders archives.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Matt Jurgemeyer
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 1:33 PM
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XML Parsing
Do you know of a good resource that might explain this to me?
It's a bit
over my head at this point.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Of Steven Sacks
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:02 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XML Parsing
Or you could just use XML2AS
function XML2AS(n, r) {
var a, d, k;
if (r[k=n.nodeName] == null) r = ((a=r[k]=[{}]))[d=0];
else r = (a=r[k])[d=r[k].push({})-1];
if (n.hasChildNodes()) {
if ((k=n.firstChild.nodeType) == 1) {
r.attributes = n.attributes;
for (var i in k=n.childNodes) XML2AS(k[i], r);
} else if (k == 3) {
a[d] = new String(n.firstChild.nodeValue);
a[d].attributes = n.attributes;
}
}else r.attributes = n.attributes;
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] gotoAndStop and Frame labels as Numbers
What's the problem with using a single letter before the frame number? Such as, f2, f18, f50, etc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fitzpatrick, Kevin Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:33 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] gotoAndStop and Frame labels as Numbers Hey all, A question regarding frame labels. When using the gotoAndStop(frameLabel:String) method in a simple flash movie and the string could be evaluated to a Number (such as the string 2 or 20) it seems that the flash player does evaluate it and sends the playhead to *frame 2* instead of the frame *labeled '2' *. Does everyone else experience this problem and is there anyway around it that still allows one to label a frame with a string that could be a number. Sorry if that was a bit confusing. Thanks, Kevin ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Local Shared Objects
I must have missed the original post. I thought he had one swf loaded in another. SharedObject is a misnomer because it makes people think it's shared between multiple swfs, but it really is just shared between multiple sessions, so to speak. LocalConnection is how you share information between two movies. -Steven ___ 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] load data
view/copy/edit/delete files Or CRUD. Create/Read/Update/Delete. ___ 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] CD ROM dimensions?
As a former Director programmer and desktop application developer, with 10 years experience in the industry, I have one thing to say to Flash developers who have little to no experience developing desktop applications. Changing a user's resolution without asking them first is a HUGE no-no. Don't do it. Why shouldn't I change their resolution automatically? I hear from the desktop application development neophytes. Such sweet innocence. Your incredulous cries shall be answered forthwith. First, many displays, laptop displays (read: flatscreens) in particular, only like to display at a specific resolution. Changing the resolution on these displays can result in unintended side effects. On some, everything gets extremely jagged, pixelated, blocky (i.e. crappy). On others, it simply puts deadspace around the sides whilst making the visual area smaller (oh the irony). Either way, your goal of making things look bigger and better for the user just got Punk'd (Punk'd used with express permission from Ashton Kutcher and MTV/Viacom, all rights reserved). Second, if the display in question (laptops and desktops) cannot display at the resolution you switch it to, a possible side effect is no display whatsoever. And since it wasn't done by the resolution control panel in Windows, there is no 15 second timeout if you can't see it anymore. This might not be an issue on braille monitors, but those account for 0% of your target audience (ed: and they don't exist). Your application just broke my computer! exclaims Irate User. Which segues nicely to the next point. Third, when you decrease a monitor's resolution, you completely screw up any icon arrangement on the desktop. If you're looking to completely irritate your userbase, congratulations you win! You've just caused the user to associate negative emotions to whatever you were trying to convey. Fourth, don't poop where you eat. People have their computers set up the way they like them. They like their resolution just how it is, thank you. Many users have flatscreen displays nowadays, which you can't or don't want to change resolutions on anyway. Fifth, even if you ask permission, many users don't know that any of the things I've mentioned will befall them should they agree to your request, and some users automatically click No to such things anyway. Lucky for you, Flash can stretch to fill the screen. You just need to design for that by using vector art for the UI, although raster images look fine up to a point. Stretching Flash may cause a slight performance hit, but you can also code your application to dynamically resize itself based on the user's current resolution, which takes more finesse and planning. The only time you should change the resolution without asking is in a kiosk enviroment where you control the machine and you're not going to piss anyone off or break something by doing so. 800x600 is only 224x168 smaller than the average resolution these days. Try a nice border around the edge, black or a dark grey usually works best and after a few minutes most users won't even notice it anymore (much like the black bars at the top and bottom of widescreen movies). Make a friend of your users, not an enemy. Just say no to resolution changes. This message paid for by the Special Treatment For Users group. ;) ___ 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] Local Shared Objects
Did you try setting your variable to the shared object again after the change? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Saelhof Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:00 PM To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Local Shared Objects Hi everyone, I'm trying to get a Local Shared Object (LSO) to share data between 2 flash windows. The first movie creates the LSO and can write to it. The second movie can then get a reference to the shared object and read the data set by movie 1. The problem occurs when movie 2 tries to change that data and flush it to the disk. Movie 1 doesn't get the change. If I close movie 1 and re-open it, it can now see the changes. This makes me think that each instance of the Flash Player is working from a cached copy of the LSO. Can anyone confirm this behavior? Does anyone know a way to force the movies to always refer to the disk when reading values from the LSO? Jason. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ 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] Local Shared Objects
Exactly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mauricio Furtado Massaia Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 6:06 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Local Shared Objects Well if r u using 2 swf at same time u can use LocalConnection to transfer data. right?? (sorry if im wrong ) MauricioMassaia On 5/17/06, Jason Saelhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did try getting a reference to the Shared Object again using... myVar = SharedObject.getLocal( ... ); ... but it didn't seem to help. I basically set it up so that each time it tried to read from the object it would get a new reference first. Jason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:17 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Local Shared Objects Did you try setting your variable to the shared object again after the change? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Saelhof Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:00 PM To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Local Shared Objects Hi everyone, I'm trying to get a Local Shared Object (LSO) to share data between 2 flash windows. The first movie creates the LSO and can write to it. The second movie can then get a reference to the shared object and read the data set by movie 1. The problem occurs when movie 2 tries to change that data and flush it to the disk. Movie 1 doesn't get the change. If I close movie 1 and re-open it, it can now see the changes. This makes me think that each instance of the Flash Player is working from a cached copy of the LSO. Can anyone confirm this behavior? Does anyone know a way to force the movies to always refer to the disk when reading values from the LSO? Jason. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] load data
I have a feeling that Flashgrrl is actually a guy faking his gender to get more help from all the lonely guys here on Flashcoders. It is scientifically proven to work in other online places (chat rooms, MMORPGs, etc.) so it's that big of a stretch that it would work here, too. ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flashgrrl Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] load data Yes, that seems to be the consensus. Dave, thank you for the confirmation. I'll quit barking up the wrong tree. The reason I was trying to do this is because it seemed like an easy way to protect data in a .swf. If the .swf was decompiled, all the data would remain tucked away out of reach. Also this would allow one movie to be reused as a template over and over again. To add the data, it would be called in dynamically via a text document. Easy to update and to add new movies with different content. Or that was the theory anyway. :-) Does anyone have any ideas on how dynamically add data for ease and security? I'm open to new ideas. smile Cheers, Flashgrrl --- Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If by root directory you mean the root directory of your web server, you will not be able to do this unless you've created a virtual mapping pointing to this directory within your web server configuration. Only files within the root directory and its subdirectories, or within virtual directories, will be accessible via HTTP. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] load data
I'm only messin around. I wasn't actually following the thread, nor do I think that anything you're asking is out of line. I wasn't even making commentary on your line of questioning. I just thought it was funny that you were using the pseudonym Flashgrrl, especially since I tend to like girls who refer to their digital selves as grrl. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flashgrrl Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:42 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] load data Steven, Interesting theory. I've never been accused of being a guy before. :-) I thought this forum was the exact place to ask these sorts of questions actually. Should I read between the lines that you have a wonderful solution you are bursting to share? Or is this a techie version of a pickup line? smile I'd prefer to stick to Actionscript if that's okay with the group. -Flashgrrl --- Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a feeling that Flashgrrl is actually a guy faking his gender to get more help from all the lonely guys here on Flashcoders. It is scientifically proven to work in other online places (chat rooms, MMORPGs, etc.) so it's that big of a stretch that it would work here, too. ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flashgrrl Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] load data Yes, that seems to be the consensus. Dave, thank you for the confirmation. I'll quit barking up the wrong tree. The reason I was trying to do this is because it seemed like an easy way to protect data in a .swf. If the .swf was decompiled, all the data would remain tucked away out of reach. Also this would allow one movie to be reused as a template over and over again. To add the data, it would be called in dynamically via a text document. Easy to update and to add new movies with different content. Or that was the theory anyway. :-) Does anyone have any ideas on how dynamically add data for ease and security? I'm open to new ideas. smile Cheers, Flashgrrl --- Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If by root directory you mean the root directory of your web server, you will not be able to do this unless you've created a virtual mapping pointing to this directory within your web server configuration. Only files within the root directory and its subdirectories, or within virtual directories, will be accessible via HTTP. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] url encoding in flash?
Just a tip: you should not use a GET to make any kind of changes on the server, only to request information from the server. Use POST to make changes on the server. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rob costello Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 9:39 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] url encoding in flash? hello all Is there a method / function to URL encode a query string from inside flash - or do we have to do that manually? I have a situation where I need to do an XML sendAndLoad to an external php file I want to do this as GET and pass a parameter to the query string of the php file The parameter is itself a URL with a complex query string (contains characters such as and =) Not surprisingly, this breaks how php reads in the query string - causes it to think there are extra name / value pairs in the url So I'm thinking if there was a URL encoding routine in Flash I could pass the parameter safely, and get php to deencode Any help appreciated Rob Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, and not necessarily those of the Department of Education Training. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] \r
No way! They cut corners with their string object handling in Flash? I don't believe it! ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fumio Nonaka Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:20 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] \r Interesting. How about the following statements, which don't include any empty strings: // Frame action in the main timeline var my0_str:String = newline; my0_str += newline; var my1_str:String = newline+newline; // [Debug] [List Variables]: Variable _level0.my0_str = \n\n Variable _level0.my1_str = \r\r Flash 8.0/Mac OS X.4.6 _ ryanm wrote: Well, it seems inconsistant, but it's not really unexpected. Without the empty string both hard returns are appended to the end of the previous line, which isn't technically correct, but makes sense in context. With the empty string there is an empty line (your new line), so a line feed is used to go to the next line. Hard return ends a span of text by breaking to the next line. Line feed passes over an empty line without moving the cursor, which is why a hard return (a.k.a. a carriage return) is needed at the end of a span of text. It's old-school logic based on how it would render on paper. If you used a line feed without a carriage return, the proper way to render it would be to move down one line without moving to the first column. Without the empty string, though, there is no new line to pass over, so the html kluge is to simply hard return again. Good luck, Fumio Nonaka mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FumioNonaka.com/ My bookshttp://www.FumioNonaka.com/Books/index.html Flash communityhttp://F-site.org/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ 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] Serial Port Communication
Flash has no access to the OS. You must use a 3rd party wrapper that allows it, or Director, which does also. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of varfoo Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:36 AM To: Flashcoders Mailing List Subject: [Flashcoders] Serial Port Communication Hello all, I need to create a standalone exe and send commands to an external device through a serial port. This is readily done w/MM Director and the SerialXtra, but is this doable w/Flash? Thanks in Advance, vf ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Serial Port Communication
By the way, if you don't want to embed the Flash in Director, you can launch an invisible Director movie which would launch your Flash executable and then have an embedded SWF in Director communicating with the Flash executable via LocalConnection. Just one idea. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of varfoo Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:36 AM To: Flashcoders Mailing List Subject: [Flashcoders] Serial Port Communication Hello all, I need to create a standalone exe and send commands to an external device through a serial port. This is readily done w/MM Director and the SerialXtra, but is this doable w/Flash? Thanks in Advance, vf ___ 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] Anyone here responsible for Fancy Pants?
Never seen N? That's the best Flash game I've ever seen. Fancy Pants borrowed (was inspired by?) quite a bit from N. You can make your own levels with N, which has inspired a large community development of levels. http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/n.html Enjoy! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 1:24 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Anyone here responsible for Fancy Pants? Was browsing for games with my son yesterday and came upon Fancy Pants Adventure (http://www.armorgames.com/games/fancypantsadventure_popup.html). It is simply the most beautiful Flash game I've ever seen. Smooth as butter, imaginatively designed, intricately animated, fun to play, perfect. But only one damn level! Give me more! Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Anyone here responsible for Fancy Pants?
And if you're looking for more fun Flash games that break the mold, check out Eyez Maze. http://www.eyezmaze.com/ The Grow games in particular are outstanding, with Grow RPG taking the cake. I suggest playing them in this order: Grow RPG Grow Cube Grow ver. 3 :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 2:00 AM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Anyone here responsible for Fancy Pants? Never seen N? That's the best Flash game I've ever seen. Fancy Pants borrowed (was inspired by?) quite a bit from N. You can make your own levels with N, which has inspired a large community development of levels. http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/n.html Enjoy! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 1:24 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Anyone here responsible for Fancy Pants? Was browsing for games with my son yesterday and came upon Fancy Pants Adventure (http://www.armorgames.com/games/fancypantsadventure_popup.html). It is simply the most beautiful Flash game I've ever seen. Smooth as butter, imaginatively designed, intricately animated, fun to play, perfect. But only one damn level! Give me more! Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Grab IP address
Come the f**k on. I googled get ip with javascript First result: http://www.rgagnon.com/jsdetails/js-0019.html SCRIPT var ip = new java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(); var ipStr = new java.lang.String(ip); document.writeln(ipStr.substring(ipStr.indexOf(/)+1)); /SCRIPT Do a little research before you ask questions, vampire. ;) http://www.slash7.com/pages/vampires -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MetaArt Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 2:14 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Grab IP address There is a way, automate or based on any user input, that give a chance to grab the user IP address by a Flash movie? I'm in search of something without use of any server-side language, so just full Flash, or Flash/JavaScript can be good. Any suggest? Link to .fla or tutorial are really appreciate * Enrico Tomaselli * web designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metatad.it * Skype: MetaArt RSS: http://www.metatad.it/mnfeeder.php ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Grab IP address
Do a little research before you answer questions, vampire. ;) It doesn't matter if that link works or not. I dind't care to verify and I wasn't providing a solution. The point is there are tons of other links that point towards the solution with one google search. Be a little more resourceful. ___ 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] \r
x = str.split(\r).join(newline); -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Matte Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:34 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] \r Anybody knows how I can put a \r inside an xml node attribute? I want to add a line feed between two words. Just having \r in the attribute displays \r in my textfield. I think it must be encoded in a special way. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] \r
You didn't mention if the textfield was html or not. ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Matte Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:53 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] \r Thanks, great idea, but a friend just told me what I was looking for. lt;brgt; Its a br with the encoded. Le 15/05/06 14:38, « Steven Sacks » [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : x = str.split(\r).join(newline); -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Matte Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:34 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] \r Anybody knows how I can put a \r inside an xml node attribute? I want to add a line feed between two words. Just having \r in the attribute displays \r in my textfield. I think it must be encoded in a special way. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] \r
I tested it before I posted it. The split works with just \r and the point is that he was having an issue with \r not resolving in his textfield as a newline so replacing it with a \r might not fix it but newline might. -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:52 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] \r That should be: x = str.split(\\r).join(\r); Derek Vadneau - Original Message - From: Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] \r x = str.split(\r).join(newline); ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] \r
You could always wrap CDATA around it. If you read the first post you would have seen that this is for an attribute of an xml node. -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mick G Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:16 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] \r On 5/16/06, Fumio Nonaka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if you manipulate newline only with string, you might get annoying result: // Frame action var my_str:String = newline; my_str += +newline; // [Debug] [List Variables]: Variable _level0.my_str = ¥n¥r Tested on Flash 8.0/Mac OS X.4.6 Windows XP (SP1) _ Derek Vadneau wrote: The bugger is using \n or newline in a string and setting the text of a textfield to that string converts \n to \r when you read the text again. It's why I never use \n or newline. Good luck, Fumio Nonaka mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FumioNonaka.com/ My bookshttp://www.FumioNonaka.com/Books/index.html Flash communityhttp://F-site.org/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] scrollpane, dynamic forms, and refreshPane issues
refreshPane reloads the content of the pane. This is different than it used to be in Flash MX. The undocumented way to to refresh the contents of the pane is: sp.setScrollProperties(sp.content._width, 1, sp.content._height, 1); That doesn't help with your issue of text not appearing, though. Are you using embedded fonts? Scrollpanes use masking and sometimes this might cause an issue. Are you using Flash 7 or Flash 8? ___ 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] Best SWF Wrapper
Seriously. Stop f**king around and get mProjector. I have coded against many wrappers and mProjector by far is the best experience, period. From how the API works to the elegant and clever way it handles the system tray icon (best solution I've seen) and direct communication between multiple Flash windows (some others make you use LocalConnection - blech), etc. etc. http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/ Now, if it doesn't have a feature you really need, then I guess it's not going to work for you and that's unfortunate. You'll have to struggle with another wrapper that does have the feature you need but is a pain to work with and is unstable, inefficient, and a pain to code against - three things mProjector is absolutely not. I've written full-blown desktop applications in mProjector that have run for weeks without being shut down without a single issue. -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cedric Muller Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:49 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Best SWF Wrapper Normally, I am not always puking on software, but I confirm that Zinc is a bad idea and a bad solution Cédric Muller - b-tween | designContent http://www.b-tween.com tél. +41 22 328 8168 I faced similar issues with zinc Thanks Sumeet Basak CTO Renaissance Legal Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd. Cell: + 91 9223214301 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:27 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Best SWF Wrapper I personally would avoid Zinc. Although we've used it successfully, I've had two or three of their updates introduce bugs which break our products, and I've had to revert until a fix comes along. The quality control is just too shoddy. Ian On 5/9/06, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for some opinions on the best SWF wrapper you think is out there. The ability to save out files (XML), perhaps communicate with dbases (local/online), etc. - e.dolecki ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Best application for notifier (aka Gmail)
IMO, mProjector has the best system tray code/methodology of all the wrappers. It also has the smallest executable size, smallest memory footprint, and uses the least amount of processing. ___ 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] Best SWF Wrapper
I'm looking for some opinions on the best SWF wrapper you think is out there. The ability to save out files (XML), perhaps communicate with dbases (local/online), etc. mProjector hands down is the best performing SWF wrapper out there. It also has the easiest API to develop against. It also does asynchronous calls to the system. http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/ ___ 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] XML Parsing
Anyone knows something about a ***non* *recursive* XML parser?? Why?? ___ 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] Project 3:16
Project 3:16 - For Client so loved the work, that he told his one and only Designer, that whosoever listens to him shall not finish, but have eternal changes. ___ I thought you would enjoy this! ;) ___ 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] Are you a help vampire?
http://www.slash7.com/pages/vampires I know there are some here...I've seen them, even if they don't see themselves (mirrors not working and all that). ___ 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] Are you a help vampire?
hi hello how do I make a multi-player game in flash its got to have lasers thank you LOL! Well played. ___ 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] Are you a help vampire?
Guess I should not post my IM on Flash message boards any more :( Oops! Although, I have to say, I once got an off-list email from somebody who asked me for help and it lead to having a regular client (I replaced them, something I wasn't entirely comfortable with at first, but if somebody isn't able to do the job, and the client needs somebody who can and they're offering good money, well, you take what you can get). ___ 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] Are you a help vampire?
hi hello how do I make a multi-player game in flash its got to have lasers thank you Haha! That deserves another laugh. I can't stop laughing. ___ 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] Project 3:16
Project 3:16 - For Client so loved the work, that he told his one and only Designer, that whosoever listens to him shall not finish, but have eternal changes. ___ 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] this.selected
A little known trick in Flash: Make a movieclip. Give it 3 frames and put frame labels on each named _up, _over, and _down Put a stop(); action on frame 1. If you assign a button method to the movieclip, like onRelease, onRollOver, etc. it will behave just like a button on its own, going to the _up _over and _down frames automagically without any coding required. You can make additional frames and put frame labels on them to your heart's desire. As long as those three frames are there and there's a button method assigned to the movieclip, it will behave like a button. You can use .enabled = false to make it stop, just like a button. So, to make a selected button (that isn't a toggle button), make a fourth frame sel (or something like that) and onRelease set its enabled to false and tell it to go to frame sel. To unstick it, just set its enabled to true and it will start working again. HTH, Steven ___ 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] this.selected
A major benefit to making buttons like this in Flash is you can target nested movieclips, textfields, etc. inside a movieclips but you cannot with buttons. This opens up all kinds of custom actions for your buttons that are impossible with Button instances. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Lord Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:16 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] this.selected That's a very helpful tip Steven. Thanks! On Apr 22, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Steven Sacks wrote: A little known trick in Flash: Make a movieclip. Give it 3 frames and put frame labels on each named _up, _over, and _down Put a stop(); action on frame 1. If you assign a button method to the movieclip, like onRelease, onRollOver, etc. it will behave just like a button on its own, going to the _up _over and _down frames automagically without any coding required. You can make additional frames and put frame labels on them to your heart's desire. As long as those three frames are there and there's a button method assigned to the movieclip, it will behave like a button. You can use .enabled = false to make it stop, just like a button. So, to make a selected button (that isn't a toggle button), make a fourth frame sel (or something like that) and onRelease set its enabled to false and tell it to go to frame sel. To unstick it, just set its enabled to true and it will start working again. HTH, Steven ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] good OOP way to re-assign class to clip
The most obvious and simple solution to me:
Duplicate the movieclip in your library and assign the duplicate the second
class.
-Steven
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Well, let's say I have two classes:
// code ==
class MyClass1 extends MovieClip{
function MyClass1(){}
//... some stuff
function showMyInfo(){
trace(I am +this+, class is MyClass1);
}
}
class MyClass2 extends MovieClip{
function MyClass2(){}
//... some stuff
function showMyInfo(){
trace(I am +this+, class is MyClass2);
}
}
// code ends ==
I have a mc symbol in the library associated with MyClass1.
Thus, if I attach it using attachMovie(), and then call showMyInfo
it'll output ... , class is MyClass1, right?
Now imagine that for some reason at some point I'll need the same clip
to be associated with MyClass2, while keep all properties etc
collected while being an instance of MyClass1. BTW, these two classes
are quite similar, but have several differencies.
As I wrote before, so far just one way comes to my mind.
It's about making an instantiate() method in MyClass2 to
re-write all
props/methods of the target clip with ones of MyClip2 (similar to
EventDispatcher).
Another possible solution is to combine two classes into one, and make
methods working depending on parameters.
In fact, the problem here is that in 90% cases I'll need the clip to
carry only methods of one class, and in 10% there will be a need to
swap classes (or use parameter-depended methods).
--
Best regards,
GregoryN
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-- David Rorex wrote:
In my opinion, there is no good OOP way of changing the
class of an
object (be it movieclip or otherwsie). You might want to see if you
can handle it in a different way, normally you should never
change the
class of an object.
Why exactly do you want to change the class?
--- Alain Rousseau wrote:
I wasn??t sure, that??s why I proposed 2 ways, but I just
checked and neither
will let you redefine the class associated with a
movieclip. So I guess it??s
back to square one.
So far you have to create an new instance for the class you
want to load
using Object.registerclass and attachMovie. I can??t think
of any other way
right now.
I know it??s not what you had in mind, but maybe someone
else can think of
something or try something out.
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RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET)
What do you mean by support a cross platform database? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:54 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET) I've looked into mProjector and it doesn't seem to support a crossplatform database... of am I wrong? lieven cardoen ___ 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] Making a cd for Pc and Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)
Well, mProjector is able to communicate to COM objects on PC and I'm pretty sure there's a Mac equivalent. But, it would probably take some work to figure out how to make it work well. Director w/V12 might be your only choice unless you want to code your own DB, so to speak. What you might be able to do is launch an invisible Director movie (offscreen) with a swf running in it that you would communicate with from your main Flash app using LocalConnection for your db purposes. -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:01 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET) I mean reading and writing to a database that runs (running is maybe not the right word) on Mac and Pc. Like V12 in Director or Access by Zinc(only Pc, not Mac). lieven cardoen indiegroup interactive digital experience engelse wandeling 2 k18 b8500 kortrijk T +32 (0)56/361 197 // communicatie bij voorkeur op [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: donderdag 13 april 2006 10:52 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET) What do you mean by support a cross platform database? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:54 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET) I've looked into mProjector and it doesn't seem to support a crossplatform database... of am I wrong? lieven cardoen ___ 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 ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Active X and Microsoft IE ...
Are you going to update Flash 8 so it publishes flash/html that utilises the new javascript methods? I wouldn't hold your breath on that one. ;) ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field
Could you get the .htmlText of the text field and using split to pull the link out? txt.htmlText = a href=\link\; var a = txt.htmlText; var b = a.split(a href=\)[1]; var c = b.split(\)[0]; trace(c); // link There are also regex methods for Flash is you hunt around for them. HTH, Steven ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field
Assuming Highlander TextField: There can be only one! Flash likes to capitalize stuff and add TARGET to the href so here's the fixed (and tested) code. txt.htmlText = a href=\thesequelsucked.html\McCloud/a; a = txt.htmlText.split(A HREF=\)[1].split(\ TARGET=)[0]; trace(a); ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field
Is there a way to identify the contents of a link element in an HTML-enabled text field? How can I pass the text of the link to a function invoked by the link? Wait, you mean you want to pass the text of the link (inside the a tag) via the function you're calling in the link? You'll have to code that into the link. If you don't want to do that, there are possible solutions. One is to pass the link number in the method and have Flash reference the htmlText again. What I mean is, if you have 3 a href tags in your htmlText, you pass which one it is, like myMethod(2). Honestly, though, that's probably not what you're looking for, nor is it very flexible. So, the short answer to your question is no. ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Making a cd for Pc and Mac (Zinc - Director-SWFStudio - .NET)
I highly recommend mProjector. It's the best 3rd party wrapper out there, IMO, and I've tried them all. It's the easiest and smartest to code with, it has the best performance hands down, does asynchronous communication with the OS, allows you to package all your swfs into the executable is now cross-platform! http://www.binarynoise.com/ HTH, Steven ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Help with swapdepths
Also, don't use on-clip methods like
on (press) or on(release)
That's for non-coders who are making banner ads. Instead, put your code
in the timeline:
btn.onPress = function() {
//
};
btn.onRelease = function() {
//
};
You'll thank me for it down the line. It's never a good idea to put
code directly on buttons or movieclips. Always put your code on the
timeline where it's easy to find without having to click on all the
individual buttons/clips in your movie. There is no exception to this
rule, ever.
Also, the reason your code isn't working is because when you say
this.getNextHighestDepth(), you're referring to the depth INSIDE the
movieclip itself (this in an onPress method refers to the
movieclip/button - another reason to put your code on the timeline to
make things clearer). You need to refer to the movieclip's parent.
this._parent.getNextHighestDepth();
HTH,
Steven
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Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:02 AM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Help with swapdepths
Hi Group,
I'm having a problem with a seemingly simple task...
I'm trying to get whichever movieclip on my stage is clicked
on, to swapDepths to the top, and be draggable...
My code is:
on (press) {
this.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());
startDrag(this);
}
on (release) {
stopDrag();
}
Not working...
Any help would be appreciated...
Thanks
Don
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RE: [Flashcoders] Instantiate a class by string - SOLVED
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RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens onResize event
You do realize that toggling _visible does not release any memory,
right? Flash still tracks the movieclip in memory, it just doesn't draw
it. If you're building RIAs, you should open up your task manager and
watch your memory usage over time to make sure you're not using too
much. I have no problem with frame-based RIAs, but then again, I tend
to use all the tools Flash makes available to me, not just Actionscript.
-Steven
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens
onResize event
I am really sorry Ryan -
I put some more thought into what you had to say, and I got
it to work.
Tunnel vision is dangerous sometimes, and when you code a
certain way for so long, it's hard to break out of your
normal coding methods.
So with that said, I simply inserted 5 blank frames - but
made sure that all the layers containing components, extended
out to the 5th frame.
That way, they never get erased when moving to the next
Frame. As you can probably guess, I am not a typical Flash
programmer who does animation, etc. I write ONLY applications.
I still have my main Include file on Frame 1 (which contains
all my code for the entire app), but I created a Key Frame on
Frame 5 - which calls the onResize event for the Stage
Listener. Now I understand what you were trying to say -
give the movie more time to initialize, and THEN call the
onResize method.
Now the movie comes up with all the controls positioned properly.
THANK YOU - and I will make sure that I listen with more open ears
next time I get some good advice ;-)
Thanks and take care,
Mike
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event
The only problem is, it's a Single Frame application.
I avoid multi-frame apps like the plague - because I have so
many coding issues, and can't have controls residing on
multiple frames (they must exist at all times, because they
intercommunicate with each other, throughout the lifetime of
the application).
This app is considered to be an RIA, and resides ALL on a
single frame. All my MovieClips have Class Files attached to
them, and I truly run this Movie like an Application.
Multiple Windows, toggling visibility, remoting calls, etc.
all tied together by listening to Events.
It's a wonderfully reliable application - which I plan on
migrating to Flex as soon as I can. But in the meantime,
Flash is my only solution.
With that said, is there anything else I can do - to force
the onResize event to kick off, just milliseconds after the
application gets fully initialized? I have a feeling this
may fix the problem.
Maybe some kind of Timer that only runs once? Once things
are positioned properly upon the initial load, it's all well
and good - the StageListener coupled with the manual browser
resizes, takes care of everything after that.
Thanks for anything else you can throw my way :)
Mike
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event
I'm guessing yer having these issues in IE? Try waiting an
extra frame or 2..
On 4/12/06, Mike Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried in that in the meantime.
2 very undesired things happen:
1) The movie components are still in the exact same spots.
2) The bottom StatusBar actually is 1-inch shorter -
this not even reaching to the other side of the
stage
It's almost as if (especially in case #2) that the
StatusBar is basing
it's _width property on mis-information. If I didn't know better,
it's as if there are timing problems going on.
I thought that the onLoad event fixes problems like that
- since it
waits until all components are instantiated and initialized, before
Dispatching the I am all finished signal.
What I have is this (in root):
=
var stageSizeListener:Object = new Object();
stageSizeListener.onResize = function():Void {
var stageHeight:Number = Stage.height;
var stageWidth:Number = Stage.width;
// Main Menu
mainMenu._width = stageWidth;
mainMenu.updateDisplay(true);
// Map Status Bar
mapStatusBar._width = stageWidth;
etc
}
this.onLoad = function():Void
{
RE: [Flashcoders] In the ide -detecting when the user has left the stage
Make a big invisible square that goes beyond the four edges, and mask out the stage area and make a button. Then you have your testing button. -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manuel Saint-Victor Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:27 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] In the ide -detecting when the user has left the stage Is there a way in the testing environment to know if someone has moused off the stage? ( Out of the range of the movie) Mani ___ 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 ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Local Connection Object problem
LocalConnection is basically instant. I've never seen a delay and I've done quite a bit of work with it, in browser environments, 3rd party wrapper environments, browser to 3rd party wrapper, and back, etc. The only issue I know of is if you try to send a local connection message back to the sender too quickly. Meaning, Transmitter sends message to Receiver. Receiver has to wait a bit (100ms or so, roughly) before sending a message back to Transmitter. ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] combobox big problem
Try setting the font to _sans and see if that helps. cmb.setStyle(fontFamily, _sans); -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 2:54 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] combobox big problem Do you have it under a mask? if so I think you need to embed the fonts. On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:32 PM, Alfonso Florio wrote: this is really strange: i create a serie of mcs with into them two combobox, populate and select index, all ok. when i delete them (i try to delete the mc container and the components) and re-create them (to delete some items and re-create the list), or just change the dataprovider a strange thing happens: the combo don't show the selection: if i click i see the right selection in the list, but when i select another item the closed combo results with no text!!! it's a visualization problem, the combo gives the right index, but when it's closed don't show the text of the selected item i'm getting crazy, please help Alfonso ___ 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 ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] combobox big problem
when i delete them (i try to delete the mc container and the components) and re-create them (to delete some items and re-create the list), or just change the dataprovider a strange thing happens: Why don't you just delete items from the dataprovider? The components are made to respond instantly to changes in the data. Meaning, you don't need to re-create them to show changes, they fire events automatically when you change the data. That's the whole point of having a dataprovider. ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Active X and Microsoft IE ...
You also have to consider what users are turning off Javascript. First, Javascript is turned on by default. Second, you have to be somewhat savvy to know what Javascript is, much less turn it off, and also know what purpose turning it off serves. Third, you need to have a reason to turn it off. These things combined means that people who turn off Javascript are more than likely well aware of the consequences of this action, it's not just Flash that's effected. It's pretty much any plug-in and any DHTML site. Almost every site on the web uses Javascript now in some form or another. I wonder just how many people turn off Javascript and are they really worth going after? They obviously want a very limited and controlled web experience. It's like trying to advertise on cable television channels to people who only have antenna reception. You're just not going to reach that very small audience, so get over it. ___ 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] Will this Microsoft ActiveX update affect Flash?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/ After a forthcoming update, Microsoft Internet Explorer users will not be able to directly interact with Microsoft ActiveX controls loaded by the APPLET, EMBED, or OBJECT elements. Users will be able to interact with such controls after activating their user interfaces. A new MSDN topic describes how Internet Explorer will handle ActiveX controls, shows how to load ActiveX controls so their interfaces are activated, and describes the impact of this behavior on accessibility tools and applications hosting the WebBrowser Control. Will this negatively affect Flash? ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] preloading multiple swfs with moviecliploader
Here's a good solution that is used by many installer applications out there. Take the number of items you are loading and divide your progress bar into that many sections. Then, show the progress of each of those sections. Let's say you were loading 10 files. That means you're breaking up your progress in 10 10% sections. The first 10% you are basically showing 1-100% of the first 10%, then the next 1-100% of the next 10%, etc. So, if you're 50% through the second download, you're at 15%. So, your overall percentage is 100 / # of files to load. Then you do a 0-100% progress within that total area. HTH, Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michele Moore Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 1:37 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] preloading multiple swfs with moviecliploader I know that this is a post from back in February, but I'm having the same issue. I'll try the ideas put forth here so far, but I wanted to respond to Andreas's post to see if maybe anyone can elaborate. The issue for me is tracking the items when using one object for loading. If I'm loading 10 jpgs, for example, and doing it via: mclLoader.loadClip(aPhoto[iN], mcLoader[iN]), when I use mclLoader.onLoadProgress(target, bytesLoaded, bytesTotal) It will track individually each of the items loading not all of them together. What is returned is data for each target individually, with no way to reference an one item's data. The getProgress() method works similarly in that you call it on one of the targets, but not on all of them combined. Does this make sense? michele moore pilot design ___ 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 ___ This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Agency.com Ltd., its affiliates or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of Agency.com, its affiliates and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Agency.com or any of its affiliates. ___ 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] Question on attachMovie
This behavior is very easy to manage. Here's how I do it.
You can set properties of a clip even though you cannot call methods of a
clip. This is how Flash works.
So, what I do is this. I have the movieclip itself call its own method. I
have the attacher set its initial properties when it attaches the clip so
that those properties are available to the clip. There is no need to use an
interval. It's very simple.
For example:
Inside the attacher clip:
var mc = holder.attachMovieClip(SYM_Clip, item, 10);
mc.controller = this;
mc.foo = something;
mc.bar = 15;
Inside the SYM_Clip movieclip in the library:
function init() {
FooTextField.text = foo;
BarTextField.text = bar;
}
init();
Use the most basic of OOP principles and let the movieclip call its own init
rather than making an interval for every single clip. The Flash timeline
will do the delay for you. Don't make extra work for yourself if you don't
have to. =)
-Steven
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Question on attachMovie
I am attaching some thumb clips from the library into a
holder clip on
stage, using attachMovie. Because of the timing thing with the clips'
methods not becoming available immediately, I wait 250ms
before calling a
method of each clip. This works great - I just have one
issue. I am able to
set the text property of a field within the attached clip
immediately after
attaching it. So, why is the text property of a field
available immediately,
but a method not? I'd expect to have to wait to set any
properties or call
any methods but that isn't the case.
Thanks
Dave -
Adobe Community Expert
www.blurredistinction.com
www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/
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RE: [Flashcoders] Question on attachMovie
var mc = holder.attachMovieClip(SYM_Clip, item, 10);
mc.controller = this;
mc.foo = something;
mc.bar = 15;
Inside the SYM_Clip movieclip in the library:
function init() {
FooTextField.text = foo;
BarTextField.text = bar;
}
init();
This isn't the best example since you could set the text field's text
properties from the creator clip, but you get the idea. This is the most
basic OOP principle of letting objects manage themselves.
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RE: [Flashcoders] Publish my swf direct to server
Dreamweaver FTP? Who uses that janky ftp program? ;) If you're on a Mac, you should learn how to upload via terminal. If you're on a PC, get the free version of WS_FTP (google it). -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnny Zen Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 5:19 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Publish my swf direct to server Hi all Is there any methods to publish and upload my flash files directly to my webserver. Tried network places but doesnt work. I now know. At the moment I'm exporting movie, then using dreamweaver ftp to upload files to server, seems a long winded way of doing a simple task, and slightly annoying considering i'm a type of guy that makes changes and want to see the results from my website rather then locally. Any suggestions or tips on this?? Any help would be cool. Kind regards Johnny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Question on attachMovie
For me, it's just an extension of a lesson I learned from a book on OOP in Director by Peter Small called Lingo Sorcery many many years ago, which is to let objects manage themselves. Since Flash requires a single frame to pass for functions to be available on any given timeline, a nested movieclip is the perfect candidate to apply this methodology. Glad it worked out for you! :) -Steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Mennenoh Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 5:33 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Question on attachMovie Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Use the most basic of OOP principles and let the movieclip call its own init rather than making an interval for every single clip. Well, I had just one interval that, when finished, called 'init' on all my thumbnail clips... But either way, I like how you do this and just have the clip init itself. It even works! Nice. Dave - Adobe Community Expert www.blurredistinction.com www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message.
As the system is composed of many V2-style components, many of which use interval timers to get around initialization issues, and has a lot of real-time financial data transfer going on in the background, setintervals, etc etc, that to reengineer it at this stage is totally out of the question. Well, it always sucks to inherit somebody else's bad work. I've done it many times, and almost always it would have been better to rewrite it myself (and sometimes I did). PrintJob has a ton of problems. It's a terribly written and poorly documented class. -Steven ___ 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] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message.
Is this a known Flash bug? It's not a bug. Is there a workaround? You cannot change the timeout. We've been trying to solve it for about a month. A 5 second google search would have saved you 30 days of wasted time. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15512 ___ 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] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message.
PrintJob is a poorly written class in general. Also, it runs synchronously when it talks to the system. The reason Flash throws up the alert is because for 15 seconds it is stuck waiting. The movie is waiting on a line of code to finish. Flash responds to the movie being hung, which it technically is because the request to the OS is synchronous. There isn't a workaround except to not use PrintJob. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:38 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message. Apologies for reposting, hopefully someone has come across this before. We have a large and complex Flash RIA that represents almost 2 years of development effort. Unfortunately we have one major unresolved issue. In a couple of places we have print functionality. When the print job system dialogue appears, if the user doesn't close the dialogue within 15 seconds, the Abort Script message appears (A script in this movie is causing Macromedia Flash 8 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?). Is this a known Flash bug? Is there a workaround? We've been trying to solve it for about a month. ta. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message.
Well, there IS a workaround but you have to hack your swf using flasm and set the timeout to some larger number. This really is not recommended and most people use this to actually decrease the timeout delay, not increase it (because they're simultaneously increasing the recursion depth). http://codeazur.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=260 http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=65371 http://www.powersdk.com/ted/2005/11/macromedia-please-add.php -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:58 AM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message. PrintJob is a poorly written class in general. Also, it runs synchronously when it talks to the system. The reason Flash throws up the alert is because for 15 seconds it is stuck waiting. The movie is waiting on a line of code to finish. Flash responds to the movie being hung, which it technically is because the request to the OS is synchronous. There isn't a workaround except to not use PrintJob. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:38 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message. Apologies for reposting, hopefully someone has come across this before. We have a large and complex Flash RIA that represents almost 2 years of development effort. Unfortunately we have one major unresolved issue. In a couple of places we have print functionality. When the print job system dialogue appears, if the user doesn't close the dialogue within 15 seconds, the Abort Script message appears (A script in this movie is causing Macromedia Flash 8 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?). Is this a known Flash bug? Is there a workaround? We've been trying to solve it for about a month. ta. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message.
I would suggest that it is: there's no error in the code, and it's not that the Flash movie itself is running slowly, it's purely a result of user interaction. While the print dialogue is displayed, the Flash movie should simply not be running. PrintJob makes a synchronous call to the OS. Flash ceases to execute code until it receives a response. Unfortunately, this means Flash is hung on a line of code which means Flash is going to throw up an error after 15 seconds because it believes, and rightfully so, that it has code that is unresponsive. It is not a bug. It's the way PrintJob is written - synchronously. ___ 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] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message.
And for the record, I am certainly no friend of the PrintJob class. It's poorly written and I've pointed out its numerous flaws in previous posts to this list. Yes, it shouldn't have been coded to work the way it does. The way it works is poorly thought out. But, that doesn't mean that it's a bug because it technically is working exactly as it should. Danny Kodicek...I think I remember you from my Director days, so long ago. ___ 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] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message.
PrintJob works fine in simplistic Flash movies. Try and do anything advanced (such as a stock exchange trading system) and it will cause the alert to appear. That ain't an error with my code! Ah ha! So now we get to the bottom of it. PrintJob does not cause Flash to alert about a slow running script. We've established that. You can't say it's PrintJob's fault anymore just because your app is more complicated. If it works in a simple test, it works period. The issue lies somewhere else. Without looking at your code, my best guess is that you are running processes at the same time as a PrintJob starts. What's happening is that you have some script expecting a method to finish running, but the PrintJob starts and, because it's a synchronous call, Flash sits and waits. Unfortunately, you've got some other code trying to run or code that was in the middle of something and because it got locked up while Flash waits on the PrintJob to complete, it thinks Flash is locked up and Flash throws the error. So, yes, it is a problem with your code. You need to halt all processes before your PrintJob starts. Do not use the SLI injector to increase the timeout. That's like injecting painkillers in a broken ankle so you can keep running. Fix your code. -Steven ___ 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] Wherefore the evils of _global?
Which is why you make a global namespace.
_global.APP = {};
And then you set your global vars to that
APP.myglobalvar = foo;
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Wherefore the evils of _global?
yeah its yuck, though i use it myself here and there for the
cheap hack that
it can be. i think generally most programming languages (or
the prgrammers
using those languages) look down upon global vars. i think
the idea is that
it pretty much destroys encapsulation and object-oriented principles.
On 3/23/06, David Stiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the last few days, I've seen a handful of people refer
apologetically to use of the _global object. To
paraphrase: I'm in a
situation where I have to use _global variables, or, We
all know _global
is a no-no, but I'm tempted to use it in this one weird
case, etc. In
general, this gives me the impression that it's fashionable
here to think
of
_global as Evil -- or in the very least, yucky.
I understand why _root can be troublesome, especially in
conjunction
with dynamically loaded SWFs, but I do use it in a pinch.
I mean, heck,
sometimes a movie is just a movie, not a portable app.
What I don't understand -- and I hasten to say I
have no opinion
on
the matter, yet -- is why _global is so shunned. After
all, _global is
exactly where AS2 classes are located. Is this a religious
issue? Is it
because of how _global gets shared (or not?) among
dynamically loaded
SWFs?
David
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RE: [Flashcoders] Trying to solve this math equation
Hey, Thanks all for verifying that it was indeed correct. The problem ended up being my not plugging in the true values. It didn't actually work 100% correctly the first way (which I didn't notice at first so I thought the alternate equation was to blame). I solved that issue and now the equation works correctly both ways. Thanks again! ___ 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] movieclip actions not working
stop action on frame 1
stop();
m1.onRollOver = function() {
gotoAndStop(20);
//or play();
}
stop action on frame 20
stop();
m2.onRelease = function() {
getURL(http://www.website.com;, _blank);
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?
New Media Designer Either you missed the memo or you're being funny. Let's hope it's the latter. ___ 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] What's your job title?
Interactive Developer Interactive Designer That says nothing about the technology you use to create interactivity, plus interactive is such a broad term. I mean, a Powerpoint presentation is interactive. Media Designer Media Developer Could you be any more vague? Put New in front of Media and make yourself sound even lamer. Motion Designer What's wrong with Flash Animator or just Animator/Senior Animator. Interactive Architect Far too similar to Information Architect, which is an actual job. In addition, architects don't build, they plan. In other words, this title is bullshit. The only people who are impressed by fancy sounding titles are incompetent middle management asshats who use buzzwords in their everyday speech (i.e. they're not bright or clever but think that by using buzzwords they appear to be, kind of like using any of the titles above or saying inane stuff like I'll ping you later or I don't have the bandwidth to go to Starbucks right now, but we'll interface later to discuss those TPS reports). Now these might seem obvious, but... Flash Developer Senior Flash Developer Simple is best. ___ 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] What's your job title?
Interactive Architect Far too similar to Information Architect, which is an actual job. In addition, architects don't build, they plan. In other words, this title is bullshit. To expound on the above: Interactive Day Laborer I envision a bunch of Indians standing outside of CompUSAs across the nation every morning. ___ 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] What's your job title?
Racial is not the same as racist. Let me break it down for you. FACT: Minority Day Laborers can be found outside of Home Depots. JOKE: Home Depot is a national chain like CompUSA is a national chain. FACT: Programming Jobs are being outsourced to India. FACT: Architects plan, Day Laborers do the work. JOKE: Mexicans outside Home Depot are to physical day laboring as Indians outside CompUSA are to code day laboring (the latter does not exist, hence the joke). It's not racism. Racism is prejudice via pointing out how another person or group of people are inferior due to race. Pointing out that a Mexican is a Mexican is not racist. Pointing out that Indians are taking coding jobs is not racist. In no way am I making any statement that anyone is inferior. Relax, whitey. Your white guilt is showing. ___ 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] Water transition
Google search for ripple effect flash 3rd result: http://www.freehandsource.com/_test/ripple.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Serge Jespers Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:44 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Water transition Hey guys, For a project on a way too tight deadline, I'm urgently looking for a Flash 8 watery transition between two (loaded) images. Transition should be like a waterdrop on img one and then in then transition in the waterripples to img two. Anyone of you can whip something up or have something laying around? Since there are a ton of other little details to tackle before the deadline, I can't start on it myself and thus am willing to pay for anyone who can do it in the next few hours ;-) Thanks for your help, Serge ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] HOW TO: Print a MC - first try.
RTFM. PrintJob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corban Baxter Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 8:18 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] HOW TO: Print a MC - first try. Hey guys I am looking to find a few good examples and maybe get some of you to share a few good ideas. I am needing to setup up an online membership card that will have multiple dynamic parts from a user image to member number, name etc. That part will be easy to display but what is the best way to capture this image to set to print. I really want the easiest way but best way also. Can I just capture the MC and print it. Can I capture it as a JPEG or what is the best... flash paper? PDF? I would really appreciate any ideas/tutorials you all could help me out with before I start this project. Thanks! cb ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] HOW TO: Print a MC - first try.
Right... Just wondered about any tutorials or peoples best practices.
But if you feel like being a jerk to steam your own ego a bit
feel free.
I didn't think this was a jerk off question one can be wrong.
Are you kidding me? Open the Help panel in Flash and search for print.
It's not egotistical to point out that you're being lazy. Did you even
GOOGLE it?
#2 listing on google for the search printing in flash
http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/27318
It is a jerk off question to ask something this simple without first
searching in Flash and the web for your answer. Hence, read the freaking
manual. But, since you're intent on not doing any footwork on your own,
here is the tutorial that is found inside Flash from the help panel. Step
by step instructions.
Building a print job
To build a print job, you use functions that complete the tasks in the order
outlined in this section. The sections that follow the procedure provide
explanations of the functions and properties associated with the PrintJob
object.
Because you are spooling a print job to the user's operating system between
your calls to PrintJob.start() and PrintJob.send(), and because the PrintJob
functions might temporarily affect the Flash Player internal view of
onscreen Flash content, you should implement print-specific activities only
between your calls to PrintJob.start() and PrintJob.send(). For example, the
Flash content should not interact with the user between PrintJob.start() and
PrintJob.send(). Instead, you should expeditiously complete formatting of
your print job, add pages to the print job, and send the print job to the
printer.
To build a print job:
Create an instance of the print job object: new PrintJob().
Start the print job and display the print dialog box for the operating
system: PrintJob.start(). For more information, see Starting a print job.
Add pages to the print job (call once per page to add to the print job):
PrintJob.addPage(). For more information, see Adding pages to a print job.
Send the print job to the printer: PrintJob.send(). For more information,
see Sending the print job to the printer.
Delete the print job: delete PrintJob. For more information, see Deleting
the print job.
The following example shows ActionScript that creates a print job for a
button:
myButton.onRelease = function()
{
var my_pj = new PrintJob();
var myResult = my_pj.start();
if(myResult){
myResult = my_pj.addPage (0, {xMin : 0, xMax: 400, yMin: 0,
yMax: 400});
myResult = my_pj.addPage (myMovieClip, {xMin : 0, xMax: 400,
yMin: 400, yMax: 800},{printAsBitmap:true}, 1);
myResult = my_pj.addPage (1, null,{printAsBitmap:false}, 2);
myResult = my_pj.addPage (0);
my_pj.send();
}
delete my_pj;
}
Only one print job can run at any given time. A second print job cannot be
created until one of the following events has happened with the previous
print job:
The print job was entirely successful and PrintJob.send() method was called.
The PrintJob.start() method returned a value of false.
The PrintJob.addPage() method returned a value of false.
The delete PrintJob method has been called.
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RE: [Flashcoders] HOW TO: Print a MC - first try.
All I get is a overly huge image in black/white that for some unknown reason is skewed also. How bout it anyone have some good ideas for this first time PrintJob I am doing??? Thanks to you all! Ok this is a valid question. You're having a specific problem implementing code. Being technical is what this list is all about. First off, I suggest printing a movieclip and not the stage. So, put your card into the movieclip and specify that as the target instead of the root. Next, the reason you're getting something large is because of how Flash prints pixels. You're printing 675x425. At 72dpi, that's going to be 9.4x5.9 inches. If you put your card into a movieclip you can scale down your movieclip prior to printing. Important to note that even if you scale it down, PrintJob.addPage() wants you to pass it the original width and height of the movieclip prior to scaling even though it will print the scaled version. Hopefully this will solve your skewing issue, as well. I'm not entirely sure why you're only getting black and white unless some preference for your printer on the Print Dialog window is defaulting to print only black and white (draft perhaps). You can save yourself ink and paper by printing to a Microsoft Document Image file (.mdi) and preview your results there (if you're on Windows). When the print dialog opens, choose Microsoft Office Document Image Writer as your printer. ___ 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: Print a MC - first try.
Steve, I hope you take this in the tone it was intended Well, I felt his first question was worded in a way that made it seem that he didn't know about PrintJob. A quick look in the help panel or google would have helped him on his way. This is true for any issue people are having. There is built-in documentation (which can be lacking, I know), there is google, and there are the flashcoders archives. All of these resources are available for people before they ask simple questions on basic actionscript (How do I duplicate a movieclip? would be another RTFM question). RTFM is not necessarily said with malice or ego. Regardless of the presence of the F, it's just the accepted acronym as I'm not sure I've ever seen RTM. I wasn't being malicious in my curt reply. I passed on the important piece of information (PrintJob) that was needed to focus his search. If I just said RTFM and that's it, then yeah, I'm a dick. But, I pointed out what the term he needed to look up was, and that it was in the (freakin) manual. Maybe he never realized PrintJob was in the manual Not directed at Corban specifically here, but that's no excuse for anyone. Flash comes with searchable documentation. Open the help panel, click on the search icon, type in print and it is easily found. Open google and search for printing in flash and the second result returns a tutorial and more detailed information. It takes little effort to do some legwork yourself first. If you come up with zilch after that and you're still having an issue with your code, post it up to Flashcoders. In the end, Corban was having a specific issue and when he posted it, I was able to help him, and happily so. Funnily enough, one of the answers to his questions (the size issue and the way flash draws pixels) was something I read on the second link on Google when I did that very search as an example for him that there was information out there on printing in Flash. And this is my point. If you take the time to do a little research yourself, you will learn something a lot faster than if you ask the list and wait for a response. Again, this is not specific to Corban. When I wanted to print landscape in portrait using PrintJob, I searched the Flashcoders archives first and found nothing. Then, I searched the web and found a solution. Ended up it was extremely wrong and it took me awhile to figure out why. Now, I understand PrintJob a lot more than I used to because I was forced to play around with it (and I found out that the class has some undocumented bugs with printing scaled/rotated clips that require workarounds). When I figured it all out, I posted my results to Flashcoders for the specific purpose of having something on the subject in the archives for those who follow behind me, including linking to what google returned and why it was wrong, just in case somebody searched for the solution like I did. If your intent is to not scare off new coders from asking questions here, that's fine and good but new coders should also learn how to do their own research first. It will only benefit them to learn how to be more resourceful. Have you heard the fable about the computer lab at MIT? It's been said they have a teddy bear there that you must explain your problem to in full before you ask the staff member in the lab. The lesson is that often you will solve your own problem by talking it out first. Google can be your teddy bear, too. ___ 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] Printing in landscape
I posted a solution to this a few weeks ago. Here is a link to the solution on the MM forums. Skip to the bottom post: http://tinyurl.com/e4cuf Hope this helps! ___ 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 do you code your Flash applications?
1) If I can help it, I keep all my code in one place. All in one frame, all the better. All in one swf? Better yet. That's one of the worst things I've ever heard. Maybe you should get on medication for your OCD. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
