Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex?
Not if you want a swf that can be controlled from AS3. From the FAQ: What version of Flash Player is required to display Flash documents created by FlashPaper? Flash documents can be displayed by any browser with Flash Player 6 or higher installed. Some features, like text search, are only available in browsers with Flash Player 7 or higher installed. So it has to be AS2 based. Unless you know different, of course. It's not clear to me whether FlashPaper supports animation. Flash conversion of powerpoint presentations that don't have transitions or animation is straightforward. Paul - Original Message - From: Alex Harui To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:25 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Looks like you can buy FlashPaper for $79 http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/ -- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:27 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? - Original Message - From: rdebled [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? I need to load a powerpoint file inside my Flex app. I planned to just convert the ppt to a swf and load that with a SWFLoader control, but every conversion app I've run in to creates a Flash 8 AS2 file. This seems to make it impossible to control the slides because the SWF has to load as an AVM1Movie. Does anyone know of any tools that convert to Flash 9 format, or some other way to create an AS3 swf out of a ppt file? Thanks. I've also done that search - AFAIK there are no AS3 based converters. I've just asked almost the same question on flashcoders and basically the solution is to: 1) Create an AS2 swf to load and control an imported AS2 swf (your ppt slide). 2) The AS3 code will create a local connection, to which the AS2 listens. The AS3 code then messages the AS2 swf via the connection and the wrapper controls the ppt swf accordingly. Check out the flashcoders archives for today. Paul
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Replaying an Embedding SWF
*[Embed(source=applicationContext.xml, mimeType=application/octet-stream)] public class EmbeddedContent extends ByteArray * Greetz Erik On 5/30/08, kenny14390 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked into your ByteArray method but I couldn't find enough documentation online to show how to do it. Any tips?
[flexcoders] Panel with no borders. How To?
Hii I need a panel with no border or say with border with ZERO width. How can I get this done? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Panel-with-no-borders.-How-To--tp17573772p17573772.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: [flexcoders] Panel with no borders. How To?
new Canvas(); ;-) On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Manu Dhanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hii I need a panel with no border or say with border with ZERO width. How can I get this done? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Panel-with-no-borders.-How-To--tp17573772p17573772.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[flexcoders] Re: Panel with no borders. How To?
Hi First off all you have this: borderStyle=none and you can do this to: borderStyle=none borderThickness=0 borderThicknessBottom=0 borderThicknessLeft=0 borderThicknessRight=0 borderThicknessTop=0 and finaly: paddingBottom=0 paddingLeft=0 paddingRight=0 paddingTop=0 play with these params. you probaly will find wath your looking for :) Cato Paus http://www.umbrellacorp.no --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Manu Dhanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hii I need a panel with no border or say with border with ZERO width. How can I get this done? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Panel-with-no- borders.-How-To--tp17573772p17573772.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
[flexcoders] Re: data object in itemrenderer is null ...kind of solved
Hmm no wasn't the issue.
The problem was that I had a in my itemrenderer component
mx:Image...source={flagSource} ...
script
...
public function get flagSource():Class
{
if(data.rating==0) return aSource;
}
/script
after chaning this to:
mx:Image...source={getFlagSource(data)} ...
script
...
public function getFlagSource(obj:Object):Class
{
if(obj.rating==0) return aSource;
}
/script
it works
cheers
max
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The datagridcolumn needs dataField=rating
Re: [flexcoders] Panel with no borders. How To?
Seriously though, what's your actual end goal? What is it about Panel you want to keep? -J On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: new Canvas(); ;-) On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Manu Dhanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hii I need a panel with no border or say with border with ZERO width. How can I get this done? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Panel-with-no-borders.-How-To--tp17573772p17573772.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[flexcoders] Two questions: Nested applications styles colllisions, flashvars injection
Hi all,
I'm targeting here 2 problems I've been struggling with for quite long
time regarding nested SWFs.
The first, which is more nasty and 5 times more evil is using different
styles for 2 flex applications where one application is loaded into the
shell app.
The behavior I'd like to have is like this:
1. If the loaded app uses a class selector greenButton and the
loader also uses this app, each of the applications would be able to use
the greenButton definition it came with.
2. Same as no. 1 but for type selectors (e.g Alert{...},
Button{...}).
3. If the loaded app uses some component, whose styles weren't
defined (no class, nor type selctors) it would inherit these styles from
the loader app.
I can settle down without no. 3, but I can/t find anyway to achieve 1
2.
To make this question clearer, I made a small app
http://www.2shared.com/file/3367026/55565dba/StylesTests.html?A that
demonstrate the problem I'm refering:
The second issue that gives me hard time is like this:
I use a wrapper swf to load my main flex application. it works just
fine, it's a 1KB swf that does nothing but load a flex application.
However, the flex application is unaware of it being loaded into a
wrapper swf, and since it uses flashvars to know the basic coniguration
to work with (service url and so...), it reads the
Application.application.parameters.
The application.parameters, as you know is simply the
LoaderInfo.parameters copied into the application by thye SystemManager.
What I'd like to do is to inject the application the wrapper swf
flashvars (which is embedded in the html page) just before the
application dispatches the preinitialize event, which is where
client-server communication starts.
I could just load the flex app with query string (app.swf?mode=5), but
that would prevent browser caching, which I'd like to leverage on.
Then, the other options are:
1. Get a hold of the loaded swf root (SystemManager) and set it's
LoaderInfo.parameters to {mode: 5}. that would not work as this is a
read only property...
2. ok,so whay won't you get a reference of that parameters object and
dynamically add some properties to it like that:
var p:Object = loader.content.parameters;
p.mode = 5;
sounds ok, but guess what? every time you access the
loaderInfo.parameters it returns a different copy it, so you end up with
different object every time and can't add new proprties to the soource
object...grrr
3. Ok, so hacking my way there, I thought of changing the
loader.content[application].parameters, shich is a property copoed
from the SystemManager's loaderinfo.parameters.However, that can be done
only after the SystemManager dispatches an applicationComplete event
(because the sys manager just doesn't informs us of any other
events...), which isn't the best time to change the parameters, because
the loaded application can take a hold of them right after the
preinitialize event, which is when I always start to fetch
configuration data from the server.
I'd be grateful for any ideas. [:)]
Thanks in advance,
Almog Kurtser.
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
Microsoft could always avoid mistakes by licencing Flash and Flex technology from Adobe.. ;-) Scott, I won't beat the drum, since I'm probably alone in thinking this: It's difficullt to see posts by a Microsoft Product Manager as being intended to help the flex community. Silverlite and whatever else people may choose to use - fine, but effectively promoting product while 'informing' the flex community, I find problematic. At least put your full title on your posts - don't be shy about being the WPF/Silverlight Product Manager. I know that you have stated that you are no longer a product Evangelist. I think the only thing that has happened is that the evangelising has become more subtle. Ironically, as a Flex developer I have a feeling I'm about to get beat up for this post. Paul (I'd also add that if I were sitting on a Microsoft forum (shudder), I'd feel equally peeved if Adobe bods were sticking their nose in there) - Original Message - From: Scott Barnes To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? heh, that would be an assumption. I use this forum to see what the average joe is having trouble with so that I can ensure we don't repeat the same mistakes, think of this as a great ear to the grown forum. I gave up my Flex days in 2007 ... Anyway.. just setting the record straght around some misconceptions around our products, do what you will with that. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm always nice and MS marketing never sleeps. It's good to see that even Microsoft management are coding in Flex these days.. ;-) Have a good weekend. Paul - Original Message - From: Troy Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? Just for a moment I thought this was the flex coders forum rather than an extension of the MS marketing effort.. Okay, be nice, it's on-topic... the thread had lead to a question of whether it was possible to develop in Silverlight for free (in the same way its possible to develop in Flex for free). Scott was able to provide an authoritative answer on that, which is good, because it was suggested that it was not an option and that one would have to purchase Expression. I think the marketing effort in Scott's e-mail was little to non-existent. Troy. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com
[flexcoders] Re: The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
I just re-read the whole thread; and am unsure how Scott's post could be construed as inappropriate. Someone said I thought X, and that was wrong; so Scott posted the appropriate info. He wasn't the one who brought up the topic of Silverlight. I agree that adding a sig with his title would be good forum etiquette. I would make the same recommendation to the Adobe employees who post here, though. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft could always avoid mistakes by licencing Flash and Flex technology from Adobe.. ;-) Scott, I won't beat the drum, since I'm probably alone in thinking this: It's difficullt to see posts by a Microsoft Product Manager as being intended to help the flex community. Silverlite and whatever else people may choose to use - fine, but effectively promoting product while 'informing' the flex community, I find problematic. At least put your full title on your posts - don't be shy about being the WPF/Silverlight Product Manager. I know that you have stated that you are no longer a product Evangelist. I think the only thing that has happened is that the evangelising has become more subtle. Ironically, as a Flex developer I have a feeling I'm about to get beat up for this post. Paul (I'd also add that if I were sitting on a Microsoft forum (shudder), I'd feel equally peeved if Adobe bods were sticking their nose in there) - Original Message - From: Scott Barnes To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? heh, that would be an assumption. I use this forum to see what the average joe is having trouble with so that I can ensure we don't repeat the same mistakes, think of this as a great ear to the grown forum. I gave up my Flex days in 2007 ... Anyway.. just setting the record straght around some misconceptions around our products, do what you will with that. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm always nice and MS marketing never sleeps. It's good to see that even Microsoft management are coding in Flex these days.. ;-) Have a good weekend. Paul - Original Message - From: Troy Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? Just for a moment I thought this was the flex coders forum rather than an extension of the MS marketing effort.. Okay, be nice, it's on-topic... the thread had lead to a question of whether it was possible to develop in Silverlight for free (in the same way its possible to develop in Flex for free). Scott was able to provide an authoritative answer on that, which is good, because it was suggested that it was not an option and that one would have to purchase Expression. I think the marketing effort in Scott's e-mail was little to non-existent. Troy. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com
[flexcoders] Re: Drilldown ideas
Yes, that took care of Blur. But still, the surface of the screen is changed when a popup gets on it. Is there a way to keep it unchanged? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Doug Lowder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can get rid of the popup window's blur effect by setting the modalTransparencyBlur style inherited from Panel. I think you'd set it to 0. HTH, Doug --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, markgoldin_2000 markgoldin_2000@ wrote: If a user wants to drilldown into a dataGrid's cell what could have been the best approach? Popup windows? Other ideas? If popup it is, can I completely get rid of a blur affect when popup window is shown? Thanks for help.
[flexcoders] Reusing anothers cached rsl framework
I'm developing a website in flex. It uses some basic components... dg, button, tabnav, etc. When I export the framework as a swz file, it shows to be about 523KB (its framework 477: sdk3). If this framework is cached by another domain, will flash player reuse that framework or will it force the user to download this too? If it does use the framework stored by another domain, what's the most commonly used framework? I really hope the next flash player comes with the flex framework coded into the player.
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
Wow! I'm amazed to see the meandering (and aggressiveness of some folks) within this thread Paul - Scott offered a simple straight forward answer to a question (i.e. a informational and meaningful post). Sobecause someone works for Microsoft you choose to lambast their writings and viewpoints? Damn, that's down right silly... From: Paul Andrews Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:06 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? Microsoft could always avoid mistakes by licencing Flash and Flex technology from Adobe.. ;-) Scott, I won't beat the drum, since I'm probably alone in thinking this: It's difficullt to see posts by a Microsoft Product Manager as being intended to help the flex community. Silverlite and whatever else people may choose to use - fine, but effectively promoting product while 'informing' the flex community, I find problematic. At least put your full title on your posts - don't be shy about being the WPF/Silverlight Product Manager. I know that you have stated that you are no longer a product Evangelist. I think the only thing that has happened is that the evangelising has become more subtle. Ironically, as a Flex developer I have a feeling I'm about to get beat up for this post. Paul (I'd also add that if I were sitting on a Microsoft forum (shudder), I'd feel equally peeved if Adobe bods were sticking their nose in there) - Original Message - From: Scott Barnes To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? heh, that would be an assumption. I use this forum to see what the average joe is having trouble with so that I can ensure we don't repeat the same mistakes, think of this as a great ear to the grown forum. I gave up my Flex days in 2007 ... Anyway.. just setting the record straght around some misconceptions around our products, do what you will with that. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm always nice and MS marketing never sleeps. It's good to see that even Microsoft management are coding in Flex these days.. ;-) Have a good weekend. Paul - Original Message - From: Troy Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? Just for a moment I thought this was the flex coders forum rather than an extension of the MS marketing effort.. Okay, be nice, it's on-topic... the thread had lead to a question of whether it was possible to develop in Silverlight for free (in the same way its possible to develop in Flex for free). Scott was able to provide an authoritative answer on that, which is good, because it was suggested that it was not an option and that one would have to purchase Expression. I think the marketing effort in Scott's e-mail was little to non-existent. Troy. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com
[flexcoders] Referring to external assets from within Flash swf
Hi All This is a little complicated so I hop eI can make it clear! we have a flex applciation that loads xml and displays pictures and videos. These live in assets/images/*.jpg asets/videos/*.flv assets/presentation.xml and are referred to exactly as above. When this applciation is to be used in the wild it will be played with an exe file created with flash (so we don't have to rely on flash player being on end users computer). This exe loads the swf as follows: assets/presentation.swf So the way I thought it woudl work is that the images and video folders and the xml file would all go in the assets folder. Presentation.swf is fine loading presentation.xml from assets but for some reason it does not find the images and videos so they have to go in assets/assets/images. why would the root folder for the xml be the exe folder but the root folder for the images and vides be the swf folder? Thanks -- Giles Roadnight http://giles.roadnight.name
Re: [flexcoders] Re: The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
Frankly Microsoft would be idiots not to have at least a few lurkers on the list. However, I think Silverlight it a joke. It's a shame the talented engineers at Microsoft aren't allowed to develop anything without the business tying it to Windows in some way. -J On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Jeff Houser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just re-read the whole thread; and am unsure how Scott's post could be construed as inappropriate. Someone said I thought X, and that was wrong; so Scott posted the appropriate info. He wasn't the one who brought up the topic of Silverlight. I agree that adding a sig with his title would be good forum etiquette. I would make the same recommendation to the Adobe employees who post here, though. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft could always avoid mistakes by licencing Flash and Flex technology from Adobe.. ;-) Scott, I won't beat the drum, since I'm probably alone in thinking this: It's difficullt to see posts by a Microsoft Product Manager as being intended to help the flex community. Silverlite and whatever else people may choose to use - fine, but effectively promoting product while 'informing' the flex community, I find problematic. At least put your full title on your posts - don't be shy about being the WPF/Silverlight Product Manager. I know that you have stated that you are no longer a product Evangelist. I think the only thing that has happened is that the evangelising has become more subtle. Ironically, as a Flex developer I have a feeling I'm about to get beat up for this post. Paul (I'd also add that if I were sitting on a Microsoft forum (shudder), I'd feel equally peeved if Adobe bods were sticking their nose in there) - Original Message - From: Scott Barnes To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? heh, that would be an assumption. I use this forum to see what the average joe is having trouble with so that I can ensure we don't repeat the same mistakes, think of this as a great ear to the grown forum. I gave up my Flex days in 2007 ... Anyway.. just setting the record straght around some misconceptions around our products, do what you will with that. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm always nice and MS marketing never sleeps. It's good to see that even Microsoft management are coding in Flex these days.. ;-) Have a good weekend. Paul - Original Message - From: Troy Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? Just for a moment I thought this was the flex coders forum rather than an extension of the MS marketing effort.. Okay, be nice, it's on-topic... the thread had lead to a question of whether it was possible to develop in Silverlight for free (in the same way its possible to develop in Flex for free). Scott was able to provide an authoritative answer on that, which is good, because it was suggested that it was not an option and that one would have to purchase Expression. I think the marketing effort in Scott's e-mail was little to non-existent. Troy. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com -- Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex?
probably a bad idea but maybe you can try Adobe Captivate 3? Launch the PowerPoint then have it record it. I really don't know but just a suggestion. - Original Message From: Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 3:39:54 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Not if you want a swf that can be controlled from AS3. From the FAQ: What version of Flash Player is required to display Flash documents created by FlashPaper? Flash documents can be displayed by any browser with Flash Player 6 or higher installed. Some features, like text search, are only available in browsers with Flash Player 7 or higher installed. So it has to be AS2 based. Unless you know different, of course. It's not clear to me whether FlashPaper supports animation. Flash conversion of powerpoint presentations that don't have transitions or animation is straightforward. Paul - Original Message - From: Alex Harui To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:25 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Looks like you can buy FlashPaper for $79 http://www.adobe. com/products/ flashpaper/ From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com ] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? - Original Message - From: rdebled [EMAIL PROTECTED] ca To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? I need to load a powerpoint file inside my Flex app. I planned to just convert the ppt to a swf and load that with a SWFLoader control, but every conversion app I've run in to creates a Flash 8 AS2 file. This seems to make it impossible to control the slides because the SWF has to load as an AVM1Movie. Does anyone know of any tools that convert to Flash 9 format, or some other way to create an AS3 swf out of a ppt file? Thanks. I've also done that search - AFAIK there are no AS3 based converters. I've just asked almost the same question on flashcoders and basically the solution is to: 1) Create an AS2 swf to load and control an imported AS2 swf (your ppt slide). 2) The AS3 code will create a local connection, to which the AS2 listens. The AS3 code then messages the AS2 swf via the connection and the wrapper controls the ppt swf accordingly. Check out the flashcoders archives for today. Paul
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
Overreacting maybe, but not silly. Microsoft has many years of playing nicely ahead of them before they get benefit of the doubt. -J On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow! I'm amazed to see the meandering (and aggressiveness of some folks) within this thread Paul - Scott offered a simple straight forward answer to a question (i.e. a informational and meaningful post). Sobecause someone works for Microsoft you choose to lambast their writings and viewpoints? Damn, that's down right silly... *From:* Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:06 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? Microsoft could always avoid mistakes by licencing Flash and Flex technology from Adobe.. ;-) Scott, I won't beat the drum, since I'm probably alone in thinking this: It's difficullt to see posts by a Microsoft Product Manager as being intended to help the flex community. Silverlite and whatever else people may choose to use - fine, but effectively promoting product while 'informing' the flex community, I find problematic. At least put your full title on your posts - don't be shy about being the WPF/Silverlight Product Manager. I know that you have stated that you are no longer a product Evangelist. I think the only thing that has happened is that the evangelising has become more subtle. Ironically, as a Flex developer I have a feeling I'm about to get beat up for this post. Paul ** (I'd also add that if I were sitting on a Microsoft forum (shudder), I'd feel equally peeved if Adobe bods were sticking their nose in there) ** - Original Message - *From:* Scott Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, May 30, 2008 8:18 PM *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? heh, that would be an assumption. I use this forum to see what the average joe is having trouble with so that I can ensure we don't repeat the same mistakes, think of this as a great ear to the grown forum. I gave up my Flex days in 2007 ... Anyway.. just setting the record straght around some misconceptions around our products, do what you will with that. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm always nice and MS marketing never sleeps. It's good to see that even Microsoft management are coding in Flex these days.. ;-) Have a good weekend. Paul - Original Message - From: Troy Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] troy.gilbert%40gmail.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? Just for a moment I thought this was the flex coders forum rather than an extension of the MS marketing effort.. Okay, be nice, it's on-topic... the thread had lead to a question of whether it was possible to develop in Silverlight for free (in the same way its possible to develop in Flex for free). Scott was able to provide an authoritative answer on that, which is good, because it was suggested that it was not an option and that one would have to purchase Expression. I think the marketing effort in Scott's e-mail was little to non-existent. Troy. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com -- Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[flexcoders] book errata
Is there an errata page for the book Adobe Flex 3 - Training from the Source?
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
I guess I'm the agressive one. I've seen other products where former
practictioners of product A have moved to rival company B and return to their
former haunts to help out company A's customers with their insight.
You would have to be naive to consider that the product manager for
WPF/Silverlight is only interested in answering technical questions when the
future of his technology depends on dragging Flex developers screaming and
shouting towards his product set.
I'm sure Scott is a great guy, but while he has that big desk at Microsoft, his
life has to be oriented towards pushing his technology, however subtly he
choses to do it. I don't think this is particularly subtle, even if others see
no harm in it.
If some flex user has some issues with silverlight integration and someone who
knows about it chips in great. When that's the product manager for a competing
product, well I'm not so happy. I've seen it done before.
Paul
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3
Profesional?
Wow!
I'm amazed to see the meandering (and aggressiveness of some folks) within
this thread
Paul - Scott offered a simple straight forward answer to a question (i.e. a
informational and meaningful post). Sobecause someone works for Microsoft
you choose to lambast their writings and viewpoints? Damn, that's down right
silly...
From: Paul Andrews
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:06 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3
Profesional?
Microsoft could always avoid mistakes by licencing Flash and Flex technology
from Adobe.. ;-)
Scott, I won't beat the drum, since I'm probably alone in thinking this: It's
difficullt to see posts by a Microsoft Product Manager as being intended to
help the flex community. Silverlite and whatever else people may choose to use
- fine, but effectively promoting product while 'informing' the flex community,
I find problematic.
At least put your full title on your posts - don't be shy about being the
WPF/Silverlight Product Manager.
I know that you have stated that you are no longer a product Evangelist. I
think the only thing that has happened is that the evangelising has become more
subtle.
Ironically, as a Flex developer I have a feeling I'm about to get beat up for
this post.
Paul
(I'd also add that if I were sitting on a Microsoft forum (shudder), I'd feel
equally peeved if Adobe bods were sticking their nose in there)
- Original Message -
From: Scott Barnes
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3
Profesional?
heh, that would be an assumption. I use this forum to see what the average
joe is having trouble with so that I can ensure we don't repeat the same
mistakes, think of this as a great ear to the grown forum. I gave up my Flex
days in 2007 ...
Anyway.. just setting the record straght around some misconceptions around
our products, do what you will with that.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm always nice and MS marketing never sleeps.
It's good to see that even Microsoft management are coding in Flex these
days.. ;-)
Have a good weekend.
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Troy Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex
3
Profesional?
Just for a moment I thought this was the flex coders forum rather than
an
extension of the MS marketing effort..
Okay, be nice, it's on-topic... the thread had lead to a question of
whether it was possible to develop in Silverlight for free (in the
same way its possible to develop in Flex for free). Scott was able to
provide an authoritative answer on that, which is good, because it was
suggested that it was not an option and that one would have to
purchase Expression. I think the marketing effort in Scott's e-mail
was little to non-existent.
Troy.
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Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex?
Captivate is AS2.. - Original Message - From: Sherif Abdou To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? probably a bad idea but maybe you can try Adobe Captivate 3? Launch the PowerPoint then have it record it. I really don't know but just a suggestion. - Original Message From: Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 3:39:54 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Not if you want a swf that can be controlled from AS3. From the FAQ: What version of Flash Player is required to display Flash documents created by FlashPaper? Flash documents can be displayed by any browser with Flash Player 6 or higher installed. Some features, like text search, are only available in browsers with Flash Player 7 or higher installed. So it has to be AS2 based. Unless you know different, of course. It's not clear to me whether FlashPaper supports animation. Flash conversion of powerpoint presentations that don't have transitions or animation is straightforward. Paul - Original Message - From: Alex Harui To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:25 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Looks like you can buy FlashPaper for $79 http://www.adobe. com/products/ flashpaper/ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com ] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? - Original Message - From: rdebled [EMAIL PROTECTED] ca To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? I need to load a powerpoint file inside my Flex app. I planned to just convert the ppt to a swf and load that with a SWFLoader control, but every conversion app I've run in to creates a Flash 8 AS2 file. This seems to make it impossible to control the slides because the SWF has to load as an AVM1Movie. Does anyone know of any tools that convert to Flash 9 format, or some other way to create an AS3 swf out of a ppt file? Thanks. I've also done that search - AFAIK there are no AS3 based converters. I've just asked almost the same question on flashcoders and basically the solution is to: 1) Create an AS2 swf to load and control an imported AS2 swf (your ppt slide). 2) The AS3 code will create a local connection, to which the AS2 listens. The AS3 code then messages the AS2 swf via the connection and the wrapper controls the ppt swf accordingly. Check out the flashcoders archives for today. Paul
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
Overreacting maybe, but not silly. Microsoft has many years of playing nicely ahead of them before they get benefit of the doubt. We don't have to give MS the benefit of the doubt... just Scott. And over the last year or so, I've not seen anything from Scott that would suggest we should give him anything *but* the benefit-of-the-doubt. Looking over the thread what I see is Flex developers stating facts about Silverlight that weren't true, the Silverlight PM correcting those errors, and then multiple Flex developers accusing the PM of marketing as well as directly insulting his employer and product. Sorry to tell you guys, but MS is looking classy here, and Flex (developers) is looking slummy. We're better than that. Let's drop it. Troy.
[flexcoders] Re: How to convert Powerpoint presentation tp Flex or Flash?
We have used both flashSpring and dreamsoft on a Coldfusion server to take a upload PPT and convert them into swf files that get pulled back into the Flex application. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, markflex2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a ppt file and want to play it with Flex. Please give me a idea how to do this. Thanks Mark
[flexcoders] Re: The BlazeDS server ?
CF can do RemoteObject no problem out of the Box. You can use BlazeDS if you want to do messaging... push or pull/ publish subscribe. It also allows you to call Java/pojo from Flex and other features too. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, markflex2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Do I have to install BlazeDS if I want to use remoteobject with Coldfusion and Flex. I am very confuse when I need use BlazeDS.Please give me an idea. Thanks Mark
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
One of my friends, a long time ColdFusion Developer has been doing a lot of work with Ruby lately. Are you saying it's wrong for him to talk to me about Ruby? I'm not grokking the basis of your argument. Paul Andrews wrote: I guess I'm the agressive one. I've seen other products where former practictioners of product A have moved to rival company B and return to their former haunts to help out company A's customers with their insight. -- Jeffry Houser Flex, ColdFusion, AIR AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/JeffryHouser.html My Company: http://www.dot-com-it.com My Podcast: http://www.theflexshow.com My Blog: http://www.jeffryhouser.com
RE: [flexcoders] Reusing anothers cached rsl framework
It will use the one you've asked for. If it has been cached by another domain, it will not be downloaded again. I don't think there are good stats on which version is more popular. We'll probably never bake the framework into the player as that would bloat the player, and not allow us to have different release cycles, and tie a framework to a player. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hyder Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:13 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Reusing anothers cached rsl framework I'm developing a website in flex. It uses some basic components... dg, button, tabnav, etc. When I export the framework as a swz file, it shows to be about 523KB (its framework 477: sdk3). If this framework is cached by another domain, will flash player reuse that framework or will it force the user to download this too? If it does use the framework stored by another domain, what's the most commonly used framework? I really hope the next flash player comes with the flex framework coded into the player.
RE: [flexcoders] Referring to external assets from within Flash swf
We try to fix up relative paths in Image and SWFLoader in order to handle more complicated scenarios. URLLoader doesn't, so that may be the difference. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Roadnight Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:30 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Referring to external assets from within Flash swf Hi All This is a little complicated so I hop eI can make it clear! we have a flex applciation that loads xml and displays pictures and videos. These live in assets/images/*.jpg asets/videos/*.flv assets/presentation.xml and are referred to exactly as above. When this applciation is to be used in the wild it will be played with an exe file created with flash (so we don't have to rely on flash player being on end users computer). This exe loads the swf as follows: assets/presentation.swf So the way I thought it woudl work is that the images and video folders and the xml file would all go in the assets folder. Presentation.swf is fine loading presentation.xml from assets but for some reason it does not find the images and videos so they have to go in assets/assets/images. why would the root folder for the xml be the exe folder but the root folder for the images and vides be the swf folder? Thanks -- Giles Roadnight http://giles.roadnight.name http://giles.roadnight.name
RE: [flexcoders] Two questions: Nested applications styles colllisions, flashvars injection
There is no good way to have a loaded SWF keep its own styles. There
might be in 3.x later this year.
Since you own both SWFs, I'd simply have a handshake between the loader
and the loaded app. Sublcass App, override its parameters property and
have it query the loading Apps loaderInfo.parameters.
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of mydarkspoon
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:22 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Two questions: Nested applications styles
colllisions, flashvars injection
Hi all,
I'm targeting here 2 problems I've been struggling with for quite long
time regarding nested SWFs.
The first, which is more nasty and 5 times more evil is using different
styles for 2 flex applications where one application is loaded into the
shell app.
The behavior I'd like to have is like this:
1. If the loaded app uses a class selector greenButton and the
loader also uses this app, each of the applications would be able to use
the greenButton definition it came with.
2. Same as no. 1 but for type selectors (e.g Alert{...},
Button{...}).
3. If the loaded app uses some component, whose styles weren't
defined (no class, nor type selctors) it would inherit these styles from
the loader app.
I can settle down without no. 3, but I can/t find anyway to achieve 1
2.
To make this question clearer, I made a small app
http://www.2shared.com/file/3367026/5!%0d%0a%205565dba/StylesTests.html
?A that demonstrate the problem I'm refering:
The second issue that gives me hard time is like this:
I use a wrapper swf to load my main flex application. it works just
fine, it's a 1KB swf that does nothing but load a flex application.
However, the flex application is unaware of it being loaded into a
wrapper swf, and since it uses flashvars to know the basic coniguration
to work with (service url and so...), it reads the
Application.application.parameters.
The application.parameters, as you know is simply the
LoaderInfo.parameters copied into the application by thye SystemManager.
What I'd like to do is to inject the application the wrapper swf
flashvars (which is embedded in the html page) just before the
application dispatches the preinitialize event, which is where
client-server communication starts.
I could just load the flex app with query string (app.swf?mode=5), but
that! would prevent browser caching, which I'd like to leverage on.!
Then , the other options are:
1. Get a hold of the loaded swf root (SystemManager) and set
it's LoaderInfo.parameters to {mode: 5}. that would not work as this is
a read only property...
2. ok,so whay won't you get a reference of that parameters
object and dynamically add some properties to it like that:
var p:Object = loader.content.parameters;
p.mode = 5;
sounds ok, but guess what? every time you access the
loaderInfo.parameters it returns a different copy it, so you end up with
different object every time and can't add new proprties to the soource
object...grrr
3. Ok, so hacking my way there, I thought of changing the
loader.content[application].parameters, shich is a property copoed
from the SystemManager's loaderinfo.parameters.However, that can be done
only after the SystemManager dispatches an applicationComplete event
(because the sys manager just doesn't informs us of any other
events...), which is! n't the best time to change the parameters,
because the loaded application can take a hold of them right after the
preinitialize event, which is when I always start to fetch
configuration data from the server.
I'd be grateful for any ideas.
:)http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/01.gif
Thanks in advance,
Almog Kurtser.
RE: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex?
Yes, the output is an AS2 SWF. But at least it is a SWF. You can control it from AS3 via 3rd party techniques that use LocalConnection or ExternalInterface and a shim SWF From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:40 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Not if you want a swf that can be controlled from AS3. From the FAQ: What version of Flash Player is required to display Flash documents created by FlashPaper? Flash documents can be displayed by any browser with Flash Player 6 or higher installed. Some features, like text search, are only available in browsers with Flash Player 7 or higher installed. So it has to be AS2 based. Unless you know different, of course. It's not clear to me whether FlashPaper supports animation. Flash conversion of powerpoint presentations that don't have transitions or animation is straightforward. Paul - Original Message - From: Alex Harui mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:25 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Looks like you can buy FlashPaper for $79 http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:27 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? - Original Message - From: rdebled [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:rdebled%40yahoo.ca To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? I need to load a powerpoint file inside my Flex app. I planned to just convert the ppt to a swf and load that with a SWFLoader control, but every conversion app I've run in to creates a Flash 8 AS2 file. This seems to make it impossible to control the slides because the SWF has to load as an AVM1Movie. Does anyone know of any tools that convert to Flash 9 format, or some other way to create an AS3 swf out of a ppt file? Thanks. I've also done that search - AFAIK there are no AS3 based converters. I've just asked almost the same question on flashcoders and basically the solution is to: 1) Create an AS2 swf to load and control an imported AS2 swf (your ppt slide). 2) The AS3 code will create a local connection, to which the AS2 listens. The AS3 code then messages the AS2 swf via the connection and the wrapper controls the ppt swf accordingly. Check out the flashcoders archives for today. Paul
[flexcoders] MXML namespace
Why does nearly all MXML use the mx prefix to refer to elements in the MXML namespace instead of making that be the default namespace? When you make it the default, the MXML looks much cleaner.
[flexcoders] MXML schema
Is there an official XML Schema for MXML? If so, where can I get it?
[flexcoders] problems with displacementmap filter
Hi, i'm tryin' to flip an image using the displacementmap filter (I
know I have other ways to ahieve the same results, but i really do
need a BitmapFilter). I'm using a white-to-black gradient, but the
closest I can get is with the following code:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
layout=absolute creationComplete=init()
mx:Script
![CDATA[
private function init():void
{
var displacementMap:DisplacementMapFilter;
var gradient:Sprite = new Sprite();
var fillType:String = GradientType.LINEAR;
var colors:Array = [0xff, 0x00];
var alphas:Array = [100, 100];
var ratios:Array = [0x00, 0xFF];
var matr:Matrix = new Matrix();
matr.createGradientBox(img.width, img.height, 0, 0, 0);
gradient.graphics.beginGradientFill(fillType, colors,
alphas, ratios, matr);
gradient.graphics.drawRect(0,0,img.width,img.height);
var mapImage:BitmapData = new
BitmapData(gradient.width, gradient.height, true);
mapImage.draw(gradient);
displacementMap = new DisplacementMapFilter();
displacementMap.mode = DisplacementMapFilterMode.IGNORE;
displacementMap.mapBitmap = mapImage;
displacementMap.mapPoint = new Point(0, 0);
displacementMap.componentX = BitmapDataChannel.RED;
displacementMap.scaleX = img.width*2;
img.filters = [displacementMap];
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:Image id=img source=@Embed('imagen.png')/
/mx:Application
The result is not a clear flipped image, but a rough one.
Anyone can help me?
Lots of thanks in advanced,
Alberto
[flexcoders] dataGrid and checkBox
*what is the best way to add a checkbox field to each row of a datagrid and read what is checked ? I really need this for my project.*
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
No. I just think that when it's the head of a rival technology company technology, it's different. Clearly, it's not the general view so there's no point in making more of it. I wouldn't have been been bothered. It seems I shouldn't be bothered anyway, it seems. Paul - Original Message - From: Jeffry Houser To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? One of my friends, a long time ColdFusion Developer has been doing a lot of work with Ruby lately. Are you saying it's wrong for him to talk to me about Ruby? I'm not grokking the basis of your argument. Paul Andrews wrote: I guess I'm the agressive one. I've seen other products where former practictioners of product A have moved to rival company B and return to their former haunts to help out company A's customers with their insight. -- Jeffry Houser Flex, ColdFusion, AIR AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/JeffryHouser.html My Company: http://www.dot-com-it.com My Podcast: http://www.theflexshow.com My Blog: http://www.jeffryhouser.com
Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex?
Yes, you'll find a debate about that on the flashcoders forum! - Original Message - From: Alex Harui To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Yes, the output is an AS2 SWF. But at least it is a SWF. You can control it from AS3 via 3rd party techniques that use LocalConnection or ExternalInterface and a shim SWF -- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:40 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Not if you want a swf that can be controlled from AS3. From the FAQ: What version of Flash Player is required to display Flash documents created by FlashPaper? Flash documents can be displayed by any browser with Flash Player 6 or higher installed. Some features, like text search, are only available in browsers with Flash Player 7 or higher installed. So it has to be AS2 based. Unless you know different, of course. It's not clear to me whether FlashPaper supports animation. Flash conversion of powerpoint presentations that don't have transitions or animation is straightforward. Paul - Original Message - From: Alex Harui To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:25 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? Looks like you can buy FlashPaper for $79 http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:27 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? - Original Message - From: rdebled [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: [flexcoders] How to convert a powerpoint to AS3 swf for loading in Flex? I need to load a powerpoint file inside my Flex app. I planned to just convert the ppt to a swf and load that with a SWFLoader control, but every conversion app I've run in to creates a Flash 8 AS2 file. This seems to make it impossible to control the slides because the SWF has to load as an AVM1Movie. Does anyone know of any tools that convert to Flash 9 format, or some other way to create an AS3 swf out of a ppt file? Thanks. I've also done that search - AFAIK there are no AS3 based converters. I've just asked almost the same question on flashcoders and basically the solution is to: 1) Create an AS2 swf to load and control an imported AS2 swf (your ppt slide). 2) The AS3 code will create a local connection, to which the AS2 listens. The AS3 code then messages the AS2 swf via the connection and the wrapper controls the ppt swf accordingly. Check out the flashcoders archives for today. Paul
Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional?
oops too much red wine. I was going to say I wouldn't have been been bothered if it had been anyone but a senior MS guy. Don't worry about resurrecting this argument, I'm crawling back under my stone on this one. Paul - Original Message - From: Paul Andrews To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? No. I just think that when it's the head of a rival technology company technology, it's different. Clearly, it's not the general view so there's no point in making more of it. I wouldn't have been been bothered. It seems I shouldn't be bothered anyway, it seems. Paul - Original Message - From: Jeffry Houser To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3 Profesional? One of my friends, a long time ColdFusion Developer has been doing a lot of work with Ruby lately. Are you saying it's wrong for him to talk to me about Ruby? I'm not grokking the basis of your argument. Paul Andrews wrote: I guess I'm the agressive one. I've seen other products where former practictioners of product A have moved to rival company B and return to their former haunts to help out company A's customers with their insight. -- Jeffry Houser Flex, ColdFusion, AIR AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/JeffryHouser.html My Company: http://www.dot-com-it.com My Podcast: http://www.theflexshow.com My Blog: http://www.jeffryhouser.com
[flexcoders] yoyo Tween Function in Flex?
Is there a similiar function in flex like the flash tween yoyo(), basically all the yoyo() does in flash is it returns the target back to its original positions. Thanks.
re[flexcoders] presenting coordinates for use with a plot chart
I currently have a plot chart which pulls it's data from an array, within
each element of that array is an 'x' and 'y' element which the chart uses as
it;s x and y fields.
However I need to manipulate this data, and in it's current format is is
unwieldy to do this. The code needs to be able to scale to any number of
points.
I tried using something like:
public var points:Number=4;
public var Coords:Array = new Array(points);
public function initialise():void {
for (var i:Number=0; ipoints; ++i){
Coords[i] = new Point(0, 0);
}
}
in order to allow the code to generate as many points as it needs and still
be flexible. However, i don't know how the plotchart can pull data from this
array. The built in 'point' feature in flex is useful as it comes with built
in functions to calculate the distance between two points which will be used
a lot.
Any help on getting the plot chart to be able to pull data from a flexible
array, especially one using the point feature will be greatly appreciated.
If you need more of the code to be posted then I can pastebin it or
something.
Thanks
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Re: [flexcoders] New to flex, wonder why one works and the other doesn't...
This one was interesting, at first glance looks like it should work,
until I actually tried it.
Turns out TeatArea inherits from UIComponent, but it does not inherit
from Container, which contain methods for adding and removing Flex
children. So you cannot add an Image to a TextArea using addChild(),
which is a method of the Flash API. It's not perfect, but it's the only
explanation I can think of why this would not work.
Why don't you set your TextArea backgroundAlpha to 0, wrap your TextArea
in another Container like Canvas, and add your Image to that container
over top of the TextArea? If your TextArea is instantiated in MXML, swap
the depths of the two so your image appears beneath the TextArea. You
can still get the TextArea to appear to have a white background by
setting Canvas backgroundAlpha to 1 and the backgroundColor to white. A
little convoluted, but it gives you more control. And saves you a few
ulcers ;)
An easier way, of course, is to simply set the backgroundImage style to
your image, if don't you mind it being centred or stretched.
Consequently, TextArea does inherit addChild() from
DisplayObjectContainer, but DisplayObjectContainer is a part of the
Flash API, not the Flex API. So you'd think that adding the asset cast
as Bitmap or Sprite (without the Image) would work, but it doesn't, I
guess cause there's no rawChildren property for TextArea. Interesting.
If anyone's got an explanation why you can't addChild([img asset]) on a
TextArea I'd like to hear it.
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aarhac wrote:
Hello,
I have figured out how to work around my problem, but I do wonder why
one of the following methods works, and the other doesn't. I would be
grateful if someone could explain the error in the failing method.
The code is pasted below (Below the line of dashes) in it's entirety,
and is commented as to which works and which doesn't.
The image referenced in this case is a 32x32 pixel png file on my
local system. I am attempting to display the image on a text area.
Using the default example from the flex documentation to embed an
image, I cannot get the image to show up when added to the text area's
display list, but it does show just fine when added to the root
display list. I also added the image to the textArea using
addChildAt(txtIcon, txtArea.numChildren) with no change in effect.
The second method works just fine. I imagine that the problem has
something to do with applying the image as a byte array to
image.source, but I wonder why exactly? Is this a bug?
Thanks in advance,
--Aaron
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
layout=absolute
!--Works--
mx:Image id=txtIcon source=@Embed(source='c:/icon.png')/
mx:TextArea id=txtArea width=400 height=200 click=addImage()/
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Image;
import mx.core.BitmapAsset;
// Doesn't work
[Embed(source=c:/icon.png)]
[Bindable]
public var imgCls:Class;
public function addImage():void
{
// Doesn't work
var loadedImg:Image = new Image();
loadedImg.source = new imgCls() as BitmapAsset;
loadedImg.x = 10;
loadedImg.y = 10;
txtArea.addChild(loadedImg);
// Note: While the above doesn't work, adding the
// image to the root display list does work:
//addChild(loadedImg);
// Works
txtIcon.x = 50;
txtIcon.y = 10;
txtArea.addChild(txtIcon);
}
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
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