Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

MXML looks a lot like the VTML language MM used to extend Homesite. I wrote an ASP.Net add-on suite for Homesite using VTML and that wasn't so bad. MXML looks pretty similar. JOR ___ === James O'Reilly === === SynergyMedia, Inc. === www.synergymedia.net

[Flashcoders] flash8 bug dynamic textfield not displaying text on stage

Has This bug only happens when using a textfield that has been drawn on stage (or in an attached movieclip symbol) using embeded fonts STEPS: 1. create a dynamic textfield on stage called txt 2. embed characters 3. on first frame set the text property using code txt.text = "hello world

Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

One of the downsides of Flash (7 and 8) regarding components is that its not easy to change the look and feel, not to mention skinning, which is a pain. With Flex 2 this has become soo easy. Everything (or almost) can be done through CSS (internal and external), including embedding assets (j

RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton and Listeners is a bad combination

That is true, my design is based on the getInstance(), and I got a private constructor. The new FontLoader() below is a sample that I meant just was needed to solve my listeners-problems ( when getInstance() is used in several classes with listeners setup) I am really questioning everything in

Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

I was saying the same type of stuff...a few days of playing with the flex alpha has blown me away. I really couldn't grasp it from what everyone was talking about, after running through the few quick start tutorials I could plainly see how much time was being wasted building apps in flash (or ma

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF Decompilers

I think all classes will be exposed. ActionScript Viewer mentioned by John http://buraks.com/asv/ is really the best one. So, there are several ways to protect your code: 1) Obfuscators (utilities or try do it manually) Viewer Screwer http://www.debreuil.com/vs/ , ActionScript Obfuscator

Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

My question is why separate development environments... Could FlexBuilder2 not be rolled into the Flash IDE? I don't know enough about Flex to say for sure, but it would make the picture a lot clearer if mxml was just another way to work in the flash ide On Oct 28, 2005, at 1:58 AM, Theod

Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

Thanks! I'm actually excited about jumping in now. It's making me wonder if some of the larger Flash apps I'm maintaining now wouldn't benefit from a port to Flex. I'll have to look into the server licensing to see if it makes sense for the projects I have in mind. I guess my next step is g

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF Decompilers

> Question about protecting my swfs. > > If I use external AS2 classes and compile my swf, will those classes be > exposed if someone were to decompile my swf with a program like > Sothink's SWF Decompiler or other similar decompiler? It creates a bunch > of empty files, one for each class I ha

Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton and Listeners is a bad combination

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the implementation of the Singleton but I thought a statement like this was impossible? Doesn't the singleton have a private constructor that only a public method such as getInstance() can access? I didn't think you could use "new" outside of the class itself like y

RE: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

> My question for the Flex people is this, what does Flex bring to the > table that I can not already do with 04 Pro (not counting the new AS 3.0)? Allot! 1. There are tons of details in building apps in Flash 2004 Pro that just get removed when using Flex. All the small painful lessons that you

RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton and Listeners is a bad combination

Well Hi Grant. My FontLoader will always download fonts which will be available through the whole application. Even loaded swf's will be able to use these fonts. But at one point, my "host"-file might load 3 fonts. And then when "myChild.swf" loads in, it might require an additional font which s

[Flashcoders] Solicitud de soporte abierta [#736383]

-- do not edit -- Una solicitud de soporte ha sido creada (#736383) y un representante le responderá lo más pronto posible. Puede ver el progreso de la solicitud en líneas aquí: http://dterra.com/ot/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&t=736383. NOTA: Si desea enviar información adicional recuerde esta sol

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

Central was a developer release. Sometime to innovate you have to put something out there and learn from it. There were some invaluable lessons learned from Central: 1. Player performance needed to improve an order of magnitude. 2. FileIO was important. 3. Binary data manipulation was important. 4

Re: [Flashcoders] Open all Branches of a Tree Component

Daniel, I am looking for something that would allow every branch to be recursively set to Open. Wouldn't the code below only open the children of root? Martin :) On 10/27/05 2:06 PM, "Daniel Cascais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > I've used something like this (can't remeber exac

Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton and Listeners is a bad combination

Does your font loader load differen fonts for different client objects and the font loader is just a utility class for loading fonts ? I need to know that to help you revise the design.. Grant - Original Message - From: Alan Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoder

Re: [Flashcoders] are the wheels off the Flash Player wagon?

Explore the latest generation BMW M5 -> -Flash 7 player is required to view this site. To download Flash 7, click here. This is AFTER it checked my player, so I should have went right to the microsite. At first, it was not obvious to me that I could proceed despite the "warning" and I moved on si

Re: [Flashcoders] When migrate to Flash 8?

Hello flashcoders, I think it's no question that one need to upgrade. And I'll do it in 1-2 month ;-). Question was if (and when) it's necessary to update existing applications (e.g. "migrate") to use new features of Flash 8. -Original Message- frcfc> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:12:10

Re: [Flashcoders] New way to resize TextField in IDE ?

You have never been able to numerically resize text in Flash. Flash 7 had the same behaviour. Many had hoped Flash 8 would *resolve* this issue, but it didn't happen. It certainly isn't a new issue. On 10/27/05, erixtekila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I hope I do a big mistake.

Re: [Flashcoders] are the wheels off the Flash Player wagon?

I have the same configuration as yours and everything is ok! link: http://www.bmwusa.com/BMW2003/Templates/MicroSiteHandlerNew3.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fnewM5%2ehtm&NRNODEGUID=%7b842F8706-6EE2-4A57-B409-4FADB716F1E8%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&bhcp=1 Maybe they fixed their code? A+ Co

Re: [Flashcoders] are the wheels off the Flash Player wagon?

Ok cool, I think I missed your point the first time ;-) Looking back it is there plain as day. The BMW website engineers are asleep at the wheel! On 10/28/05, Count Schemula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know that FP8 can do FP7, but the net effect is, websites are out there > messing up view

Re: [Flashcoders] Cannot assign text component from array with href / asfunction

At 08:01 PM 10/27/2005, you wrote: > > BRUCE CLARKE'S SON />COPS A SECURITIES ACT PLEA I'm no expert on asfunction but, seems to me it's pretty limited. You could just pass the function name and the Array index value: f.e.: Then you could read the value of the array at index 6 from within

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

At 8:35 PM -0400 10/27/05, Count Schemula wrote: >I don't think normal people have any clue that Central exists. > >Macromedia creates a lot of things and then lets them die. > >Remember the whole shockwave game player? Or even shockwave? Or Director >MUS? Seriously! It's kind of amazingly pathol

Re: [Flashcoders] are the wheels off the Flash Player wagon?

I know that FP8 can do FP7, but the net effect is, websites are out there messing up viewer access/experiences over dodgy detection scripts. Actually, I kept messing with it and it let me continue past the warning, but it was far from obvious that I could do so. On 10/27/05, Julian Suggate <[EMAI

Re: [Flashcoders] are the wheels off the Flash Player wagon?

Dude, I'm pretty sure that the BMW website does that because of a bodgy detection script rather than the site actually "requiring" Player7. Player8 can handle anything that Player7 could (aka backwards compatibility). In pseudocode, it sounds like the detection script is checking that (version == 7

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

'Apollo' was mentioned at MAX. While the current incantation of Central may be a flop in the general sense of the word, the overall idea of Flash on the Desktop [OCC, quick install &c] diffidently isn't dead. Stay tuned...? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

I think the problem with Central is the solution space MM were targeting to is not the solution space it should be targeted at. It was alluded to in the marketing: occasionally connected computing, but it's not being targetted fully. Sure some changes will need to be made in some areas such as bran

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

On 10/27/05, Mick Gow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know of anyone that uses it other than some developers that > "installed it once and had a look". Hey, I resemble that comment! I don't think normal people have any clue that Central exists. Macromedia creates a lot of things and then

Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

Read the last 2-3 weeks of this list. It's been very well covered already. On 10/27/05, James O'Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My question for the Flex people is this, what does Flex bring to the > table that I can not already do with 04 Pro (not counting the new AS 3.0)? > >

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF Decompilers

ASV (ActionScript Viewer) is hands down the best utility for looking through an SWF - thought I know you're not interested in that really ;) Nothing is safe in your published swf. Bottom line. The components can be looked at with decompilers as well. The only option you might have is obfuscating l

[Flashcoders] are the wheels off the Flash Player wagon?

I just went to the BMW website, and got ready to "explore the new M5." Win XP Firefox 1.0.7 Flash Player 8 The website checks my "extended capabilities" and blocks my progress and tells me that I need Flash Player 7 to view the website. Sigh. The more things change, the more things seem like 19

[Flashcoders] Why Flex?

I haven't used Flex yet and I know little more than of it's existance. I'm pretty accomplished with Flash/AS 2.0 OOP, classes, custom UI components, JSFL, etc. and I'm happy using MX 2004 Pro. I guess I'd classify myself as a programmer by desire and a designer by necessity. My question for

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

I'd be curious to see how many people actually have central - my general thoughts are that the only real people that use it are flash developers :) I don't know of anyone that uses it other than some developers that "installed it once and had a look". On 10/28/05, Chris Velevitch <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Hi Bjorn. Best thing to do would be to download the Flex 2 Alpha and work through the tutes. Jules On 10/28/05, Bjorn Schultheiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Flash mixed with Flex > > Sounds like the cocktail of the hour. > > Where can i find more info learning on best techniques of combinin

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

In my mind, the big advantage of Central is the occasionally connected computing aspect, that is the ability to synchronisation data the next time you are able to reliably connect to a network. If you read the Flash Platform Overview paper, it indicates that Flex 2 will provider better support for

RE: [Flashcoders] Flexcoders List?

> I hate to be the bug but it seems like flash coders list has > gone from flash questions to a lot of flex. Would anyone else > like to see a list dedicated to flexcoders to help keep the > list clean and emails down? There is already a Flexcoders list on Yahoo, for those who're interested. Ho

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Flash mixed with Flex Sounds like the cocktail of the hour. Where can i find more info learning on best techniques of combining the 2? On 10/28/05, David Mendels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > It depends on what you are building. A "web site" is a pretty broad > category. > > For the Fl

[Flashcoders] im unsubscribing, however you do that

DO NOT SEND ME ANYMORE MESSAGES FROM FLASHCODERS, I SIGNED UP ON ACCIDENT. LEAVE ME ALONE, ALL OF YOU! Anonymous Unknown - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ___ Flashcod

Re: [Flashcoders] Flexcoders List?

Just use gmail or something for e-mail lists, then, who cares about the volume. I appreciate the "noise," it's usually quite informative, which is why I'm on a mail list anyhow. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chatty

[Flashcoders] New way to resize TextField in IDE ?

Hi all, I hope I do a big mistake. Tell me. With Flash 2004 and before, one just have to put a textfield on the stage and give it values with the property inspector. It was fast and easy. With Flash 8 IDE, if I do the same, the font inside are resized ? Whatever tool I use : Arrow, Free tra

Re: [Flashcoders] Cannot assign text component from array with href / asfunction

> > BRUCE CLARKE'S SON />COPS A SECURITIES ACT PLEA I'm no expert on asfunction but, seems to me it's pretty limited. You could just pass the function name and the Array index value: f.e.: Then you could read the value of the array at index 6 from within your addStory function. Not exactly

[Flashcoders] Flexcoders List?

I hate to be the bug but it seems like flash coders list has gone from flash questions to a lot of flex. Would anyone else like to see a list dedicated to flexcoders to help keep the list clean and emails down? Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com __

[Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

Central has been out for a while, and is it now fair to say its just a big flop? Just seems like it to me - not much has been added/developed for it, some bugs in it, etc. Is MM still trying to push it as a real platform for the net-connected desktop at the same time they push Flex/Flash for the

Re: [Flashcoders] Another random number generator

At 05:32 PM 10/27/2005 -0400, you wrote: Not that any of you need something like this, but ya never know: This is always useful. http://magicsnacks.com/shiftedpixels/?p=8 thanks and good work! - jim 2112 FX :: Singularity [Business Intelligence][Custom Programming] Flash Math Blo

[Flashcoders] Another random number generator

I saw a post on a forum recently about random number generators and the ability to create on that could be seeded. So, I took up the challenge and converted the Mersenne Twister algorithm to AS2 (probably one of the best, and fastest, pseudo-random number generators out there). Code is avail

[Flashcoders] Cannot assign text component from array with href / asfunction

Movie has two text fields, the left one is named txtHeads and is filled with lines like this: BRUCE CLARKE'S SON/>COPS A SECURITIES ACT PLEA When "BRUCE CLARKE'S SONCOPS A SECURITIES ACT PLEA", asfunction should be calling addStory, as follows: function addStory(stryElement:String){ //

[Flashcoders] SWF Decompilers

Question about protecting my swfs. If I use external AS2 classes and compile my swf, will those classes be exposed if someone were to decompile my swf with a program like Sothink's SWF Decompiler or other similar decompiler? It creates a bunch of empty files, one for each class I have and says

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

True enough, but there is much coolness to be derived from CFMX 7 (if you're on that platform) and working through the Flash Forms. There are some astounding things which can be accomplished. ;-) On 10/27/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > flash.filters.GlowFilter has a different market t

Re: [Flashcoders] Open all Branches of a Tree Component

Hi Martin, I've used something like this (can't remeber exactly): public function setTreeIsOpen(open:Boolean):Void { for(var i:Number = 0; i < tree.length; i++) { tree.setIsOpen(tree.getTreeNodeAt(i), op

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Man Jester do you ever sleep? You seem to post here consistantly throughout the day/night. Cam. > flash.filters.GlowFilter has a different market than flash.display.Sprite, > hence Flash Player 8 being targeted at designers and Flash Player 8.5 > targetted at developers. > > - Original Mes

[Flashcoders] privacy/security settings

Hey all, It appears that in order to use the ExternalInterface, users must allow certain privacy and/or security settings. I've messed around with these so much that I'm not sure how to direct users to initialize these appropriately... 1. What are the minimum changes a user must make to ena

[Flashcoders] Open all Branches of a Tree Component

Hello Everyone, I am desperately trying to open all branches of a tree component that has been created via XML and Remoting. Found this code out on the Internet but can't seem to get it to work. function openFolders(Node){ elArbol.setIsOpen(Node,true); var Nodes = Node.childNodes; for (var i=0

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

flash.filters.GlowFilter has a different market than flash.display.Sprite, hence Flash Player 8 being targeted at designers and Flash Player 8.5 targetted at developers. - Original Message - From: "Jaye Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, October

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Let me start with, I applaud labs.macromedia.com. On the other hand as a matter of practicality Studio 8 has just been released and it's like the universe has completely lost all perspective of what an amazing powerhouse Flash 8 is. The 8.5 Flash Player is an Alpha. That

RE: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

At 11:45 AM +0100 10/27/05, Nick Weekes wrote: >Thanks for the comments Jesse. One question on Director though (before >going waaay OT), is it possible to perform local file write operations while >still in the browser, or do these have to be projector files, i.e. >standalone executables? > Usin

Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton and Listeners is a bad combination

On 10/27/05, Martin Klasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I got a class which I thought would be improved by using the Singleton > pattern. And it does, until I am adding in the EventDispatcher. > > The problem is that my application will using the FontLoader.getInstance() > at several places in

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Thanks Martin, I'll head on over and take a look. Spike On 10/27/05, Martin Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well, if you want to have a stab at it, it would make a great addition > to the current set of open source tools used for developing flash content. > > head over to osflash.org

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

well, if you want to have a stab at it, it would make a great addition to the current set of open source tools used for developing flash content. head over to osflash.org and get involved :) im sure theres others around who would be interested in helping develop something like this...i know i

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Like I said, If MM doesn't think this will make it into FB, I'm happy to have a stab at it. Now that I know what it actually means :-) On 10/27/05, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think a Library plugin is a logical requirement if MM really wants to > improve workflow. Hopefully i

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

I think a Library plugin is a logical requirement if MM really wants to improve workflow. Hopefully it will be considered for FB2/8.5 update. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

I do usually chat to Macromedia about this sort of stuff before I implement it. Often they can't give me a definitive answer on whether it will be implemented or not because it hasn't been decided yet. In that case I usually hold off until I'm fairly sure they won't. No point in me doing work the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

I'm all for making plugins and updates to FB but if this is a huge upgrade you might want to submit your feature requests to labs.macromedia.com first. They released FB2 as alpha so that the Flash community could talk about what needs to be added. I'm not sure how open MM will be about this but

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Hmm So a library is imported, and lives only in the Flash authoring tool? The only way to export library items is to add them to a .fla and export that as a .swf? The items must be stored somewhere, so maybe I can dig around and figure that out. Spike On 10/27/05, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROT

[Flashcoders] Flash Comm Server and Stream Problem

Hello all, Perhaps someone can help me figure this problem out. I have a flash app that streams a flv. Then at the end of the video an event is triggered. I'm not using onLastSecond due to technology in current usage. So instead I'm doing 2 things to evaluate end of video state/event. First I'm

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

> ok, in what format is the library saved from the Flash IDE? Right now from what I know it isn't possible to save a Library from the IDE, but if I were to venture a guess I'd say this would be possible using JSFL. If so, a resulting XML and SWC would make sense. Mike

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

On 10/27/05, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Not totally sure what you mean by that... > > Map symbols to classes via some kind of package explorer wizard: if you > create a movieclip in Flash, it goes into the Flash Library as a symbol. > When you right-click this new symbol in the Li

Re: [Flashcoders] When migrate to Flash 8?

> little things that make development quicker Faster compile time being the most important, IMHO. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

>Not totally sure what you mean by that... Map symbols to classes via some kind of package explorer wizard: if you create a movieclip in Flash, it goes into the Flash Library as a symbol. When you right-click this new symbol in the Library and choose 'properties' you'll see a wizard in which you c

Re: [Flashcoders] When migrate to Flash 8?

I'd upgrade to Flash 8 even though you are doing Flash 6 and 7. It has a lot of little things that make development quicker. So even though you are exporting to Flash 7 you can still take advantage of the new text resizing handles (something I use everyday) and other neat little changes. Or wai

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Hi, It depends on what you are building. A "web site" is a pretty broad category. For the Flash interactive we use on the home page of Macromedia.com, or for site like http://www.leoburnett.ca/ or for the streaming video on the home page of Oprah.com, I would expect a creative team to build it a

[Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Let me add just another 2 cents to this topic Flash won't move anytime soon.. i love flash, expecially mx professional 2004.. what i think about flash and flex.. knowing macromedia they will work together as a team to bring us Developers and our customers the satisfaction that we seek.. I don't

Re: [Flashcoders] a little OT (maybe): Flash in Firefox

Glad you got it solved. To add to the general subject... For my host, I have to put .php4 on the php files. Just .php won't work. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

On 10/27/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you right click on an image in Flash' library, you can edit it in > Fireworks. When done, the image asset in Flash's library is updated. This should be possible. If Flex could do this, this is the first step in "keeping you in the IDE, > bu

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

On 10/27/05, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Map symbols to classes via some kind of package explorer wizard Not totally sure what you mean by that... My understanding is that everything in AS 3/Flash 8.5 is a class and that symbols are no more. Like I said, I don't do much in th

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

If you right click on an image in Flash' library, you can edit it in Fireworks. When done, the image asset in Flash's library is updated. If Flex could do this, this is the first step in "keeping you in the IDE, but bringing in outside resources only when necessarey". Even better would be the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

1. Map symbols to classes via some kind of package explorer wizard 2. Import existing Libraries from Flash and maintain symbols' package paths 3. Ability to export so you can import into another FlexBuilder installation There may be issues with components/EULA. Those are the biggies. I'm sure oth

[Flashcoders] Re: am i approaching this problem correctly?

a quick update on this. if i want to check for inactivity in the flash movie can i not simply use javascript to listen for "onMouseMove" on the browser page...and when it doesn't detect it, simply redirect to another page? the question being can javascript keep track of mouse movements using onMou

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

As someone who has never really spent much time in the Flash authoring tool, could you explain the exact features that would be really useful in a Flex Builder library plugin? If it looks feasible I might attempt it. Spike On 10/27/05, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rather, "In this

[Flashcoders] Singleton and Listeners is a bad combination

Hi Coders. I got a class which I thought would be improved by using the Singleton pattern. And it does, until I am adding in the EventDispatcher. The problem is that my application will using the FontLoader.getInstance() at several places in different classes and files. The problem arise

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Rather, "In this scenario, Flex is to Flash what Dreamweaver is to Photoshop." Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Agreed. Quite selfishly, I'd like the following to happen: Blaze joins the Adobe graphics suite of tools and integrates with them in all the obvious ways (video, vector graphics, animation timeline like After Effects, etc). Its Library can export all these assets into FlexBuilder. FlexBuilder / Ecl

Re: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

There is Mono. http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page - Original Message - From: "Nick Weekes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:03 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation Hmm...thats a good point. And it rem

RE: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

Hmm...thats a good point. And it reminded me that any .net framework stuff will immediately remove any potential mac users (unless by magic there is an open source version of the net framework?). Is there a reference to os/browser configurations and supported plugins anywhere on the interweb, I n

RE: [Flashcoders] removeEventListener not working?

You could try my EventManager class: http://lab.zeusdesign.net/?p=1 You won't have to use Delegate at all. There's an argument for a specific function to call for the listener you are adding. It doesn't have all the same functionality as EventDispatcher yet, so it might not be right for you

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Admittingly, something needs to be done. Hopefully either Blaze (Flash 9) can be made to have integration extensions with FlexBuilder2, made to be basically a glorified library asset manager, or somethihng. The current alternatives really suck. A Singleton classe that holds all linkageID's, a

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

> you can create an ActionScript 3 project in Flex Builder that never goes anywhere near the Flex Framework. That's the reason I was soothsaying about FlexBuilder 2 becoming the defacto development environment and the Flash IDE evolving into a tool for design. Eclipse will "eclipse" the Flash IDE

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

It's probably worth pointing out that you can create an ActionScript 3 project in Flex Builder that never goes anywhere near the Flex Framework. I have quite a few of those on my machine for a number of things that I would previously done in the Flash authoring tool. I have spent a good portion o

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

Personally I have never been tempted to work in Eclipse - I like the IDE and work well in it.. but I have to admit FlexBuilder2 is tempting me a bit. In most of my projects these days there is no need for an FLA, so I will definitely be learning Flex enough to at least make an educated deci

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

FWIW, Quite a few people I know have studiously avoided Flash development for no other reason than that they have found it a very frustrating experience. That was mostly down to a combination of the development experience when using the Flash authoring tool and the fact that ActionScript programmi

Re: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

Nick Weekes wrote: I guessed that was the case. The only browser alternative then is to build a .NET control and host in an aspx page (messy as each client needs the .net framework runtime) but that should be quite common amongst the users I will be dealing with. Or a ActiveX control ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Drawing/painting applicatin examples ...

http://www.bit-101.com/sketch3d/ http://www.senocular.com/pub/flash/8/index.php?f=eraseandredraw - Original Message - From: "Pete Hotchkiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:48 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Drawing/painting applicatin

RE: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

I guessed that was the case. The only browser alternative then is to build a .NET control and host in an aspx page (messy as each client needs the .net framework runtime) but that should be quite common amongst the users I will be dealing with. Thanks for the pointers... -Original Message--

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex

On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Mike Britton wrote: That makes sense Robert. In the same line of thinking, as the Flex stuff evolves, I see the Flash IDE turning into a sort of "Photoshop for Flash" where graphical assets are designed/maintained, and FlexBuilder 2 (eclipse) becoming the progra

Re: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

Director can utilize setPref/getPref; a browser safe way of reading and writing to text files. However, you have no control over where these text files are, and cannot easily get to them (buried in some weird documents and settings area). In all cases, you must be in an exe (Director, mProject

[Flashcoders] Drawing/painting applicatin examples ...

I'm looking for some good examples of drawing/painting examples executed in flash. I've seen a number of basic ones that allow me to sketch a line drawing, but I'm looking for more extensive functionality, such as fill color, and the ability to select and move elements of a drawing around the canva

Re: [Flashcoders] what is the major documentation-style used for within as2?

Ron Wheeler wrote: I would stick with Javadoc and Doxygen since this has the backing of the Java community as well and is going to be supported at a better level that an Actionscript only scheme. Normally I use the Javadoc convention in everywhere language which support multi-line comments.

Re: [Flashcoders] what is the major documentation-style used for within as2?

I would stick with Javadoc and Doxygen since this has the backing of the Java community as well and is going to be supported at a better level that an Actionscript only scheme. Looking down the road a bit, it also can be extended to include automatic code generation when asdt and UML modelling

[Flashcoders] am i approaching this problem correctly?

hi. i want to ask people's opinions about an issue and see if my solution is on target. i have a navigation.swf that sits in a frame on an html page. on click of nav button, a getURL loads another swf into the frame below. ugly, i know. but i don't have the option to recode the piece at this poin

[Flashcoders] > Internship interaction design

Hello! As some on this mailing list might know I am studying interaction design at School of the Arts Utrecht. In the third year of the curriculum (currently second) you need to do an internship at a company. Because I really would like to do an internship outside the Netherlands. I would like

[Flashcoders] Flash table rendering

Hi all, Has anyone got an example of rendering text in tabular format. Failing that, does anyone have any pointers on how best to do it. What I'm after is the ability to display documents which include tables. That much is relatively easy. The hard part is allowing for drag select, so you could c

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