Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

If you only need to tween filters, you can take a look at the Filter Managing Prototypes german project (http://www.flash-fmp.de). AFAIK, it's in the process of beeing integrated in Fuse by Moses. Julien [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi I was wondering what everyone is using to tween flash filte

RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

The most up-to-date regarding to tweens and filtering tweens are this one: http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/ It is great. I love it mostly because it is non-prototyped (well, you can turn the prototype-methods on as an option though) I would believe this is the best tween engine that exists fo

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Ok, ok I'm clearly outnumbered here - waving white flag :-) And the approach Daniel demonstraded (similar to what Martin outlined) is indeed very elegant and succint. When the actions to take (depending on which combination 'is the case') are rather complex, requiring several lines of code, imo t

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

What he said :) Without kidding, using the binary type of variable values and checking what the resulting value is, is the way we do it. Don't ask me how it works, but it does :) (just to help pointing in the right direction) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange text scaling issue

Are these TF static or dynamic? Check if you've embedded fonts. Probably text fields that behave properly are either static or with fonts embedded, and ones "strange" are dynamic w/o embedded fonts. If so, with emb. fonts they are rendered as vector shapes (espesially when embedFonts=true). I

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Perhaps I'm missing something, but IMO bitwise switch is best approach here. I'd say, it looks like a classical case for it (like user rights etc :-). So, 1) map "abcd" to binary number: - all are false, - all are true, 1100 - a,b are true while c,d false. 2) convert to digital: ->0,

[Flashcoders] Compressed server communication

For a few days now, as my xml servercommunication needs start getting larger, I’ve been pondering what would be the best way to use compression to reduce the payload size for server requests and responses. For all my server communication, I currently use xml.sendAndLoad – looking at which makes me

RE: [Flashcoders] Line optimization

An implementation of "Lang Simplification" and "McMaster's Slide Averaging Algorithm": http://motiondraw.com/md/as_samples/t/LineGeneralization/demo.html hth -- Andreas Weber motiondraw.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bil

[Flashcoders] MVC gc

Hi everyone, I'm coming to the tail end of a project and I'm in "cleanup mode". I have two questions, but first some background info. I'm using Flash 8 and using the MVC pattern. My mvc is based off of Colin Moocks example, slightly modified to use parent/child. This is the first time I've use

[Flashcoders] Line optimization

Does anyone know where I can find code or equations for the line optimization of curves? I'm looking for something similar to the way the Flash Authoring Environment implements Modify > Shape > Smooth, Modify > Shape > Straighten, and Modify > Shape > Optimize. _

[Flashcoders] Junior Flash Programmer Needed (NYC)

Junior Flash Programmer Needed. This job is full-time. Part-time and contract will not be considered. Requirements: - Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related degree - Must have experience with Flash 8 & MX 2004 - Must know how to program using Actionscript 2.0 - An understanding of OOP -

RE: [Flashcoders] Looking for RIA Sample featured in MM(AB)

I think so Would you happen to have a link by any chance? thx ...helmut -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stacey Mulcahy Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:07 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Looking for RIA

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

you mean intel chips? or the usual pc architecture? things like phones and other mobile devices, non microsoft gaming platforms for example. I don't know, he said it, I was just responding to it. The quote was: "As long as they use their tools, and make their customers conform to PC hard

[Flashcoders] afm parser?

Is there an adobe afm file parser implemented in actionscript thats open? This dude: http://www.teknoel.com/show/?file=/theory/metrics/ has written one it seems but I don't think hes sharing. DK ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figlea

RE: [Flashcoders] Looking for RIA Sample featured in MM(AB)

The HP one? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut Granda Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 4:05 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Looking for RIA Sample featured in MM(AB) Hello all, I am looking for a RIA that was f

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

This is exactly why Im hoping for so much from Apollo. Flash needs to bridge the gap a little with desktop and web. I love how flash is small and has penetration through the roof. If Adobe were to extend the 8.5 player just a little bit to allow desktop programmers more access to its, it could rea

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

Oh, and your rant about forcing people to use PC hardware, WTF? What platform *doesn't* use PC hardware these days? you mean intel chips? or the usual pc architecture? things like phones and other mobile devices, non microsoft gaming platforms for example. anyway, its a sparkle thread aga

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

i've read specs, watched demonstrations, i've TRIED to be excited, but all i can tell is that it's another proprietary tech trying to cash in on a growing market. Which specs did you read and which demos did you watch? Certainly not the same ones I've read and watched. First of all Sparkle

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

I guess I must be missing something here - I still don't understand the advantage of 'encoding' the conditions as numbers. As I see it, there is no way around evaluating 16 conditions. We can either make this transparent or we can 'elegantly' hide it behind numbers - which we'll have to comment he

Re: [Flashcoders] Player 8 Statistics

Josh Buhler wrote: The numbers didn't really matter in the meeting with clients though - once we showed them the benefits 8 would bring (in this case, video quality), and the Express Install, player stats were a non-issue. They decided to go with 8 . Cool, glad to hear it's smooth, thanks

[Flashcoders] Looking for RIA Sample featured in MM(AB)

Hello all, I am looking for a RIA that was featured in the Macromedia site while back where it showcase an application created for (I believe) Central where the user would call a main office to make a last minute purchase of Servers and the Sales Rep would do couple of phone calls and everything w

Re: [Flashcoders] Cellrenderer confirmation

listOwner was put there for the explicit purpose of getting a reference to the grid. Otherwise, you'd do some insane monkey-swing to walk your way up the timeline via cell... if you didn't have cell, replace with _parent._parent, blah blah blah. This isn't AS3 bro, hehe! Besides, it's documen

Re: [Flashcoders] Player 8 Statistics

Thanks for the info. I was able to pull together some info just from the page stats that we have setup for various clients, I was just looking for some "official" numbers. The numbers didn't really matter in the meeting with clients though - once we showed them the benefits 8 would bring

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

The return type should really be String in this case function getResult( value1:Boolean, value2:Boolean, value3:Boolean, value4:Boolean ):String On 1/25/06, eric dolecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats interesting. A bit more involved than what I was doing but it is > indeed interesting. -- D

[Flashcoders] From Daniel Abramovich; Freelance Opening in Southern California

Hello Flash Programmers, Interactive Training Solutions (ITS) is at a start of a major project, entailing the migration of CD based training programs to the Intranet of several existing clients. Currently, we are looking for a team of freelance Flash programmers and database experts

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

I guess a switch is a little nicer to look at. On 1/25/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, if only 16 possibilities, then just use a switch statement (not an > if-else - too hairy IMO) > > Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com > > > > > > > > > > > >>-

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Thats interesting. A bit more involved than what I was doing but it is indeed interesting. On 1/25/06, Daniel Cascais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What about something like this: > > > var results:Array = [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", > "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p" ]; > > f

Re: [Flashcoders] Cellrenderer confirmation

Thanks Jesse. What do you mean by make the events bubble? I know I can do listOwner.dispatchEvent - it's what I'm doing now - but is there a better way than accessing the listOwner? By better I mean accessing the listOwner's method feels wrong somehow ... I tried using editField but it cause

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

What about something like this: var results:Array = [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p" ]; function getResult( value1:Boolean, value2:Boolean, value3:Boolean, value4:Boolean ):Number { var resultIndex:Number = 0; if( value1 )

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Well, if only 16 possibilities, then just use a switch statement (not an if-else - too hairy IMO) Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki >>Se

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

mc_tween2 is indeed very handy. - edolecki On 1/25/06, Gerry Creighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I love these... > http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/downloads.html > There are F8 filter tweens included. > > On Jan 25, 2006, at 12:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi > > I was wondering wh

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

dab, abd, adb, bda, dba, ... all the same combination. On 1/25/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aren't there 256 possible combinations? Or if one value can be null, > then 625? What about dab, cab, bac, da, ca, etc? Or are you saying for > the sake simplicity, cab is the same c

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Aren't there 256 possible combinations? Or if one value can be null, then 625? What about dab, cab, bac, da, ca, etc? Or are you saying for the sake simplicity, cab is the same combination as abc and dab the same as abd? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

I think which each combination being completely unique, i have no other option than a honkin' switch or if/else. Lots of typing but will work. I can work on making it more readable, but thats about it methinks. On 1/25/06, Andreas Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seems to be an ispiring questi

Re: [Flashcoders] Player 8 Statistics

Josh Buhler wrote: Does anybody know where I could find some numbers on Player 8 installs? The most recent info I can find on Flash Player stats on Macromedia.com is from last September, and doesn't include Player 8. The NPD/MediaMetrix consumer audit from December should be up on the websi

RE: [Flashcoders] Cellrenderer confirmation

I believe the list components calculate the visible space divided by the row height and figure out how many rows to render. Visible being the amount of rows the height and row height of the component will allow - not being total rows in reference to amount of dataprovider items. Not sure that is w

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Seems to be an ispiring question/problem! Eric - if you'd go with the combo - Strings - these are the 16 possible combinations: ,a,ab,abc,abcd,abd,ac,acd,ad,b,bc,bcd,bd,c,cd,d (first one is an empty string if a && b && c && d are false) I'm not overly proud of how I found the combinations, but

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

I love these... http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/downloads.html There are F8 filter tweens included. On Jan 25, 2006, at 12:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I was wondering what everyone is using to tween flash filters. The built in tween in Flash, or some third party tweening engine. Thanks

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Well, lets say you have 4 objects that have selected states & fired no events on their own. So there are many different possible combinations for the combined states of those 4 objects. Each possible combination triggers an entirely seperate action. Thats a lot of actions to account for. So its a

Re: [Flashcoders] Cellrenderer confirmation

For the event part, CellRenderers have access to both the cell and list they are in. So, if you do this.listOwner; that's the DataGrid. You can either dispatch events and make them bubble, or dispatch them from the DataGrid's scope; listOwner.dispatchEvent. Additionally, if you want to update

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

You can also use: combo=0; if(a){combo+=1000;} if(b){combo+=100;} if(c){combo+=10;} if(d){combo+=1;} Then convert combo to a string and check the character at each position ( charAt(0), charAt(1), etc.) for a one or zero, which will tell you if the associated variable is true or false. -Marc

[Flashcoders] Flash Developer Wanted in New York City

I hope it is ok to post a job offer in this list. Flash Developer, ActionScript Coder CONDITIONS: - Project-to-project, part-time, and possibly fulltime in the future. - This is a Flash Developer position in an Advertising agency based in New York City, with clients in the Real Estate business.

[Flashcoders] Cellrenderer confirmation

Hi all, I just want to verify a few things in case I've thought about this incorrectly. I've built three cellrenderer classes for a datagrid. I've got everything working but I'm trying to optimize the classes so things don't get cycled when they don't need to be. Am I correct in assuming tha

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

Hi Andreas, To clarify, my statement was not directed at you only, but I can say that it certainly did include you. On the topic of opinion, I agree that an opinion free approach is dangerous to the ignorant, but only dangerous in this situation if we're to say that we're all ignorant as children

Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

i've got to go out now so cant give the full answer i have in my head, but one way of tackling it is to make each state variable's value a power of 2 a = 1 b = 2 c = 4 d = 8 then you know that any combination of them has a unique value. (its basically a 4 bit number) then to handle the disp

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

Sounds like you're trying to do something like this, but even still your approach seems overly complex. Maybe a more detailed explaination of what you're trying to do and what "combinations" are would help. Meanwhile, if I understand you, would something like this work? a = false b = false c = tr

RE: [Flashcoders] checking combinations

You seem to have something like a 'Round Robin' situation, only more complex as it is not only about pairs, but also about singles/triplets/quadruplets. If each of these possible combinations leads to a different action, the if/else if or switch statement will naturally be very long... To make it

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

I was wondering what everyone is using to tween flash filters. The built in tween in Flash, or some third party tweening engine. You can use the built-in tweening classes to tween filters, but you have to work around the way the filters work (ie, you can't *change* a filter property.. you have

[Flashcoders] checking combinations

I have 4 variables I need to check the states of routinely... and combinations thereof. I am assuming that if I have a counter, and interogate and += them values, I can then check the value of the counter to determine the combinations. psudeo-code: var counter:Number = 0; if ( a ){ counter += 2;

RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

I have just started using Fuse and it is pretty slick. I know that the new version can tween filters and judging by how well it works for tweening everything else, I would give it a shot. http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/index.html -Original

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

last post from me on this thread so we can put it to rest and all agree that i was an opinionated dick and that nothing really matters. I don't really pay much attention to what MIGHT happen. What the web is like in 2060 is of no consequence to me or my job. I will however put my family's hono

[Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

Hi I was wondering what everyone is using to tween flash filters. The built in tween in Flash, or some third party tweening engine. Thanks in advance Jim Bachalo [e] jbach at bitstream.ca [c] 416.668.0034 [w] www.bitstream.ca "...all improvisation is l

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange text scaling issue

Are these TF static or dynamic? Check if you've embedded fonts. Probably text fields that behave properly are either static or with fonts embedded, and ones "strange" are dynamic w/o embedded fonts. If so, with emb. fonts they are rendered as vector shapes (espesially when embedFonts=true). -- B

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

I'd have to agree with elibol. And, just as a reminder, here are some famously wrong expert predictions about what would or wouldn't happen in our industry:"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 "I think

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange text scaling issue

Hi Danny, Don't know of any relevant scaling property - but are you using embedded fonts? If not, at a guess it could be rendering using device/system fonts and messing up the scaling? HTH, Ian On 1/25/06, Danny Kodicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm getting something odd: When I rescale

[Flashcoders] Re: Setting the last pressed key in the Key class

I have another idea, would it be possible to delegate Key class functions to a custom class I've built? I've tried _global.ASSetPropFlags(Key,null,6,true); It still doesn't allow me to delegate the functions. Does anyone know of a way around this? H _

[Flashcoders] Strange text scaling issue

I'm getting something odd: When I rescale my Flash movie (imported into Director) the text fields are scaling incorrectly: instead of stretching, they seem to be changing point sizes in a quantized way. The result is that text fields that were previously next to one another are overlapping or s

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathDocument()

that helps. Thanks a bunch!! Chaitu. Chris Allen wrote: I think that they pulled it out because it's really just a wrapper for the Xpath classes static methods. In addition he was also using the old prototype syntax to add the functionality directly to the XMLNode class. This pattern worked well

RE: [Flashcoders] sync to flash 7 flv-files

See my blog post on the drawbacks of the NetStream class for more info: http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=20 Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Player 8 Statistics

I saw a post from John Dowdell a couple of weeks back and he indicated that the latest research data would be available on Jan 31. He also said that preliminary numbers point to an extremely fast adoption rate, even by Flash standards. I'd try hitting his blog archives if you're not happy with my s

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathDocument()

I think that they pulled it out because it's really just a wrapper for the Xpath classes static methods. In addition he was also using the old prototype syntax to add the functionality directly to the XMLNode class. This pattern worked well when you weren't concerned with strong typing and the who

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathDocument()

Hi, I couldnt find the version number but both the versions are on this page http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ without any explanation about why some of the classes in the older version were deleted. the version that works for me is *"OLD XPath for ActionScript 2* implementation" on this page and

[Flashcoders] Player 8 Statistics

Does anybody know where I could find some numbers on Player 8 installs? The most recent info I can find on Flash Player stats on Macromedia.com is from last September, and doesn't include Player 8. - Josh ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@cha

Re: [Flashcoders] Hybrid CD's

Get a Mac and buy Toast. Charles P. On 1/25/06, Jiri Heitlager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He, > > I am planning to make a cd with FLV's on it. It needs to become a hybrid >cd. I was wondering if somebody maybe knows some good resources that > explain how to make an Hybrid cd and what pot

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathDocument()

I seem to remember something about a version of XPath having problems with AS2what exact version of XPath are you using? I'll check to see if it's newer than the one I'm using...if not, I'll send you my 'xfactorstudio' source tree, as I have had to modify it in order to make it work. Cheers

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

Hi friends, I agree with Adrian, polar extremes never solve anything, they cause people to take sides and bicker endlessly. I can see it happening already. An opinion free approach would be most intelligent, there is no telling what you will run into if you give your presuppositions a rest. The bo

Re: [Flashcoders] Access DropShadow filter via AS?

Ahhh got it. Thanks a bunch! Charles P. On 1/24/06, Johan Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1.) because the property does not return a reference to the true > filters-array of the movieclip. Just a copy of it. So you need to assign > it > back to the movieclip after you've edited it. >

[Flashcoders] Setting the last pressed key in the Key class

Hi, An application I'm building requires me to be able to invoke key presses as if the user typed something. Since I cannot control the user input from Flash (or, can I?) I was thinking of a way to manipulate the Key class as to make it think that I'm hitting keys, invoking onKeyDown is no problem

[Flashcoders] XPathDocument()

Hey All, This is my first time here, but I am a regular at Flashnewbie. The reason I am posting here is because i didnt get a reply at newbie, so thought this might be something only FlashCoders might be able to help me with. :-) I am using XPath for building one of my applications and re

[Flashcoders] sync to flash 7 flv-files

Hi! I will soon start building a production where I will need to sync five or six quite long HTPP-streaming flv movies (2-3 min each flash 7 flv:s) with a flow of animations. There will be start, pause and stop buttons in the production, but potentially the production will run for 15 minutes

Re: [Flashcoders] Hybrid CD's

I asked this a while back in Flashkit. http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=581233&highlight=hqx If you read the end it says that there's a tutorial, too, at the footer of someone - but it's been a while so it's gone, so here's another one I found: http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Pro

Re: [Flashcoders] Array Loop for navigation elements

Your problem is that the MovieClips don't know what "name_Array[i]" is meant to be. The MovieClips only know 'i' to equal 0 and 'name_Array[i]' yeilds 'home' I suggest add the following line to your loop: [code] mypath.id = name_Array[i]; [/code] and then in the mouse interaction methods change:

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

I have to agree with most of what Andreas is saying. IMO, Microsoft with the help of ex-flash developers and designers knew that Flash was a very powerful tool if it was slightly pushed in one direction. The naysayers that Andreas mentioned are or were completely mistaken about Flash and ActionScri

Re: [Flashcoders] small code question

Toon Van de Putte wrote: I was wondering if the following two lines of code are just different ways of doing the same thing: var myVar = new Number(); myVar ="0"; Using new Number is... silly. The Number-object is quite useless and can't be used for anything, that a regular number can't. Use

[Flashcoders] Array Loop for navigation elements

Array and Loop for button functions Originally, I had a very long and elaborate script of simple actions for a site navigation. The problem I was having is not a functional problem, my script works and does what I want it to. However I am trying to get better with my action scripting by imp

WAS: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

could you please end this thread NOW ? I've kinda asked that in my first statement. Go move this discusssion elsewhere. It's OT. micha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcod

Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

David Skoglund wrote: "Consumers don't need it" It seems like you like to dictate what users need and not. One fact is that a LOT average users DO play games in their browser even if you don't. I don't dictate anything. I simply have a strong opinion on this subject, coming mostly from being

Re: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

The fact that the designer contains a timeline for affecting things is nice. Like LiveMotion meets Flex. The ability to drop in components and get live preview on everything is pretty sweet (although can be really slow), and the way of binding stuff is pretty cool. edolecki On 1/25/06, Scott Hynd

Re: [Flashcoders] small code question

Toon Van de Putte schrieb: I was wondering if the following two lines of code are just different ways of doing the same thing: var myVar = new Number(); myVar ="0"; var myVar= Number("0"); Except the fact you'd never pass a string ("0") where a number is expected (0), the only difference betwe

Re: [Flashcoders] small code question

But why not? In the first example you say in the first line myVar = new Number(); But not more, only that it is a number e.g not a string or a bolean. Than in the second line you say myVar = "0"; So you give it a Number. In the second example you do it in one way you say hey the variable myVar

[Flashcoders] Flashpaper into Movieclip

Hi: I have a PDF doc that I turned into a SWF (called unit2.swf) via FlashPaper. I need to be able to load that SWF into a movieclip (let's say called mcHolder) of another Flash presentation. Here's my dilemma. I need to be able to load unit2.swf into mcHolder. I need mcHolder to be dragable and

RE: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

I don't think what you linked to is Sparkle. The interactive designer is. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ED9F5FB2-4CFC-4D2C-9AF8-580D644E3D1D&displaylang=en And I would try it out. It's really quite good (but slw). Kind of a mix between Visual Studio.NET (the Proper

SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

"Consumers don't need it" It seems like you like to dictate what users need and not. One fact is that a LOT average users DO play games in their browser even if you don't. "The internet reads like a book." No it doesn't. If you believe so I really don't understand why you're on a flash developer l

RE: [Flashcoders] small code question

Hi, In the first, you are assigning a Number to myVar first, and then saying 'just kidding' you are a string. In the second, you are assigning a number (which was converted from a string) to myVar. I would declare the type of the variable, eg var myCounter:Number = 0; Grtz Hans

Re: [Flashcoders] small code question

no, they mean quite different things. In the first case you are creating a Number object, then you are assigning the string '0' to it, so it becomes a string. In the second one you are creating a Number object from a string, so you end up with the value of the string in your Number object.

[Flashcoders] small code question

I was wondering if the following two lines of code are just different ways of doing the same thing: var myVar = new Number(); myVar ="0"; var myVar= Number("0"); -- Toon Van de Putte Pannenhuisstraat 63 2500 Lier Belgium mobile: +32 (0)497 52 74 51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Final Class Question

On 21 Jan 2006, at 21:19, Nathan Derksen wrote: The variables that you are passing through the constructor actually obscure those two properties because they share the same variable name; ... Third, it's good to name private properties using a naming convention that allows you to easily id

Re: [Flashcoders] flash communication server and ISA client

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/isa/isafp1/isasct.mspx maybe they are referring to the web proxy client? p.s. i know nothing about this, i just googled 'isa client' :) martin j.c.wichman wrote: What is an ISA client for that matter? ;) greetz Hans -- Martin Wood htt

Re: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

You MUSTN'T avoid putting your hand in boiling water. But you bloody well should. Certain truths are just that. As a developer, your task is to circumvent and overcome limitations and create a superior product. Your task is not to break the balance. So as a developer you CAN do what you like,

[Flashcoders] flash communication server and ISA client

Hi, i have a client for which i developed a flash comm app. It works fine on some pc's, but on others it doesnt ;). Now they claim that the correct ports are open, that it didnt help, but now that they have installed an ISA client (?) it all seems to work. Now i dont know that much about hardwa

RE: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

Forgetting your argument for a second, these two lines are something I can't stand to hear: "web developers MUST conform to" "i will never play a game in a browser because that's not what a browser is for" As a developer I can do what I like(within reason). As for browsers, they can do whatever

Re: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

Sparkle doesn't supply decent 3d. xaml 3d is little more than vrml 2006. It's not even a step in the right direction, it's just an excuse to use directx online, and frankly, putting directx online is a shit idea that dilutes the web. Complete and utter cross platform compatibility is a simple a

[Flashcoders] Hybrid CD's

He, I am planning to make a cd with FLV's on it. It needs to become a hybrid cd. I was wondering if somebody maybe knows some good resources that explain how to make an Hybrid cd and what potentially could be some difficulties. Thnx in advance, Jiri ___

[Flashcoders] weird loading prob

Hello All, Dunno if anyone has seen this before, I have a php page which gets vars off the query string and writes them into the object/embed tags of a movie, along with doing a bit of tracking too. Problem is this, very occasionally, every other element apart from the flash loads on the p

RE: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

David, I tend to agree with what your saying. Although Im definitely in the RIA camp, it seems ridiculous to criticise the development of a technology such as this simply because of what the 'average consumer' wants. How about using the games industry to make my point? If this technology is suc

RE: [Flashcoders] Network Tools in Flash

I'd forget Flash for the minute and look at regular tools that give you the info you're after. Once you have that, you'll need to look at ways to get at the data. I would look at command line tools, I'd write some ColdFusion to use these and then write the output of using these tools to XML for Fla

Re: [Flashcoders] Network Tools in Flash

Oh yeah, I'm using Flash MX 2004 Pro. Thanks, Don. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Network Tools in Flash

My latest project is to build a network monitor tool to provide data like ping or traceroute. One thing I'd like to do is monitor webservers/sites to keep track of uptime. I've done some searching but haven't found much yet on how to get started. Any advice? Thanks, Don. _

Re: [Flashcoders] remoting.net with mssql

I think that my (alck of) .net skills are the problem. this code is fine... <%@ Page language="C#"%> <%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %> <%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="MM" Namespace="FlashGateway" Assembly="flashgateway" %> void Page_Load(Object sender, Ev

SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

OK, you maybe YOU don't care much for it, but a RIA-platform needs to be flexible as possible and give the developers as much freedom as possible. Content rules, but why restrict content to 2d? I'm not talking about wacky 3d interfaces where they are clearly not needed, but games, simulations, prod

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