[Flashcoders] Accessibility and MSAA - Is this documented anywhere?

2006-04-25 Thread Scott Hyndman
I've been looking through MM's accessibility implementations for their V2 components because I'm trying to figure out how they work. I've noticed they follow the MSAA IAccessible interface quite closely, but I have a few questions. Are their docs? What methods are exposed to MSAA? What's the idea

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 6 on PSP

2006-04-25 Thread judah
Thanks JD! I'll wait for Bill to update his blog for more information. John Dowdell wrote: heh, wouldn't you know it, just after sending that reply I got some fresh info ;-) Bill Perry will have the best word, here: http://www.flashdevices.net/ I saw a paper document which detailed some o

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 6 on PSP

2006-04-25 Thread John Dowdell
heh, wouldn't you know it, just after sending that reply I got some fresh info ;-) Bill Perry will have the best word, here: http://www.flashdevices.net/ I saw a paper document which detailed some of the "not supported" caveats... takeaways I had included: clipboard; video (some? all?); c

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 6 on PSP

2006-04-25 Thread John Dowdell
judah wrote: quote: There are quite a few updates in this release [PSP Firmware 2.7] so hold on to your hats as we take you down the rabbit hole. To break the ice we start off with a few networking updates, notably the largest update would be including partial Flash 6 support. Flash support is

[Flashcoders] Flash Player 6 on PSP

2006-04-25 Thread judah
quote: There are quite a few updates in this release [PSP Firmware 2.7] so hold on to your hats as we take you down the rabbit hole. To break the ice we start off with a few networking updates, notably the largest update would be including partial Flash 6 support. Flash support is a great way

Re: [Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash

2006-04-25 Thread erixtekila
Le 25 avr. 06, à 23:31, David Rorex a écrit : window.onbeforeunload Never knew that one. I'l check for its availability across platforms. Thanks. --- erixtekila http://blog.v-i-a.net/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your sub

Re: [Flashcoders] getBytesTotal getBytesLoade, are they working for flash 8 and above????

2006-04-25 Thread JesterXL
If you stream the sound, you can track the progress of the streaming. If you don't, you cannot track the progress because it is not streaming. - Original Message - From: "Martin Weiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:29 PM Subject: Re

Re: [Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash

2006-04-25 Thread David Rorex
you could also try function myfunc() { // tell flash movie goodbye } window.onbeforeunload = myfunc; I've had pretty good success with it, in IE and Firefox on windows at least. On 4/25/06, erixtekila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But to my knowledge a sharedobject is always flushed by fl

Re: [Flashcoders] getBytesTotal getBytesLoade, are they working for flash 8 and above????

2006-04-25 Thread Martin Weiser
bpth local from IDE and standalone, and from web, not working now whe loading sound as stream it works M - Original Message - From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] getBytesTotal getBytesLoade

Re: [Flashcoders] getBytesTotal getBytesLoade, are they working for flash 8 and above????

2006-04-25 Thread JesterXL
Where is your SWF and where is the Sound it's loading located? - Original Message - From: "Martin Weiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] getBytesTotal getBytesLoade,are they working for flash 8 and above???

[Flashcoders] creating a schedule based on starting date

2006-04-25 Thread matt ganz
hi. i'm building a scheduler application. a user chooses the first date of their infusion and then how many they want and how frequently. a user can choose between 1-3 infusions every 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks. these values are stored in comboboxes where the user makes their selection. what i wan

[Flashcoders] getBytesTotal getBytesLoade, are they working for flash 8 and above????

2006-04-25 Thread Martin Weiser
Hi, i;m desperate, i seem not to get any response from getBytesTotal and loade, for MovieCLip, Sound object??? i cannot preload sound, how come, if it is in manual and was working in 6 and 7 ?? MoveClipLoader class works, but loadProgress returns undefined as well... MW __

Re: [Flashcoders] Can't tint AND add GlowFilter?

2006-04-25 Thread Michael Bedar
You will need to make a seperate MC to add the glow to... ie MainMC.GlowMC MainMC.TintMC OR, you can apply the filters to a bitmap, instead of applying them directly to the MC. On Apr 25, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... The code below tints a MC on the stage and

Re: [Flashcoders] Scope problems

2006-04-25 Thread Asai
Hey Cedric, thanks a lot, man! It works. That was just killing me. Sometimes it doesn't matter how many O'Reilly books you read, you gotta have someone tell you how it is. Thanks again! At 12:18 PM 4/25/2006, you wrote: what about: class classes.CheckBW { var nc:NetConnection;

[Flashcoders] Can't tint AND add GlowFilter?

2006-04-25 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi list... The code below tints a MC on the stage and then I'm trying to put a black glow around it, but the glow turns out to be the same tint as the ColorTransform. Is there a way to make sure the glow is a different color? Thanks, - Michael M. var clr:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform();

Re: [Flashcoders] Scope problems

2006-04-25 Thread Cedric Muller
what about: class classes.CheckBW { var nc:NetConnection; var ns:NetStream; var whichServer; var counter; var vidQuality:String; var owner:Object = this; public function bwCheck(whichServer):Void{ nc = new NetConnection();

[Flashcoders] Scope problems

2006-04-25 Thread Asai
I'm having some frustrating problems with scope in trying to author some classes. Basically, how do I get a value which is nested in a function, returned to update the value of a given property? I've got several functions nested inside a public function which includes function literals. In

Re: [Flashcoders] How To Detect the FullScreen mode of the swf file

2006-04-25 Thread Michael Bedar
How about not using showall? If you set it to noscale, then you can resize your content any way you want, and also i suppose compare current size to screen size correctly. On Apr 25, 2006, at 9:38 AM, elibol wrote: I agree with an alternative to "showall". depending on the circumstances

Re: [Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash

2006-04-25 Thread erixtekila
But to my knowledge a sharedobject is always flushed by flash at the moment you close the swf. So you could make a fix using that. This is a pretty nice info. Do you know if it's a special sharedObject or one that you were using first ? Not sure if this is any help to you. Hope it will… th

Re: [Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash

2006-04-25 Thread erixtekila
onUnload in javascript (and sen message to flash), but it is not working in all browsers That's what I've experienced too. Thanks. onClose doesn't too… --- erixtekila http://blog.v-i-a.net/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change you

Re: [Flashcoders] Deep Linking and the Back button.

2006-04-25 Thread Kevin Newman
Yes, in Firefox you cannot change the url manually while you are within an application (refreshing the browser fixes this problem though). There is a bug filed in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302575 Kevin N. JesterXL wrote: I never looked at it, so very nice to know

Re: [Flashcoders] SharedObject folder name query

2006-04-25 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
I think I read somewhere that that folder name is randomly generated each time for some security reason. M On 4/18/06, Segar Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not a high priority query but maybe someone knows the answer: > > On Mac OS 10.4, Flash 8 SharedObject files are stored in > UserName/

Re: [Flashcoders] Masking a custom component causes my streamied invideo to stop playing.

2006-04-25 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
Thansk you so much!!! That fixed it. I just used embedFonts=false for the datagrids Mani On 4/25/06, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You'll need to set the header fonts. They header's by default use a Label > I > think. Label by default uses "_sans" of 12. _sans is a device font, no

Re: [Flashcoders] Deep Linking and the Back button.

2006-04-25 Thread JesterXL
I never looked at it, so very nice to know! I've used Kevin's with success here (she's slow, give her 10 seconds): http://dev.jessewarden.com/flex/codeshare/#codeid=43 But had some problems with Firefox recognizing a manual link change from loading a bookmark (IE 6 had no problem). It uses th

Re: [Flashcoders] Deep Linking and the Back button.

2006-04-25 Thread Kevin Newman
I took a quick look at the Flex 2 method for bookmarking and it looks like they are using an iframe with an external html file for IE. My script has no requirement for a server call. ;-) I don't know if they intend to change it though. Kevin N. JesterXL wrote: I am hoping Beta 3 of Flex 2 wi

Re: [Flashcoders] Masking a custom component causes my streamied invideo to stop playing.

2006-04-25 Thread JesterXL
You'll need to set the header fonts. They header's by default use a Label I think. Label by default uses "_sans" of 12. _sans is a device font, not a font you can embed; it's an implict way of saying "do not embed fonts, but use the Arial/Verdana equivalent on this machine. Since the header'

Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid text disappears when using Embed Fonts in Flash 8

2006-04-25 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
Would I do that globally or for the DataGrid's headerText or what? On 4/25/06, Tom Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i found that if you have the fields set to antialias for readability > then they will disappear! setting as bitmap worked for me. > > pretty sure you shouldn't have to do this

Re: [Flashcoders] Deep Linking and the Back button.

2006-04-25 Thread JesterXL
I am hoping Beta 3 of Flex 2 will provide the source for HistoryManager. He handles both state and back/forward buttons. - Original Message - From: "Wade Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:27 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Deep Linking and the Back button. I

Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid text disappears when using Embed Fonts in Flash 8

2006-04-25 Thread Tom Rhodes
i found that if you have the fields set to antialias for readability then they will disappear! setting as bitmap worked for me. pretty sure you shouldn't have to do this though Manuel Saint-Victor wrote: I have a DataGrid in a Form Based Flash 8 App that when I set the global Styles for em

Re: [Flashcoders] Deep Linking and the Back button.

2006-04-25 Thread Kevin Newman
I have made a script that intends to solve this very issue. It is a single javascript file (no extra server calls to grab a file to fill the iframe, it's all done in javascript), with a method (addHistory) that adds a history entry, and a delegation pattern for history change notification. You

[Flashcoders] Masking a custom component causes my streamied in video to stop playing.

2006-04-25 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
I have a custom component that is loading in a progressively downloaded flv. When I add a mask onto another layer in an attempt to mask the component the stream for that movie goes blank. Anyone have any advice on masking custom components? Mani ___

[Flashcoders] DataGrid text disappears when using Embed Fonts in Flash 8

2006-04-25 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
I have a DataGrid in a Form Based Flash 8 App that when I set the global Styles for embedFonts=true lost all of its header text. Has anyone had an experience with this and is there a workaround? Thanks, Mani ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To ch

[Flashcoders] Flashcoders, eric dolecki wants to chat

2006-04-25 Thread eric dolecki
I've been using Google Talk and thought you might like to try it out. We can use it to call each other for free over the internet. Here's an invitation to download Google Talk. Give it a try! --- eric dolecki wants to stay in bet

[Flashcoders] Deep Linking and the Back button.

2006-04-25 Thread Wade Arnold
I have read a couple articles one from Kevin Lunch and the other from Christian Cantrell. Both have a decent approach but neither confronts having some sort of state in the application and also addresses the back button. Does anyone have a link to a great way to handle this dynamically? Our applica

[Flashcoders] DICOM File Format use in Flash

2006-04-25 Thread Beverly Guillermo
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has ever worked with DICOM files without having to convert them into JPEG or PNG files? Is there a plugin that will natively import them into Flash? Any advice or tips on how to work with the file would be helpful..! Thanks, Beverly __

Re: [Flashcoders] Cleaning up

2006-04-25 Thread eric dolecki
If you are truly done with things, its good practice to pitch them over the side after they have served their usefulness. Freeing up memory may speed up your machine more than anything, especially if you are running multiple applications at once. They all take their piece of the pie. Depending on

[Flashcoders] Cleaning up

2006-04-25 Thread Patrick Matte
Is it really important to clean up and delete all references to objects after my application is loaded ? Like for example do I need to delete all the MovieclipLoader, Tweens and other Object instances and variables that are not used after my application has been initiated. Will it speed up my app

[Flashcoders] ObjectSwap: Bypassing the ActiveX Activation Issue in Internet Explorer

2006-04-25 Thread Karina Steffens
Hi all, After way too much time spent on this issue, I have finally perfected the script (I hope!) and wrote an article about it on my blog. replaceFlash.js is now called objectSwap.js - It's really meant for all ActiveX objects, not just Flash, although it does use an custom Flash detection tech

RE: [Flashcoders] SCORM

2006-04-25 Thread Beverly Guillermo
Hi, Have you tried http://www.adlnet.org ? It has forums and the actual SCORM specs too. I don't think there is a specific mailing list... But if you find one, let me know too. -beverly -Original Message- From: "Lieven Cardoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" ; o

Re: [Flashcoders] Saving XML locally from flash

2006-04-25 Thread Martin Weiser
wrap to exe , MDM Zinc or any other swf2exe MW - Original Message - From: "Michael Křnig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:06 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Saving XML locally from flash I have created an swf that can allow the user to configure some movie parts and

Re: [Flashcoders] How To Detect the FullScreen mode of the swf file

2006-04-25 Thread elibol
I agree with an alternative to "showall". depending on the circumstances of what you're doing, there could be a number of different ways to solve it. Finally though, if you should use "showall", and if your flash movie is 100 x 100 percent, you could use some javascript to give you the size of the

Re: [Flashcoders] How To Detect the FullScreen mode of the swf file

2006-04-25 Thread Dennis - I Sioux
As someone mentioned before.. you could use Stage.showMenu = false this way you can catch the ctrl+F to see if someone is fullscreen. You could also use a holder movieclip. Don't set the scale mode to "showall" but use an onlistner on the stage to see if the stage is scaled, then you could scale

[Flashcoders] Saving XML locally from flash

2006-04-25 Thread Michael K
I have created an swf that can allow the user to configure some movie parts and then represent those parts as XML. Is there a way that I can wrap or export this SWF into an installable EXE that will allow the user who installs it to save this XML doc locally in any folder he wants to? (not as a

Re: [Flashcoders] press & hold

2006-04-25 Thread eric dolecki
What I am currently doing: ( works, just doesn't seem like the right thing to do ) var nScrollIntervalMS :Number = 70; some_mc.onPress = function(}{ clearInterval( foobar ); delete foobar; someFunction(); var nTime = 0; // Repeat if held down this.on

RE: [Flashcoders] press & hold

2006-04-25 Thread Lee McColl-Sylvester
I have one that sets a date onPress and a date onRelease, then compares the date's getTime() to see how long it was pressed. Works for me, though if you want to set a time during the press, an interval is required. Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

[Flashcoders] press & hold

2006-04-25 Thread eric dolecki
wondered if anyone had an elegant press & hold function before I wrote one using enterFrame/interval stuff. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flas

RE: [Flashcoders] How To Detect the FullScreen mode of the swf file

2006-04-25 Thread Karan Mehra
I have tested it ... didn't work :( _root._xscale is always equal to 100 coz of which the movieWidth and height always remains same . We are using Stage.scalemode = "showall". -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elibol Sent: Tuesday, April 2

Re: [Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash

2006-04-25 Thread Dennis - I Sioux
Hey, Not sure if this is any help to you. But to my knowledge a sharedobject is always flushed by flash at the moment you close the swf. So you could make a fix using that. Kind regards, Dennis - Original Message - From: "Martin Weiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash

2006-04-25 Thread Martin Weiser
onUnload in javascript (and sen message to flash), but it is not working in all browsers MW - Original Message - From: "erixtekila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:40 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash Hi, Is ther

[Flashcoders] window.onClose -> Flash

2006-04-25 Thread erixtekila
Hi, Is there a way to handle a closed window that was owning a flash instance ? I'd like to get an event for ex when someone quit a swf application, by closing it's window. Any idea ? Thanks --- erixtekila http://blog.v-i-a.net/ ___ Flash

[Flashcoders] Initializing Components Delay Problem

2006-04-25 Thread Kevin Cannon
Hi guys, I've just started writing basic components for things I reuse often and having a problem with components being initialized. There seems to be a delay before it happens in some situations. From googling it seems like it's a standard problem that I'm sure all you guys have encounted many ti

Re: [Flashcoders] How To Detect the FullScreen mode of the swf file

2006-04-25 Thread elibol
Here is the code, I haven't tested it: var movieWidth = _root._xscale*Stage.width/100; var movieHeight = _root._yscale*Stage.height/100; On 4/25/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > use > > > > or > > Stage.showMenu = false; > > In your case, your width and height are theoretically unchange

Re: [Flashcoders] excluding children from setTransform

2006-04-25 Thread lists
Thanks for the reply, that looks like exactly what I need but I'm having trouble with it. I'm passing in _root.application because its a forms based app, but it seems to be going in to an infinite loop. I'm trying to work out why but it's difficult to debug because it needs to be run from a brow

Re: [Flashcoders] How To Detect the FullScreen mode of the swf file

2006-04-25 Thread elibol
use or Stage.showMenu = false; In your case, your width and height are theoretically unchanged. Your movie is scaled. If you take the scale percentage do some arithmetic with the actual width and height you can get the pixel value of your movie. say Stage.width and Stage.height is 123 x 162

Re: [Flashcoders] excluding children from setTransform

2006-04-25 Thread Danny Kodicek
I am trying to do a setTransform on my whole movieclip to invert the colours to give a high-resolution scheme for people with seeing difficulties. The problem is, there are a few graphics (photos) in the app which I do not want to be inverted. i tried changing their indiviudal transformations back

[Flashcoders] SCORM

2006-04-25 Thread Lieven Cardoen
Is there a good mailing list for questions related to SCORM? lieven cardoen indiegroup interactive digital experience engelse wandeling 2 k18 b8500 kortrijk T +32 (0)56/361 197 // communicatie bij voorkeur op [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

RE: [Flashcoders] ? page refresh loop ?

2006-04-25 Thread Matthew Simpson
At which point in the movie does the site refresh? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sibrand Hoekstra | Buyways B.V. Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:54 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] ? page refresh loop ? Hello List,

[Flashcoders] ? page refresh loop ?

2006-04-25 Thread Sibrand Hoekstra | Buyways B.V.
Hello List, today i am writing a menu in flash, which reads its contents from an xml file. I wrote the entire thing in flash 8 pro on windows xp. In the office, we're all on linux, some on Debian and some on ubuntu, but the thing is: When my colleague watches the html page in his [linux] fir

Re: [Flashcoders] wikipedia webservices

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Winterhalder
On 4/25/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm, I don't know of the WSDL, but if worse comes to worse, you could always > run a query by URI and parse out the results... ...or, alternatively, if you happen to run MySQL anyway: Mark