Re: [Flashcoders] vars with $

2006-08-19 Thread Julien Vignali
Another relatively useful use is for flash getters/setters: class MyClass{ // you can't call this property "id" // because of the name of the get/set functions private var $id:Number; public function get id():Number { return $id; } // use of p_xx for parametrical variables pu

[Flashcoders] Flash 8 generate xml file for input

2006-08-19 Thread Paul Steven
I am creating an online app in Flash 8 that allows users to design t-shirts by adding various elements from drop down boxes, and entering some text to appear on the t-shirt. They can set the formatting of the text using drop down boxes. In order for the client to recreate the orders at their end I

Re: [Flashcoders] flash player

2006-08-19 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi John, thanks for your reply! You said: ?? "ocx" is "ActiveX", and the only browser which uses this is Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows and its offspring (Maxthon (sp?), etc). Other browsers use Netscape Plugins. And you are right, but within other software such as a visual basic progra

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 generate xml file for input

2006-08-19 Thread Tom Shaw
Well Id personally let your server do the conversion from the flash output. This will give you more more scope for error checking and taking the role of this away from flash provides your client with more security. If you decide later on that you want to add more options to flash you can easily

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 generate xml file for input

2006-08-19 Thread julien castelain
hi paul, maybe these links could be usefull : xml from flash : http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/XMLsending1.htm php mail function: http://fr.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php cheers On 8/19/06, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am creating an online app in Flash 8 that allows users to design

[Flashcoders] Textfield optimizes itself in a weird way

2006-08-19 Thread GregoryN
Hello, I'm trying to do some manipulations with html text. So, I prepare the string containing html text and assign it to htmlText property. All works well, until I come to a case like this: var myHtmlText:String = "show text text to me"; myTxt.htmlText = myHtmlText; trace(myTxt.htmlText); // tra

Re: [Flashcoders] vars with $

2006-08-19 Thread Fumio Nonaka
Using $ for identifier is valid in Flash. Also, according to ECMA-262, "the dollar sign is intended for use only in mechanically generated code"(7.6 Identifiers). http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/1197.html But I do not use it in Flash because $ has special meaning in other lang

RE: [Flashcoders] Textfield optimizes itself in a weird way

2006-08-19 Thread GregoryN
The only workaround I've found so far is: var myHtmlText:String = "show text text to me"; // my own optimization myHtmlText = myHtmlText.split(" ").join(" "); myTxt.htmlText = myHtmlText; trace(myTxt.htmlText); // now traces: "[textformat, font etc.]show text text to me [/textformat, font etc.]"

[Flashcoders] Re: Textfield optimizes itself in a weird way

2006-08-19 Thread m-e-
"GregoryN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello, > > [...] > var myHtmlText:String = "show text text to me"; > myTxt.htmlText = myHtmlText; > trace(myTxt.htmlText); > // traces: "[textformat, font etc.]show texttext to me > [/textformat, font etc.]" It d

[Flashcoders] Re: Textfield optimizes itself in a weird way

2006-08-19 Thread m-e-
"m-e-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "GregoryN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de > news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Hello, >> >> [...] >> var myHtmlText:String = "show text text to me"; >> myTxt.htmlText = myHtmlText; >> trace(myTxt.htmlText); >>

Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design with ActionScript

2006-08-19 Thread Adrian Park
Hi David, Like you, I didn't have any previous programming experience when I started using ActionScript. I *think* I'm now pretty nifty with my OOP but still feel like I have oodles to learn when it comes to structuring more complex app's in a good way. I'd echo the suggestions of learning a few

[Flashcoders] RE: (Auto-Reply) Flashcoders Digest, Vol 19, Issue 58

2006-08-19 Thread pdouble
I will be out of the office beginning Friday Aug. 10 until Monday Aug. 19. == Original Message Headers Follow == >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Aug 19 09:46:23 2006 Received: from chattyfig.figleaf.com (wammo.org [146.145.88.77]) by s1.mail-in.isp.wdc.eggn.net (Postfix) wit

Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design with ActionScript (James Marsden)

2006-08-19 Thread Adrian Park
Joe, that sounds like a really useful approach. I imaging it gets you on the right track with distinct objects and duties. The way I understand MVC, I'd guess that you'd use MVC to implement the *nouns* (if it seemed appropriate). i.e. Pacman might have a model to store his state (e.g. location, p

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design with ActionScript

2006-08-19 Thread Marlon Harrison
Man, where were all you people when I asked a similar question a few months back? :-) I think I have a couple of good project ideas to build classes for, but I just don't know where to begin. I want to make a video player, complete with a seperate browser component to view/select different catego

[Flashcoders] PHP sessions in AS2

2006-08-19 Thread james
Hi I have searched everywhere for a general tutorial on how to handle PHP sessions with Flash. I have built lots of web applications that use HTML/PHP using sessions, in that situation session_id is automatically sent with the POST data. How is it done in flash. I have googled 'session_id

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design with ActionScript

2006-08-19 Thread james
I found the combination of these 2 books useful even though this book is for Java, it can be simply converted to any other OO language, e.g. PHP5, AS2, C# and this book

Re: [Flashcoders] PHP sessions in AS2

2006-08-19 Thread James Marsden
Hey, You request and write the session variables to and from a PHP script via LoadVars. There's no inbuilt/prescribed method for managing and interacting with sessions using Flash (as far as I know), so you just need to have some basic class/function templates to talk between Flash and PHP.

Re: [Flashcoders] Textfield optimizes itself in a weird way

2006-08-19 Thread GregoryN
>> It doesn't happen with Flash 8. Nope. I have 8.0.24 player and this problem is here. Haven't tested with FP v.9 (the target player is v.7). -- Best regards, GregoryN http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services

[Flashcoders] Re: handling PHP sessions in actionscript

2006-08-19 Thread m-e-
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [...] > when handling PHP sessions do I just append the session_ID > to the POST array when sending info back to the server? See PHP session settings : http://fr.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php Ensure that "session.use_o

Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design withActionScript

2006-08-19 Thread Muzak
Have a look at ARP. http://osflash.org/arp It's a lightweight framework that takes MVC to the next level. mailing list: http://ariaware.com/mailman/listinfo/arp_ariaware.com manual http://www.ariaware.com/products/arp/manual.php regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: "David Belleri

[Flashcoders] Re: Textfield optimizes itself in a weird way

2006-08-19 Thread m-e-
"GregoryN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> It doesn't happen with Flash 8. > > Nope. I have 8.0.24 player and this problem is here. > Haven't tested with FP v.9 (the target player is v.7). I was speaking of the IDE, not the player. When published with F

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 7,8,9 , AS 2 and 3 - clarify the situation

2006-08-19 Thread Count Schemula
FWIW, I did an informal survey on a forum I'm on of "car enthusiasts." Pretty normal computer users. Out of 15 responses 0 - Player 7 6 - Player 8 9 - Player 9 So, the adoption rate is pretty good. I asked, and nobody had any idea how they got Player 9. They were even surprised that they had i

Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design withActionScript

2006-08-19 Thread Count Schemula
FWIW, I thought this book did a good job of of getting me past the jargon. Much more accessible to me than the Moock Essential AS2 has been. The Moock book is really good, but, I find it tough read. I'm not really a programmer though, it's just another hat I have to wear sometimes... http://www.f

Re: [Flashcoders] PHP sessions in AS2

2006-08-19 Thread Jamie P
Cookies are automatically passed by the browser along with your http request to the server so sessions will work as normal in Flash (when using Flash embedded in a web page or even when viewing a swf in the browser??). On 8/19/06, James Marsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey, You request and w

Re: [Flashcoders] flash widgets

2006-08-19 Thread Toshiyuki Hayashi
Although some functions are missing from your features, the following application might be good. http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/ On 8/17/06, Robin Burrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes I know. I think dashboard will just crop the browser window though. I was thinking more of

[Flashcoders] Component bug after converting to compiled clip

2006-08-19 Thread Telmo Dias
Hello everyone, I have been working with flash since version 4, though I only started my first steps on to component development 5 months ago. I have successfully developed a few components, like a tooltip manager, a movieclip scrollbar and a combo box. The reson I write you is because on t

Re: [Flashcoders] JOB: BLITZ Agency

2006-08-19 Thread Michael Stuhr
Paul Venton schrieb: Maybe that's why they're after a new developer ;-) yeah, and tell him / her that there some of us want to use their loved mousewheel. micha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

[Flashcoders] ClassFactory and Reflection in Actionscript 3.0

2006-08-19 Thread Miguel Serrano
hi list! I'm coding an introspection framework for as3, but i have a problem by creating instance at runtime without using new operator. I have no problem to create instances of classes with no operators at its construction function. The code is this one: public class ClassFactory{ public st

[Flashcoders] (no subject)

2006-08-19 Thread lewis.e-mail
does anyone know how to change the flash player title bar from "Macromedia Flash Player 8" to whatever i wan't? thanks, lewis - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information _

Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)

2006-08-19 Thread Jim Berkey
You can change that and the other text strings, and the icons in a standalone exe projector, (http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/) but I don't believe you can change it in the users flash player. jimbo *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 8/19/2006 at 11:17 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 7,8,9 , AS 2 and 3 - clarify the situation

2006-08-19 Thread ryanm
I asked, and nobody had any idea how they got Player 9. They were even surprised that they had it. I'd be willing to bet that MySpace did it. They're doing the "live update" thing to Flash 9. ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To c

[Flashcoders] Is this for real?

2006-08-19 Thread Scott Steven
Forgive me if there is already a thread about Flash 9 performance here on the list. I don't keep up with this list as well as I should. I just looked at this, however... http://www.oddhammer.com/actionscriptperformance/set4/ ...and I am astounded by those numbers. Is Flash 9 really that fast

Re: [Flashcoders] Is this for real?

2006-08-19 Thread Zeh Fernando
Forgive me if there is already a thread about Flash 9 performance here on the list. I don't keep up with this list as well as I should. I just looked at this, however... http://www.oddhammer.com/actionscriptperformance/set4/ ...and I am astounded by those numbers. Is Flash 9 really that fast?

Re: [Flashcoders] flash widgets

2006-08-19 Thread Toshiyuki Hayashi
Although some functions are missing from your features, the following application might be good. http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/ On 8/17/06, Robin Burrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes I know. I think dashboard will just crop the browser window though. I was thinking more of a cr

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design with ActionScript

2006-08-19 Thread Anthony Lee
Good book. Read it at Aral's recommendation. Sorry authors... but I found this book to be a waste o

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 compiler Qs

2006-08-19 Thread Kevin Newman
Anybody? Kevin N. Kevin Newman wrote: Here are some things I've been wondering about Actionscript 3.0s compiler and runtime engines: I'm assuming AS 3.0 compiles to a bytecode. What kind of bytecode does it compile to? Is it more like Java/.NET CLR, or more like Mozilla's Spidermonkey comp