RE: [Flashcoders] Need help from PHP coder

2006-11-10 Thread Pete Miller
Thanx to everyone for the input. It was the $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA item that I was unaware of. P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chester McLaughlin Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 8:27 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] TAMARIN!!

2006-11-10 Thread moveup
Wow What great newsit seems Adobe has seen the light. http://www.kaourantin.net/2006/11/spidermonkeys-relative-tamarin-joins.html http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000202.html http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/ One of the most exciting aspects of this announcement is the new inititative

RE: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript, withmethodology suggestions

2006-11-10 Thread Ben Smeets
Not to step on any toes, but only to add to the information: The XML object has a 'loaded' property inside of it which does exactly as described in the last part of this post. It returns True if the Xml is finished loading and ready to be referenced elsewhere. If (myXml.loaded)

Re: [Flashcoders] Fever FvAsWing update is available

2006-11-10 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi Romain, looks like an awesome piece of work. A few questions though, hope you can point me in the right direction: - when would i want to use just pixlib, and when should i use fever? - what extensions should i think of to the aswing framework? components? If i want to start using this

[Flashcoders] cairngorm 2

2006-11-10 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi list, i cant seem to figure out whether cairngorm is for flex only, or for flash as well. I find info about v0.95/0.99 saying its for flash as well, and version 2 for flex only? greetz JC ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

[Flashcoders] TAMARIN

2006-11-10 Thread moveup
Wow What great newsit seems Adobe has seen the light. http://www.kaourantin.net/2006/11/spidermonkeys-relative-tamarin-joins.html http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000202.html http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/ One of the most exciting aspects of this announcement is the new inititative

[Flashcoders] List Component - Custom Display Settings

2006-11-10 Thread Holth, Daniel C.
Hello, I'm developing an application that simulations an e-mail application, similar to Outlook. I'd like to use the List Component to hold all the e-mails and have unread e-mails bold, e-mails that need follow up in red, and completed e-mails as plain text. I have been reading through some

[Flashcoders] OO way to start RIA app

2006-11-10 Thread Kevin . Dowd
Hello, Recently had to re-jig the start-up sequence to an AS2 flash app - caused lots of unexpected side-effects Struck me that there must be an agreed OO way to start/finish an application. Does anyone have some useful advice on best practice for app start-up from an AS2 perpective?

[Flashcoders] test

2006-11-10 Thread Dave Watts
Just testing ... Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit

[Flashcoders] Mouse and ActionScript3

2006-11-10 Thread David Buff
Hi list... Sorry for this so simple question... but I didn't find an easy way to replace onReleaseOutside event in ActionScript3. The MOUSE_UP event doesn't fire if the mouse is outside the displayObject... So I test the MOUSE_UP event of the root display object, and transfer the value to my

[Flashcoders] Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgh! All my Arabic assumptions are coming apart!

2006-11-10 Thread Danny Kodicek
So I finally got round to plugging in an arabic keyboard today, and I've spent the entire day watching the entire structure of what I thought was true about Flash and Arabic unravelling before my eyes. Specifically: I can type right-to-left Arabic into a Flash input field in a swf The text

[Flashcoders] Weird Executable Publishing

2006-11-10 Thread eric dolecki
If I publish a Win executable then publish another in quick succession, I most times get an error about a locked file/Flash installation problem. An get an .exe of 0 bytes. If I wait a few minutes and try again, it normally works. Has anyone run into this? Win2000 F8 IDE. - e.

[Flashcoders] Is it possible to expand work area in flash?

2006-11-10 Thread André Hedetoft
Thank you for all your answers! Nick I don't need a bigger stage area to work on, I just need a bigger work area. Any tips for me? JC, Thanks! I'm going to try that. But I still have a hard time learning that there is such a silly limitation in flash. Is there really no way to just make

RE: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript, book suggestion

2006-11-10 Thread Ryan Potter
I bought that book too. It is the worst computer book I have ever read. At their talk they gave on the subject at MAX a couple of years ago (it could have been flash forward), Joey Lott kept having to correct them from the audience. He was so nice about it, but it was pretty obvious they didn't

Re: [Flashcoders] TAMARIN!!

2006-11-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
You're kind of late mate, tons of posts has been already made regarding this :) Nice news though! On 11/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow What great newsit seems Adobe has seen the light. http://www.kaourantin.net/2006/11/spidermonkeys-relative-tamarin-joins.html

RE: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript, withmethodology suggestions

2006-11-10 Thread Ryan Potter
That is one way to do it and keep poling for the var in your code, but I find that to be a lot of trouble. The other way is to use events and listeners to notify the other parts of your code when the data is ready. But the way I find most useful is to use a method sequencer. There are some out

Re: [Flashcoders] TAMARIN!!

2006-11-10 Thread Muzak
Make sure to read this before getting any wild ideas :-) http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tamarin/faq.html regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:12 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] TAMARIN!! Wow

Re: [Flashcoders] List Component - Custom Display Settings

2006-11-10 Thread R�kos Attila
HDC Is it possible to change the appearance of single items in a List Component? Look up for the CellRenderer API in the docs. Attila ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

[Flashcoders] Zinc throws errors on CD

2006-11-10 Thread slangeberg
Hi all, I haven't heard anything from MDM's support, but I have an app I created with Zinc that runs fine on my hard drive. Now however, the same app throws the following error, when run from a CD: 'Access violation at address 40540. Read of Address 4054.' Has anyone else ever seen

[Flashcoders] launching an exe?

2006-11-10 Thread Adam Fisk
Is there any way to launch an exe with any version of Flash? I basically want to download my installer using Flash and then automatically launch it, basically bypassing the browser's download and launch cycle to make things easier on the user. I know very little actionscript/mxml, but I'm just

[Flashcoders] Video Controller Component

2006-11-10 Thread eric walton 9 / edub9 Edub9
Hello all, I am in search of a Video Controller Component usage w/ dynamic video loading anyone know of one? I use php for all my sites also. I have found some references to one in the archives but could not find a link anywhere. Thanks in advance, Eric -- To view more about The Artwork of

[Flashcoders] Re: launching an exe?

2006-11-10 Thread Adam Fisk
Looks like maybe I can use the socket classes from Flash 9 along with FSCommand? Will that work from an swf within a web page (as opposed to a standalone player that might have fewer security restrictions)? Seamless install is vital for my application, so this would make a tremendous

[Flashcoders] Q; Increase Saturation and/or Contrast using setTransform method

2006-11-10 Thread moveup
Anyone have ideas on how to change the contrast and/or saturation using the new setTransform method in Flash 8? Jim Bachalo [e] jbach at bitstream.ca [c] 416.668.0034 [w] www.bitstream.ca ...all improvisation is life in search of a style.

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird Executable Publishing

2006-11-10 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, are you running turtoise svn by any chance? greetz JC On 11/10/06, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I publish a Win executable then publish another in quick succession, I most times get an error about a locked file/Flash installation problem. An get an .exe of 0 bytes. If I

Re: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript, book suggestion

2006-11-10 Thread Millie Niss
I looked at that XML book in the bookstore and dicovered its ghastliness in time. The very worst Flash book I ever bought was one of the first Actionscript 2.0 books: Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript 2.0 by Tapper, Talbot, Haffner (New Riders, usually an ok press). I read it and

[Flashcoders] Faking 3D perspective of a 2D map in Flash 8..?

2006-11-10 Thread Andrew Murphy
Hello. I'm trying to take a vector map of North America and produce the sense of 'flying over' it. I want to have the flat map tipped along the X axis, so that the bottom (Florida, Texas, etc.) appear closer and the top (Nunuvut, Greenland, etc.) appear farther away. Then I want to be able to

Re: [Flashcoders] launching an exe?

2006-11-10 Thread slangeberg
Only if the flash movie is hosted in an exe. Flash does not have system permissions to launch apps, on it's own. Scott On 11/9/06, Adam Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to launch an exe with any version of Flash? I basically want to download my installer using Flash and then

RE: [Flashcoders] Faking 3D perspective of a 2D map in Flash 8..?

2006-11-10 Thread Paul Steven
This site will hopefully help you on your way http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/3dindex.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Murphy Sent: 10 November 2006 18:32 To: Flash Coders Subject: [Flashcoders] Faking 3D

Re: [Flashcoders] launching an exe?

2006-11-10 Thread R�kos Attila
AF Is there any way to launch an exe with any version of Flash? I basically AF want to download my installer using Flash and then automatically launch it, AF basically bypassing the browser's download and launch cycle to make things AF easier on the user. AF AF I know very little

Re: [Flashcoders] Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgh! All my Arabic assumptions are coming apart!

2006-11-10 Thread keith
You can't assume, if you want to be sure the character morphing is correct, have someone who reads Arabic test it. In Flash dynamic textfields, Arabic characters seem to swap index positions when doing String concatenation and morphing with the wrong character. But in the output window, the

Re: [Flashcoders] List Component - Custom Display Settings

2006-11-10 Thread R�kos Attila
HDC I'm developing an application that simulations an e-mail HDC application, similar to Outlook. I'd like to use the List HDC Component to hold all the e-mails and have unread e-mails bold, HDC e-mails that need follow up in red, and completed e-mails as HDC plain text. I have been reading

Re: [Flashcoders] Video Controller Component

2006-11-10 Thread Marc Hoffman
Eric, The video player component that ships with Flash 8 Pro can be loaded dynamically. Please don't cross-post to Flashcoders and Flashnewbie. It causes confusion as to which posts have been responded to, and many members find it annoying. Thanks, Marc At 09:42 AM 11/10/2006, you wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: launching an exe?

2006-11-10 Thread slangeberg
I'm sorry, did you mean that you want to initiate a download from Flash? I believe that you can do that by simply peforming getURL() on your web asset (AS2). Scott On 11/9/06, Adam Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like maybe I can use the socket classes from Flash 9 along with FSCommand?

Re: [Flashcoders] launching an exe?

2006-11-10 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Hi Adam, I think this is one of the rare opportunities to actually say definitely not possible. If you could do this it would be a major security flaw as the .exe could, say, wipe out a hard drive instead of doing something beneficial. If somehow you find any way to do this, please notify

Re: [Flashcoders] Q; Increase Saturation and/or Contrast using setTransform method

2006-11-10 Thread eka
Hello :) you can try the class of Lalex : XColor http://blog.lalex.com/post/2005/09/20/SuperColor-devient-XColor-pour-Flash-8 EKA+ :) 2006/11/10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone have ideas on how to change the contrast and/or saturation using the new setTransform method in

[Flashcoders] functions outside a class

2006-11-10 Thread Helmut Granda
I have several classes that will use a function. for scope reasons i have placed the function in a different file but i would like to be able to access that file from within the classes. If the function has been declared outside the class, what is the best way to accces those functions? sample:

Re: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript, book suggestion

2006-11-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I strongly suggest Application Design Solutions (FriendsOfED) which is a unique book about flash RIA development. Essential Actionscript 2 is also a good one. On 11/10/06, Millie Niss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at that XML book in the bookstore and dicovered its ghastliness in time. The

[Flashcoders] Re: functions outside a class

2006-11-10 Thread Helmut Granda
ok, i figured it out. it works if i make reference to where the function is. this.function(); _parent.function(); if i just call the function: function(); it is where I was getting stuck, but it all works now. ... On 11/10/06, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several classes

Re: [Flashcoders] Faking 3D perspective of a 2D map in Flash 8..?

2006-11-10 Thread Zeh Fernando
So far I've only been able to achieve that in Illustrator and then saving the perspectively squished vectors as a .swf What I'd love to do is to get that perspective squish done within Flash 8 using script. I know about 3D program extensions for Flash like Sandy, but I find them cryptic (at