RE: [Flashcoders] hints for arabic (rtl) text

2006-12-05 Thread Danny Kodicek
> Hello, > > has anyone a working solution to display arabic text that > comes out of a xml correctly with flash? I've found > "http://www.flashrtl.com/";, but it seems not to work for me. > I can't read any arabic. I have a correct formatted word > document as draft only, which I want to "co

RE: [Flashcoders] Random between, with sticklers

2006-12-05 Thread Danny Kodicek
> I thought of something. > > function randomRange( min, max, currNum):Number { >if(Math.random()>0.5){ > max=currNum; >}else{ > min=currNum; >} >return Math.round(Math.random()*(max-min))+min; > }; > That's going to skew your function something chronic. No, what

Re: [Flashcoders] hints for arabic (rtl) text

2006-12-05 Thread Matthias Dittgen
Thank you Danny, thank you Yehia! I am really looking forward to your Demo, Danny. Flaraby needs the serverside python script, which is not my favourite attempt to solve the "arabic" Problem. :-) Matthias ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

RE: [Flashcoders] hints for arabic (rtl) text

2006-12-05 Thread Danny Kodicek
> Thank you Danny, thank you Yehia! > I am really looking forward to your Demo, Danny. > Flaraby needs the serverside python script, which is not my > favourite attempt to solve the "arabic" Problem. :-) If it's only display you're looking for, you could try www.flashrtl.com Danny

[Flashcoders] space in column Names of DataGrid

2006-12-05 Thread learner
Hello all, I am populating a datagrid with a dataprovider array. I added the column Names like "Phase Vol." , "Figure No." etc. by doing Dg.addColumn ("Phase Vol.") Dg.addColumn ("Figure No."); now i want to asign a data in it by doing something like this var item_obj:Object = { Phas

RE: [Flashcoders] space in column Names of DataGrid

2006-12-05 Thread Sean Gallagher
Have you tried setting the DataGridColumn class? import mx.controls.gridclasses.DataGridColumn; // Add columns to grid. var name_dgc:DataGridColumn = my_dg.addColumn(new DataGridColumn("phasevol")); name_dgc.headerText = "Phase Vol."; var score_dgc:DataGridColumn = my_dg.addColumn(new DataGrid

Re: [Flashcoders] space in column Names of DataGrid

2006-12-05 Thread learner
yes , that works Thanks On 12/5/06, Sean Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have you tried setting the DataGridColumn class? import mx.controls.gridclasses.DataGridColumn; // Add columns to grid. var name_dgc:DataGridColumn = my_dg.addColumn(new DataGridColumn("phasevol")); name_dgc.hea

Re: [Flashcoders] Random between, with sticklers

2006-12-05 Thread eric dolecki
Thats actually pretty good. Thanks for that :) I've added some additional logic to it, so I also don't get back a previously produced result too. Thanks :) - e. On 12/5/06, Danny Kodicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought of something. > > function randomRange( min, max, currNum):Number {

[Flashcoders] image effects in Flash MX on Mac

2006-12-05 Thread nik crosina
Hi, We are doing a little eCard at the mo on a Mac with Flash MX installed - are there any ways of applying photoshop like filters to any of the vector-graphics in there? Or would we have to - as I suspect - take the animation out into at least photoshop (or video app) to get that in? Thanks! -

Re: [Flashcoders] image effects in Flash MX on Mac

2006-12-05 Thread eric dolecki
You can mimic drop shadowing (not dynamic) by duping a symbol's artwork, coloring it dark with a certain opacity, and then doing a Modify >Shape> Soften Fill Edges... You could probably fake some of the embossing stuff too. - e. On 12/5/06, nik crosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, We are d

[Flashcoders] On2 FLV to Quicktime or any other movie format

2006-12-05 Thread Sean Scott
I've been able to convert FLVs in the past using FFMPEG a great little tool on the mac. However with on2 codec FLVs I have not been able to convert them to quicktime or Movs. Has anyone successfully converted on2 FLVs back to quicktime or AVI or anything really. Thanks, Sean Scott

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashpaper for customized documents

2006-12-05 Thread redknot
Hello: Excellent. That makes sense now. Thank you for the guidance! Lorraine Hello :) you can clone with BitmapData your current FlashPaper container (movieclip)... Use this strategy to create you new printable document yes :) EKA+ :) -- ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: FLV Duration

2006-12-05 Thread Terrence Rajaram
anything coded for macs. On Dec 4, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Michael Bedar wrote: meta data is the only way without adding another data mechanism, but you can easily use a metadata injector to add the missing info.. http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/ http://blog.inlet-media.de/flvtool2/ On Dec 4, 20

Re: [Flashcoders] On2 FLV to Quicktime or any other movie format

2006-12-05 Thread John Hart
This will do it! http://www.flash-video-mx.com/flv_to_video_web/ John - Original Message - From: "Sean Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:09 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] On2 FLV to Quicktime or any other movie format I've been

[Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java

2006-12-05 Thread moveup
has anyone done a performance comparison between AS3 FP9 and Java/Processing? I'm interested primarily in the area of 3d data visualisation. [e] jbach at bitstream.ca [c] 416.668.0034 [w] www.bitstream.ca "...all improvisation is life in search of a sty

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: FLV Duration

2006-12-05 Thread Muzak
google (works on macs) http://www.google.com/ http://www.google.be/search?hl=en&q=flv+metadata+mac&meta= - Original Message - From: "Terrence Rajaram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: FLV Duration

[Flashcoders] problems with advanced antialias

2006-12-05 Thread wouter steidl
Hello list, I have a nasty issue with text that I put on advanced antialias ("anti-alias for readability" through the IDE). If I use a link in my (dynamic) text and I use a < u > tag to underline it or do this with a stylesheet then the link sort of 'jumps' when you roll over that link.is any

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: FLV Duration

2006-12-05 Thread Michael Bedar
the second link there is a ruby script, which will run fine on osx. i've used it a few times. On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Terrence Rajaram wrote: anything coded for macs. On Dec 4, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Michael Bedar wrote: meta data is the only way without adding another data mechanism,

RE: [Flashcoders] On2 FLV to Quicktime or any other movie format

2006-12-05 Thread colin murdoch
Try HYPERLINK "http://www.flash-video-mx.com/flv_to_video_web/"SUPER it really is SUPER and it is free :-) Not for Mac unfortunately “ SUPER © is compatible with most Windows® platforms.” -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Scott

RE: [Flashcoders] On2 FLV to Quicktime or any other movie format

2006-12-05 Thread colin murdoch
Sorry broken link here it is HYPERLINK "http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html"http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Scott Sent: 05 December 2006 15:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Fla

[Flashcoders] FlashInterface 2.1 Release

2006-12-05 Thread Robert Taylor
A new release candidate is available for FlashInterface. You can see the details here. FlashInterface allows direct connection between ActionScript Virtual Machines (AVM) - meaning you can talk between Flash 8 and 9. More details regarding the release is available here. http://www.flashextensi

Re: [Flashcoders] FlashInterface 2.1 Release

2006-12-05 Thread Ian Thomas
Robert, That's brilliant - I'd been struggling with some bugs in the standard suggested LocalConnection between AVM1/AVM2 communication myself - thanks for all the hard work. I'll try it out. :-) Cheers, Ian On 12/5/06, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A new release candidate is avai

Re: [Flashcoders] On2 FLV to Quicktime or any other movie format

2006-12-05 Thread Sean Scott
super gave me an error. flv to video did a nice avi for me. thanks for the help On 12/5/06, colin murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry broken link here it is HYPERLINK "http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html"http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL P

[Flashcoders] skinning the scrollpane?

2006-12-05 Thread grimmwerks
How does one actually skin a scrollpane? I've actually got a skinned UIScrollbar working properly; but as soon as a ScrollPane componenet is added, it killed everything. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search

[Flashcoders] Re: Component child of MovieClip?(SOLVED)

2006-12-05 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hello all, I forgot to mention that the clip was added to the document through attachMovie(). Well that requires using DepthManager for the components in the movieclip. Thanks anyway! On 11/30/06, Jonathan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, I have a really basic question as I am still

RE: [Flashcoders] skinning the scrollpane?

2006-12-05 Thread Bryan Thompson
> How does one actually skin a scrollpane? I've actually got a skinned > UIScrollbar working properly; but as soon as a ScrollPane componenet > is added, it killed everything. I've just skinned the UIScrollbar on a project and it's working fine with the ScrollPane component. Maybe you need to add

[Flashcoders] flashlite player free

2006-12-05 Thread hongrizhao
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/ hongrizhao 2006-12-06 发件人: Josh Santangelo 发送时间: 2006-11-30 14:50:22 收件人: Flashcoders mailing list 抄送: 主题: [Flashcoders] passing arguments to a projector? Is it possible to pass arguments to a projector and get at them via actionscript? Like "projecto

[Flashcoders] FFMPEG - On2 VP6 support

2006-12-05 Thread Brian Weil
Has anybody successfully compiled FFMPEG with the On2 VP6 codec to produce VP6 compressed flv's on the fly? I'm using FFMPEG on the server to convert videos to flv and deliver them to my streaming provider. I'm trying to add VP6 support to the compressor so I can get higher quality video files th

[Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Jose Maria Barros
Hi.. Ive done a function with a switch case wich have each one a string variable value with the name of the link... var linkName:String = ""; switch(linkName) { case "link1": //run function with a gotoAndPlay that goes to the frame(linkName) case "link2": //run function wi

RE: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Joey Rivera
You putting breaks in the case statements? Joey Rivera Flash Developer iLearn, Inc. (770) 218-0972 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Maria Barros Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:50 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcod

Re: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Jose Maria Barros
yes On 12/5/06, Joey Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You putting breaks in the case statements? Joey Rivera Flash Developer iLearn, Inc. (770) 218-0972 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Maria Barros Sent: Tuesday, December 05

Re: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread badi malik
you might be missing a ':' b - Original Message From: Jose Maria Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Flashcoders mailing list Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 11:01:30 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem... yes On 12/5/06, Joey Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You put

Re: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Jose Maria Barros
here is the code...i think nothing is wrong... switch(linkName) { case "about": var jpAbout = new Fuse(); jpAbout.push({target:myClip.prin_mc.textAbout_mc,_alpha:0,Blur_blurX:100, Blur_blurY:100,seconds:1,ease:"easeOutQuad", func:goLink, scope: myClip.prin_mc}) jpAbout.start

Re: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Jose Maria Barros
here is the goLink function... function goLink():Void{ _root.myClip.prin_mc.gotoAndPlay(linkName); } On 12/5/06, Jose Maria Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: here is the code...i think nothing is wrong... switch(linkName) { case "about": var jpAbout = new Fuse(); j

RE: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
Your code looks fine, (other than a lot of redundancy that could be reduced), so it's time to throw some traces in there to be sure the right values are both being set, as well as tripping at different points in the switch statement. I think if you make liberal use of some traces, you will find yo

RE: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Sean Gallagher
Can you send the FLA? I am confused -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Maria Barros Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 2:32 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem... here is the goLink function...

Re: [Flashcoders] Book: Flash 8 reference?

2006-12-05 Thread Charles Parcell
I just pick this book up a week ago and am about half way through it. I have to give it two thumbs up! http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-ActionScript-3-Design-Patterns/dp/0321426568/sr=11-1/qid=1165348093/ref=sr_11_1/103-7225829-0820628 You can also get the ActionScript 3.0 Definitive Guide from as

Re: [Flashcoders] Switch case problem...

2006-12-05 Thread Margo Powell
Would replacing gotoAndPlay with gotoAndStop work with your timeline layout? That might fix your issue. Jose Maria Barros wrote: here is the goLink function... function goLink():Void{ _root.myClip.prin_mc.gotoAndPlay(linkName); } On 12/5/06, Jose Maria Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[Flashcoders] Orientation of dinamyc text

2006-12-05 Thread Raphael ...
Hi. Somebody knows how can I chage orientation of dinamyc text using AS2 or higher? tks Djazz - Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription op

[Flashcoders] Clip Losing Track of Parent Clip

2006-12-05 Thread Jason Lutes
We have a bunch of clips that we are loading via MovieClipLoader that are losing track of their containing clips (_parent). Flash correctly reports the parent clip within the onLoadStart event handler, but absolutely nowhere else. Even after the clip has fully loaded and we ask it to report _par

RE: [Flashcoders] Clip Losing Track of Parent Clip

2006-12-05 Thread Jason Lutes
Correction: When I said "trace statement" (below) I actually meant a text field we set up in the movie to report _parent within the various test environments. - Jason > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jason Lutes > Sent: Tuesda

[Flashcoders] How to give a swf loading priority on a page.

2006-12-05 Thread Sunnrunner
Hello, I have a mediaPlaback component and a gallery on one page. The mediaPlayback sucks up all the bandwidth while it's downloading the .flv while leaving my gallery blank. Is there a way to give a separate swf on an HTML page loading precedence over the rest? I want my gallery to load first. T

Re: [Flashcoders] Orientation of dinamyc text

2006-12-05 Thread Charles Parcell
Do you mean as in AutoSize? or Rotation? or Reversing the strings characters? or Vertical vs. Horizontal? or Something else? Charles P. On 12/5/06, Raphael ... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi. Somebody knows how can I chage orientation of dinamyc text using AS2 or higher? tks Djazz

[Flashcoders] Detect Security Settings

2006-12-05 Thread Holth, Daniel C.
Is there a way to detect a user's global security settings? As in, if they have 'Always Allow' or 'Always Ask' checked. Is there a way to change these settings without being connected to the internet? We are developing an application that runs off a CD and our users are getting errors that "

[Flashcoders] Announcing the release of the first "WPF/E" CTP

2006-12-05 Thread Josh Santangelo
WPF/E is Microsoft's forthcoming cross-platform runtime for web applications requiring richer UIs than HTML can provide -- it will be a competitor to Flash Player. Something to keep an eye on, and there's a version that you can install today. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/12/04/a

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java

2006-12-05 Thread Jon Bradley
Java is still faster than the Flash AVM2. If you really want to get into doing 3d viz work, use Java and OpenGL - and skip Processing unless you just want to jump right in and be able to see your results faster. That said, it really depends on what you want to do with it and how far you p

Re: [Flashcoders] How to give a swf loading priority on a page.

2006-12-05 Thread eric dolecki
How about your one SWF communicates with the other... gallery loads 1st, then uses localConnection to tell the media component to load... or if its a single SWF, have the media component load up after the gallery. - e On 12/5/06, Sunnrunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I have a mediaPlab

Re: [Flashcoders] How to give a swf loading priority on a page.

2006-12-05 Thread Chester McLaughlin
Use the javascript onLoad event in the body tag to trigger the FLV load in flash using the localConnection object. I've never tried it, but it should work. Chester On Dec 5, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Sunnrunner wrote: Hello, I have a mediaPlaback component and a gallery on one page. The mediaPla

Re: [Flashcoders] Book: Flash 8 reference?

2006-12-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Charles Parcell wrote: I just pick this book up a week ago and am about half way through it. I .. But this is all ActionScript 3.0 stuff (but the design patterns book can be applied to AS 2.0 as well). Right on! Thanks for tips Charles, I appreciate the info/reccomendations. :) Have a gre

RE: [Flashcoders] How to give a swf loading priority on a page.

2006-12-05 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> Use the javascript onLoad event in the body tag to trigger > the FLV load in flash using the localConnection object. Or have the gallery swf tell the FLV swf to start its load after the gallery is finished loading via localConnection. -Steven ___ Fla

[Flashcoders] Extracting file details

2006-12-05 Thread Helmut Granda
Maybe this is not the right list but I thought I would give it a shot. Is there anyway to get file details like FPS, BG Color and such from a SWF? with flash or with PHP? TIA for any ideas... helmut ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

[Flashcoders] problem with combo box and array

2006-12-05 Thread Fratiman Vladut
Hi! This is some example for simplicity. I have one combo box named my_cb. I have two arrays, one named my_schema and second my_data. var my_schema:Array = new Array("data","label"); var my_data:Array = new Array(); I want to populate combo box in this mode: my_data.addItem({my_schema[0]:"Some data

[Flashcoders] BitmapData, copyPixels and scale

2006-12-05 Thread Ben Kaplan
Hey there, I am building a camera game where the user points, focuses and shoots images in flash that are duplicated as thumbnails into a gallery. I have got the basic functionality working great using BitmapData Object and Rectangles, but have run into a major problem. I would like to add z

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java

2006-12-05 Thread Christian Giordano
If you really want to get into doing 3d viz work, use Java and OpenGL - and skip Processing unless you just want to jump right in and be able to see your results faster. As Jon says, OpenGL could easily be the best solution, or Java3D at least. Look these examples without opengl: http://jame

Re: [Flashcoders] image effects in Flash MX on Mac

2006-12-05 Thread Odie Bracy
Many of the photoshop filters work on Fireworks which is part of the Studio version of Flash. Also check out the Alienskin filters at www.alienskin.com for Fireworks. I use the Alienskin Fireworks Impact filter quite often in my work. With Fireworks you can make your shape in Flash, copy it,

Re: [Flashcoders] Random between, with sticklers

2006-12-05 Thread shang liang
yup, you are correct. No point of setting two ranges, plus 1 or minus 1 is good enough. Thanks. On 12/5/06, Danny Kodicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought of something. > > function randomRange( min, max, currNum):Number { >if(Math.random()>0.5){ > max=currNum; >}else{ >

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with combo box and array

2006-12-05 Thread Helmut Granda
What are you getting on your cb? It sure looks like my_schema[0] should work, unless you have to hack it like item1= my_schema[0] and then add item1 to your cb. just an idea. On 12/5/06, Fratiman Vladut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! This is some example for simplicity. I have one combo box

Re: [Flashcoders] Extracting file details

2006-12-05 Thread shang liang
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/1653.html On 12/6/06, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Maybe this is not the right list but I thought I would give it a shot. Is there anyway to get file details like FPS, BG Color and such from a SWF? with flash or with PHP? TIA for any ideas..