Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Jon Bradley
On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I think it's a pretty bogus feature, one of those things that look nice on paper but when you stop to look at it it's far from useful except on extremely specific cases and still far from the magic that will save lives like

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Cay Garrido H.
Of the top of my head a possible reason is that higher prices respond to the amount of illegal software used in Europe in comparison to the US... I could be wrong, but the system seems far more controlled over there, and there are less companies using pirated copies... now, I don't see how

[Flashcoders] LocalConnection security

2007-03-30 Thread Michael Mudge
I have a Flash 9 app (named "fred"), which loads a Flash 8 app ("george"), and I need these two apps to be able to communicate, in both directions. It seems that a LocalConnection is the typical answer to this, but I have issues with security. fred is loaded from a private domain (my own), and ge

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Kevin Jackson
Funny you metion Xara, they were where many of the great features started, then they were in Corel and sometime later in Freehand and Illustrator. Some very basic features like multiple pages never got to some apps :-) LOL am I the only person here that uses this: http://www.xara.com/products/x

Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a way to center an FLV in it's FLVplaybackcomponent?

2007-03-30 Thread Dave Lenz
thnx. Op 31-mrt-2007, om 1:20 heeft Steven Sacks | BLITZ het volgende geschreven: 3 easy steps. 1. Make a black square movieclip. 2. Set it to the size you want. 3. Position the resized FLV video in the center of it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Caldwell
The point here is that the markets supply of products to accomplish what these products can accomplish is relatively low. Its true that the software can be duplicated at no cost, so "supply" in the "count of goods" function you're initially introduced to map to "cost of goods" is not what I'm imply

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread zehfernando
> What I'm wondering is where does that XML code go? just into a window > in the IDE so you can copy and paste and use in your code,or in a > framescript, or does it write out an XML file? Anyone know? If the screenshots of past presentations (available on a few blogs) are any indication: one can

RE: [Flashcoders] Is there a way to center an FLV in it's FLVplaybackcomponent?

2007-03-30 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
3 easy steps. 1. Make a black square movieclip. 2. Set it to the size you want. 3. Position the resized FLV video in the center of it. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Dave Lenz > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:36 PM > To:

RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Dave Watts
> ... and if that's the case, then I'd like to see those > decisionmakers defend it in open debate. > > But it's difficult for me to see intentional discrimination > as the root cause... doesn't match up with what I see of > people here. The DNA is towards global participation, so I > suspect

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
What I'm wondering is where does that XML code go? just into a window in the IDE so you can copy and paste and use in your code,or in a framescript, or does it write out an XML file? Anyone know? Jason Merrill Bank of America GT&O Learning & Leadership Development eTools & Multimedia Team

[Flashcoders] Is there a way to center an FLV in it's FLVplayback component?

2007-03-30 Thread Dave Lenz
Hi there, I'm having trouble centering a loaded FLV in a FLVPlayback component. When I scale the component with 'setSize()' it keeps aligning the video-content to the top and to the left. Is there a way to center it in the middle? Maybe I'm missing a method or something but I can't seem

RE: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>this.empty.swapDepths(this.empty); You're telling a movie clip to swap depths with iteself. So that does nothing. When you say, "Above the other layers" then yeah, like I said, object manually put on the stage, like things in layers are negative depths. You have to swap THOSE objects above oth

Re: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Glen Pike
timeline: layer N --- "mc1", "mc2", "mc3" MovieClips, etc. . . . layer 1 --- "empty" (MovieClip). ActionScript empty.loadMovie('newBack.jpg'); Or, just AS. for(i = 10;i > 0;i--) { this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc" + i, i); } this.mc1.loadMovie('newBack.jpg'); Gustavo Duenas wrote: ok ,I di

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Glen Pike
Do you guys not understand supply and demand? Don't the rules of supply and demand change when the product does not really take any time to produce and the cost of production is minimal when compared to stamping out discs and printing boxes? ___ Fla

Re: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Pedro Taranto
you are changing the depth between the same mc, thats the error in your code --Pedro Taranto Gustavo Duenas escreveu: ok ,I did it but stills is loading the image above the other layers (the layers of the code is the layer 1, there is 10 more above it) this is the code I'm using but somethin

RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Benny
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RE: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>the clip will stay at the level you told it to - but that >>doesn't appear to be the case. Levels? Ick! Listen to what you're saying! :) Levels are not the same as depths. And you shouldn't load into levels - nasty stuff, hard to code and debug. Jason Merrill Bank of America GT&O Learni

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
Yes I'm very (pleasantly?) surprised about this too. And all new QuickTime export - I'm not sure if I'll ever use this feature but nice anyway. Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk Merrill, Jason wrote: yes did you think I didn't understand it was XML? I meant I was confused a

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Ian Thomas
On 3/30/07, Seth Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In fact, if you think about the country gap in that respect, it makes sense it would be more expensive over there since products and goods coming from the US usually take longer to get over there, if they want it at the same time as us they ha

Re: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Gustavo Duenas
ok ,I did it but stills is loading the image above the other layers (the layers of the code is the layer 1, there is 10 more above it) this is the code I'm using but something else you advice me. _root.createEmptyMovieClip('empty',0); this.empty.loadMovie('newBack.jpg'); this.empty.swapDepths(

RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Caldwell
Do you guys not understand supply and demand? At least we're not faced with a functional price offering with exponential dropoff leaving the consumers without fat pockets with the only option to wait a year for the price to be reasonable. I'd imagine they could charge 5 times as much for the first

Re: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Carl Welch
I've been having the same exact troubles. I always assumed that if you load an image into a "createEmptyMovieClip" that the clip will stay at the level you told it to - but that doesn't appear to be the case. On 3/30/07, Gustavo Duenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi My idea is to set a dinamyc b

RE: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
Objects added to the stage manually have negative depths. Objects loaded with code have positive depths, which thus are above all other clips. You can use mc.swapDepths() to move things in negative depths to be positive if they have a depth value that is higher. Use getNextHighestDepth() to swap s

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
yes did you think I didn't understand it was XML? I meant I was confused as to why it didn't have a namespace - I guess confused was not the right word. More like, surprised. Jason Merrill Bank of America GT&O Learning & Leadership Development eTools & Multimedia Team >>-Original

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread John Dowdell
Mike Mountain wrote: Thanks for the response John, please don't take this personally, - but I suspect the legitimate reason is "because we can" ... and if that's the case, then I'd like to see those decisionmakers defend it in open debate. But it's difficult for me to see intentional dis

[Flashcoders] about depth

2007-03-30 Thread Gustavo Duenas
Hi My idea is to set a dinamyc background in the layer 1 of my flash (so far it has 10 layers) the code is as: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("myClip", 0); myclip.loadMovie("back1.jpg"); but when It loads the jpg, the jpg is above all the other layers, when I really needed this underneath. Som

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
//Not so fast. :) What confused me in the demo is that XML did not have MXML namespaces, so I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Seemed to be straight old XML. When you "Copy Motion as ActionScript 3.0..." it appears to be Flash CS3 converts timeline animation into an XML. Then you can perhaps a

RE: [Flashcoders] SWF Only Loads Once

2007-03-30 Thread Daniel Thompson
Thanks guys. I added a cache-busting param to the request, but it didn't fix the issue. Here's my method: protected function invoke(resource:String, variables:URLVariables, successHandler:Function, errorHandler:Function = null):void { variables.api_key = KEY;

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
True I was just making an assumption. Charles P. On 3/30/07, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, two things to take away from that. first, it >>can be dropped right in Flex. >>second, Flash CS3 will be able to use Flex tags. Not so fast. :) What confused me in the demo is that XML

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread John McCormack
It does feel like a rip-off. I would like to upgrade to Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, but the price puts me off. Being cheaper in the U.S. makes it even worse. For me, it costs £534.62 + 17.5% VAT + delivery +annoyance. Adobe should at least absorb the 17.5% Value Added Tax. If the new version

Re: [Flashcoders] Embedding fonts for different langauges

2007-03-30 Thread Kerem İŞERİ
Hi Michael, Yes you always need to embed latin uppercase and lowercase and also include other special char.s for each languages if any chars do not exist in English alphabet., in order to make your dynamic texts work correctly. Otherwise you have some display problems and some chars may not

Re: [Flashcoders] Gaps in between bitmapdata clips copied to a grid

2007-03-30 Thread Matt Muller
yes, same issue! MaTT Here is the constructor - private var pixFx:ReformPixel var clip1:MovieClip = showcase.createEmptyMovieClip('tempClip', showcase.getNextHighestDepth()); var clip2:MovieClip = showcase.createEmptyMovieClip('holdClip', showcase.getNextHighestDepth()); pixFx = new ReformPixe

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
So, two things to take away from that. first, it >>can be dropped right in Flex. >>second, Flash CS3 will be able to use Flex tags. Not so fast. :) What confused me in the demo is that XML did not have MXML namespaces, so I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Seemed to be straight old XML. I thin

Re: [Flashcoders] UITextField and MouseEvent.CLICK not responding

2007-03-30 Thread khair
I figured it out. "try and catch" are my friends. It was a undefined property. Sorry for the brain fart. --Keith H-- - Original Message - > Is there any "gotchas" to cause a MouseEvent.CLICK to not respond? > > I've got other MouseEvents to work but not CLICK on UITextField. > //

Re: [Flashcoders] Parameters to constructor of class that extends MovieClip

2007-03-30 Thread Ian Thomas
Whoops! I forgot the depth parameter in attachMovie! Oh well, you get the idea... Ian On 3/30/07, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Johan, (I'm assuming you're talking about AS2?) Not directly. What you can do is use the initObject parameter of attachMovie. If you have a class: class M

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
No it won't. Contribute is a good application if YOU build templates for it to use. YOU have to build the architecture of the site and define all the templates and then pass out permissions of text, image, page creation. I would get the 30 day trial and try it out before you go recommending it. C

Re: [Flashcoders] wmode transparent, FF, no mouseWheel

2007-03-30 Thread Kerem İŞERİ
yes I had the same problem when I was building www.drbackup.com.tr kerem. Martin Weiser wrote: Can anybody conirm this bug, in FireFox, wmode=transparent, themouseWheel evnet is not fired?? not only for textFields but neither for movieClips... in IE ok, opaque mode, all is ok thanks Martin

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
On the note of the Export Timeline feature. Did you notice in the announcement event when he showed it, that the code was tag based! So, two things to take away from that. first, it can be dropped right in Flex. second, Flash CS3 will be able to use Flex tags. Charles P. On 3/27/07, Nick Weekes

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
Sorry late into this thread, but I wanted to comment on Fireworks. Adobe is taking Fireworks in a bit of different and one could say specialized direction. It is being pushed as a web interface design application. Charles P. On 3/27/07, Hairy Dog Digital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Saw that.

Re[2]: [Flashcoders] Parameters to constructor of class that extends MovieClip

2007-03-30 Thread R�kos Attila
Oops, the last line should be: var mc: MyClass = Application.attachObject(MyClass, "LinkageID", this, getNextHighestDepth(), ["value1", "value2"]); ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http:/

Re: [Flashcoders] Gaps in between bitmapdata clips copied to a grid

2007-03-30 Thread Lars Schwarz
haven't testet the code, but did you try it without setting the smoothing property (on the bitmapdata object)? Am 30.03.2007 um 16:12 schrieb Matt Muller: Hi, Im breaking an image into a grid of separate clips with corresponding pixels using copyPixels but I'm getting gaps in between the cl

Re: [Flashcoders] Parameters to constructor of class that extends MovieClip

2007-03-30 Thread R�kos Attila
Directly no, it is'nt - indirectly yes, it is. You can set any instance properties before the constructor is executed, so it can use them as "parameters". If you want to create the movie clip instance at authoring time (so placing it manually onto the stage), then convert it to component (library'

[Flashcoders] Gaps in between bitmapdata clips copied to a grid

2007-03-30 Thread Matt Muller
Hi, Im breaking an image into a grid of separate clips with corresponding pixels using copyPixels but I'm getting gaps in between the clips. Also sometimes the image wont finish if the ratio between horz and vert clips is too high. Has anyone had this issue. code below cheers, MaTT import flas

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Ian Thomas
John, Thanks for the response, much appreciated. For the record, I entirely agree with Mike, and think his download-only option is a good one. Cheers, Ian On 3/29/07, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: May I suggest you have the equivalent of an "electronic" region/version - where yo

Re: [Flashcoders] Parameters to constructor of class that extends MovieClip

2007-03-30 Thread Ian Thomas
Johan, (I'm assuming you're talking about AS2?) Not directly. What you can do is use the initObject parameter of attachMovie. If you have a class: class MyClip extends MovieClip { public var someInitParam:String; public var someOtherInitParam:Number; public function MyClip() { trace(s

[Flashcoders] UITextField and MouseEvent.CLICK not responding

2007-03-30 Thread khair
Is there any "gotchas" to cause a MouseEvent.CLICK to not respond? I've got other MouseEvents to work but not CLICK on UITextField. //= import mx.events.MenuEvent; import flash.events.*; private function initApp():void { var tf:UITextField=new UITextF

[Flashcoders] Parameters to constructor of class that extends MovieClip

2007-03-30 Thread Johan Nyberg
Is it possible to send parameters to the constructor of a class that extends MovieClip, i.e. when the movie clip that is linked to that class is loaded? -- Johan Nyberg Web Guide Partner Sergels Torg 12, 8 tr 111 57 Stockholm 070 - 407 83 00 ___ F

[Flashcoders] Flex and Flash 9 component

2007-03-30 Thread Cheng How Ng
I would like to develop a Flash 9 component with AS3, but the Flash 9 public alpha can not export swc for component. So I think I can develop for Flex, and wondering will it also works in Flash 9. Can anyone tell me will the Flex component compatible with Flash9 ? Thanks.. Ben. ___

RE: [Flashcoders] SWF Only Loads Once

2007-03-30 Thread Adrian Lynch
I second that, only I tend to pass it in via FlashVars so I can leave it to cache if I want to. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: 30 March 2007 01:33 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcod

[Flashcoders] to Jason

2007-03-30 Thread Gustavo Duenas
Hi jason I'm on the list and I was wondering, since you work for the bank of america, if you know who is the person in charge of the marketing area( the department that usually makes contact with the ad agencies), and which might be his/her email. This information is in order to contact him/her

Re: [Flashcoders] further rotating nav help!! - altering the button names.

2007-03-30 Thread Lars Schwarz
what about using hittest? define a rect and position it where you want to text to be visible, then use hittest/hitarea for each "label" that hits the area and make it visible and vice versa. hth: lars Am 30.03.2007 um 11:28 schrieb Lewis: hi to all once again! i actually realised the bes

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-30 Thread Jon Bradley
On Mar 29, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Hairy Dog Digital wrote: I'm surprised that any of the CS3 bundles are available via download. I would think they are only available via physical shipment due to sheer size. Back to the subject at hand, I know that UK and EU pricing typically runs higher on s

[Flashcoders] further rotating nav help!! - altering the button names.

2007-03-30 Thread Lewis
hi to all once again! i actually realised the best way to rectify the previous issues was to re calculate the angles and use if statements dependent on their relative angle to 180 i.e. if above 180 rotate left if below 180 rotate right. the updated movie can be found here: http://www.visualryt