Re: [Flashcoders] drawing with mouse / pen

2007-05-02 Thread nik crosina
thx, rich, funnily enuogh this echos many of my concerns. there is really no faster nd more convenient way of making a choice then point the mouse (pen, etc) and click. stil figuring out what th emotivation for this request was from the client - if they aer looking for 'just a exciting new way'

[Flashcoders] factory with varying numbers of params

2007-05-02 Thread pedr browne
Hi, Thanks a lot for all the replies. Most helpful. It's a funny situation. I'm using a deserialised XML file to dictate the content and layout of each page. A page might contain 1. A heading, 2. A TextField 3. A link or it might contain 1.A heading 2. A thumbnailMenu or various other

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket connection in flash 8 /AS2.0

2007-05-02 Thread Gregory N
Hi Tom, From XMLSocket docs: * Each XML message is a complete XML document, terminated by a zero (0) byte. ... * Each document is terminated with a zero (0) byte. When Flash Player receives the zero byte, it parses all the XML received since the previous zero byte or since the connection was

Re: [Flashcoders] printJob, orientation and rotation or scaling issues

2007-05-02 Thread Gregory N
Hi David, I'd try to use PrintJob.pageWidth and/or PrintJob.pageHeight instead of .orientation . Also, why not determine needed scale at runtime: postcardClip._xscale = 100 * myPrintJob.pageWidth/postcardClip._width; postcardClip._yscale = postcardClip._xscale; -- -- Best regards, GregoryN

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-02 Thread Matthias Dittgen
You can assign values to private and/or public variables of the class using the 4th argument of attachMovie. Just read the API documentation: public attachMovie(id:String, name:String, depth:Number, [initObject:Object]) : MovieClip initObject can be predefined or used on the fly, which looks

Re: [Flashcoders] help

2007-05-02 Thread syam s
how can we print a variable value in our execution screen..? - Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Tryit now. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

[Flashcoders] The best way to monitor load progress of multiple swfs?

2007-05-02 Thread Alistair Colling
Hi there, I am trying to figure out the best way to monitor the load progress of swfs that are loading into each other. There are 20 swfs (of different sizes) that load into my main movie and I plan on loading my main movie into a holder so I can monitor the progress of it's download using

Re: [Flashcoders] Curves question for math gurus

2007-05-02 Thread Ivan Dembicki
Hello, Thank you, I redid my whole thing using your classes! Really super, more flexibility + less code ! Is there any doc online ? http://www.bezier.ru/eng/AS2/ru/bezier/geom/Bezier.html -- iv ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] printJob, orientation and rotation or scaling issues

2007-05-02 Thread Steven Sacks
I cover this topic on my blog. :) http://www.stevensacks.net/2007/03/16/force-landscape-printing-with-printjob/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] printJob, orientation and rotation or scaling issues

2007-05-02 Thread Hans Wichman
http://objectpainters.com/blog/?p=9 On 5/2/07, Dave Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm having problems correctly rotating a movieclip to accomodate users printing in either portrait or landscape format. There was a thread about this maybe 4 to 6 weeks ago and I'm unable to locate it in

RE: [Flashcoders] factory with varying numbers of params

2007-05-02 Thread Danny Kodicek
Thanks a lot for all the replies. Most helpful. It's a funny situation. I'm using a deserialised XML file to dictate the content and layout of each page. A page might contain 1. A heading, 2. A TextField 3. A link or it might contain 1.A heading 2. A thumbnailMenu or various other

RE: [Flashcoders] help

2007-05-02 Thread Danny Kodicek
how can we print a variable value in our execution screen..? 'execution screen'? Do you just mean displaying a variable on screen? Try var tField:TextField = _root.createTextField(out, _root.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 100, 200, 20) tField.text = String(myVariable) Danny

RE: [Flashcoders] Random Error

2007-05-02 Thread Petro Bochan
Hi, Which version of Flash are you using? I tried this on Flash CS3 and it worked out seamlessly. package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.system.Capabilities; public class Test extends Sprite { public function Test() { }

[Flashcoders] RE: The best way to monitor load progress of multiple swfs?

2007-05-02 Thread Jack Doyle
This AS2 class will handle preloading multiple SWFs and/or FLVs and/or images and report on the total progress: http://www.greensock.com/ActionScript/PreloadAssetManager Documentation examples are on the site. I think you'll find it pretty easy to implement. Enjoy. Jack Doyle -Original

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and Arabic

2007-05-02 Thread Jolyon Russ
Has anyone had any experience of using the Flash RTL classes from here: http://www.flashrtl.com/ They seem to be good for Persian, but need porting to other char sets, and a general clean up/re-write. To do this I need to get a better idea of what needs to be converted, the order of words or

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: The best way to monitor load progress of multiple swfs?

2007-05-02 Thread Alistair Colling
Thanks Jack, this is exactly what i am looking for :) Cheers! Ali On 2 May 2007, at 12:23, Jack Doyle wrote: This AS2 class will handle preloading multiple SWFs and/or FLVs and/or images and report on the total progress: http://www.greensock.com/ActionScript/PreloadAssetManager Documentation

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and Arabic

2007-05-02 Thread Danny Kodicek
Has anyone had any experience of using the Flash RTL classes from here: http://www.flashrtl.com/ They seem to be good for Persian, but need porting to other char sets, and a general clean up/re-write. To do this I need to get a better idea of what needs to be converted, the order of

RE: [Flashcoders] drawing with mouse / pen

2007-05-02 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Just throwing my two cents worth in here... As others pointed out, drawing circles around selections is doable, but isn't user-friendly. As I read through this the thought occurred to me. What about using a drawn oval path as a movie clip for the mouse pointer that the user clicks on a

Re: [Flashcoders] drawing with mouse / pen

2007-05-02 Thread Ron Wheeler
Frustrating a user may not be new but it can be exciting if the customer decides its your fault. Why not suggest something like changing the mouse into a into a hammer or mallet and the answers into nails or gophers. If can make the animation as funny as the client can stand. Ron Hairy Dog

Re: [Flashcoders] factory with varying numbers of params

2007-05-02 Thread Ron Wheeler
Looks like a Decorator Pattern. Danny Kodicek wrote: Thanks a lot for all the replies. Most helpful. It's a funny situation. I'm using a deserialised XML file to dictate the content and layout of each page. A page might contain 1. A heading, 2. A TextField 3. A link or it might contain

[Flashcoders] AS3 RegExp (bug?)

2007-05-02 Thread Benny
I have some troubles with RegExp in Flash CS3 (AS3). It seems whenever a pattern ends with .* AND has the Global flag set flash freezes. Simplified sample code: var re:RegExp=/.*/g; var str:String=one two three; trace(str.match(re)); Why does Flash CS3 (AS3) freeze with this code, is it

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and Arabic

2007-05-02 Thread Jolyon Russ
Thanks for the help! In your professional opinion is almost the same good enough or will I need to tweak the char set? So you know I'm only displaying short button labels and headings. The languages I'm going to be needing to display are Arabic and Sorani. I think Sorani is as different to

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and Arabic

2007-05-02 Thread Danny Kodicek
Thanks for the help! In your professional opinion is almost the same good enough or will I need to tweak the char set? So you know I'm only displaying short button labels and headings. I don't speak Arabic or know anything about it other than what's in the Unicode data :) I get the

[Flashcoders] border styles for TextArea component

2007-05-02 Thread john robinson
Hello all - I'm using the TextArea component in Flash 8. I need to give the component a border that is 1 pixel wide. I've found that using setStyle(borderStyle, solid) gives me a solid border but it is wider than I need. Can anyone give me a hint as to how to change the width of the

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 RegExp (bug?)

2007-05-02 Thread Andrés González Aragón
Is not a cs3 bug, is a player bug. I cut n paste your code in cs3 and it freezes, in eclipse with flex builder plugin the same, but eclipse didn't freeze, only the player do. 2007/5/2, Benny [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have some troubles with RegExp in Flash CS3 (AS3). It seems whenever a pattern

Re: [Flashcoders] rotate a cube

2007-05-02 Thread Leandro Amano
The fla source (AS2): www.leandroamano.com.br/files/3d.fla // Perspective ppc = perspective.value; center = {x:0, y:0, z:0}; // Cube: Face 1 v1 = {x:-50, y:-50, z:-50}; v2 = {x:50, y:-50, z:-50}; v3 = {x:50, y:50, z:-50}; v4 = {x:-50, y:50, z:-50}; // Cube: Face 2 v5 = {x:-50, y:-50, z:50}; v6 =

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-02 Thread Leandro Amano
Please Sebastian, show all code in the next post. regards. -- Leandro Amano Digital Bug Chief Creative Officer Adobe Certified Expert Adobe Certified Instructor Adobe User Group Leader On 5/2/07, Matthias Dittgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can assign values to private and/or public

Re: [Flashcoders] Random Error

2007-05-02 Thread Leandro Amano
In AS2 classes, it's normal... =( Try compiler again. regards. -- Leandro Amano Digital Bug Chief Creative Officer Adobe Certified Expert Adobe Certified Instructor Adobe User Group Leader On 5/2/07, Petro Bochan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Which version of Flash are you using? I tried this

Re: [Flashcoders] border styles for TextArea component

2007-05-02 Thread Leandro Amano
Hello, Change border width I don't know but try this: myTextArea.label.border = true; myTextArea.label.borderColor = 0x99; However label (textField object) is a private member of the TextArea Component regards. -- Leandro Amano Digital Bug Chief Creative Officer Adobe Certified

[Flashcoders] building my first Flash CS3 and AS 3.0 Flash component

2007-05-02 Thread flep
Hi, I was use to create Flash 8 components and now i'm trying to build my first CS3 component by using AS 3.0 but i'm having a problem that is driving me nuts about[Inspectable] meta tags. I'm adding the meta tags like i did with AS 2.0 : private var _color:Color; [Inspectable(name='Childrens

[Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Henry Cooke
Hey folks, I'm looking at using some GPL licensed code (Flade, to be specific) in a game I'm building for my employers. However, I can't find a clear answer anywhere as to what that implies for our source: does anyone know if using GPL licensed libraries means that we would have to release the

[Flashcoders] Any experience getting print materials to SWF files?

2007-05-02 Thread Rick Schmitty
Has anyone done anything with print designs (inDesign, Quark, PDF) being exported to SWF? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought

Re: [Flashcoders] border styles for TextArea component

2007-05-02 Thread Nick Johnston
Leandro Amano wrote: Hello, Change border width I don't know but try this: myTextArea.label.border = true; myTextArea.label.borderColor = 0x99; However label (textField object) is a private member of the TextArea Component regards. -- Leandro Amano Digital Bug Chief Creative

[Flashcoders] AS3 Metadata references

2007-05-02 Thread Matt Muller
Hi Does anyone know a resource which lists and explains the AS3 metadata api? ie [SWF(width=800 height=600, backgroundColor=#FF)] [Frame(Class=com.package.ClassName)] Thanks, MaTT ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

RE: [Flashcoders] border styles for TextArea component

2007-05-02 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
There is no size or width property for the RectBorder, which is what the TextArea component uses for the border. You would have to do a custom skin or theme. If this is only for this one project, you can copy the skin elements into your library. Here is the info from livedocs:

Re: [Flashcoders] border styles for TextArea component

2007-05-02 Thread john robinson
Thanks! I'm looking into RectBorder now and creating my own RectBorder class. I've got it working following the example below (though I'm using F8, not CS3) but now I have a new issue... http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 RegExp (bug?)

2007-05-02 Thread Benny
Thanks for confirming this. I submitted a bug report with Adobe. I noticed that if the pattern is used with exec command the same thing happens. Aafter the last actual match is found it will not return null for the result so in a while loop (as demonstrated in the Adobe docs for the exec method)

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Sanders
GPL means you have to release source to your game. LGPL - well since it was written or C type langs. there is some (heated) debate about how to define linking in the context of dynamic languages; I've seen recently that there seems to be a creative commons license that explicitly says

Re: [Flashcoders] Any experience getting print materials to SWF files?

2007-05-02 Thread Larry Yudelson
I've started playing with the trial version of print2flash, and tested it on two files. It crashed on the large catalog, with lots of linked pictures (including two with bad links that trigger ID warnings) and did fine with the text only file. I printed the catalog from Acrobat, and it generated

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
It has always been the FSF's position that dynamically linking applications to libraries creates a single work derived from both the library code and the application code. The GPL requires that all derivative works be licensed under the GPL, an effect which can be described as hereditary. So,

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
Yeah for this instance (Action Script) if you extend a class in the licensed library then that extension must be available to all who ask for it. Robert Sanders wrote: GPL means you have to release source to your game. LGPL - well since it was written or C type langs. there is some (heated)

Re: [Flashcoders] printJob, orientation and rotation or scaling issues

2007-05-02 Thread Dave Wood
Thanks guys Steven, I've played around with your code and got it working on my setup but will need to test later in the day on the computer/printer combination that was causing the problems. I needed to modify it though because your code assumes the clip is scaled at 100% to start with.

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamic image loading in mc

2007-05-02 Thread Gustavo Duenas
Hi I found this quite interesting do you mind to explain this in more detail. Actually I'm looking to create a pictures menu and viewer base on the xml file, a loop to assign this the xml. ?xml version1.0? pic model1.jpg/pic pic model2.jpg/pic pic model3.jpg/pic pic model1.jpg/pic and in

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Mark Winterhalder
On 5/2/07, Robert Brisita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have to go the GPL route, you can tell your employers that all the code is in the SWF anyway, making it available just takes away an extra step from the process of acquiring the code. Uhm... I really don't think that can be decompiled

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Metadata references

2007-05-02 Thread Muzak
Try the Flex docs http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/metadata_141_04.html [SWF] and [Frame] are not in the docs though, but there's some info in the comments here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/docs/1651.html Some stuff here on [Frame] http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=946

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Henry Cooke
Thanks guys. I emailed the author earlier today and got a nice, positive response - you were right, Mark, his position is that he doesn't want to place any restrictions on the way people use his work, short of passing it off as their own ;) I'm just trying to be super-careful here, because

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
Does it say anywhere in the GPL that requested code has to be commented and readable? :-) Anyway the link I posted earlier should apply to all languages similar to JAVA considering LGPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-java.html The way I interpret it, libraries would have to be loaded as

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
Cool. his position is that he doesn't want to place any restrictions on the way people use his work, short of passing it off as their own Yeah, understand that. A BSD license would have been better or one of the newer CC licenses. Permission from the author rules all though, right? From my

[Flashcoders] Forms between JSP and Flash

2007-05-02 Thread Helmut Granda
Hello all, Im using to reading variables from PHP like this ? echo form=success; ? but I'm having some issues trying to read the same variables from JSP. If I access the file from within the browser I can see the variables but in flash with loadVars it shows as Undefined. Anyone knows if

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Metadata references

2007-05-02 Thread Matt Muller
Thanks dude! On 5/2/07, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try the Flex docs http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/metadata_141_04.html [SWF] and [Frame] are not in the docs though, but there's some info in the comments here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/docs/1651.html Some stuff here

Re: [Flashcoders] Forms between JSP and Flash

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
If memory serves me right try this: ? $xml = success; print xml=$xml; ? $xml is a variable that holds the data and xml will be the member of the LoadVars instance in flash when the onLoad event is triggered. Quick Example: class Test { var lv:LoadVars = new some method {

Re: [Flashcoders] Forms between JSP and Flash

2007-05-02 Thread David Holroyd
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 04:48:38PM -0500, Helmut Granda wrote: Im using to reading variables from PHP like this ? echo form=success; ? but I'm having some issues trying to read the same variables from JSP. If I access the file from within the browser I can see the variables but in flash

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-02 Thread Alain Rousseau
Hi Sebastian, When extending the MovieClip Class in AS2, there is no way to access the constructor. All initializations should be done, like Matthias Dittgen mentionned with the optional initObject argument of attachMovie(libraryID, instanceName, depth, initObject) That way you set all the

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-02 Thread David Ngo
Another way to do this is to have an init() method that you call in-line to your attachMovie(). class MyClass extends MovieClip { public function MyClass() {} public function init(args):MyClass { // do your constructor type stuff here

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-02 Thread Steven Sacks
You might want to consider using composition. class Sample { private var self:MovieClip; function Sample(clip:MovieClip) { self = clip; } } Usage: mySample = new Sample(this.attachMovie(id, instance, depth)); Composition has many advantages over extending MovieClip.

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-02 Thread Patrick Matte | BLITZ
var myClass:MyClass = myClip.attachMovie(linkage, name, depth).init(args); That code will fire an error like this : Type mismatch in assignment statement: found MovieClip where MyClass is required. If you want to typecast your movieclip, I think you need to do : var mc:MovieClip =

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-02 Thread David Ngo
Are you sure you're implementing it correctly? You have to assign the class to your library item and it should work. If you're just arbitrarily attaching a MovieClip from the library without assigning that symbol the class, it will give you that error. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] jpeg 2000 compression

2007-05-02 Thread Marc furman
Hi can anyone tell me if there is a way to use jpeg 2000 compression in flash mx 2004 or flash 8 also if it is used in a movie can jpeg 2000 compression be viewed in flash player 7 Thank you marc ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your