[Flashcoders] Little direction please

2010-02-26 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Hello, I am not sure if this is a cross post, if it is, I do apologize. Does anyone know of a list like this but for Javascript? If anyone knows of one, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Fl

Re: [Flashcoders] Can u combine....

2010-02-26 Thread Valentin Schmidt
Juan Pablo Califano wrote: > Another option: > function loadXML(dfile:String,arg1:Object,arg2:Array):void > { > > urlLoader.load(new URLRequest(dfile)); > urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(e:Event):void { > parseXml(e,arg1,arg2); > }); > } and another option: save thi

Re: [Flashcoders] Link Around a Bitmap

2010-02-26 Thread Henrik Andersson
Susan Day wrote: Hi; How do I create a link on a bitmap that I draw by code, so that people can click and go to another page? The Bitmap class does not extend InteractiveDisplayObject, so you need to stick it in something that does. Just stick it in a Sprite. _

Re: [Flashcoders] Link Around a Bitmap

2010-02-26 Thread Nathan Mynarcik
Md = mc --Original Message-- From: Nathan Mynarcik Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Nathan Mynarcik ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Link Around a Bitmap Sent: Feb 26, 2010 1:25 PM Put your bitmap in a movieclip and ad

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:23 PM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Downloaded external assets would be cached therefore the browser > should take no time to access it next time around. > Thanks. V ___ Flashcoders mailing l

Re: [Flashcoders] Link Around a Bitmap

2010-02-26 Thread Nathan Mynarcik
Put your bitmap in a movieclip and add a listener to the Md so when the user clicks it navigates to the new page. --Original Message-- From: Susan Day Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Link Around a

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
Downloaded external assets would be cached therefore the browser should take no time to access it next time around. -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26 February 2010 19:13, Victor Subervi wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:07 PM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < > kennethkawam...

Re: [Flashcoders] corporate history timeline examples

2010-02-26 Thread Nathan Mynarcik
Here's a timeline for ya: www.swtor.com/info/holonet/timeline --Original Message-- From: Andrew Murphy Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] corporate history timeline examples Sent: Feb 26, 2010 7:02

[Flashcoders] Link Around a Bitmap

2010-02-26 Thread Susan Day
Hi; How do I create a link on a bitmap that I draw by code, so that people can click and go to another page? TIA, Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:07 PM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Then when the splash finishes playing just go to another HTML with > your contents. > Just to be dead clear... 1) The fake preloader is not the splash. It will load the heavy image that is used in bot

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
Then when the splash finishes playing just go to another HTML with your contents. -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26 February 2010 19:01, Victor Subervi wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:56 PM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < > kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does your

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:56 PM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does your "preloader" load your splash movie? Or is it just an intro movie? > It loads the splash currently. V ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chat

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
Does your "preloader" load your splash movie? Or is it just an intro movie? -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26 February 2010 18:04, Victor Subervi wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:52 PM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < > kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No - I just didn

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Nathan Mynarcik wrote: > What if you have the preloader load in the splash, and when the splash file > is done playing have it navigate to a new html page (which is your end HTML > page)? > I don't follow. Can you give me an example? TIA, V ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Nathan Mynarcik
What if you have the preloader load in the splash, and when the splash file is done playing have it navigate to a new html page (which is your end HTML page)? --Original Message-- From: Victor Subervi Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:52 PM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > No - I just didn't understand what you wanted :) > > Are you trying to manipulate HTML from SWF? If so you can call > Javascript function using ExternalInterface.call(). > I don't think that's what I

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
No - I just didn't understand what you wanted :) Are you trying to manipulate HTML from SWF? If so you can call Javascript function using ExternalInterface.call(). -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26 February 2010 17:21, Victor Subervi wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:47

Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)

2010-02-26 Thread Paul Andrews
Geografiek wrote: Hi list, Suppose I have an associative array like this: var myArray:Object = new Object(); myArray.item1 = item1; myArray.item2 = item2; myArray.selected = false; var myObj:Object = new Object(); myObj.itemGroup=[]; myObj.itemGroup.push( item1); myObj.itemGroup.push( item2); my

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, kennethkawam...@gmail.com < kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are many ways to achieve what (I think) you want to achieve but > may be the most simple way is to place your intro SWF in one HTML and > when it finishes playing go to another HTML page contain

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
I think you misunderstand. 1) I have created a preloader.fla that works flawlessly. 2) It calls another fla/*.as file and that loads and everything is peachy keen. Now, what I want to know is, how do I put this in my html file so that everything executes? And please bear in mind what I wrote earli

[Flashcoders] (no subject)

2010-02-26 Thread Geografiek
Hi list, Suppose I have an associative array like this: var myArray:Object = new Object(); myArray.item1 = item1; myArray.item2 = item2; myArray.selected = false; item1 and item2 are 2 mc's living on the stage. Selected is a newly created property on myArray. Now I want to change myArray.select

Re: [Flashcoders] Can u combine....

2010-02-26 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
Another option: function loadXML(dfile:String,arg1:Object,arg2:Array):void { urlLoader.load(new URLRequest(dfile)); urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(e:Event):void { parseXml(e,arg1,arg2); }); } function parseXML(e:Event,arg1:Object,arg2:Array):void { xmlFile:new XML

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread tom rhodes
that's not going to preload anything though. we know how everyone loved the "skip intro" days... victor, you need to do this in flash (if i've understood you correctly) you get your preloader to load in your main content, it's a container... http://schoolofflash.com/blog/2008/04/flash-cs3-tutoria

RE: [Flashcoders] Can u combine....

2010-02-26 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ted - this should do what you're after: package { public class MyData { private var _myVarA:String; private var _myVarB:Number; private function loadXML(dfile:String, myValueA:String, myValueB:Number):void

Re: [Flashcoders] Can u combine....

2010-02-26 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
Can you set a private var other functions can use? -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26 February 2010 14:24, Lehr, Theodore wrote: > ..how to combine: > > function loadXML(dfile:String):void > { >   urlLoader.load(new URLRequest(dfile)); >   urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.C

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
There are many ways to achieve what (I think) you want to achieve but may be the most simple way is to place your intro SWF in one HTML and when it finishes playing go to another HTML page contains your main stuff. -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26 February 2010 14:17, Vi

[Flashcoders] Can u combine....

2010-02-26 Thread Lehr, Theodore
..how to combine: function loadXML(dfile:String):void { urlLoader.load(new URLRequest(dfile)); urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, parseXML); } function parseXML(e:Event):void { xmlFile:new XML(e.target.data); totalBars = xmlFile.children().length(); } My goal is to send the

[Flashcoders] Preloader, Pt. 2

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
Hi; Now that I've got the preloader working, not sure how to attach it. That is, I have an intro/splash page that "covers" an HTML page and then is removed with css: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"; WIDTH="1008.0" HEIGHT="785.0" id="myMovieNam

Re: [Flashcoders] Error 1009

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:31 AM, David Benman wrote: > In general, when you really, really think your code is ok (which is > probably a lot less often than you initially think), there might be issues > with running the code that might cause an error. Some other things you can > try: > > 1. Make s

Re: [Flashcoders] Error 1009

2010-02-26 Thread David Benman
In general, when you really, really think your code is ok (which is probably a lot less often than you initially think), there might be issues with running the code that might cause an error. Some other things you can try: 1. Make sure all your AS files have been saved so you are actually

RE: [Flashcoders] corporate history timeline examples

2010-02-26 Thread Andrew Murphy
Delvinia (the company I work for) built a timeline for the Canadian Opera Company that you might find interesting: http://coc.ca/ExploreAndLearn/NewToOpera/OnlineLearningCentre/HistoricalTime line.aspx -- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Developer amur...@delvinia.com

RE: [Flashcoders] corporate history timeline examples

2010-02-26 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Yes, I saw that one Tom. It is very nicely designed and I can see how it was successful, but behavior-wise, it does feel a bit dated now. Thanks! - MM > one that i remember from um years and years ago is the motown one. probably not all that amazing now but was probably one of the first and d

Re: [Flashcoders] Error 1009

2010-02-26 Thread Victor Subervi
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Keith Reinfeld wrote: > > What should I be looking for? > This is too strange for words. I started commenting out code to see if I could fix whatever it was that was broken. I figured I'd done just that. Then I started uncommenting the code to see if I could break