[Flashcoders] AS2.0 Question - passing data between classes

2007-04-23 Thread Andrew
} } How do I do this? Or does this break encapsulation? I'm a bit stuck, would appreciate any advice. Cheers Andrew ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.

[Flashcoders] AS2.0 Question - passing data between classes

2007-04-24 Thread Andrew
Is there also some way to do this using a command called getinstance() ? I've seen it in some AS script and it looks like it passes data between classes? Cheers Andrew ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription optio

[Flashcoders] strange effects when tweening alpha

2008-03-21 Thread Andrew Sinning
Our artist made an animated character by over-lapping different body parts. Strange thing, when I fade out the character using an alpha-tween of the outer-most clip, I can see the overlapping parts at the joints. It's like the alpha is affecting the individual parts within the movieClip rathe

Re: [Flashcoders] strange effects when tweening alpha

2008-03-21 Thread Andrew Sinning
Funny thing is that even turning on cacheAsBitmap before doing the tween doesn't help. I guess I'll just have to do it faster and hope nobody notices. Huh!? Andrew Sinning wrote: Our artist made an animated character by over-lapping different body parts. Strange thing, when I fa

Re: [Flashcoders] strange effects when tweening alpha

2008-03-21 Thread Andrew Sinning
Thanks Zeh. Your solution should have been SO easy for me to implement, but it seems that setting this using AS right before doing the tween doesn't work. I had to change it in the IDE. But it works great! Thanks! Zeh Fernando wrote: Our artist made an animated character by over-lapping dif

Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iterator variables

2008-03-24 Thread Andrew Sinning
You are correct Jonathan, but loop blocks are delimited by brackets, so the "for ( ... )" declaration is outside of the loop block. jonathan howe wrote: I had always thought that the scope of variables declared in the initialization part of the for loop were local to the loop block __

[Flashcoders] Delete ASO Files

2008-03-24 Thread Andrew Sinning
I was getting this error "Error creating Flash movie. There was not enough memory available" when I tried to compile a project this morning. I went back to last Thursday's backup and got the same result. Then I loaded the project onto my old laptop and it compiled just fine. Finally, I ran

Re: [Flashcoders] Delete ASO Files

2008-03-24 Thread Andrew Sinning
To clarify: the comment in the live docs that mentions problems with shared libraries is in the section under "Delete ASO Files and Test Movie". Andrew Sinning wrote: The comments in the live docs mention that there are some issues with shared

[Flashcoders] Sound.loadSound ?isStreaming?

2008-03-25 Thread Andrew Sinning
I may not quite understand how to use the the isStreaming:Boolean parameter of the Sound.loadSound() function in AS2. If set to true, the sound will start playing as soon as enough data is downloaded. I got that. But what if I want to load the sound, _allow_ streaming, but _not_start_ it as

Re: [Flashcoders] Sound.loadSound ?isStreaming?

2008-03-25 Thread Andrew Sinning
Don't you think that a bit too obvious? ;-) Thanks Steven! Steven Sacks wrote: uh. mySound.loadSound(url, true); mySound.stop(); ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashc

RE: [Flashcoders] TextFieldAutoSize [AS3]

2008-04-01 Thread Andrew Murphy
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[Flashcoders] Tree item continuous autoscrolling after drag-n-drop

2008-04-03 Thread Andrew Murphy
scrolling except by exiting the application and re-starting it. Any ideas of what could be wrong or what I should investigate? Thanks. :) Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H

RE: [Flashcoders] Tree item continuous autoscrolling after drag-n-drop

2008-04-03 Thread Andrew Murphy
Oop! Just realized this is a Flex issue, not Flash coding specific. Sorry 'bout that... Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9

[Flashcoders] AS2 TextField tabbing

2008-04-08 Thread Andrew Sinning
I have a problem somewhere in my movie but I'm not sure where to look. Something somewhere is intercepting the TAB key and preventing it from getting to the object that handles the selection focus. If I just create a movie with four fields then tabbing is automatic, but in my project I can't

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 TextField tabbing

2008-04-08 Thread Andrew Sinning
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[Flashcoders] mp3 streaming interrupted

2008-04-10 Thread Andrew Sinning
I'm using AS2. In my movie, I have some external mp3 files that will start streaming and then just stop playing. It's as if the streaming suddenly stops, but this happens even if I'm playing the sound back locally. From the documentation, if looks like there are just two ways to stop a sound

Re: [Flashcoders] mp3 streaming interrupted

2008-04-10 Thread Andrew Sinning
I figured out the problem -- the array holding the pointer to the instance if the sound object was getting indexed with an empty string (""), and thus never actually getting added to the array, thus there was no persistent pointer to the instance. Andrew Sinning wrote: I'm

[Flashcoders] archived F9r28 and earlier F9r* Player installers not working under Windows

2008-04-14 Thread Andrew Sinning
I'm trying to trouble shoot some problems possibly related to a specific versions of the player. So, I've downloaded the Flash Player Uninstaller and the complete set of installers for F8 and F9 (these are the files "fp8_archive.zip" and "fp9_archive.zip"). I'm currently working under Windows

[Flashcoders] Re: looking for an object-explorer/trouble-shooting widget

2008-04-14 Thread Andrew Sinning
Clarification: I'm using AS2. Andrew Sinning wrote: I've found that the F8 debugger is completely useless for any project using more than a few hundred lines are a few classes. The Flash-Tracer widget is really helpful, but I need something more. Is there a widget anywhere tha

[Flashcoders] Re: looking for an object-explorer/trouble-shooting widget

2008-04-14 Thread Andrew Sinning
Clarification: I'm using AS2. Andrew Sinning wrote: I've found that the F8 debugger is completely useless for any project using more than a few hundred lines are a few classes. The Flash-Tracer widget is really helpful, but I need something more. Is there a widget anywhere tha

[Flashcoders] looking for an object-explorer/trouble-shooting widget

2008-04-14 Thread Andrew Sinning
I've found that the F8 debugger is completely useless for any project using more than a few hundred lines are a few classes. The Flash-Tracer widget is really helpful, but I need something more. Is there a widget anywhere that a person could use to explore the properties of objects in a movie

[Flashcoders] odd MacTel + Windows + Flash bug

2008-04-15 Thread Andrew Sinning
We're seeing a strange behavior with Firefox running under Windows on a MacTel. We're seeing it under both Parallels and VMWare. We're running WinXP with the latest FF (2.0.0.13) and the latest Flash (9.0.0.124). I'm running the latest Parallels under Leopard and my colleague is running VMWa

[Flashcoders] 3 month freelance gig in Minneapolis

2008-04-24 Thread Andrew Sinning
We (www.learningware.com) are looking for somebody with 3+ years of object-oriented AS2 and significant AS3 experience to work with us. We'll need to meet face-to-face in Minneapolis 2-3 times per week. Please contact me off-list if interested. Thanks! A

Re: [Flashcoders] Sr. Flash Developer Position

2008-04-30 Thread Andrew Sinning
Michael, My 2 cents: Please don't stop posting jobs to this group. I am sure there are folks on this list who would welcome the opportunity. I think as long as you post each job only once you shouldn't get any complaints. Andrew Sinning Bright, Michael wrote: Sorry for the e-m

[Flashcoders] AS2 preloading images

2008-06-19 Thread Andrew Sinning
In my implementation of mvc, data objects (in the model) have external images associated with them The presentation is non-linear, and data objects can be displayed in any of several different views, depending on the context. Currently, I'm using the Loader component to load images into a spe

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 preloading images

2008-06-19 Thread Andrew Sinning
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[Flashcoders] how to embed br and nbsp for htmlText

2008-06-24 Thread Andrew Sinning
I'm working in AS2. I have some TextFields with html = true and I've embedded uppers, lowers, numerals, punctuation and basic latin for Arial font. The htmlText gets set dynamically. In the htmlText, I'm using " " for any two spaces in a row and for line breaks. If I don't embed the font,

RE: [Flashcoders] filmmering FLV playback - why and how to fix that

2008-07-03 Thread Andrew Murphy
ower video datarates. I hope that helps... ^_^ (ps: That's a delightful looking home. :D) Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364

RE: [Flashcoders] Basic loop problem (with end of message)

2008-07-08 Thread Andrew Murphy
or(var i:uint = 0; i < cueArray.length; ++i) { html2render += "" + cueArray[i] + ""; } mainText.htmlText = html2render; Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5

RE: [Flashcoders] Basic loop problem (with end of message)

2008-07-08 Thread Andrew Murphy
ithin the output loop. ---- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email message may

RE: [Flashcoders] Basic loop problem (with end of message)

2008-07-08 Thread Andrew Murphy
ueArray) == -1) { Shouldn't it be: if (contains(texthtml, cueArray) == -1) { ...otherwise you're comparing the string value "texthtml" rather than the value of the texthtml String variable. Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist

RE: [Flashcoders] Basic loop problem (with end of message)

2008-07-09 Thread Andrew Murphy
You're welcome, glad that I was able to help. :) And don't feel bad 'bout it, typos happen to everyone and can be a complete nightmare to sort out. ---- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Sui

RE: [Flashcoders] Retrieving URL params from embedded code.

2008-07-11 Thread Andrew Murphy
How about using the LoaderInfo class? LoaderInfo(this.root.loaderInfo).parameters; That should, I believe, return an object with key/value pairs of the vars passed into the .swf file via the object embed on the webpage. Andrew Murphy Interactive Media

[Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-02 Thread Andrew Sinning
I'm using AS3. After loading in an arbitrary swf using the Loader class, getRect and getBounds don't necessarily reveal the internally defined boundaries of the loaded swf, rather they seem to return the boundaries of the stuff inside the loaded swf which can be either smaller or larger than t

Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-02 Thread Andrew Sinning
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Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-02 Thread Andrew Sinning
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Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-02 Thread Andrew Sinning
header, so you would actually have to do a lot of work to figure out what size the swf should be masked at. Steve On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Andrew Sinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I'm using AS3. After loading in an arbitrary swf using the Loader class, getRect and get

Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-02 Thread Andrew Sinning
ize is not directly available in AS code. I believe it is only in the swf file's header, so you would actually have to do a lot of work to figure out what size the swf should be masked at. Steve On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Andrew Sinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I'm using

Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-03 Thread Andrew Sinning
Thanks Juan. I have a question about the internal class SwfRect that's at the end of the SwfHeader class. I'm really new to AS3, so this will sound like a really dumb question: Where does the internal class SwfRect go? It's outside of the package. Can it be in the same file? Does it need

Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-05 Thread Andrew Sinning
Hi Juan Pablo, I just got back to this problem and tested your SwfHeader class. From the few tests that I've run, this returns exactly the same dimensions that the LoaderInfo class does. I'm still stuck. Here's an example of a swf on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/C7PH3GVj104 The Lo

RE: [Flashcoders] working with getPixel32 and setPixel32,

2008-10-06 Thread Andrew Murphy
new argb. var a:uint = val >> 32 & 0xff; var rgb:uint = val - (a << 32); a = a / 2; var newval:uint = rgb + (a << 32); Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto C

Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-07 Thread Andrew Sinning
quot; reflect the nominal w and h of their loaderInfo object. 3) swfs like the YouTube examples that are none of the above. Ian Thomas wrote: But to add to the SWF header debate etc. - I believe the loaderInfo.width and .height gives you what's in the header, so I don't think there'

Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf

2008-10-07 Thread Andrew Sinning
Other swfs don't fit nicely into either of these categories. Ian Thomas wrote: Hi Andrew, As far as I remember, the YouTube .swf is a shell around an .flv. So the dimensions of the shell .swf may bear absolutely no resemblance at all to the size of the contained video; and off-ha

[Flashcoders] AS2 onRollover in child of parent clip with onRollover defined

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Sinning
Working on an old project in AS2. I have what is essentially a button inside of a button. I'm using movieClips, actually. The coding is very primitive. Anyway, the parent movieClip has handlers for onPress, onRelease, onRollover, etc. These are assigned at runtime. I'm trying to add the inne

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 onRollover in child of parent clip with onRollover defined

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Sinning
) See? So Background and Button are both children of Container; onRollover is set on Background and on Button. But bear in mind that when you go from Background to Button, onRollOut will be fired on Background. You might have to code around that. HTH, Ian On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Andrew

[Flashcoders] AS2 FlashDevelop -- Warning unsupported #include

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Sinning
In FlashDevelop working with AS2, I get a "Warning unsupported #include". The warning refers to the line #include "Version.as" in mx.transitions.Tween, mx.transitions.easing.Strong and mx.transitions.easing.Bounce I never use a "#" in front of my includes, but these are mx files and the

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 FlashDevelop -- Warning unsupported #include

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Sinning
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[Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

2008-10-23 Thread Andrew Murphy
s ability to do a Print Screen screen cap of a Flash movie? ---- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com CONFIDENTIAL

RE: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

2008-10-24 Thread Andrew Murphy
it could make for a poor user experience and doesn't completely fix the problem. C'est la vie. Thank you all for sharing your insights with me. ^_^ -------- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite

[Flashcoders] Problem with Forward and Rewind Buttons in FLVPlayback component

2008-12-10 Thread Andrew Murphy
10 seconds, but when I click the Forward and Rewind buttons it only skips to the very beginning or end of the flv. I've checked the FLVPlayback component's metadata and it does indeed have the cue points once the video has loaded. ---- Andrew Murphy Int

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem with Forward and Rewind Buttons inFLVPlayback component

2008-12-10 Thread Andrew Murphy
I figured it out: Need to use "Navigation" cue points rather than "Event" ones. ---- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 23

[Flashcoders] Height and Width of a loaded SWF before it visually renders?

2009-01-10 Thread Andrew Murphy
Hi all. I'm loading several .swf files into another .swf, to produce a horizontal bar of clickable "icons". The loaded .swf files animate, changing their size, when they are clicked on. I've written a script in the loading .swf that positions the loaded .swfs in the scrollbar, but by the t

RE: [Flashcoders] Height and Width of a loaded SWF before it visuallyrenders?

2009-01-10 Thread Andrew Murphy
ash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Height and Width of a loaded SWF before it visuallyrenders? On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Andrew Murphy wrote: > What I'd like to do is access the height and width of the loaded swf files > before they visually render so that I can get them in

RE: [Flashcoders] Height and Width of a loaded SWF before it visuallyrenders?

2009-01-10 Thread Andrew Murphy
pt.php?file=ActionScript_3.0/com/se nocular/utils/SWFReader.as On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Andrew Murphy wrote: > Hi all. > > > > I'm loading several .swf files into another .swf, to produce a horizontal > bar of clickable "icons". The loaded .swf files animate, c

RE: [Flashcoders] Height and Width of a loaded SWF before itvisuallyrenders?

2009-01-11 Thread Andrew Murphy
a loaded SWF before itvisuallyrenders? On 1/11/09, Andrew Murphy wrote: > I need an event that fires after the swf does an enterframe, resizing as the > graphics animate, but before the Flash redraws itself. The render event is supposed to get dispatched only if you've called stag

RE: [Flashcoders] Height and Width of a loaded SWF before itvisuallyrenders?

2009-01-11 Thread Andrew Murphy
efore itvisuallyrenders? On 1/11/09, Andrew Murphy wrote: > I need an event that fires after the swf does an enterframe, resizing as the > graphics animate, but before the Flash redraws itself. The render event is supposed to get dispatched only if you've called stage.invalidate. Are you doi

[Flashcoders] Full screen video in a full screen Flash..?

2009-02-02 Thread Andrew Murphy
t it loads. -------- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist <mailto:amur...@delvinia.com> amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email message may conta

[Flashcoders] Does Flash fire any event(s) when...

2009-02-04 Thread Andrew Murphy
k you. :) Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist <mailto:amur...@delvinia.com> amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email message may contain pr

RE: [Flashcoders] Does Flash fire any event(s) when...

2009-02-04 Thread Andrew Murphy
Hi Eric. :) Unfortunately Event.DEACTIVATE also fires if a user clicks on a different tab in their browser or a different application in their desktop. Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214

RE: [Flashcoders] Full screen video in a full screen Flash..?

2009-02-06 Thread Andrew Murphy
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[Flashcoders] effect of scaling on a loaded mc's filters

2009-04-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
We've build an interface for a 512x384 movie using an external skin movie built at 1024x768. We've actually been doing this for a number of years, but now that we're trying to improve the quality of our art, I'm noticing something for the first time. When the imported movie is scaled down, th

Re: [Flashcoders] effect of scaling on a loaded mc's filters

2009-04-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
hand" to pixel distances in filter parameters. (easiest) If you can't edit the source file, Glen Pike s' bitmap is the only solution I see. Normally, wrapping the filtered clip in another clip doesn't change anything. Olivier Andrew Sinning a écrit : We've build a

[Flashcoders] AS2 known? bug with _yscale property when class extends MovieClip

2009-05-04 Thread Andrew Sinning
I'm using AS2 and I have a symbol linked to a class that extends MovieClip. There's a place in the class where the mc gets scaled. Because it extends MovieClip, I didn't bother to use "this", as in "this._yscale = 90". I simply typed "_yscale = 90". Curiously, without the "this", the comman

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 known? bug with _yscale property when class extends MovieClip

2009-05-04 Thread Andrew Sinning
t may represent a scoping issue? Where are you setting your _yscale? jord Andrew Sinning wrote: I'm using AS2 and I have a symbol linked to a class that extends MovieClip. There's a place in the class where the mc gets scaled. Because it extends MovieClip, I didn't bother to use

[Flashcoders] unexpected result with linked classes in embedded swfs

2009-05-19 Thread Andrew Sinning
I'm working in AS2. The skin-swf that I am embedding into my main movie contains symbols that are linked to classes. Objects in my main movie make calls to some of the classes that are defined in the skin. In order to get nice code-hinting in Flash Develop and compile-checking, I import the

Re: [Flashcoders] unexpected result with linked classes in embedded swfs

2009-05-19 Thread Andrew Sinning
Jordan, Mark et all advised: If you are going to have your class used throughout various linked swfs, then keep it in your main movie and exclude the class from the links swfs when compiling (using an exclude xml file). Thanks! This is really helpful. It seems so stupid of me to program the s

Re: [Flashcoders] unexpected result with linked classes in embedded swfs

2009-05-19 Thread Andrew Sinning
Currently I only have one skin, but we plan to build more skins, at which time we'll probably start to over-ride some members of various classes to suit individual skins. If I do this by extending a base-class, will I be able to keep a base class in the main-swf, exclude it from the skin-swf,

[Flashcoders] inserting object into swf

2009-05-22 Thread Andrew Sinning
A few days ago I made a post with the subject "unexpected result with linked classes in embedded swf". The lesson I learned from this is that an object is only imported into a movie player once, regardless of how many swfs it occurs in. Well, I'm dealing with a situation where I forgot to bac

Re: [Flashcoders] inserting object into swf

2009-05-23 Thread Andrew Sinning
s: 1. create a new movie with same size as the old movie 2. put this on frame one of the timeline: import [new version of old class goes here]; var cls_0:[new version of old class goes here]=null; loadMovie ('myOldSwf.swf"); 3. compile and run hth JC On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:00 AM, An

[Flashcoders] AS2 setInterval/sendAndLoad issues with Mac Safari 3.2.3

2009-05-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
A partner we are working with explains that the reason a project wasn't working under Mac with Safari 3.2.3 was because setInterval was interrupting sendAndLoad calls. Is this a known bug? They are working around this by using a movieClip instead of setInterval. Does this make sense? __

[Flashcoders] how to reload swf in Flash IDE Player

2009-05-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
To compile and play a movie within Flash, I use control-enter. But suppose I want to reload the local copy of movie within the Flash Player without recompiling. How do I do this? Rewind seems to do nothing at all. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashc

Re: [Flashcoders] how to reload swf in Flash IDE Player

2009-05-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
n Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Andrew Sinning wrote: To compile and play a movie within Flash, I use control-enter. But suppose I want to reload the local copy of movie within the Flash Player without recompiling. How do I do this? Rew

Re: [Flashcoders] how to reload swf in Flash IDE Player

2009-05-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
tkeys. Outside of the flash ide it is as simple as clicking recent; yet, the above should do. Anthony Pace wrote: I have noticed the same thing; however, all I can suggest is click simulate download on and off. Andrew Sinning wrote: To compile and play a movie within Flash, I use control-enter.

[Flashcoders] SecurityPanel events?

2009-06-18 Thread Andrew Murphy
istener in the app's main class and that doesn't trigger when the "Close" button is clicked in the Settings Manager panel. Thank you. Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist <mailto:amur...@delvinia.com> amur...@delvinia.com D

[Flashcoders] using Bitmap for hitArea

2009-06-22 Thread Andrew Sinning
If I draw a circle using the Graphics and Shape classes, and then add the shape to a sprite, I can use the sprite for the hitArea of another sprite and it works just fine. Everything within the circle is a hit, everything outside of it is a miss. However, if I create a sprite containing a Bit

Re: [Flashcoders] using Bitmap for hitArea

2009-06-23 Thread Andrew Sinning
rst I need to start a new thread. Leandro Ferreira wrote: BitmapData.hitTest: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=1410.html Leandro Ferreira On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 19:21, Andrew Sinning wrote: If I draw a cir

[Flashcoders] flv video width/height

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Sinning
A colleague converted a 640x480 .mov into a .flv and he says he left the dimensions the same. When I stream it into a swf shell using the NetSteam and Video object, the video.width and video.height dimensions are 320x240 and that's how it shows up when I add it to the stage. Is there a way to

Re: [Flashcoders] flv video width/height

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Sinning
Okay, I just tried another video that is definitely not 320x240. It doesn't even have the same aspect ratio but it's coming in at 320x240 also. What's up with this? Andrew Sinning wrote: A colleague converted a 640x480 .mov into a .flv and he says he left the dimensions th

Re: [Flashcoders] flv video width/height

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Sinning
that's what i was looking for. thanks! Davide Di Blasi wrote: Hi Andrew , normally you can check the flv dimension by onMetaData handlers of NetStream in As2, I think there should by the same way in AS3. Hope this help, Davide. Andrew Sinning ha scritto: A colleague converted a 64

[Flashcoders] AS3 onMetaData

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Sinning
What types of objects other than FLV videos have metaData that triggers the onMetaData event? In AS3, why is the onMetaData event handled differently than all the other events? I.e., why can't it be used with addEventListener? ___ Flashcoders mailin

[Flashcoders] AS3 MOUSE_OVER/OUT bubbling

2009-07-05 Thread Andrew Sinning
I've read though the documentation regarding event bubbling several times, but the concept remains blurry. Perhaps this example will help me get my head around it. I want to display a custom cursor, a version of the Photoshop "flat hand" cursor, whenever the mouse is over a cropped image to i

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 MOUSE_OVER/OUT bubbling

2009-07-05 Thread Andrew Sinning
Thanks Rob. That's just the ticket. Rob Romanek wrote: Hey Andrew, Try setting mouseEnabled to false for your cursor sprite. hth, Rob On 5-Jul-09, at 8:40 AM, Andrew Sinning wrote: The problem is that as soon as the custom cursor's sprite becomes visible, it causes a MOUSE_OU

[Flashcoders] AS3 Loader failing under 10,0,22,87

2009-07-06 Thread Andrew Sinning
Are there known issues with player 10,0,22,87 with the Loader class failing when there are multiple Loader children in the display list at the same time?I had a prototype working just fine under Windows with an older plugin, but after updating the plugin only one Loader will complete at a t

[Flashcoders] Error #1107 in player 10,0,22,87

2009-07-07 Thread Andrew Sinning
How do I report this bug? After updating to player 10,0,22,87 (both the debug player and the standard player), I am getting the following error when calling the built-in "forEach" method on an array. It doesn't happen every time, but it does happen consistently. VerifyError: Error #1107:

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Loader failing under 10,0,22,87

2009-07-07 Thread Andrew Sinning
ly have my head around what is going on, but at least I've fixed the problem. Andrew Sinning wrote: Are there known issues with player 10,0,22,87 with the Loader class failing when there are multiple Loader children in the display list at the same time?I had a prototype working jus

[Flashcoders] a real custom cursor

2009-07-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
Does AS3 support real custom cursors? The only solution that I've found is to hide the cursor and to have a sprite follow the mousex/y around, but it feels like the mouse is sticking when it doesn't refresh a quickly as one would like. ___ Flashcoder

Re: [Flashcoders] a real custom cursor

2009-07-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
a and Flash talking to it (and controlled the cursor position that way as well)... but that was for a standalone special-case use. I am sure you're not after that kind of thing. Eric On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Andrew Sinning wrote: Does AS3 support real custom cursors? The only

[Flashcoders] LocalConnection: call functions on passed object

2009-08-02 Thread Andrew Sinning
Using the LocalConnection object, is it be possible to pass a reference to an object from one movie to another, and hence forth call functions within the passed object directly, without having to go through the LocalConnection? This is in AS3. ___ Fl

[Flashcoders] bookmarking a dynamic flash page

2009-08-06 Thread Andrew Sinning
How could I let the user bookmark the current state of a dynamic flash page? I know how to save the current state of the movie and then just load that as the default, but what if the user should be able to bookmark multiple states, each with its own address? Can javascript tell the browser to

Re: [Flashcoders] bookmarking a dynamic flash page

2009-08-06 Thread Andrew Sinning
sounds like i need to use swfaddress! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] FlexBuilder 3 auto-complete vs. FlashDevelop

2009-08-13 Thread Andrew Sinning
I'm a long-time Flash user just trying out Flex for the second time, last time being about 3 years ago. I have the 60 day trial of Flex Builder 3. Anyway, I've been using FlashDevelop for so long I think I've really become spoiled by its excellent auto-completion feature. Flex Builder seems

Re: [Flashcoders] FlexBuilder 3 auto-complete vs. FlashDevelop

2009-08-13 Thread Andrew Sinning
Dave Watts wrote: The trick is to type the variable name and the colon, then choose the variable type using autocomplete. Okay, that part is the same in FlashDevelop. Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chatty

Re: [Flashcoders] FlexBuilder 3 auto-complete vs. FlashDevelop

2009-08-13 Thread Andrew Sinning
Okay, so how do I use FD to edit Flex docs? Steven Sacks wrote: FlashDevelop auto-completes class, instance and local vars, as well as native key words like public, private, class, interface, implements, function, static, const, etc. FDT and FB do not. Here's what toggle line does hello();

[Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font

2009-08-31 Thread Andrew Murphy
fontWeight and fontStyle and nothing seems to affect this error. I've also tried not using "systemFont" and instead setting the "source" path in the Embed to C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/gfm_.pfm, which is this font's source file on my machine, and it throws the same error.

RE: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font

2009-08-31 Thread Andrew Murphy
Hi, Ian. :) Thanks, but I tried that already, I mentioned it in my first post. It throws the same error. Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232

RE: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font

2009-08-31 Thread Andrew Murphy
et it working, sort of, by just creating Font Symbols in my FLA's Library. It means embedding the whole dern font, rather than a smaller subset of characters, but at least it works. I guess this is "solved". More-or-less. Thank you for your help. ^_^ --

RE: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font

2009-09-03 Thread Andrew Murphy
ms to be the only solution. Thank you anyway. :) Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE

RE: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font

2009-09-03 Thread Andrew Murphy
Hello Matt. :) Yes, it's a Type1 font. .pfm So Flash only allows the embedding of True Type (.ttf) fonts then? Okay. I'll keep that mind in the future, though the choice of what font to use is up to the Graphic Designers. Thank you. :) -------- And

RE: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font

2009-09-03 Thread Andrew Murphy
I'll give that a try. Thanks! :) Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This

[Flashcoders] Runtime bitmap caching causing a MovieClip to not render

2009-09-16 Thread Andrew Murphy
ring additional testing it broke in the same way. I wasn't quite sure what to try next so, experimenting, I tried turning off "Use runtime bitmap caching" on that MovieClip, and that appears to have fixed it. Has anyone else run into this problem? -------- A

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