Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Datagrid cell focus

2014-09-21 Thread Dave Watts
bly just missed it or because it's a data grid > question, be hiding from it. :P The archives don't work since the last server migration, unfortunately. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software 1-202-527-9569 http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Vetera

Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools

2013-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
bout Flash, but this is more my kind of thing. Too bad it's completely OT. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest ca

Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools

2013-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
> Oren, what's your problem?? Apparently, he was unable to unsubscribe himself and unwilling to ask for help. I've unsubscribed him. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on

Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)

2013-05-15 Thread Dave Watts
fobject, > some just nothing show. Did you check this page? http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-8.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Sche

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Dave Watts
> Oh, and as a side note, does Fig Leaf host a similar mailing list like this > but for Javascript / AJAX'y stuff? We do not. I personally tend to just rely on StackExchange for JS questions. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Dave Watts
want to check out Google I/O - although this is certainly not a JS conference, they do cover a lot of technologies that rely heavily on JS. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA

Re: [Flashcoders] remove from list

2012-04-01 Thread Dave Watts
ailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, on

Re: [Flashcoders] Should I use BlazeDS for this?

2012-03-09 Thread Dave Watts
#x27;t include RTMP support. It does support HTTP "long-polling", which is about as efficient as you get without actual async communication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_technology#Long_polling Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ F

Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash

2012-02-12 Thread Dave Watts
browser. This behavior is becoming a bit less common, as Chrome can render PDFs directly, etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor

Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash

2012-02-12 Thread Dave Watts
e code by downloading the evaluation or developer version of LiveCycle server - you'll probably have to install it, which is kind of a pain, but you should be able to download it for free. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is

Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash

2012-02-12 Thread Dave Watts
> Thank you. I've done HTMLLoader in AS3 and AIR, but they want more control. > The typical Reader controls. Normally, when you load a PDF in HTML, you get those controls by default. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf So

Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash

2012-02-12 Thread Dave Watts
Flex application that does exactly this. It may open an HTML page to do it, though, I'm not sure. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber v

Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)

2012-01-02 Thread Dave Watts
kwards. This will keep your iterator from getting screwed up if you, say, delete the item at that index location. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the hig

Re: [Flashcoders] webcam wackiness...

2011-09-18 Thread Dave Watts
nd Tom's link didn't work for me. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our train

Re: [Flashcoders] webcam wackiness...

2011-09-18 Thread Dave Watts
> i want to confirm that this... > > http://46.4.226.29/camtest/ > > does not work on a mac, and in chrome 14 beta on the pc? It didn't work on my Mac (Lion, latest version of Chrome stable). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.fi

Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid: save multidim arrayfrom Flash to mySQL with PHP

2011-09-05 Thread Dave Watts
n deserialize the sent data to use it as an object that's not a string. Normally, as an occasional Flex guy, I end up using AMF which includes serialization/deserialization functionality to handle this for you. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.

Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid: save multidim arrayfrom Flash to mySQL with PHP

2011-09-05 Thread Dave Watts
ated because you have an array of structs, basically, so you'll need to convert those to a bunch of individual name-value pairs in order to submit them to a CGI program. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Ve

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Explore the complete list archives

2011-08-25 Thread Dave Watts
> Thanks for the link, > > It's not the same as the appears on auto-signature of the list. No, the link at the bottom of the list lets you manage your membership and options. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Softwar

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Explore the complete list archives

2011-08-24 Thread Dave Watts
> Anyone knows how to view the entire archives of this list? http://www.mail-archive.com/flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule,

Re: [Flashcoders] Array Limit

2011-08-03 Thread Dave Watts
> And to get the last point var point = myarray[myarray.length -1] OK, I misread the question and didn't subtract 1 as a result. D'oh! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business

Re: [Flashcoders] Array Limit

2011-08-03 Thread Dave Watts
hink. > how can i get last point arr[arr.length] I'll add that I'm not a Flash developer, although I work with Flex some, so others may have better answers. But all of the questions you asked are easily Googleable. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ htt

Re: [Flashcoders] mx.logging package?

2011-08-02 Thread Dave Watts
lex Builder 3\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\flash-integration\ (your version number will probably be the latest 3.x SDK rather than 3.0.0, actually) Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Sc

Re: [Flashcoders] job posting ok here?

2011-07-03 Thread Dave Watts
> if not where? Relevant job posts are acceptable. Thanks for asking first, though! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber ven

Re: [Flashcoders] ASyncToken - How does it work / Alternatives

2011-07-01 Thread Dave Watts
an figure out how to "fingerprint" a request. I only do Flex though, so I can't really give you a straight answer to this question. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) o

Re: [Flashcoders] How do I create a CDATA node using AS2?

2011-05-11 Thread Dave Watts
> In the xml node itself, the nodes content wrapped CDATA in the XML or the > result of that node wrapped in CDATA in flash? > > > CDATA is not valid for XML attribute values. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Lea

Re: [Flashcoders] Vedanayagam G has invited you to use Google Talk

2011-05-05 Thread Dave Watts
> Doesn't this qualify as spam? Not really. It indicates the poster doesn't understand how address books work, etc. But that is a forgivable (if tauntable) offense. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Vetera

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange Behavior with an email link

2011-04-27 Thread Dave Watts
Hi! I'm the list administrator. You may post questions, but: - only once, - and not within a thread started by someone else. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule

Re: [Flashcoders] What is up with adobes documentation?

2011-04-21 Thread Dave Watts
at is going on with this? With people (rightly or wrongly) bashing flash > in favour of the yet untried html5 spec, adobe can ill afford this kind of > crap support for the flash platform. I think you're making a big leap from one thing to the other here. Flash detractors don't care abo

Re: [Flashcoders] Thought some one would like this online book

2011-02-27 Thread Dave Watts
com" and it'll take you to the right page. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruct

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 / OOP training

2011-02-17 Thread Dave Watts
eaf.com/courses/Flash_ActionScript.cfm Of course, I'm a bit biased, but it gets positive reviews from students. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2011-02-03 Thread Dave Watts
and I don't want to start going in the other direction. > So, this is absolutely my last post. If you do this again, yes, this will be your last post. Please don't do this again. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Soft

Re: [Flashcoders] Call method by name: A few questions...

2011-01-14 Thread Dave Watts
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking for. > 1. How to call com.google.maps.controls.* methods by name? new com.google.maps.controls.ZoomControl(); > 2. Is it bad practice to pass an array to a setter? Not if you have a property of the object that is an array. Dave Watt

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR for Android - video on mobile problem.

2011-01-13 Thread Dave Watts
> Firstly, would anyone know if there is a list similar to flashcoders > specifically for AIR for Android questions? I don't know if there's one just for AIR on Android. But there is a good AIR list, called AIR-Tight. http://groups.google.com/group/air-tight?hl=en Dave Watt

Re: [Flashcoders] How to utilize this code:public staticconst: Needhelp understanding...

2011-01-12 Thread Dave Watts
> Yeah, people need to turn off their boilerplate signatures. That's not how boilerplate signatures work. I strongly doubt Jason has the ability to disable them. He could use a personal address instead of his work address, but there are plenty of reasons for him not to do that, I'

Re: [Flashcoders] test

2011-01-11 Thread Dave Watts
> > And along the same lines, what's going on with feeds.adobe.com?  That's > > been down for weeks! > > They're aware of the situation and are working on it. Aaaand it's back! At least, that's what the Adobe folks told me. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig

Re: [Flashcoders] test

2011-01-11 Thread Dave Watts
> And along the same lines, what's going on with feeds.adobe.com?  That's been > down for weeks! They're aware of the situation and are working on it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran

Re: [Flashcoders] Components With Pure ActionScript

2010-12-13 Thread Dave Watts
> Ok, a follow-up question. You can use Flash components in a Flex AS3 > project, can't you? Yes, you can. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides

Re: [Flashcoders] Call to a possibly undefined method inflate through a reference with static type flash.utils:ByteArray

2010-10-03 Thread Dave Watts
time > events. Exceptions are not checked in actionscript, so the compiler MAY NOT > raise any errors. In general, I think Henrik is more likely to be correct about Actionscript than I am. I've been doing a lot of Java programming lately, where you do have checked exceptions, but I&#x

Re: [Flashcoders] Call to a possibly undefined method inflate through a reference with static type flash.utils:ByteArray

2010-10-03 Thread Dave Watts
In your code, if there's nothing to read, your exception handlers fall through after calling handleTcpError. At compile time, the compiler has no guarantee that there'll be anything in the byte array. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.c

Re: [Flashcoders] CS5 where to put tween engines etc?

2010-09-30 Thread Dave Watts
> without having to care about dependencies; and > B) you don't depend on library versioning, where one update in project X can > break project Y silently This sounds like a job for symlinks. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Soft

Re: [Flashcoders] Bounce Backs

2010-09-09 Thread Dave Watts
> Does anyone else get these every time that they post to the list (as I do)? > > If so, would it make any sense to remove them? I've unsubscribed them. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned

Re: [Flashcoders] Fwd: Looking for Flash/Web Designer! Great

2010-09-07 Thread Dave Watts
generally allow job postings, and they're not very common, so we'll probably continue to do so. If the number of postings increase to an unacceptably high level, or the consensus of the list changes, we may revisit that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://t

Re: [Flashcoders] parsing multi-dimensional array

2010-09-07 Thread Dave Watts
; public var age:Number; } Then, when you wanted to talk about a group of people, you'd create one instance of Person for each person in the group, and store it in an Array or ArrayCollection. The advantage of this over just using multidimensional arrays is that you get strict typing and easi

Re: [Flashcoders] Database Centric with Flash Builder 4 and Without the Flex Framework

2010-08-30 Thread Dave Watts
t they'd still require the Flex class library. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our trai

Re: [Flashcoders] test

2010-08-27 Thread Dave Watts
> Am I bouncing? I can't see whether you are or not. But your email isn't bouncing. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest c

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Haven't seen emails since 8/16

2010-08-24 Thread Dave Watts
> Testing to see if the list is working. It seems to be. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at

Re: [Flashcoders] Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS) & Moodle

2010-08-06 Thread Dave Watts
sated. This is basically built into CF 9: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WSAFE323E5-CA8B-429e-BC1C-450DA839D705.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GS

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS)

2010-08-05 Thread Dave Watts
d be integrated with AIR: > http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Offline_Moodle Well, I think you could build an AIR app that stores learning objects and scores offline until a connection is available, without any specific server-side functionality. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf So

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS)

2010-08-05 Thread Dave Watts
, he'd be better served using whatever he already knows best, I think, if he can't use something off the shelf like Moodle. If he already knows PHP, he should use that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Vet

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS)

2010-08-05 Thread Dave Watts
it couldn't hurt to learn a bit about that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training ce

Re: [Flashcoders] Using Flash Clients for capacity testing

2010-08-03 Thread Dave Watts
e not using AMF than you don't even have to worry about that - just use a standard load testing tool that can record all interaction between the client and the server. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned S

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex not playing in browser

2010-07-29 Thread Dave Watts
igure your Flex project itself to use a web server. And if you do configure Flash Builder that way, you can simply have it copy your debug (and release) SWFs to a specific directory on your web server, without any reconfiguration of the web server. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and Domino

2010-07-27 Thread Dave Watts
ces via the WebService object. I don't know enough about Flash to recommend the best option there, but if you can consume SOAP services in Flash you should be all set. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owne

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex

2010-07-16 Thread Dave Watts
> Any good flex tutorials online for beginners? Sure! Have you looked at the ones on the Adobe Devnet site? http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ Flex is way easier than regular Flash programming! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig L

Re: [Flashcoders] Video encoding service

2010-07-15 Thread Dave Watts
> We have a client need to allow users to record their own podcast with their > webcam but don't want to shell out for Flash Media > Interactive Server. Thoughts, recommendations? Link to thread in archive? > Options we're exploring - Adobe Connect hosted solution? Dav

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Adobe Air Marketplace

2010-07-15 Thread Dave Watts
> Sorry for the OT post - however i was just wondering what your experiences > with the Adobe Air marketplace have been like? If you don't get a good answer here, you might want to post on the AIR-Tight list - lots of Adobe folks on it: http://groups.google.com/group/air-tight?hl=en

Re: [Flashcoders] access/search archives

2010-07-07 Thread Dave Watts
n meaning to migrate the list to Google Groups, but simply haven't had the time. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorize

Re: [Flashcoders] searching a string

2010-06-21 Thread Dave Watts
The indexOf function lets you search for the existence of a substring. http://www.foundation-flash.com/tutorials/stringfunctions2/ I'm not sure why everyone else is recommending the use of regular expressions, which seem massive overkill for what you're trying to do. Dave Watts, CTO, F

Re: [Flashcoders] security notice: upgrade your flash player

2010-06-10 Thread Dave Watts
ore than just crashing your browser. But it does crash your browser all right. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruct

Re: [Flashcoders] RIA Secure Coding

2010-06-03 Thread Dave Watts
ode can be completely viewed by an attacker, and you need to secure the server-side calls made by that code just like you would with an HTML interface. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)

Re: [Flashcoders] RIA Secure Coding

2010-06-02 Thread Dave Watts
may be used for other things as well as your application. I wouldn't worry about running those Google searches, anyway. Adobe's had to let go of their goon squad due to budgetary cutbacks. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Softw

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with import mx.controls.Alert

2010-06-02 Thread Dave Watts
> Thanks, Eric. So I guess none of the mx.controls are for Flash but, rather, > are all for Flex? Yes, they are part of the Flex class libraries. You may be able to use them in Flash directly, but that's not their design intent. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figlea

Re: [Flashcoders] Rede social une usuários do mundo acadêmico

2010-05-31 Thread Dave Watts
> Oh boy... here we go again. > Anyone got a spanglish dictionary I could use? > Sounds like something big. They used the word grande. > How do you type an upside-down question mark??? Gmail prompts me to translate it from Portuguese, so I suspect that's the dictionary you

Re: [Flashcoders] Dylan responds to e-mails at 12pm and 4pm. (Auto-Response)

2010-05-31 Thread Dave Watts
>> Dave likes his chicken spicy! > > Sounds kinky ;-) No, sounds Costanza: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jimmy Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and

Re: [Flashcoders] Dylan responds to e-mails at 12pm and 4pm. (Auto-Response)

2010-05-31 Thread Dave Watts
nflicting at least one > of the aforementioned offenses. Dave has disabled mail sending from the list to Dylan's account. Dave doesn't care if Dylan refers to himself in the third person. Dave likes his chicken spicy! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://traini

Re: [Flashcoders] Dylan responds to e-mails at 12pm and 4pm. (Auto-Response)

2010-05-31 Thread Dave Watts
nd then delete this message. > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://tra

Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads

2010-05-29 Thread Dave Watts
a couple of days. Downloads can fail, after all. This is the approach that some epublishers use. For example, I buy a decent number of books from Manning. When I buy them, or later when they've been updated, I get an email with a link good for a week. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software ht

Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads

2010-05-29 Thread Dave Watts
> Limited edition releases. If it can be represented by a sequence of zeroes and ones, I submit to you that it's not a "limited edition". That only really makes sense for physical objects. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/

Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads

2010-05-28 Thread Dave Watts
em and they seem too > complicated for such a small task. If you're going to have users log in - which you'd need to track the downloads available for a given user - why bother limiting the number of times they can download the file at all? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Soft

Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads

2010-05-28 Thread Dave Watts
> I see. Would PHP work as that server side language? I am thinking so. > You can create a PHP counter, so... hmmm. Sure, I think it would be very easy to do in PHP. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran

Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads

2010-05-28 Thread Dave Watts
(CGI) program. That program can read from a counter to see if additional downloads are allowed, then write to the counter after a download has been initiated. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (V

Re: [Flashcoders] union 1000-user free licence announced (multiuser dev platform)

2010-05-28 Thread Dave Watts
> dave, please let me know if this type of announcement is inappropriate for > flashcoders. It's not inappropriate at all. Thanks for posting this! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Bus

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Dave Watts
know it. I mentioned all that in the message that you quoted. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
> ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? There are no client security guarantees for web applications. You can spend a lot of time fighting this, but if someone has enough incentive to circumvent your limitations, they'll do it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.fig

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
at. http://www.colettas.org/?p=273 Of course, that wouldn't apply to virtualization or the user having multiple computers, etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, an

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
rs can circumvent this by using multiple computers, including virtualized computers. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized in

Re: [Flashcoders] Line break in dynamic text imported from xml

2010-05-20 Thread Dave Watts
you plan to display the contents or not - and your element contains a metacharacter, the XML parser will be unable to parse the file. Basically, a CDATA block tells the parser to ignore the contents. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf

Re: [Flashcoders] Omit Files on Build in Flash Builder

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Watts
included in the build process, as they have to be read by the compiler into the output. In other cases, you can define a working set that includes just the resources you want, then uncheck "Build Automatically" and build the working set instead. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Softw

Re: [Flashcoders] Two computers talking using AS3 Socket on same network

2010-05-12 Thread Dave Watts
ed environment on your Mac. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, onl

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread Dave Watts
n't have Mojo Nixon, your phone could use some fixin' - and it works pretty well. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-aut

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread Dave Watts
sourceforge.net/ I haven't used it, so I don't know how well it works. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread Dave Watts
> Wouldn't the mere fact that iTunes as a sync conduit is a pretty decent... > conduit? Makes things pretty simple and even flexible to a certain degree. I'm not sure I understand your question. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figlea

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread Dave Watts
from the breadth of the App Store, there really isn't any advantage that iPhone has over the Android 2.1 phones. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and pro

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread Dave Watts
is basically a retooled PDF format specifically designed for electronic readers. There are also third-party PDF viewers available for iPad. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA S

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread Dave Watts
so often my iPod locks up during a sync - but iTunes itself is slow, bloated, unresponsive, and ignores every UI convention on Windows. I'm half convinced it's intentionally so bad to convince people to get a Mac to run it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ ht

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-09 Thread Dave Watts
gambling that people will continue developing for their platform, and will develop first for their platform, which will be a disadvantage for competing platforms like Android. Of course, their gamble could be wrong. If you don't like it, I suggest you not develop for the App Store.

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4

2010-05-05 Thread Dave Watts
> Ok, I'll bite - where is that setting? Poking around in prefs right now. Project ... Build Automatically. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and prov

Re: [Flashcoders] CIM Interview Day

2010-05-03 Thread Dave Watts
> Can you post the following message to the members? Uh, you just did. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authori

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread Dave Watts
sion - a sound one - but that's all it is. It has nothing to do with "protecting the user experience" etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides th

Re: [Flashcoders] Quick question about dynamic groupings

2010-04-26 Thread Dave Watts
, compile-time checking, and code-completion in Flash Builder. I imagine some of those carry over to regular Flash development. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and

Re: [Flashcoders] No-Cache script

2010-04-26 Thread Dave Watts
> How would I go about insuring quality on a script like this? > By no means am I randomly grabbing codes. The RFCs cover in detail all of the things you can do to control caching with HTTP response headers: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec13.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fi

Re: [Flashcoders] Quick question about dynamic groupings

2010-04-24 Thread Dave Watts
the value objects to database rows and vice-versa. Then, using the Data/Services tab, you can generate the service calls to fetch the value objects and you can generate bindings between the value objects and the UI components you use to display them. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://

Re: [Flashcoders] flash for Android: resources?

2010-04-23 Thread Dave Watts
Adobe is now accepting applicants for the private beta for FP 10.1 and AIR 2 on Android 2.1: http://androidandme.com/2010/04/news/sign-up-for-flash-player-and-adobe-air-betas-for-android/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-21 Thread Dave Watts
me kind of alternative open toolset > exists that could make Adobes cross-compilation efforts at all usable. It appears that Adobe is pulling their iPxx tools: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/adobe-throws-in-the-towel-on-flash-for-iphone-20100421/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Softwar

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash & Google

2010-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
bly, you'd have the same dynamic content whether you're delivering it via Flash or AJAX. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber ve

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash & Google

2010-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
": http://www.cnet.com/8301-13530_1-9748159-28.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction a

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe¹s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
> Not that Apple necessarily is a monopoly, but they are talking like one. The key is, they have to actually be one to be subject to meaningful regulation on what they do here. There is no regulation against being a dick, unless you are also a monopolist. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software h

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe¹s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
ut interestingly there is an "alternative" app store called Cydia for jailbroken phones. But jailbreaking is not an alternative if you really want to sell your apps. Hobbyists jailbreak their phones. Typical users don't, and never will. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.f

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-11 Thread Dave Watts
our platform. Right now, Apple has the market advantage - lots of people have and want iPhones, iPads, etc. So developers will choose to build for the Apple platform rather than building for multiple platforms, giving the App Store a continuing competitive advantage. Dave Watts, CTO,

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
> Yeah, you don't think that you need to manage memory in those. But you do. > Just not as often. And not in the same way, either. But yes, there are memory management concerns in VM languages too, you just don't typically get faced with them directly every time you do something.

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