Re: [Flashcoders] import documents into flash

2010-02-15 Thread Joseph Masoud
On 15/02/10 15:02, Tom Huynen wrote: Hi! A client asked me to create a application that imports different data documents into flash. Html pages, word documents and pdf's. It's about the text only and the layout doesn't matter. Is flash the right choice for this? Regards, Tom

Re: [Flashcoders] Image loader problem

2009-07-26 Thread Joseph Masoud
List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Image loader problem 1900 lines of code to fetch some stuff Joseph Masoud wrote: Have you considered using existing bulk loaders? http://code.google.com/p/bulk-loader

Re: [Flashcoders] Image loader problem

2009-07-25 Thread Joseph Masoud
Have you considered using existing bulk loaders? http://code.google.com/p/bulk-loader/ You've got a relatively complex task ahead if you're going to write the code all by yourself. Essentially the idea is to have two stacks, a loading stack and a pending stack [list of assets to be

[Flashcoders] Mouse released outside Flash Movie Troubles

2009-06-15 Thread Joseph Masoud
Hello everyone, On Firefox 3 for the Mac, if the user triggers a mouse down when over a draggable movie clip, but then releases the mouse outside the stage, for some reason the stopDrag() method of the movie clip is having no effect, you can see this on: http://www.mavedu.com/viewer Part

Re: [Flashcoders] Mouse released outside Flash Movie Troubles

2009-06-15 Thread Joseph Masoud
to the effect of following the mouse._x and mouse._y or the MC's ._x and ._y and set up a boundary that will automatically release the MC if the mouse moves out of the boundary range? Karl On Jun 15, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Joseph Masoud wrote: Hello everyone, On Firefox 3 for the Mac, if the user

Re: [Flashcoders] Mouse Leave Event

2009-06-11 Thread Joseph Masoud
it is somewhat necessary to accommodate for that. Many thanks, Joseph Masoud On 11 Jun 2009, at 06:28, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Yes you can do that and that will solve your problem of no mouseover on the grey areas. I was able to drag the scroll pane button and let go off stage and it lost focus

Re: [Flashcoders] Mouse Leave Event

2009-06-11 Thread Joseph Masoud
interesting to see that Flash can detect a mouse_up from anywhere on your screen as long as mouse_down originated within the player without using mouse_leave. Many thanks for the pointers. Very much appreciated. Regards, Joseph Masoud On 11 Jun 2009, at 22:59, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: On Jun

[Flashcoders] Mouse Leave Event

2009-06-10 Thread Joseph Masoud
Hello everyone, I'm currently working on a document viewer, a very buggy version of which can be seen on: http://www.mavedu.com/viewer/ Two issues (among hundreds): 1. If you drag the mouse scroll thumb, and release the mouse outside the stage, the thumb doesn't lose focus. This is a