[Flashcoders] Using EventDispatcher to update Controls and other Variables?

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
the .text properties for a ton of controls is just the easiest way, rather than dispatching events? (keep in mind, this variable gets updated many times per second) This topic has been on my mind for a LONG time now - and I would love a definitive answer on how to do this. Thanks in advance! Mike

RE: [Flashcoders] Reusing MovieClipLoader Listeners

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
consider, before investing too much time into this problem. Also, YES I reuse MY Loader over and over, for different SWF files, and it does work just fine. You don't have to do anything differently - so I am not sure what else may be happening, if it doesn't end up being what I ment

RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
o say Thank You too - as you all helped me solidify my understanding of this topic as well. Take Care everybody! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Cardenas Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:27 PM To: Flashcoders mailing l

RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
our hearts content, and Flash takes care of the rest, without having to use the Delegate stuff. I am just a mediocre coder, so I am sure lots of other people will help with answering this question for you. Hope this help a little bit, and good luck :) Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
gs were created this way in the first place. This is just my initial reaction to what I've seen, and I am sure some more experienced people will chime in on this thread. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Cardenas Sent: Wedne

RE: [Flashcoders] Clarification if Remoting is included with Flex 2.0

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
Okay, well thank you nevertheless for your time - and I will try to get something off the FlexCoders list. Take Care, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dowdell Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 5:53 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] Quick setSize() question

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
Yep, it's the same thing except no setting of a variable first... Okay, I just wanted to make sure I couldn't simply pass a Null to it, in hopes of it not changing the existing value of the Nulled place. Thanks! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Quick setSize() question

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
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RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens "onResize" event

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
Oh man, that works out BEAUTIFULLY!!! I never even thought about doing something like that. Thanks for that excellent information :) Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:47 PM To

RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens "onResize" event

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
ke in VB.NET and C# - but Flash was a different story. As soon as I master Flex, I am moving over to that, and will never look back (unless I need to write a Widget, which I think Flash is better suited for). Thanks for the extra input though - Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Clarification if Remoting is included with Flex 2.0

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
usion server to perform some basic Database queries. Thanks in advance, for any 100% accurate information you can throw my way. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figlea

Re: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Chambers
Make sure you have the most recent version: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/emmy/archives/2006/03/flash_player_8.cfm mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Patrick Matte wrote: We have a performance issue here with the flash player on a brand new macbook pro. Our latest site that uses flash 8

RE: [Flashcoders] Accordion Sizing Weirdness

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
Could you clarify all those things for me? Thanks Eric :) Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:43 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Accordion Sizing Weirdness in you

[Flashcoders] Accordion Sizing Weirdness

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
d to have additional sizing code, within the MovieClips that make up the Accordion Children, but this initial behavior of scaling is something that should not be happening right? Could any of you shed more light on this problem? Thanks, Mike ___ Flashc

RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens "onResize" event

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
. Now the movie comes up with all the controls positioned properly. THANK YOU - and I will make sure that I listen with "more open ears" next time I get some good advice ;-) Thanks and take care, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens "onResize" event

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
erything after that. Thanks for anything else you can throw my way :) Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:41 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the

RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens "onResize" event

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
en eveything paints fine - but things are not positioned correctly. Any more ideas? Thanks, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcode

[Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens "onResize" event

2006-04-12 Thread Mike Anderson
ce taking up 100% of the browser area - and everything is well. How can I trigger this event, the moment the application is loaded in the browser??? Thanks in advance for your help, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscripti

Re: [Flashcoders] Local Connection Object problem

2006-04-11 Thread Mike Britton
I've also had problems when there's more than one instance of your application active. If the name of the LC is the same across applications it can result in windows stealing LC's from each other. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figlea

RE: [Flashcoders] Load 40% of target with MovieClipLoader Class

2006-04-07 Thread Mike Guerrero
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Bedar Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 7:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Load 40% of target with MovieClipLoader Class Use onLoadProgress ... wait for whatever percent you want, then play On Apr 7,

[Flashcoders] Load 40% of target with MovieClipLoader Class

2006-04-07 Thread Mike Guerrero
Question: How can I load only 40% of a target movieclip using the MovieClipLoader class? I have used several times to load swfs, but on a recent project the target swfs are over 4MB. So, instead of waiting for all of it to load, want it to start playing at around 40%. I am using onLoadInit. I th

[Flashcoders] Adobe Licensing for flash player on embedded systems

2006-04-07 Thread Mike Mountain
forming". I see web pages written in 2001 that talk about bundling the flash player embedded license fee in with the cost of CE but find no mention of this on the Adobe site. So Mike C, JD or anyone else who may read this post who can help - can you please drop me

RE: [Flashcoders] "There is no method with the name 'Math'."

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Mountain
ear the .aso files? > > On 06/04/06, Weldon MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > it works for me. the only thing I can think of is it's not > finding the > > class. Does syntax coloring recognise it? Did you modify class path? > > &

[Flashcoders] "There is no method with the name 'Math'."

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Mountain
Why on earth would the compiler be telling me "There is no method with the name 'Math'." iNumber = Math.floor(iNumber/2); ? M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chat

RE: [Flashcoders] Split Pane component??

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
am no stranger to code - in fact, I make a point of doing everything in code whenever possible. Thanks again - and if you want to post back to the list, or directly to me, I'd greatly appreciate it. Take Care, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] Split Pane component??

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
Flex or other advanced programming environments (VB, Java, Delphi, etc.) If anybody knows of another one, please let me know - Thanks!! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ing. Mario Falomir Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:16

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
Wow - so when you say AMF - this is the same as Remoting correct? As far as I know, these 2 terms are/were interchangeable. With that said, if I have a ColdFusion Server running, I can immediately start writing highly functional apps using Flex 2.0 Beta and make Remoting calls?? Thanks Mike and

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Chambers
services This is all in the player and the framework, and is available (and free) to everyone. mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Anderson wrote: Wow that is great! If I hear you correctly then, there is NO Data functionality built into the BASIC Flex 2.0 Architecture? For a SWF file to

[Flashcoders] Split Pane component??

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
ting level - but I am just not having good luck with it. Thanks for all your help on this, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Chambers
fyi, You can download a beta of Flex 2, Flex Builder, Flash Player 8.5 and mxmlc (command line compiler) from: http://labs.macromedia.com mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave Watts wrote: Early on though, I thought there some "legalities" surrounding the "pre-compiling&quo

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
great many considering making the switch. I know there is a Flex list - but these 2 products are so closely related, and we are talking about what makes each unique - and their proper place in the world. Thanks, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

[Flashcoders] RE: Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike B Baker
working on a project codename 'Apollo' which I believe will be the way forward for desktop and mobile applications. Keep an eye on the Adobe blogs for more information over the next while. Mike B. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To c

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
ohibitive where the developer can't even afford it, it's kind of a moot point. Can you shed more light on that topic? Thanks again for everything :) Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Watts Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
h 2.0 - and help me arrive at a solution much quicker. I want to master Flex very badly - because it's simply amazing what it can do. Thanks again, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Watts Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
went into production on the client side of things. I still have high hopes with Flex 2.0 - I just hope it all stays reasonable. Thanks again!! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:23 PM To: F

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
ss I need to do some more homework on this topic. I was totally into Flex when it first came out, but I heard there were tons of changes down the road, so I sort of backed off from the whole thing. Could you shed some more light on that whole thing? Thanks for all your help, Mike -Original

[Flashcoders] Resizing Stage w/Components not scaling Examples

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
eing the beauty behind Flex, when it comes to writing applications of this nature. Thanks again for all your help, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailma

[Flashcoders] Flex Apps versus Flash Projector apps

2006-04-05 Thread Mike Anderson
oughts on this topic. Thanks in advance, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authori

RE: [Flashcoders] allowing slow animation

2006-04-04 Thread Mike Mountain
I think you have snap to pixels enabled: View/snapping/snap to pixels M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of PR Durand > Sent: 04 April 2006 14:30 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] allowing slow animation >

RE: [Flashcoders] Help with building a spider diagram

2006-04-03 Thread Mike Guerrero
B-Line has some charting components and I believe they have a spider plot one, or something similar http://www.blinex.com/ MikeG -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Boyd (MMCR) Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:19 AM To: 'Flashcoders mailin

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 video encoder causing spontaneous reboot!Help!

2006-04-03 Thread Mike Mountain
There's a windows XP setting that auto shuts down when a crash is detected, it's in system, advanced, startup and recovery, untick 'Automatically restart' - then you'll get to see your blue screen. Lucky you :D M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flashcoders] Single User Whiteboard component

2006-04-02 Thread Mike Guerrero
Just wondering if any knows where I can find a whiteboard component that can be use by one person? Should I try to work with the one from Flash Media server. I don't use flash media server enough to justify getting it. I hate to create one from scratch. Thanks, MikeG -Original Message- Fr

Re: [Flashcoders] PayPal issues

2006-04-01 Thread Mike Britton
Thanks Dave, that's good to know. You have to love when a company stops supporting a product and fails to notify us about it. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation on good AS 2.0 framework code?

2006-03-29 Thread Mike Britton
ARP: http://www.osflash.org/arp Cairngorn: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flex/articles/cairngorm_pt1_02.html William Gibson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson_%28novelist%29 - respect! Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

RE: [Flashcoders] Controlling Accordion using ActionScript

2006-03-29 Thread Mike Anderson
l, it has plenty of limitations, and has caused many people lots of headaches. Thank you again everybody, I am always grateful for your advice. Mike :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lanny McNie Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:54

RE: [Flashcoders] Controlling Accordion using ActionScript

2006-03-29 Thread Mike Anderson
, but I am still skimming the help docs for the answer. If anybody has a quick answer on this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Anderson Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:42 PM To: Flas

[Flashcoders] Controlling Accordion using ActionScript

2006-03-29 Thread Mike Anderson
topic either. Kind of like the Window Control - myWindow.content.controls? Thanks in advance for all your help, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/lis

RE: [Flashcoders] PrintJob

2006-03-29 Thread Mike Mountain
Not tried it but a painless way to get around some printing wierdness may be to copy the bitmapdat of the thing you want to print out, paste it into an MC offstage then print that? M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Lee McColl-Syl

RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Anderson
ted to magically work. So, that's all you gotta do - is add two lines of code (one for each function) in the SimpleButton.as file, and you are good to go!! Thanks again for your help on this - Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Anderson
el. Thanks for your help on this, and to help me further understand how this all works. Mike :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Bedar Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:32 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] U

[Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Anderson
of doing things, it simply baffles me why these other events wouldn't be available to the developer. Sorry, but "click" just isn't doing it for me - I need more events out of my components. Thanks in advance, Mike ___ Flashcoder

RE: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Mountain
Has the latest update fixed the tortoise SVN issue? M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jim Tann > Sent: 28 March 2006 11:54 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue) >

[Flashcoders] fyi : Open Source ActionScript 3 libraries update

2006-03-27 Thread Mike Chambers
More info here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/03/new_open_source.cfm [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/fla

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 2 - suitable for designers?

2006-03-27 Thread Mike Britton
Knowing AS2 well would also make it easier to learn architectural frameworks for Flash applications (ARP and Cairngorn). These allow you to fully experience the benefits of OOP, and you get the added bonus of a developer community around any given framework to answer specific questions. Mike

Re: [Flashcoders] 8.5 player and javascript

2006-03-27 Thread Mike Britton
I suggest switching to the flash.external (ExternalInterface) package. This seems to be *the way* to do it in AS3. I use it currently in AS2 and it works really well. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or

[Flashcoders] Flash player for xscale processor

2006-03-24 Thread Mike Mountain
Anyone got the latest information for running the flash player on an xscale processor. Win CE? What version are we up to? Where do I get the installs? Problems, issues? etc The adobe/mm site seems a little vague Cheers M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figl

RE: [Flashcoders] wait or sleep

2006-03-21 Thread Mike Mountain
> Wouldn't it just stop the entire thread from executing any further, > then resume it, leaving the state of the application > identical to the state it was in prior to calling the wait() > function? Yes, but this would be very handy to free up CPU cycles to allow other processes to execute. I

[Flashcoders] Cropping the alpha off a bitmap data

2006-03-20 Thread Mike Mountain
If I have a bitmap the size of the stage, but the majority of it is alpha, what's the easiest way to crop to the smallest rectangle with visible pixels in? Cheers M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search th

[Flashcoders] OT: full-time actionscript job in DFW

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Gralish
If you know a good director/flash developer - there is an opening building Computer Based Training in Hurst TX. Search on CareerBuilder.com for "tecfilms" or email me offline for more details/contact information. Thanks, Mike Gralish [EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Great bit of Director work, FPS with bots, network play etc.

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Mountain
You can enable bots... or play over the network with someone else. I think it'll still be a while before we see anything like this in flash, AS3 or not... M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Adrian Lynch > Sent: 17 March 2006 12:

[Flashcoders] OT: Great bit of Director work, FPS with bots, network play etc.

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Mountain
http://www.rasterwerks.com/game/phosphor/beta1.htm I had to share this. Cheers M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to yo

RE: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-15 Thread Mike Mountain
> This is the same thing that I discovered on a project last > year. We even discussed the issue with Macromedia and they > basically told us that the player was not intended to run for > long periods of time. You're kidding me? They won't support embedding the activeX control, and then they

RE: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-15 Thread Mike Mountain
I know there's an issue with using bitmapdata - http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2005/10/major_flash_pla.html Does that help anyone? M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of André Goliath > Sent: 14 March 2006 23:01 > To: 'Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] puzzle: how to verify piece-fitting?

2006-03-14 Thread Mike Mountain
I suspect you could use bitmap data to achieve something along these lines - if each piece has a special pixel - you can use that pixel to check against a master bitmap to see if it's in the right place, combined with snapping it should make it quite easy. - if you know it's in the right place and

Re: [Flashcoders] Accordion Component

2006-03-11 Thread Mike Britton
_ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting a

[Flashcoders] Sandbox error

2006-03-10 Thread Mike Boutin
I keep getting this error in the debugger whenever I type in a input box in my application. Everything seems to work fine still but does anyone know what it could mean or where to start debugging it? *** Security Sandbox Violation *** SecurityDomain 'http://localhost:8081/project' tried to acc

Re: [Flashcoders] Stop the stream!

2006-03-10 Thread Mike Boutin
That seems to have no affect on it. Very wierd that there isnt a way to flush out the old streams. eric dolecki wrote: have you tried flashMp3.setMedia( null ) ? not sure what that might do... On 3/10/06, Mike Boutin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello everyone, I am u

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash / Flex / ActionScript Podcasts?

2006-03-10 Thread Mike Britton
Eric Dolecki's is the best out there right now. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Pr

[Flashcoders] Stop the stream!

2006-03-10 Thread Mike Boutin
download. So if I change the song 5 or 6 times the connection gets very slow. Is there any way of stopping the song that is currently streaming first? Thanks! Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash / Flex / ActionScript Podcasts?

2006-03-09 Thread Mike Britton
I did one, but I think the most interesting development podcasts involve more than one person. Conversation between more than one developer is compelling; the pontifications of one person are weak, at best. I'm still trying to figure out the medium.

[Flashcoders] Hiding methods from the compiler

2006-03-09 Thread Mike Mountain
I'm writing my own place holder components for zinc (browser, ActiveX, FileExplorer etc.) and have to call the zinc methods in the init Eg. mdm.FileExplorer.init(); Everything's fine but the compiler moans everytime that there's no such method, how do I hide this from the compiler? Cheers M _

RE: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game

2006-03-08 Thread Mike Mountain
I've just scrapped my way of doing this in favour of a tile based approach, much more versatile. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game

2006-03-07 Thread Mike Mountain
iling list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game > > I haven't heard of that, but it sounds ace! Might have to > have a go... > > > Mike Mountain wrote: > > >Cool - you've used fixed mirrors though? The versions of > this game

RE: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game

2006-03-07 Thread Mike Mountain
alf > Of James Marsden > Sent: 07 March 2006 13:19 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game > > Hey thanks Mike, > > I've managed to do it rather simply with this in case anyone > is interested: > > > >

RE: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game

2006-03-07 Thread Mike Mountain
Well I've never made one before - but I'd store an array of the gun, mirrors, and goals x,y and rotation properties and crawl through them to draw the line...something like: [as] w = Stage.width; h = Stage.height; Stage.align = "TL"; Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"; // points = new Array({x:10, y:10,

RE: [Flashcoders] Frame accurate FLV Dynamic Playlist??

2006-03-06 Thread Mike Connell
1:50 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Frame accurate FLV Dynamic Playlist?? Hi Mike, I might be wrong, but there isn't any way to tell a flv file to play a certain frame. The closest you can get would be to play at the converted (and estimated, which might defeat th

[Flashcoders] Frame accurate FLV Dynamic Playlist??

2006-03-06 Thread Mike Connell
Anyone know if the following scenario is possible. Say we have two or more Flash FLV or SWF video files on our server. Each was encoded at the same frame, aspect, and data rate. Let's call these clips Clip A and Clip B. Clip A is 1800 frames long or 60 seconds. Clip B is 5442 frames long or 3 min

[Flashcoders] Disable multiple streams?

2006-03-06 Thread Mike Boutin
I am using the Media 6-7 Media Controller Component (in Flash 8) to stream mp3s. Everytime I change the song in the player with player.setMedia("song.mp3", "MP3"); it adds a new stream into the bandwidth profiler and the old stream keeps downloading. Is there any way of stopping this? __

Re: [Flashcoders] Newbiew question AS3

2006-03-06 Thread Mike Britton
an install on. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: rich text box

2006-03-06 Thread Mike Britton
This one looks nice: http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/flashtexteditor/ Pricey though for a component. hth, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] How does goowy do it? (HTML in Flash)

2006-03-04 Thread Mike Britton
Does anyone have a working example of the Drumbeat comp? All I know is if you need to drop a div on top of your flash app using FSCommand, you may as well build the app with AJAX. I didn't see online examples of this component, just screenshots. Can someone set me straight?

Re: [Flashcoders] multi-threading / xml progress meter solutions?

2006-03-02 Thread Mike Boutin
"% loaded"; if (pctLoaded >= 100) { pBar_mc.onEnterFrame = undefined; } } } - Original Message - From: "Mike Boutin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [Fl

[Flashcoders] mp3 with custom ui components

2006-03-02 Thread Mike Boutin
Has anyone used the Flash 8 Custom UI Components to control a sound object rather than binding them to the FLV Player? Is this even possible or are they for use only with FLV not mp3? Thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your sub

Re: [Flashcoders] RIA patent granted

2006-03-02 Thread Mike Britton
All your innovations are belong to us Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized

Re: [Flashcoders] {Business/Workflow} The use of mock prototypes

2006-03-01 Thread Mike Britton
if necessary. The public forum also helps eliminate the closed-door design decisions that cause conflict. Anyway this is how I prototype so maybe it can give others some ideas. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

Re: [Flashcoders] multi-threading / xml progress meter solutions?

2006-03-01 Thread Mike Boutin
Yes I have this problem too, except the xml im loading can be rather large and it causes flash player to freeze up for a few seconds when parsing. - Original Message - From: "Scott Pobiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:02 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] multi-t

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Add tracking to dynamic text

2006-03-01 Thread Mike Britton
A couple things I saw in the docs: "Kerning is supported for embedded fonts only. " "The kerning property is only supported in SWF files created in Windows, not in SWF files created on the Macintosh." Mike ___ Flashcoders@chat

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Add tracking to dynamic text

2006-03-01 Thread Mike Britton
I've never heard of this being possible with dynamic text fields. With regular text fields you simply adjust the value with the IDE, of course. If it is possible I'd like to know myself. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To c

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Add tracking to dynamic text

2006-03-01 Thread Mike Britton
What do you mean by tracking? Make a dynamic text field automatically populate with a value based on some conditions? Sorry if this is obvious and I'm just not understanding. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscri

Re: [Flashcoders] Focus within the Browser

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Britton
thing more specific. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting an

Re: [Flashcoders] Focus within the Browser

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Britton
TED]> wrote: > > Thanks Mike, > > I'm going to try this out as soon as possible. I had a quick look at it, > for > which I have only one question. Would this handle both when you loose > focus > and when you receive it? > > ___

Re: [Flashcoders] How often do you use components? Or do you use it at all?

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Britton
I meant distribution / EULA concerns, not the ability to look at the code. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by

Re: [Flashcoders] Focus within the Browser

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Britton
"> http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer";> announceFocus(); hth, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashc

Re: [Flashcoders] Attaching code to buttons already on stage

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Britton
EventListener("click", universalButtonHandler); hth, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier A

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto is not working

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Mountain
> Better yet, don't use mailto: at all. Personally I don't > like when Outlook opens from links. It's disruptive. > Really? As long as I know it's going to happen (ie - I've clicked on an email address) I much prefer the email opening up in the mail client of my choice, rather than me having

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 time/date Objects: Timer class?

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Mountain
Ooops addendum. [as] this.onEnterFrame = function() { var tme = getTimer(); var mins = Math.floor((tme/1000)/60); var secs = Math.ceil(tme/1000)-(mins*60) num_txt.text =mins+":"+secs }; [/as] Will reset seconds when the minutes increments ___

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 time/date Objects: Timer class?

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Mountain
ED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lars > Sent: 27 February 2006 14:37 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 time/date Objects: Timer class? > > indeed. next question: easiest way to format it to m:s display? :) > > > Am 27.02.2006 1

Re: [Flashcoders] mailto is not working

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Britton
Better yet, don't use mailto: at all. Personally I don't like when Outlook opens from links. It's disruptive. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figl

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 time/date Objects: Timer class?

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Mountain
Use getTimer() instead. M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lars > Sent: 27 February 2006 14:24 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 time/date Objects: Timer class? > > > anyone has a timer class handy? som

RE: [Flashcoders] Easing equations - explanation of parameters

2006-02-27 Thread Mike Mountain
I thought it was something like amplitude and damping... M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Keith Salisbury > Sent: 27 February 2006 11:32 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] Easing equations - explanation o

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