RE: [Flashcoders] Adjust Color Bitmap by Script is possible?

2006-01-23 Thread Ralph Caraveo
I don't think there's a straight code implementation of this via code but it can be done no problem using the ColorMatrix filter class. Check out Quasimondo's blog for some examples on how to do this using the ColorMatrix class. It's pretty in depth stuff but once you get it working it's pretty a

RE: [Flashcoders] BitmapData dump ?

2006-01-20 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Try this: http://www.ifbin.com/news/2005/09/flash-8-webcam-snapshot-by-robert-m.ht ml Costs money :( Or this: http://www.m3style.lv/bo/experiments/flash2jpg/ Sorry, I just should have posted this in my last email. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] O

RE: [Flashcoders] BitmapData dump ?

2006-01-20 Thread Ralph Caraveo
It is true, There's been a few workarounds developed like using an interval to get all the pixels and then save them out as a hex string. You can then save to a webserver which can encode it into a real image file and save accordingly. You might be able to save a very small image to a local sh

RE: [Flashcoders] BitmapData question

2006-01-19 Thread Ralph Caraveo
You can snapshot any movieclip and get a reference to it's bitmapData and then use that. The techniques posted everywhere on the web. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Muller Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:59 AM To: Flashcoders mail

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 inside Director MX 2004

2006-01-18 Thread Ralph Caraveo
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[Flashcoders] Flash 8 inside Director MX 2004

2006-01-18 Thread Ralph Caraveo
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash and Pop Up Windows

2006-01-18 Thread Ralph Caraveo
You really can't control or expect what the user will have installed to block popups. Also, some popup blockers have a different level of tolerance set so I don't think there is a real way to remedy the situation unfortunately. Too bad there wasn't a: forcePopupEvenIfTheyHavePopupBlockerInstalled

RE: [Flashcoders] voice recognition in flash

2006-01-18 Thread Ralph Caraveo
You might want to wait for Flash Player 8.5 and AS3.0 With AS3.0 you can use the computeSpectrum functionality on an audio file and get a byteArray of all it's spectrum/frequency data. -Ralph -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Lopes S

RE: [Flashcoders] flash frame-rate in windows form applications

2006-01-11 Thread Ralph Caraveo
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[Flashcoders] flash frame-rate in windows form applications

2006-01-11 Thread Ralph Caraveo
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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 : load transparent png and use it as mask

2005-12-21 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Hey, Not sure if you found a solution but Quasimondo is doing a similar technique. He uses jpg files because they are much smaller in file size...but he also loads in their .png masks and applies them over the .jpgs He saved a lot of bandwidth with this technique. http://www.quasimondo.com/arc

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Hi Jason, I've noticed simliar behavior but I think it's just in how you are using it. Generally I think Xpath will return an array of XMLNode types unless you grab a small enough piece of information. If you look in the class files you can also use selectNodesAsString. This will force all your

RE: [Flashcoders] Running Locally vs on a Server - Testing

2005-12-19 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Good question, I had the same one months back: If(system.capabilities.playerType == "External") { //you are in authoring mode } Look this up in help file for full details of usage. -Ralph -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K

RE: [Flashcoders] Book sequence...

2005-12-12 Thread Ralph Caraveo
How dare you not mention Penner's book here: Programming Flash MX. A classik. -r -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Britton Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:48 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Book sequence

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: 3D in Flash

2005-12-12 Thread Ralph Caraveo
great to integrate Flash-Viewpoint seamlessly into Skechup3D workflow http://www.sketchup.com/ thanks Jason ----- Original Message - From: "Ralph Caraveo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:30 AM Subject: RE: [Flashco

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: 3D in Flash

2005-12-12 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 9:30 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: 3D in Flash If you use Viewpoint, don't you need to install that player on top of the Flash player??? CyanBlue - Original Message - From: "Ralph Caraveo" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: 3D in Flash

2005-12-09 Thread Ralph Caraveo
We've done some working merging Flash and Viewpoint. This is a gangsta approach beware...there's quite a huge learning curve but we have a fantastic product...to be released in January. -Ralph -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A.Cicak Sent

RE: [Flashcoders] Display same value in 3 fields

2005-12-08 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Looks like String objects are passed by value instead of by reference. //create a string variable var myVar:String = "Bob"; //create another string value using the myVar value var myVar2:String = myVar; //change the original myVar value myVar = "Lucy"; //trace myVar Trace(myVar); //outputs "Luc

RE: [Flashcoders] Even odds

2005-12-08 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Use your friend the modulus operater: If( I % 2 == 0) { //even number code } Else { //odd number code } This operater returns the remainder of a numbers division. (stupid email app is trying to capitilize my code) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

[Flashcoders] FlexBuilder 2

2005-12-07 Thread Ralph Caraveo
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[Flashcoders] Dragging images into Flash from desktop

2005-12-01 Thread Ralph Caraveo
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RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Advanced math book for designers?

2005-11-30 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Danny, You convinced me to order your book about a week ago which I have yet to received and it had better be good!! Here's my 2 favorite: Keith Peter's "Making things Move" Pros: -Covers a lot of topics including advanced 3d techniques like Backface culling and lighting -Easy to

RE: [Flashcoders] zoomable Flash maps

2005-11-29 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Hey Jester, Start here: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Miscellaneous/Math_Science/Q_20853587.ht ml I had a project that involved converting lat/long values into x,y coordinates in Flash based from a U.S. map. I had to find the formulas for spherical projection and get a database of zip codes w

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 Alpha property not working with Sprite Objects

2005-11-29 Thread Ralph Caraveo
r 0 and 1.0? In ActionScript 3, the range of alpha values is from 0 to 1, inclusive. Francis > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralph Caraveo > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:38 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] AS3.0 Alpha property not working with Sprite Objects

2005-11-29 Thread Ralph Caraveo
rk it just keeps the alpha at 100 percent still. Anybody know if this is a bug or if there is something I'm overlooking, which is probably the case. -Ralph Ralph Caraveo, Senior Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>