Re: [Flashcoders] XPath online

2007-04-09 Thread Thomas Fowler
I would look on msdn.microsoft.com/library under Win32 and COM Development -> XML -> MSXML -> MSXML 4.0 SDK -> XML Standards Reference -> XPath Reference. It's an excellent reference for XPath 1.0 and 2.0. There's nothing different about MSFT's XPath implementation other than their specific ext

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [flexcoders] Re: Caching problem

2007-03-14 Thread Thomas Fowler
I'm sure someone has already mentioned this but you could always append the date in milliseconds to the query string as well. Like so: var date : Date = new Date(); url:String = resource + "?d=" + date.UTC(); - Original Message - From: "slangeberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "Flashcode

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 7 Installer?

2007-02-16 Thread Thomas Fowler
There's another utility in the same vein as Sephiroth's extension: http://www.pluginswitcher.de/download/index.html I find this one to be a little richer in features... - Original Message - From: "Martin Jonasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Friday, Februar

Re: [Flashcoders] [Flex2] "Out of the border" UIComponent requested

2007-02-07 Thread Thomas Fowler
That's Apollo and not Flex. - Original Message - From: "Sebastian Mohr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:36 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] [Flex2] "Out of the border" UIComponent requested Hallo everyone, I would like to know how Christian Cantrell has done a gr

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird white box - help

2007-02-05 Thread Thomas Fowler
Liz you need to use SWFObject to rectify the problem with the "gray box". http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ Enjoy... - Original Message - From: "Liz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Weird white box

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash diagnostic tools

2007-02-02 Thread Thomas Fowler
Yes - Original Message - From: "slangeberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash diagnostic tools Sorry if this is redundant, but is there now an XRay connector for Flex 2 / Flash 9? Thanks, -Scot

Re: [Flashcoders] sort 2d array

2007-02-01 Thread Thomas Fowler
= left; left= lHold; right = rHold; if( left < pivot) { qSort(myArray, sortIndex, left, pivot - 1); } if( right > pivot) { qSort(myArray, sortIndex, pivot + 1, right); } return myArray; } - Original Messag

Re: [Flashcoders] sort 2d array

2007-02-01 Thread Thomas Fowler
/** * @param myArray, sortIndex, left, right * * @usage where myArray is the 2d array you want to sort, sortIndex is *the index of the second array on which you wish to sort, *left is the lower bound of myArray and right is the upper *bound of myArray * */ function quickSor

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface with multiple swfs

2007-01-29 Thread Thomas Fowler
ust make sure you use different IDs for each Flash module. On 1/29/07, Thomas Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All- A recent post spurred my memory of an issue I had a while back. Has anyone experienced any issues with having two SEPARATE SWFs in an HTML page (using SWFO

[Flashcoders] ExternalInterface with multiple swfs

2007-01-29 Thread Thomas Fowler
All- A recent post spurred my memory of an issue I had a while back. Has anyone experienced any issues with having two SEPARATE SWFs in an HTML page (using SWFObject) calling JavaScript methods via ExternalInterface? I ran into this last November and didn't find a solution. What was happening

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Defining Objects

2007-01-24 Thread Thomas Fowler
You could make a collection object holding your various objects (1...N) and then have a key for each object. From there you could easily make a method to get a particular item by id out of your collection. - Original Message - From: "Eric Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders maili

Re: [Flashcoders] passing url variables to flash movie

2007-01-24 Thread Thomas Fowler
Was wondering when Geoff would chime in on that ;) - Original Message - From: "Geoff Stearns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] passing url variables to flash movie wow you are all making this much ha

Re: [Flashcoders] Override _xscale and _yscale setter in AS2

2007-01-18 Thread Thomas Fowler
Why not just make a getter and setter called XScale and a getter and setter called YScale in your subclass each returning and setting their respective values? - Original Message - From: "Patrick Matte | BLITZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, January 1

Re: [Flashcoders] A v2 Window with a Checkbox and a Button

2007-01-17 Thread Thomas Fowler
ntent); after me trying the object casting? No I don't have a Settings.as Regards Alex On 1/17/07, Thomas Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, you have a symbol in your library with a linkage identifier of "Settings". Does this symbol also have the name of your class that is s

Re: [Flashcoders] A v2 Window with a Checkbox and a Button

2007-01-17 Thread Thomas Fowler
Going to send your .fla w/ a class file here in just a sec... - Original Message - From: "Thomas Fowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] A v2 Window with a Checkbox an

Re: [Flashcoders] A v2 Window with a Checkbox and a Button

2007-01-17 Thread Thomas Fowler
So, you have a symbol in your library with a linkage identifier of "Settings". Does this symbol also have the name of your class that is supporting the symbol? This class would be called Settings also. - Original Message - From: "Alexander Farber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders m

Re: [Flashcoders] Restoring class from .aso

2007-01-16 Thread Thomas Fowler
This last post may help you... might be worth a look... http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=96538 - Original Message - From: "Mike Pearce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:10 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Restoring clas

Re: [Flashcoders] crossdomain issues -- do they exist?

2007-01-16 Thread Thomas Fowler
od) to load the file on the external domain into the same domain as the SWF. See here... http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16520 On 1/16/07, Thomas Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is the server environment for sportsillustrated.cnn.com clustered/load balanc

Re: [Flashcoders] crossdomain issues -- do they exist?

2007-01-16 Thread Thomas Fowler
uot; Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:01 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] crossdomain issues -- do they exist? I added it after David's email -- it didn't work with or without it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Fowler S

Re: [Flashcoders] crossdomain issues -- do they exist?

2007-01-16 Thread Thomas Fowler
You don't seem to be calling anything from the secure link on i.a.cnn.net but your crossdomain.xml file has secure set to true for that domain. Could that be the issue? - Original Message - From: "Perdue, Blake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, January

Re: [Flashcoders] overwriting a class

2007-01-16 Thread Thomas Fowler
Ha... beat me to it... - Original Message - From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] overwriting a class (I meant "method overriding" not "method overwriting") Jason Merrill Bank of Am

Re: [Flashcoders] overwriting a class

2007-01-16 Thread Thomas Fowler
Yes, but it's actually, overRIDING ;) - Original Message - From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:32 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] overwriting a class Flash allows deleting classes. But maybe I am not aware of some r

[Flashcoders] as2lib Matcher

2007-01-09 Thread Thomas Fowler
Hey all- I know this is a bit of a long shot, but I need some assistance on this Matcher class from as2lib. I have the following code: var pattern : Pattern= new Pattern("[\\s]", Pattern.MULTILINE); var regExp : Matcher = pattern.getMatcher(tempContent); trace("regExp.matches(

Re: [Flashcoders] XML attributes with "-" in the name

2006-05-12 Thread Thomas Fowler
I would use the XPath for AS2 class from xfactorstudio.com. This will allow you to do a much more elegant retrieval of the attribute in question. TF On 5/12/06, Rifled Cloaca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All, I'm reading a SMIL file, and it has regions with "-" in an attribute name (z-index).

Re: [Flashcoders] Loader, LockRoot and diferences

2006-05-12 Thread Thomas Fowler
1. I use the Loader component exclusively, just because of its inherent callback methods. It's much easier to code for than using createEmptyMovieClip and all that stuff. 2. _lockroot, when set to true for a particular movieclip, specifies that _root refers to its _root as opposed to referring to

Re: [Flashcoders] xml file location

2006-05-10 Thread Thomas Fowler
Ok, that's what I was afraid of. Thanks for the info!! On 5/10/06, Zeh Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I have a swf that's embedded in an html page that lives on the root of > the site, does the xml file the swf is trying to load need to also exist > in > the root? I was thinking the p

[Flashcoders] xml file location

2006-05-10 Thread Thomas Fowler
This is something I haven't had to think about for a while but I was wanting to know... If I have a swf that's embedded in an html page that lives on the root of the site, does the xml file the swf is trying to load need to also exist in the root? I was thinking the path to the xml would be relat

Re: [Flashcoders] external interface not working

2006-05-09 Thread Thomas Fowler
You might want to look into Macromedia/Adobe's Flash JavaScript Integration Kit. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashjavascript/ On 5/9/06, Doug Tangren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am a mac user using flash 8 testing on safari 2.0.3. , flash's external interface and I am not getting flash to c

Re: [Flashcoders] for (var i in ..) loop interupted by frame change

2006-05-09 Thread Thomas Fowler
up as a component in the Library you will see that only "one" is traced out. Then you can comment out the gotoAndStop(); and it loops through all 5. It behaves the same whether or not these frames actually exist. Tyler On 5/9/06, Thomas Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I

Re: [Flashcoders] for (var i in ..) loop interupted by frame change

2006-05-09 Thread Thomas Fowler
I would love to help on this but I need a little more context. From what I can gather it looks as if you're trying to dispatch an event a series of events and have the corresponding listener/handler do something? Is that correct? As Kevin stated, it would be better to have a class backing these d

Re: [Flashcoders] FDT weirdness

2006-05-09 Thread Thomas Fowler
Well done Ed! Thanks! On 5/9/06, Ed Haack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just thought I'd make a quick comment about using VSS in your favorite AS Editor... I use SEPY and created a tutorial and downloadable scripts on how to integrate VSS and SOS (SourceOffSite) with Sepy, using the User Toolse

Re: [Flashcoders] Casting a string to a number ...

2006-05-08 Thread Thomas Fowler
parseInt is the preferred way to get a number from a string. On 5/8/06, Ramon Miguel M. Tayag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can use parseInt number = parseInt(string); -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag Managing Director Quirkworks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.

Re: [Flashcoders] quick xml question

2006-05-08 Thread Thomas Fowler
You could construct the XML doc on the fly in Flash and have the user copy and paste the XML to a new file. They could upload the new file to the server if that's what you need to do. As far as writing to the file system goes, I don't think you'll have much luck. Thomas On 5/8/06, Mike Boutin <[