[Flashcoders] Can't embed Russian Fonts

Hi there, I'm trying to display Russian characters in my application but they will not show, I just get spaces and exclamation marks. I have embeded all of the character sets that I can for my font (Serifa Blk) but the words will not show. If I use device fonts the words display correctly (

[Flashcoders] Fastest way to compile AS2 SWFs from Textmate?

Hiya, I normally code in Textmate and use the Flash IDE to compile my SWFs. I was wondering if there was a faster way to compile my AS2 SWFs? I'm on a Mac btw. Cheers! Ali ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chatty

[Flashcoders] Why is my method not firing?

Hiya, I have a custom class with a loadvars object to post to a php script. For some reason my failed method won't fire. Can anyone suggest why? Thanks :) Ali //code from inside my class //this is not firing function failed(){ trace("failure fired") }

[Flashcoders] AS3 GModeler?

Hiya, I'm starting planning an AS3 project and have previously used Gmodeler to plan my classes. Are there any similar apps that will generate my stub classes in the same way GModeler did for AS2? Or can anyone recommend other AS3 // OOP planning apps they find useful? Cheers Ali ___

[Flashcoders] Flex or Flash better for this?

Hi there, I'm starting work on a project that displays information from a database, generating text fields and loading swf clips and pngs dynamically with the layout defined in the data passed from the database (this will specify an xml file from a library that holds the layout for the page

[Flashcoders] AS3 JSON.decode() not working :(

Hiya, I can't seem to get the JSON.decode() method to work. I have read a couple of blog tutorials and the string is tracing fine but when I pass it I get the message: Error: Unexpected j encountered at com.adobe.serialization.json::JSONTokenizer/parseError() at com.adobe.seri

[Flashcoders] Surround sound possible in flash?

Can't seem to find anything on this. Has anyone any experience of this? Cheers, Ali ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] How can I set stage dimensions ? (AS3)

Hiya, I can't understand why the dimensions I've set in my app class aren't being implemented. If someone could have a look at my code and show me the error of my ways I'd be very happy :) Cheers, Ali / package { import flash.events.*; import flash.display.Sprite;

[Flashcoders] Examples of blooming flower anims please

Hiya, if anyone could send me links to nice animations of flowers blooming in Flash I would be very grateful. Cheers and have a great weekend, Ali ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/lis

[Flashcoders] AS3: How can I target an object from a dot-sytax string?

Hello, I'm being passed a string that has a reference to an object in dot-syntax like this: "myOb.property.property2.property3" The object targeted may be a varying number of levels inside of the top-level object. I have tried to write this by turning the string into an array and then cr

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3: How can I target an object from adot-sytax string?

8, at 04:48, Kerry Thompson wrote: Ali Drongo wrote: Hello, I'm being passed a string that has a reference to an object in dot-syntax like this: "myOb.property.property2.property3" The object targeted may be a varying number of levels inside of the top-level object. I have tr

[Flashcoders] Insert breakpoints and run debugger without Flash CS3?

Hiya, is there a way I can add breakpoints to my code and execute it block by block now I am not using the Flash IDE? Thanks, Alistair ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashco

Re: [Flashcoders] Insert breakpoints and run debugger without Flash CS3?

Hi Kerry, apologies for posting the same question twice I did this by accident. I'm compiling using the fcsh command line compiler from Textmate rather than the Flash IDE. Thanks, Ali On 13 Jun 2008, at 17:46, Kerry Thompson wrote: Ali Drongo wrote: Hiya, is there a way I ca

Re: [Flashcoders] Insert breakpoints and run debugger withoutFlash CS3?

Any chance of a translation? :) On 16 Jun 2008, at 09:20, EDELSTAR wrote: Данный почтовый ящик не обрабатывает подгрузки, заявки и прочие сообщения. Вам нужно написать на адрес, присвоенный Вашему СПО. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@c

Re: [Flashcoders] Insert breakpoints and run debugger withoutFlashCS3?

Do you think it'll send every time there's a flashcoders post? On 16 Jun 2008, at 09:35, Ian Thomas wrote: I'm guessing it's an away/vacation message. Ian 2008/6/16 Ali Drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Any chance of a translation? :) On 16 Jun 2008, at 09:20, EDELST

Re: [Flashcoders] Insert breakpoints and run debuggerwithoutFlashCS3? - not an automatic reply..

Hey Karim, thanks for your tip. Will this work in AS3 too? Thanks, Ali On 16 Jun 2008, at 10:45, Karim Beyrouti wrote: Hmmm... so, here is a little trick I used to use. In the _root of your movie, make a global function like; _global.breakPoint = function (){ var setBreakPointHer

Re: [Flashcoders] INSERT BREAKPOINTS and run debugger without Flash IDE ...

Thanks for your reply :) I'm compiling using open source Flex, using the fcsh command line compiler supplied as part of the Flex 3 SDK. I'm compiling using Simon Gregory's bundle for AS3 / Flex for Textmate. My problem is I don't know how to insert breakpoints by adding code to the .as file

Re: [Flashcoders] Is there any way to get a list of the classescompiled into a SWF?

You could decompile the SWF using a decompiler, Eltima do one. This will also give you any custom classes that are used. Hope this helps, Ali On 17 Jun 2008, at 10:33, Piers Cowburn wrote: I'm trying to nail down where a reference to an unwanted class is coming from, and I need to be able to

[Flashcoders] How to add bitmaps from my library to the stage AS3?

Hello there, thanks for checking my post. I have a bunch of jpgs that I've imported into my library and have given class names, they default to extend the BitmapData class. When I try and instantiate them I get an error message saying I need to pass them 2 arguments. Here is my code: var

[Flashcoders] Flickr- style components/libraries?

Hey there, I need to build a photo-sharing app that has photosets and allows each image to have a comment/title much like Flickr (as well as upload capabilities). Is anyone aware of anything already out there that might help me? Thanks in advance:) Ali __

Re: [Flashcoders] Saffron Modeler - what happened to it

I believe there's an open source collaboration that has been started to create something like Saffron. There's different rumours as to what is happening with Saffron so this group is building it's own: http://flair-flash-flex-air.blogspot.com/2008/04/open-source-saffron- like-uml-tool.html Al

[Flashcoders] What's happened to my var?

Hi there, I've noticed this happen before and can't figure out why. I have built a simple class that is passed a reference to the timeline. The class then moves an object on the timeline repeatedly using the TweenFilterLite class. My problem is that the second time the moveShape method is c

[Flashcoders] How do you do this? (animating gradient fill colours)

Hiya, how do you think you would do this? Can anyone point me to some tutorials or give me a snippet? Cheers! Ali ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you do this? (animating gradient fillcolours)

take a look at http://blog.greensock.com/ a On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Ali Drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hiya, how do you think you would do this? Can anyone point me to some tutorials or give me a snippet? Cheers! Ali ___ Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you do this? (animating gradient fillcolours)

n get TweenMax at www.TweenMax.com Jack -Original Message- From: Ali Drongo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 3:47 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How do you do this? (animating gradient fillcolours) Thanks for your reply allandt, I can see how Twee

[Flashcoders] Game source code / classes? I need to make a game quick!

Hiya, I need to make a game quick and wondered if anyone could direct me to some engines, classes or source that I could use. The game can be pretty straight forward, a shoot em up, tetris style game, I've come across loads out there I just wondered if anyone had any recommendations. Cheer

[Flashcoders] Buffer flv from midpoint?

Hi there, I have to build a video player that plays a video with a number of chapters that the user can skip between. The chapters need to play sequentially also and also. Is there a way can get an flv to buffer from a new chosen point of playback? (i.e. if the user skips to chapter 6 bef

Re: [Flashcoders] Buffer flv from midpoint?

chapter links that load in as they become available. You'll need to use cue points for this. I still haven't worked out the finer points of this approach, mostly because I'm using the chapter links as 'summary' markers also. HTH Paul On Thu, July 24, 2008 11:03 am,

[Flashcoders] Nested MC relative position in AS2 (rotated clip)- localToGlobal?

Hi there, thanks for checking my post. I have a rectangular movie clip that is nested inside of another clip. I want to scale, rotate and reposition the holder clip so that the nested movieclip is the same size as the stage. This sounds like quite an easy thing to do but the rotation makes everyth

[Flashcoders] How to stop NetStream throwing errors in my browser on close()

Hiya, I'm loading a bunch of flvs into netstream objects. I initiate the download of each and then as soon as I have the duration from the meta data I close the connection. This is giving me errors in my browser "Operation could not be completed (WebKit Error Dom" and i cant read the rest.

[Flashcoders] Load and generate PDF from Flash?

Hi there, does anyone know if it is possible to upload a PDF into a Flash application and view it inside a movieclip so it can be resized? I believe this can be done using Flashpaper; Is it a tricky process? Also, is it possible to save to PDF an image created in Flash or only PNG/JPG? Than

[Flashcoders] How to achieve blob magnification effect?

Hi there, I want to achieve the effect of seamless magnification a bit like the Mac OS dock but rather than having individual icons magnified I want to have a seamless magnification kind of like a blob as in this image: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/65140/Picture1.png I think I could achieve

Re: [Flashcoders] How to achieve blob magnification effect?

code, just have the X position of the distortion gradient follow the mouses and voila, your done. Ali Drongo wrote: Hi there, I want to achieve the effect of seamless magnification a bit like the Mac OS dock but rather than having individual icons magnified I want to have a seamless magnif

[Flashcoders] Please help! quick bug fix needed, how to change Stage reference

Hi everyone, sorry to flood the list with requests, I will put a bit back soon ;) I have created SWF that loads another SWF into it. This loaded SWF contains a movie clip that behaves like a camera zooming round the stage. This works fine when I load the external SWF in. My problem is tha

[Flashcoders] Upload PDF into SWF?

Hiya, does anyone know the best way to get a PDF into my SWF as a viewable, scalable moveiclip?I've done a bit of research on this but most articles I find are a few years old. I would like the user to be able to upload a pdf then view it in the flash application and move it about, scale and rotate

[Flashcoders] Upload PDF into SWF?

Hiya, does anyone know the best way to get a PDF into my SWF as a viewable, scalable moveiclip?I've done a bit of research on this but most articles I find are a few years old. I would like the user to be able to upload a pdf then view it in the flash application and move it about, scale and rotate

[Flashcoders] Upload PDF into SWF?

Hiya, does anyone know the best way to get a PDF into my SWF as a viewable, scalable moveiclip?I've done a bit of research on this but most articles I find are a few years old. I would like the user to be able to upload a pdf then view it in the flash application and move it about, scale and rotate

[Flashcoders] pdf upload into swf?

Hiya, does anyone know the best way to get a PDF into my SWF as a viewable, scalable moveiclip? I've done a bit of research on this but most articles I find are a few years old. I would like the user to be able to upload a pdf then view it in the flash application and move it about, scale and

Re: [Flashcoders] Upload PDF into SWF?

Thanks for all of your replies guys and apologies for sending this email a few times, the googlemail server hasn't been reporting that the mail was sent. It sounds as if this is going to be tricky in AS. I guess this could also be done in some server-side PHP relatively easily, maybe conve

Re: [Flashcoders] Upload PDF into SWF?

k to a pdf. Cheers, Ali On 12 Aug 2008, at 09:35, Ian Thomas wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Ali Drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for all of your replies guys and apologies for sending this email a few times, the googlemail server hasn't been reporting that the mail

[Flashcoders] Quick Delegate AS2 question

Hi there, I'm using the Delegate class and can't figure out how to call methods of another class. I think there is an easy answer to this, any suggestions whole- heartedly appreciated. Thanks, Ali Here is the syntax I'm using: import Thermometer class Animator{ var therno:Thermom

Re: [Flashcoders] Quick Delegate AS2 question

n Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Ali Drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, I'm using the Delegate class and can't figure out how to call methods of another class. Delegate.create(thermo, allowInteraction) should become Delegate.create(thermo, thermo.allowInteraction

[Flashcoders] Quick Date question, how to add 1 second to Date?

Hiya, I can't see the wood for the trees with this one. I;m getting an error message of type mismatch when I try and add 1000 onto the date to increase it by 1 second for a timer. I'm sure I am doing something wrong that is patently obvious but I'm not sure what and this is driving me mad!

Re: [Flashcoders] masking with multiple mc

-> Re: [Flashcoders] masking with multiple mc flashcoders   <-- Thread --> <-- Date --> Re: [Flashcoders] masking with multiple mc Ali Drongo Mon, 15 Sep 2008

[Flashcoders] (Another) quick AS2 Delegate question

Hiya, my onLoadProgress / onLoadInit Delegate events won't fire. I've compared this class with other examples and I can't see where I'm going wrong. Any help really really appreciated :) Ali Here's my code: import PreLoader; import Display; import mx.utils.Delegate; class LoadManager {

Re: [Flashcoders] (Another) quick AS2 Delegate question

Sweet as a nut. Thankyou Glen! On 16 Sep 2008, at 12:46, Glen Pike wrote: Hi, You should just be able to add "yourself" as a listener without creating the extra object: initLoader.addListener(this); Then make sure you implement all the listener functions for MCL

[Flashcoders] Can't set mc._visible property

I have no idea why this isn't working. I have created a container movieclip then set it's visible property to false in a number of ways. I can only hide the mc if I change the alpha but I need the clip to have no visibility so the user can't interact with the buttons on it. Any suggestions

Re: [Flashcoders] Can't set mc._visible property

getClip_mc holder_mc._visible = false; holder_mc.targetClip_mc.loadMovie("etc"); //or use loadClip Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2008/9/16 Ali Drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have no idea why this isn't working. I have created a container movieclip then set it's visible property

[Flashcoders] Can I avoid distorted bitmaps when scaling dynamically?

Hiya, I need to code some tweens that scale movieclips containing bitmaps. At the moment I'm using TweenMax and, when I scale the images they look distorted, the same way they do if you scale bitmaps on the timeline. Does anyone know of a way I can avoid this distortion? Thanks! Ali

[Flashcoders] Advice on creating nodes on elastic

Hiya, I want to create something very similar to visualthesaurus.com, dyamically generating nodes with labels that are linked by elastic. I'm thinking of using the APE from cove.org If anyone can point me in the way of any tutorials/alternative approaches or existing source that would be ama

[Flashcoders] Open PPT/WMV files from SWF?

Hiya, I'm building a DVD that will allow the user to open powerpoint and wmv files on their computer by clicking on buttons. The user will already have Windows Media Player and Powerpoint installed and the files will exist on the DVD. How can I trigger the actions to launch these files? Than

Re: [Flashcoders] Open PPT/WMV files from SWF?

dictionary/actionscript_dictionary372.html Kevin N. Ali Drongo wrote: Hiya, I'm building a DVD that will allow the user to open powerpoint and wmv files on their computer by clicking on buttons. The user will already have Windows Media Player and Powerpoint installed and the files will exist on the DVD. How ca

[Flashcoders] How to access var passed in URL from AS2 class

Hi there, I'm passing a variable to my swf through a query string like this: htp://www.mydomain.com/index.html?passedPage=180 I have my main AS2 class that is the root class and have tried to access the variable like this: trace("PASSPAGE SET:"+this["passedPage"]);

[Flashcoders] capturing mouse events for layered sprites

Hi there, I have a square sprite that contains a background sprite on one layer with another layer containing various shaped sprites. Each of these sprites is a custom class that gives a mouse event. My problem is that if I capture the mouse_over event for the container sprite for some reason i get

Re: [Flashcoders] capturing mouse events for layered sprites

- I Sioux wrote: > you could set mouseChildren = false; on the the container. > This way the child mc's won't capture any mouse events. > > Dennis > Isioux > > - Original Message - From: "ali drongo" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:

[Flashcoders] Converting hex colour numbers back and forth

Hi there, I'm saving a bunch of colours as a string then using this string later to colour objects in the same way. Something is going wrong though as the colours I am getting back are not the same as the ones I put in. If anyone could point out where I'm going wrong I'd be really grateful, I've g

Re: [Flashcoders] Converting hex colour numbers back and forth

hnology & Media > > Learn about the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - join > the Bank of America Flash Platform Community > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun..

Re: [Flashcoders] Converting hex colour numbers back and forth

; //docs > > http://muzakdeezign.com/flex3/flex3lib/docs/com/muzakdeezign/flex/utils/ColorUtil.html > > regards, > Muzak > > ----- Original Message - From: "ali drongo" > To: "Flash Coders List" > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 6:26 PM > Subject: [Flashc

[Flashcoders] How to know coordinates of letters in non fixed-width fonts

Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created in their own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a stream. Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to find their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non fixed-width font and

Re: [Flashcoders] How to know coordinates of letters in non fixed-width fonts

ith the single > > > letter > > > > in??? > > > > > > > > Maybe mask the stream area out. Start each letter at x - > > letterWidth, > > > > increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0, > create > > & >

Re: [Flashcoders] How to know coordinates of letters in non fixed-width fonts

ke >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Can you get text metrics for characters / lines in the text field??? > > > > Glen > > > > > > ali drongo wrote: > > > >> Thanks for all of your responses guys,I ended up using getCharBoundaries >

[Flashcoders] Anyone remember 3d tile stacking physics app?

Hi there I saw a video that showed the speeded-up development for an application that used the cove APE physics engine to create a 3D effect board with tiles on that you could move around and stack. I can't find this anywhere. Can anyone point me in the direction of the project or the video that s

[Flashcoders] Bound variable not updating textField AS2

Hiya, I'm having quite a problem with a textfield that has a variable defined in the properties bar that it is bound to. The variable that is set in the var field is a property of an object like this: ActionScript Code: object.textProperty The object is initialized and I can trace the property fro

[Flashcoders] AS2 Delegate event won't fire in my multi swf load class

Hiya, I've written a class that will load multiple SWFs and then call a passed function when complete. My problem is that when all the movies have downloaded the passed function won't fire. If anyone could help me figure this that would be really helpful.Cheers, Ali // // LoadChecker // this c

[Flashcoders] Dynamically animating writing effect

Hiya, I am wanting to create an effect where text will appear on the screen as if it is being written by a pen. I am going to set about writing a class to achieve this and wanted to get the group's thoughts on if I am going about this the right way. My idea is that I could create all of my text in