Re: [Flashcoders] OT - Running windows with bootcamp

2009-05-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
on a side note, the next version of os-x will be 64-bit ( http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/) and windows 64 bit can be installed on it (http://simpable.com/software/mbp-64bit-vista/) best a 2009/5/8 allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) > i've had very few problems with mine

Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function

2009-05-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
You could try something like http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Search-and-Replace-String-1.0/2913to add html tags to the text string if it was in as3, you could probably do this much better with regular expressions a On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Kevin Bath wrote: > Paul - I've knoc

[Flashcoders] dynamically attached not smoothing using BitmapData?

2009-06-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hey guys I'm having a problem with using smoothing on my loaded bitmap images with AS3 and I was wondering if you could help, please? Here is my code: [code] private function sendImageLoadEvent(e:Event):void { var nCurImg:Number = _arImageArray.length;

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamically attached not smoothing using BitmapData?

2009-06-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
as an as3 version. If anything, you > could get the logistics from it and apply. > HTH > > Karl > > Sent from losPhone > > > On Jun 3, 2009, at 5:18 AM, "allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)" < > alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys >&g

Re: [Flashcoders] understand getChildByName

2009-06-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the name of a movieclip used by getChildByName() is the value that's in it's myMC.name property. When you place something on the stage manually and add a name into the properties dialogue box, it's this that you're affecting a On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Cor wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > How do yo

[Flashcoders] mathematics of an elipse

2009-06-18 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys I have have a maths problem that i'm having trouble solving, despite repeated attempts on Google. If i have an angle and a distance (n), plus one of the axis lengths (say the minor, y), how would i find out what the remaining axis length (x) was please? I've drawn it out here (let me kn

Re: [Flashcoders] mathematics of an elipse

2009-06-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
thankyou very much - i'll take a look best a On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Ivan Dembicki wrote: > Hello Charles, > > You can build many ellipses through your points. > More data needed for ellipse unique define. > > Also you can see old bezier classes > http://bezier.googlecode.com/files/ru.b

Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection problem...

2009-06-24 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
could you post your local connection code on both swfs plx? a On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:46 PM, BOYD SPEER wrote: > I have two .swf's in a web page - one is embeded in the body of the page > and the other is loaded into an iFrame on the same page (it is not embeded > in html.). I want to send an

[Flashcoders] separating MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP from MouseEvent.CLICK

2009-07-12 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
hi guys quick question - is it possible to separate a MOUSE_UP event from a CLICK event? i have a mouse listener function that does the following: [code] private function grabListener(e:MouseEvent):void { switch(e.type)

Re: [Flashcoders] Video Class Problem

2009-07-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if you add an event listener to the stage to listen for Event.RESIZE, you can then resize your video object to match the stage's dimensions hope this helps a On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Omar Fouad wrote: > Hello, > > I'm creating a custom shortcut class to play videos from a playlist. > T

[Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex - could you point me at an old thread please?

2009-07-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ly. I'd really appreciate any input you might have or be able to point me to thanks a lot Allandt ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex - could you point me at an old thread please?

2009-07-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
thanks nate - i'll check it out i also found a thread on the ultrashock forums here http://www.ultrashock.com/forums/flex/mxml-do-we-need-it-87269.html best allandt On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Nate Beck wrote: > Hey Allandt, > I posted a while ago on my blog about Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] [JOB] Flash/Flex Developer, San Mateo, CA | 75-120k

2009-08-03 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
~noses through portfolio whassat? On 31 Jul 2009, at 16:41, Matt Gitchell wrote: Jeez. Sorry about that, folks. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] button overlay appearing under textfield?

2009-08-07 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
hey guys this is probably a silly bug but i've got a very strange occurance i've got a method that is supposed to create a textfield with an invisible button on top but, even tho the traces come out correctly, i can't seem to stop the textfield obscuring the button if they're added to the

Re: [Flashcoders] button overlay appearing under textfield?

2009-08-07 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
i've taken to putting the button overlay into a separate sprite but i would be interested if anyone has any insights as to why this happened as it seemed a bit random to me ta a On 7 Aug 2009, at 17:32, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote: hey guys this is probably a silly bu

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash full screen examples

2009-08-07 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
wow that site is the cows udders - you might say it was moo-velous a On 7 Aug 2009, at 17:57, Paul Andrews wrote: Merrill, Jason wrote: Those California Milk Processors are loaded. :) Fortunately they didn't go for a cheesy website.. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash full screen examples

2009-08-07 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
the milk of human kindness is running thin with these puns :D On 7 Aug 2009, at 19:21, Kerry Thompson wrote: was it the cream of the crop? It was until they started skimming the profits. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.c

Re: [Flashcoders] How to compare two audio files with actionscript?

2009-08-10 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
have you seen anything like this? http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=8E9A0 just trying to get a feel for what you are trying to do a On 10 Aug 2009, at 09:35, johnny lee wrote: Where are the Actionscript Sages when you need them :( On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:25 AM, johnny l

Re: [Flashcoders] button overlay appearing under textfield?

2009-08-10 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
an also set mouseChildren = false on a container to switch off inputs for all the child sprites. Glen Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote: hey guys this is probably a silly bug but i've got a very strange occurance i've got a method that is supposed to create a textfield with an in

[Flashcoders] mac vs pc

2009-08-10 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
e with it. The mac will always be at the center of my home media but this is for my take along, work machine. So the question I'm really getting to is, how many people use osX (using windows in boot camp doesn't count) and how many are using windows for their main work machine and

[Flashcoders] bounce easing function for tweener

2009-08-13 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys I've been looking around for a way of modifying the bounce easing function for Tweener but I'm not having much joy (I've taken to doing a series of tweens in the onComplete function to fudge it). I've seen http://timotheegroleau.com/Flash/experiments/easing_function_generator.htm which is

Re: [Flashcoders] mac vs pc

2009-08-13 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
had a quick look around and found this list http://www.flashdevelop.org/wikidocs/index.php?title=Features:Generation does anyone have the fdt version? fdt does have but it's a different shortcut - flexbuilder has nothing of the sort (this like this are the reason i didn't like it) __

[Flashcoders] strange error when removing sprite from parents display list

2009-08-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys i really hope you can help me with this: i'm getting the following error from the flex_sdk_3 when compiling with flashdevelop 'undefined' is an unexpected token. Expecting white space. Line 1, position 58. at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextRead

Re: [Flashcoders] strange error when removing sprite from parents display list

2009-08-22 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
FYI This compiles correctly with flexbuilder so it seems it's a problem with flashdevelop (and not the flex sdk or my code) pity really, - i was really enjoying a flash ide-less workflow (could use flexbuilder - it's awful) a On 19 Aug 2009, at 11:42, allandt b

[Flashcoders] Extra information in classes

2009-09-08 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
script 3.0 * @author : Allandt Bik-Elliott * @company : thereceptacle.co.uk */ and more recently a changelog /** * @changelog: * 2009_09_03 : reason : change */ but I've been thinking about refreshing my practises

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing

2009-09-16 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
i always use this is a test do not adjust your set a On 11 Sep 2009, at 23:57, Glen Pike wrote: 8,16,32 Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Aaap ya missed 3 ;) Karl On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Glen Pike wrote: 1,2,4 -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk

Re: [Flashcoders] strange error when removing sprite from parents display list

2009-09-28 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
8/22 Juan Pablo Califano The stack dump looks like .NET, indeed, so it's probably a bug to be fixed in FlashDevelop. Have you considereded sending a bug report with a mininal sample to reproduce the problem? Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2009/8/22 Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) >

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 to iphone app

2009-10-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
/sign makes the 4 books on iphone development i bought a bit of a non-starter - i wonder if you can edit the iphone project once it's done and how they're dealing with multitouch / accelerometer data (or is that already built in to FP10.1?) On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Anthony Pace wrote: > I

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 to iphone app

2009-10-28 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
don't swfs compiled from c run faster in the plugin than ones compiled in actionscript? i thought i read that if so - the potential also exists here doesn't it? a On 9 Oct 2009, at 01:13, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: Yes, it is an assumption not based on any fact. My opinion right now as I be

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
dammit - i missed the beginning of this thread - where's the archives please classic ax On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Matt Gitchell wrote: > We've gone from rudimentary Flash to jungle exile to treatises on human > behavior bouncing off the Illuminati on the way to betrayal and > disillusionm

Re: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yep - same in as2 and as3 On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > > BTW, what is the point of braces if you dont need them, except the > > separation of your code part. > > Are they needed in some situations over others? > > Braces let you build a code block containing multiple state

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
classes used in oop are generally separate .as files (in flash) that are templates that create custom objects which interact with each other (it is possible to program oop as a single file using as1-style prototype chains but these are outdated and frankly painful) a class would consist of propert

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ing if they can muddle through it and they invariably become a massive burden to anyone that has to work with them so please don't try to side step the work of learning how to code good luck a On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:19 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com>

Re: [Flashcoders] .fla in Flex/Flash builder

2009-12-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
you can embed swf files into a flex app check this out http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=embed_4.html#175759 best ax On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:53 PM, ktt wrote: > Hello, > > I have .fla file wit

Re: [Flashcoders] can I get some recommendations for development tools?

2009-12-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
flashdevelop + flash cs3 / flex 3 sdk On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Steven loe wrote: > > FDT is a well-liked dev tool. Not cheap. But worth it > > > On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:21 AM, "Cor" wrote: > > Flash CS4 > FlashDevelop > > > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chatty

[Flashcoders] Gordon: Flash in javascript runtime

2010-01-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
You guys probably already know about this but it blew my mind http://www.metafilter.com/88307/Adobe-Flash-Gordon It only supports swf v1 at the moment but it's a really interesting idea and a GREAT hack... and it works on the iPhone best a ___ Flashcode

[Flashcoders] What is your policy on loading files?

2010-01-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi guys I'm re-looking at my microsite building engine and rewriting it for MVC but something is bothering me that i was hoping to get a consensus on. How do you load your (micro)sites? Do you: 1 load the entire site at the start by loading a single xml file and trawling it for assets 2 load the

[Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework

2010-01-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi guys I'm currently feeling my way through the o'reilly design patterns book and am going through the mvc design pattern as a way of dealing with (micro)site structures - dealing with opening and closing pages, loading data etc but i have a couple of questions that you guys will probably be able

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework

2010-01-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
nce == null ) >{ >throw new Error( "MVC singleton instance not created > yet." ); >} >return _instance; >} >} > > } > > > Jason Merrill > > Ban

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework

2010-01-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
f America Flash Platform Community and visit our > Instructional Technology Design Blog > (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chat

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework

2010-01-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
new Error( "MVC singleton instance not created > yet." ); >} >return _instance; >} >} > > } > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America Global Learning > Learning & Performance Soluions > >

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework (for non-programmers)

2010-01-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
great alternative thread thanks guys On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > > > No one needs to learn "framework mumbo-jumbo", but if that's how you > > > see frameworks, you're missing the point. The point of using a > > > framework is to be able to spend less time thinking about

Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly

2010-01-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if you're doing shape tweens you need to start playing with shape hints. These give you a point which you snap to a point at the start of the tween and then there's a matching one where you'd like that point to finish at the end of the tween. I warn you now - you should do a step and if you like t

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the flashnewbie list was really helpful when i was starting out i'd also recommend http://gotoandlearn.com best a On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Geografiek wrote: > Hi Beno, > This might help: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashnewbie > Willem > > On 26-jan-2010, at 13:11, b

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i've also found the forums at http://actionscript.org pretty useful best a On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Nathan Mynarcik wrote: > Hitting F1 on your keyboard when in Flash is a good resource. > > > --Original Message-- > From: beno - > Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
re for changing one primitive shape into another which is why they go horribly wrong when anything more complicated is thrown at them best a On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:01 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > i've also found the forums at http://a

Re: [Flashcoders] Ideas, Please

2010-01-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
/votekick On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:39 PM, beno - wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Piers Cowburn > wrote: > > > Hi Beno, > > > > It's on the way over to the list, but I've just posted the part that does > > the actual explosion, it assumes you've got your plane set up in PV3D > > alre

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
apple will be the closed tablet / smartphone that will never have flash. ever. look out for the android / windows clones that will run flash. apple will do to it's hand-held appliance marketshare what it has done to it's computer marketshare - piss off enough devs that they start talking up the o

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
"The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware" what's this based on? it looks pretty slick to me, for what it is On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Kevin Newman wrote: > The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware. The > competition in that space a

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-31 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
do we know what kind of functionality they're up to? i'd heard fp1 and no as but that was a couple of weeks ago and i don't know how seriously they're working on this a On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Carl Welch wrote: > OMG! My faith in humanity has been restored! Thanks!!! > > On Sun, Jan 3

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader error (AS3)

2010-02-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
don't know if it helps but instead of if (pcent0==100) { gotoAndStop("setup"); } i would add a listener for Event.COMPLETE a On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Paul Steven wrote: > I am getting the following error in my browser when I load my flash game > and > would

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader error (AS3)

2010-02-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
especially as pcent0 is a rounded out number so 99.6% would come out as 100% On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:49 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > don't know if it helps but instead of >if (pcent0==100) { > >

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLList question

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i'll usually put output text content in html with a css file in CDATA tags. Anything that describes that content goes into attributes - like jason says, it uses the xml in the most efficient way. i also will use the sorting abilities of xml and xml list (myxml.nodesToSearch.(@attributeToFind == "s

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
after linkhopping from one of the links on this thread, i came across this post http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/01/sympathy_for_the_devil.html by john nack from adobe i think it addresses some of the points that have been picked up by this list although it still suffers from the flash = video ar

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLList question

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
at 12:39 PM, Alexander Farber < alexander.far...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wrong thread again? I've actually read several AS books :-) > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM, allandt bik-elliott > (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > > i'll usually put output text content in

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's just not my day.

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
try tracing artistBio.length() (note the () - it's different to array) try also tracing artistBio.toString() and artistBio.toXMLString() a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael < michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com> wrote: > Ugh! What am I missing here? > > //XML: > var artData:XML =

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's just not my day.

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
can i also recommend you are a little more verbose with your attribute names? makes the whole thing much more readable a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:27 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > try tracing artistBio.length() (note the () - it's diff

Re: [Flashcoders] Joining XMLList elements

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hmmm ordinarily i would loop through the list to accomplish what you're trying to do function handleChat(list:XMLList):void { for (var i:int = 0; i < list.length(); i++) { trace(list[i]); } } On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Alexander Farber wrote: > Sorry, I keep reading th

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO + Flash = any great strategies?

2010-02-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wow i'd like to put this up on our intranet - can i get a link to credit you for this? a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:46 PM, wrote: > Artur, > > I did some research this morning to unearth the latest best practices. > I'll share the results of my findings. > > I found some information that sugge

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
is that the msi built one? that looked nice On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael < michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com> wrote: > What's everyone's take on a possible Google tablet running on Android? Of > course, with the Flash Player that Adobe is building for Android. I saw a > mo

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
how is it as a music player? a On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:24 AM, John R. Sweeney Jr wrote: > I've been a Mac/Apple guy since the Apple IIe and I love the iPhone > (several > of my friends have them) and I've gotten to use it and take for a spin > many, > many times. I just got the Droid around Chr

Re: [Flashcoders] Moock

2010-02-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
good job - time to make it look like a used hooker (that's what mine looks like) good luck a On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM, beno - wrote: > I got the book! (You can all breathe a collective sigh of relief lol.) Yes, > I forgot how essential the O'Reilly books are and yes, I can now understand

Re: [Flashcoders] Creating a XMLList in the source code

2010-02-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
as far as i know, xml list is really designed to be a way of accessing multiple nodes in an xml doc so you would start with an XML object and pull the list from there var xml:XML = ; var list:XMLList = xml.user; best a On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Alexander Farber < alexander.far

Re: [Flashcoders] Has everyone seen this yet?

2010-02-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
msi have a 10in tablet running android coming out (cite http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/msi-shows-off-10-inch-android-tablet-running-new-tegra-chipset/) - looks like it might be this? a On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Paul Andrews wrote: > Paul Andrews wrote: > >> John McCormack wrote: >>

Re: [Flashcoders] accessing event dispatchers in a loosely-coupled, modular design

2010-02-23 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
aside from the advice that i got on this message list, i found this article from adobe really useful http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/blueprint.html might help here too best a On 23 Feb 2010, at 17:19, Merrill, Jason wrote: Sort of - but I wouldn't have the controller dispatch any

Re: [Flashcoders] Can't Find Libraries

2010-02-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
could you reinstall? On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Hi; > > Forgive me asking this question here. I tried the newbies list an hour ago, > but I'm just sitting here twiddling my thumbs until I get this > resolved...can't do a thing. And it's an easy question. I just had t

[Flashcoders] DoubleClick AS2 swc/library

2010-03-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys does anyone know if DoubleClick have an AS2 library so that I can use it to write a class in flashdevelop? thanks a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] DoubleClick AS2 swc/library

2010-03-02 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
zip format files. Extract the .ASI file that is the class > you are interfacing. > Assume you know where the file needs to be located for use by FlashDevelop. > Jim > > --- On Mon, 3/1/10, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < > alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: a

Re: [Flashcoders] Draw Outline Slowly

2010-03-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
that's amazing a On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Victor Subervi wrote: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Ivan Dembicki >wrote: > > > Hello Victor, > > > > > Wait a minute! How's that work on curves? Can I scale that, too? > > > > you have one way only: use Bezier package > > http://bezier.goo

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 -> Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i picked up several books (because you never know which one will prove to be the best to use and 4 of them are from a set) and have been flicking through them and doing some of the tutorials. From my (very) limited experience with cocoa touch i got some amazing insights into the mvc desig

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
in my mvc setup, i use a set of public static constants for event types on the model object and dispatch(new Event(ModelObject.CUSTOM_EVENT_TYPE)); when the listening object receives it, it goes and retrieves the data from a public variable / accessor on the model. There are plenty of reasons to u

[Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys does anyone know if there is a way of using faux fontstyle (italic for me) using a font that has been [Embed]'ed. my DynamicFonts class uses the setup suggested by colin moock - i've tried embedding the font with fontStyle = "italic" but as that isn't part of the font, it errors out. am

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wrote: > Could you describe a little working example how to do this? > > Regards > Cor > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of allandt > bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.co

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
> Hi, > > You probably have to embed the italic font file - I don't have Helvetica, > but in my windows font's folder there is an italic version of my Arial font > called ARIALI.TTF > > Glen > > > allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > >>

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
t problem in the past and got told off for telling an esteemed > designer that their font sucked ;) > > > allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > >> hey glen >> >> i'm not using helvetica, it's actually a custom cut of bryant with no >> italic

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
have fun On 26 March 2010 13:39, Cor wrote: > Thank you!! > I will start playing with this. > > Regards > Cor > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Beha

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
flashdevelops templates are an awesome way to speed up coding, especially as you can update them (i add headings for constants, properties, constructor, methods, handlers and accessors / mutators into mine so that i can easily find everything within a class a On 26 March 2010 15:40, Cor wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
jason's been doing it for a lot longer than me but mine is basically the following: var model:Model = new Model(); var controller1:Controller = new Controller(model); var controller2:Controller = new Controller(model); var view1:View = new View(model, controller1); var view2:View = new View(mode

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
also does it include some of the great shortcut stuff from fdt and fd like the shortcuts for creating methods or jumping to a method / variable implementation from it's usage which fb3 was sorely missing? a On 29 March 2010 09:51, John McCormack wrote: > I will be buying it shortly. It's a gre

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ove a line up > command+downarrow: move a line down > command+shift+uparrow: duplicate a line up > command+shift+downarrow: duplicate a line down > > that's in fb3/4, and i assume it's in fdt too as they're both based on > eclipse, but i don't know for sure.

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the way i understand it, the controller is supposed to provide the logic and functionality for the views as well as acting as an intermediary between the view and the model (my version fires events back to the views but others use the controller to pass events back from the model to the view as wel

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
:) On 29 March 2010 18:03, Dave Watts wrote: > > there is plenty of commentary out there to suggest that the controller is > > largely unnecessary and that the views can do it all as encapsulated > objects > > (i've even read something by someone much smarter than me [ > > http://c2.com/cgi-bin/

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
reading through the docs for robot legs left me feeling a bit lost wth is [Inject] and why have i never heard of it before? a On 29 March 2010 23:54, Steven Sacks wrote: > MVC Public Service Announcement > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91C7ax0UAAc > > If you want to learn about MVC, pick up t

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yeh - i over simplied that example and ended up with the wrong answer On 30 March 2010 14:25, Karina Steffens wrote: > While html and css would certainly be part of the View, and the database > (MySQL, XML or any other way of holding data) would be part of the Model > layer, I agree with Dave

[Flashcoders] OT: DEBill

2010-04-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys sorry to fly off topic but as this is because of an internet discussion i thought you might like to join in is anyone here from the UK and worried about the digital economy bill because as a father of 2 and a flash developer who needs access to the internet, i'm bricking it pertinent li

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: DEBill

2010-04-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
understood On 8 April 2010 15:01, Dave Watts wrote: > > hey guys > > > > sorry to fly off topic but as this is because of an internet discussion i > > thought you might like to join in > > While I'm not from the UK, I do share your sympathies. But this is not > the place to discuss this topic. >

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Adobe should announce after cs5 that cs6 will be pc and linux only I've been a lifelong Apple fan (maybe even fanboy) but over the last couple of years, with their stance on flash, suing htc using patents they basically bought instead of competing and now this crap, i am slowly phasing all of my

[Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i'm currently researching 3d engines for a project that i might be working and i was wondering which, if any, of the 3d engines that people have used and which they value the most papervision, sandy and away 3d seem to be the most prominent choices and i'm leaning towards away 3d but i d

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
April 09, 2010 8:14 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D > engines? > > > I've used Papervision. It's not too hard to use once you get over the > learning curve. It's very well documented - why I choose t

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 On 11 April 2010 23:00, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) < ematth...@webershandwick.com> wrote: > OK, that sort of makes sense - the "sort of" because cross-platform > compiled apps can already be accepted or rejected at the app

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i was in print at the time that came out and i remember that. As a platform the mac was failing, the powerpc chip was flaky and quite often not living up to the workhorse quadra chips before it. Adobe was looking at pulling out as a business decision because premiere was very popular on pc and the

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
27;t get the flashonomy down. > > (and today I stumbled upon the WePad, another iPad pretender... may I say > with an added appeal) > > Cedric > > > Well said Lee Brimelow. >> >> Apple wielding the knife like this makes them look >> angry, isolated and desperat

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
g as well. > > You can also develop your app in CS5 and it work. Oh... and no > > developer fees.. (I don't believe) > > They are also talking about jailbreaking iPads. :)) > > Might be worth some peoples time to research. > > > > Best, > > >

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVkqbycvuKw&feature=player_embedded * * <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVkqbycvuKw&feature=player_embedded>*apologies in advance ;) * On 12 April 2010 11:12, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > ooo this

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Co mpiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
://blog.iphone-dev.org/ > > > > > > My point being that Apple doesn't really have the strong hold they > > > think they do when it comes to their SDK. > > > Cydia Store is a jailbroken app that lets you sell your own > > > applications. They don't ta

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
unity also exports to wii and soon android ( http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity-unveils-3rd-generation-platform-press.html) although sadly the much lauded support for iphone is now gone these factors make it highly likely that unity will stick around for a bit longer than the previous 3d web pl

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ah and ps3 and xbox 360 On 15 April 2010 10:04, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > unity also exports to wii and soon android ( > http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity-unveils-3rd-generation-platform-press.html) > although sadly the much lau

Re: [Flashcoders] NetStream onMetaData does not get called

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
is it using an f4v? because they have an onXMPData which they use which fulfills a similar role (although i thought they had metadata as well) a On 13 April 2010 17:34, kennethkawam...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Flash Coders, > > I have this issue: NetStream onMetaData does not get triggered. Using

[Flashcoders] SOLUTION: converting string to unicode range

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ckage uk.co.thereceptacle.utils { import flash.errors.IllegalOperationError; /** * text utilities * @author Allandt Bik-Elliott * @version 1.0 */ public class TextUtils { // constructor public function TextUtils() { throw new IllegalOperationError("TextUtils is a static class and should not be in

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple iPad

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ROFL On 15 April 2010 16:55, Matt S. wrote: > Most. ironic. spam. evar. > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ F

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