For some reason I'm not getting any of my log calls from the browserworks
fine when testing in the IDE though
Anyone have an idea on how to get back my log calls?
Strange...this hasn't happened before and I use luminicbox all the time...
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Hi
I am trying to create a 'tag cloud' representation of an image.
But am wondering if something like this:
http://guiborchert.com/work/rga_tags.html
is even possible in Flash 8.
Is this a project for Flash 9?
Can anyone offer suggestions/opinions on the best way to create this effect?
I know
Hi
I am trying to create a 'tag cloud' representation of an image.
But am wondering if something like this:
http://guiborchert.com/work/rga_tags.html
is even possible in Flash 8.
Is this a project for Flash 9?
Can anyone offer suggestions/opinions on the best way to create this effect?
I know
Hi
I've reached a point in my career where I think its important to broaden my
skill-set beyond just Fash/AS3.
Unfortutantely there are only so many hours in the day.
Is anyone else facing the same dilemma ?
Should I pursue .Net knowledge or ???
If .Net, what books online resources and/or goal
Hi
Trying to simply get a PV3D AS3 demo running. No compile time errors, but when
launching the swf get:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object
reference.
Can anyone help?
thanks
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Great news!
http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/08/what-just-happened-to-video-on-web_20.html
I was just wondering what impact if any this will have on the future of 3d in
Flash.
One of the drawbacks of 3d in Flash (Sandy , PV3D) has been the lack of
hardware acceleration .
Any thoughts?
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After diving into Sandy recently, I was excited to see how easy it is to
simulate QTVR like 360 panoramas.
There are also a couple of 'closed' solutions out there, which are ok for
non-coders, but not if you want to customize and add new features
http://flashpanoramas.com/
and
http://www.pano
Hi
I'm aware of watch, but have never really used it.
I was wondering if perhaps I am missing out on a really useful tool.
Can someone give me an example of when it would make sense to use watch
instead of setting up a listener broadcaster?
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Anyone using SWFFix yet in commercial projects?
I know its still in alpha, but was wondering how bug-free it is.
BTW, fantastic work Bob and Geoff!
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"...all improvisation is life in search
Hi
I need to use the Flash JavaScript Integration Kit but am using UFO for flash
detection.
Is there an example somewhere of how to integrate the 2?
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"...all improvisation is life in search
Hi
Does anyone know a way to morph 2 textfields as they are done using the (quite
amazing) Mootools javascript framework?
http://demos.mootools.net/Fx.Morph
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"...all improvisation is life
Ok,
I've gone thru all the blogs, downloaded the source code for AS2, and, I
probably could muddle my way thru, but all I need is a basic walk thru tutorial
for Paper vision3D (AS2 version fro now) that describes all the basics, adding
primitives, textures and bitmaps, basic animation, tweening,
Came across this excellent article on Yahoo Flash maps API by Chuck Freedman.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/yahoo_mashup.html
I was considering using google maps, integrating in flash using a component
from afcomponents.com/ but now I am confused.
As i understand it Google stipul
Hi
Finished a prototype using Google Maps API and a 3rd party solution only to
discover there is no built in support for geocoding AND driving directions.
Yahoo Maps Flash based API DOES have support for geocoding, but does anyone
know if driving directions are easilly implemented?
Thanks in ad
I am trying to achieve an effect similar to the 3D User switching effect in OSX.
Would implementing Papervision 3D be overkill for something like this?
Or is there an 'open source' solution available somewhere that uses matrix
transformations, etc.
My concerns for implementing this in order of
Hi
I have a simple Calendar class which creates a new month display when the
application first loads and each time the user changes the month.
I need to add appointments on specific days for each month.
I have an appointment array, which contains a list of date strings in the
format 'month/day/y
Hi
I need a refresher in when to declare Private as well as Static variables when
extending another class (in AS2).
ie
if you have private variables declared in the Super class, is it necessary to
(re) declare them in the sub class?
What about static variables?
Are there a 'best practices' to
This has been covered ad nauseum for AS1,
but, has anyone done loop speed comparisons for AS2 and AS3?
Primarily as I have code that relies HEAVILY of for loops, I want to find out
what speed advantages if any can be had by switching to while or do while loops
in AS2.
Thanks!
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Maybe I've just been working too late, but can't get my head around the MOST
EFFICIENT way of retrieving the topmost nested movieclip inside another
movieclip.
Suggestions?
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"...all impr
Hi
Has anyone successfully added tween support to the Bitcomponents scroller?
The way the changehandler repeatedly fires when the scroll button is pressed is
giving me some problems in getting this to work
I figure if I can get it working properly with Tweenlite it would make for
great combinati
Hi
Starting a major project using the Google API and flash but not decided yet on
the best approach.
Figure I can either use
1) the free component from http://www.afcomponents.com/
or
2) use the Flash to JavaScript integration kit along with the javascript
Google API.
Can anyone offer me a r
Zeh
no
9,0,16,0 installed
I wonder if it has anything to do with the object embed code...
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a style."
- Bruce Mau,'LifeStyle'
__
Hi
Has anyone used the free gmaps component from afcomponents.com?
I noticed that the component calls a php script on the afcomponent site.
Does anyone know the purpose of this?
I'm assuming its simply a way to bypass the need for individual api keys.
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Anyone know what causes the refresh bug ONLY in the Firefox version of the FP9
player?
For instance, view this site:
http://www.lepers.info/test/pv3d/DrawBall.html
in both Firefox and IE
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Hi
just getting around (finally) to developing converting old projects in AS3.
Is there a definitive tutorial on using the latest (beta) of Flashdevelop for
AS3 development?
I'm aware of Keith Peters older tutorial, but I figure that some of it would
not apply to the latest version of FD.
http:
Hi
I have one dynamic text field that is scrollable.
I'd like to import text organized into columns.
Is there any way to simulate tab indents in a dynamic text field so I can keep
the text columns without resorting to
using multiple text boxes?
Any suggestions appreciated!
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I have a container mc (lets call it parent) which in turn contains several
nested mc's (lets call these the children)
Each 'child' has an attached Bitmap slice.
The container or parent mc is in a layer above another mc .
Essentially I'm animating the 'children' mc's on to the stage to create
This has come up fairly often and I haven't found a solution.
Is there a way to change the blend mode on a Movieclip that is created at
runtime?
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"...all improvisation is life in search o
I'm trying to create and animate diagonal slices from a bitmap object.
The easiest way to create slices from Bitmaps is via the Rectangle class, but I
need diagonal slices.
Can this be done via a matrix transform of my bitmap BEFORE I create my slices,
or si there an easier way that involves sk
Is there any consensus on the BEST overall tool for AS3 development/
Is there a feature comparison chart somehwere?
I'm hesitant to fork out the bucks for Flexbuilder and I am comfortable with
Flashdevelop, but I'd like to really get into things like Papervision 3D(AS3)
and perhaps even the buil
At the latest FITC in Toronto I was surprised by the amount of commercial AS3
work being done already.
Also, it seems that Eclipse is very popular for AS3 development.
As a long time Flashdevelop fan I was wondering what are some of the other
favorite AS3 development environments?
Which one is
Are there any 'must sees' at this year's FITC in Toronot?
Of course some of the most interesting presentations are scheduled at the same
time, for instance on Tuesday, there is a Papervision 3D presentation the same
time as Francis Bourre's presentation on AS3 game development and Ivan Todorov
I find most of my inspiration from the world of 3d and broadcast graphics, and,
increasingly I think we are going to see more and more 'hybrid' work that is a
marriage of broadcast and web based media /techniques.
http://www.universaleverything.com/recent_activity/204
Anyone care to shed some l
Hi
I have an ongoing font issue in flash.
After installing a new font, and restarting Flash, the font DOES NOT show up in
the menu.
However, an any other ADobe app, the font DOES show up.
Right now it is an issue with Trade Gothic.
Anyone eles experience this?
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Yes off topic, but I think any developer interested in online distributuiton of
video should be checking this out.
Anyone have an invite to share?
Thanks
Jim Bachalo
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"...all improvisat
I'm using the default printjob class as listed in the help pages.
I was wondering if there is a way to;
1) always make a printer default to landscape mode
and
2) specify that certain movieclips DO NOT PRINT
//code begin
var my_pj:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
var tar:MovieClip=_root.mc_landing.landi
Hi
Though I'd ask the flash community their opinion since this has been on my mind
lately and has caused no shortage of grief.
Perhaps the title of my post should be 'Why is the Mozilla/Firefox Flash Player
plugin so much better?'
One thing I've noticed is that an iidentical flash app played in
Hi
I'vm using a utility to convert my flash objects to xml.
It works great except if one of my objects happens to be text content with
returns the returns are save as part of the xml.
Can anyone offer me an easy solution?
Would it make more sense to remove the returns in the strings first before
Came across something that has me baffled.
When appending a query string to a URL, certain query string values give me an
arror, ie , i'm prompted for a plugin download.
for instance
?ecard=21&key=a9a08
gives me an error but if I change the last 8 to any other number, or the
previous '0' to a
Hi
I have input text fields in some 'speech bubbles' for an application I am
building
I can set the maximum number of characters, but what I really need is to be
able to set the maximum number of lines so that hitting return NEVER causes
text to disappear.
So far , not the best solution has be
Hi
I'm wondering if anyone has hijacked digital audiofrom their pc/macs using
flash.
I'd like to use some of the more sophisticated audio handling abilities in AS3,
such as accessing sound frequencies.
I'm using Slimserver, a Python/MYsql based music server that also acts as a
'front'end' to it
Anyone try this yet?
http://solaristics.net/slimfx/
Looks pretty exciting...
Works with the Squeezebox network music player.
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a style."
Hi
I'm sure this has been asked before but what is the best way to dynamically
change the registration point
in MovieCLips?
I'm loading assets (jpegs, gifs, etc) into holder MovieClips and then I need to
change the registraion point of this holder MovieClip from the top left to the
center of th
Hi
Does anyone know if there is a way to get hitTest to ignore transparent areas
in dynamically loaded PNG's?
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a style."
- Bruce Mau,
Hi
I'm cuurrently refactoring some code in a project with lots of extended classes.
What is the recommended practice in declaring static vs non-static (private
static vs private)
variables?
Should they be declared in both the super and sub classes?
My goal is to avoid any redundant code.
Thanks
Hi
I have a nested MovieClip with an onPress handler.
OnPress I create a mirror copy of this nested MovieClip but in _root and
initiate a StartDrag(false) on this MovieClip.
The problem is this mc ( in _root ) is offset from the Mouse position by the
x,y coordinates of the nested MovieClip.
How
Hi
I'm very much interested in exploring several popular flash frameworks,
especially PixLib, but am wondering if there is a way to adopt and integrate
legacy class code with these new frameworks.
In adopting a new flash framework, does it necessarilly mean starting 'from
scratch' in developing
Hi
Using a XML config file to load in a number of image assets.
i was wondering what approach is best taken when you want to create some type
of a 'percent loaded' display, not knowing the combined total size of all
assets...
Is there an easy solution to this without 'faking' it or hardcoding th
Hi
Working on a flash e-card that involves saving image properties(scale,
rotation, x,y cordinates) as well as a small amount of text.
I was wondering if using remoting/AMFPHP offers any advantages over simply
posting an XML object?
Thanks
Jim Bachalo
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I am creating a 'clip-art' type illustration application. users will have the
ability to move, rotate and scale movielip objects they drag from a palette.
I'd like to allow interactive scaling and rotating via dragging the bounding
box (as well as thru a slider), but am not sure how to first pro
Help
A new project requires LOTS of cartoon like imagery and i'd like to convert
this to high quality flash vector format.
Whats the easiest wayto do this?
Manually using autotrace in flash is probably too slow.
Thanks!
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Help please!
A new project I'm working on requires LOTS of high quality cartoon like
illustrations (think Sin City)and i'd like to convert all of the bitmaps to
high quality flash vector format.
Whats the easiest (re:quickest) way to do this?
Manually using autotrace in flash would be much too
Hi
I regularly use UFO for flash embedding with full browser flash sites.
Recently had a client request that we support 800X600 monitors while my primary
flash stage is 1028 X 700.
So I need a way to auto display the browser scrolbars when the browser window
is made smaller than the stage.
Has
I am a strong believer of the power of OOP, but recently came across
the following blog posts that argue for the advantges, and some would
say supremacy of functional over imperative/procedural and OOP
programming.
http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/18-Functional-languages-
will-
Ok, don't normally go 'oh' when seeing flash sites, but I like the novel
way that vector graphics have been used within a 3d environment.
This is great stuff...can anyone tell me how?
Is there a 3d rendering engine behind everything?
http://lab.mathieu-badimon.com/
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Thanks Ian!
I think
delete _global.com.mycompany.mypackage.MyClass;
is close to what I need
bascially I have some movieclips manually place on the stage with class
linkages defnied in the library.
the MC's when instantiated perform the following initialize action:
get their inital _y postitio
Hi
Can anyone tell me what's the BEST way to REMOVE a class linkage at runtime?
Thanks!
Jim Bachalo
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a style."
- Bruce Mau,'LifeStyle
I'm putting together a proposal for a desktop app that would be able to
dynamically extract metadata from desktop files and then save this to a
database.
Has anyone done anything similar?
Is this feasible using flash and say, Zinc from Northcode?
I was thinking it might be possible to integrate
I'm putting together a proposal for a desktop app that would be able to
dynamically extract metadata from desktop files and then save this to a
database.
Has anyone done anything similar?
Is this feasible using flash and say, Zinc from Northcode?
I was thinking it might be possible to integrate
I know this has been discussed ad nauseam for as1, but what's the scoop on loop
speed differences for as2, and as3?
Is there as much of a difference between for, do while loops etc?
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Hi
Can someone tell me if there is a way to check if a Netstream object is playing?
I don't want to use globals
Jim bBachalo
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a style."
Hi
Did a search but so far haven't found a solution.
Is there a way to simulate HTML anchors in a HTML text field??
I have a long, scrollable text list with an associated calendar...I want to be
able to simply scroll to a specific text description when I click on a calendar
event.
Thanks in ad
Can anyone tell me the relative merits of XPATH vs XMLAS?
Thanks in advance
Jim Bachalo
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a style."
- Bruce Mau,'LifeStyle'
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has anyone done a performance comparison between AS3 FP9 and Java/Processing?
I'm interested primarily in the area of 3d data visualisation.
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a sty
Was reading an interesting explanation of prototype vs fixed property
inheritance in the AS3 livedocs.
Although, it was mentioned that in general, its always prefereable to use fixed
property (regular) inheritance for performance reasons, I was wondering why, or
when it would make sense to use
Hi
I want to be able to dynamically assign handlers by passing static string
variables to the superclass.
Shouldn't this work??
In my 'Super' class:
private static var classgroup:String;
private static var cmd_evtPress:String;//defined in subclass
private static var cmd
There a re a few scope related issues that every developer stumbles across once
they start writing their own classes.
The first is accessing the class scope from within a xml object , solved by
defining a local variable withing the constructor before your XML object.
var parent:ClassName= this;
I know one of the advantages of the JSON format is easier to maintain code, ie
your config files can be essentially actionscript.
But are there any oither advantages over XML? What about performance?
Does it 'parse' faster?
Jim Bachalo
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Anyone know why this doesn't work?
a_presets1=[5,6,1,6,4,8,5,6];
this.dispatchEvent({target:this, type:"Presets", o_presets:a_presets1});
//my listener function:
function Presets(evtob){
var a_presets=evtob.o_presets;
trace(a_presets);
//a_presets traces out undefined
}
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On looking at a size report of a project I am working on was shocked to find
that
AS 2.0 Classes Export Frame 1 indicated over 100k of just class code!!
Other than refacrtoring my code (I assume there is a lot of duplication) are
there any recommended coding and or preload strategies to handl
Hi
I'm passing multiple arguments in a getURL javascript call.
Because of the way that arguments need to be enclosed in quotes I'm not sure
about the best way for handling this
Single argument (this works)
var arg='myvar'
getURL("javascript:testfunc("+arg+")");
solution 2 (doesn't work, th
Hi
Anyone have any tricks up their sleeves to improve/maintain the quality of gifs
that are dynamically scaled after being loaded into your movie??
I don't want to have to resort to using pngs, since these exact same gifs will
also be loaded into the html page...
Any suggestions welcome...
Jim
I've come across something for the first time...
at first I thought it was my code but...
My application loads xml, then dispatches a build event to another class which
attaches clips from my library.
The application ALWAYS works if i launch the swf directly.
The application also ALWYAS work
Hi
I know there's a surplus of threads on 3D and 3D frameworks for Flash but what
I am after is a spcific treatment used in the RSS Visualizer Quartz screen
saver for OSX
Here is a screen shot:
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.21/21.05/QuartzComposer/index.html
I'd like to reproduce
Anyone have ideas on how to change the contrast and/or saturation using the
new setTransform method in Flash 8?
Jim Bachalo
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"...all improvisation is life in search of a style."
Wow
What great newsit seems Adobe has seen the light.
http://www.kaourantin.net/2006/11/spidermonkeys-relative-tamarin-joins.html
http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000202.html
http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/
One of the most exciting aspects of this announcement is the new inititative to
Wow
What great newsit seems Adobe has seen the light.
http://www.kaourantin.net/2006/11/spidermonkeys-relative-tamarin-joins.html
http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000202.html
http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/
One of the most exciting aspects of this announcement is the new inititative t
I'm having an issue with a simplified MVC implementation.
I have a 'model' class which parses XML and dispatches a 'build' event when
finished parsing.
I have a 'view' class which has a reference to this model class via composition
and is also registered as a listener
When the view receives
Normally as a workaround to reference the main timeline from within a class, I
first define a global scope in the main timeline like this:
_global.root=this;
And then simply reference the timeline with 'root'.
I'm sure there must be a better way that doesn't involve use of
_globals...anyone h
Hi
Woking on a color selctor and I need to dynamically convert loaded hex values
to values the ColorTransform class uses (ra,ra,ga,gb,ba,gb,aa,ab)
Does anyone know the forumula to do this?
Mucho gracias para tu ayuda!
Jim Bachalo
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I'm bullding an app that uses a slider...
id eally I want the slider to 'snap to' predefined values if the slider is
within a certain distance..
Ideally I'd build myself from scratch but I'm on a too tight timeline (aren't
all timelines too short)
does anyone know of a third party component tha
Hi
Normally if I want to associate a MovieClip with a class using composition I
simply use attachMovie and cast the returned instance to the class I want to
use.
If you can't use attachMovie (ie the Movieclip already exists on the stage for
example)
is it still possible to use comoposition to
Hi
I've encountered issues in the past, where the identical hex colors in flash
and in html were rendered slightly different, making it impossible to seemless
merge the 2.
Does anyone know if this isue been resolved?
Jim Bachalo
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Hi
I need to change the background color of a webpage containing an irregularly
shaped flash movie with a drop shadow.
Does wmode =transparent support alpha in your flash movie?
Are there cross browser issues with wmode=transparent?
Thanks in advance
Jim Bachalo
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Hi
Working on a project for a myspace profileso I can assume that the
flashplayer will be 9.
I read about a bug with using ExternalInterface with fp9...since this is a bug
in an earlier version of fp9, I can't assume all users have upgraded...
Has anyone found a workaround or should I scra
Hi
trying t justify use of Flash 8 to make use of ExternalInterface class.
Does this class eliminate the errors associated with multiple getURL calls in
IE?
Thanks in advance
Jim Bachalo
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Hi
Recently started implementing the PixLib Application framework. There is
something called a HashMap Class which as I understand it, is incredibly useful
to manage large collections of objects, and as an alternative to iterating
through an array.
My question is, how many objects do you need t
Hi
I'm new to the world of Flash frameworks.
As I see it the primary advantage for adopting a framework is in a shrared
group setting, all developers working on a project can speak the same language.
Are there other advantages?
Which one is 'best'?
Right now I'm getting up to speed with PixLib.
Hi
I have an urgent request to add a new soundtrack to an existing FLV which
exists within a fla
So, I need to
1) extract/delete the existing audio and replace with the new audio
or
b)extract/delete the existing audio, re encode with FLV SANS audio
and add the new audio as a streaming track
Hi
I'd like to adopt a coding framework that is scalable and that is flexible
enough to work with on a huge variety of projects.
Has anyone on the list compared PixLib and ARP?
Do both offer good implementations of MVC?
I've heard good things about both but haven't used either yet.
Is one 'bet
Hi
I have a project that I'd like to convert to class based code but would
appreciate some advice on the best approach.
Basically I have a routine which attaches a number of library items to the
stage and, on either a rollover or press event, tweens these items(images) out
in a radial fashion.
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