[Flashcoders] Robert McLaughlin/BRAD/Bombardier is out of the office.

2012-07-10 Thread robert . mclaughlin
I will be out of the office starting 07/06/2012 and will not return until 07/23/2012. Please contact andrew.luck...@aero.bombardier.com (514) 344-6621 x4-6606 for any pressing issues. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http

[Flashcoders] Robert McLaughlin/BRAD/Bombardier is out of the office.

2012-05-02 Thread robert . mclaughlin
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[Flashcoders] Robert McLaughlin/BRAD/Bombardier is out of the office.

2012-02-22 Thread robert . mclaughlin
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[Flashcoders] Robert McLaughlin/BRAD/Bombardier is out of the office.

2012-02-16 Thread robert . mclaughlin
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[Flashcoders] Robert McLaughlin/BRAD/Bombardier is out of the office.

2012-02-10 Thread robert . mclaughlin
I will be out of the office starting 02/10/2012 and will not return until 02/13/2012. Please contact andrew.luck...@aero.bombardier.com (514) 344-6621 x4-6606 for any pressing issues. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http

[Flashcoders] Robert McLaughlin/BRAD/Bombardier is out of the office.

2012-01-05 Thread robert . mclaughlin
I will be out of the office starting 01/04/2012 and will not return until 01/16/2012. Please contact andrew.luck...@aero.bombardier.com (514) 344-6621 x4-6606 for any urgent issues. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http:/

[Flashcoders] Re: Caught In My Own Infinite Loop (Robert Henry)

2011-08-21 Thread Robert Henry
John, no solution for your scenario - just a designer who hacks my way through. Question: Why would you want to create and destroy vs just building once for all menus per user session and toggle visibility of the desired tier. Historically visibility should also manage the hit state of t

[Flashcoders] Robert McLaughlin/BRAD/Bombardier is out of the office.

2011-07-11 Thread robert . mclaughlin
I will be out of the office starting 07/07/2011 and will not return until 07/19/2011. Please contact andrew.luck...@aero.bombardier.com (514) 344-6621 x68974 for any issues. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyf

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi, //Assumes mc1 is on the stage and has linkage set to "mc1" var mc2:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); addChild(mc2); addChild(mc1); hth, Bob -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of natalia Vikhtins

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: as3 progress bar?

2009-11-09 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Michael, Where is the Loader in relation to "this"? Is docClass an extension of Loader? Your listener will need to be attached to the LoaderInfo of the Loader you're trying to track. Attaching it to the stage won't work, since ProgressEvents do not bubble up. Once the listener is listening to t

RE: [Flashcoders] Equivalent of setCharAt to change a character in a string

2009-07-14 Thread Robert Leisle
Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Equivalent of setCharAt to change a character in a string Thanks Robert - yes I am able to replace patterns but just wondered If simple way to change a particular character in a string based on the character index? Thanks Paul Sent from my iPhone On 14 Jul

RE: [Flashcoders] Equivalent of setCharAt to change a character in a string

2009-07-14 Thread Robert Leisle
Does this not work for you? // Change the first instance only var myPattern:RegExp = /sh/; // Change all instances //var myPattern:RegExp = /sh/g; var str:String = "She sells seashells by the seashore."; trace(str.replace(myPattern, "sch")); // She sells seaschells by the seashore. Hth, Bob

RE: [Flashcoders] ReferenceError: Error #1065 issue

2009-06-22 Thread Robert Leisle
Thanks Mario! I actually found the solution to this. It was my own mistake, of course. I've got a base level swf loading in a child swf which contains the super class and subclass mentioned below. Turns out the loading swf also uses the super class, and I hadn't recompiled it in the process. It wa

[Flashcoders] ReferenceError: Error #1065 issue

2009-06-18 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi list, This should be simple, but for some reason refuses to cooperate. I'm working in AS3, CS3. I've got a super class (HsSegment) and a subclass (HsSegment_qtd1), both are public. In the super class are the definitions for many methods, including this definition: protected function mthGetPDat

RE: [Flashcoders] swf paths...

2009-06-03 Thread Robert Leisle
oth. kind of been playing around with this as well: str = _url; slash = str.lastIndexOf("/"); str = str.substring(slash+1, str.length); dot = str.lastIndexOf("."); filename = str.substring(0, dot); directoryLocation = _url.split(filename + ".swf").join(""); and sett

RE: [Flashcoders] swf paths...

2009-06-03 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Maurice, How about sending it in as a URL variable when you load preloader.swf into the html page? In the HTML: ... Then in preloader.swf: var ojtParams:Object = this.loaderInfo.parameters; var swfPath:String = ojtParams.path; hth, Bob -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] Getting attributes out of a node with : in it

2009-02-09 Thread Robert Leisle
Check out the Namespace class, as it applies to XML, in the Flash docs. There's also a good explanation in this tutorial by Lee Brimelow: http://gotoandlearn.com/play?id=65 hth, Bob -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.f

RE: [Flashcoders] help stopping an external clip on as3

2009-01-16 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Gustavo, Try this: var mc:MovieClip = myLoader.content as MovieClip; mc.stop(); or MovieClip(myLoader.content).stop(); Either one should work. hth, Bob -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of

[Flashcoders] What REALLY causes an IOError?

2008-11-03 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi all, I am trying to drill deeper into Flash player IOError handling in AS3, in order to distinguish different types of load failures when loading child swfs and data into a parent swf. For instance, I need to know, and react differently to, loads errors where the file is missing altogether vs.

RE: [Flashcoders] getting loader to work with security policy...

2008-09-09 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Boyd, Yes, you'll need to do import flash.system.Security; to use the loadPolicyFile method. Also, in your crossdomain.xml, you'll need to include , or The way it is coded now will only allow the specific domain, http://boyd-speer.com. Any differences to that (www, dev, etc.) will cause a mi

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: How to avoid little blink while loading another movie

2008-09-02 Thread Robert Leisle
You could also load the SecondLine.swf slightly before you actually want to display it, but delay adding it to the display list until you do want to display it. var myUILoader:UILoader=new UILoader(); myUILoader.height=23.6; myUILoader.move(-17,-1); myUILoader.source="SecondLine.swf"; Then at

RE: [Flashcoders] ColorPicker.selectedValue to #hex?

2008-07-24 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Jason, Is something like this what you need? function dec2hex(input):String { var hex:Number; var stgHex:String = uint(input).toString(16); while (stgHex.length < 6){ stgHex = "0"+stgHex; } stgHex = "0x"+stgHex; return stgHex; }

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X filtering strange behaviour

2008-07-21 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Jason, This works for me: var testXML:XML = ; var re:RegExp = new RegExp(searchInput.text, "g"); var xmlListSearch:XMLList = te

Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animation

2008-06-06 Thread robert
Hi all Thank you for the feedbacks and pointers to possible trouble spots. At this point I am getting info on the client's hardware but I suspect I'll be back with a url for other opinions :/ well it is Friday at least :) robert On Jun 6, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Zeh Fernando wrote:

[Flashcoders] smooth animation

2008-06-06 Thread robert
ent in flash or related to the viewing hardware? Thank you very much robert ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9

2008-05-28 Thread Robert Leisle
This is probably not what your client wants to hear but the question has to be asked. Isn't Firefox popup blocker there for a reason? When blocking is active there is a message when a popup is attempted. Users have the choice to block or not, or to white-list your popups. I recommend allowing them

RE: [Flashcoders] Why isn't my TextField multiline? AS2

2008-05-07 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Alistair, Try adding this to your code: tmpField.wordWrap = true; Hth, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alistair Colling Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:03 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Why isn't my TextField mult

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 For loop proplem

2008-05-06 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi SJM, It looks like you're setting the persistent var, _mcName, to equal each _summaryElement[i].sumImg in turn as the loop progresses. That means that when the loop is finished, the value for _mcName will be a reference to _summaryElement[4].sumImg, the last clip being loaded. Since your loo

RE: [Flashcoders] A simple question for getting Object info.

2008-05-02 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi ACE, This works: var bookList:Object = { BOOK1:{isbn:"155209328X",Price:"$19.95.",Title:"This is Book1 Title"}, BOOK2:{isbn:"0072231726",Price:"$24.95.",Title:"This is Book2 Title"} }; for (var book:* in bookList) { trace(book); for (var i:* in bookList[book]) {

Re: [Flashcoders] Need Help from Techies

2008-04-26 Thread robert
I'm not entirely understanding what the problem is, but a JSFL script is good for going thru timelines and can be used to evaluate what is where. or "Distribute to layers" should separate them out? On Apr 25, 2008, at 5:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have a problem that I can

Re: [Flashcoders] Reloading Dynamic Text

2008-04-19 Thread robert
somehow i don't think your sendAndLoad is correct. does the value for mid change at all when the interval is reached? until then, this code should be able to update the textfield as the output from the php changes. function reloadPHP() { loadVariables(fl_url, _root); } rand = Math.floor(Ma

Re: [Flashcoders] Reloading Dynamic Text

2008-04-19 Thread robert
you may need to include a random digit to prevent caching especially if "mid" is the same value each time the function attempts to load the php page. var rand:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) loadVariablesNum("live_flash.php?mid="+mid+"&r="+rand, 0, "GET"); On Apr 19, 2008, at 12:

Re: [Flashcoders] Double lines from PHP

2008-04-18 Thread robert
no idea what your form data in php looks like, but you could probably use nl2br in there and the output (xml?) doesn't include \n or \r but simply as needed. Anyway I think on Windows you get a \r\n combo. for flash, you need to strip out the \r. then \n remains and as far as I recall for

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: php forum

2008-04-17 Thread robert
PHP Builder is pretty great. There is even a section "code critique" which is helpful. http://phpbuilder.com/board/ On Apr 17, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Jer Brand wrote: The open forum/programmers symposium on arstechnica.com is a pretty good resource for most languages including PHP, though th

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamically changing FLV framerate

2008-04-09 Thread robert
Depends on the length of your video, but might be more efficient to render the video at an alternative speed. Not exactly the same as your case, but this is especially better when doing something like playing the movie backwards, that is, do a separate and complete rendering of the movie th

Re: [Flashcoders] Interfaces

2008-04-01 Thread robert
On Apr 1, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Omar Fouad wrote: list, I've been reading tons of books and I still can't get the concept of Interfaces. Can someone explain it with an easy example for me? Help will be really appreciated. This guy's example gave me a good foothold. Maybe it will help: http://la

RE: [Flashcoders] RangeError: Error #2006: The supplied index is out ofbounds.

2008-02-25 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Anuj, According to Flash Help files for getChildAt(), this error is generated by getChildAt() when, "RangeError - Throws if the index does not exist in the child list." Either your "aa" variable is not evaluating correctly inside the function or there is no child object at depth index 0 when th

RE: [Flashcoders] Button addEventListener is cancelled out by my Timerfunction.

2008-02-25 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi Vlado, It looks like your button is probably on the timeline rather than make instantiated with code. Make sure your button exists before you do the addEventListener() on frame 25. Also, do you maybe have a key frame in the button layer at frame 65? If so, each key frame creates a new instance

RE: [Flashcoders] on exit/close event

2007-12-19 Thread Robert Hadsell
Putting an onPreUnload javascript function in the page's Body tag might be more reliable. As I understand it, this function was conceived to force what you want to happen to go to completion before the page is actually closed. -- Bob Hadsell> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:17:16 -0500> From: [EMAI

[Flashcoders] Digest.

2007-10-19 Thread Robert Redmond
I attempted to use the control panel provided in the re-instatement email for this as well, but I'm still receiving the individual emails... Kindly, Robert N. Redmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.designerprogrammer.com -- c. 917.673.3257 p. 845.284.2849 f. 866.292.9213 -- 80 Nardin

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Sound = wtf

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Brisita
Yeah sound was a bit of code, test, re-read documentation, trail, and error process. I ended up creating an internal class called tSound (light class with 2 members) that contained a Sound and a SoundChannel that is used in a SoundManager for individual sounds. I used the SoundMixer to contr

Re: [Flashcoders] flash contact form backend

2007-09-14 Thread robert nikolic
} else { echo("Message delivery failed..."); } ?> --- frmEmail is an iframe in html 1x1 pixel who will load the and exectute the php script and allow the flash form to move to the 2nd frame Cheers 2 all, Robert From: "eric e. dolecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-T

[Flashcoders] flash contact form backend

2007-09-13 Thread robert nikolic
I have a flash contact form, and I'm struggling to implement a proper backend code to be able to send it to an email recipient. Could anyone help with an example, many thanks, Robert _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Mess

Re: [Flashcoders] long dash

2007-08-23 Thread robert
how about just buying a math font and embedding it? http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/P/P_1423.html On Aug 23, 2007, at 1:07 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: But how that help to show: "1/3 of 9" with horizontal line? 2007/8/23, Hershell Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Will your design allow

RE: [Flashcoders] setStyle ComboBox (AS2)

2007-08-07 Thread Robert Hadsell
One approach that should work is skinning, which can be done in several ways. Take a look at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/skinning_2004_print.html -- Bob Hadsell> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:58:50 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Subject: [Fla

Re: [Flashcoders] Timeline instance problem

2007-08-06 Thread robert
On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Muzak wrote: My problem comes down to that much of the code is dealing with defining code for different events for movie clips in my movie. But a lot of these movie clips have not yet appeared on the timeline when the movie start, and when the constructor for main

Re: [Flashcoders] Runtime shared library loading problem

2007-07-29 Thread Robert r. Sanders
the path to the runtime files, it works fine. The problem happens only when I load my swf file through a container. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks Kannan -- Robert r. Sanders Chief Technologist iPOV (334) 821-5412 www.ipov.net ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Tips and advice for online bugtracking

2007-07-10 Thread robert
On Jul 10, 2007, at 5:33 AM, Marcelo Wolfgang wrote: Hi all, I have the type of problem I hate the most when developing flash. My swf works fine locally, but it doesn't work at all on the web. And I'm about as clueless one can be about debuggin this kind of problem. So... can anyone spar

Re: [Flashcoders] adapt architecture to facilitate switching component sets

2007-06-30 Thread Robert Sanders
Sounds to me that your over complicating a bit. What you probably could do is provide a base set of classes for you model/data and then one or more adapters to add the needed conversion to and from framework specifics. In general I think that while ease of reuse is a great idea, you aren't go

Re: AW: [Flashcoders] Turn image around effect?

2007-06-29 Thread robert
Maybe it is some variation of the pageflip: http://www.iparigrafika.hu:16080/pageflip/ On Jun 29, 2007, at 4:12 AM, Jiri Heitlager | dadata.org wrote: Hmmm, i would also really like to know how they did that. It seems to be running in as2 FP8, so that probably rules out papervision. May

Re: [Flashcoders] DHTML over flash, Mac issue

2007-06-29 Thread Gosselin, Robert
he div? We hide Flash all the time, by >> basically >> destroying the innerHTML and then later re-loading when you set the >> Flash div CSS to 'visible'. It'll be in the cache anyways... >> >> Jeff Harrington >> http://jeffharrington.org &

Re: [Flashcoders] DHTML over flash, Mac issue

2007-06-28 Thread Gosselin, Robert
on the situation, you may be able to work around this, > but its ugly at best. > > Phil > > -Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gosselin, > Robert > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 1:52 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] DHTML over flash, Mac issue

2007-06-28 Thread Gosselin, Robert
ROBERT GOSSELIN DÉVELOPPEUR FLASH SENIOR SID LEE514.282.2200 # 619 CRÉATIVITÉ COMMERCIALE SIDLEE.COM ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

Re: [Flashcoders] loading xml into flash in spanish(desperate)

2007-06-25 Thread robert
how about in your xml using the html codes: ñ = ñ é = é so señor is señor also I think the texboxes would need to embed characters for ñ and é. On Jun 25, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Gustavo Duenas wrote: I'm still stuck on this... would somebody help me, I don't know why this flash apparently doe

Re: [Flashcoders] getBytes...() works only local, not online (except when imgs are cached)

2007-06-15 Thread robert
I'm certain some of the real coders on this list can optimize this or point out its faults but it worked for me on a few projects: // iterate thru a list of items for loading len = items.length _count = len + 1; for (var i:Number = 0; i < len; i++) { loadItem(items[i]); } function loadItem(

[Flashcoders] Robert Jakobsson is out of the office.

2007-06-15 Thread robert . jakobsson
I will be out of the office starting 2007-06-15 and will not return until 2007-06-25. I will respond to your message when I return. Best regards Robert Jakobsson ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

Re: [Flashcoders] How do I get rid of enhanced stroke?

2007-06-13 Thread robert
Recent versions of illustrator create enhanced strokes even if there is no enhancement. Save the file as a lower version (Flash 8 to Flash MX) then open it up and save again to your current version. The strokes should resolve themselves. With Flash CS3 this problem is fixed I think. goog

Re: [Flashcoders] another stupid XML question

2007-06-09 Thread robert
for me i'd parse the entire xml in one go when the swf is loading. In parsing, save each subsection of the xml data into an array. When the button needs it, simply access the array. this is not a stupid question because I've seen similar scenarios in which the xml was completely reloaded on

Re: [Flashcoders] border styles for TextArea component

2007-05-16 Thread Robert Hadsell
John -- Your postings led me to look into this further. I found the answer in this livedocs item, Using ActionScript to draw Button skins: http://tinyurl.com/282gze You'll see from the Comments at the end that the AS code didn't seem to work. This might be because the instructions are ambi

RE: [Flashcoders] MovieClip.loadMovie(), unloadMovie() and attachMovie()

2007-05-12 Thread Robert Hadsell
ej -- Another possible approach is to use MovieClipLoader() with createEmptyMovieClip() and loadClip() to create a child movieclip nested within a parent movieclip. I posted steps for doing this on May 1, in response to the posting "dynamic image loading in mc". -- Bob Hadsell From: ej <

[Flashcoders] Robert Jakobsson is out of the office.

2007-05-10 Thread robert . jakobsson
I will be out of the office starting 2007-05-10 and will not return until 2007-05-14. I will respond to your message when I return. Best regards Robert Jakobsson ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

RE: [Flashcoders] specific filter

2007-05-07 Thread Robert Hadsell
The Color Transform class that became available in Flash 8 might be a good approach for changing at least some components of a move clip (changing color and/or alpha property). -- Bob Hadsell From: "Prince Zain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: flashcoders@

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 OSX - Classpath woes

2007-05-06 Thread robert
You can recreate a new test class that lives in classes directory? I don't think it is an issue, but what is the line-endings setting of the documents and document encoding? In PHP, there was some weird bug that if the document encoding was UTF-8 with BOM (Byte order mark) then PHP engine w

Re: [Flashcoders] Animating Character Movement

2007-05-04 Thread Robert Brisita
Try the State Pattern. I have successfully used this in a line of games I did for a client. The Quick and Dirty explanation: Each state knows what it needs to do. On a change state the old state exits and the new state enters. On an update (onEnterFrame) the state is handled (it does what it

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash / Java Communication with ExternalInterface

2007-05-03 Thread Robert Brisita
I'm not sure if this will help you but on my current project I have a Oracle / Java back end and I created some servlets to process and return XML to the Flash client for processing. Although for this project I am using AS3, what I use is equivalent to LoadVars. Servlets execute within the Web

Re: [Flashcoders] Any good XML api out there?

2007-05-03 Thread Robert Brisita
Ever tried XML2Object? Check it out: http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=129 The only draw back is if there is only one element it won't put it into an array but an object. To resolve this I throw it into an array to unify use: if(!object.xml_element.length) { object.xml_element = n

Re: [Flashcoders] Syntax for dynamically calling a function

2007-05-03 Thread Robert Brisita
You could do something like this: class Something { method1(); method2(a_number:Number); } Somewhere else: var method_str:String = "method1"; var sm:Something = new Something(); sm[method_str](); // Will call method1 class method sm["method2"](0x09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0); // Also

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-03 Thread Robert Brisita
I associate my AS2 classes to my library symbols through Object.registerClass(LibraryID, ClassName). Where: LibraryID is an identifier in the FLA of a movie clip. ClassName is a class that eventually extends a Movieclip. I have a RegisterClasses singleton that is the first thing that is called

Re: [Flashcoders] Forms between JSP and Flash

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
If memory serves me right try this: $xml is a variable that holds the data and xml will be the member of the LoadVars instance in flash when the onLoad event is triggered. Quick Example: class Test { var lv:LoadVars = new some method { ... lv.onLoad = Delegate.cr

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
;m trying to do everything by the book. Permission from the author rules all though, right? Obviously, I'm going to make sure he gets credit and there's a clear line between our work and his etc etc... Thanks again, h. On 02/05/07, Mark Winterhalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
ed as an extra SWF to be on the safe side" I see it the same way. R. Mark Winterhalder wrote: On 5/2/07, Robert Brisita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you have to go the GPL route, you can tell your employers that all the code is in the SWF anyway, making it available just takes aw

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
Yeah for this instance (Action Script) if you extend a class in the licensed library then that extension must be available to all who ask for it. Robert Sanders wrote: GPL means you have to release source to your game. LGPL - well since it was written or C type langs. there is some (heated

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Brisita
"It has always been the FSF's position that dynamically linking applications to libraries creates a single work derived from both the library code and the application code. The GPL requires that all derivative works be licensed under the GPL, an effect which can be described as "hereditary." So

Re: [Flashcoders] Implications of using GPL'ed libraries?

2007-05-02 Thread Robert Sanders
GPL means you have to release source to your game. LGPL - well since it was written or C type langs. there is some (heated) debate about how to define "linking" in the context of dynamic languages; I've seen recently that there seems to be a creative commons license that explicitly says "modif

Re: [Flashcoders] CrossDomain and Forms

2007-05-01 Thread Robert Brisita
The crossdomain.xml has to be on the server with the data you want to access. You could also you LocalConnection to get around it. Helmut Granda wrote: but the crossdomain.xml has to be in the client's machine not on my testing server. is that correct? On 5/1/07, Robert Brisita &l

Re: [Flashcoders] CrossDomain and Forms

2007-05-01 Thread Robert Brisita
Search for an example of a crossdomain.xml, which would sit on the root directory of your website. Hope this helps, Rob. Helmut Granda wrote: Is there anyway to go around the crossdomain for testing purposes besides testing locally (from flash IDE)? final files will be at Form: subdomain.zzz

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: generating new instances dynamically?

2007-05-01 Thread Robert Brisita
If it is a movie clip you want to instantiate then you have to use: _root.attachMovie(libraryID, instanceName, depth); The class associated with it will construct and the onLoad event will trigger if it is being listened to. Ciao, Rob. sebastian chedal wrote: Hello Flashcoders, Sorry to bot

RE: [Flashcoders] dynamic image loading in mc

2007-05-01 Thread Robert Hadsell
Mastro -- One way to load a graphic file into a parent movie clip is to use a MovieClipLoader to create a new movie clip with the graphic, nested in a parent movie clip. Here is code where the selection is made with a ComboBox that has graphic file pathways in its data parameter: var listen

Re: [Flashcoders] Wave effect

2007-04-27 Thread Robert Brisita
"This is MAC only." :) That's funny. Michael Stuhr wrote: Parvaiz Patel schrieb: Hi, Anybody knows how to create the wave effect shown in (http://www.mandchou.com/) at the bottom for dynamically loaded images. Pls let me know. Thanks & regards, PP This is MAC only. micha *sorry coul

Re: [Flashcoders] Pile of Objects Physics

2007-04-26 Thread Robert Brisita
Cheers for the site: http://lab.polygonal.de/ It has some great topics. I'm sure I'll refer to this site over and over again. Ciao, Rob. Joe Cutting wrote: Tom, Robert, Thanks for this. I've seen Fisix but was put off by the rather nebulous "we can negotiate

Re: [Flashcoders] Clear Set Interval Q:

2007-04-25 Thread Robert Brisita
Don't know if this helps you but I'll mention it for the sake of knowledge. You could also use: _global.setTimeout(scope, function_str, milliseconds) Works like setInterval and it will return an ID but it will only run once then kill itself. Ciao, Rob. Danny Kodicek wrote: > > Is a new int

Re: [Flashcoders] Pile of Objects Physics

2007-04-25 Thread Robert Brisita
CTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Brisita Sent: 25 April 2007 15:25 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Pile of Objects Physics Hey Joe, I'm currently working on a flash physics based project as well. From my research I have found two AS3 bas

Re: [Flashcoders] Pile of Objects Physics

2007-04-25 Thread Robert Brisita
Hey Joe, I'm currently working on a flash physics based project as well. From my research I have found two AS3 based physics engines, which one was already mentioned by you (APE). The other is the Fisix Engine. From my tests it is better structured and more complete. Check out: http://ww

Re: [Flashcoders] Class for movie - best practice question

2007-04-24 Thread Robert Brisita
One way: In the same directory as your SWF. Have a main class with a static function that takes in a movie clip. In your FLA put code in Frame 1 like: MainClass.main(this); The "this" is the root movie clip. The static function main will pass it around to who ever needs it in your applicatio

Re: [Flashcoders] setInterval woes

2007-04-20 Thread robert
"pulling the data every time that frame comes up." Is this called on a timeline with many frames and no stop()? If so, I think you are setting a completely new interval on each loop of the frames. If you want this thing to fire once each minute put it somewhere outside of this loop of fra

Re: [Flashcoders] Compiler chokes when using a class method as event handler

2007-04-19 Thread Robert Brisita
The compiler says: "**Error** Deck.as: There is no method with the name 'setDepthTo'. this.setDepthTo(DepthManager.kTop);" And from your code I don't see it either: this.setDepthTo or this.filters. When you say "it works" do you mean it compiles ok or that onPress the card acts the w

Re: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area of a masked SWF

2007-04-19 Thread Robert Brisita
With your second explanation, the problem you are having is clearer. About a year ago, I developed an application where I had a container that loaded SWFs from other developers. I contacted all the developers with the dimensions and the FPS the SWF container is being built on and sent them an

Re: [Flashcoders] poll on editors/IDe

2007-04-08 Thread robert
I'm using BBedit! On Apr 8, 2007, at 9:31 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote: This is my list so far. FlashDevelop Flexbuilder SciTe Flash Eclipse with Flex SDK Eclipse with ASDT Eclipse with FDT Eclipse with HXDT Eclipse with EHX SEPY Actionscript editor Flash 9 IDE Flash 8 IDE Vim Notepad++ EditPlus wi

Re: [Flashcoders] re: createTextField

2007-04-07 Thread robert
On Apr 6, 2007, at 10:06 AM, leolea wrote: Try adding: mytext.embedFonts = true; Also, put an empty dynamic textfield (offstage), select the font "mysilkscreen" and embed the characters you need. Should do it. I always thought adding a textfield to the stage was absurd so I've created a

Re: [Flashcoders] sync flv with swf

2007-04-04 Thread robert
Im just guessing but how about getting a percentage played of the swf using currentframe and totalframes, then using that number to target the matching playhead position in the flv. On Apr 4, 2007, at 6:02 AM, Ellen Sundh wrote: Hi! I have an identical movie in a swf file and as a flv. Th

Re: [Flashcoders] Dealing with size of a multi languages site

2007-03-22 Thread Gosselin, Robert
Thanks Alain. Le 22/03/07 07:50, « Alain Rousseau » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hi Robert, > > You should look into shared librairies for your fonts as it will spread > the weight of the fonts over multiple files. > For possible solution I'd r

[Flashcoders] Dealing with size of a multi languages site

2007-03-21 Thread Gosselin, Robert
doing some test and the swf is [EMAIL PROTECTED] heavy. Thanks ROBERT GOSSELIN SENIOR FLASH DEVELOPER SID LEE514.282.2200 # 619

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash training suggestions

2007-03-09 Thread Robert Bilderbach
Might take a look at the lynda.com, may get you enough to get up to speed for the other class and you can pick what your looking for. GBY, -R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Herrman Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:44 AM To: flashcoders@

Re: [Flashcoders] How to read variables from file into an array.

2007-03-08 Thread robert
Why not using JSON? I haven't used it yet but this seems like a good opportunity from the examples I've studied. On Mar 7, 2007, at 7:59 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote: You should be using XML for this. It will handle larger more complex data structures. Ron Steve Abaffy wrote: Hello, All

Re: [Flashcoders] How to read variables from file into an array.

2007-03-07 Thread robert
I don't mean to derail this topic, but I have read about JSON so would this be an ideal spot for it? On Mar 7, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Hairy Dog Digital wrote: Why TEXT and not XML? -Original Message- From: Steve Abaffy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:42 AM To

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2007-03-01 Thread robert nikolic
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash exe and Vista

2007-02-28 Thread Robert Akerson
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Akerson Sent: Tuesday, 27 February 2007 6:31 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash exe and Vista I just finished a large Flash CD project that started out as a SWF Studio build, but Switched over

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash exe and Vista

2007-02-26 Thread Robert Akerson
I just finished a large Flash CD project that started out as a SWF Studio build, but Switched over the Using MDMs Zinc 2.5 after some initial testing with Vista. http://www.multidmedia.com/ This got around the locking up and Admin access issues with SWFStudio. The syntax is fairly similar betwe

Re: [Flashcoders] 3d question

2007-02-14 Thread Gosselin, Robert
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2007-02-01 Thread Robert W Johnson
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