[AFFUG Discuss] capture the playback of a flash movie?

2008-05-08 Thread John Waggener
Is there an effective way to capture the playback of a flash movie? I would like to output the playback of a collection of images, video, and audio files to a single flv. Is there a solution for this? John Waggener Flash Developer +1-404-424-9986 ViTrue, Inc. http://www.vitrue.com

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Caringorm alternative

2008-07-02 Thread John Waggener
What's Mate? On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Dale Bronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may be thinking about Mate. I seem to recall that be shown in a recent meeting. There are also others. PureMVC seems to be fairly popular. Dale From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Some basic questions about Flex

2008-07-02 Thread John Waggener
Sweet Cameron. Thanks. On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Cameron Childress [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Where are AS packages placed within the Flex SDK? In Flash, in regards to AS3, packages are placed in the $Application Root/FirstRun/Classes When you install Flex Builder they live here:

[AFFUG Discuss] Flex Jobs in San Fran

2008-07-11 Thread John Waggener
Hi. Johnny here. A colleague in San Fran works at a start-up in San Fran. They are hiring Flex Developers. I'm passing the info along... TokBox is an early stage start-up based in downtown San Francisco, CA. We're developing a world wide network for real-time video and voice calling. Funded

[AFFUG Discuss] java ant tasks compc

2008-07-16 Thread John Waggener
I'm using java ant tasks with compc. If anyone can point me to tutorials or examples of how to take a number of packaged classes and compile them into a library swc file, I would be most appreciative. One thing to note about the documentation: Using compc, the component compiler

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] July meeting

2008-07-17 Thread John Waggener
What time is the meeting next week on the 23rd? Johnny On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM, John Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a friendly reminder that the user group meeting is next week (not today) on the 23rd John Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] 770.337.8363 www.FusionLink.com - ColdFusion

[AFFUG Discuss] political maps for flex

2008-11-17 Thread John Waggener
I am looking for quality political maps for flex. My company took a look at iLog Elixir, but were turned off by fairly pricey recurring annual fees. Does anyone know of a solid product for political maps? Specifically, one for US and one for world countries... -- Johnny Waggener 678-592-2650

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] political maps for flex

2008-11-17 Thread John Waggener
This is a good intro to GIS, for those with an interest: http://www.amazon.com/GIS-Web-Developers-Adding-Applications/dp/0974514098/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1226938345sr=8-4 On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:05 AM, John Waggener [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I am looking for quality political maps

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] political maps for flex

2008-11-17 Thread John Waggener
. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:33 AM, John Waggener [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Thanks for the resources. I'm new to visualizing data using maps. I'm trying to map viewers of visitors by state and visitors by country. Are there any products - AS3 libraries, flex uicomponents, that can achieve

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Recommending Read

2008-11-22 Thread John Waggener
Learning Actionscript 3.0 - Richard Shupe with Zevan Rosser If you are just beginning, or a veteran, this is a clear, fun and engaging book that covers the basics. gotoandlearn.com is a great resource as well. On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Scott Talsma [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: These are

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] styling an individual list item in a datagrid.

2008-12-01 Thread John Waggener
/DataGrid_withStyle/ ...right click to ViewSource On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:20 PM, John Waggener [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi everyone, I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving! Problem: I have a datagrid which is bound to an arrayCollection. Some of the items in the Collection are marked as deleted

[AFFUG Discuss] Does anyone have a preferred tool for designing software?

2009-01-23 Thread John Waggener
Does anyone have a preferred tool for designing software? ex. Visio -- Johnny Waggener

[AFFUG Discuss] Export an outline in flex?

2009-01-23 Thread John Waggener
Is there any way to export an outline in flex? I use google docs to design outlines for classes. I want to export an outline as text from the outline view in flex. -- Johnny Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.com

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Export an outline in flex?

2009-01-23 Thread John Waggener
to iterate over the data behind the tree and create a big String variable with that data. Then you could connect to Google Docs via their API (see http://is.gd/gYhl) to create a new document. On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: Is there any way

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Does anyone have a preferred tool for designing software?

2009-01-23 Thread John Waggener
cool. thanks On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM, AppDeveloper appdevelo...@gmail.comwrote: I've enjoyed the eye-candy of Lovely Charts, however it's still in beta. http://www.lovelycharts.com (Go Flex and PHP) On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Future Topics

2009-01-26 Thread John Waggener
Hey Doug I think these are great topics. Count me in. Johnny On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Douglas Knudsen douglasknud...@gmail.comwrote: Seeing a couple posts today, thought I'd put this out there: Two possible future topics at meetings I'm thinking of are 1) Documentation - The

[AFFUG Discuss] in flex builder, effective outline view for script tag?

2009-01-27 Thread John Waggener
I generally keep my mxml viewcomponents simple without much script logic. Utilizing mediators it's possible to keep these flex components indifferent to specific to implementation aside from layout and other properties that fall solidly in the view. But I have some code that I am working with in

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] in flex builder, effective outline view for script tag?

2009-01-27 Thread John Waggener
, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:27 PM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: I generally keep my mxml viewcomponents simple without much script logic. Utilizing mediators it's possible to keep these flex components indifferent to specific to implementation aside from layout and other properties

[AFFUG Discuss] one of the most common requests for flex/flash...

2009-01-27 Thread John Waggener
anyone know of a nice, lightweght, open-source, and FREE, easy-to-implement slide show viewer (shows jpegs, pngs, etc; has nav - forward/back, global; provides for descriptions/captions) much appreciated in advance -- Johnny Waggener Software Developer Multicast Media 678-592-2650

[AFFUG Discuss] Rules around a DisplayObjectContainer's addChild:

2009-01-31 Thread John Waggener
Rules around a DisplayObjectContainer's addChild: I have a DisplayObjectContainer that has a property of a datatype that has a property named prettyThing which is an Image myDisplayObjectContainer{ private var class:Class; private var url:String = someImage.jpg; public function

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Rules around a DisplayObjectContainer's addChild:

2009-01-31 Thread John Waggener
url etc, otherwise make a deep copy - I suggest you read up on the ObjectUtil static class in the live docs. (I'm too lazy to pass a link :) On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:05 AM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.com wrote: Rules around a DisplayObjectContainer's addChild: I have

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Rules around a DisplayObjectContainer's addChild:

2009-01-31 Thread John Waggener
, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:05 AM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.com wrote: Rules around a DisplayObjectContainer's addChild: I have a DisplayObjectContainer that has a property of a datatype that has a property named prettyThing which is an Image myDisplayObjectContainer{ private var

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Rules around a DisplayObjectContainer's addChild:

2009-01-31 Thread John Waggener
around and create memory leaks. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:00 PM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.com wrote: What if I don't want to change ownership? Should the reference suffice as a way of adding the child to myDisplayObjectContainer and having that appear on the screen? johnny

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] cast string to Boolean?

2009-02-02 Thread John Waggener
super. works great. thanks On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:35 AM, FSThomas fstho...@ochremedia.com wrote: John Waggener wrote: Is it possible to cast a string as a Boolean? Try something like this: var _autoplay:Boolean = String( elementNode ).toLowerCase() == true; -f. -- FS Thomas

[AFFUG Discuss] string to Boolean

2009-02-02 Thread John Waggener
I found this answer to my own question: 1. public static function stringToBoolean($string:String):Boolean 2. { 3. return ($string.toLowerCase() == true || $string.toLowerCase()== 1); 4. } http://evolve.reintroducing.com/2008/03/25/tips-n-tricks/converting-strings-to-booleans/

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Exiting an Application and Calling a URL

2009-02-04 Thread John Waggener
String to an unrelated type flash.net:URLRequest. -- *From:* ad...@affug.org [mailto:ad...@affug.org] *On Behalf Of *John Waggener *Sent:* Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:46 AM *To:* discussion@affug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Exiting an Application

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Exiting an Application and Calling a URL

2009-02-04 Thread John Waggener
To call a link in Flex/Flash, you utilize URLRequest and navigateToURL The syntax looks like this: import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.net.navigateToURL; private function goToGoogle():void{ navigateToURL(new URLRequest(http://www.google.com;)); } more generally... private function

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Exiting an Application and Calling a URL

2009-02-04 Thread John Waggener
://localhost/Magic94Scripts/mgrqispi94.dll?APPNAME=Chart_MakerPRGNAME=nav_frameARGUMENTS=-N2007011101,_top *)); } -- *From:* ad...@affug.org [mailto:ad...@affug.org] *On Behalf Of *John Waggener *Sent:* Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:00 AM

[AFFUG Discuss] default xml namespace

2009-02-11 Thread John Waggener
Hi Everyone, I'm constructing a small app - it takes some parameters and displays a line chart. For a demo of the app, I am using a webservice to login. When the app initiates, it logs me in, I receive a token and go from there. After login, the main mxml app responds with an onLogin method.

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] default xml namespace

2009-02-11 Thread John Waggener
, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Everyone, I'm constructing a small app - it takes some parameters and displays a line chart. For a demo of the app, I am using a webservice to login. When the app initiates, it logs me in, I receive a token and go from there. After login

[AFFUG Discuss] Marked up text in Flash, styling

2009-02-13 Thread John Waggener
When using text in Flex, I commonly create TextAreas, assign marked up text (htmlText property) to those areas and then apply a StyleSheet. I couple of limitations that are frustrating. TextArea doesn't seem to resize automatically. This means if I have a couple of TextAreas in the flow of a

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Marked up text in Flash, styling

2009-02-13 Thread John Waggener
, ACCFD Google Talk - teddyrpa...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:44 PM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: When using text in Flex, I commonly create TextAreas, assign marked up text (htmlText property) to those areas and then apply a StyleSheet. I couple of limitations

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] definition mx.binding:BindManager could not be found.

2009-02-20 Thread John Waggener
this issue cropped up in the first place. P On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:48 PM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, I have this code: [Bindable] public function set url(value:String) :void { _url = value; if ( autoLoad ) load

[AFFUG Discuss] compc compiler

2009-02-24 Thread John Waggener
I'm attempting to use the Flex Builder compiler for a library project. I am on a mac and attempting use the unix shell compc that comes with the SDK. When I execute compc I get this: Loading configuration file /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder 3/sdks/3.1.0/frameworks/flex-config.xml Adobe Compc

[AFFUG Discuss] Any recommendations for a fav flash decompiler for the Mac?

2009-04-15 Thread John Waggener
Any recommendations for a fav flash decompiler for the Mac? -- Johnny Waggener Software Developer Multicast Media 678-592-2650

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Any recommendations for a fav flash decompiler for the Mac?

2009-04-15 Thread John Waggener
thanks On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:25 PM, AppDeveloper appdevelo...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.flash-decompiler.com/mac.html On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:17 PM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: i can't seem to find that with a cursory search. Do you mean Trillix? On Wed, Apr 15

[AFFUG Discuss] How does one add mxml and AS3 code to a blog? Is there a special tool to do this?

2009-04-19 Thread John Waggener
How does one add mxml and AS3 code to a blog? Is there a special tool to do this? -- Johnny Waggener Software Developer Multicast Media 678-592-2650

[AFFUG Discuss] Can anyone point me to resources dealing with bandwidth detection?

2009-05-26 Thread John Waggener
Can anyone point me to resources dealing with bandwidth detection? When delivering streams, what is the best way to detect bandwidth and adjust streams if necessary? -- Johnny Waggener Software Developer Multicast Media 678-592-2650

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Looking for Flex positions

2009-11-25 Thread John Waggener
I'm leaving Multicast Media, located off Cobb Parkway for a position at Moxie Interactive. Multicast is looking for a developer for the position I am vacating. Johnny Waggener On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Sydney R. Bennett gat0rg...@yahoo.comwrote: If anyone is looking to hire flex

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] embedded fonts in Flex

2010-08-05 Thread John Waggener
3.2 Sent from my iPhone On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Lukas Bradley lu...@thrustinteractive.com wrote: I'm assuming you're using Flex 3.5ish? Lukas Lukas Bradley . President 678.575.5067 m Thrust Interactive http://www.thrustinteractive.com On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:17 PM, John

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] embedded fonts in Flex

2010-08-05 Thread John Waggener
, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:52 PM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: 3.2 Sent from my iPhone On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Lukas Bradley lu...@thrustinteractive.com wrote: I'm assuming you're using Flex 3.5ish? Lukas Lukas Bradley . President 678.575.5067 m Thrust Interactive http

Re: [AFFUG Discuss] embedded fonts in Flex

2010-08-19 Thread John Waggener
can always fall back on the 'mask' fade technique which is a simple work around. On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 5:34 PM, John Waggener john.wagge...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Darin. I work at a marketing company, so the designers insist on their fonts. In this case VGARounded. In Flash IDE

[AFFUG Discuss] lasso tool in flash

2010-09-22 Thread John Waggener
I'm looking to implement a photoshop lasso-like tool in Flash/Flex. Does anyone know of any libraries that provide photoshop/illustrator type tools? Thank you, -- Johnny Waggener Moxie Interactive