[Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread Mike Mountain
OK I know for sure I'm not the only one this is happening to, but I wanted to get a consensus of how common this is. My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). Anyone else

[Flashcoders] Dynamic layouts

2005-10-24 Thread Andreas Rønning
Anyone got good links for writing dynamic layout engines in Flash? I'm working on my very first layout engine so any helpful nudges is deeply appreciated :) In particular i'm interested in mind map or flow chart style layouts with connected and collapsable nodes. The recent influx of floating

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread Hindman, Jeff
Same think was happening to me ... but not until I installed the Flex 2.0 Alpha. --Jeff Hindman -Original Message- From: Mike Mountain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps

[Flashcoders] allowDomain must be domain

2005-10-24 Thread Martin Klasson
Hi people. This will work:, apple-site just an example allowDomain(www.apple.com) Will this also work? allowDomain(www.apple.com/quicktimes/index.html) or do I have to extract the domain-part of it before adding it in? is there a built-in-way to extract the domain perhaps? / martin

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread grant
I haven't noticed that in firefox, I have the 8.5 plugin installed in firefox and left 7 in windows exploder. I've been to quite a few sites that use 7 and I watched the osflash conference using 8.5 fine... Maybe its just some rogue site ? :) Grant - Original Message - From:

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread Hindman, Jeff
IE 6.0 ... I fixed the problem by re-installing the Alpha and only checking Firefox as a browser to load the Flash 8.5 plug-in into. -- Jeff -Original Message- From: Merrill, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 10:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject:

[Flashcoders] External Interface Unicode

2005-10-24 Thread eric dolecki
I'm trying to pass unicode strings into Flash by using flash8.ocx ActiveX control and the ExternalInterface handlers. Thus far I've been observing the XML serialization that comes out of Flash, and I'm trying to mimick that serialization process in the host application (written in Python.) I see

[Flashcoders] Measuring the height of a dynamically created text field.

2005-10-24 Thread David Lochhead
Hello, Is there anyway to measure the height of a dynamically created textfield without moving onto the next frame? Here's my test code. writeTestField = function () { this.createTextField(my_txt, 1, 50, 50, 300, 1); my_txt.type = dynamic; my_txt.autoSize = true;

[Flashcoders] FlashLite Phones?

2005-10-24 Thread Michael Bedar
Just looking into mobile development, and I'm a bit confused... Can anyone point me to any phones available in the US that can run FlashLite? I have the list at: http://www.macromedia.com/mobile/supported_devices/flashlite/ But these don't seem available from local carriers... Thanks, Mike

Re: [Flashcoders] Q;Flashout on OSX

2005-10-24 Thread Michael Bedar
Is there a FlashOut version for OSX? I thought it was windows only On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Is anyone running the latest version of Flashout in Eclipse on OSX? I've installed the plugin, it appears in my preference pane but I get the error message:

Re: [Flashcoders] Forum for ActionScript3

2005-10-24 Thread quinrou .
try this http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders On 10/22/05, Robert Edgar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a posting I saw on the labs forums about this.. They(MM) are going to open one RSN.. Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread mjonkman
In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I think Contribute also has a similar issue. That is whenever you launch MS Office apps after upgrading to Flash 8 it will downgrade you to Flash 7 player. But it is a noticeable downgrade in

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework

2005-10-24 Thread Spike
I have 2 or 3 AS only projects on my machine. None of them are functionally complete yet, but I can post one or two fo them when they are. As Michael already said, there are several simple examples in the help files that can be run as just .as files. No MXML at all. Spike On 10/24/05, Benjamin

Re: [Flashcoders] Casting stage MCs as MovieClip yields null?!

2005-10-24 Thread James O'Reilly [JOR]
Hi Scott, I don't know what your evalAppendedPath contained so I wrote my own to test your code. Everything worked as expected for me so maybe you have a typo in your movie clip names or path. I've uploaded an FLA if you want to take a look at my version:

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework

2005-10-24 Thread JesterXL
Keep in mind AS only projects don't use the Flex framework, so mx.controls.Button won't work; you'd have to utilize the Flex framework. - Original Message - From: Benjamin Dobler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, October 24,

[Flashcoders] test /eom

2005-10-24 Thread Weyert de Boer
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AW: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework

2005-10-24 Thread Benjamin Dobler
Keep in mind AS only projects don't use the Flex framework, so mx.controls.Button won't work; you'd have to utilize the Flex framework. Thanks Jesse that`s what i wanted to get sure of. Is there not even a workaround to use the framework in as only projects?

Re: AW: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework

2005-10-24 Thread Spike
In order to see anything with the debugger you usually need to set a breakpoint somewhere in the code. Right-click in the left margin of the editor and choose toggle breakpoint. Make sure it's inside a script block and on a line that has some executable code on it. Once you've done that, hit the

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with .as files

2005-10-24 Thread Michael Klishin
I. Franklin wrote: Hi list, I have encountered a bizarre problem with the .as files in one of my projects. The problem is that when I make any updations to the class file and compile, it is not getting reflected in the project and moreover even when I comment all the scripts in that class file,

[Flashcoders] NetStream class, Macs and local FLVs

2005-10-24 Thread Scott Villarosa
I'm trying to code my way around this known error[1] with Flash, local FLV files, and Mac computers. I'm fine with the code and everything although just wanted to ask this relatively straightforward question. Will the NetStream class on a Mac still throw an onStatus string like

RE: [Flashcoders] FlashLite Phones?

2005-10-24 Thread Jared Freeze
I have a 6620 with the flashlite player working well on it. . . Available from cingular. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Bedar Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 11:43 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] FlashLite

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with .as files

2005-10-24 Thread Chris Hill
This can also be an issue with working on a network drive. You should make sure all your .as files are local. Michael Klishin wrote: I. Franklin wrote: Hi list, I have encountered a bizarre problem with the .as files in one of my projects. The problem is that when I make any updations to

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework

2005-10-24 Thread Spike
You should be able to use the Flex framework without requiring any MXML. It might take a bit of detective work, but since all MXML files get turned into ActionScript files prior to being compiled it should definitely be possible. You'll probably get a lot of value out of using mxml.exe at the

[Flashcoders] FileReference class [Get path of a selected file]

2005-10-24 Thread khair
Is there a way to get the actual path of a file you selected after useing browse method? -- Keith H -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with .as files

2005-10-24 Thread James O'Reilly [JOR]
Michael Klishin wrote: I. Franklin wrote: Hi list, I have encountered a bizarre problem with the .as files in one of my projects. The problem is that when I make any updations to the class file and compile, it is not getting reflected in the project and moreover even when I comment all the

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework

2005-10-24 Thread Spike
Hi Bevan, Not sure exactly what might have been going wrong, but if that's all you have in your file then it will fail. This should work though, assuming you have a file called test.xml in the same folder as the XMLTest.as: XMLTest.as

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread Steve Mathews
I for one do not have FlashPaper. On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I think Contribute also has a similar issue. That is whenever you launch MS Office apps after upgrading

[Flashcoders] Ferienabwesenheit von Marcel Vogt

2005-10-24 Thread marcel
Liebe Geschäftspartner und liebe Freunde Zurzeit und bis zum 2. November bin ich nicht direkt erreichbar. In dringenden Fällen wenden Sie sich bitte an Bruno Vogt (079 205 68 68) oder versuchen mich unter 079 22 22 655 zu kontaktieren. Ich werde mich unmittelbar nach meiner Rückkehr melden.

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread Spike
I do have flash paper and have not seen this happen. Spike On 10/24/05, Steve Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I for one do not have FlashPaper. On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have

[Flashcoders] Ferienabwesenheit von Marcel Vogt

2005-10-24 Thread marcel
Liebe Geschäftspartner und liebe Freunde Zurzeit und bis zum 2. November bin ich nicht direkt erreichbar. In dringenden Fällen wenden Sie sich bitte an Bruno Vogt (079 205 68 68) oder versuchen mich unter 079 22 22 655 zu kontaktieren. Ich werde mich unmittelbar nach meiner Rückkehr melden.

RE: [Flashcoders] Ferienabwesenheit von Marcel Vogt

2005-10-24 Thread Dave Watts
Marcel, I've disabled your reception of Flashcoders mail. You may reenable it when you return from your long, long, holiday. In the future, please disable your own mail before leaving. Thanks! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest

[Flashcoders] Flash Player 8 and CD based content (that needs javascript!)

2005-10-24 Thread Calv J
OK - quick version of the problem is that my company has lots of learning content made up of flash in html. Often this is delivered as standalone CD's rather than via an LMS. All the flash is authored in Flash MX, and depends on javascript - for navigation and settings flags in the movies and so

Re: [Flashcoders] FileReference class [Get path of a selected file]

2005-10-24 Thread Muzak
Which makes it completly useless running from the local file system :/ (which was probably their intention) Muzak - Original Message - From: Ryan Matsikas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 11:22 PM Subject:

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with .as files

2005-10-24 Thread ryanm
This can also be an issue with working on a network drive. You should make sure all your .as files are local. Or make sure that your local clock is a minute or two behind the network machine's clock. ryanm ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself

2005-10-24 Thread Count Schemula
On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I have flash paper installed, but have not used it in a while. I also do not mess with the Flex Alpha or Ver 8.5 of the plug-in.

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem with .as files

2005-10-24 Thread I. Franklin
Thank you very much for all your responses. I tried clearing the ASO files, but even then the problem persisted. The problem actually was this : http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid= 288threadid=1061076highlight_key=ykeyword1=class Frank -Original