[flexcoders] Transparent background and HTML interaction

2007-11-07 Thread flashcrow2000
Hi everybody, I have an existing ASP.NET page and I need to build some hovering flex windows over existing HTML. I found this page http://www.morearty.com/blog/2006/10/02/transparent-flex-apps-with-html-showing-through/ which explains how to do this (the same way as it was done in Flash) but with

[flexcoders] load an image inside a UIComponent

2007-10-29 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello, I have the following situation: I have an AS class which extends UIComponent, and based on some settings read from an xml, I must load an image, a movie or display a text inside that class. When I'm creating the image, and adding it with addChild(imageObject), if I don't set some values

[flexcoders] dynamic images and copy protection

2007-10-29 Thread flashcrow2000
Another crazy idea from my clients :). I need to load images from xml, and also the client wants some protection for the images. The only protection I can think of is to embed them, but how can i do that if i have an xml which defines the whole layout and content? Encrypting them us not an

[flexcoders] Re: dynamic images and copy protection

2007-10-29 Thread flashcrow2000
Embedding the images in swfs might do the trick. the problem is that the application will be used on some scales in supermarkets, so there is no chance in hell i will be able to install a server or something on those machines. Also, the application will start inside a canvas from another

[flexcoders] Re: A file found in a source-path must have the same package structure

2007-09-19 Thread flashcrow2000
When i usually get this error, I delete the package name and I hit Ctrl+Space, and let Flex autocomplete with its correct value. It might be a problem with the Folder name. I presume you have a folder list of something like com/classes/Events (if no, you might consider using one) --- In

[flexcoders] Re: drag and drop an image object, over a list object

2007-09-18 Thread flashcrow2000
PROTECTED] wrote: It is a method, not a property. I assume you have a dragdrop event handler? The one in LIstBase.as might serve as an example. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flashcrow2000 Sent: Monday

[flexcoders] web cam live feed

2007-09-17 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello all, I know this is quite large, but can someone please point out what technologies I need, and how can I build a webcam live feed? Basically, I will have a laptop with a webcam, and users will be able to connect at any time and watch live. This will be used for promoting new products in

[flexcoders] Re: web cam live feed

2007-09-17 Thread flashcrow2000
can i ask why? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The subject line alone almost made me delete the post without opening it.. - Original Message - From: flashcrow2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 17

[flexcoders] drag and drop an image object, over a list object

2007-09-17 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello all, I have the following problem: I need to be able to drag an Image object over a list, and make some operations based on the specific row i'm dropping that picture on. The list contains names of different people, and each picture I drag over one name becomes assigned to that person. I

[flexcoders] Re: drag and drop an image object, over a list object

2007-09-17 Thread flashcrow2000
@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: calculateDropIndex? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flashcrow2000 Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:56 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders

[flexcoders] Re: web cam live feed

2007-09-17 Thread flashcrow2000
Wow! thanks guys for your quick response! I knew I'll have to get down and dirty with Flash Media Server, but I will also take a look at the other servers you mentioned. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, greg h [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Cosmin, For true video, a server is required and

[flexcoders] Re: DoubleClick together with Mouse_Down and Mouse_Up

2007-09-04 Thread flashcrow2000
Alex, according to the Flex Help, the DoubleClick must follow a sequence of mouse_down, mouse_up, click, mouse_down, mouse_up events. My main issue is that the mouse_up event (which is not being re-dispatched) is caught in a double_click sequence in the first place, so my actual question was if I

[flexcoders] Re: DoubleClick together with Mouse_Down and Mouse_Up

2007-09-04 Thread flashcrow2000
Another thing (sorry for the double post). On the mouse_down event, I'm creating a copy of the thumbnail's picture under the mouse pointer, so I guess the mouse up isn't caught at all by the thumbnail, but rather by the thumbnail's copy. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Hastings [EMAIL

[flexcoders] DoubleClick together with Mouse_Down and Mouse_Up

2007-09-03 Thread flashcrow2000
Hi all, I have a custom made thumbnail class, and I must allow the user to either drag and drop the thumbnail, or double-click it in order to do whatever it is the thumb does. Now...I have the drag and drop all figured out (I'm not using DragManager, I'm catching the mouse_down and mouse_up

[flexcoders] swapchildren error: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller

2007-09-03 Thread flashcrow2000
Hi again. I have the following sequence of code: if (this.parent.getChildIndex(this) this.parent.numChildren-1) { trace(this.parent+ should swap the following items:) trace(this+ on level +this.parent.getChildIndex(this)) trace(this.parent.getChildAt(this.parent.numChildren-1)+ on level

[flexcoders] Re: Drag and drop for list items

2007-08-28 Thread flashcrow2000
the no-drop feedback during mousemove? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flashcrow2000 Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:21 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Drag and drop for list items Hi

[flexcoders] Re: Drag and drop for list items

2007-08-28 Thread flashcrow2000
behind everything? Or pick up drag_enter in capture phase. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flashcrow2000 Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 11:05 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Drag and drop

[flexcoders] Drag and drop for list items

2007-08-27 Thread flashcrow2000
Hi all, I have a problem (obviously). It's a bit hard to explain, but I'll do my best. So...I have a list item, and whenever I drag and drop one entry outside of the list, I want it to display the same animation as when I'm dropping the entry on the list ( or any other mxml element which support

[flexcoders] Buttons with dynamic loaded images

2007-06-04 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello everybody, I have the next problem: I'm trying to build a field containing a Button/SimpleButton and a LinkButton. I also have an XML file which points, for each entry, to a text, an URL, and three pictures, one for each button state: up, over, down. I'm having trouble displaying a button

[flexcoders] unable to set origin point for zoom effect

2007-05-29 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello everybody, I have the following problem: I have a custom title window built from scratch (extends Canvas); I also have a number of widgets which extend this window (they actually contain one instance of this window, and the content is generated and loaded inside it at runtime) and all

[flexcoders] Re: y nobody replies to my mails :(

2007-05-27 Thread flashcrow2000
maybe give us the URL to your question, or ask againor reply yourself to your question so it will show up in the latest questions ;) Cosmin --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, kanu kukreja [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I don't know why nobody replies to my mails. Am i asking such

[flexcoders] Re: changing states in module behaves strange

2007-05-25 Thread flashcrow2000
PROTECTED] wrote: I get a feeling that the reference point for the state is relative to where it got loaded and not where it is. Maybe showing more code will help From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flashcrow2000 Sent

[flexcoders] Re: {fixed} changing states in module behaves strange

2007-05-25 Thread flashcrow2000
Most probably that is the case. I've fixed it quite simple...whenever I finish an drag action, I move the module loader and reset the widget's position inside the ML to (0,0). --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick thought before going to sleep:

[flexcoders] Re: changing states in module behaves strange

2007-05-24 Thread flashcrow2000
and content is, and whether it is the content that shifts or the custom window. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flashcrow2000 Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:35 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject

[flexcoders] changing states in module behaves strange

2007-05-23 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello, Here's the story: I have a custom window and a class which defines a specific content (pictures, text, other components and so on). My module loads a custom window and sets its content to that specific class (much like a popupmanager, if you like, but i can't use that for this

[flexcoders] Zoom effect added from code...how?

2007-05-21 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello, Here is my current problem: I have a ModuleLoader object (which I'm using in an AS file, so no MXML there). This ModuleLoader gets initialized then is sent to another application (I have access to a DisplayObject from that application, and I'm adding the ML to the DisplayObject's

[flexcoders] Re: how to work with AS3

2007-05-21 Thread flashcrow2000
you certainly have a lot of code... 1. when building states you might want to use the Design, if you are a beginner (which you probably did) 2. going from state to state is as simple as : Button label=go to state leadState click=this.currentState='leadState' / try to explain the problem before

[flexcoders] ambiguous question about resizable components

2007-05-03 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello, I want to implement an application which will require 2 columns, one with controls and one with some content. These columns will be separated by a dragable bar; the effect will be the one on Windows Explorer when you enlarge the folders column's width.. My question: Is there a component I

[flexcoders] List component scrambles rows

2007-05-02 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello, I have a list component which gets populated when i run a simple query. I receive the result in an array and I set that array as the data provider. Also, I have an ItemRenderer which displays part of data (each data contains information regarding cities: name, dates, numbers, etc; I

[flexcoders] List Component scrambles rows

2007-05-02 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello, I have a list component which gets populated when i run a simple query. I receive the result in an array and I set that array as the data provider. Also, I have an ItemRenderer which displays part of data (each data contains information regarding cities: name, dates, numbers, etc; I

[flexcoders] Re: Is it possible to place and compile MXML application not in the root folder, but in subfolder?

2007-04-25 Thread flashcrow2000
You can modify the project properties - build path - main source folder and use a different sub-folder for your source files. But you will have to keep all your files (except the binded ones, of course) inside that folder (I think...) Cosmin --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sergey Kovalyov

[flexcoders] Re: Is it possible to place and compile MXML application not in the root folder, but in subfolder?

2007-04-25 Thread flashcrow2000
oh...and if you want to modify the output folder, change the properties - build path - output folder value (later edit) Cosmin (again) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sergey Kovalyov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All! Usually we place MXML application (class inherited from Application)

[flexcoders] Re: Help on the syntax for function set blah(param:String)

2007-04-24 Thread flashcrow2000
The set and get method are what you call setters and getters (DUH!) and they are used when you have private members of a class and you want to give the user the ability to change their value. Take this example for instance: class myObject { private var _id:Number; .. } let's say you have

[flexcoders] change a button's appeareance from it's properties

2007-04-23 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello again, I ran into this little problem: I have to skin a number of buttons, and I can't modify the way the over and down states look like. I have a Button with rounded corners, gren outline, green text and white fill. I want it to have a black fill and white text (i can use

[flexcoders] Re: change a button's appeareance from it's properties

2007-04-23 Thread flashcrow2000
I found a solution myself, and that is using custom skins, and apply them to the overSkin and downSkin properties. Any other ways? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, flashcrow2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello again, I ran into this little problem: I have to skin a number of buttons

[flexcoders] probably noob question, about custom lists

2007-04-17 Thread flashcrow2000
Hello everybody, I searched through all the posts but i couln't find anything which helps me so here goes: I need to implement a list which has a custom element on each row, containing an icon, a label, a delete button and of course, data (not visible). I implemented an item object containing