What???? If you have a problem come out and say something, don't start a new account simply to be annoying anonymously.
I replied to the original email that seemed to be talking about scoping issues among other things and asked for more knowledge / assistance so I pointed them at an article on scoping issues. I think that makes sense, don't you? Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ????? ??????? Sent: 27 April 2006 12:04 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [OBORONA-SPAM] RE: [Flashcoders] Are you a help vampire? Jim Tann ?????: > http://www.osflash.org/flashcoders/as2#handling_scope_in_event_handlers > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan > Berry > Sent: 26 April 2006 23:53 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Are you a help vampire? > > I want to offer a basic counterpoint to this: what if the question is > just > from a beginner, who has in fact researched a problem found the > documentation/resources incomplete in some way? Is it just because a > person > is a beginner that you will not offer help? > > Case in point, and be patient with me. I am not by any means venting > here, > but I offered a question some time ago about the basic placement of > anonymous functions like btn1.onRelease = > function(){getURL(_root.variable_name,"_blank");} and also asked about > whether or not such a function required the _root if it was in fact on > the > _root timeline. I actually received some very nice assistance on this > and I > appreciate the poster, since though I did discover that this was true > through experimentation myself, he did give me a short lesson on scope. > I > had already learned about the Delegate class, but this basic issue was > not > clear in my reading, so I would not know I had to use _root or Delegate > or > what have you. I do know some Javascript and PHP and so programming is > not > beyond me, but learning a new technology from the ground up is the way I > learn generally. I like to know *all* the aspects. So please permit > those > who are learning and obviously trying the benefit of the doubt. > > Another thing is further questions on the same subject. In this same > issue, > I had the question "are such function assignments applicable to a button > if > the code is placed before the button on the timeline?" I got a no, of > course, which was a basic thing I had sketchy knowledge on. What I had > was > an ad sent to us by a client wherein the previous coder had used on() > handlers on the clips and I was trying to rewrite it to include the > anonymous functions and our variables, as stated before. When I wrote in > the > code in a keyframe in the actions layer above where the button was > instantiated, it worked, but when a new keyframe in the button layer > came > up, I had to re-enter the code there as well. This seemed like > repetitive > work and my further question about this was not answered. > > My point is, does this make me dumb? No. It would make me lazy however > if I > did not research this. But this basic practice of where code should be > written and how often was not clear to me since the project was not > working > in subsequent frames and the documentation I had read seemed to say > write > and be done with it. > > I suppose I am both asking this general question again, to help solidify > my > knowledge, and also pointing out that this does not make those who try > but > fail stupid. All I am saying is that I appreciate all your knowledge on > this > subject, but please have patience with those who are trying to learn and > distinguish them from the vampires who ask questions that are so general > that they lack any knowledge of Flash. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > > I suppose I am both asking this general question again, to help > solidify my knowledge, and also pointing out that this does not make > those who try but fail stupid. All I am saying is that I appreciate > all your knowledge on this subject, but please have patience with > those who are trying to learn and distinguish them from the vampires > who ask questions that are so general that they lack any knowledge of > Flash. Entirely and completely I support this comrade. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
