Brendan- The example at the end of this post is for you :) http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/19/how-to-load-animated-gifs-using-adobe-flex-20/
--- In [email protected], "Michael Schmalle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry, but I've gotta ask but what the heck are people still using > animated GIFs for? > > That statement sucks. You know there are people that still have 56k and no > cell phones to. > > Know anything about accessibility? > > Doug > > > Hey man, you did it, they didn't. You learned it and they didn't. It's all > your gain. It's like getting made fun of for reading the dictionary which by > the way I have. ;-) > > Peace, Mike > > On 1/19/07, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > oh, I know, I know. That rotating earth is what comes up in the > > wikipedia article for "animated gif". I just saw a few people ask about it > > and then decided it would be a fun challenge. So now I have the incredibly > > useful knowledge about the byte order or an animated gif file. > > > > > > > > Brendan Meutzner wrote: > > > > Sorry, but I've gotta ask but what the heck are people still using > > animated GIFs for? I kinda thought it was so "yesterday"...? You know, the > > waving flag, the (sorry Doug... I saw your demo) rotating earth, etc... > > > > Brendan > > > > > > > > On 1/18/07, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I musta read like 3 C classes that convert GIF's to SWF's only to > > > realize I'd have to take years to learn C JUST to get Flash Player to > > > support this in converting the C to AS3... and now you've coded it, > > > HOT!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > On Jan 18, 2007, at 5:20 PM, dougmccune wrote: > > > > > > [I apologize if this is a double post, had a timeout when I first > > > tried posting.] > > > > > > I just released a new commercial component for Flex that loads and > > > plays animated GIFs. This has been brought up a few times here on > > > flexcoders and flexcomponents. Now there's no need to hack together > > > some weird IFrame solution, or figure out how to do the server-side > > > conversion of all your GIFs. You can try the demo version for free and > > > the commercial version is $50. > > > > > > Here's the description I posted on Flex Exchange: > > > > > > The AnimatedGifLoader loads and plays animated GIF files. This > > > component adds support for animated GIFs, a feature that has been > > > lacking from Flex. > > > > > > This works just like the SWFLoader component from the Flex Framework. > > > Use it inline in your MXML code or by using Actionscript. This > > > component supports everything the SWFLoader component does, with a few > > > additions. > > > > > > New methods: play(), pause() > > > New properties: autoPlay, playing, currentFrame, delay > > > > > > Test it out with your own animated GIFs to see how it works by > > > clicking on the sample URL. > > > > > > I've written up the full details on my blog. There are some examples > > > and you can even test out any GIF you want by uploading it and seeing > > > it loaded by the component instantly: > > > http://dougmccune.com/blog/ 2007/01/17/animatedgifloader/<http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/17/animatedgifloader/> > > > > > > Here's the Flex Exchange posting: > > > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/ exchange/index.cfm?view=sn610# view=sn611& > > > viewName=Flex%20Extension &loc=en_us&authorid=61303741& page=0&scrollPos > > > =0&subcatid=0&snid=sn611& itemnumber=0&extid=1103970& catid=0<http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?view=sn610#view=sn611&viewName=Flex%20Extension&loc=en_us&authorid=61303741&page=0&scrollPos=0&subcatid=0&snid=sn611&itemnumber=0&extid=1103970&catid=0> > > > > > > Feedback is always appreciated! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Doug McCune > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Teoti Graphix > http://www.teotigraphix.com > > Blog - Flex2Components > http://www.flex2components.com > > You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'. >
