Re: [Flashcoders] Reusing an Image
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Merrill, Jason <
jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com> wrote:
> I would agree with Henrik. Using the Vector class would be better in this
> case (or if Vector is confusing even just Array - Vector is just a typed
> array where you declare the data type and enforce it). And doesn't seem to
> me you need to separate "hour digits" from "minunte digits" - you're just
> dealing with numbers 0-9. Here is an example.
>
> Instead of this: hours_digit1[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
> hours_digit2[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image); hours_digit3[1] = new
> Bitmap(number_1_image); min_digit1[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
>
> Do this:
>
> var digitBitmaps:Vector. = new Vector.();
>
> for (var i:int = 0; i<9; i++)
> {
>digitBitmaps.push(new Bitmap("number_"+i+"_image"));
> }
>
> Then, to get the image you want do the following. Say you wanted to get the
> number 7:
>
> var image7:Bitmap = digitBitmaps[7];
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reusing an Image
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> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Henrik Andersson >wrote:
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> > You might want to have a look at the Bitmap.bitmapData property.
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> Ok, so forgive me as I have never used this before and am new to AS. I
> want to load a series of 10 images, these will be numbers in a countdown.
> Its possible for an image to be used 7 times at once (111:11:11). If I
> want to use the same image would I load the image into BitmapData, the turn
> around and have a series of Bitmap objects for every digit?
>
> clock_image_loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, images_loaded);
>
> private function images_loaded(event:Event): void {
> number_1_image = Bitmap(LoaderInfo(event.target).content).bitmapData;
> }
>
> then do something like this?
>
> hours_digit1[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image); hours_digit2[1] = new
> Bitmap(number_1_image); hours_digit3[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
> min_digit1[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
>
> and so on? this would mean I would need a declaration for all seven digits
> for 0-9.
> (This is tossed together but I think you get the idea.)
>
> Again, I am new to this and I would think there would be a better way to
> get what I need that is more efficient
>
> Thanks for your help as always
>
> Kevin
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Re: [Flashcoders] Reusing an Image
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote:
> You might want to have a look at the Bitmap.bitmapData property.
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Ok, so forgive me as I have never used this before and am new to AS. I want
to load a series of 10 images, these will be numbers in a countdown. Its
possible for an image to be used 7 times at once (111:11:11). If I want to
use the same image would I load the image into BitmapData, the turn around
and have a series of Bitmap objects for every digit?
clock_image_loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, images_loaded);
private function images_loaded(event:Event): void {
number_1_image = Bitmap(LoaderInfo(event.target).content).bitmapData;
}
then do something like this?
hours_digit1[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
hours_digit2[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
hours_digit3[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
min_digit1[1] = new Bitmap(number_1_image);
and so on? this would mean I would need a declaration for all seven digits
for 0-9.
(This is tossed together but I think you get the idea.)
Again, I am new to this and I would think there would be a better way to get
what I need that is more efficient
Thanks for your help as always
Kevin
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[Flashcoders] Reusing an Image
Hi, I am loading some images into an array of loaders. Is there a way to bind these to a class or something to reuse? So the image at images_loader[0] may be used three times. Thanks for your help. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Getting Data into my SWF
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: > Jordan L. Chilcott - Interactivity Unlimited skriver: > > Unless the client is actually displaying a countdown, it has no need for >> the data. All the client needs in this case is a polling mechanism to occur >> on a set interval, whether or not it intends to display any countdown down. >> No data needs to be pass back to the server. All the client is essentially >> asking is "coupon?". Server either gives a coupon or something else that is >> of no use for anyone to manipulate. >> >> jord >> > > To elaborate on that idea: > > Client asks the server and the server either sends the coupon or the time > left. The client then acts differently depending on the received data. This > way there is only one request made in either case. > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > I like that! Good call, much more efficient. The countdown is displayed so that date is important. I like the single call that way. Thanks again. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Getting Data into my SWF
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Jordan L. Chilcott - Interactivity Unlimited wrote: > If I'm getting this straight: > > You're asking for a date from the server which you're going to pass back > for approval to show a coupon on the client side app. > > Why not just have the server store and send the coupon for the application > to use? The client simply makes one call (two at most... but it can be > handled in one call, letting the server do all the work - the client is a > simple willing participant). No other data is passed back for the client to > manipulate. > > jord > -- > Jordan L. Chilcott > > Sent from my iPhone... because I can > > On 2011-03-14, at 3:40 PM, Kevin Holleran wrote: > > > @Jord - The date will be passed in or retrieved from a script and would > be > > the server date. My concern was that the date would be > intercepted/modified > > in some fashion, but since the end result is retrieved from the server, > the > > server script will just have a check to make sure the date is right to > > release it. > > > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > The engine is a countdown from the current date/time to the date/time when the coupon becomes visible. So the date is used for the counter and then once the counter reaches zero, the coupon is retrieved from the server and displayed. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Getting Data into my SWF
@Jord - The date will be passed in or retrieved from a script and would be the server date. My concern was that the date would be intercepted/modified in some fashion, but since the end result is retrieved from the server, the server script will just have a check to make sure the date is right to release it. Thanks for all the ideas from everyone, I enjoyed the discussions. I'm sure I'll be asking more questions as I move through this project. Kevin On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Jordan L. Chilcott - Interactivity Unlimited wrote: > Why would you be relying solely on a user's clock? That is most easily > manipulated simply by changing the date and time in their system > preferences. > > No hacking experience required. > > jord > -- > Jordan L. Chilcott > > Sent from my iPhone... because I can > > On 2011-03-14, at 3:06 PM, Kevin Holleran wrote: > > > What is going to happen, is the application is going to hold a coupon. > That > > coupon will be retrieved from a database and passed into the Flash > > application. I guess as I am writing this, the script will just check > the > > date and if it is not correct, it can simply not return the coupon. My > > question revolved around a user manipulating the date passed into the > flash > > application and causing the coupon to show up before the countdown is > really > > up. > > > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Getting Data into my SWF
Thanks to everyone for all of your responses. What is going to happen, is the application is going to hold a coupon. That coupon will be retrieved from a database and passed into the Flash application. I guess as I am writing this, the script will just check the date and if it is not correct, it can simply not return the coupon. My question revolved around a user manipulating the date passed into the flash application and causing the coupon to show up before the countdown is really up. Thanks very much. Kevin On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:59 PM, John McCormack wrote: > If the server script knows the acceptable date from the database, it can > just ignore early requests. > > Is the problem that Kevin doesn't want the client swf to hold the date for > fear of it being known? > > If so, a key could be sent instead that relates to the download date and > stored in the database. Each time the swf runs it sends the key and the > server checks that against the date. > > John > > > On 14/03/2011 12:19, Developer wrote: > >> No, I get it. The client and data transfer are insecure. >> >> The hidden information (or the trigger to show the information) should >> come from the server not from the client. >> >> Don >> >> >> On 3/14/2011 3:54 AM, Henrik Andersson wrote: >> >>> Developer skriver: >>> Wouldn't it also be helpful to have the server-side script verify (validate) the data the swf is sending back up? That way if someone manually triggered the date, the server would not accept it because it doesn't match it's system date. Don. >>> You have a point. The server can reject anything that the client sends. >>> >>> But at the same time you also fail to get it. The client doesn't have to >>> care for what the server does. So what if the server doesn't like the date? >>> The client has no obligation to care about that. >>> >>> ___ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> >> >> ___ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Getting Data into my SWF
I'll explain further so I get valuable responses and avoid the sarcasm. My goal is to pass in the date from the server, the application counts down, and when the date hits a certain time, the application does something. This something that the application does will also be loaded by calling a PHP script that will load from a backend DB. My concern is someone being able to launch the SWF passing in an incorrect date that will trigger this something early. Thanks for your help. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Getting Data into my SWF
Hello, I am very new to implementing Flash and ActionScript so forgive me if I am way off base. I have an application that utilizes the date and time. It is imperative that this is correct and not from the client's machine. To get the server date/time, I can pass it in as a FlashVars or I can call a PHP script from within Flash and load the date as returned data from the call. Is there another way? Is one way more secure than another? I have read FlashVars is not "safe" but it always referenced passing passwords in. I am not concerned with the user SEEING the data, I just don't want them to be able to load the SWF in a way that they would be able to pass in their own values. Also, in a similiar fashion, I want to load some data from a database. I am using a MySQL backend and figure to use a PHP script to do the data manipulation I need then call the data from within my ActionScript. (Essentially, I am going to be loading some images from the database based on criteria, then I want to be able to use those in my flash application). Thanks for your patience and help. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Printing Canvas
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Ian Thomas wrote:
> Try copying using BitmapData, not ByteArray. Take a visual snapshot,
> not an object snapshot.
>
> Ian
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Kevin Holleran wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Kevin Holleran wrote:
>>> How can a copy the display object into another so that I can
>>> manipulate the coped object but not the original? I want to copy the
>>> object, not the reference.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>> Okay I have the following code:
>>
>> public class Coupons extends Sprite {
>> public var mainMovieClip:MovieClip;
>> public var printMovieClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
>> var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
>>
>> .
>>
>> public function printCoupons(ev:Event) {
>> // we set the zoom to 100%
>> myPDF.setDisplayMode ( Display.REAL );
>> bytes.writeObject(mainMovieClip);
>> bytes.position = 0;
>> printMovieClip = bytes.readObject();
>> printMovieClip.removeChild(printBtn);
>> printMovieClip.scaleX = .9;
>> printMovieClip.scaleY = .9;
>> // we add a page
>> myPDF.addPage();
>> myPDF.addImage(printMovieClip);
>>
>> When I click the print button, I am receiving an error:
>>
>> TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
>> object reference.
>> at Coupons/printCoupons()
>>
>> I don't understand what the null object is. When I remove the
>> attempted clone of the object, the export to PDF works great, but I
>> don't want the scale to effect the actual canvas.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Kevin
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I ended up scaling it, sending it to PDF, then scaling it back.
Thanks for all your help!
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Re: [Flashcoders] Printing Canvas
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Kevin Holleran wrote:
> How can a copy the display object into another so that I can
> manipulate the coped object but not the original? I want to copy the
> object, not the reference.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kevin
>
Okay I have the following code:
public class Coupons extends Sprite {
public var mainMovieClip:MovieClip;
public var printMovieClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
.
public function printCoupons(ev:Event) {
// we set the zoom to 100%
myPDF.setDisplayMode ( Display.REAL );
bytes.writeObject(mainMovieClip);
bytes.position = 0;
printMovieClip = bytes.readObject();
printMovieClip.removeChild(printBtn);
printMovieClip.scaleX = .9;
printMovieClip.scaleY = .9;
// we add a page
myPDF.addPage();
myPDF.addImage(printMovieClip);
When I click the print button, I am receiving an error:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
object reference.
at Coupons/printCoupons()
I don't understand what the null object is. When I remove the
attempted clone of the object, the export to PDF works great, but I
don't want the scale to effect the actual canvas.
Thanks for any help.
Kevin
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Re: [Flashcoders] Printing Canvas
How can a copy the display object into another so that I can manipulate the coped object but not the original? I want to copy the object, not the reference. Thanks. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Printing Canvas
I am trying to use AlivePDF to simply export the entire contents of the canvas to a PDF. All the examples I am finding include using the API to draw a PDF, I just want to take what I already have on my canvas and send that to a PDF. Does anyone know a way to do this with AlivePDF? Thank you. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Printing Canvas
Good afternoon, I wrote a little flash app that loads coupons from an XML file and formats them to display on a webpage. When going to print these, I simply sent the canvas to the printer. However, the side of the coupons are cut off. Is there a way to shrink what is sent to the printer (without getting too complex) or a way to export the entire canvas as a JPG and resize that prior to being sent to the printer? Thanks for any suggestions. Kevin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
