[Flashcoders] flash bowling games

2006-01-05 Thread Yves Peckstadt
Hi, I am currently looking for a bowling game in flash that can be bought for customizing purposes. Due too severe time constrictions I don't have the time to make one from scratch so I am looking for alternative options. Anyone has an idea if there are services or persons avaiable who offer

[Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect

2006-01-05 Thread Bernard Visscher
Good morning (here..) everyone, I just read that Windows XP at installation sets the Level2 cache to 0 in the registry. I've changed it to my real L2 cache and had an improvement in speed of 40% with Sorenson encoding. So that's why I think it's interesting for all here. First open regedit

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect

2006-01-05 Thread a /
What is BSOD ? a - Original Message - From: Bernard Visscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:01 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect Good morning (here..) everyone,

[Flashcoders] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since

2006-01-05 Thread Alexander Farber
Ok, thanks. And what about the If-Modified-Since header? Is it honored by Flash's sendAndLoad()? Does anybody please have an AS-code snippet using that header? Regards Alex On 1/4/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I always understood about the working of the Flash player is that

Re: [Flashcoders] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since

2006-01-05 Thread Weyert de Boer
Hi Alexander, Ok, thanks. And what about the If-Modified-Since header? Is it honored by Flash's sendAndLoad()? Yes, I think Flash honors the caching magic of the browser, meaning that when If-Modified-Since is = to the previous cached one it will get the ol done. One of the reasons you

[Flashcoders] Php and flash lloader

2006-01-05 Thread CARABUS+
There is an index.php where index.swf is. The swf got 4 buttons to load 4 different movies If i press an index.php?category=4 for exemple, does flash can read category var ? And how ? Thank you Laurent ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox bug?

2006-01-05 Thread MetaArt
Thank you... Enrico Tomaselli + web designer + [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metatad.it ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect

2006-01-05 Thread Johan Karlsson
It's Blue Screen Of Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_screen_of_death -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of a / Sent: den 5 januari 2006 10:30 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly

Re: [Flashcoders] Php and flash lloader

2006-01-05 Thread Miles Thompson
If index.php?category=4 is beneath button 4, which I understand is in the movie, that's the URL you would use as one of the parameters to the SendandLoad() function. I'd suggest sending the parameter to another script, so that the returned movie would load into Flash, if you send it to

Re: [Flashcoders] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since

2006-01-05 Thread Alexander Farber
Hi, On 1/5/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: // disable the caching... highscoreXml .sendAndLoad( highscorephp?timestamp= + new Date().getTime(), highscoreXml ); thanks however I mean something different than your trick with the changing URL: 1) Can you sendAndLoad() from a flash

Re: [Flashcoders] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since

2006-01-05 Thread Weyert de Boer
Hi I don't think is possible... maybe someone else knows it :) thanks however I mean something different than your trick with the changing URL: 1) Can you sendAndLoad() from a flash applet, 2) then get the Last-Modified value from the returned HTTP-header 3) then prepare another

[Flashcoders] Flashcomm server and IE

2006-01-05 Thread Karina Steffens
Hi List, I have a chat application that connects to the flash comm server (localhost, windows XP sp2) in order to work. When I connect it through the standalone player, it connects ok, but when published as html and viewed in Internet Explorer, it refuses to connect, although it definitely used

[Flashcoders] component rotation in LivePreview

2006-01-05 Thread GregoryN
Hello Flashcoders, I have a custom component in which I want to process changes in _rotation property. Everything is ok if you rotate it with code... But some weird problems arise in LivePreview. For example, if I use Free Transform tool or Ctrl+T and rotate it, rotation seems to be taken and

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash, Ant and the Mac

2006-01-05 Thread erixtekila
Hep, use swf2ant : http://osflash.org/ant?s=as2ant Works well on 10.3.9 Le 29 déc. 05, à 01:09, Chris Griffith a écrit : Just started a new project and unlike the past efforts (in Flash), this one has two developers. I would like to automate the build process. I do my work on a Mac and the

[Flashcoders] flash bug or please help!

2006-01-05 Thread PR Durand
Hi list... It starts to make me mad... I encountered problem to load a very simple XML, like those we use all days since years... So I made a very simple class only to read my xml... Then flash started to talk to me about a class conflict error I have only one class with this name on the

Re: [Flashcoders] Movieclip is created at the depth of -16383!

2006-01-05 Thread eric dolecki
are you able to swap its depth to something you'd like? edolecki On 1/5/06, Ramon Tayag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help.. no matter what I do, my movieclip, created using createEmptyMovieClip, is created at -16383. I originally used getNextHighestDepth, then changed it to a constant,

Re: [Flashcoders] Movieclip is created at the depth of -16383!

2006-01-05 Thread franto
Negative depth have only movieclipse which are created on Stage not by AS... it's strange Franto On 1/5/06, Ramon Tayag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help.. no matter what I do, my movieclip, created using createEmptyMovieClip, is created at -16383. I originally used getNextHighestDepth,

RE: [Flashcoders] Movieclip is created at the depth of -16383!

2006-01-05 Thread Joakim Carlgren
Are you sure that you're not by mistake tracing a movieclip created in authoringtime? // j -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Tayag Sent: den 5 januari 2006 16:36 To: FlashCoders Programming Subject: [Flashcoders] Movieclip is created

RE: [Flashcoders] Extending the XML class

2006-01-05 Thread William Garr
I tried a different approach. I had performance problems with building a new XML object tree with objects subclassed from XMLNode (I didn't want to re-parse every node). I ended up writing a 'Wrapper' class (apologies if I have the pattern mis-named) that uses __resolve() to route calls from

[Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting

2006-01-05 Thread Jason Lutes
I need some brain help this morning. I want to position a button ten pixels in from the lower right-hand corner of the movie. I decided to use Stage.width and Stage.height, minus the respective width and height of the button, minus ten (each). I can't get this to work though, because Flash reports

[Flashcoders] flash 8 Masking blurred BitmapData

2006-01-05 Thread _jan Guichelaar [woedend]
Hi All (I'm not new to the list but was away for over a year, so hi to you all again) I am working with some new flash 8 features in actionscript, but ran into a problem (bug?) I am taking a snapshot from a mc wtih : snapshot = new BitmapData(200, 200); Then draw this into an emty mc with

Re: [Flashcoders] flash 8 Masking blurred BitmapData

2006-01-05 Thread Wille Frankenhaeuser
Hi, have you tried: maskee.cacheAsBitmap = true; maskMC.cacheAsBitmap = true; http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/08/alpha-masking-goodness-in-flash- player.html Wille On Jan 5, 2006, at 18: 35, _jan Guichelaar [woedend] wrote: Hi All (I'm not new to the list but was away for over a year, so

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashcomm server and IE

2006-01-05 Thread a /
Please change the IE plug-in to Flash and test it. If it does not work that would isolate the player as the culprit. I'd also ask if you could check your security settings with regards to IE. Just shots in the dark to see if one can narrow down the problem. I personally have had few problems

[Flashcoders] getTextExtent and embedded images

2006-01-05 Thread Josh Gormley
I'm dynamically populating a textField with HTML and would like to get the entire height of the textField, including embedded images. Is there a method for determining the height of a textField that includes an embedded image? Both the textEntent and _height values do not take the image

[Flashcoders] Key Listeners array

2006-01-05 Thread Nick Gerig
Is there anyway of accessing the Key listeners? I dont want to change the listeners array, just need to see whos in it :) cheers Nick ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Key Listeners array

2006-01-05 Thread JesterXL
trace(Key._listeners); - Original Message - From: Nick Gerig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Key Listeners array Is there anyway of accessing the Key listeners? I dont want

Re: [Flashcoders] Key Listeners array

2006-01-05 Thread Nick Gerig
Great, thanks Jesse! JesterXL wrote: trace(Key._listeners); - Original Message - From: Nick Gerig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Key Listeners array Is there anyway

[Flashcoders] Get SWF Version

2006-01-05 Thread Josh Buhler
Does anybody know of a quick and easy way to get the version info on a published swf? I've got a swf that was published by the previous developers of a client's site, but no FLA to look at publish settings to see what version it's targeting. ___

[Flashcoders] export from SWF to a vector format (flash 8)

2006-01-05 Thread lists
Hi there - I was wondering if there was a way to export the contents of the stage to some kind of vector format? I am not talking in the IDE, but from a movie running in the flash 8 player. IE - I am running a movie in a browser or flash player and want to have a button that will save the

Re: [Flashcoders] Get SWF Version

2006-01-05 Thread Alisdair Mills
use flare (http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html) to decompile the swf. that'll tell you the version it was compiled to. On 5 Jan 2006, at 17:57, Josh Buhler wrote: Does anybody know of a quick and easy way to get the version info on a published swf? I've got a swf that was published by the

Re: [Flashcoders] weird Word behaviour?

2006-01-05 Thread Marilyn McLeod
Virus in the Word doc? Are there alot of large images in the Word doc, or something else that makes them processor intensive to open? Is the machine that's shutting down an older machine? Perhaps the Word document was created in a newer version of Word and the machine that's shutting down

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader

2006-01-05 Thread August Gresens
Another related question - now that we can instance a class specified in an XML document, how can we dynamically associate this class with a MovieClip instance? It is my understaning that Object.Register class associates a class with a movieclip symbol (not an instance). Thanks, August On

Re: [Flashcoders] Get SWF Version

2006-01-05 Thread Josh Buhler
Thanks for reminding me about Flare - I forgot I could get the info from that. Just haven't used it in a while. That SWF Edit Jesse mentioned works out pretty good too. Thanks guys. - Josh On Jan 5, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Alisdair Mills wrote: use flare (http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html) to

Re: [Flashcoders] Get SWF Version

2006-01-05 Thread Derek Vadneau
There are a few ways. The easiest is to load the SWF into another SWF and check the version: // After the SWF has been loaded: trace(child_mc.getSWFVersion()); Derek Vadneau - Original Message - From: Josh Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting

2006-01-05 Thread Rich Rodecker
i've run into a simlar issue before: http://www.visible-form.com/blog/000190.html you might need to wait a few frames before getting the correct width and height properties. On 1/4/06, Jason Lutes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need some brain help this morning. I want to position a button ten

Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting

2006-01-05 Thread Mike Britton
Try using setInterval Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash

2006-01-05 Thread Ben Deroo
thanks for the book suggestions, I ended up ordering a couple of books: Foundation PHP 5 for Flash Foundation ASP.NET for Flash Foundation XML for Flash Learning ActionScript 2.0 for Macromedia Flash 8 Using ActionScript 2.0 Components with Macromedia Flash 8 should keep me busy for a while :-)

RE: [Flashcoders] Flashcomm server and IE

2006-01-05 Thread Karina Steffens
I came across an article about security changes in Flash 8, but it didn't mention the FlashComm server, although it got me thinking. I mucked around the advanced security settings panels for Flash 8, and added localhost to the trusted locations in the global security settings panel. This solved my

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader

2006-01-05 Thread bryan.rice
On Jan 5, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Jim Kremens wrote: __proto__ The Rebel Alliance Live On. : ) In these days of the Flash Fracturization, I find that to be a very comforting thought. blue skies, bryan ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting

2006-01-05 Thread coker todd
--- Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try using setInterval Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Flash Ant build for Flash IDE?

2006-01-05 Thread Ben Smeets
Hi all, Been trying to get a build.xml rolling with the flash 8 IDE in combination with coding in eclipse. Did anybody have succes with the setup coding in eclipse and using a build.xml that calls the flash 8 IDE to publish? I only get examples for mtasc, but I don't (can't) want to use that for

Re: [Flashcoders] DV cameras and flash

2006-01-05 Thread Stephen Matthews
Hi, iMovie can be used with any usb cam that a certain bit of software allows. The software is by IOXperts. Steve On 3 Jan 2006, at 21:53, Sander wrote: Weyert, can I say that when the camera works iMovie HD it will work with Flash too? I think iMovie is more restrictive, as it works

[Flashcoders] Weird Flash 8 issue

2006-01-05 Thread Beth Koehler
Hello all! This one has been driving me nuts. We recently required our users to upgrade to flash 8 to take advantage of some of the new features. A few users are having some odd errors. These are only occurring under windows 2000, using IE 6. I have my scrollpanes set up to load a movie,

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Ant build for Flash IDE?

2006-01-05 Thread Johannes Nel
just execute a jsfl file from the ant script and in the jsfl file publish the movie On 1/5/06, Ben Smeets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Been trying to get a build.xml rolling with the flash 8 IDE in combination with coding in eclipse. Did anybody have succes with the setup coding in

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0

2006-01-05 Thread Stephen Matthews
It says it is £6 on the UK site, athough it appears as £5.99 in the cart =D It refunds the £5.99 though like in the US. On 3 Jan 2006, at 20:10, Sara Spalding wrote: Just to clarify: * fl2 is free for developers who download the flash pro update from labs. Note that this is limited time

Re: [Flashcoders] DV cameras and flash

2006-01-05 Thread Weyert de Boer
Stephen Matthews wrote: Hi, iMovie can be used with any usb cam that a certain bit of software allows. The software is by IOXperts. Yes, I know but I mean the Camere-object in Flash player can it use DV camera too. For example work _all_ the camera which also work in iMovie with th

[Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.

2006-01-05 Thread Johannes Nel
Hi All some code to look at first function meth2() { var x:XML = new XML(); try{ x.onLoad = function(success)//Delegate.create(this,handleXmlLoad); { throw new CustomError(); } x.load(somefile.xml); }

Re: [Flashcoders] Accordion Question

2006-01-05 Thread coker todd
much thanks. --- bryan.rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 2:19 PM, coker todd wrote: Can someone point me to where i can find how to change which item in the stack is selected by default. I would point you to the help panel. : ) Look up Accordion.selectedIndex .

Re: [Flashcoders] getTextExtent and embedded images [RESOLVED]

2006-01-05 Thread Josh Gormley
Ok, I figure out that if I have wordwrap AND autosize set to true, then the _height property of the textField does take into account any width and height attributes you specify for the image. This is only a minor inconvenience, and much better than setting up an interval to check for when

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader

2006-01-05 Thread August Gresens
Again, thanks again for your help. Cheers, August On 1/5/06, bryan.rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Jim Kremens wrote: __proto__ The Rebel Alliance Live On. : ) In these days of the Flash Fracturization, I find that to be a very comforting thought. blue

Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.

2006-01-05 Thread Alan MacDougall
i am not able to catch this error in either the anon function or the function delegate. has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception handeling in flash? I don't think you can do what you're planning, there; it appears that XML.load() starts a new execution thread, which

Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.

2006-01-05 Thread Johannes Nel
well currently i am handeling my errors by dispatching them (take the same error object add a type property). this seems terribly inelegeant, since I use throw all over the place except in one of the places i need it most. since that exception is being traced out i would however imagine that it

Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.

2006-01-05 Thread bryan.rice
On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception handeling in flash? You need to do something more like this: function handleXmlLoad(success:Boolean) { if (success) { trace(Load successful.);

Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.

2006-01-05 Thread Johannes Nel
no mate you are missing what i am trying to acheive. On 1/5/06, bryan.rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception handeling in flash? You need to do something more like this: function

Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.

2006-01-05 Thread bryan.rice
On Jan 5, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: no mate you are missing what i am trying to acheive. Sorry - misread your email. I don't think you can do it. Try...Catch and Xml.onLoad are like oil and water as far as I can tell. You will have to wait to load your xml before you start

Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in asyncfunctions.

2006-01-05 Thread Johannes Nel
same problem. all async functions are part of a different stack so all my exception handeling code go out of the window. On 1/5/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Late to the thread. Could you perhaps check if the onData actually contains any data, and if so, throw an exception if she

Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw inasyncfunctions.

2006-01-05 Thread JesterXL
You sound just like the Java guys who try Flex and wonder why it doesn't block. Sorry bro, async is like Bryan said, oil and water. - Original Message - From: Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006

Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash

2006-01-05 Thread JesterXL
Does it have to stay in that format? Meaning, can you convert it and throw it into a database? Paging is still an effective methodology, and if you can throw it in a database, you can then do what Flash does best and load what you need on the fly. - Original Message - From: Jonathan

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0

2006-01-05 Thread Flavio Ramos
I can't test because it's not compatible with my phone. :( I'm worried about the player performance. Does anyone have anything to say about it? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0

2006-01-05 Thread JesterXL
Player? Great. My phone? Slow, and no ram. My Alienware pawnz my Nokia 6680. 2 gigs of RAM vs. 1 meg just isn't a comparison really... I mean, it's not Flash's fault. The fact it actually runs pretty well in 1 meg of RAM cap is neat! Max fps I can get is 15. - Original Message -

[Flashcoders] Sound.loadSound --- when does streaming actually start?

2006-01-05 Thread John Olson
If I load an external MP3 into the Flash player and set up Flash to load it as a streaming event, when does it start to play? In the AS2 language reference, it states : Streaming sounds play while they are downloading. Playback begins when sufficient data has been received to start the

Re: [Flashcoders] Sound.loadSound --- when does streaming actuallystart?

2006-01-05 Thread JesterXL
If you do a true to the 2nd parameter of loadSound, she should start downloading when the _soundbuftime value is met. _soundbuftime is global to the player, so you can set it anywhere. It defaults to 5 seconds. If you aren't seeing that, it could be latency confusing Flash maybe? -

Re: [Flashcoders] Sound.loadSound --- when does streaming actually start?

2006-01-05 Thread Justin Bishop
Hello All. I'm new to the flash mailing list (as in, today) and relatively new to flash (about 2 months). I'm loving flash and excited to have found this great mailing list! ;o) John, I am a newbie to flash so please take my help lightly. ;o) But I think what you want is to set _soundbuftime .

Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash

2006-01-05 Thread Jonathan Clarke
Thanks Jester, but databases are not my forte, to do it quickly I'd like to just use ActionScript only. Is there anyway I can just load specific sections of the XML or do I have to load the whole file into memory? On 05/01/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it have to stay in that

Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash

2006-01-05 Thread Andy Johnston
I've found this as version of xpath very very handy.. easy to implement and use also.. http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ActionScript/AS2/XPath/ Thanks Jester, but databases are not my forte, to do it quickly I'd like to just use ActionScript only. Is there anyway I can just load specific

Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash

2006-01-05 Thread JesterXL
Well, you can override the XML.onData. This is fired before XML's onLoad, and it'll give you the raw XML string data, unparsed. You can then manually parse this. Are these XML files created yet? Like, you say Excel document. If you can, creating a dictionary file that points to a series of

RE: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash

2006-01-05 Thread Steve Lloyd
XPath. Beautiful! I've been looking for something like that! Thanks, will give it a shot! -Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Johnston Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 11:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re:

Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash

2006-01-05 Thread ryanm
I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as well as numericals. When I found myself in this situation I did 2 things: 1. Don't use XML, it is way too heavy for this much data. I found that by