Re: [Flashcoders] FLV's dropping frames on import for timeline playback.
hello matt, hello mark, did one of you find a solution for that problem? i need to scrub through a video as well. scrubbing through a flv is not possible. it seems that frames in timeline are the only solution for it. right? thanks eugen Am 31.10.2005 um 11:29 schrieb Mark Burvill: Putting videos directly on the timeline (if I'm right in thinking that's what you're doing) is not really the way to go, it's notoriously unreliable for anything other than really small videos. Have you tried using one of the Media Display components? Matt Muller wrote: Hi, I have a 360 of a car in 3d I'm importing for timeline playback, and yes i have set 1 keyFrame for every frame, but it seems to drop a few frames making playback a little jerky, Ive tried with the same FLV output from Flix Pro and Flash Video Encoder, frame rate matches the Flash doc (25fps) and Ive exported png seqs, there are no irregular frames. Also done an export from AE as FLV with Sorenson (will have to wait for AE7 forr ON2) and thats perfect, did sorenson from Flash Video Encoder and it was dropping frames, so my conclusion is there are bugs in the encoder, or in the import proceess, anyone else had similar trouble? cheers MaTT ___ 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 plugisto ... eugen pflüger alexanderstr. 109 70180 stuttgart fon +49.711.6739797 mobil +49.177.6428272 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://www.plugisto.net http://itself.pmalc.de http://www.lifeperformance.net ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the client didnt really know what he wanted up front, which we tackled using a usecase-development/prototyping approach. The object oriented design was by large thought up up front, the conversion of this design to AS2.0 was done bit by bit, using unit testing etc. All the while the specs where changing and we made this-phase/next-phase choices and did a small impact analysis for most of them. During implementation most of the code was being documented already (during or upfront), not using obvious what-does-this-button-do comments, but WHY-does-this-button-do-what-it-does comments. The internals workings may change, but why-it-does-what-it-does usually doesnt. The client now requested ALL documentation to be delivered as a separate product, most of which is already present and includes functional docs, technical docs, source docs, readers, etc. This product will run for a number of years, currently 4 virtual casestudies have been implemented and 50 more will be required over the next few years (casestudy == adventure game). A number of people are working on this project together, ussually not having a clue what the other one does, they just agree on a common interface for example between client and server (which is documented by examples mostly). Lots of changes will probably be required, but since the code is modular, its clean (99,9%) and well documented, we can analyse what has to be refactored and what doesnt need to be. This is not to start up the discussion again whether or not to document your code, just to tell you that almost all our clients (our company has about 50 ppl and a lot of clients) request a solid design, solid documentation and a copy of the sourcecode. Internally we are all expected to have a high standard and work on increasing this standard even further (for example by reading books such as 'code complete', taking certifications, studying oo development). This is the same for java, php, AS1, AS2, visual basic or c++ developers. Does the way we work slow us down? No. Does the way we work cost us clients? Nope. Does everything need to be documented? No ofcourse not. Is this approach applicable to all types of projects? Nope. Will we hire someone who is fast but does not document his crappy code, again? We surely wont, and we know becoz we review his code after each project. I do think lots of the arguments given here against documenting are just excuses in order not to have to, or a lack of skill in the oo design area. Rewriting and rewriting and rewriting (with or without documentation) should make warnings bells go off in your head, with or without someone paying for it. Can I do the same very cool things all the non-documenting-guru/hackers do? Nah unfortunately not, but thats beside the point ;). When it comes down to it, I agree you have to pragmatic when coding, not everything we do has to have an academic standard, but you shouldn't grab every opportunity to write crappy code with both hands either. Just my 2 cents... H At 08:51 AM 12/23/2005, you wrote: I think it reflects the nature of flash and its history. Not to mention the diverse skillset of its developer-base. A lot of people learned to write code in Flash, and the question of whether they are doing it the right way or not is debatable. In other words, as flash becomes a real software development platform, real development methodologies will become more important. That's really what it comes down to. As you start building longer-term projects and using standardized methodologies, these things start to become more important. I still do the occasional one-off animation or ad, but that's not where I spend the majority of my time these days. ryanm ___ 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] game slowing down - eventListener
tnx, but no need ;). All credits go to John for his awesome tool and his supercool attitude which made this tool possible. At 07:01 PM 12/22/2005, Dimitrios Bendilas wrote: The _global thing was Hans Wichman's idea. Just making sure he gets the credit! ;-) Dimitrios - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [FlashCoders] game slowing down - eventListener Excellent!! Thanks for letting me know D! yeah, there's a ton a ways to get at your application with xray - setting the _global pointer was a great/simple idea. Thanks again D, John ___ 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] Game plays beautiful on PC/ not on mac. wtf?
looking at the source of your HTML(fpi_swap.js) code I find that the wmode
of the movie is set as transparent. And to my experience that usually gives
a huge performance hit on Mac.
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Game plays beautiful on PC/ not on mac. wtf?
Hi Steven,
31fps
is that still the magic number?
thanks,
Kurt
At 04:58 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
What's your frame rate set to?
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Game plays beautiful on PC/ not on mac. wtf?
Hi all,
I'm really frustrated with something and hope someone out
there can help.
I have this game
http://www.asherbartos.com/xmas2005/
plays very well on my 1.7 ghz pc laptop.
plays horribly on a dual 1.2 mac.
some things simply don't work, on the Mac like the arrow keys.
that sucks, but the performance is what is driving me nuts.
I expect to take a hit on the mac, but this is beyond
anything I anticipated.
is there code you should just simply stay away from on the Mac?
I used a couple of listeners for arrow key control. a couple of
setIntervals. nothing too hard core at all... most of the
code is below
if anyone cares to take a look.
thanks for any help anyone can offer.
Kurt
goSanta = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop(2);
var spd:Number = _root.variableSpeed;
var mX:Number = this._x;
var targ:Number = (_root._xmouse - mX)/spd;
if(_root.variableSpeed1)
{
_root.variableSpeed = 1;
}
this._x += targ;
}
stopGame = function()
{
clearInterval(goDrink);
clearInterval(goTimer);
delete _root.santa.onEnterFrame;
_root.santa._x = -100;
}
santasWasted = function()
{
clearInterval(goDrinks);
delete _root.santa.onEnterFrame;
_root.santa.gotoAndPlay(passOut);
}
startGame = function()
{
s.stop();
_root.santa.tween(_y,440,.5,'easeOutBack');
attachSFX(_root.closingScreen,start,start,50);
_root.variableSpeed = 1;
_root.closingScreen.gotoAndStop(1);
_root.gotoAndStop(playGame);
_root.santa.onEnterFrame = goSanta;
_root.scoreBoard.meter.tween(_yscale,.5,.3);
_root.count = 0;
secondsLeft = 0;
clearInterval(goDrink);
goDrink = setInterval(drinkGenerator,700);
clearInterval(goTimer);
goTimer = setInterval(startTimer,1000);
}
fallingDrink = function()
{
this._y+=this.spd;
if(this._y 340 this._y 420)
{
if
(this.hitTest(_root.santa.santasMouth))
{
attachSFX(this,this.sfx,sfx,20);
_root.variableSpeed +=
this.potency;
var perLoaded =
int((_root.variableSpeed/20)*100);
_root.scoreBoard.meter.tween(_yscale,perLoaded,.4);
_root.santa.santasMouth.gotoAndPlay(2);
if(_root.variableSpeed
20) //santa drank too much
{
_root.santasWasted();
}
this.removeMovieClip();
}
}
//kill clip if drop too far
if(this._y 550)
{
trace(mc dead)
this.removeMovieClip();
}
}
drinkGenerator = function()
{
var myDepth = _root.drinkContainer.getNextHighestDepth();
var randSpd = getRandomNumber(12,6);
var randX = getRandomNumber(660,105);
var randomID = getRandomNumber(_root.gameItems.length-1,0)
var randomItem = _root.gameItems[[randomID]][0];
_root.drinkContainer.createEmptyMovieClip(mc+myDepth,myDepth);
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].attachMovie(randomItem,drink,1);
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink._x = randX;
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink.spd = randSpd;
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink.potency =
_root.gameItems[[randomID]][1];
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink.sfx =
_root.gameItems[[randomID]][2];
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink.onEnterFrame =
fallingDrink;
}
attrition = function()
{
if(_root.variableSpeed 1)
{
_root.variableSpeed -=.5
var perLoaded =
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Re: [Flashcoders] BitmapData and setPixel();
Paul, Thanks for looking into this. Im not sure you tried the code I provided, as there you can see graphically what I mean. All you would need to do is copy and paste it. Thanks again, Claudia _ Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] haXe Alpha 5 Released
Hi lists, haXe Alpha 5 is now available from http://haxe.org haXe is a an open source programming language for the Web. You can use the same language on the client side (Flash and Javascript) and on the server side (Neko). The release adds some XML output so you can write your own documentation generator very easily, and fix several bugs. There is now also a -main commandline parameter that will specify which class will be the haXe entry point. Currently haXe is running on both Flash and Neko. Javascript output will come soon. haXe distribution libraries are now BSD License so you can use them whatever the license of your source code. You're welcome to contribute to haXe by providing additional libraries (crossplatform or Flash-specific). Please post on the haXe mailing list if you're interested in doing so. Best, Nicolas ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Game plays beautiful on PC/ not on mac. wtf?
with great trepidation I reply to this thread, but a huge thank you is in
order.
Johan, that must be it. You're a saint for digging through and finding
that. an early XMAS present to me.
thank you
Kurt
At 05:22 AM 12/23/2005, you wrote:
looking at the source of your HTML(fpi_swap.js) code I find that the wmode
of the movie is set as transparent. And to my experience that usually gives
a huge performance hit on Mac.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dommermuth
Sent: den 21 december 2005 23:19
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Game plays beautiful on PC/ not on mac. wtf?
Hi Steven,
31fps
is that still the magic number?
thanks,
Kurt
At 04:58 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
What's your frame rate set to?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Kurt Dommermuth
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:35 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Game plays beautiful on PC/ not on mac. wtf?
Hi all,
I'm really frustrated with something and hope someone out
there can help.
I have this game
http://www.asherbartos.com/xmas2005/
plays very well on my 1.7 ghz pc laptop.
plays horribly on a dual 1.2 mac.
some things simply don't work, on the Mac like the arrow keys.
that sucks, but the performance is what is driving me nuts.
I expect to take a hit on the mac, but this is beyond
anything I anticipated.
is there code you should just simply stay away from on the Mac?
I used a couple of listeners for arrow key control. a couple of
setIntervals. nothing too hard core at all... most of the
code is below
if anyone cares to take a look.
thanks for any help anyone can offer.
Kurt
goSanta = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop(2);
var spd:Number = _root.variableSpeed;
var mX:Number = this._x;
var targ:Number = (_root._xmouse - mX)/spd;
if(_root.variableSpeed1)
{
_root.variableSpeed = 1;
}
this._x += targ;
}
stopGame = function()
{
clearInterval(goDrink);
clearInterval(goTimer);
delete _root.santa.onEnterFrame;
_root.santa._x = -100;
}
santasWasted = function()
{
clearInterval(goDrinks);
delete _root.santa.onEnterFrame;
_root.santa.gotoAndPlay(passOut);
}
startGame = function()
{
s.stop();
_root.santa.tween(_y,440,.5,'easeOutBack');
attachSFX(_root.closingScreen,start,start,50);
_root.variableSpeed = 1;
_root.closingScreen.gotoAndStop(1);
_root.gotoAndStop(playGame);
_root.santa.onEnterFrame = goSanta;
_root.scoreBoard.meter.tween(_yscale,.5,.3);
_root.count = 0;
secondsLeft = 0;
clearInterval(goDrink);
goDrink = setInterval(drinkGenerator,700);
clearInterval(goTimer);
goTimer = setInterval(startTimer,1000);
}
fallingDrink = function()
{
this._y+=this.spd;
if(this._y 340 this._y 420)
{
if
(this.hitTest(_root.santa.santasMouth))
{
attachSFX(this,this.sfx,sfx,20);
_root.variableSpeed +=
this.potency;
var perLoaded =
int((_root.variableSpeed/20)*100);
_root.scoreBoard.meter.tween(_yscale,perLoaded,.4);
_root.santa.santasMouth.gotoAndPlay(2);
if(_root.variableSpeed
20) //santa drank too much
{
_root.santasWasted();
}
this.removeMovieClip();
}
}
//kill clip if drop too far
if(this._y 550)
{
trace(mc dead)
this.removeMovieClip();
}
}
drinkGenerator = function()
{
var myDepth = _root.drinkContainer.getNextHighestDepth();
var randSpd = getRandomNumber(12,6);
var randX = getRandomNumber(660,105);
var randomID = getRandomNumber(_root.gameItems.length-1,0)
var randomItem = _root.gameItems[[randomID]][0];
_root.drinkContainer.createEmptyMovieClip(mc+myDepth,myDepth);
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].attachMovie(randomItem,drink,1);
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink._x = randX;
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink.spd = randSpd;
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink.potency =
_root.gameItems[[randomID]][1];
_root.drinkContainer[mc+myDepth].drink.sfx =
[Flashcoders] Planet Earth MC
Hi list... [Studio 8, XP, Illustrator CS2] I have a MC of a rotating planet earth. Frame to frame, all the continents are there, but when it gets on the stage, visual anomalies occur: the Great Lakes disappear for a frame, or some weird horizontal lines appear -- always at the same spot in the animation. These oddities are not in any frame of the MC. I've tried to check bitmap caching on this MC, but that doesn't seem to make a difference. Any ideas about what is happening are appreciated. Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Planet Earth MC
If you change the size of the movie clip on the screen does the effect change? Perhaps you are just getting a preview of the effect of global warming on the Great Lakes. Ron Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... [Studio 8, XP, Illustrator CS2] I have a MC of a rotating planet earth. Frame to frame, all the continents are there, but when it gets on the stage, visual anomalies occur: the Great Lakes disappear for a frame, or some weird horizontal lines appear -- always at the same spot in the animation. These oddities are not in any frame of the MC. I've tried to check bitmap caching on this MC, but that doesn't seem to make a difference. Any ideas about what is happening are appreciated. Thanks, - Michael M. ___ 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] BitmapData and setPixel();
I can see the two resultant images, but from your description, I still cant quite get what it is you want your grad to look like... Thats why I wanted you to post an image of what you were trying to acheieve On 12/23/05, Claudia Barnal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul, Thanks for looking into this. I'm not sure you tried the code I provided, as there you can see graphically what I mean. All you would need to do is copy and paste it. Thanks again, Claudia _ Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk ___ 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] Planet Earth MC
If you change the size of the movie clip on the screen does the effect change? No matter what size the MC is, the same effects are there. If the MC is scaled, the anomalies are scaled as well. Perhaps you are just getting a preview of the effect of global warming on the Great Lakes. Preview? The problems are already upon us. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flex 2.0 Tree control dataprovider problem.
Hi, You asked: One last thing, is this the place to ask these questions, or is there a flex 1/2 group like this too? Yes, it is called FlexCoders. Subscribe info is here: http://www.flexcoders.org/index.html -David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonas Windey Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 7:29 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Flex 2.0 Tree control dataprovider problem. Hi all, I'm experimenting a bit with flex 2.0 alpha, and I'm trying to use a webservice to provide the datasource of my tree control. I took the xml structure that can be found in the examples explorer, and made a webservice that is giving exactly the same result: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? node node label=Technology node label=ASP.NET / node label=HTML/CSS / node label=Javascript / node label=SQL / node label=Tech Experiments / /node node label=Utilities node label=Client tools / node label=Server tools / /node node label=Design node label=Cool layouts / node label=Design experiments / /node node label=Usability /node node label=Off-topic /node /node Now comes the problem, when I give my treeview this result as datasource, the output isn't what it should be, as can be seen on this url: http://www.narcisten.be/pl_treeProblem.jpg I've tried setting the dataprovide as event.result.childNodes[0], but no luck. Here's my code (without the markup) mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml; creationComplete=catWS.getCategories.send(); fontSize=11 ... mx:WebService result=catTree.dataProvider=event.result id=catWS wsdl=http://localhost:1200/pixcoID/pixcoThoughts.asmx?WSDL; showBusyCursor=true fault=Alert.show(event.fault.faultstring) mx:operation name=getCategories mx:request intAccountID 1 /intAccountID /mx:request /mx:operation /mx:WebService In the code example, the tree control uses a httpservice, and there you can use event.result.node, which looks inside the xml to loop through the correct nodes. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. One last thing, is this the place to ask these questions, or is there a flex 1/2 group like this too? Jonas ___ 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] _targetInstanceName?
Hey folks, I'm in Flash 8 Pro, building for Flash 7 player. I'm trying to get _targetInstanceName working, but I can't seem to get it to work. Does anyone have a good example of how to get it working? -- Mark Ribau Lead Windows Developer | My Tech Blog http://www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark.php Redbug Technologies, Inc. http://www.redbugtech.com - www.redbugtech.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a slew of unit tests) For me, the underlying principle is this -- DONT REPEAT YOURSELF -- it'll save you a whole truckload of hassles down the road... Pxx On 12/23/05, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the client didnt really know what he wanted up front, which we tackled using a usecase-development/prototyping approach. The object oriented design was by large thought up up front, the conversion of this design to AS2.0 was done bit by bit, using unit testing etc. All the while the specs where changing and we made this-phase/next-phase choices and did a small impact analysis for most of them. During implementation most of the code was being documented already (during or upfront), not using obvious what-does-this-button-do comments, but WHY-does-this-button-do-what-it-does comments. The internals workings may change, but why-it-does-what-it-does usually doesnt. The client now requested ALL documentation to be delivered as a separate product, most of which is already present and includes functional docs, technical docs, source docs, readers, etc. This product will run for a number of years, currently 4 virtual casestudies have been implemented and 50 more will be required over the next few years (casestudy == adventure game). A number of people are working on this project together, ussually not having a clue what the other one does, they just agree on a common interface for example between client and server (which is documented by examples mostly). Lots of changes will probably be required, but since the code is modular, its clean (99,9%) and well documented, we can analyse what has to be refactored and what doesnt need to be. This is not to start up the discussion again whether or not to document your code, just to tell you that almost all our clients (our company has about 50 ppl and a lot of clients) request a solid design, solid documentation and a copy of the sourcecode. Internally we are all expected to have a high standard and work on increasing this standard even further (for example by reading books such as 'code complete', taking certifications, studying oo development). This is the same for java, php, AS1, AS2, visual basic or c++ developers. Does the way we work slow us down? No. Does the way we work cost us clients? Nope. Does everything need to be documented? No ofcourse not. Is this approach applicable to all types of projects? Nope. Will we hire someone who is fast but does not document his crappy code, again? We surely wont, and we know becoz we review his code after each project. I do think lots of the arguments given here against documenting are just excuses in order not to have to, or a lack of skill in the oo design area. Rewriting and rewriting and rewriting (with or without documentation) should make warnings bells go off in your head, with or without someone paying for it. Can I do the same very cool things all the non-documenting-guru/hackers do? Nah unfortunately not, but thats beside the point ;). When it comes down to it, I agree you have to pragmatic when coding, not everything we do has to have an academic standard, but you shouldn't grab
Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a slew of unit tests) For me, the underlying principle is this -- DONT REPEAT YOURSELF -- it'll save you a whole truckload of hassles down the road... Pxx On 12/23/05, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the client didnt really know what he wanted up front, which we tackled using a usecase-development/prototyping approach. The object oriented design was by large thought up up front, the conversion of this design to AS2.0 was done bit by bit, using unit testing etc. All the while the specs where changing and we made this-phase/next-phase choices and did a small impact analysis for most of them. During implementation most of the code was being documented already (during or upfront), not using obvious what-does-this-button-do comments, but WHY-does-this-button-do-what-it-does comments. The internals workings may change, but why-it-does-what-it-does usually doesnt. The client now requested ALL documentation to be delivered as a separate product, most of which is already present and includes functional docs, technical docs, source docs, readers, etc. This product will run for a number of years, currently 4 virtual casestudies have been implemented and 50 more will be required over the next few years (casestudy == adventure game). A number of people are working on this project together, ussually not having a clue what the other one does, they just agree on a common interface for example between client and server (which is documented by examples mostly). Lots of changes will probably be required, but since the code is modular, its clean (99,9%) and well documented, we can analyse what has to be refactored and what doesnt need to be. This is not to start up the discussion again whether or not to document your code, just to tell you that almost all our clients (our company has about 50 ppl and a lot of clients) request a solid design, solid documentation and a copy of the sourcecode. Internally we are all expected to have a high standard and work on increasing this standard even further (for example by reading books such as 'code complete', taking certifications, studying oo development). This is the same for java, php, AS1, AS2, visual basic or c++ developers. Does the way we work slow us down? No. Does the way we work cost us clients? Nope. Does everything need to be documented? No ofcourse not. Is this approach applicable to all types of projects? Nope. Will we hire someone who is fast but does not document his crappy code, again? We surely wont, and we know becoz we review his code after each project. I do think lots of the arguments given here against documenting are just excuses in order not
Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a slew of unit tests) For me, the underlying principle is this -- DONT REPEAT YOURSELF -- it'll save you a whole truckload of hassles down the road... Pxx On 12/23/05, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the client didnt really know what he wanted up front, which we tackled using a usecase-development/prototyping approach. The object oriented design was by large thought up up front, the conversion of this design to AS2.0 was done bit by bit, using unit testing etc. All the while the specs where changing and we made this-phase/next-phase choices and did a small impact analysis for most of them. During implementation most of the code was being documented already (during or upfront), not using obvious what-does-this-button-do comments, but WHY-does-this-button-do-what-it-does comments. The internals workings may change, but why-it-does-what-it-does usually doesnt. The client now requested ALL documentation to be delivered as a separate product, most of which is already present and includes functional docs, technical docs, source docs, readers, etc. This product will run for a number of years, currently 4 virtual casestudies have been implemented and 50 more will be required over the next few years (casestudy == adventure game). A number of people are working on this project together, ussually not having a clue what the other one does, they just agree on a common interface for example between client and server (which is documented by examples mostly). Lots of changes will probably be required, but since the code is modular, its clean (99,9%) and well documented, we can analyse what has to be refactored and what doesnt need to be. This is not to start
Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a slew of unit tests) For me, the underlying principle is this -- DONT REPEAT YOURSELF -- it'll save you a whole truckload of hassles down the road... Pxx On 12/23/05, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the client didnt really know what he wanted up front, which we tackled using a usecase-development/prototyping approach. The object oriented design was by large thought up up front, the conversion of this design to AS2.0 was done bit by bit, using unit testing etc. All the while the specs where changing and we made this-phase/next-phase choices and did a small impact analysis for most of them. During implementation most of the code was being documented already (during or upfront), not using obvious what-does-this-button-do comments, but WHY-does-this-button-do-what-it-does comments. The internals workings may change, but why-it-does-what-it-does usually doesnt. The client now requested ALL documentation to be delivered as a separate product, most of which is already present and includes functional docs, technical docs, source docs, readers, etc. This product will run for a number of years, currently 4 virtual casestudies have been implemented and 50 more will be required over the next few years (casestudy == adventure game). A number of people are working on this project together, ussually
Re: [Flashcoders] _targetInstanceName?
You mean mc._name ? On 12/23/05, Mark Ribau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, I'm in Flash 8 Pro, building for Flash 7 player. I'm trying to get _targetInstanceName working, but I can't seem to get it to work. Does anyone have a good example of how to get it working? -- Mark Ribau Lead Windows Developer | My Tech Blog http://www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark.php Redbug Technologies, Inc. http://www.redbugtech.com - www.redbugtech.com ___ 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] Faster code?
Where can I get ASDoc? Google seems pretty ignorant of it - at least as a product or software tool. Or is it an internal-only product Adobe uses? Or is it simply a Macromedia standardized HTML format for help content? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a slew of unit tests) For me, the underlying principle is this -- DONT REPEAT YOURSELF -- it'll save you a whole truckload of hassles down the road... Pxx On 12/23/05, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the client didnt really know what he wanted up front, which we tackled using a usecase-development/prototyping approach. The object oriented design was by large thought up up front, the conversion of this design to AS2.0 was done bit by bit, using unit testing etc. All the while the specs where changing and we made this-phase/next-phase choices and did a small impact analysis for most of them. During implementation most of the code was being documented already (during or upfront), not using obvious what-does-this-button-do comments, but WHY-does-this-button-do-what-it-does comments. The internals workings may
Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
this is the tool I meant - visDoc / ASDoc were these once the same? cant remember... Im having a slow day... http://www.visiblearea.com/visdoc/ On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I get ASDoc? Google seems pretty ignorant of it - at least as a product or software tool. Or is it an internal-only product Adobe uses? Or is it simply a Macromedia standardized HTML format for help content? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a slew of unit tests) For me, the underlying principle is this -- DONT REPEAT YOURSELF -- it'll save you a whole truckload of hassles down the road... Pxx On 12/23/05, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the client didnt really know what he wanted up front, which we tackled using a usecase-development/prototyping approach. The object oriented design was by large thought up up front, the conversion of this design to AS2.0 was done bit by bit, using unit testing etc. All the while the specs where
RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
Thanks. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul BH Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:31 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? this is the tool I meant - visDoc / ASDoc were these once the same? cant remember... Im having a slow day... http://www.visiblearea.com/visdoc/ On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I get ASDoc? Google seems pretty ignorant of it - at least as a product or software tool. Or is it an internal-only product Adobe uses? Or is it simply a Macromedia standardized HTML format for help content? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a slew of unit tests) For me, the underlying principle is this -- DONT REPEAT YOURSELF -- it'll save you a whole truckload of hassles down the road... Pxx On 12/23/05, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to those that are reading this thread and wondering if writing neat documented code for clients (and payed for by clients) is an illusion, my 2 cents: we've been working on a project (complete virtual learning city) in flash in which the
RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
I downloaded the trial, but what's a .dmg file and how do I unpack it in Windows? Couldn't find any info on their site - and double-clicking the file gives me an error - unrecognized file type. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Thanks. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul BH Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:31 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? this is the tool I meant - visDoc / ASDoc were these once the same? cant remember... Im having a slow day... http://www.visiblearea.com/visdoc/ On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I get ASDoc? Google seems pretty ignorant of it - at least as a product or software tool. Or is it an internal-only product Adobe uses? Or is it simply a Macromedia standardized HTML format for help content? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document. wherever a table is encountered, this is interpreted by FIT as a unit test, and the test builder writes a fixture to accomodate that test... What this means is that you are documenting your business logic in one place (rather than both a specs document and a
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash stock ticker
Thanks for your reply Jason, One of the concerns I had with doing the instances was that I was erroneously thinking of a previous project, in which the size of each of those instances would be different, but for this specific project I can force the width of each stock data (all the info including names and prices) to be set to a specific value, making the whole animation possible, in terms of smoothness. How do you suggest I do the detection to know if they are out of the viewing area? My guess is based on the dimensions of the clip and its location i'll be able to check if it is 'visible', but do you know of any other methods? Thanks once again, -Alex On 12/22/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In absence of that, any hints of tips anyone can offer would be of great help. The way I have done some somewhat similar projects involved creating a large movie clip from the loaded data, and then calculating the width of that movie clip to use in its looping animation (using 2 instances to make it seamless). The problem I foresee with that is that this has the potential of being very long, and thus might not animate smoothly. Does anyone have any general suggestions I should consider as I plan this project? Instead of making a big 'ol movie clip in a library and animating/tweening that, I would instead make a single movie clip which has a text field, and attach that to the stage, populate the stock data, and tween/animate with actionscript, - you would create and destroy instances when they leave and exit the view area, and the data is dynamic for each clip. That to me would be a better/more elegant approach, and if you do it right, will perform much better too. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ 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] Flash stock ticker
Unfortunately, this project can't be done on Flash 8, but I certainly would be using that if I could :) On 12/22/05, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .cacheAsBitmap might be your best friend here :) edolecki On 12/22/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In absence of that, any hints of tips anyone can offer would be of great help. The way I have done some somewhat similar projects involved creating a large movie clip from the loaded data, and then calculating the width of that movie clip to use in its looping animation (using 2 instances to make it seamless). The problem I foresee with that is that this has the potential of being very long, and thus might not animate smoothly. Does anyone have any general suggestions I should consider as I plan this project? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash stock ticker
Maybe poll the _x value of the movie clip. When it reaches a certain value, destroy it. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alejandro Diaz Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:48 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash stock ticker Thanks for your reply Jason, One of the concerns I had with doing the instances was that I was erroneously thinking of a previous project, in which the size of each of those instances would be different, but for this specific project I can force the width of each stock data (all the info including names and prices) to be set to a specific value, making the whole animation possible, in terms of smoothness. How do you suggest I do the detection to know if they are out of the viewing area? My guess is based on the dimensions of the clip and its location i'll be able to check if it is 'visible', but do you know of any other methods? Thanks once again, -Alex On 12/22/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In absence of that, any hints of tips anyone can offer would be of great help. The way I have done some somewhat similar projects involved creating a large movie clip from the loaded data, and then calculating the width of that movie clip to use in its looping animation (using 2 instances to make it seamless). The problem I foresee with that is that this has the potential of being very long, and thus might not animate smoothly. Does anyone have any general suggestions I should consider as I plan this project? Instead of making a big 'ol movie clip in a library and animating/tweening that, I would instead make a single movie clip which has a text field, and attach that to the stage, populate the stock data, and tween/animate with actionscript, - you would create and destroy instances when they leave and exit the view area, and the data is dynamic for each clip. That to me would be a better/more elegant approach, and if you do it right, will perform much better too. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ 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] Faster code?
I think its a mac app. Hank On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the trial, but what's a .dmg file and how do I unpack it in Windows? Couldn't find any info on their site - and double-clicking the file gives me an error - unrecognized file type. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Thanks. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul BH Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:31 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? this is the tool I meant - visDoc / ASDoc were these once the same? cant remember... Im having a slow day... http://www.visiblearea.com/visdoc/ On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I get ASDoc? Google seems pretty ignorant of it - at least as a product or software tool. Or is it an internal-only product Adobe uses? Or is it simply a Macromedia standardized HTML format for help content? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same information in two places, as at some point one will get out of date... How to manage this, and at the same time make your code easy to understand? This is how we are approaching it / looking to approach it... 1) Documentation of individual methods within classes is done using ASDoc which gets triggered whenever a file gets checked into source control -- your documentataion is generated from your class file, and is *always* up to date with your checked in class file... 2) We are looking into using a thing called FIT (http://fit.c2.com/) What this does is tie in business requirements with unit tests. The business (ie the client) basically write their specifications (or are assisted with it) in a word document.
[Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component. Here's a quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container movieclip, each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component, the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu, menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD QUESTION TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD QUESTION TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE UP BUTTON - PUSH TO MOVE
QUESTION UP
tp.menuUp_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE DOWN BUTTON - PUSH TO MOVE
QUESTION DOWN
tp.menuDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
}
//REDRAW QUESTIONS SCROLL PANE TO INSURE CONTENT DISPLAYS
CORRECTLY
questions_sp.redraw(true);
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
ASDoc was not a Mac product, but windows. However, asdocs.com is down, and I no longer have a copy on my comp, so not sure bro. - Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Ah - I guess it is. Says that WAY down the web page - not in the top where it says, download. What's the best one for Windows? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hank williams Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I think its a mac app. Hank On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the trial, but what's a .dmg file and how do I unpack it in Windows? Couldn't find any info on their site - and double-clicking the file gives me an error - unrecognized file type. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Thanks. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul BH Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:31 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? this is the tool I meant - visDoc / ASDoc were these once the same? cant remember... Im having a slow day... http://www.visiblearea.com/visdoc/ On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I get ASDoc? Google seems pretty ignorant of it - at least as a product or software tool. Or is it an internal-only product Adobe uses? Or is it simply a Macromedia standardized HTML format for help content? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I hate having the same
RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
Nevermind - says it at the top too - I'm ready for the holiday break. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:16 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Ah - I guess it is. Says that WAY down the web page - not in the top where it says, download. What's the best one for Windows? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hank williams Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I think its a mac app. Hank On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the trial, but what's a .dmg file and how do I unpack it in Windows? Couldn't find any info on their site - and double-clicking the file gives me an error - unrecognized file type. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Thanks. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul BH Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:31 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? this is the tool I meant - visDoc / ASDoc were these once the same? cant remember... Im having a slow day... http://www.visiblearea.com/visdoc/ On 12/23/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I get ASDoc? Google seems pretty ignorant of it - at least as a product or software tool. Or is it an internal-only product Adobe uses? Or is it simply a Macromedia standardized HTML format for help content? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Oh yeah definatly. Even though Natural Doc's syntax feels more straightforward, ASDoc definately has the most beautiful output that I've seen to date. - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? 1) I agree, that's why back to my earlier thing, I rarely comment - what ASDoc does do however is provide a way of displaying things like your method signature in a friendly HTML like manner, with a handy index down the side. When I do comment, it would be to explain some hackery, or something that wasnt obvious - within a function, this wouldnt get picked up, if it was something like a paramenter only being in an allowable range, I would comment that in a way that ASDoc picks up... 2)Hehe if I couldnt do that, it would be nirvana-esque... I never said that this document wouldnt change - the key thing here is to make sure that the change is captured in one place and one place alone... ie - when business changes the specification, this is reflected in my unit tests (as they are one the same document), and thus my test suite know about it straight away... On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. ASDoc just generates comments from your code. If your code comments aren't up to date, neither is your generated asdocs. 2. If you could coerce a client to sign a document saying that business requirements never change... hell dude, I'm hiring you fulltime to work for me! - Original Message - From: Paul BH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code? I'm so glad I opened such a juicy can of worms just before Christmas ;) I just want to throw one more thing into the mix before I dissappear off to numb my family reunion with hefty doses of alcohol... So, now I think my comments before about, erm comments still stand. I see comments differently to documentation, so I'll just add my tuppence to this and retire to eat drink be merry... I think some (many)? people dont document because they cant be arsed. Why is this the case? We'll, again, I think it comes down to changing requirements, and the fact that I
RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component. Here's a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component, the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD QUESTION
TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD QUESTION
TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE UP BUTTON - PUSH TO MOVE
QUESTION UP
tp.menuUp_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE DOWN BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION DOWN
tp.menuDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
}
//REDRAW QUESTIONS SCROLL PANE TO INSURE CONTENT DISPLAYS
CORRECTLY
questions_sp.redraw(true);
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
I've been very pleased using Eclipse, Doxygen, Eclox, and graphviz all together to both code and generate my documentation (using javadoc styled comments). The documentation generated even shows hierarchical UML. :-D I believe these MAY be cross platform, as I'm pretty sure they're all written in java? eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org/ eclipse actionscript plugin: http://www.eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse/plugin_details.jsp?id=867 eclox, doxygen, graphvix setup for eclipse: http://www.statik1.com/mt-weblog/archives/92.html It's possible, I'm sure, to use doxygen and such without eclipse, but I don't know how. JesterXL wrote: ASDoc was not a Mac product, but windows. However, asdocs.com is down, and I no longer have a copy on my comp, so not sure bro. - Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Ah - I guess it is. Says that WAY down the web page - not in the top where it says, download. What's the best one for Windows? -- Mark Ribau Lead Windows Developer | My Tech Blog http://www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark.php Redbug Technologies, Inc. http://www.redbugtech.com - www.redbugtech.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the screen.
Thanks,
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:30 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component. Here's a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component, the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD QUESTION
TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD QUESTION
TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE UP BUTTON - PUSH TO MOVE
QUESTION UP
tp.menuUp_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE DOWN BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION DOWN
tp.menuDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
}
//REDRAW QUESTIONS SCROLL PANE TO INSURE CONTENT DISPLAYS
CORRECTLY
questions_sp.redraw(true);
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Yeah, still get a page cannot be displayed error. I don't think its
your detection script, it's the location of your HTML file.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:05 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the screen.
Thanks,
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:30 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component. Here's
a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component, the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from
library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD QUESTION
TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD
QUESTION
TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE UP BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION UP
tp.menuUp_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE DOWN BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION DOWN
tp.menuDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
}
//REDRAW QUESTIONS SCROLL PANE TO INSURE CONTENT
DISPLAYS
CORRECTLY
questions_sp.redraw(true);
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That's weird. I've sent the link to people here at work and offsite, and
they could view it. Let me republish and upload after lunch. Thanks for the
heads up.
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Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:25 PM
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Yeah, still get a page cannot be displayed error. I don't think its
your detection script, it's the location of your HTML file.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:05 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the screen.
Thanks,
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:30 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component. Here's
a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component, the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from
library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD QUESTION
TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD
QUESTION
TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE UP BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION UP
tp.menuUp_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE DOWN BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION DOWN
tp.menuDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
}
//REDRAW QUESTIONS SCROLL PANE TO INSURE CONTENT
DISPLAYS
CORRECTLY
questions_sp.redraw(true);
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] _targetInstanceName?
Hi,
if you create a component and hook up a class to it, and provide a method
such as:
[Inspectable(_targetInstanceName=)]
function set _targetInstanceName(targetName:String) {
//do whatever
}
you can drag and drop your component on another clip and your instance's
_targetInstanceName will be set to the name of the clip you dropped it on.
greetz
Hans
At 04:56 PM 12/23/2005, eric dolecki wrote:
You mean
mc._name ?
On 12/23/05, Mark Ribau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey folks,
I'm in Flash 8 Pro, building for Flash 7 player. I'm trying to get
_targetInstanceName working, but I can't seem to get it to work. Does
anyone have a good example of how to get it working?
--
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RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Tried it in both IE and Firefox. Not having any other network issues
either.
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That's weird. I've sent the link to people here at work and offsite,
and
they could view it. Let me republish and upload after lunch. Thanks
for the
heads up.
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Yeah, still get a page cannot be displayed error. I don't think its
your detection script, it's the location of your HTML file.
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Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the screen.
Thanks,
Mike
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That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component.
Here's
a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container
movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component,
the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from
library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD
QUESTION
TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD
QUESTION
TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE UP BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION UP
tp.menuUp_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE DOWN BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION DOWN
tp.menuDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
}
//REDRAW QUESTIONS SCROLL PANE TO INSURE CONTENT
DISPLAYS
CORRECTLY
questions_sp.redraw(true);
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] _targetInstanceName? Events?
Ok, I got that part working, but how does the thing I dropped it on get
the events from the component I dropped onto it ?
I tried:
this.addEventListener(onScroll, this.target);
but that didn't seem to work.
Hans Wichman wrote:
Hi,
if you create a component and hook up a class to it, and provide a
method such as:
[Inspectable(_targetInstanceName=)]
function set _targetInstanceName(targetName:String) {
//do whatever
}
you can drag and drop your component on another clip and your
instance's _targetInstanceName will be set to the name of the clip you
dropped it on.
greetz
Hans
At 04:56 PM 12/23/2005, eric dolecki wrote:
You mean
mc._name ?
On 12/23/05, Mark Ribau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey folks,
I'm in Flash 8 Pro, building for Flash 7 player. I'm trying to get
_targetInstanceName working, but I can't seem to get it to work. Does
anyone have a good example of how to get it working?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Faster code?
Also, As2API works great on Windows. Jim Kremens On 12/23/05, Mark Ribau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been very pleased using Eclipse, Doxygen, Eclox, and graphviz all together to both code and generate my documentation (using javadoc styled comments). The documentation generated even shows hierarchical UML. :-D I believe these MAY be cross platform, as I'm pretty sure they're all written in java? eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org/ eclipse actionscript plugin: http://www.eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse/plugin_details.jsp?id=867 eclox, doxygen, graphvix setup for eclipse: http://www.statik1.com/mt-weblog/archives/92.html It's possible, I'm sure, to use doxygen and such without eclipse, but I don't know how. JesterXL wrote: ASDoc was not a Mac product, but windows. However, asdocs.com is down, and I no longer have a copy on my comp, so not sure bro. - Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code? Ah - I guess it is. Says that WAY down the web page - not in the top where it says, download. What's the best one for Windows? -- Mark Ribau Lead Windows Developer | My Tech Blog http://www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark.php Redbug Technologies, Inc. http://www.redbugtech.com - www.redbugtech.com ___ 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] Drag-n-Drop from DataGrid to Tree Flash 7
http://drumbeatinsight.com/dnddatagrid Email me off list and you can view the beta. It works great with flash 7. Wade On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Jeff Mastropietro wrote: Does anyone know of a good drag-n-drop script for Flash 7. I need to be able to drag an item from a DataGrid, to a Tree component. This component is really great, but it's for Flash 8: http://www.sephiroth.it/index.php?blogId=2005_11_20_weekly.html Thanks, Jeff ___ 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] _targetInstanceName? Events?
Hi,
if you got your target through something like:
this.target = this._parent[this._targetInstanceName]
that should work. You might have to do something like:
[Inspectable(_targetInstanceName=)]
function set _targetInstanceName(targetName:String) {
this.targetInstanceName = targetName;
//do whatever
}
and then this.target = this._parent[this.targetInstanceName];
not to sure about that one ;), might be that _targetInstanceName's value is
accessible directly or not.
greetz
Hans
At 07:37 PM 12/23/2005, Mark Ribau wrote:
Ok, I got that part working, but how does the thing I dropped it on get
the events from the component I dropped onto it ?
I tried:
this.addEventListener(onScroll, this.target);
but that didn't seem to work.
Hans Wichman wrote:
Hi,
if you create a component and hook up a class to it, and provide a method
such as:
[Inspectable(_targetInstanceName=)]
function set _targetInstanceName(targetName:String) {
//do whatever
}
you can drag and drop your component on another clip and your instance's
_targetInstanceName will be set to the name of the clip you dropped it on.
greetz
Hans
At 04:56 PM 12/23/2005, eric dolecki wrote:
You mean
mc._name ?
On 12/23/05, Mark Ribau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey folks,
I'm in Flash 8 Pro, building for Flash 7 player. I'm trying to get
_targetInstanceName working, but I can't seem to get it to work. Does
anyone have a good example of how to get it working?
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Re: [Flashcoders] _targetInstanceName? Events?
I got this:
(XScroller Class):
[Bindable]
[Inspectable(defaultValue=)]
function set _targetInstanceName(targetName:String):Void
{
this._TargetName = targetName;
this._Target = this._parent[this._TargetName];
if ( this._Target != )
{
this.addEventListener(onScroll, this._Target);
}
}
function get _targetInstanceName():String
{
return this._TargetName;
}
public function SetPosition(val:Number):Void
{
this._MyValue = val;
if ( this._MyValue 1 )
{
this._MyValue = 1;
}
if ( this._MyValue 0 )
{
this._MyValue = 0;
}
this.Update();
dispatchEvent({type: onScroll, target: this, horizontal:
this._Horizontal, value: this._MyValue});
}
(VScroller extends XScroller)
and then in the main movie, frame 1 (tb is a normal text field, and
scroller is an instance of VScroller):
tb.onScroll = function (evt:Object)
{
tb.text = BLAH;
trace(BLAH);
}
onScroll = function ()
{
tb.text = ASDF;
trace(ASDF);
}
scroller.addEventListener(onScroll, this);
I do NOT get any traces and the tb.text doesn't get changed. Please help??
Hans Wichman wrote:
Hi,
if you got your target through something like:
this.target = this._parent[this._targetInstanceName]
that should work. You might have to do something like:
[Inspectable(_targetInstanceName=)]
function set _targetInstanceName(targetName:String) {
this.targetInstanceName = targetName;
//do whatever
}
and then this.target = this._parent[this.targetInstanceName];
not to sure about that one ;), might be that _targetInstanceName's
value is accessible directly or not.
greetz
Hans
At 07:37 PM 12/23/2005, Mark Ribau wrote:
Ok, I got that part working, but how does the thing I dropped it on
get the events from the component I dropped onto it ?
I tried:
this.addEventListener(onScroll, this.target);
but that didn't seem to work.
Hans Wichman wrote:
Hi,
if you create a component and hook up a class to it, and provide a
method such as:
[Inspectable(_targetInstanceName=)]
function set _targetInstanceName(targetName:String) {
//do whatever
}
you can drag and drop your component on another clip and your
instance's _targetInstanceName will be set to the name of the clip
you dropped it on.
greetz
Hans
At 04:56 PM 12/23/2005, eric dolecki wrote:
You mean
mc._name ?
On 12/23/05, Mark Ribau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey folks,
I'm in Flash 8 Pro, building for Flash 7 player. I'm trying to get
_targetInstanceName working, but I can't seem to get it to work.
Does
anyone have a good example of how to get it working?
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[Flashcoders] Text width question
One strange situation... Why when change width of dynamic text field to width less then some value (font-dependent) multiline and wordwrap is didn't work? I was create some textfield... enter some text... than with action script change width to value less than font pt multiplied by 2 (for example - if font 12pt, than width value 24)... text viewed as one line and it leave textfield borders... I think is general text field problem... or I make mistake? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Custom combobox
Can anyone tell me how to go about creating a comobox that can hold a 10x10 pixel color palette image and a label beside it per row? Has anyone seen anything like this? Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener
Hey Folks, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Now say I delegate an event listener as so: chooseBtn.addEventListener (click, Delegate.create (this, onChooseOptions)); How do I go about removing the eventListener? Like this? chooseBtn.removeEventListener (click, Delegate.create (this, onChooseOptions)); Thanks, Clark ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Can an object delete itself?
Mark Burvill wrote:
public function die():Void {
trace (deleting);
removeMovieClip (baddie_mc);
delete this;
trace (Am i still alive?);
}
The movieclip is successfully removed, but I would expect the second
trace Am I still alive NOT to appear as the object has been deleted,
but it does.
I read somewhere that it is illegal for an object to delete itself -
is this true?
Is there another easy way of doing this?
I use the delete all the time like you are doing. Flash continues to run
your code until the end of the statement block. I thought that once you
delete something that garbage collection would take over after the
function exits. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
for example, run this in a new fla
index = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
if (index==10) {
delete onEnterFrame;
trace(i can still run code but only until the function closes)
}
trace(index=+index++)
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Custom combobox
Hi Mike, You should be able to create a movieclip class that implements the CellRenderer api, and then use that within the combobox's list: var dropdown:List = myCombo.dropdown; dropdown.cellRenderer = myCustomCellRenderer; Having said that, I've never done this, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. C Mike Boutin wrote: Can anyone tell me how to go about creating a comobox that can hold a 10x10 pixel color palette image and a label beside it per row? Has anyone seen anything like this? Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- _ __ __ | | \/ ___\ Chris Hill | | / /_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/\___ / http://ubergeek.tv /_/ The Smell of Geek! - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener
Cheers Jesse you are the Shizzle of Christmas. Clark On 12/23/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Store a reference. private var refDel:Function; refDel = Delegate.create(this, onFunction); my_pb.addEventListener(click, refDel); my_pb.removeEventListener(click, refDel); - Original Message - From: clark slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [FlashCoders] flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:37 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener Hey Folks, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Now say I delegate an event listener as so: chooseBtn.addEventListener (click, Delegate.create (this, onChooseOptions)); How do I go about removing the eventListener? Like this? chooseBtn.removeEventListener (click, Delegate.create (this, onChooseOptions)); Thanks, Clark ___ 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] Removing A Delegated EventListener
Most auspicuous response timing. I was just pondering the very same question meeself. Now I don't have to. -Original Message- From: JesterXL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:45 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener Store a reference. private var refDel:Function; refDel = Delegate.create(this, onFunction); my_pb.addEventListener(click, refDel); my_pb.removeEventListener(click, refDel); - Original Message - From: clark slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [FlashCoders] flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:37 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener Hey Folks, ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Jason,
I republished and uploaded latest files. Let me know if you still can't see
the movie. Just curious, can you view source?
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
Mike
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Tried it in both IE and Firefox. Not having any other network issues
either.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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That's weird. I've sent the link to people here at work and offsite,
and
they could view it. Let me republish and upload after lunch. Thanks
for the
heads up.
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Yeah, still get a page cannot be displayed error. I don't think its
your detection script, it's the location of your HTML file.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the screen.
Thanks,
Mike
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That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component.
Here's
a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container
movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component,
the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from
library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD
QUESTION
TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD
QUESTION
TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE UP BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION UP
tp.menuUp_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
//QUESTION LIST MOVE DOWN BUTTON - PUSH TO
MOVE
QUESTION DOWN
tp.menuDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
}
RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Nope. Can't view source on a file I can't reach. Tried it again, no
dice. Maybe someone else on the list can try and see if its just me or
a problem on your end.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 3:37 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Jason,
I republished and uploaded latest files. Let me know if you still
can't see
the movie. Just curious, can you view source?
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:32 PM
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Tried it in both IE and Firefox. Not having any other network issues
either.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:28 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That's weird. I've sent the link to people here at work and offsite,
and
they could view it. Let me republish and upload after lunch. Thanks
for the
heads up.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:25 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Yeah, still get a page cannot be displayed error. I don't think its
your detection script, it's the location of your HTML file.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:05 PM
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the
screen.
Thanks,
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:30 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component.
Here's
a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container
movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works
fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component,
the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from
library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST DISPLAY TEXT - ADD
QUESTION
TEXT TO
THIS TEXTFIELD
tp.ID = i + 1;
tp.dsp_txt.text = Menu Item + tp.ID;
//QUESTION LIST BUTTON - PUSH TO LOAD
QUESTION
TEXT
AND ANSWER TEXT
tp.button_mc.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
displayQuestion(this._parent.ID);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOver = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xCC);
}
tp.button_mc.onRollOut = function(){
new
Color(this._parent.menuBg_mc).setRGB(0xF0F0EF);
}
Re: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
I am able to view at both urls
tech wrote:
I uploaded to the root directory. Try this.
http://mike.randm.org/scrollpain.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:42 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Nope. Can't view source on a file I can't reach. Tried it again, no
dice. Maybe someone else on the list can try and see if its just me or
a problem on your end.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 3:37 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Jason,
I republished and uploaded latest files. Let me know if you still
can't see
the movie. Just curious, can you view source?
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:32 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Tried it in both IE and Firefox. Not having any other network issues
either.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:28 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That's weird. I've sent the link to people here at work and offsite,
and
they could view it. Let me republish and upload after lunch. Thanks
for the
heads up.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:25 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Yeah, still get a page cannot be displayed error. I don't think its
your detection script, it's the location of your HTML file.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:05 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the
screen.
Thanks,
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:30 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component.
Here's
a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container
movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works
fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox component,
the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from
library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen; i++){
var tp = paneContent.attachMovie(menu,
menu + i,
i, {_y: i *20});
//QUESTION LIST
RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Well - I can get to everywhere on the World Wide Web but that site -
must be something on our ISP's end I suppose. Oh well... perhaps
someone else can help. I'm outta here in the next 30 mins anyway.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Boutin
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 3:46 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
I am able to view at both urls
tech wrote:
I uploaded to the root directory. Try this.
http://mike.randm.org/scrollpain.html
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:42 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Nope. Can't view source on a file I can't reach. Tried it again, no
dice. Maybe someone else on the list can try and see if its just me
or
a problem on your end.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 3:37 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Jason,
I republished and uploaded latest files. Let me know if you still
can't see
the movie. Just curious, can you view source?
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:32 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Tried it in both IE and Firefox. Not having any other network
issues
either.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:28 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That's weird. I've sent the link to people here at work and
offsite,
and
they could view it. Let me republish and upload after lunch.
Thanks
for the
heads up.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:25 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Yeah, still get a page cannot be displayed error. I don't think
its
your detection script, it's the location of your HTML file.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:05 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Try it again, I've added the default flash 8 detection script.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/index.html
You should see three buttons located at the top left of the
screen.
Thanks,
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:30 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
That URL you sent doesn't seem to be working.
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/ ?
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Scrollpain Overlap Issues
Hello,
I'm running into some problems with the scrollpane component.
Here's
a
quick
breakdown of what's happening:
1. I'm using the v2 scrollPane component to build a menu list
2. I attach movieClips from the library into a container
movieclip,
each
attached clip contains different v2 components
3. When I attach the clip with the scrollPane menu, it works
fine
4. However, if a prior component contains a comboBox
component,
the
scrollPane menu loses it's mask
I have uploaded a swf, so you can check it out at:
http://mike.randm.org/flash/scrollpain/
1. To view the menu, click one
2. To view the error, click two then one
Thanks for any help in advance,
Mike
Here is the code I used to build the menu:
//SETUP QUSTIONS SCROLLPANE - NO HORIZONTAL SCROLLING
ALLOWED
questions_sp.hScrollPolicy=off;
questions_sp.vScrollPolicy=on;
//SET UP BLANK HOLDER TO BUILD QUESTION LIST IN SCROLLPANE
questions_sp.contentPath = blank; //blank movie clip from
library
var paneContent = questions_sp.content;
//TEMPORARY TEST VARIABLES
qLen = 10;
function setUpQuestionList(){
for (var i =0; iqLen;
Re: [Flashcoders] flv batch encoding
I am planning a project and this is the main req: - to capture video from several cams and store it on the server as .flv What software would u choose for doing the realtime or batch conversion? You can use the Flash 8 video exporter if you want Flash 8 video with cuepoints. You can buy Sorenson Squeeze if you want better quality flash 7 (2- pass encoding) You can buy Flix if you want 2-pass flash 8 video. There's no optimal tool yet, 'till the flash video exporter supports 2-pass encoding and filters or Flix gets free :-) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Can an object delete itself?
delete something that garbage collection would take over after the
function exits. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Yes, you can do that with Flash methods like onEnterFrame, but not objects.
Notice, just because you delete an object like that and it doesn't respond
to methods that cause a trace event doesn't mean it's gone. It's just
orphaned (has no reference) but it will never get collected.
If you want to see an example of this.
function loadMyXML() {
myXML = new XML();
myXML.onLoad = function() {
trace(xml loaded);
delete this;
}
myXML.load(someurl.xml);
}
BTN_Loader.onRelease = function() {
trace(myXML = + myXML.onLoad);
loadMyXML();
};
Click the button after each time the xml is loaded. You will see that myXML
cannot delete itself because the trace on the button spits out [type
Function].
So, let's take it to the next step, and create a for loop that will delete
any completed XML objects.
this.xmlHolder = {};
//
function loadMyXML() {
for (var i in this.xmlHolder) {
if (this.xmlHolder[i].complete) {
delete this.xmlHolder[i];
}
}
var id = new Date().getTime();
this.xmlHolder[id] = new XML();
this.xmlHolder[id].ignoreWhite = true;
this.xmlHolder[id].onLoad = function() {
trace(xml loaded);
this.complete = true;
};
this.xmlHolder[id].load(someurl.xml);
}
BTN_Loader.onRelease = function() {
var n = 0;
for (var a in xmlHolder) {
n++;
}
trace(xmlObjs = + n);
loadMyXML();
};
When you click the button, you will see 0, and then 1 every time. Looks
like it is working, right? The object and the reference are both getting
deleted.
However, if you continue to do this, you will see your memory usage continue
going up slowly over time. Yes, the XML object is getting deleted, but the
onLoad function you assigned is being orphaned and thus is not getting
cleaned up by the garbage collector. So, you have to explicitly delete the
onLoad function of the xml object before you delete the xml object.
for (var i in this.xmlHolder) {
if (this.xmlHolder[i].complete) {
delete this.xmlHolder[i].onLoad;
delete this.xmlHolder[i];
}
}
Now you have no memory waste. It's really only an issue with apps you
expect to continue running for quite some time. The onLoads that pile up
constitute only a little bit each time, but it does add up.
HTH,
Steven
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Re: [Flashcoders] Custom combobox
Thanks Jesse, thats a big help!
JesterXL wrote:
Dude, use a cellrenderer instead.
http://dev.jessewarden.com/flash/comboboxcellrenderer/
More examples in the Flash 8 help docs. The selectedItem doesn't show it
the icon, though, so I'll leave that as a challenge to you to figure out.
- Original Message -
From: Mike Boutin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Custom combobox
Hi Chris, thanks for the help by the way, i managed to get it working
like so:
myCombobox.addItem(Hello world);
myCombobox.dropdown.setPropertiesAt(0,{backgroundColor:0xCC,
icon:image});
The problem being that the icon image has to be in the library and
have a linkage id. Do you think there is any way to take this same
approach but use a dynamically loaded jpg for the icon?
Mike Boutin
Chris Hill wrote:
Hi Mike,
You should be able to create a movieclip class that implements the
CellRenderer api, and then use that within the combobox's list:
var dropdown:List = myCombo.dropdown;
dropdown.cellRenderer = myCustomCellRenderer;
Having said that, I've never done this, but I don't see why it
wouldn't work.
C
Mike Boutin wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to go about creating a comobox that can hold a
10x10 pixel color palette image and a label beside it per row? Has
anyone seen anything like this?
Thanks!
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[Flashcoders] V2 ComboBox: Target not Found
Hey Folks, V2 ComboBox component is causing a problem. When I use a ComboBox anywhere in my application it breaks some simple existing code that loads external JPGs even though the ComboBox *never* exists at the same time as my image loading instance. If a ComboBox has appeared anywhere in the application, my image loader will now throw an error Target not Found referring to movieclip that has been dynamically created. Provided no ComboBox appears in the app, the image loader works perfectly. What the Fs!ck can the ComboBox be doing to cause this? I've even resorted to changing all the namespaces used by the image loader just in case the ComboBox was conflicting but it makes no difference. Clark ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash stock ticker
Google returns dozens of these comps. Have you tried them? 1) google search for Flash stock ticker 2) http://aspalliance.com/articleViewer.aspx?aId=112pId= or http://www.jasonmperry.com/portfolio/YahooQuoteTicker.aspx A step-by-step guide on how to create a Yahoo Stock Quote Ticker using ASP.Net and Flash Remoting. 3) Macromedia Ticker component to display delayed stocks. -- Best regards, GregoryN http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. On 12/22/05, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In absence of that, any hints of tips anyone can offer would be of great help. The way I have done some somewhat similar projects involved creating a large movie clip from the loaded data, and then calculating the width of that movie clip to use in its looping animation (using 2 instances to make it seamless). The problem I foresee with that is that this has the potential of being very long, and thus might not animate smoothly. Does anyone have any general suggestions I should consider as I plan this project? Instead of making a big 'ol movie clip in a library and animating/tweening that, I would instead make a single movie clip which has a text field, and attach that to the stage, populate the stock data, and tween/animate with actionscript, - you would create and destroy instances when they leave and exit the view area, and the data is dynamic for each clip. That to me would be a better/more elegant approach, and if you do it right, will perform much better too. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener
Or use something like gdispatcher in place of MM's EventDispatcher class... http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2003/09/code_gdispatche.html It has better ways of adding and deleting... On Dec 23, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Hairy Dog Digital wrote: Most auspicuous response timing. I was just pondering the very same question meeself. Now I don't have to. -Original Message- From: JesterXL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:45 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener Store a reference. private var refDel:Function; refDel = Delegate.create(this, onFunction); my_pb.addEventListener(click, refDel); my_pb.removeEventListener(click, refDel); - Original Message - From: clark slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [FlashCoders] flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:37 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener Hey Folks, ___ 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
