Re: [Flashcoders] Browser back button, is it necessary?
Daniel Freeman wrote: Is it even possible to disable it? How do you do that? (Unless, you open a new window with no controls). Or is there some technique I don't know? (JavaScript?) What I mean is an swf that can respond to browser's back button i.e. jumping back to a previous frame/state that the user has viewed. The problem with the back button is that people are very used to using it for navigating internet content. When I got non-technical people to test my Central applications (in the Central environment, not the browser) they would still ask Where's the back button?. Exactly! My US partner who really concerns about usability wants to have it in his clients' sites. I'm not sure about that because famous Flash sites like 2A's, Widegroup's, etc. don't have it. -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang - East Java I N D O N E S I A http://design.ibshastautama.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Automatic Video Conversion
oh, sorry, i am new to the list. i didnt mean to repost something that has been up here a bunch. thanks for the advice! On 2/12/06, Jim Phelan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff, You might check out the archives of this list to learn more - it's been discussed a good deal. The two most common ways are to use Sorenson Squeeze with a watch folder or use FFMPEG. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Earhart Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:27 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Automatic Video Conversion Does anyone know of a way to automate the conversion of video from multiple formats to FLV after they have been uploaded to a server? With the volume we are expecting for this website this has to be fully automatted and all of the tools I have found have been batch process tools that have to be run manually. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] drawing uploading
sir .. i draw an image in flash using action script( using create emplty movieclip).but i want to save this image as jpeg on a button click(server side). give proper advise. syam s konni - Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] drawing
sir .. i draw an image in flash using action script( using create emplty movieclip).but i want to save this image as jpeg on a button click(server side). give proper advise. syam s konni - Yahoo! Cars NEW - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online search now - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] soft keyboard
i'm under a tremendous amount of time pressure right now, so pardon this request for assistance :) Has anyone here written a soft-keyboard component they're willing to share? Thanks - Andreas ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] image saving
Hello, http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/10/more-fun-with-image-formats-in-as3.htm l -David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of syam s Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:25 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] image saving sir .. i draw an image in flash using action script( using create emplty movieclip).but i want to save this image as jpeg on a button click(server side). give proper advise. syam s konni - Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] soft keyboard
Andreas: I have not, but I wonder what the application you are attempting? If a kiosk, I've used SiteKiosk it's built in keyboard with success. http://www.sitekiosk.com/ Sorry I can't be more help Sam On 2/13/06, Andreas Rønning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm under a tremendous amount of time pressure right now, so pardon this request for assistance :) Has anyone here written a soft-keyboard component they're willing to share? Thanks - Andreas ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Jabber - XIFF Dreamhost
Hey Jesse,
I don't know about the XMPP implementation that Dreamhost uses, but some of
these servers don't like to return a null byte to terminate the stanza which
Flash XMLSocket requires. Sometimes you need to give the Jabber server a
special initiator to let it know that you are a Flash client and therefore
need this null terminator.
Sean Voisen originally wrote the XIFF library for the 1.4 version of the
JabberD server. This was before he joined with Jive. Anyway, that server
didn't require you to pass anything special to connect with a Flash client
so the initial handshake was simply: ?xml version=\1.0\?stream:stream
to= Jive's server, Wildfire, requires that you pass it a
flash:stream to let it know.
I actually helped Sean out with getting that connect method of the
XMPPConnection class to have mutiple streamTypes cause I was using another
server (Antepo) at the time and the default intiator didn't work. So, now
there are four different stream types to choose from depending on the server
you are using. I would suggest that you try out all of the streamTypes and
see if one of those works.
If Dreamhost uses the 2.x version of JabberD, then I think you might be
screwed, as those guys are hard core and said that returning a null byte is
not part of the XMPP spec, and they wanted to be %100 compliant. At least
this was the case a year ago.
Anyway, feel free to IM me if you have any questions, I might be able to
help as I do use the XIFF library on a daily basis.
Good luck.
-Chris
P.S.
You may want to add this method to the XMPPConnection class, as it will
allow you to pass plain Strings to the server thus allowing you to try out
things easier.
/**
* Sends a raw String or XML object through to the XMPP server.
* Typically used for debugging purposes. (added by Chris Allen on
04/18/2005)
*
* @availability Flash Player 7
* @param o The raw data to send.
*/
public function sendRaw( o:Object ):Void
{
sendXML(o);
}
On 2/12/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone gotten the Jive Software XIFF classes to work with the jabber
servers
at Dreamhost?
I went to the admin panel, setup a user, waited for it to get approved,
but
although the XMLSocket connects, I just get a sent in the trace panel,
even
when adding my own traces to the classes. Jabber.org/echo actually spit
back that my XML was malformed... not a good sign. I'm aware Jivesoftware
has forums, but I have more faith in this list than I do after reading
just
1 page of those forums.
--JesterXL
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Re: [Flashcoders] vardump an object in ActionScript?
Man, I feel like a broken record. :-) Didn't this just come up recently. Anyway, I suggest that you try Xray: http://osflash.org/xray as it has this ability (Xray.trace(myObject);) and tons more. It will indeed save you time in debugging your Flash application. -Chris On 2/13/06, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there's any way to just dump out all there is to know about an object in ActionScript similar to PHP's vardump()? It's easily done with for(foo in bar) in JS, but that doesn't seem to work. Any pointers much appreciated :) Cheers, -Josh -- His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest... But of all the thompson gunners- Roland was the best. Josh McDonald Analyst Programmer Information Technology Ph: 61 7 3006 6460 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Messages included in this e-mail and any of its attachments are those of the author unless specifically stated to represent WorkCover Queensland. The contents of this message are to be used for the intended purpose only and are to be kept confidential at all times. This message may contain privileged information directed only to the intended addressee/s. Accidental receipt of this information should be deleted promptly and the sender notified. This e-mail has been scanned by Sophos for known viruses. However, no warranty nor liability is implied in this respect. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.width not working in IE
I have had instances where it took 2 frames to initialize. And to critique
your code, you should delete the onEnterFrame BEFORE calling init, in case
the init function creates an onEnterFrame of its own, it would be deleted
immediately.
On 2/12/06, Stan Vassilev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if all it needs is one frame then:
onEnterFrame = function () {
init(); // init code here that calls Stage.width
delete onEnterFrame;
}
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[Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video while keeping .FLV external
Hi all, One of the services of my website will be providing flash videos to distributors. We have developed a player swf that takes in an introductory swf (mostly likely an ad/commercial) and the .flv video file as FlashVars parameters. Is there a way to provide access to these files to clients and ensure that the ad/commercial is played? Specifically, the problem we are running into is that the client could develop their own flash player and just play our .flv file. Can we somehow hide the flv file name, while still using external playback? Is there a way to get around the problem without combining the commercial and video into one file? (If not, anyone know of an easy way to combine files dynamically?) Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video whilekeeping .FLV external
Maybe not the best solution, but if they get the file name from the flashVars, then pass it in another way, LoadVars, XML, Remoting... Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jamay Liu Sent: 13 February 2006 16:15 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video whilekeeping .FLV external Hi all, One of the services of my website will be providing flash videos to distributors. We have developed a player swf that takes in an introductory swf (mostly likely an ad/commercial) and the .flv video file as FlashVars parameters. Is there a way to provide access to these files to clients and ensure that the ad/commercial is played? Specifically, the problem we are running into is that the client could develop their own flash player and just play our .flv file. Can we somehow hide the flv file name, while still using external playback? Is there a way to get around the problem without combining the commercial and video into one file? (If not, anyone know of an easy way to combine files dynamically?) Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Browser back button, is it necessary?
At 03:03 AM 2/13/2006, Daniel Freeman wrote: Is it even possible to disable it? How do you do that? (Unless, you open a new window with no controls). Or is there some technique I don't know? (JavaScript?) The problem with the back button is that people are very used to using it for navigating internet content. When I got non-technical people to test my Central applications (in the Central environment, not the browser) they would still ask Where's the back button?. It's a real conundrum - so many sites provide their own Back button, usually in JavaScript, some users look for that. Other users tune up their custom keyboards and mice to use the built-in Back/Forward capability, others become very used to the keyboard shortcuts. Still others religiously use the browser's navigation buttons. Last summer I project I was involved with, for a short while, required browser navigation to work, while still minimizing load times for Flash. I left before that was implemented, so can't tell you how it was done. So, to answer the original question - yes, ideally provide browser navigation. Realistically, some Flash applications are so complex it's not practical. Example? www.gigagolf.com, no back button, v. impressive RIA. (There's an even more complex one mentioned a couple of weeks ago which can model big share buys and the offer to make.) So, as always, It depends. Cheers - Miles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video while keeping .FLV external
Way off topic in my response -- why do you want to that? Just to piss off your potential customers? You have the right to waste their valuable time? What arrogance. Splash screens are bad enough, this is WORSE!!! Miles At 12:14 PM 2/13/2006, you wrote: Hi all, One of the services of my website will be providing flash videos to distributors. We have developed a player swf that takes in an introductory swf (mostly likely an ad/commercial) and the .flv video file as FlashVars parameters. Is there a way to provide access to these files to clients and ensure that the ad/commercial is played? Specifically, the problem we are running into is that the client could develop their own flash player and just play our .flv file. Can we somehow hide the flv file name, while still using external playback? Is there a way to get around the problem without combining the commercial and video into one file? (If not, anyone know of an easy way to combine files dynamically?) Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Select all text onSetFocus of a TextField
This seems like it should be easily solved, but I keep running into an issue so I was hoping I could get some fresh ideas from you guys. I want to have default text in a TextField, and when a user clicks into it I want all of the text to be selected as if it was tabbed into. I currently have added an onSetFocus method to the TextField which in turn calls a setInterval for another method called selectText. The selectText method calls Selection.setSelection (0, field.text.length); Now this works wonderfully if you click to the right of the text, but if you click in the middle of the text, when the mouse lets up the text that is selected is 0 to the caret index. Does anyone know of a way to get around this? Thanks in advance, - markW ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] regex needed
i'm trying to use Joey Leott's (Pavils Jurjans') RegExp for replacing
BAD-strings in (to-be-uploaded) Filenames but had no success at all. can anyone
give me some hints ?
i have:
code
import RegExp;
var a:String = 'äur*?ß.png';
var goodname:RegExp = new RegExp ('/[^a-z0-9_\\-\\.]/i', 'g', 'i');
str.text = a.replace(goodname, '_');
/code
but the compiler says type mismatch in line 6
any hints appreciated
micha
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Re: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video whilekeeping .FLV external
Even doing that, a user could still find the remote file by using a tool like Fiddler (http://www.fiddlertool.com). If the user is willing to go through the trouble of bypassing your current method, it's unlikely they would be stopped by obscuring the filename. Combining the files seems the only sure way to do what you want, but I don't know how to do that. -- ~Trout http://www.amongtrout.com On 2/13/06, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe not the best solution, but if they get the file name from the flashVars, then pass it in another way, LoadVars, XML, Remoting... Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jamay Liu Sent: 13 February 2006 16:15 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video whilekeeping .FLV external Hi all, One of the services of my website will be providing flash videos to distributors. We have developed a player swf that takes in an introductory swf (mostly likely an ad/commercial) and the .flv video file as FlashVars parameters. Is there a way to provide access to these files to clients and ensure that the ad/commercial is played? Specifically, the problem we are running into is that the client could develop their own flash player and just play our .flv file. Can we somehow hide the flv file name, while still using external playback? Is there a way to get around the problem without combining the commercial and video into one file? (If not, anyone know of an easy way to combine files dynamically?) Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Using Cairngorm, good idea?
I am in the need of building a flash website is mainly standard flash microsite with 6 sections which include a simple news section, and a portfolio section. The website will be used to express a specific feeling, and show some of the projects my client is proud of. For a full overview it has a seperate website. My question now is would it be a good idea to using something like Cairngorm, it somehow depends heavily on some animations. It's not really a RIA thing. -- Yours, Weyert de Boer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) innerfuse* http://www.innerfuse.biz/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before thevideo while keeping .FLV external
Way off topic, yes, but way out of line too. From the info given you have no idea of the business or what they are trying to achieve. Your assumption is arrogant. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Miles Thompson Sent: 13 February 2006 16:30 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before thevideo while keeping .FLV external Way off topic in my response -- why do you want to that? Just to piss off your potential customers? You have the right to waste their valuable time? What arrogance. Splash screens are bad enough, this is WORSE!!! Miles At 12:14 PM 2/13/2006, you wrote: Hi all, One of the services of my website will be providing flash videos to distributors. We have developed a player swf that takes in an introductory swf (mostly likely an ad/commercial) and the .flv video file as FlashVars parameters. Is there a way to provide access to these files to clients and ensure that the ad/commercial is played? Specifically, the problem we are running into is that the client could develop their own flash player and just play our .flv file. Can we somehow hide the flv file name, while still using external playback? Is there a way to get around the problem without combining the commercial and video into one file? (If not, anyone know of an easy way to combine files dynamically?) Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video while keeping .FLV external
Way off topic in my response -- why do you want to that? Just to piss off your potential customers? You have the right to waste their valuable time? What arrogance. Splash screens are bad enough, this is WORSE!!! Do you create content for free? Someone has to pay for the content to be created and the bandwidth required to stream it to all and sundry, and more often that not that means subscription or advertising. Unless you're willing to pay for the content, you're going to have to put up with commercials. From a personal perspective, I hate adverts. I hate having to go to the cinema and sit through 15-20 minutes of adverts before the film starts, but I like the fact that I'm only paying £5 to watch a big blockbuster that cost hundreds of millions to make. If cinemas were to scrap ads, we'd all be paying upwards to £10 (or local equivalent) to watch a movie. Unfortunately, you either have to get used to this kind of situation, or get a big bucket of sand to hide your head in. :o) Steve -- Steve Webster Head of Development Featurecreep Ltd. www.featurecreep.com 14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH 0117 905 5047 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Using Cairngorm, good idea?
i would use ARP when building flash apps. On 2/13/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the need of building a flash website is mainly standard flash microsite with 6 sections which include a simple news section, and a portfolio section. The website will be used to express a specific feeling, and show some of the projects my client is proud of. For a full overview it has a seperate website. My question now is would it be a good idea to using something like Cairngorm, it somehow depends heavily on some animations. It's not really a RIA thing. -- Yours, Weyert de Boer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) innerfuse* http://www.innerfuse.biz/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] no method with name 'createClassObject'.
Hello,
I'm trying to create a button on-the-fly within a class declaration, but am
running into this error:
There is no method with the name 'createClassObject'.
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Contents of Hint.as:
import mx.controls.Button;
class Hint extends MovieClip {
var hintTextBox:MovieClip;
function Hint() {
}
function init() {
var
mBox:Button=createClassObject(Button,myButton,1,{label:howdy});
}
}
--
Contents of hintTest.fla:
var myBut:Hint = new Hint();
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Am I missing an import statement or am I extending the incorrect class?
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Re: [Flashcoders] no method with name 'createClassObject'.
its a method of uicomponent
On 2/13/06, Peter Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to create a button on-the-fly within a class declaration, but
am
running into this error:
There is no method with the name 'createClassObject'.
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import mx.controls.Button;
class Hint extends MovieClip {
var hintTextBox:MovieClip;
function Hint() {
}
function init() {
var
mBox:Button=createClassObject(Button,myButton,1,{label:howdy});
}
}
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Contents of hintTest.fla:
var myBut:Hint = new Hint();
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Am I missing an import statement or am I extending the incorrect class?
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Re: [Flashcoders] no method with name 'createClassObject'.
its a method of uicomponent More specifically, createClassObject is a mix-in method that gets added to MovieClip when you have a UIComponent in your library. Peter: You should try calling... super.createClassObject( ...whataver... ); ...if you're extending a MovieClip. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Webster Head of Development Featurecreep Ltd. www.featurecreep.com 14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH 0117 905 5047 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Using Cairngorm, good idea?
yeah...i havent checked out cairngorm, but from what i hear its mostly directed towards flex apps. ARP is generally more for flash apps...though I dont know if there's anything stopping you from switching the two if you wanted. On 2/13/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i would use ARP when building flash apps. On 2/13/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the need of building a flash website is mainly standard flash microsite with 6 sections which include a simple news section, and a portfolio section. The website will be used to express a specific feeling, and show some of the projects my client is proud of. For a full overview it has a seperate website. My question now is would it be a good idea to using something like Cairngorm, it somehow depends heavily on some animations. It's not really a RIA thing. -- Yours, Weyert de Boer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) innerfuse* http://www.innerfuse.biz/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint
Hi list, I'm looking for a piece of math to rotate a mc around a pivotpoint, other then its original. I've seen the math before in a demo, on some blog perhaps, but can't seem to find it again. I made some attempts to write it myself, but my math is as rusty as a german submarine. Much obliged, Bart ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint
http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/54.cfm Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bart Wttewaall Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:31 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint Hi list, I'm looking for a piece of math to rotate a mc around a pivotpoint, other then its original. I've seen the math before in a demo, on some blog perhaps, but can't seem to find it again. I made some attempts to write it myself, but my math is as rusty as a german submarine. Much obliged, Bart ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com 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@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint
It was on Flashcoders or Flashnewbie a few days ago. http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/54.cfm Is that the link you were after? Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bart Wttewaall Sent: 13 February 2006 17:31 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint Hi list, I'm looking for a piece of math to rotate a mc around a pivotpoint, other then its original. I've seen the math before in a demo, on some blog perhaps, but can't seem to find it again. I made some attempts to write it myself, but my math is as rusty as a german submarine. Much obliged, Bart ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint
exactly! thanks a lot! I mustn't have used the right keywords in my search ;) 2006/2/13, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It was on Flashcoders or Flashnewbie a few days ago. http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/54.cfm Is that the link you were after? Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bart Wttewaall Sent: 13 February 2006 17:31 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint Hi list, I'm looking for a piece of math to rotate a mc around a pivotpoint, other then its original. I've seen the math before in a demo, on some blog perhaps, but can't seem to find it again. I made some attempts to write it myself, but my math is as rusty as a german submarine. Much obliged, Bart ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders][OT] UML books
Ive been playing with using UML to map out my flash projects have had some suceess see the potential. I have also realised my need for a more in depth knowledge was wondering if anyone has read a good book introducing them to UML? There are so many on my bookshops shelves I need a point in the right direction. Cheers Jim ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Stage.width not working in IE
In Firefox and Mozilla, you need to manually set the height of the page
via CSS to get the Flash movie to resize correctly:
html, body {height: 80%;}
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While trying to make a sample, the problem has changed:
now it works in Opera and IE, but in Firefox and Mozilla can't see
Stage.height...
Demo:
http://gousable.com/flash/temp/resize_in_ie1.html
Files (fmx2004):
http://gousable.com/flash/temp/ie_resize.zip
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flex Pricing
Check out macromedia's labs http://labs.macromedia.com/flexproductline/ Tareq -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh McDonald Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:34 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Pricing Ah, I don't know a whole lot about Flex, just what I've seen from a few videos on the MM/Adobe site, but I'm definitely interested in knowing more... Can anyone point me towards some info on using flex without the Builder and funky server-side stuff on the web? As it's no longer 1996, I don't really believe in coughing up AU$8000 for a development environment :) -Josh -- His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest... But of all the thompson gunners- Roland was the best. Josh McDonald Analyst Programmer Information Technology Ph: 61 7 3006 6460 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/02/2006 8:18:07 am , isn't flex just a cumbersome way to generate interactive flash? no. its a whole framework with better written components, databinding and autolayout. we don't use the enterprise servers in my current contract (nothing goes onto the servers without a code review...) and flex is still much better than flash IMO. i never want to do another project based solely on fla's. but thats just me so... we don't use flex builder at all for flex 1.5, rather use a standard xml editor in eclipse and FDT. On 2/12/06, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without builder and enterprise services, isn't flex just a cumbersome way to generate interactive flash? -- His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest... But of all the thompson gunners- Roland was the best. Josh McDonald Analyst Programmer Information Technology Ph: 61 7 3006 6460 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/02/2006 4:22:51 pm Apart from Flex Builder and the unlimited Flex Enterprise Services, everything is free. Flex 2 that is. Chris -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group www.flashdev.org.au ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com *** Messages included in this e-mail and any of its attachments are those of the author unless specifically stated to represent WorkCover Queensland. The contents of this message are to be used for the intended purpose only and are to be kept confidential at all times. This message may contain privileged information directed only to the intended addressee/s. Accidental receipt of this information should be deleted promptly and the sender notified. This e-mail has been scanned by Sophos for known viruses. However, no warranty nor liability is implied in this respect. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com *** Messages included in this e-mail and any of its attachments are those of the author unless specifically stated to represent WorkCover Queensland. The contents of this message are to be used for the intended purpose only and are to be kept confidential at all times. This message may contain privileged information directed only to the intended addressee/s. Accidental receipt of this information should be deleted promptly and the sender notified. This e-mail has been scanned by Sophos for known viruses. However, no warranty nor liability is implied in this respect. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___
[Flashcoders] No variables in Interfaces?
Hi, Is there NO way to use variables in an interface? Code: var obj:ICanvas = new ClassThatImplementsICanvas(); trace(obj.value); // Error: Line 342: There is no property with the name 'value'. So, then I add this line to ICanvas.as var value:Number; Recompile: Error: ICanvas.as: Line 41: Variable declarations are not permitted in interfaces. --- What is the solution? Is there any type-safe way of doing this? Or do I have to do: var obj:ICanvas = new ClassThatImplementsICanvas(); var obj2 = obj; trace(obj2.value); // Compiles and works, but lose type checking. thanks, David R ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Set volume of flash video?
Hi list... Is there a property to get/set the volume of a flash video on the stage? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Set volume of flash video?
You can attach a new sound object, and control the volume through that.. On Feb 13, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... Is there a property to get/set the volume of a flash video on the stage? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Set volume of flash video?
Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... Is there a property to get/set the volume of a flash video on the stage? Here's a small snippet of code from a recent project -- create a Sound object to control the sound level in the video. __audioControl = __timeline.createEmptyMovieClip( audio, __depth++ ); __sound= new Sound(__audioControl); . . . __player.attachVideo(__ns); __audioControl.attachAudio(__ns); __sound.setVolume(__volumeLevel); __player is a reference to a Flash video object (inside another clip). __ns is the NetStream reference. Hope this helps! - jim -- 2112 FX :: Singularity [Business Intelligence][Custom Programming] Flash Math Blog :: www.2112fx.com/blog ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] No variables in Interfaces?
No, there isn't. Is there a reason why you can't roll your own accessor functions? e.g. getValue() setValue() ? Cheers, Ian On 2/13/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there NO way to use variables in an interface? Code: var obj:ICanvas = new ClassThatImplementsICanvas(); trace(obj.value); // Error: Line 342: There is no property with the name 'value'. So, then I add this line to ICanvas.as var value:Number; Recompile: Error: ICanvas.as: Line 41: Variable declarations are not permitted in interfaces. --- What is the solution? Is there any type-safe way of doing this? Or do I have to do: var obj:ICanvas = new ClassThatImplementsICanvas(); var obj2 = obj; trace(obj2.value); // Compiles and works, but lose type checking. thanks, David R ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Browser back button, is it necessary?
There is other site with back button in the browser...its made with what they call dynamic deeplinking..but i dont know how they do that..but its possible. http://www.advanceflash.com/ On 2/13/06, Miles Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 03:03 AM 2/13/2006, Daniel Freeman wrote: Is it even possible to disable it? How do you do that? (Unless, you open a new window with no controls). Or is there some technique I don't know? (JavaScript?) The problem with the back button is that people are very used to using it for navigating internet content. When I got non-technical people to test my Central applications (in the Central environment, not the browser) they would still ask Where's the back button?. It's a real conundrum - so many sites provide their own Back button, usually in JavaScript, some users look for that. Other users tune up their custom keyboards and mice to use the built-in Back/Forward capability, others become very used to the keyboard shortcuts. Still others religiously use the browser's navigation buttons. Last summer I project I was involved with, for a short while, required browser navigation to work, while still minimizing load times for Flash. I left before that was implemented, so can't tell you how it was done. So, to answer the original question - yes, ideally provide browser navigation. Realistically, some Flash applications are so complex it's not practical. Example? www.gigagolf.com, no back button, v. impressive RIA. (There's an even more complex one mentioned a couple of weeks ago which can model big share buys and the offer to make.) So, as always, It depends. Cheers - Miles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Change anchor / registration point
Hi all, This might be a silly question - but I've been searching for a while and haven't come up with a good answer yet. The question is - how do you change a movieclip's anchor point at runtime? Lets say you've got a 400x300 movieclip, with an anchor point of 0,0 (upper lefthand corner). If you want to change the anchor to 200,0 ... what do you do? MovieClip.setAnchor(x,y) doesn't exist, right? It seems like one would have to load the movie into another movieclip, offset the position of the subMovie, then rotate the parent clip right? Is this the only way? Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, - Lou ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] No variables in Interfaces?
getters and setters are allowed in AS3! On 2/13/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hadn't thought of that, I guess that would work. Thanks On 2/13/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, there isn't. Is there a reason why you can't roll your own accessor functions? e.g. getValue() setValue() ? Cheers, Ian On 2/13/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there NO way to use variables in an interface? Code: var obj:ICanvas = new ClassThatImplementsICanvas(); trace(obj.value); // Error: Line 342: There is no property with the name 'value'. So, then I add this line to ICanvas.as var value:Number; Recompile: Error: ICanvas.as: Line 41: Variable declarations are not permitted in interfaces. --- What is the solution? Is there any type-safe way of doing this? Or do I have to do: var obj:ICanvas = new ClassThatImplementsICanvas(); var obj2 = obj; trace(obj2.value); // Compiles and works, but lose type checking. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] sorting my dataset
Good afternoon Flashcoders. Is there a way to sort the dataset when I add an item to it. I want the set to be sorted by the first columns. I see the doSort(); and addSort() methods and have tried with no success thus far. I was considering passing the data to an array and soring that and then passing it back but that seems like a long way to go to sort a dataset. Any pointers? Thanks in advance, Mani ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Browser back button, is it necessary?
Anggie Bratadinata wrote: I need suggestion on browser back button. Do I need / have to enable it in a Flash site? An HTML browser's interface was built around navigating a web of hyperlinked documents. But applications generally have an undo stack. Some people see these as being similar, some don't... I see them as sorta-related, but intrinsically different. Varies with the app, though. Offering the type of navigation interface your audience would prefer within the SWF itself seems a way to avoid confusing application-undo with view-prior-document, true...? jd -- John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Change anchor / registration point
Apparently this is the question of the day - my question was answered in the thread 'Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint'. http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/54.cfm On Feb 13, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Lou Klepner wrote: Hi all, This might be a silly question - but I've been searching for a while and haven't come up with a good answer yet. The question is - how do you change a movieclip's anchor point at runtime? Lets say you've got a 400x300 movieclip, with an anchor point of 0,0 (upper lefthand corner). If you want to change the anchor to 200,0 ... what do you do? MovieClip.setAnchor(x,y) doesn't exist, right? It seems like one would have to load the movie into another movieclip, offset the position of the subMovie, then rotate the parent clip right? Is this the only way? Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, - Lou ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Virtual pet?
Hi there - If anyone has any simple virtual pet code (something that moves and maybe has a little interaction with the user) and would be willing to share it, I'd be very grateful. best, - rajat -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Set volume of flash video?
Thanks for the feedback Jim...however, my video is embedded, and it
looks like netstream only works with an external video. Any idea how
this can be done with an embedded video?
Here's the code I've tried:
vid.gotoAndStop(2);
// vid is the MC containing the embedded Flash video
// create audio control MC
vid.onEnterFrame = function() {
// does this when the video is loaded and set to go...
var audioControl:MovieClip =
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(audioControl, 66);
var audioLevel:Sound = new Sound(_root.audioControl);
audioControl.attachAudio(vid);
audioLevel.setVolume(15);
vid.onEnterFrame = function() {
};
};
Thanks,
- Michael M.
__audioControl = __timeline.createEmptyMovieClip( audio, __depth++ );
__sound= new Sound(__audioControl);
.
.
.
__player.attachVideo(__ns);
__audioControl.attachAudio(__ns);
__sound.setVolume(__volumeLevel);
__player is a reference to a Flash video object (inside another clip).
__ns is the NetStream reference.
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[Flashcoders] using AS to set the height and width of a new browser window
myButton.onPress = function () {
getURL(html/myHTMLpg.htm, _blank);
}
along with a event handler just attached to the button instance directly:
on (release) {
getURL(html/myHTMLpg.htm, _blank);
}
do you know of a way using actionscript (setting properties) where you can
specify the height
and width of the new browser window along with the positioning on the
screen. i have not been
able to find any reference for this.
in my html site i just use a javascript function to open a new window where
i can set the size,
position and scrolling properties which is then called by the ahref to open
up in this specific
sized and positioned window.
i tried messing with html but i did it wrong.
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Browser back button, is it necessary?
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:09:37 +
There is other site with back button in the browser...its made with what
they call dynamic deeplinking..but i dont know how they do that..but its
possible.
http://www.advanceflash.com/
On 2/13/06, Miles Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 03:03 AM 2/13/2006, Daniel Freeman wrote:
Is it even possible to disable it? How do you do
that? (Unless, you open a new window with no
controls). Or is there some technique I don't know?
(JavaScript?)
The problem with the back button is that people are
very used to using it for navigating internet content.
When I got non-technical people to test my Central
applications (in the Central environment, not the
browser) they would still ask Where's the back button?.
It's a real conundrum - so many sites provide their own Back button,
usually in JavaScript, some users look for that. Other users tune up
their
custom keyboards and mice to use the built-in Back/Forward capability,
others become very used to the keyboard shortcuts. Still others
religiously
use the browser's navigation buttons.
Last summer I project I was involved with, for a short while, required
browser navigation to work, while still minimizing load times for Flash.
I
left before that was implemented, so can't tell you how it was done.
So, to answer the original question - yes, ideally provide browser
navigation. Realistically, some Flash applications are so complex it's
not
practical.
Example? www.gigagolf.com, no back button, v. impressive RIA. (There's an
even more complex one mentioned a couple of weeks ago which can model big
share buys and the offer to make.)
So, as always, It depends.
Cheers - Miles
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Re: [Flashcoders] Set volume of flash video?
Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Thanks for the feedback Jim...however, my video is embedded, and it looks like netstream only works with an external video. Any idea how this can be done with an embedded video? If memory serves, the argument to attachAudio() must be either a Microphone object or a NetStream object playing a video, so this approach won't work. Try initializing the Sound object with a reference to the MovieClip containing the embedded video. I just tried the following and it worked ok, var __myVideoContainer:MovieClip = this.attachMovie( myVideo, vid, 2 ); var __sound:Sound = new Sound(__myVideoContainer); __sound.setVolume(0); The myVideo clip contained a video (with sound) that I imported to the timeline. Send me e-mail if you want the .FLA good luck! - jim -- 2112 FX :: Singularity [Business Intelligence][Custom Programming] Flash Math Blog :: www.2112fx.com/blog ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] using AS to set the height and width of a new browserwindow
Try using javascript:
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ecmascript/quickref/win_open.html
getURL(javascript:window.open('html/myHTMLpg.htm', 'myNewWindow',
'width=400,height=600'), _blank);
Adrian
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Subject: [Flashcoders] using AS to set the height and width of a new
browserwindow
myButton.onPress = function () {
getURL(html/myHTMLpg.htm, _blank);
}
along with a event handler just attached to the button instance directly:
on (release) {
getURL(html/myHTMLpg.htm, _blank);
}
do you know of a way using actionscript (setting properties) where you can
specify the height
and width of the new browser window along with the positioning on the
screen. i have not been
able to find any reference for this.
in my html site i just use a javascript function to open a new window where
i can set the size,
position and scrolling properties which is then called by the ahref to open
up in this specific
sized and positioned window.
i tried messing with html but i did it wrong.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Background transparent ? is it possible
Ben Smeets wrote, of WMODE in-browser compositing: For Firefox browsers too?? Flash Player 6 and above have the hooks necessary to route the Player's rendering to the browser's offscreen compositing buffer, rather than directly to screen: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/releasenotes/player/rn_6.html But I'm not sure how well all the various Firefox versions implement this, particularly when combined with other authoring choices... I've seen reports that some Firefox don't respect WMODE requests when invoked from an OBJECT tag rather than an EMBED tag... there was an older issue in some Microsoft browsers where a WMODE toggle would send to the printer upside-down... a browser can support a feature but there's always the question of how similar it is in all respects to other implementations. Anyway, yeah, WMODE should work in Firefox, try it with a simple file first, first for background-transparency and then for CSS layering. jd -- John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] regex needed
On 2/13/06, Michael Stuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i'm trying to use Joey Leott's (Pavils Jurjans') RegExp for replacing
BAD-strings in (to-be-uploaded) Filenames but had no success at all. can
anyone
give me some hints ?
i have:
code
import RegExp;
var a:String = 'äur*?ß.png';
var goodname:RegExp = new RegExp ('/[^a-z0-9_\\-\\.]/i', 'g', 'i');
str.text = a.replace(goodname, '_');
/code
but the compiler says type mismatch in line 6
Can you tell us which line is line 6? You only gave 5 lines of code...
also:
'a' is a string, and you are calling 'a.replace()'. Is that correct? (I
don't know how the regexp library works exactly, so it may be)
-David R
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Re: [Flashcoders] vardump an object in ActionScript?
On 2/13/06, Aaron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xRay is bloaded. I use flashinspector for something like this http://luminicbox.com/dev/flash/log/example.htm http://www.luminicbox.com/blog/default.aspx?page=postid=2 http://www.luminicbox.com/dev/flash/log/luminicbox.log.zip those are some useful links for it.. Aaron Smith Bloaded means full featured I suppose. ;-) I suppose you are right in that if all you want is a decent logging tool then Xray is overkill, but come on. Simply dissing it because you don't use all of its features is uncalled for. I can't count how many times it has been useful to be able to execute code in real time, check what depth and level my supposedly created MovieClip is on, being able to arrange my MovieClips with drag and drop and then know the coordinates for use later in my code. I can go on and on about the benefits. As for Lumixbox, it is really great too. In fact John Grden is planning on having a way to include it in Xray so that your logging can be done through this more robust logging tool. Anyway, if you don't like it don't use it, but don't spread misinformation. -Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] vardump an object in ActionScript?
Yeah I shouldn't diss it.. it's a cool tool, i'll give them that!. I guess I never have problems with depths or placement so it's just to much for me. So use what's comfortable. XRay is a nice tool. I'm not trying to diss it. Aaron Smith On Feb 13, 2006, at 2:50 PM, Chris Allen wrote: On 2/13/06, Aaron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xRay is bloaded. I use flashinspector for something like this http://luminicbox.com/dev/flash/log/example.htm http://www.luminicbox.com/blog/default.aspx?page=postid=2 http://www.luminicbox.com/dev/flash/log/luminicbox.log.zip those are some useful links for it.. Aaron Smith Bloaded means full featured I suppose. ;-) I suppose you are right in that if all you want is a decent logging tool then Xray is overkill, but come on. Simply dissing it because you don't use all of its features is uncalled for. I can't count how many times it has been useful to be able to execute code in real time, check what depth and level my supposedly created MovieClip is on, being able to arrange my MovieClips with drag and drop and then know the coordinates for use later in my code. I can go on and on about the benefits. As for Lumixbox, it is really great too. In fact John Grden is planning on having a way to include it in Xray so that your logging can be done through this more robust logging tool. Anyway, if you don't like it don't use it, but don't spread misinformation. -Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] regex needed
David Rorex schrieb:
On 2/13/06, Michael Stuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i'm trying to use Joey Leott's (Pavils Jurjans') RegExp for replacing
BAD-strings in (to-be-uploaded) Filenames but had no success at all. can
anyone
give me some hints ?
i have:
code
import RegExp;
var a:String = 'äur*?ß.png';
var goodname:RegExp = new RegExp ('/[^a-z0-9_\\-\\.]/i', 'g', 'i');
str.text = a.replace(goodname, '_');
/code
but the compiler says type mismatch in line 6
Can you tell us which line is line 6? You only gave 5 lines of code...
count them. the compiler counts them too :-)
also:
'a' is a string, and you are calling 'a.replace()'. Is that correct? (I
don't know how the regexp library works exactly, so it may be)
it should be. RegExp adds some functions to String() by prototype, sth.
like String().replace().
it works (or should work) simpilar like preg_replace() in php.
any ideas ?
micha
micha
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Re: [Flashcoders] No variables in Interfaces?
Excellent news... On 2/13/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: getters and setters are allowed in AS3! On 2/13/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hadn't thought of that, I guess that would work. Thanks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript preprocessor
Change eclipse to use JRE 1.4 and your problem with ANT will go away. -Greg On 2/9/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haven't used any, but asked this just yesterday on FlashLite and was directed to these links, some of which you already covered: a.. Using Jappo - Greg Burch: http://www.gregburch.com/index.php?id=182 a.. Pre-Processing ActionScript files / classes - Mike Chambers: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/03/pre-processing.cfm a.. Using a Pre-processor with ActionScript to define constants - Mike Chambers: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/03/using_a_pre-pro.cfm a.. Preprocessing Actionscript ? - Bokel: http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/79.html a.. HAMTASC: http://www.osflash.org/hamtasc#preprocessing_actionscript - Original Message - From: Grant Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:47 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Actionscript preprocessor I am currently using Eclipse, MTASC and ANT for my development (on Windows), and this is working well. However, while I currently have release and debug ANT targets, these really only change a couple of MTASC compile options (ie tracing). I have decided that a better solution is needed, to allow a release build to exclude NetDebug, to automatically change some config options, and also to integrate build numbers. So, preprocessing. After some searching, I found cpp ( http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/ ), filepp ( http://www.cabaret.demon.co.uk/filepp/ ), and jappo ( http://jappo.opensourcefinland.org/ ). However. cpp - linux application, the only Windows version I can see is via cygwin. And installing this on every development machine, for a single utility seems overkill. Plus, cpp seems to have the least features, and the filepp docs suggest it may leave strange comments in output files. filepp - Perl module, which should be fine (all development machines have ActivePerl installed). Except the download contains source files, and a bash script to create the application. So, again I'm kind of stuck being on Windows. jappo - Java .jar, with ANT integration. Sounds perfect. Except that after I work out how to reference the jar correctly in EclipseAnt and it runs, it gives errors about missing classes (ie org/apache/xpath/XPathAPI ). I downloaded the XPath addon for Eclipse, but this didn't help. I can't run any of the jappo samples either, as I don't have the Java SDK (currently downloading). Has anyone successfully used a preprocessor for Actionscript on Windows, and do you have any suggestions? Regards, Grant Cox ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Post data in frameset never makes it to new window, IE only.
Hello all, I'm working on a site that I didn't make but have to update. They used frames in the site, and I've come across a bug that existed in MX2004 that (i guess) was never fixed. Basically the POST data sent from Flash never makes it to its destination, leaving me with a big empty page. This only happens on IE if you're sending POST data from a frameset. Here are a lot of unhappy people who've had the same issue: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/1418.html So I'm pretty stuck, because I have to post a lot of data, and I can't unmake this site so it doesn't use frames. Would anyone have any magic fairy dust, or even better, a solution to this problem? I'd also be interested in knowing why this bug still exists, as I'm working on Flash 8. Any shedded light is mucho appreciated. Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] AS 3.0 tutorials
Hi there, Do you guys know of any tutorials how to set up an action script project with flex builder 2.0 beta? It all is somehow a bit confusing I think. Especially I don't really understand the concept and purpose of packages. Btw what was wrong about using class paths? Wasn't that good and simple way to avoid naming conflicts? Robin ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Using Cairngorm, good idea?
I think ARP http://osflash.org/arp would work well with this, too. It would make it easier to reapproach the code later. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS 3.0 tutorials
Robin,
I am right there with you about the migration from AS2 to AS3.
Basically, as I gather it, packages are pretty much the same thing as
the class path in as2 classes. com.exampleClass would become
package com{
public class exampleClass{
public function exampleClass(){
... code
}
}
}
some things to remember. AS3 constuctors cannot be private ( as of yet
). All the declarative classes (mx:Button or mx:Array ) in Flex have
actionscript analogues. The event model has been completely revamped,
too. Instead of using:
myBtn.onPress = function(){
--click functions
}
you use
myBtn:Button = new Button();
myBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,doOnPress);
function doOnPress(e:MouseEvent):void{
switch(e.target){
case myBtn:
if(e.type==MouseEvent.DOUBLECLICK){
do one thing
}else{
do another thing
}
break;
case homeBtn:
-- home button actions
break;
case menuBtn:
-- menu button actions
break;
}
}
The whole point is to break apart the procedural calls associated with
typical actionscript and tie the framework together in an object
oriented setting that passes informative event objects to a centralized
event processing area. This might seem like a lot of setup work for a
small application, but the goal with AS3 is to allow for the complexity
associated with rich internet applications in a flash client. Imagine
putting a thousand onPress events all over your application then finding
out you need to refactor (change) a huge chunk of your code to add
another type of functionality. You would have to search through your
code in a hundred places on a hundred frames to get the whole thing
right. With the new way, your centralized events can be monitored and
dispatched in one location You could do this with AS2, but it required
some hacking.
The whole MouseEvent.CLICK thing is just a constant in flex with the
value of click. They just wanted to provide a constant based
reference to the event name so that developers didn't screw up their app
with a typo. The whole e:MouseEvent thing is the event object that
gets passed as a parameter when the event reaches its target. You can
tell the function to accept e:ChangeEvent or e:WhateverEvent and the
event will only active the function if it is the right kind of event.
This can help you sort through the different types of events that are
available in AS3. You can use that event object to get information about
what triggered the event - as well as define custom reactions to the
event as it flows through the document tree ( think of the document as
an XML file and your button is a node)
I know this 5 second breakdown sucks - and I am just really starting to
understand this stuff today - literally I learned this stuff today - so
don't feel like you are alone in the dark.
Also - if you are a Flex guru with better information - or if I screwed
up on my syntax above - I would love to get a reply to correct it.
Thanks
Scott Fanetti
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS 3.0 tutorials
You're pretty much dead on. Only thing is, it has nothing to do with Flex,
and everything to do with ECMA compliance and performance. Yes, business
wise, Flex needs ActionScript to change so the performance can be up to par
to what Enterprise customers expect, but it's all about the code, baby!
The biggest bottleneck in AS2 was EventDispatcher since that is pretty much
the enitre plumbing a lot of larger projects utilized. Now that it's built
into the player, it's wicked fast.
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Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS 3.0 tutorials
Robin,
I am right there with you about the migration from AS2 to AS3.
Basically, as I gather it, packages are pretty much the same thing as
the class path in as2 classes. com.exampleClass would become
package com{
public class exampleClass{
public function exampleClass(){
... code
}
}
}
some things to remember. AS3 constuctors cannot be private ( as of yet
). All the declarative classes (mx:Button or mx:Array ) in Flex have
actionscript analogues. The event model has been completely revamped,
too. Instead of using:
myBtn.onPress = function(){
--click functions
}
you use
myBtn:Button = new Button();
myBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,doOnPress);
function doOnPress(e:MouseEvent):void{
switch(e.target){
case myBtn:
if(e.type==MouseEvent.DOUBLECLICK){
do one thing
}else{
do another thing
}
break;
case homeBtn:
-- home button actions
break;
case menuBtn:
-- menu button actions
break;
}
}
The whole point is to break apart the procedural calls associated with
typical actionscript and tie the framework together in an object
oriented setting that passes informative event objects to a centralized
event processing area. This might seem like a lot of setup work for a
small application, but the goal with AS3 is to allow for the complexity
associated with rich internet applications in a flash client. Imagine
putting a thousand onPress events all over your application then finding
out you need to refactor (change) a huge chunk of your code to add
another type of functionality. You would have to search through your
code in a hundred places on a hundred frames to get the whole thing
right. With the new way, your centralized events can be monitored and
dispatched in one location You could do this with AS2, but it required
some hacking.
The whole MouseEvent.CLICK thing is just a constant in flex with the
value of click. They just wanted to provide a constant based
reference to the event name so that developers didn't screw up their app
with a typo. The whole e:MouseEvent thing is the event object that
gets passed as a parameter when the event reaches its target. You can
tell the function to accept e:ChangeEvent or e:WhateverEvent and the
event will only active the function if it is the right kind of event.
This can help you sort through the different types of events that are
available in AS3. You can use that event object to get information about
what triggered the event - as well as define custom reactions to the
event as it flows through the document tree ( think of the document as
an XML file and your button is a node)
I know this 5 second breakdown sucks - and I am just really starting to
understand this stuff today - literally I learned this stuff today - so
don't feel like you are alone in the dark.
Also - if you are a Flex guru with better information - or if I screwed
up on my syntax above - I would love to get a reply to correct it.
Thanks
Scott Fanetti
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[Flashcoders] mp3 not playing in I.E. 6
I've seen some discussion of this in the archives, but nothing conclusive. My Flash 8 movie creates a sound object and uses loadSound (dynamicFilename,true) to play any of a number of mp3 files off the server. Works fine locally and in Netscape but breaks in I.E. when played via the web. Looking in the I.E. cache, I see that the mp3's are getting loaded when requested; they just don't play. If I type the URL of the mp3 file into I.E.'s address window, I can get the mp3 to open and play in Windows MediaPlayer. On a few occasions, I can then get Flash to play the same sound, but it almost always fails. I've tried absolute paths (http://mydomain/folder/filename.mp3) as well as relative paths (../filename.mp3 -OR- filename.mp3) in the loadSound argument -- makes no difference. And as I said, the files ARE being downloaded into cache, they just don't get played in the swf. They're all located in the same server folder as the .swf. Anybody have a clue why this is breaking in I.E. 6? thanks, Marc ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] mp3 not playing in I.E. 6
I would recommend using a mediaDisplay for mp3s. Especially if there lengthy.. say 3 min or avg song length. The media display won't actually display anything for mp3's. it just gives you access to the sound. I would reccommend it just beacuse there are more properties and methods available for the media display. its easier to use. myMedia.setMedia(fileURI, MP3 | FLV); http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?href=Part6_Component_Reference.html I am not aware of any problems with mediaDisplay's in IE. So give it a shot. if your using just short sound effects then yes.. use a sound object. Which if thats the case, I don't have any reccommendations at this point for your IE problem.. Aaron Smith Marc Hoffman wrote: I've seen some discussion of this in the archives, but nothing conclusive. My Flash 8 movie creates a sound object and uses loadSound (dynamicFilename,true) to play any of a number of mp3 files off the server. Works fine locally and in Netscape but breaks in I.E. when played via the web. Looking in the I.E. cache, I see that the mp3's are getting loaded when requested; they just don't play. If I type the URL of the mp3 file into I.E.'s address window, I can get the mp3 to open and play in Windows MediaPlayer. On a few occasions, I can then get Flash to play the same sound, but it almost always fails. I've tried absolute paths (http://mydomain/folder/filename.mp3) as well as relative paths (../filename.mp3 -OR- filename.mp3) in the loadSound argument -- makes no difference. And as I said, the files ARE being downloaded into cache, they just don't get played in the swf. They're all located in the same server folder as the .swf. Anybody have a clue why this is breaking in I.E. 6? thanks, Marc ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] mp3 not playing in I.E. 6
Marc, Yeah i guess try adding an onLoad. It should only take a sec. Test it out and see if it helps. if not, try creating a seperate fla for testing just this one issue. see what that does. if it still a bug in IE i would like to see that test fla. Aaron Marc Hoffman wrote: Hi Aaron, The sounds are 5 seconds or less in duration. Thanks for the suggestion, but I really want to know why this breaks in I.E. via web, as this works just fine in Netscape and Firefox. Also works fine in I.E. locally, just not over the web. Yet I.E. is caching the mp3's as they're called from the web server -- it just won't play them. I could add a Sound.onLoad listener to start the file playing, but this shouldn't be necessary and I'm not even sure it would fix the problem. Also, I tried resetting I.E. to its default settings, but no use. Would like to hear from anyone who is familiar with this problem. Marc At 10:50 PM 2/13/2006, you wrote: I would recommend using a mediaDisplay for mp3s. Especially if there lengthy.. say 3 min or avg song length. The media display won't actually display anything for mp3's. it just gives you access to the sound. I would reccommend it just beacuse there are more properties and methods available for the media display. its easier to use. myMedia.setMedia(fileURI, MP3 | FLV); http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?href=Part6_Component_Reference.html I am not aware of any problems with mediaDisplay's in IE. So give it a shot. if your using just short sound effects then yes.. use a sound object. Which if thats the case, I don't have any reccommendations at this point for your IE problem.. Aaron Smith Marc Hoffman wrote: I've seen some discussion of this in the archives, but nothing conclusive. My Flash 8 movie creates a sound object and uses loadSound (dynamicFilename,true) to play any of a number of mp3 files off the server. Works fine locally and in Netscape but breaks in I.E. when played via the web. Looking in the I.E. cache, I see that the mp3's are getting loaded when requested; they just don't play. If I type the URL of the mp3 file into I.E.'s address window, I can get the mp3 to open and play in Windows MediaPlayer. On a few occasions, I can then get Flash to play the same sound, but it almost always fails. I've tried absolute paths (http://mydomain/folder/filename.mp3) as well as relative paths (../filename.mp3 -OR- filename.mp3) in the loadSound argument -- makes no difference. And as I said, the files ARE being downloaded into cache, they just don't get played in the swf. They're all located in the same server folder as the .swf. Anybody have a clue why this is breaking in I.E. 6? thanks, Marc ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] mp3 not playing in I.E. 6
Aaron, I tried onLoad and it didn't seem to help, but I'm losing mental focus. Time to get some sleep, but depending whatever other feedback I get from the list, I will try a test file in the morning. Thanks, Marc At 11:34 PM 2/13/2006, you wrote: Marc, Yeah i guess try adding an onLoad. It should only take a sec. Test it out and see if it helps. if not, try creating a seperate fla for testing just this one issue. see what that does. if it still a bug in IE i would like to see that test fla. Aaron Marc Hoffman wrote: Hi Aaron, The sounds are 5 seconds or less in duration. Thanks for the suggestion, but I really want to know why this breaks in I.E. via web, as this works just fine in Netscape and Firefox. Also works fine in I.E. locally, just not over the web. Yet I.E. is caching the mp3's as they're called from the web server -- it just won't play them. I could add a Sound.onLoad listener to start the file playing, but this shouldn't be necessary and I'm not even sure it would fix the problem. Also, I tried resetting I.E. to its default settings, but no use. Would like to hear from anyone who is familiar with this problem. Marc At 10:50 PM 2/13/2006, you wrote: I would recommend using a mediaDisplay for mp3s. Especially if there lengthy.. say 3 min or avg song length. The media display won't actually display anything for mp3's. it just gives you access to the sound. I would reccommend it just beacuse there are more properties and methods available for the media display. its easier to use. myMedia.setMedia(fileURI, MP3 | FLV); http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?href=Part6_Component_Reference.html I am not aware of any problems with mediaDisplay's in IE. So give it a shot. if your using just short sound effects then yes.. use a sound object. Which if thats the case, I don't have any reccommendations at this point for your IE problem.. Aaron Smith Marc Hoffman wrote: I've seen some discussion of this in the archives, but nothing conclusive. My Flash 8 movie creates a sound object and uses loadSound (dynamicFilename,true) to play any of a number of mp3 files off the server. Works fine locally and in Netscape but breaks in I.E. when played via the web. Looking in the I.E. cache, I see that the mp3's are getting loaded when requested; they just don't play. If I type the URL of the mp3 file into I.E.'s address window, I can get the mp3 to open and play in Windows MediaPlayer. On a few occasions, I can then get Flash to play the same sound, but it almost always fails. I've tried absolute paths (http://mydomain/folder/filename.mp3) as well as relative paths (../filename.mp3 -OR- filename.mp3) in the loadSound argument -- makes no difference. And as I said, the files ARE being downloaded into cache, they just don't get played in the swf. They're all located in the same server folder as the .swf. Anybody have a clue why this is breaking in I.E. 6? thanks, Marc ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] htmlText + rollover
Hi, Currently i am using 'a href' tag to call a function on the click of text which display a popup text.and my code is here. text_txt.htmlText=a href='asfunction:_root.displayGlossary,1'uBOpen Glossary/B/u/a But now the requirement changes. Client wants to display the popup on RollOver of text. and on RollOut hide the popup. What can i do to achieve this. pls help Thanks in advance. Tarjinder ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
