Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Hi Marijan,
it might depend on what your constants are. For example imagine you had an
interface Shape, with a method setLineType. You could have setLineType
(type:String) (eg dashed), or setLineType (type:Number) (eg 0, 2 ,5). With
public constants you could have the Shape interface declare vars as public
static var DASHED:Number = 0; and you could call setLineType (Shape.DASHED
);.
Out of the 3 alternatives i would prefer the last, and I do not think this
exposes inner details a lot.
As said I can imagine that when you declare an interface like:
interface MyGeneralInterface {
public static var mySpecificVar:MyVerySpecificClass;
}
that it is plain wrong, but otherwise in the linetype example? I don't know,
I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
greetz
Hans
On 7/3/06, Marijan Milicevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Hans,
while I cannot say it's bad, it's difficult t say there's nothin nad about
it.
to quote an javaworld article:
It turns out that using an interface to declare constants may not be the
best practice after all. In fact, using interfaces in this way may be
downright nasty. Why? Interfaces should only be used to define types; any
other use is an abuse. Using an interface causes internal details -- such as
constants -- to leak into the class' public API. Once something becomes part
of the public API, you can never get rid of it.
so, in above case it could be wrong..
-m
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Although there is -nothing- bad about using interfaces as a container of
constants.
On 7/3/06, Marijan Milicevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Sascha,
But it's still beyond me why property support wasn't added. It
can be such a complex thing but would make OO life a good
amount easier.
You are refering to Java but defined fields in java are implicitly
static finals and need to be initilized within interface,
so, you are not missing that much in AS3 anyway.
Also, bad habit of java programmers is to use interfaces as container of
constants,
which, saves them some typing (although with static imports in 1.5version
it doesn't make any difference).
-m
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[Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field
Hi, I'm trying to pass a sting variable (var teamName:String) to a dynamic text field nested inside a couple of layers of MCs. The path is correct because the text field is being changed by the variable, but the string itself is corrupted or something because the variable's contents seems to be being altered. Trying to send the string Mr Jones results in the text field showing M Joe. Trying to send the string Executive results in the text field displaying Eee. As you can see, it is not even a simple truncation of the string (such as perhaps might have been the case if the text field were not big enough to hold the string); it is as if Flash is just choosing a few letters and ignoring the rest. Can anybody shed any light on this? I'm new to Actionscript and every (probably simple) stumbling block like this throws me completely out of the ring. Many thanks. -- Rick Lecoat ___ 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] weirdness passing string to text field
Sounds like restrict is not null. 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
Re: [Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field
Chris, thanks for your speedy reply (I guess that if I was going to get a reply at 8.30 in the morning UK time it would have been from Australia!) Like I said in my initial post, I'm completely new to Actionscript (and all of Flash, really) and so your response, whilst I am sure it is the correct answer, is a bit cryptic to me. Could you maybe flesh out your reply with a bit of 'idiot guide' stuff so that I can take it and run with it? Many many thanks. -- Rick Lecoat -- Original message: Received from Chris Velevitch on 5/7/06 at 08:45 Sounds like restrict is not null. 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] weirdness passing string to text field
One possibility might be that you're using an embedded font, but haven't embedded all the characters in that font. HTH, Ian On 7/5/06, Rick Lecoat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying to pass a sting variable (var teamName:String) to a dynamic text field nested inside a couple of layers of MCs. The path is correct because the text field is being changed by the variable, but the string itself is corrupted or something because the variable's contents seems to be being altered. Trying to send the string Mr Jones results in the text field showing M Joe. Trying to send the string Executive results in the text field displaying Eee. As you can see, it is not even a simple truncation of the string (such as perhaps might have been the case if the text field were not big enough to hold the string); it is as if Flash is just choosing a few letters and ignoring the rest. Can anybody shed any light on this? I'm new to Actionscript and every (probably simple) stumbling block like this throws me completely out of the ring. Many thanks. -- Rick Lecoat ___ 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] weirdness passing string to text field
This sounds to me like what happens if you embed a certain set of characters in the field but then pass it a String including characters you haven't explicitly embedded. I'm guessing you may have pasted a string into the Include these characters: field in the Character Embedding window? If so, only those characters will be embedded with the field and you'd probably be better off just selecting Basic Latin in the predefined character sets. HTH A. On 7/5/06, Chris Velevitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like restrict is not null. 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 ___ 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] weirdness passing string to text field
There's an attibute on TextField called restrict. It takes a regular expression of all the characters that are allowed to be entered into the field. Try setting it to null. 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
Re: [Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field
textfield has a retrict value that acts as a filter. Chris is saying that it may have a value in there already, probably something with the following letters: M J O E as the Executive is being filtered down to only e's as the other letters are not in the filter. btw, what is output when you trace the value? It may also be a font character thing. textfield.restrict http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary762.html Embedded fonts http://www.flash-mx.com/news/archives/000136.cfm On 05/07/06, Rick Lecoat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, thanks for your speedy reply (I guess that if I was going to get a reply at 8.30 in the morning UK time it would have been from Australia!) Like I said in my initial post, I'm completely new to Actionscript (and all of Flash, really) and so your response, whilst I am sure it is the correct answer, is a bit cryptic to me. Could you maybe flesh out your reply with a bit of 'idiot guide' stuff so that I can take it and run with it? Many many thanks. -- Rick Lecoat -- Original message: Received from Chris Velevitch on 5/7/06 at 08:45 Sounds like restrict is not null. 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 -- === neilhighley.com === 0784 324 7878 ___ 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
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[Flashcoders] Bypassing File Download Dialog
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Re: [Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field
Ian and Adrian; You hit the nail on the head; it was indeed a lack of embedded characters and my own stupid fault because whilst I *had* embedded the characters for the intended usage (uppercase only) I neglected to stick to those when I was running my trouble shooting tests, and included lowercase as well. There also turned out to be a secondary (or maybe primary) problem -- targets not yet being instantiated at point-of-code -- that needed fixing before the font embedding issue made itself known. And of course when more than one thing is giving trouble simultaneously it's hard to figure out just what is going wrong. Now that that both are fixed it's working fine. However, I'm still slightly confused, because I thought that if the font was installed on the machine that is testing the movie then it would still show up okay whether embedded or not. The fact that it doesn't is, of course, a benefit because it gives early warning of non-embedded fonts but it does run contrary to what I thought I understood. Live and learn. Chris: Thanks for elaborating on the restrict issue. Looks like I won't need to explore it just yet, but it's good to know about. (Since I'm very new to the Flash/Actionscript thing and am learning 'on the job' with a project deadline looming I'm being pragmatic and just learning the bits of AS that I need to make the project work. I'll flesh out my knowledge afterward). Thanks to everyone for all your help. I'm sure I'll be back again with more questions *very* soon... -- Rick Lecoat -- Original message: Received from Adrian Park on 5/7/06 at 09:24 This sounds to me like what happens if you embed a certain set of characters in the field but then pass it a String including characters you haven't explicitly embedded. I'm guessing you may have pasted a string into the Include these characters: field in the Character Embedding window? If so, only those characters will be embedded with the field and you'd probably be better off just selecting Basic Latin in the predefined character sets. HTH A. ___ 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] weirdness passing string to text field
Chris: Thanks for elaborating on the restrict issue. Looks like I won't need to explore it just yet, but it's good to know about. (Since I'm very new to the Flash/Actionscript thing and am learning 'on the job' with a project deadline looming I'm being pragmatic and just learning the bits of AS that I need to make the project work. I'll flesh out my knowledge afterward). Just to clarify: I'm pretty sure the restrict property only affects user-typed input, not text that you add dynamically with code. Danny ___ 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] weirdness passing string to text field
Danny Kodicek schrieb: Chris: Thanks for elaborating on the restrict issue. Looks like I won't need to explore it just yet, but it's good to know about. (Since I'm very new to the Flash/Actionscript thing and am learning 'on the job' with a project deadline looming I'm being pragmatic and just learning the bits of AS that I need to make the project work. I'll flesh out my knowledge afterward). Just to clarify: I'm pretty sure the restrict property only affects user-typed input, not text that you add dynamically with code. Danny Thats correct: _root.createTextField(txt, 1, 0, 0, 100, 100); _root.txt.type = input; _root.txt.restrict = abc; _root.txt.text = hallo; // complete hallo is written into the TextField Janosch ___ 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] weirdness passing string to text field
Glad to be of help Rick. On the font embedding thing v. the font being installed on your machine, I'm pretty sure that if you specify a font but don't embed any characters then Flash will use the installed font but if you embed then Flash will only look to the embedded characters for display and will ignore the installed version of the font. Hope that makes sense! Good luck with your deadline! A. On 7/5/06, Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris: Thanks for elaborating on the restrict issue. Looks like I won't need to explore it just yet, but it's good to know about. (Since I'm very new to the Flash/Actionscript thing and am learning 'on the job' with a project deadline looming I'm being pragmatic and just learning the bits of AS that I need to make the project work. I'll flesh out my knowledge afterward). Just to clarify: I'm pretty sure the restrict property only affects user-typed input, not text that you add dynamically with code. Danny ___ 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] AS3 - Missing
I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ 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] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Hi Hans,
as I see it, I am not interested into dashed stuff of a shape,
only thing I am interested in is what can I do with it...
so, I could paint my shape with a brush or draw a line,
up to me to decide and shouldn't be exposed by my interface..
for example:
interface Shape
{
void hide();
void show();
void draw();
void delete();
}
public class Square implements Shape, Jumpable
{
//implementation..
public void draw()
{
final Pen pen = new Pen(LineType.DASHED);
pen.drawLine(100,150);
//etc
}
//..more implementation...
// Jumpable implementation
public void jump()
{
// jumping code in here..
}
}
public class MyCoolShape implements Shape
{
//implementation..
public void draw()
{
final Brush brush = new Brush(new Color(0x003300));
brush.paint(10,10,30,-30);
//etc
}
//..more implementation...
}
public final class LineType
{
public static final int DASHED = 0;
public static final int MYTYPE = 1;
private LineType(){}// do not instantiate
}
but again, as I said, nobody forbids you to use it the way you do,
and it's pointless to have huge discussion about it...
see it as personal preference...
kind regards,
-m
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:14 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Hi Marijan,
it might depend on what your constants are. For example imagine you had an
interface Shape, with a method setLineType. You could have setLineType
(type:String) (eg dashed), or setLineType (type:Number) (eg 0, 2 ,5).
With
public constants you could have the Shape interface declare vars as public
static var DASHED:Number = 0; and you could call setLineType (Shape.DASHED
);.
Out of the 3 alternatives i would prefer the last, and I do not think this
exposes inner details a lot.
As said I can imagine that when you declare an interface like:
interface MyGeneralInterface {
public static var mySpecificVar:MyVerySpecificClass;
}
that it is plain wrong, but otherwise in the linetype example? I don't
know,
I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
greetz
Hans
On 7/3/06, Marijan Milicevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Hans,
while I cannot say it's bad, it's difficult t say there's nothin nad
about
it.
to quote an javaworld article:
It turns out that using an interface to declare constants may not be the
best practice after all. In fact, using interfaces in this way may be
downright nasty. Why? Interfaces should only be used to define types; any
other use is an abuse. Using an interface causes internal details -- such
as
constants -- to leak into the class' public API. Once something becomes
part
of the public API, you can never get rid of it.
so, in above case it could be wrong..
-m
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Hans Wichman
Sent: Mon 7/3/2006 7:04 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Although there is -nothing- bad about using interfaces as a container of
constants.
On 7/3/06, Marijan Milicevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Sascha,
But it's still beyond me why property support wasn't added. It
can be such a complex thing but would make OO life a good
amount easier.
You are refering to Java but defined fields in java are implicitly
static finals and need to be initilized within interface,
so, you are not missing that much in AS3 anyway.
Also, bad habit of java programmers is to use interfaces as container
of
constants,
which, saves them some typing (although with static imports in
1.5version
it doesn't make any difference).
-m
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[Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
I´ve been trying to find the holy grail of Shared Fonts but with no success.
I then decided I just wanted it to work.
I´ve have done this way:
- Packing all the fonts I´m using in my application in a separate SWF,
setting them to Export For Runtime Sharing and also to Export for AS.
- Loading this SWF in the app´s main prealoader in a hidden movieclip
offstage;
- In the subsequent loaded SWF´s that would use the fonts, I´ve added a
SharePoint on movieclip imported from the shared library in the first
frame.
- Created a TextFormat object for each of the font´s and applied it to the
TextFields.
However, I´ve found too many inconsistencies while I was implementing it.
I´ve found that I would have to set both a TextFormat object and also
setStyle('fontFamily','fontName'); setStyle('embedFonts',true) to the
TextField or otherwise it wouldn´t work. If I only set the TextFormat
object, it doesn´t work and if I only set the style, it doesn´t work
either... why!?
I´ve noted that sometimes the initial text is shown, but when I try to
modify it through code, it either doesn´t changes or goes blank.
In sum, I´ve been through a hard time trying to get this shared font thing
to work with TextFields. With v2 components I got it to work by setting it´s
style ( setStyle('fontFamily','fontName'); setStyle('embedFonts',true)) I
assume the v2 framework deals with the TextFormat issue, but with regular
TextFields... it´s a hell confusing...
I´m confused and I need some enlightment! Any help would be much
appreciated!
Marcelo.
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Missing
You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ 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] AS3 - Missing
But wouldn´t be easier to have composition over extension ?
if you have one generic class that has the country movieclip like an
property of this class
class Country
{
var mcCountry: MovieClip;
var nameCountry:String;
function Country( mc: MovieClip, name:String)
{
..
..
}
}
- Original Message -
From: Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Missing
I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple
movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem
is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country.
You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a
different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage.
good luck
-Meinte
On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be?
The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the
ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto
Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with
the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities.
Example:
I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one
will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a
class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update
the behavior of all at the same time.
With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t
specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends.
My suggestion is to do something like this:
http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg
When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base
class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil,
would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class
Country, witch would be my base class.
I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Bypassing File Download Dialog
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14280 - Original Message - From: Aasim Momin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:20 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Bypassing File Download Dialog Hi, I want to develop a CD-Based course which requires that I open some word docs kept in a folder on the CD. Every time I click the button to open the file a security dialog pops up asking if I want to Open/Save/Cancel the file. I don't want this to pop-up on my user's machine and default it to opening the document using its associated application. Code on the button is fscommand(exec,Content_1/Abandon Ficticious Name.doc); Is there something which I could use or I am missing something? Thanks! Regards, Aasim Momin ___ 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] AS3 - Missing
I'm not sure this is really a 'feature' that is missing since the problem really boils down to OOP theory. For example, it could be argued that it is incorrect for the country class to extend MovieClip since a country *is not* a MovieClip but, rather, *uses* a MovieClip for display. By this rational, it makes more sense to extend via composition - i.e. the country class simply gets a reference to a MovieClip that represents it's visual manifestation. This way, the same class is used for many MovieClips. If it was possible in AS2 and is no longer possible in AS3, I'd hope there is a very good reason why and I'd hope that the reason has something to do with AS becoming a more mature language and doing things in a better way. Am I wrong? A. On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ 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] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
Hello Marcelo, http://www.sharedfonts.com/eng/faq.html#include -- Ivan Dembicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.design.ru ___ 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] AS3 - Missing
Look at this flash
http://adi.idr.org.br/tpl/adi/mapa.tpl.php
Did you see that every movieClips have different shapes, but the same behavior.
Your suggestion is to drag a Country MovieClip inside each Country and
use it to take control of the parent clip?
On 7/5/06, jcarlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But wouldn´t be easier to have composition over extension ?
if you have one generic class that has the country movieclip like an
property of this class
class Country
{
var mcCountry: MovieClip;
var nameCountry:String;
function Country( mc: MovieClip, name:String)
{
..
..
}
}
- Original Message -
From: Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Missing
I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple
movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem
is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country.
You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a
different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage.
good luck
-Meinte
On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be?
The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the
ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto
Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with
the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities.
Example:
I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one
will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a
class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update
the behavior of all at the same time.
With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t
specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends.
My suggestion is to do something like this:
http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg
When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base
class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil,
would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class
Country, witch would be my base class.
I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
Hello Marcelo,
- you need to separate problems.
in first step don't use sharing.
when your app will work fine you can
start sharing your fonts.
MdMS In sum, I╢ve been through a hard time trying to get this shared font thing
MdMS to work with TextFields. With v2 components I got it to work by setting
it╢s
MdMS style ( setStyle('fontFamily','fontName'); setStyle('embedFonts',true))
I
MdMS assume the v2 framework deals with the TextFormat issue, but with regular
MdMS TextFields... it╢s a hell confusing...
--
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Re: [Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field
Back again. Well, I *thought* it was working... What do you guys make of a situation where a movie works in Test Movie but not from the web server? Here's the deal: variable1:String populates textField1 (initial value = ) variable2:String populates textField2 (initial value = ) variable3:String populates textField3 (initial value = Click on a photo to learn more about the person) Variables get changed according to button clicks. When I run Test Movie, the first two fields are blank as expected and the third one shows the instructional text as set by the variable. Publish... upload to server... clear browser cache to be sure... But now: first two fields say ee third one says undefined Clicking buttons, which should rewrite the text fields, also gives the same results. For the record, text fields one and two just have uppercase glyphs embedded, whilst the third one has upper and lower case, numerals, and punctuation. These choices are appropriate to the text that the button clicks will enter. So, why will it work in test but not online? Hlp! -- Rick Lecoat -- Original message: Received from Adrian Park on 5/7/06 at 10:54 Glad to be of help Rick. On the font embedding thing v. the font being installed on your machine, I'm pretty sure that if you specify a font but don't embed any characters then Flash will use the installed font but if you embed then Flash will only look to the embedded characters for display and will ignore the installed version of the font. Hope that makes sense! Good luck with your deadline! A. ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Hi list...
The embedFonts line seems to prevent the setTextFormat line from
working. What am I missing? The font univ is in the library, and its
linkage is univ.
Thanks,
- Michael M.
private function createSlideWatcher():Void {
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = univ;
tf.color = 0xFF;
tf.size = 30;
_root.createTextField(slideWatcher,
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 150, 150);
_root.slideWatcher.background = true;
_root.slideWatcher.backgroundColor = 0x66;
_root.slideWatcher.embedFonts = true;
_root.slideWatcher.setTextFormat(tf);
_root.slideWatcher.text = hi;
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
Fonts and Flash on the Mac I am going nuts. Troublesome. ___ 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] Weird include problem.
Flash 8 Proffesional... This is strange, I have an #include init.as, and I get an **Error** Scene=loading, layer=script, frame=2:Error opening include file init.as: File not found. init.as IS in the same folder as the FLA, and I am all confused.?... Any ideas?... Thanks... Karim... ___ 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] Please help shed lights on this font issue
Hello! I have a movieclip which I attach in a container movieclip when I change the htmlText-property of this movieclip. I would like to know why I would need to change the textfield in the movieclip to the fontstyle bold, and italic to be able to use the i-tag. I have embedded the font in the text field as Basic Latin. I would think you can now use the font in the textfield without problems, but it isn't. I would love to know why this is, so I can learn from it. Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Try using setNewTextFormat() instead..
Mendelsohn, Michael a écrit :
Hi list...
The embedFonts line seems to prevent the setTextFormat line from
working. What am I missing? The font univ is in the library, and its
linkage is univ.
Thanks,
- Michael M.
private function createSlideWatcher():Void {
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = univ;
tf.color = 0xFF;
tf.size = 30;
_root.createTextField(slideWatcher,
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 150, 150);
_root.slideWatcher.background = true;
_root.slideWatcher.backgroundColor = 0x66;
_root.slideWatcher.embedFonts = true;
_root.slideWatcher.setTextFormat(tf);
_root.slideWatcher.text = hi;
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field
Call off the hounds, I've solved it. it turns out that when the a nested movie clip called the variables it called them from one nesting level up, and I'd coded that as _root.variable. Flash was fine with that in testing, but the browser plugin didn't like it. Once I'd changed the path to _parent.variable it was all working as planned again. Odd that the Test Movie behaved differently though. -- Rick Lecoat -- Original message: Received from Rick Lecoat on 5/7/06 at 13:23 Back again. Well, I *thought* it was working... What do you guys make of a situation where a movie works in Test Movie but not from the web server? Here's the deal: variable1:String populates textField1 (initial value = ) variable2:String populates textField2 (initial value = ) variable3:String populates textField3 (initial value = Click on a photo to learn more about the person) Variables get changed according to button clicks. When I run Test Movie, the first two fields are blank as expected and the third one shows the instructional text as set by the variable. Publish... upload to server... clear browser cache to be sure... But now: first two fields say ee third one says undefined Clicking buttons, which should rewrite the text fields, also gives the same results. For the record, text fields one and two just have uppercase glyphs embedded, whilst the third one has upper and lower case, numerals, and punctuation. These choices are appropriate to the text that the button clicks will enter. So, why will it work in test but not online? Hlp! -- Rick Lecoat ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Try setting your textFormat after you apply the text.
Also, I try to make sure the linkage name of the font is the same as the
actual font for the purpose that its easier to read and self descriptive.
Order of operation does matter for this kinda thing, you have to embed fonts
before setting the text and set the textFormat after, I believe. For
example, I know this works:
var myTF=new TextFormat();
myTF.color=0x66;
myTF.font=DINNeuzeitGroteskLight;
myTF.size=10;
this.createTextField(tf, 2, 0, 0, 100, 0);
tf.autoSize = left;
tf.embedFonts=true;
tf.multiline = true;
tf.selectable=false;
tf.wordWrap = true;
tf.text = Testing this out;
tf.setTextFormat(myTF);
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mendelsohn,
Michael
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:23 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Hi list...
The embedFonts line seems to prevent the setTextFormat line from
working. What am I missing? The font univ is in the library, and its
linkage is univ.
Thanks,
- Michael M.
private function createSlideWatcher():Void {
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = univ;
tf.color = 0xFF;
tf.size = 30;
_root.createTextField(slideWatcher,
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 150, 150);
_root.slideWatcher.background = true;
_root.slideWatcher.backgroundColor = 0x66;
_root.slideWatcher.embedFonts = true;
_root.slideWatcher.setTextFormat(tf);
_root.slideWatcher.text = hi;
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field
How are the variables being generated and set? Are you getting those values from external source such as xml or text file? I haven't followed the thread... sorry. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Lecoat Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:23 AM To: FlashCoders list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] weirdness passing string to text field Back again. Well, I *thought* it was working... What do you guys make of a situation where a movie works in Test Movie but not from the web server? Here's the deal: variable1:String populates textField1 (initial value = ) variable2:String populates textField2 (initial value = ) variable3:String populates textField3 (initial value = Click on a photo to learn more about the person) Variables get changed according to button clicks. When I run Test Movie, the first two fields are blank as expected and the third one shows the instructional text as set by the variable. Publish... upload to server... clear browser cache to be sure... But now: first two fields say ee third one says undefined Clicking buttons, which should rewrite the text fields, also gives the same results. For the record, text fields one and two just have uppercase glyphs embedded, whilst the third one has upper and lower case, numerals, and punctuation. These choices are appropriate to the text that the button clicks will enter. So, why will it work in test but not online? Hlp! -- Rick Lecoat -- Original message: Received from Adrian Park on 5/7/06 at 10:54 Glad to be of help Rick. On the font embedding thing v. the font being installed on your machine, I'm pretty sure that if you specify a font but don't embed any characters then Flash will use the installed font but if you embed then Flash will only look to the embedded characters for display and will ignore the installed version of the font. Hope that makes sense! Good luck with your deadline! A. ___ 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] Please help shed lights on this font issue
I also would love to know why textfield work nicely when you test the movie inside the Flash IDE via Ctrl-Enter/Apple-Enter but when you check the movie inside a browser such as Firefox the textfield is blank or only show parts of the defined text. I am using the htmlText mode of the textfield and I assign this to it: HTMLTEXT=TEXTFORMAT LEADING=2P ALIGN=LEFTFONT FACE=Arial SIZE=11 COLOR=#006C55 LETTERSPACING=0 KERNING=0titel van het nieuwsbericht 5, FONT COLOR=#A5D81E6-4-2006/FONT/FONT/P/TEXTFORMAT Well, the above html code that's what Flash makes of it I only do this by code: newsClip.title.htmlText = newsTitle + commaStr + ; newsClip.title.htmlText += font color=\#A5D81E\i + cDate.getDate() + - + cDate.getMonth() + - + cDate.getFullYear() + /i/font; Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Order of operation does matter for this kinda thing, you have to embed
fonts
before setting the text and set the textFormat after, I believe. For
example, I know this works:
Hmmm... Maybe that´s the reason why I´m having inconsistencies... oh Flash
programming and it´s little hidden tricks... sometimes I feel like I´m going
crazy.
On 7/5/06, Stacey Mulcahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Try setting your textFormat after you apply the text.
Also, I try to make sure the linkage name of the font is the same as the
actual font for the purpose that its easier to read and self descriptive.
Order of operation does matter for this kinda thing, you have to embed
fonts
before setting the text and set the textFormat after, I believe. For
example, I know this works:
var myTF=new TextFormat();
myTF.color=0x66;
myTF.font=DINNeuzeitGroteskLight;
myTF.size=10;
this.createTextField(tf, 2, 0, 0, 100, 0);
tf.autoSize = left;
tf.embedFonts=true;
tf.multiline = true;
tf.selectable=false;
tf.wordWrap = true;
tf.text = Testing this out;
tf.setTextFormat(myTF);
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mendelsohn,
Michael
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:23 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Hi list...
The embedFonts line seems to prevent the setTextFormat line from
working. What am I missing? The font univ is in the library, and its
linkage is univ.
Thanks,
- Michael M.
private function createSlideWatcher():Void {
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = univ;
tf.color = 0xFF;
tf.size = 30;
_root.createTextField(slideWatcher,
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 150, 150);
_root.slideWatcher.background = true;
_root.slideWatcher.backgroundColor = 0x66;
_root.slideWatcher.embedFonts = true;
_root.slideWatcher.setTextFormat(tf);
_root.slideWatcher.text = hi;
}
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[Flashcoders] JPEG compression for PNG details
Hi all, Wondering if someone here could provide or point me in the direction of details on the inner workings of jpeg compression for png images in the swf format? I am particularly interested in how the alpha channel in the PNG is translated and stored. Thanks! Nick ___ 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] Weird include problem.
Flash 8 Proffesional... This is strange, I have an #include init.as, and I get an **Error** Scene=loading, layer=script, frame=2:Error opening include file init.as: File not found. init.as IS in the same folder as the FLA, and I am all confused.?... Any ideas?... Is your movie set to use AS1? Danny ___ 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] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
Thanks for the article Iv. I guess the way I´m doing is right as I don´t need this kind of control over what characters I would need to embbed. I´ll test when I get home, but I guess this issue is happening becouse I´m not setting the embedFonts property in the right place. On 7/5/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fonts and Flash on the Mac I am going nuts. Troublesome. ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Hi all... Thanks for the responses. It was indeed a case of setNewTextFormat. I just don't get why that AS term exists. Thanks! - MM ___ 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] Weird include problem.
AS2, but I just figgured it out. As expected I was the problem, the file was named init.as.as and hide estensions for known file types was checked in Explorer. Hmmm... Thanks anyway... karim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: 05 July 2006 14:03 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Weird include problem. Flash 8 Proffesional... This is strange, I have an #include init.as, and I get an **Error** Scene=loading, layer=script, frame=2:Error opening include file init.as: File not found. init.as IS in the same folder as the FLA, and I am all confused.?... Any ideas?... Is your movie set to use AS1? Danny ___ 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 incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 04/07/2006 ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
just don't get why that AS term exists. Neither do I On 7/5/06, Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all... Thanks for the responses. It was indeed a case of setNewTextFormat. I just don't get why that AS term exists. Thanks! - MM ___ 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] JPEG compression for PNG details
Wondering if someone here could provide or point me in the direction of details on the inner workings of jpeg compression for png images in the swf format? I am particularly interested in how the alpha channel in the PNG is translated and stored. When you import a PNG image with an alpha channel and select it to use JPEG compression when exporting, the RGB data is saved as a JPEG, but the alpha channel is still stored as a lossless, lzw data. That means that if your image's transparency is too complex, it will still be too big, no matter what the JPEG quality you select. The only workaround possible is simplifying the transparency - basically, it's the same kind of workaround you'd apply to a grayscale GIF image... using less levels of colors, avoiding dithering, etc. - Zeh ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
Because it allows you to use several different text formats along one text string. Especially useful for a chat program, where you'd like the user's name to be in a different text style than his chat output. - A Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: just don't get why that AS term exists. Neither do I On 7/5/06, Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all... Thanks for the responses. It was indeed a case of setNewTextFormat. I just don't get why that AS term exists. Thanks! - MM ___ 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 -- - Andreas Rønning --- Flash guy Rayon Visual Concepts, Oslo, Norway --- ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
But couldn´t I just set a new TextFormat using the setTextFormat() method? On 7/5/06, Andreas Rønning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because it allows you to use several different text formats along one text string. Especially useful for a chat program, where you'd like the user's name to be in a different text style than his chat output. - A Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: just don't get why that AS term exists. Neither do I On 7/5/06, Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all... Thanks for the responses. It was indeed a case of setNewTextFormat. I just don't get why that AS term exists. Thanks! - MM ___ 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 -- - Andreas Rønning --- Flash guy Rayon Visual Concepts, Oslo, Norway --- ___ 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] JPEG compression for PNG details
Thank you! Exactly the verification I needed. Perhaps I could ask for a recommendation when it comes to a PNG to SWF batch converter as well? Seems to be quite a few out there. Thanks again. Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeh Fernando Sent: den 5 juli 2006 15:14 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] JPEG compression for PNG details Wondering if someone here could provide or point me in the direction of details on the inner workings of jpeg compression for png images in the swf format? I am particularly interested in how the alpha channel in the PNG is translated and stored. When you import a PNG image with an alpha channel and select it to use JPEG compression when exporting, the RGB data is saved as a JPEG, but the alpha channel is still stored as a lossless, lzw data. That means that if your image's transparency is too complex, it will still be too big, no matter what the JPEG quality you select. The only workaround possible is simplifying the transparency - basically, it's the same kind of workaround you'd apply to a grayscale GIF image... using less levels of colors, avoiding dithering, etc. - Zeh ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
That would affect all the text currently in the field. Ian On 7/5/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But couldn´t I just set a new TextFormat using the setTextFormat() method? On 7/5/06, Andreas Rønning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because it allows you to use several different text formats along one text string. Especially useful for a chat program, where you'd like the user's name to be in a different text style than his chat output. - A ___ 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] XML Menu
Hi..anyone can give me a nice tutorial to make a menu like this in XML? http://www.coolfocus.com/relocate.asp?page=flash/examples/xpanel/index.asp thx in advance ___ 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] AS3 - Missing
AS3 is really mature now, what is excellent! But there´s no reason to didn´t support it. Let´s think from other point of view. Each sprite on the flash screen, is an instance of some class. Flash ide is locking together View+Behavior, so I can´t have two differents Views with the same behavior. With Jcarlos tip, I found two ways to workaround this. But it´s didn´t seens right to me. I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. The other solution would be put all my countrys inside a MovieClip called World, and use a World class to access each country and assign the behavior. I´ll will upload my .fla files so you can understand. On 7/5/06, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure this is really a 'feature' that is missing since the problem really boils down to OOP theory. For example, it could be argued that it is incorrect for the country class to extend MovieClip since a country *is not* a MovieClip but, rather, *uses* a MovieClip for display. By this rational, it makes more sense to extend via composition - i.e. the country class simply gets a reference to a MovieClip that represents it's visual manifestation. This way, the same class is used for many MovieClips. If it was possible in AS2 and is no longer possible in AS3, I'd hope there is a very good reason why and I'd hope that the reason has something to do with AS becoming a more mature language and doing things in a better way. Am I wrong? A. On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Missing
I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. Ever heard of KISS ? On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3 is really mature now, what is excellent! But there´s no reason to didn´t support it. Let´s think from other point of view. Each sprite on the flash screen, is an instance of some class. Flash ide is locking together View+Behavior, so I can´t have two differents Views with the same behavior. With Jcarlos tip, I found two ways to workaround this. But it´s didn´t seens right to me. I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. The other solution would be put all my countrys inside a MovieClip called World, and use a World class to access each country and assign the behavior. I´ll will upload my .fla files so you can understand. On 7/5/06, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure this is really a 'feature' that is missing since the problem really boils down to OOP theory. For example, it could be argued that it is incorrect for the country class to extend MovieClip since a country *is not* a MovieClip but, rather, *uses* a MovieClip for display. By this rational, it makes more sense to extend via composition - i.e. the country class simply gets a reference to a MovieClip that represents it's visual manifestation. This way, the same class is used for many MovieClips. If it was possible in AS2 and is no longer possible in AS3, I'd hope there is a very good reason why and I'd hope that the reason has something to do with AS becoming a more mature language and doing things in a better way. Am I wrong? A. On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ 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:
Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate and [self] Argument
Thanks for your reply Steve. I modified the original class to do exactly what you suggested with such a third parameter. You also mention, This was added mainly for the purpose of making it easy to remove event listeners without having to keep an external reference to the delegate functions that were created. Do you have an example of how this might be used? How does the reference to the delegate class itself help allow removal of such event listeners? Or wait--- it's a reference to the function passed in as the second parameter... I'll verify that right now. Jeff. On 7/4/06, Steve Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jeff, In the delegate class from Steve Webster, there is this line: var fullArgs:Array = arguments.concat(self.extraArgs, [self]); I was wondering if anyone knows why there is a reference to self passed to the handler function. Or how might this be useful? This extra argument could cause a problem depending upon what your hander function does with parameters, for example if you have a function with a dynamic number of variables. Yeah, my Delegate class doesn't work very well for event handlers that expect a variable number of arguments. This has caused us problems in the past, and we have an internal version of this class that allows you to pass a third argument to Delegate.create that prevents the reference to self being added to the arguments list. Let me know if this might be useful for you and I'll dig it out. The reference to self is passed so that you have a clean and easy way to reference the delegate function in the event handler method. This was added mainly for the purpose of making it easy to remove event listeners without having to keep an external reference to the delegate functions that were created. Of course, you could just use arguments.caller, but that's less obvious. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Webster http://dynamicflash.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] AS3 - Missing
KISS is not inheritance over composition. KISS is the reverse. rule of thumb always compose rather than extend so that it will be simple later on to change things. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. Ever heard of KISS ? On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3 is really mature now, what is excellent! But there´s no reason to didn´t support it. Let´s think from other point of view. Each sprite on the flash screen, is an instance of some class. Flash ide is locking together View+Behavior, so I can´t have two differents Views with the same behavior. With Jcarlos tip, I found two ways to workaround this. But it´s didn´t seens right to me. I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. The other solution would be put all my countrys inside a MovieClip called World, and use a World class to access each country and assign the behavior. I´ll will upload my .fla files so you can understand. On 7/5/06, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure this is really a 'feature' that is missing since the problem really boils down to OOP theory. For example, it could be argued that it is incorrect for the country class to extend MovieClip since a country *is not* a MovieClip but, rather, *uses* a MovieClip for display. By this rational, it makes more sense to extend via composition - i.e. the country class simply gets a reference to a MovieClip that represents it's visual manifestation. This way, the same class is used for many MovieClips. If it was possible in AS2 and is no longer possible in AS3, I'd hope there is a very good reason why and I'd hope that the reason has something to do with AS becoming a more mature language and doing things in a better way. Am I wrong? A. On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Missing
no I meant kiss=keep it simple stupid On 7/5/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KISS is not inheritance over composition. KISS is the reverse. rule of thumb always compose rather than extend so that it will be simple later on to change things. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. Ever heard of KISS ? On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3 is really mature now, what is excellent! But there´s no reason to didn´t support it. Let´s think from other point of view. Each sprite on the flash screen, is an instance of some class. Flash ide is locking together View+Behavior, so I can´t have two differents Views with the same behavior. With Jcarlos tip, I found two ways to workaround this. But it´s didn´t seens right to me. I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. The other solution would be put all my countrys inside a MovieClip called World, and use a World class to access each country and assign the behavior. I´ll will upload my .fla files so you can understand. On 7/5/06, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure this is really a 'feature' that is missing since the problem really boils down to OOP theory. For example, it could be argued that it is incorrect for the country class to extend MovieClip since a country *is not* a MovieClip but, rather, *uses* a MovieClip for display. By this rational, it makes more sense to extend via composition - i.e. the country class simply gets a reference to a MovieClip that represents it's visual manifestation. This way, the same class is used for many MovieClips. If it was possible in AS2 and is no longer possible in AS3, I'd hope there is a very good reason why and I'd hope that the reason has something to do with AS becoming a more mature language and doing things in a better way. Am I wrong? A. On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ 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] AS3 - Missing
i know exactly what the acronym means, i disagree with your idea of what is simple. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no I meant kiss=keep it simple stupid On 7/5/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KISS is not inheritance over composition. KISS is the reverse. rule of thumb always compose rather than extend so that it will be simple later on to change things. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. Ever heard of KISS ? On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3 is really mature now, what is excellent! But there´s no reason to didn´t support it. Let´s think from other point of view. Each sprite on the flash screen, is an instance of some class. Flash ide is locking together View+Behavior, so I can´t have two differents Views with the same behavior. With Jcarlos tip, I found two ways to workaround this. But it´s didn´t seens right to me. I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. The other solution would be put all my countrys inside a MovieClip called World, and use a World class to access each country and assign the behavior. I´ll will upload my .fla files so you can understand. On 7/5/06, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure this is really a 'feature' that is missing since the problem really boils down to OOP theory. For example, it could be argued that it is incorrect for the country class to extend MovieClip since a country *is not* a MovieClip but, rather, *uses* a MovieClip for display. By this rational, it makes more sense to extend via composition - i.e. the country class simply gets a reference to a MovieClip that represents it's visual manifestation. This way, the same class is used for many MovieClips. If it was possible in AS2 and is no longer possible in AS3, I'd hope there is a very good reason why and I'd hope that the reason has something to do with AS becoming a more mature language and doing things in a better way. Am I wrong? A. On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something like this: http://neves.bs2.com.br/flex/preview.jpg When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. I´m shure no one can deny that this feature is essential. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription
Re: [Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
The swf I´m loading is a v7 swf and the host is v8. Could that be causing some this issue? On 7/5/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the article Iv. I guess the way I´m doing is right as I don´t need this kind of control over what characters I would need to embbed. I´ll test when I get home, but I guess this issue is happening becouse I´m not setting the embedFonts property in the right place. On 7/5/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fonts and Flash on the Mac I am going nuts. Troublesome. ___ 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] Re: Programmatically instantiating a class thatextends MovieClip
There's a really light class called Prototype which is free to download at
http://codext.com/code/9. It does the same thing except with full
constructor support. It also has a really simple/clean API:
mc = createEmptyMovieClip(mc, 1);
Prototype.makeInstanceof(mc, MyMovieClipClass);
thats it! I've loved it ... works on extending other elements too, like
TextFields or _root (I use that one constantly).
Tyler
On 7/3/06, Bernard Visscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've tested the following a while ago and it works perfectly.
It uses the acme ClassUtilities class.
MovieFactory:
import com.acme.ClassUtilities;
class nl.debit.util.MovieFactory {
private static var instance : MovieFactory;
public static function getInstance() : MovieFactory
{
if (instance == null)
instance = new MovieFactory();
return instance;
}
private function MovieFactory()
{
ClassUtilities.registerPackage();
}
public static function
createMC(target:MovieClip,id:String,className:Function):MovieClip
{
if (instance == null)
instance = new MovieFactory();
if(!className.symbolLinked)
{
var classPath:String = ClassUtilities.getPath(className);
className.symbolName = __Packages. + classPath;
className.symbolLinked =
Object.registerClass(className.symbolName,className);
}
return
target.attachMovie(className.symbolName,id,target.getNextHighestDepth());
}
}
MyClass:
class MyClass extends MovieClip{
public function MyClass() {
beginFill(0x00);
moveTo(0,0);
lineTo(100,0);
lineTo(100,100);
lineTo(0,100);
lineTo(0,0);
endFill();
}
}
Then use in your code:
var mClip:MovieClip = MovieFactory.createMC(_root,test,MyClass);
Greetz,
Bernard
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens
Costello, Rob R
Verzonden: maandag 3 juli 2006 17:05
Aan: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] Re: Programmatically instantiating a
class thatextends MovieClip
As a variant on the __proto__ method (which I gather is what
the compiler actually uses behind the scenes anyway) I also
bundle the code into a static method
Class A {
...
// dynamicMc (no library symbol) will be added and subclassed
to mcSubClass
dynamicMc:MovieClip = McSubClass.addInstance(baseMC);
}
class McSubClass extends MovieClip{
function McSubClass {
//empty constructor
}
function init(){
//initialize mc - add dynamic graphics etc
}
static function addInstance (base_mc) {
var newMc;
var nd = base_mc.getNextHighestDepth();
newMc= base_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(mcSubClass+nd,nd);
newMc.__proto__ = new McSubClass ();
newMc.init();
return newMc;
}
}
maybe mc.__proto__ == MyClass.prototype (below) is better
than my newMc.__proto__ = new McSubClass ()
my method (i picked up on this list) does have the side
effect that the constructor can't initialize the mc, hence
the separate init call after the __proto__ / constructor; all
wrapped in one method so I don't forget
Rob
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Programmatically instantiating a
class that
extends MovieClip.
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Message-ID:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Hello :)
it's easy, you must use __proto__
AS2 - MyClass extend MovieClip !!!
MyClass extends MovieClip {
// o Constructor
public function MyClass() {
}
}
var mc = createEmptyMovieClip(myInstance, 1) ;
mc.__proto__ == MyClass.prototype ;
MyClass.call(mc) ;
EKA + :)
2006/6/29, Scott Hyndman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
That's exactly what I mean. As a result you can do cool
things like
reparenting -- like moving a button from one window to another. It
handles the MovieClip creation itself.
A code example really isn't too easy, because the framework that
allows this to be possible is quite large. If you were really
interested, you could look at the code. Here's a link:
http://tinyurl.com/jqtwv
It's a gigantic class...so it might be difficult to work through.
The
important method is createMovieClips(), which is called
when a view
(the type of object that encapsulates movieclips) moves to a new
superview.
Scott
On 29/06/06, Jim Kremens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why not subclass object instead? Both ActionStep and
ASwing work
Re: [Flashcoders] Tabbed Browsing support? htmlText, contextMenu, Javascript?
Note: For those from Adobe that read this list ... With IE7's release and it's support for tabbed browsing, if Flash Player provides no support for opening links in tabs it will be increasing apparent that Flash Player is essentially unaware of tabbed browers.) I believe JavaScript is also fully unaware of tabs in any browser, and JavaScript is the browsers own language. I am sorry but tabs are still very browser specific and not exposed yet to any programatic API's available to Flash. The only solution currently is to implement browser-specific plugins that can communicate with the webpage through JavaScript. Good luck convincing internet users that they'll need such a plugin. If I find anything more that might look like a possibility I'll post it to the list, but I think you're out of luck. Tyler ___ 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] Re: Programmatically instantiating a classthatextends MovieClip
Nice!
Didn't know that one :)
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Tyler Wright
Verzonden: woensdag 5 juli 2006 17:47
Aan: Flashcoders mailing list
Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Programmatically
instantiating a classthatextends MovieClip
There's a really light class called Prototype which is free
to download at http://codext.com/code/9. It does the same
thing except with full constructor support. It also has a
really simple/clean API:
mc = createEmptyMovieClip(mc, 1);
Prototype.makeInstanceof(mc, MyMovieClipClass);
thats it! I've loved it ... works on extending other elements
too, like TextFields or _root (I use that one constantly).
Tyler
On 7/3/06, Bernard Visscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've tested the following a while ago and it works perfectly.
It uses the acme ClassUtilities class.
MovieFactory:
import com.acme.ClassUtilities;
class nl.debit.util.MovieFactory {
private static var instance : MovieFactory;
public static function getInstance() : MovieFactory
{
if (instance == null)
instance = new MovieFactory();
return instance;
}
private function MovieFactory()
{
ClassUtilities.registerPackage();
}
public static function
createMC(target:MovieClip,id:String,className:Function):MovieClip
{
if (instance == null)
instance = new MovieFactory();
if(!className.symbolLinked)
{
var classPath:String =
ClassUtilities.getPath(className);
className.symbolName = __Packages. + classPath;
className.symbolLinked =
Object.registerClass(className.symbolName,className);
}
return
target.attachMovie(className.symbolName,id,target.getNextHighe
stDepth());
}
}
MyClass:
class MyClass extends MovieClip{
public function MyClass() {
beginFill(0x00);
moveTo(0,0);
lineTo(100,0);
lineTo(100,100);
lineTo(0,100);
lineTo(0,0);
endFill();
}
}
Then use in your code:
var mClip:MovieClip = MovieFactory.createMC(_root,test,MyClass);
Greetz,
Bernard
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens
Costello,
Rob R
Verzonden: maandag 3 juli 2006 17:05
Aan: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] Re: Programmatically
instantiating a class
thatextends MovieClip
As a variant on the __proto__ method (which I gather is what the
compiler actually uses behind the scenes anyway) I also
bundle the
code into a static method
Class A {
...
// dynamicMc (no library symbol) will be added and subclassed to
mcSubClass
dynamicMc:MovieClip = McSubClass.addInstance(baseMC);
}
class McSubClass extends MovieClip{
function McSubClass {
//empty constructor
}
function init(){
//initialize mc - add dynamic graphics etc
}
static function addInstance (base_mc) {
var newMc;
var nd = base_mc.getNextHighestDepth();
newMc=
base_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(mcSubClass+nd,nd);
newMc.__proto__ = new McSubClass ();
newMc.init();
return newMc;
}
}
maybe mc.__proto__ == MyClass.prototype (below) is better
than my
newMc.__proto__ = new McSubClass ()
my method (i picked up on this list) does have the side
effect that
the constructor can't initialize the mc, hence the separate init
call after the __proto__ / constructor; all wrapped in
one method so
I don't forget
Rob
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Programmatically instantiating a
class that
extends MovieClip.
To: Flashcoders mailing list
flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Message-ID:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Hello :)
it's easy, you must use __proto__
AS2 - MyClass extend MovieClip !!!
MyClass extends MovieClip {
// o Constructor
public function MyClass() {
}
}
var mc = createEmptyMovieClip(myInstance, 1) ;
mc.__proto__ == MyClass.prototype ;
MyClass.call(mc) ;
EKA + :)
2006/6/29, Scott Hyndman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Re: [Flashcoders] euro symbol fight
How about 'escaping' the text before you send to amfphp, and 'unescaping' the text after you recieve it back? escaping = turning all non-standard characters into things like %12%34%56 unescaping = reverse of above process -David R On 7/4/06, Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks Serge yes, it has the symbol. And is not the embed problem... thanks GaB Serge Jespers wrote: Does that font have the euro symbol? I think what you're describing could mean it doesn't have the font symbol... Serge thanks Bernard, but this is not the problem. I have a table in a database, where I write this text this will cost you 50€. when I retrieve this info from AMFPHP I receive the whole text except for € which cames as a square. thanks, GaB ___ 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 -- Gabriel Belvedere www.antares.es http://www.antares.es ___ 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] euro symbol fight
Is a good idea, but I cannot do that because, most of the data I get, I retrieve it from the database directly trough the ORM (pear), so I can't touch the data. the way it comes is: DB-ORM-my_flash_service.php-AMFPHP gateway-myApp.swf any idea? thanks! GaB David Rorex wrote: How about 'escaping' the text before you send to amfphp, and 'unescaping' the text after you recieve it back? escaping = turning all non-standard characters into things like %12%34%56 unescaping = reverse of above process -David R On 7/4/06, Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks Serge yes, it has the symbol. And is not the embed problem... thanks GaB Serge Jespers wrote: Does that font have the euro symbol? I think what you're describing could mean it doesn't have the font symbol... Serge thanks Bernard, but this is not the problem. I have a table in a database, where I write this text this will cost you 50€. when I retrieve this info from AMFPHP I receive the whole text except for € which cames as a square. thanks, GaB ___ 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 -- Gabriel Belvedere www.antares.es http://www.antares.es ___ 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 -- Gabriel Belvedere www.antares.es http://www.antares.es ___ 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[2]: [Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
Hello Marcelo, MdMS The swf I╢m loading is a v7 swf and the host is v8. Could that be causing MdMS some this issue? http://www.sharedfonts.com/eng/faq.html - a bit info about it in the first question. -- Ivan Dembicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.design.ru ___ 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] AS3 - Missing
This article explains in some detail what we're trying to say. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-1998/jw-11-techniques-p2.html In the spirit of KISS, you could skim through most of it (but ensure you get the difference between Inheritance and Composition) then read the stuff at the end of page 2 under Choosing between composition and inheritance. HTH On 7/5/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i know exactly what the acronym means, i disagree with your idea of what is simple. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no I meant kiss=keep it simple stupid On 7/5/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KISS is not inheritance over composition. KISS is the reverse. rule of thumb always compose rather than extend so that it will be simple later on to change things. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. Ever heard of KISS ? On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3 is really mature now, what is excellent! But there´s no reason to didn´t support it. Let´s think from other point of view. Each sprite on the flash screen, is an instance of some class. Flash ide is locking together View+Behavior, so I can´t have two differents Views with the same behavior. With Jcarlos tip, I found two ways to workaround this. But it´s didn´t seens right to me. I draw my Countrys as movieclips without classes. Then create a MovieClip with a Country class and put inside each movieClip (Composition). Inside Country class, I have access to the parent display object using the parent property and do something like an Adapter pattern. The other solution would be put all my countrys inside a MovieClip called World, and use a World class to access each country and assign the behavior. I´ll will upload my .fla files so you can understand. On 7/5/06, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure this is really a 'feature' that is missing since the problem really boils down to OOP theory. For example, it could be argued that it is incorrect for the country class to extend MovieClip since a country *is not* a MovieClip but, rather, *uses* a MovieClip for display. By this rational, it makes more sense to extend via composition - i.e. the country class simply gets a reference to a MovieClip that represents it's visual manifestation. This way, the same class is used for many MovieClips. If it was possible in AS2 and is no longer possible in AS3, I'd hope there is a very good reason why and I'd hope that the reason has something to do with AS becoming a more mature language and doing things in a better way. Am I wrong? A. On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got the point. But this silly task wasn´t needed on flash 8. That´s the point. Should it be on flash 9? I don´t think so. Isn´t this the time to ask Adobe to include this feature? But I need help from others developers to show that this feature is essential. On 7/5/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if it's entirely impossible to assign one class to multiple movieclips, but if that's true than the easiest way to overcome that problem is make a baseclass 'Country' and have Brazil extends Country. You still have the silly task of assigning all your countries to a different class, but at least your code will be easy to manage. good luck -Meinte On 7/4/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the place to talk about AS3? If not, where would be? The concept of any movieClip be a class is very powerfull, given the ability to do new ClassName to create a copy of any clip. But the Auto Generated class and the fact that you can´t have two movieclips with the same class is something that is limiting flash capabilities. Example: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. My suggestion is to do something
Re: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
Hello Iv, thanks again for the reply. This article talks about version 7 loading v. 6. The host SWF is v8, the loaded one is v7, the library SWF is v8. But I think it´s the same situation after all. I will make some more tests later. Thanks, Marcelo. On 7/5/06, Iv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Marcelo, MdMS The swf I╢m loading is a v7 swf and the host is v8. Could that be causing MdMS some this issue? http://www.sharedfonts.com/eng/faq.html - a bit info about it in the first question. -- Ivan Dembicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.design.ru ___ 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: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)
Hmmm.. further reading this faq, I´ve saw the question about the static text fields. I´m actually using some static textfields that use the same shared font, configured via the flash ide. The only difference is that I don´t use SFM, and the faq relates to SFM... Could that be causing these strange behvaiours when I try apply the TextFormat objetcts to the textifields and they just don´t work? I don´t have access to my source files here, I will test when I get home.. Cheers, Marcelo. On 7/5/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Iv, thanks again for the reply. This article talks about version 7 loading v. 6. The host SWF is v8, the loaded one is v7, the library SWF is v8. But I think it´s the same situation after all. I will make some more tests later. Thanks, Marcelo. On 7/5/06, Iv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Marcelo, MdMS The swf I╢m loading is a v7 swf and the host is v8. Could that be causing MdMS some this issue? http://www.sharedfonts.com/eng/faq.html - a bit info about it in the first question. -- Ivan Dembicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.design.ru ___ 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] LocalConnection to multiple swfs
So, you can have multiple swfs listening to a single swf, but you cannot have a single swf listen to multiple swfs. The best analogy I can think of is a radio station. A radio station can transmit its signal to all its listeners. But, the radio station can only receive calls from one listener at a time. ___ 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] LocalConnection to multiple swfs
The dispatcher doesn't need to know it's a unique ID. It just sends a unique ID which is then picked up by the listener. So, let's say you have 5 swfs listening to channel Rock. They all want to hear Rock, but they also need to hear advertising to their local area. So, you would pass a unique ID as an argument and the listeners would then parse it out so you might send Area1 as the unique ID and Area2 as another ID and in your receiver script the swfs would determine if the message was for them or not by checking for the argument. A long time ago, I wrote a LocalConnection class. It might be of use for researching purposes. It's written in AS1 but I think it's a decent starting point for learning more about LC. It supports sending methods and arguments across LC, including the target, as well as a test method ping to make sure the connection is alive, and if it isn't it will reconnect. http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2003-May/076262.html BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 ___ 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] Tabbed Browsing support? htmlText, contextMenu, Javascript?
This thread might be of use to you: http://my.opera.com/userjs/forums/topic.dml?id=125641 Did a google search: http://www.google.com/search?q=open+link+in+new+tab+javascript BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Hamer Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 1:36 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Tabbed Browsing support? htmlText, contextMenu,Javascript? Has anyone here implemented tabbed browser support in Flash? i.e. links in Flash content that can be opened in a new tab? I see three possible options: 1) getURL; 2) TextField with html=true and htmlText= containing html anchors; and 3) Javascript. The problems are ... 1) With getURL(), how would you specify new tab? 2) With anchors in htmlText, Flash Player provides the context menu. The Flash Player browser plug-ins include in the context menu the option Open in new window. The freestanding Flash Player omits this option. (fyi ... a swf with an anchor in htmlText can be found here: www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/loadvars_bc/ ) 3) With Javascript, as a Flash/ActionScript developer I don't know how to code this solution. (fyi ... I did some google searchs on this with no luck.) If anyone can point me to a Javascript code solution, it would be much appreciated. Note: For those from Adobe that read this list ... With IE7's release and it's support for tabbed browsing, if Flash Player provides no support for opening links in tabs it will be increasing apparent that Flash Player is essentially unaware of tabbed browers.) ___ 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] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Hi Marijan,
thanks for sharing your views on this.
greetz
Hans
On 7/5/06, Marijan Miličević [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Hans,
as I see it, I am not interested into dashed stuff of a shape,
only thing I am interested in is what can I do with it...
so, I could paint my shape with a brush or draw a line,
up to me to decide and shouldn't be exposed by my interface..
for example:
interface Shape
{
void hide();
void show();
void draw();
void delete();
}
public class Square implements Shape, Jumpable
{
//implementation..
public void draw()
{
final Pen pen = new Pen(LineType.DASHED);
pen.drawLine(100,150);
//etc
}
//..more implementation...
// Jumpable implementation
public void jump()
{
// jumping code in here..
}
}
public class MyCoolShape implements Shape
{
//implementation..
public void draw()
{
final Brush brush = new Brush(new Color(0x003300));
brush.paint(10,10,30,-30);
//etc
}
//..more implementation...
}
public final class LineType
{
public static final int DASHED = 0;
public static final int MYTYPE = 1;
private LineType(){}// do not instantiate
}
but again, as I said, nobody forbids you to use it the way you do,
and it's pointless to have huge discussion about it...
see it as personal preference...
kind regards,
-m
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:14 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Hi Marijan,
it might depend on what your constants are. For example imagine you had
an
interface Shape, with a method setLineType. You could have setLineType
(type:String) (eg dashed), or setLineType (type:Number) (eg 0, 2 ,5).
With
public constants you could have the Shape interface declare vars as
public
static var DASHED:Number = 0; and you could call setLineType (
Shape.DASHED
);.
Out of the 3 alternatives i would prefer the last, and I do not think
this
exposes inner details a lot.
As said I can imagine that when you declare an interface like:
interface MyGeneralInterface {
public static var mySpecificVar:MyVerySpecificClass;
}
that it is plain wrong, but otherwise in the linetype example? I don't
know,
I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
greetz
Hans
On 7/3/06, Marijan Milicevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Hans,
while I cannot say it's bad, it's difficult t say there's nothin nad
about
it.
to quote an javaworld article:
It turns out that using an interface to declare constants may not be
the
best practice after all. In fact, using interfaces in this way may be
downright nasty. Why? Interfaces should only be used to define types;
any
other use is an abuse. Using an interface causes internal details --
such
as
constants -- to leak into the class' public API. Once something becomes
part
of the public API, you can never get rid of it.
so, in above case it could be wrong..
-m
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Hans
Wichman
Sent: Mon 7/3/2006 7:04 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
Although there is -nothing- bad about using interfaces as a container
of
constants.
On 7/3/06, Marijan Milicevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Sascha,
But it's still beyond me why property support wasn't added. It
can be such a complex thing but would make OO life a good
amount easier.
You are refering to Java but defined fields in java are implicitly
static finals and need to be initilized within interface,
so, you are not missing that much in AS3 anyway.
Also, bad habit of java programmers is to use interfaces as container
of
constants,
which, saves them some typing (although with static imports in
1.5version
it doesn't make any difference).
-m
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Re: [Flashcoders] Tabbed Browsing support? htmlText, contextMenu, Javascript?
IE7 will open any link with target=_blank in a new tab instead of a new window depending on the user's prefs (the defaults are new tabs though). I personally think IE 7 and Opera 8 get it done right, and that it should be a browser setting that determines how best to handle popups (links with target=_blank), and that they should treat all such links consistently (meaning either open them in tabs or make new windows). Either way, it's a browser problem, not a Flash problem, IMHO. More info (for all browsers, not just Firefox): http://wiki.mozilla.org/Link_Targeting Kevin N. Greg Hamer wrote: Has anyone here implemented tabbed browser support in Flash? i.e. links in Flash content that can be opened in a new tab? I see three possible options: 1) getURL; 2) TextField with html=true and htmlText= containing html anchors; and 3) Javascript. The problems are ... 1) With getURL(), how would you specify new tab? 2) With anchors in htmlText, Flash Player provides the context menu. The Flash Player browser plug-ins include in the context menu the option Open in new window. The freestanding Flash Player omits this option. (fyi ... a swf with an anchor in htmlText can be found here: www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/loadvars_bc/ ) 3) With Javascript, as a Flash/ActionScript developer I don't know how to code this solution. (fyi ... I did some google searchs on this with no luck.) If anyone can point me to a Javascript code solution, it would be much appreciated. Note: For those from Adobe that read this list ... With IE7's release and it's support for tabbed browsing, if Flash Player provides no support for opening links in tabs it will be increasing apparent that Flash Player is essentially unaware of tabbed browers.) ___ 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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files
Hi all, I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the Flex 2 SDK from Adobe Labs. I don't want to use Flex Builder, I'm interested in the free compiler. I want to keep living without the Flex Framework but seems that the mxmlc compiler *needs* an mxml file (which, by the way, make sense): The basic syntax of the mxmlc utility is as follows: mxmlc [options] -file-specs target_file|dir [...] The file-specs options is the default option, and it is required to have a value. It refers to the target MXML file that mxmlc compiles into a SWF file. How do I create a SWF just from AS3 code without MXML files, aka Flex framework? Is this possible? Am I missing something important here? Cheers, Juan -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files
Hello, I think it's infinitely more complicated but you could look at the generated actionscript files that get generated after compiling the mxml code. Use the -keep as an argument to mxmlc. For simpler examples, in the Actionscript 3.0 Language Reference document (or the LiveDocs) there are examples that use extends the Sprite class. I find those more helpful then seeing the generated code. :) I hope that helps! Beverly On 7/5/06, Zárate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the Flex 2 SDK from Adobe Labs. I don't want to use Flex Builder, I'm interested in the free compiler. I want to keep living without the Flex Framework but seems that the mxmlc compiler *needs* an mxml file (which, by the way, make sense): The basic syntax of the mxmlc utility is as follows: mxmlc [options] -file-specs target_file|dir [...] The file-specs options is the default option, and it is required to have a value. It refers to the target MXML file that mxmlc compiles into a SWF file. How do I create a SWF just from AS3 code without MXML files, aka Flex framework? Is this possible? Am I missing something important here? Cheers, Juan -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files
http://knowledge.lapasa.net/?p=22 (my review of Senocular's take on the mxmlc compiler) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Beverly Guillermo Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files Hello, I think it's infinitely more complicated but you could look at the generated actionscript files that get generated after compiling the mxml code. Use the -keep as an argument to mxmlc. For simpler examples, in the Actionscript 3.0 Language Reference document (or the LiveDocs) there are examples that use extends the Sprite class. I find those more helpful then seeing the generated code. :) I hope that helps! Beverly On 7/5/06, Zárate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the Flex 2 SDK from Adobe Labs. I don't want to use Flex Builder, I'm interested in the free compiler. I want to keep living without the Flex Framework but seems that the mxmlc compiler *needs* an mxml file (which, by the way, make sense): The basic syntax of the mxmlc utility is as follows: mxmlc [options] -file-specs target_file|dir [...] The file-specs options is the default option, and it is required to have a value. It refers to the target MXML file that mxmlc compiles into a SWF file. How do I create a SWF just from AS3 code without MXML files, aka Flex framework? Is this possible? Am I missing something important here? Cheers, Juan -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files
Thanks Mark, I had just found senocular´s page. I´ll take a look to both now and comeback with boring questions in a while :D Thanks! On 7/5/06, Mark Lapasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://knowledge.lapasa.net/?p=22 (my review of Senocular's take on the mxmlc compiler) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Beverly Guillermo Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files Hello, I think it's infinitely more complicated but you could look at the generated actionscript files that get generated after compiling the mxml code. Use the -keep as an argument to mxmlc. For simpler examples, in the Actionscript 3.0 Language Reference document (or the LiveDocs) there are examples that use extends the Sprite class. I find those more helpful then seeing the generated code. :) I hope that helps! Beverly On 7/5/06, Zárate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the Flex 2 SDK from Adobe Labs. I don't want to use Flex Builder, I'm interested in the free compiler. I want to keep living without the Flex Framework but seems that the mxmlc compiler *needs* an mxml file (which, by the way, make sense): The basic syntax of the mxmlc utility is as follows: mxmlc [options] -file-specs target_file|dir [...] The file-specs options is the default option, and it is required to have a value. It refers to the target MXML file that mxmlc compiles into a SWF file. How do I create a SWF just from AS3 code without MXML files, aka Flex framework? Is this possible? Am I missing something important here? Cheers, Juan -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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 -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files
There is not support for using the Flex Framework in an AS only project. While it is theoretically possible, you would have to manually bootstrap a lot of the application initialization code that Flex handles (something which would be rather complex). If you want to play with the framework, but don't want to layout your app with mxml, then the easier way is to create a simple mxml file that contains an application tag, and a script tag that then points to your code. This way, the application tag will take care of all of the initialization, and you can then leverage the framework via ActionScript. If you just want to use ActionScript and no framework, then mxmlc will also compile an .as file. Hope that helps... mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Zárate wrote: Hi all, I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the Flex 2 SDK from Adobe Labs. I don't want to use Flex Builder, I'm interested in the free compiler. I want to keep living without the Flex Framework but seems that the mxmlc compiler *needs* an mxml file (which, by the way, make sense): The basic syntax of the mxmlc utility is as follows: mxmlc [options] -file-specs target_file|dir [...] The file-specs options is the default option, and it is required to have a value. It refers to the target MXML file that mxmlc compiles into a SWF file. How do I create a SWF just from AS3 code without MXML files, aka Flex framework? Is this possible? Am I missing something important here? Cheers, Juan -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat
N0 actually it doesn't affect the entire string, if you use the optional params. setTextFormat takes optional index parameters for the index to start the format and end the format. You can go mytf.setTextFormat(startIndex,endIndex,textFormat) I use that all the time to format something bold, smaller, etc and haven't found a need to use setNewTextFormat. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:34 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat That would affect all the text currently in the field. Ian On 7/5/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But couldn´t I just set a new TextFormat using the setTextFormat() method? On 7/5/06, Andreas Rønning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because it allows you to use several different text formats along one text string. Especially useful for a chat program, where you'd like the user's name to be in a different text style than his chat output. - A ___ 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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files
Hi again, Thanks Mike for the info but could you explain it a little bit more or point us to some place describing the process? I´m fairly sure I won´t be the only one trying to create swfs without the Flex Framework. I haven´t done the test yet (I will, sure) but, which is the less size possible of a Flex application? I still have to take care about weight size in some projects. I know the Flex Framework is a boost for some applications (and free!) but maybe it´s still too heavy for ultra-light projects. Thanks, On 7/5/06, Mike Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is not support for using the Flex Framework in an AS only project. While it is theoretically possible, you would have to manually bootstrap a lot of the application initialization code that Flex handles (something which would be rather complex). If you want to play with the framework, but don't want to layout your app with mxml, then the easier way is to create a simple mxml file that contains an application tag, and a script tag that then points to your code. This way, the application tag will take care of all of the initialization, and you can then leverage the framework via ActionScript. If you just want to use ActionScript and no framework, then mxmlc will also compile an .as file. Hope that helps... mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Zárate wrote: Hi all, I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the Flex 2 SDK from Adobe Labs. I don't want to use Flex Builder, I'm interested in the free compiler. I want to keep living without the Flex Framework but seems that the mxmlc compiler *needs* an mxml file (which, by the way, make sense): The basic syntax of the mxmlc utility is as follows: mxmlc [options] -file-specs target_file|dir [...] The file-specs options is the default option, and it is required to have a value. It refers to the target MXML file that mxmlc compiles into a SWF file. How do I create a SWF just from AS3 code without MXML files, aka Flex framework? Is this possible? Am I missing something important here? Cheers, Juan -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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 -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ 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] LocalConnection to multiple swfs
So, you can have multiple swfs listening to a single swf, but you cannot have a single swf listen to multiple swfs. I'm not sure if I understood your thought here Steven, but with Xray, can do this right now with logging. Xray is listening for several SWF's to send logging data. You just can't have multiple SWF's using a local connection name, that's all. But you certainly can have on SWF using a particular connection name that receives messages from multiple SWF's. hth, JG ___ 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] LocalConnection to multiple swfs
Sorry, I meant on a single LocalConnection. BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 2:34 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection to multiple swfs So, you can have multiple swfs listening to a single swf, but you cannot have a single swf listen to multiple swfs. I'm not sure if I understood your thought here Steven, but with Xray, can do this right now with logging. Xray is listening for several SWF's to send logging data. You just can't have multiple SWF's using a local connection name, that's all. But you certainly can have on SWF using a particular connection name that receives messages from multiple SWF's. hth, JG ___ 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] LocalConnection to multiple swfs
Wait, you and I are saying the same thing. I can broadcast on as many channels as I want but I can't have a LocalConnection listen to more than the channel you pass it in the connect method. LC = new LocalConnection(): LC.connect(channelA); If you call LC.connect(channelB); It disconnects from channelA. ___ 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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files
If you want to create a SWF that doesnt use the Flex Framework:
--HelloWorld.as--
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class HelloWorld extends Sprite;
{
public funciton HelloWorld()
{
trace(Hello World);
}
}
}
Then compile like so:
mxmlc HelloWorld.as
That will compile a SWF.
If you want to use the Flex Framework, then you :
a. have to use the technique I describe below
b. have to take the size hit that using the framework entails
Hope that helps...
mike chambers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Jul 5, 2006, at 2:30 PM, Zárate wrote:
Hi again,
Thanks Mike for the info but could you explain it a little bit more or
point us to some place describing the process? I´m fairly sure I won´t
be the only one trying to create swfs without the Flex Framework.
I haven´t done the test yet (I will, sure) but, which is the less size
possible of a Flex application? I still have to take care about weight
size in some projects.
I know the Flex Framework is a boost for some applications (and free!)
but maybe it´s still too heavy for ultra-light projects.
Thanks,
On 7/5/06, Mike Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is not support for using the Flex Framework in an AS only
project. While it is theoretically possible, you would have to
manually bootstrap a lot of the application initialization code that
Flex handles (something which would be rather complex).
If you want to play with the framework, but don't want to layout
your
app with mxml, then the easier way is to create a simple mxml file
that contains an application tag, and a script tag that then points
to your code.
This way, the application tag will take care of all of the
initialization, and you can then leverage the framework via
ActionScript.
If you just want to use ActionScript and no framework, then mxmlc
will also compile an .as file.
Hope that helps...
mike chambers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Zárate wrote:
Hi all,
I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the Flex 2 SDK
from Adobe Labs. I don't want to use Flex Builder, I'm
interested in
the free compiler.
I want to keep living without the Flex Framework but seems that
the
mxmlc compiler *needs* an mxml file (which, by the way, make
sense):
The basic syntax of the mxmlc utility is as follows:
mxmlc [options] -file-specs target_file|dir [...]
The file-specs options is the default option, and it is
required to
have a value. It refers to the target MXML file that mxmlc
compiles
into a SWF file.
How do I create a SWF just from AS3 code without MXML files,
aka Flex
framework? Is this possible? Am I missing something important
here?
Cheers,
Juan
--
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[Flashcoders] Loading Flash 6 .swf files into a Flash 7 .swf
I have a Flash application which loads in external .swf files for drawing
charts. My main .swf is compiled for the Flash 7 player, while the loaded .swf
files are compiled for the Flash 6 player. The Flash 6 .swf is not able to
access variables or functions which are defined in the _global context of the
Flash 7 .swf file. But if I have two Flash 7 movies, or two Flash 6 movies,
things work fine.
Is there some known interaction I should know about? Specifically, shouldn't
two .swf files compiled for different versions player still share the same
_global scope?
As an example, I've created flash6.fla and flash7.fla. They have the following
action script:
---flash7.fla---
_global.callbackFunction = function() { trace(Got Callback); }
loader_mc = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(loader_mc, 3);
loader_mc.loadMovie(flash6.swf);
---flash6.fla---
trace(Loaded Flash6.swf);
trace(_global.callbackFunction: + _global.callbackFunction);
---
The trace function shows me that _global.callbackFunction is defined if
flash6.fla is published for Flash 7 players. But if I republish, targeting the
Flash 6 player, the function is longer defined. It is like they have totally
separate _global scopes. If I switch from _global to _root, however, things
work fine. So, I can work around the issue. But it strikes me as real odd that
the two .swf files don't share the same _global variable space.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Loading Flash 6 .swf files into a Flash 7 .swf
Flash Player creates two different _global objects for swfs of different
versions.
On 7/5/06, Todd Hivnor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Flash application which loads in external .swf files for drawing
charts. My main .swf is compiled for the Flash 7 player, while the loaded
.swf files are compiled for the Flash 6 player. The Flash 6 .swf is not able
to access variables or functions which are defined in the _global context of
the Flash 7 .swf file. But if I have two Flash 7 movies, or two Flash 6
movies, things work fine.
Is there some known interaction I should know about? Specifically,
shouldn't two .swf files compiled for different versions player still share
the same _global scope?
As an example, I've created flash6.fla and flash7.fla. They have the
following action script:
---flash7.fla---
_global.callbackFunction = function() { trace(Got Callback); }
loader_mc = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(loader_mc, 3);
loader_mc.loadMovie(flash6.swf);
---flash6.fla---
trace(Loaded Flash6.swf);
trace(_global.callbackFunction: + _global.callbackFunction);
---
The trace function shows me that _global.callbackFunction is defined if
flash6.fla is published for Flash 7 players. But if I republish, targeting
the Flash 6 player, the function is longer defined. It is like they have
totally separate _global scopes. If I switch from _global to _root, however,
things work fine. So, I can work around the issue. But it strikes me as real
odd that the two .swf files don't share the same _global variable space.
Clues?
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[Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm
I'm working on a puzzle game in flash, much similar to jigsaw puzzles you see in gameHouse or such casual game publisher. I'm having a hard time trying to cut an image to make it as puzzle pieces in AS2. Currently I'm doing it the hard way, cloning bitmapData image, and masking portions of the image. Can you cut parts on an image using bitmapData methods? And does anyone know how to create the infamous jigsaw pattern to it as well? Many thanks, Guntur N. Sarwohadi ___ 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] AS2 and watch ...
How often do you use 'watch' in your applications?. It seems pretty powerful to me, and I've only just discovered it. Any thoughts on this. Cheers, Stephen.___ 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] AS2 and watch ...
never...if i need to handle something when a property is updated then i usually broadcast an event. -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephen Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 5, 2006 6:27 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] AS2 and watch ... To: flashcoders flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com How often do you use 'watch' in your applications?. It seems pretty powerful to me, and I've only just discovered it. Any thoughts on this. Cheers, Stephen.___ 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] AS3 - Missing
On 7/5/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a A world map where each country is a movieclip. And every one will have the same behavior. Before flash 9, what I did is assign a class called Country to each movie clip. This way, I can easy update the behavior of all at the same time. Did you do this in AS2 or via the library linkage properties? With Flash 9, I can´t assign a class with the same name and can´t specify a base class to the Auto Generated extends. I haven't used Flash 9 alpha so I don't know Auto Generated is. If you specified the class name via library linkage properties and Flash 9 doesn't allow it, it sounds like a bug. When ask for AutoGenerate, a check box would enable an different base class, and I would write on the textbox. So a movieClip called Brazil, would have a autoGenerated class called Brazil that extends the class Country, witch would be my base class. Does the Brazil class redefine any methods of Country? 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
Re: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm
The optimal way is probably to use copyPixels() for each puzzle piece, setting the alphaBitmapData argument to an image that contains just the puzzle piece shape. That will effectively mask out the shape of the piece, but will perform a lot better than using a vector mask, as it will have modified the image, rather than apply the mask each time the screen area gets redrawn. Jigsaw puzzle pieces are likely quite small as vector graphics, so you might want to keep them as vector assets and then create the alphaBitmapData objects at runtime, as you need them. If you really want to generate the shape pieces dynamically, you could divide the image into rectangles (or randomly varying quadrilaterals, to keep it interesting), then have a selection of nobbly bits you could randomly choose to add or remove from each side of the pieces. Having someone draw these by hand seems like less hassle though - unless you need to create a lot of puzzles... Peter On 7/6/06, Guntur N. Sarwohadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a puzzle game in flash, much similar to jigsaw puzzles you see in gameHouse or such casual game publisher. I'm having a hard time trying to cut an image to make it as puzzle pieces in AS2. Currently I'm doing it the hard way, cloning bitmapData image, and masking portions of the image. Can you cut parts on an image using bitmapData methods? And does anyone know how to create the infamous jigsaw pattern to it as well? Many thanks, Guntur N. Sarwohadi ___ 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] Loading Flash 6 .swf files into a Flash 7 .swf
_global scope is different, as well as any prototypes you've created.
However, it's not a security issue, simply a difference in how things were
implemented. So, you can get around it by simply making a reference in the
main SWF and re-referencing _global in the child SWF.
For example (in the main SWF):
_level0.global = _global;
Then in the child SWF:
_global = _level0.global;
Now the child _global references the main _global.
If you want a reference to the old child _global, you can specify (from
within the child SWF):
_level0._global;
Even though _level0 really is the main SWF, _level0._global when
referenced from the child SWF references the child SWFs original _global.
Strange but true.
Derek Vadneau
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hivnor
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 6:41 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Loading Flash 6 .swf files into a Flash 7 .swf
I have a Flash application which loads in external .swf files for drawing
charts. My main .swf is compiled for the Flash 7 player, while the loaded
swf files are compiled for the Flash 6 player. The Flash 6 .swf is not
able to access variables or functions which are defined in the _global
context of the Flash 7 .swf file. But if I have two Flash 7 movies, or two
Flash 6 movies, things work fine.
Is there some known interaction I should know about? Specifically,
shouldn't two .swf files compiled for different versions player still
share the same _global scope?
As an example, I've created flash6.fla and flash7.fla. They have the
following action script:
---flash7.fla---
_global.callbackFunction = function() { trace(Got Callback); }
loader_mc = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(loader_mc, 3);
loader_mc.loadMovie(flash6.swf);
---flash6.fla---
trace(Loaded Flash6.swf);
trace(_global.callbackFunction: + _global.callbackFunction);
---
The trace function shows me that _global.callbackFunction is defined if
flash6.fla is published for Flash 7 players. But if I republish, targeting
the Flash 6 player, the function is longer defined. It is like they have
totally separate _global scopes. If I switch from _global to _root,
however, things work fine. So, I can work around the issue. But it strikes
me as real odd that the two .swf files don't share the same _global
variable space.
Clues?
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[Flashcoders] Custom Component --- Maintaining Proper Scale
Hello Alll I am making a custom listbox component and have run into a slight problem. When I attempt to resize the listbox on the stage, it does not scale properly becoming distorted (as opposed to the standard MM V2 ListBox which maintains its scale when resized). I know I saw how to resolve this problem, but can't remember where. Can anyone help me out. Thanks for any and all replies. ___ 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] Which remoting server?
I have a very simple need, and I'm trying to find the simplest way to satisfy it. I have essentially a single remote shared object on a comm server that is getting entirely too much traffic and I want to offload it to some other kind of server (that doesn't have connection limits). It is basically a client state object that keeps a very small amount of data about each client that is connected to the app (mainly their connection object and an id) so that data can be pushed to them. But it's expensive doing this on Comm Server. I basically just want to offload that one piece to some remoting server that is fast and has no connection limits. It needs to run on Windows, it would be nice if it could connect to my database servers, and it needs to be lightweight and fast. I don't mind paying for it (the FDS2 price tag isn't a problem), as long as it has good support. The servers I'm looking at now are FDS2 and Oregano. I get resistance to the OSS direction, but can work around it if the product is solid. My main concern about FDS is that it's way overkill for what I need to do. What server should I be looking at for this? ryanm ___ 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
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Curious - can't figure out where there's a second example of the classes
floating around -- any suggestions?
**Error** C:\Documents and Settings\grimmwerks\Local Settings\Application
Data\Macromedia\Flash
8\en\Configuration\Classes\com\grimmwerks\bakery\NumericStepperCell.as: Line
13: The name of this class, 'com.grimmwerks.bakery.NumericStepperCell',
conflicts with the name of another class that was loaded, '
com.grimmwerks.bakery.NumericStepperCell'.
class com.grimmwerks.bakery.NumericStepperCell extends UIComponent {
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RE: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm
This was done a while back, but having it uniform doesn't work too well: http://www.halestorm.co.uk/jigsaw/ The innie-outie bit's are done randomly and it looks ok, but I was hoping to find something that would cut it more like a regular jigsaw. Let us know if you find anything. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Hall Sent: 06 July 2006 04:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm The optimal way is probably to use copyPixels() for each puzzle piece, setting the alphaBitmapData argument to an image that contains just the puzzle piece shape. That will effectively mask out the shape of the piece, but will perform a lot better than using a vector mask, as it will have modified the image, rather than apply the mask each time the screen area gets redrawn. Jigsaw puzzle pieces are likely quite small as vector graphics, so you might want to keep them as vector assets and then create the alphaBitmapData objects at runtime, as you need them. If you really want to generate the shape pieces dynamically, you could divide the image into rectangles (or randomly varying quadrilaterals, to keep it interesting), then have a selection of nobbly bits you could randomly choose to add or remove from each side of the pieces. Having someone draw these by hand seems like less hassle though - unless you need to create a lot of puzzles... Peter On 7/6/06, Guntur N. Sarwohadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a puzzle game in flash, much similar to jigsaw puzzles you see in gameHouse or such casual game publisher. I'm having a hard time trying to cut an image to make it as puzzle pieces in AS2. Currently I'm doing it the hard way, cloning bitmapData image, and masking portions of the image. Can you cut parts on an image using bitmapData methods? And does anyone know how to create the infamous jigsaw pattern to it as well? Many thanks, Guntur N. Sarwohadi ___ 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
