Re: [Flashcoders] Help...cant unload the xml menu...!!
can anyone help me?
On 7/31/06, Jose Maria Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i singed too soon...when i test locally everything works great...but when
i try it in internet..it doesnt..he doestn load the xml file
why...?
The code is the same...but i did alter the url..like you said..:
//EDIT XML PATH
menuInfoXML = ./xml/menu.xml;
// DO NOT EDIT BELOW..
System.useCodepage = true;
import mx.xpath.XPathAPI;
var infoHolder:XML = new XML();
infoHolder.load(menuInfoXML);
infoHolder.ignoreWhite = true;
var titlePath:String = /root;
//main menu array.
var mainMenus:Array;
//sub menu array.
var subMenus:Array;
infoHolder.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
mainMenus = mx.xpath.XPathAPI.selectNodeList(infoHolder.firstChild,
titlePath+/menu);
createTreeMenu();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.getPos = function(target:Number) {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._y -= (this._y-target)/6;
if (Math.abs(this._y-target)0.3) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
_root.newsMC.showNews.appear();
}
};
};
function createTreeMenu():Void {
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
newBut = _root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.attachMovie(but,
but+i, 999+i);
newBut.arrow._alpha = 0;
newBut.shine._alpha = 0;
newBut._x = 18;
newBut._y = 93+(newBut._height+5)*i;
newBut.txt.text = mainMenus[i].attributes.txt;
newBut.link2 = mainMenus[i].attributes.url;
newBut.submenuCnt = mainMenus[i].childNodes.length;
newBut.y = newBut._y;
newBut.onRollOver = function() {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.tween(this, 16, 18);
this.arrow.appear();
this.shine.appear();
var textCol = new Color(this.txt);
textCol.setRGB(0xff);
};
newBut.onRollOut = function() {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.tween(this, 18, 16);
this.arrow.disappear();
this.shine.disappear();
var textCol = new Color(this.txt);
textCol.setRGB(0x6F6A63);
};
newBut.onRelease = function() {
if (this.submenuCnt0) {
var butNum:Number = new Number(this._name.substr(3, 1));
this.createSubMenu(butNum);
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
if (ibutNum+1) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y);
} else {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y+this.submenuCnt*22);
}
}
}
else {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.clearSubMenus();
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y);
}
//getURL(this.link);
}
};
}
}
MovieClip.prototype.createSubMenu = function(buttonNumber:Number):Void {
clearSubMenus();
subMenus = mx.xpath.XPathAPI.selectNodeList(mainMenus[buttonNumber],
/menu/submenu);
var butNum:Number = new Number(this._name.substr(3, 1));
for (i=0; isubMenus.length; i++) {
subBut = _root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.attachMovie(submenu,
subMenu+i, Math.random()*99);
subBut._alpha = 0;
subBut._x -= i;
subAppear(subBut, (i+3), 30);
subBut._y = this.y+this._height+(subBut._height+5)*i;
subBut.txt.text = subMenus[i].attributes.txt;
subBut.link2 = subMenus[i].attributes.url;
subBut.but.onRollOver = function(){
var textSubCol = new Color(this._parent.txt);
textSubCol.setRGB(0xff);
}
subBut.but.onRollOut = function(){
var textSubCol = new Color(this._parent.txt);
textSubCol.setRGB(0x6F6A63);
}
subBut.but.onRelease = function() {
loadMovie(this._parent.link2, _root.conteudos_mc.vazio4_mc);
trace(this._parent.link2);
};
}
};
function clearSubMenus() {
for (k=0; ksubMenus.length; k++) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[subMenu+k].removeMovieClip();
}
}
function clearAllMenus() {
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].removeMovieClip();
}
}
Thanks...once again..xml drives me nuts..
On 7/31/06, Jose Maria Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh manthank you so much..i was getting so frustrated...well..i am
...but at least..the problem is solved..
On 7/31/06, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are attaching everything to the _root, so you need to clean up the
clips
one by one, unless you decide to better nest your menu submenu items
in
one movieclip. You could then remove it much easier, etc.
On 7/31/06, Jose Maria Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, i have a xml
Re: [Flashcoders] Help...cant unload the xml menu...!!
might be a problem with the URL.
1. Make sure that the ../xml folder is in the WWW folder of ur server, not
above it.
or
2. Try doing this:
var urlString:String = _root._url;
urlString = urlString.substr(0,urlString.lastIndexOf(/));
urlString = urlString.substr(0,urlString.lastIndexOf(/) + 1);
urlString = urlString.concat(xml/menu.xml)
menuInfoXML = urlString;
If it works, you may want to refactor all the statements above and make the
code optimal.
~Arul Prasad.
I've just elaborated in soo many statements, just in case you dont
understand.
On 8/1/06, Jose Maria Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
can anyone help me?
On 7/31/06, Jose Maria Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i singed too soon...when i test locally everything works great...but
when
i try it in internet..it doesnt..he doestn load the xml file
why...?
The code is the same...but i did alter the url..like you said..:
//EDIT XML PATH
menuInfoXML = ./xml/menu.xml;
// DO NOT EDIT BELOW..
System.useCodepage = true;
import mx.xpath.XPathAPI;
var infoHolder:XML = new XML();
infoHolder.load(menuInfoXML);
infoHolder.ignoreWhite = true;
var titlePath:String = /root;
//main menu array.
var mainMenus:Array;
//sub menu array.
var subMenus:Array;
infoHolder.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
mainMenus = mx.xpath.XPathAPI.selectNodeList(
infoHolder.firstChild,
titlePath+/menu);
createTreeMenu();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.getPos = function(target:Number) {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._y -= (this._y-target)/6;
if (Math.abs(this._y-target)0.3) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
_root.newsMC.showNews.appear();
}
};
};
function createTreeMenu():Void {
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
newBut = _root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.attachMovie(but,
but+i, 999+i);
newBut.arrow._alpha = 0;
newBut.shine._alpha = 0;
newBut._x = 18;
newBut._y = 93+(newBut._height+5)*i;
newBut.txt.text = mainMenus[i].attributes.txt;
newBut.link2 = mainMenus[i].attributes.url;
newBut.submenuCnt = mainMenus[i].childNodes.length;
newBut.y = newBut._y;
newBut.onRollOver = function() {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.tween(this, 16, 18);
this.arrow.appear();
this.shine.appear();
var textCol = new Color(this.txt);
textCol.setRGB(0xff);
};
newBut.onRollOut = function() {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.tween(this, 18, 16);
this.arrow.disappear();
this.shine.disappear();
var textCol = new Color(this.txt);
textCol.setRGB(0x6F6A63);
};
newBut.onRelease = function() {
if (this.submenuCnt0) {
var butNum:Number = new Number(this._name.substr(3, 1));
this.createSubMenu(butNum);
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
if (ibutNum+1) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y);
} else {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y+this.submenuCnt*22);
}
}
}
else {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.clearSubMenus();
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y);
}
//getURL(this.link);
}
};
}
}
MovieClip.prototype.createSubMenu =
function(buttonNumber:Number):Void {
clearSubMenus();
subMenus = mx.xpath.XPathAPI.selectNodeList(mainMenus[buttonNumber],
/menu/submenu);
var butNum:Number = new Number(this._name.substr(3, 1));
for (i=0; isubMenus.length; i++) {
subBut = _root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.attachMovie(submenu,
subMenu+i, Math.random()*99);
subBut._alpha = 0;
subBut._x -= i;
subAppear(subBut, (i+3), 30);
subBut._y = this.y+this._height+(subBut._height+5)*i;
subBut.txt.text = subMenus[i].attributes.txt;
subBut.link2 = subMenus[i].attributes.url;
subBut.but.onRollOver = function(){
var textSubCol = new Color(this._parent.txt);
textSubCol.setRGB(0xff);
}
subBut.but.onRollOut = function(){
var textSubCol = new Color(this._parent.txt);
textSubCol.setRGB(0x6F6A63);
}
subBut.but.onRelease = function() {
loadMovie(this._parent.link2,
_root.conteudos_mc.vazio4_mc);
trace(this._parent.link2);
};
}
};
function clearSubMenus() {
for (k=0; ksubMenus.length; k++) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[subMenu+k].removeMovieClip();
}
}
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If you are findin' something that usen't Yahoo or Google maps API, and are
interesting to display your own map (with zoom and other features), get a
look at this (italian language):
- go to http://www.longobardidelsud.it
- click on 'Entra' (below in the window)
- in the new window, click again 'Entra'
- then select 'gliItinerari' (green pulse, on right down corner)
- then select the 3rd item ('La memoria toponomastica')
On the top grey bar, you will see three buttons; select one, and a path
appear on the maps. Along the path, you can see some highspot points (any
one is an hystorical relevant place). If you click one (from list on side),
the map zoom centering the clicked point. In the low bar, you can find the
other navigation tools (+ and -, to zoom, the four arrows to move, 1:1 to
reset the zoom factor).
* Enrico Tomaselli
* web designer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.metatad.it
* Skype: MetaArt
RSS: http://www.metatad.it/mnfeeder.php
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[Flashcoders] strong typing, attachMovie
Hello,
i got little hasel, when attaching movie from library linked to some class,
into movieclip attached line above, the typing shows error:
var myWorld:world = this.attachMovie(worldID, worldMC, 100);
var myPlayer:player = myWorld.attachMovie(playerID, playerMC,
10,{_y:220});
not possible with myPlayer:player , why
thanks in advance
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Re: [Flashcoders] strong typing, attachMovie
that is because attachMovie returns MovieClip.
First of all dont forghet to extend MovieClip in those classes.
A simple workaround would be:
var myPlayer:player = player (myWorld.attachMovie(playerID, playerMC,
10,{_y:220}));
2006/8/1, Martin Weiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hello,
i got little hasel, when attaching movie from library linked to some
class,
into movieclip attached line above, the typing shows error:
var myWorld:world = this.attachMovie(worldID, worldMC, 100);
var myPlayer:player = myWorld.attachMovie(playerID, playerMC,
10,{_y:220});
not possible with myPlayer:player , why
thanks in advance
Martin
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[Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
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Re: [Flashcoders] strong typing, attachMovie
thanks, a lot,
extending for sure, thsi helped
MW
- Original Message -
From: Janis Radins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] strong typing, attachMovie
that is because attachMovie returns MovieClip.
First of all dont forghet to extend MovieClip in those classes.
A simple workaround would be:
var myPlayer:player = player (myWorld.attachMovie(playerID, playerMC,
10,{_y:220}));
2006/8/1, Martin Weiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hello,
i got little hasel, when attaching movie from library linked to some
class,
into movieclip attached line above, the typing shows error:
var myWorld:world = this.attachMovie(worldID, worldMC, 100);
var myPlayer:player = myWorld.attachMovie(playerID, playerMC,
10,{_y:220});
not possible with myPlayer:player , why
thanks in advance
Martin
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Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
There is a really nice Rich Text Editor component in DRK 5... not sure if you've seen this. It's in the Flash UI Component Set 4 Update. On 8/1/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the editor text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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 -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
You want to be using the TextFormat class. If you use it on an htmlTextField then flash does all the html coding for you; much easier! Giles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 01 August 2006 15:11 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
Haven't DevNet Resource Kits been discontinued? If so, how would I get my hands on that? If not, how would I get my hands on that? :) Thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Colpitts Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? There is a really nice Rich Text Editor component in DRK 5... not sure if you've seen this. It's in the Flash UI Component Set 4 Update. On 8/1/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the editor text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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 -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ 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] Interactive Map Examples
thanks for sending all those examples. i tried a test implementing yahoo maps yesterday but quickly realized that instead of a mapping solution i'm looking for more of a navigational interface whereby you can select a state and then drill down to the county level for more information. i found s/thing very close to what i am looking for here: https://www.propertyinfo.com/Stewart.REI.Portal.PortalWebSite/CoverageMap.aspx - Original Message - From: Arul Prasad M L [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Interactive Map Examples Came across this one yesterday..http://www.backspace.com/mapapp/ ~Arul Prasad On 7/31/06, Matthew Ganz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi. i'm looking for examples of interactive flash maps. i'm trying to see what else is out there as i build out my application...which will be a map of the US. what i'd like is that a user can click a state and that state will be the prominent viewpoint from which a user can select a county. i've heard of examples where the state, in some planar 3D motion, will stand up and the map of the US will almost lay down beneath it, so to speak. but i'd also like to take the state and perhaps center it in the view container and get rid of the US map entirely. anyhow, if anyone can point me to some examples that'd be very much appreciated. thank you. -- matt. ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
http://osflash.org/flashtextarea On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:35:49 -0300, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the editor text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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 -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ 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 -- _ Marcelo Volmaro ___ 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] Blur text Interactive effect-- HOW TO??
Hi All Can anybody lead me to a tutorial or idea of how would I achieve the below link interactivity and effect? http://www.screenvader.com/root.html Appreciatively Tamer ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
I just did exactly this, a couple of days ago. I created a class that can
apply any kind of supported HTML formatting. The idea seemed daunting at
first, but the class is relatively small. You can assign/remove textfields
that it should watch. I don't have it here with me right now, but here's
the basics:
It doesn't use replaceText at all.
I have a switch statement for the various textformat options (some are
Boolean (bold, italic, etc) and some have arguments (leading, size, etc).
When the textfield has focus use an interval to get the beginIndex and
endIndex. You can clear the interval onkillFocus.
Then in your setFormat function
Public function setFormat (type, arg):Void
{
var temp_fmt:TextFormat = currentField.getTextFormat(beginIndex,
endIndex);
switch (type)
{
case bold:
case italic:
case underline:
//etc...
{
temp_fmt[type] = temp_fmt[type] == false ? true :
false;
break;
}
case leading:
case align:
case size:
//etc...
{
temp_fmt[type] = arg;
break;
}
}
currentField.setTextFormat(beginIndex, endIndex, temp_fmt);
}
This should give you a head start.
- James
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:11 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text
editor for Flash 7.
Question 1:
Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind
in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text
the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use
something like:
textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(),
theNewString)
or something to that effect.
So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the
html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them
literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with
textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but
textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the
bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas?
Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but
from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and
maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up
too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are
just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class.
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
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[Flashcoders] LocalConnection, Trying Again
I posted a fairly involved question last week about a problem I'm having with a localconnection working the same across different browsers and Mac versus PC. I haven't had much luck finding an answer, so I thought I would try one last time to just see if anyone has experienced anything like this and could provide any insight. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! Thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Loading a 3500 entry XML file
Thanks for the assist guys! I'm just looking through the SAX XML parser documentation right now...will try that first, and also see if I can't T. Michael's technique to work as well. We've kind of deciphered the root (no pun intended) of the problem with the whitespace. Running some automated scripts to add line breaks in TextPad, well, I was able to crash that too. To dazzle with vague language (to mask my not-entirely-technical-nature) there's some sweet-spot character count for a single line in TexPad it seems, that causes it to crash too. I'm assuming the same for Flash (why it would crash while stripping the whitespace, and also when loading the noWhite file). In the end, I wound up using the whitespace ( a \n after each media item) as controlled formatting, and am using XPath to search the thing, so the added whitespace does not seem to be bothering. Found a consistent skip-a-number pattern (as to be expected) when digging for gold using a for loop...so if it comes to that I can use incriments of 2, rather than 1, as a hack. For speed, the XML tag names have been severly reduced (one or two characters). Also, most item descriptions are now (yes, a cheat) attributes instead of child tags - so Flash now load the file in about 4 seconds. XPath searches can take a wee bit longer, but working on that (and experiments with your proposed solutions will help). Sorry for the rant, just wanted to say thanks, and hopefully provide a tip or two through my tests so far. Clayton -Original Message- From: Frederic v. Bochmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Loading a 3500 entry XML file To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii My advice is: Hock yourself up with a SAX XML Parser simply and easily. This type of XML parser can easily be leveraged to parse HUGE streaming XML data, without needing to keep the XML data in memory. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: July 31, 2006 1:42 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Loading a 3500 entry XML file Now there's an interesting problem. I have one really awkward idea. I'm assuming the XML structure is something like this? ?xml version=1.0? root entry entry-data / !--12 more entry-data nodes-- /entry !--3499 more entry nodes-- /root - Use the XML object's onData handler so that you can work with the raw string data. - Strip out the root opening and closing tags. - Iterate through the string until you reach the end: --- (The current character should be a .) --- Set a countOpenTags variable to 1 --- Iterate: - move forward one character - For every character, if it is a , increment countOpenTags, and if it is a , decrement countOpenTags - When countOpenTags is 0: --- Grab everything from to the current position in the string. This grabbed string represents the raw data for an entry tag. --- Create a timeout call to parse the grabbed string. Timeouts should be spaced apart by a certain number of milliseconds. (Experimentation will be required.) The last timeout should have a callback that signals that all the XML has been parsed. --- Break the loop. --- If at the last character, break the loop. Also, if you're interesting, I have an async package for performing long calculations asynchronously. It works somewhat similarly. Basically it keeps track of checkpoints and provides ways to keep track of time, so that if too much time is spent, it can break out of the procedure and re-enter it on a timeout. Checkpoints correspond to options on a large switch statement. It's kind of a hack, but it's come in useful on several occasions. -- T. Michael Keesey ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
Jason, We found a copy of 5 on Limewire...If you fail to find one, let me know off-list. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:29 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? Haven't DevNet Resource Kits been discontinued? If so, how would I get my hands on that? If not, how would I get my hands on that? :) Thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Colpitts Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? There is a really nice Rich Text Editor component in DRK 5... not sure if you've seen this. It's in the Flash UI Component Set 4 Update. On 8/1/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
That seems to be a flash file specifically for HTML forms and uses a large .js file for configuration. Could this be loaded into a Flash file? I mean, I know it could, but it doesn't seem like it would work if you did, and how would you get the end string from it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:40 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? http://osflash.org/flashtextarea On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:35:49 -0300, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the editor text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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 -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ 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 -- _ Marcelo Volmaro ___ 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, Trying Again
Hey Jessica, I don't know if I caught your first email - what's the problem specifically? Do you know about the 40k limit? if so, what are you doing to accomodate that? JPG On 8/1/06, Jessica Hensley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I posted a fairly involved question last week about a problem I'm having with a localconnection working the same across different browsers and Mac versus PC. I haven't had much luck finding an answer, so I thought I would try one last time to just see if anyone has experienced anything like this and could provide any insight. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! Thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- John Grden ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Image Loading causes Flash slowness and high cpu utilization
Hmmm. This is pretty close to what we are doing. At any given time, we are loading 12 images total which are stacked on top of each other in four canvases. And flex treats each component as it's own movieclip. Any idea on how we might work around this issue or diagnose it further? Any further info on this? How well known an issue is this? Message: 12 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:13:42 +0200 From: Ben Smeets [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Image Loading causes Flash slowness and highcpuutilization To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The type of behaviour reminds me of when you load images and create multiple (10+) movieclips on top of eachother, the player gets stuck. In case you get any use out of it, Ben ___ 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] Custom cacheAsBitmap with scale and rotate
I wrote something a while back it's up in Flashkit. That may have been the one you saw. BitmapDataManager. http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=659163 On 7/31/06, Seb L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, So cacheAsBitmap is great, but it re-renders the bitmap every time you scale or rotate. I remember seeing some code that you could apply to a movie clip and it manually cached a bitmap version of the clip, which was scaled and rotated as a bitmap... but I can't remember where... can anyone else? Thanks in advance! Seb -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag ___ 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] Custom cacheAsBitmap with scale and rotate
The problem with that is once you rotate or scale it it reverts back to vector. Also another neat thing about dynamically forcing something to become a bitmap is it makes your sites loads smaller (as compared to raster), if it's a largely vector site. The problem with largely vector drawings is that they're slowww... hence, you can get the best of both worlds with the BitmapDataManager. I must admit though that it was a quick hack and I haven't worked on it since - i.e. adding the feature to pick your resolution, etc. On 7/31/06, John VanHorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cacheAsBitmap is a boolean property of a moive clip, so cant you set it to true while it is static, and then false before you have to scale or rotate it? -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag ___ 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] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
It was developed with that in mind, but the class itself can be used as standalone editor (I´m already using it for some projects). You simply set the content by writting to the _content property of the HTMLeditor class and get the content by reading that property. Currently i don´t have the time to make a component, but it should be really easy to create a component from what is done. The JS file is used to replace textareas with the html file, and the configuration options you see are simply passed via flashvars to the class, so you don´t need it to make the editor works. On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:56:32 -0300, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That seems to be a flash file specifically for HTML forms and uses a large .js file for configuration. Could this be loaded into a Flash file? I mean, I know it could, but it doesn't seem like it would work if you did, and how would you get the end string from it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:40 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? http://osflash.org/flashtextarea On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:35:49 -0300, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the editor text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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 -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ 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
[Flashcoders] Weird getURL behavior
I'm going crazy with this. Hopefully, I'm just missing something stupid. Weird getURL behavior in my Flash 8 player. Is there any reason why a Flash file here: http://loerepository/evaluationGallery/myFlashFile.swf Would not be able to link to this: http://loerepository/evaluationGallery/EARS_L3_Interview.doc Same domain, same folder! Ah, this is so freaking aggravating. It was working fine just a week ago. We did recently move the flash file and the linked-to doc to a new server... is there something about a URL that doesn't have www.mypage.com in it? I didn't think so... so anyway I am just using: getURL(EARS_L3_Interview.doc, _blank); or, I also tried the absolute path: getURL(http://loerepository/evaluationGallery/EARS_L3_Interview.doc;, _blank); (note, don't try that paths above, it's on an intranet site and will fail for you) it does pop up a new window, but the window says, Action canceled Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page might be temporarily unavailable. HOWEVER, the file IS there and available: if I put the path to the browser address bar directly, it works fine!!! What's up with that? Why would getURL only fail in Flash? My worst fear is there is some security thing on the server the admins changed which is blocking my access from Flash. Ideas? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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] ExternalInterface, embed tag and IE
the short answer is you probably just need to give the embed tag an Id attribute. the long answer is: why can't you use an object tag? that makes absolutely no sense at all. even more: you should be using a Javascript solution like SWFObject anyway, since that will skip the 'click to activate' stuff and handle your plugin detection and all that for you. On Jul 31, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Vishal Kapur wrote: Hello, I am trying to use ExternalInterface on a flash movie loaded via an embed tag in Internet Explorer. (For specific reasons I do not want to use the object tag and I can't use firefox). I have set allowScriptAccess=always and I have specified the 'name' attribute. However, when I try to call an AS function from javascript on this object I get an error like Object does not support this property or method. My embed tag looks something like: embed name=testMovie type=application/x-shockwave-flash src=testMovie.swf allowScriptAccess=always /embed The AS function I want to call is exposed via ExternalInterface.addCallback(). Also I do not have the issue if I use an object tag to load the swf. Has anyone faced this issue before? Any thoughts/pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Vishal ___ 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] String Empowerment
Hi Steven,
Maybe i'm saying something stupid here, but would this be a prettier
way to do the capitalize?
String.prototype.capitalize = function() {
return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.substr(1).toLowerCase();
}
gr, heerko
On 28-jul-2006, at 0:39, Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote:
My follow up to the Array extensions is this set of String extension
methods, again, borrowed from other languages. Time for
optimization!
Some methods are still in development - some pretty tricky
checking. I
also need to make _parseParams a bit more robust in allowing multiple
arguments to be passed with the intersections of those strings
being the
result.
--
// XString
// Returns a copy of this with the first character converted to
uppercase and the remainder to lowercase.
String.prototype.capitalize = function() {
var a = this.length;
if (a == 0) return ;
var c;
var s = ;
while (--a -(-1)) {
c = this.charCodeAt(a);
if ((c 64 c 91 a 0) || (c 96 c 123
a == 0)) c = c ^ 32;
s = String.fromCharCode(c) + s;
}
return s;
};
// If n is greater than the length of str, returns a new String of
// length n with str centered between r; otherwise, returns str.
// If r is not passed, r is a space
String.prototype.center = function(n, r) {
var a = this.length;
if (n a) {
if (r.length == 0) r = ;
var d = n - a;
var cl = Math.floor(d / 2);
sl = ;
while (--cl -(-1)) {
sl += r;
}
var cr = Math.ceil(d / 2);
sr = ;
while (--cr -(-1)) {
sr += r;
}
return sl + this + sr;
}
return this;
};
// Returns a new String with the given record separator removed
from the
end of this (if present).
String.prototype.chomp = function(str) {
var n = this.length;
var s = str.length;
if (s == 0) {
if (this.charCodeAt(n - 1) == 13 || this.charCodeAt(n -
1) == 10) {
return this.substring(0, n - 1);
}
} else {
if (this.substring(n - s, n) == str) {
return this.substring(0, n - s);
}
}
return undefined;
};
// Returns a new String with the last character removed. If the string
ends with \r\n,
// both characters are removed. Applying chop to an empty string
returns
an empty string.
// String.chomp is often a safer alternative, as it leaves the string
unchanged if it
// doesn't end in a record separator.
String.prototype.chop = function() {
var n = this.length;
if (n 0) {
if (this.charCodeAt(n - 1) == 10 this.charCodeAt(n -
2) == 13) {
return this.substring(0, n - 2);
}
return this.chomp(this.charAt(n - 1));
}
return ;
};
// str parameter defines a set of characters to count. The
intersection
of this set
// defines the characters to count in str. Any str that starts with a
caret (^) is negated.
// The sequence c1--c2 means all characters between c1 and c2.
String.prototype.count = function(str) {
var a = this.length;
if (a == 0) return 0;
var s = 0;
var c;
if (!str.length) return 0;
var o = this._parseParams(str);
if (o == undefined) return undefined;
var p = o.compare;
var except = o.except;
while (--a -(-1)) {
c = this.charAt(a);
if ((p.indexOf(c) == -1) == except) {
s++
}
}
return s;
};
// If n is greater than the length of this, returns a new String of
length n with this
// left justified and r padded; otherwise, returns this. (see
String.center)
String.prototype.ljust = function(n, r) {
var a = this.length;
if (n a) {
if (!r.length) r = ;
var d = n - a;
var sr = ;
while (--d -(-1)) {
sr += r;
}
return this + sr;
}
return this;
};
// Returns a copy of str with all characters in the intersection of
its
arguments deleted.
// Uses the same rules for building the set of characters as
String.count
String.prototype.remove = function(str) {
var a = this.length;
if (a == 0) return ;
var s = ;
var c;
if (!str.length) return this;
var o = this._parseParams(str);
if (o == undefined) return undefined;
var p = o.compare;
var except = o.except;
while (--a -(-1)) {
c = this.charAt(a);
if ((p.indexOf(c) == -1) !=
[Flashcoders] tweening multiple properties simultaneously
hi.
i'm using the tween class to move a map movie clip's x and y properties. so
whichever state the user clicks on my US map movieClip, it gets centered on the
stage. it works great like this:
public function expand(activeState:MovieClip)
{
var nX:Number = (Stage.width/2) - activeState._xmouse;
var nY:Number = (Stage.height/2) - activeState._ymouse;
// move it to the center of the stage.
new Tween( activeState, _x, Strong.easeOut, activeState._x, nX, 2, true );
new Tween( activeState, _y, Strong.easeOut, activeState._y, nY, 2, true );
}
the problem comes when i introduce two new tweens to scale the map as well. the
result is that the x and y don't appear to move but the scale tween does work.
public function expand(activeState:MovieClip)
{
var nX:Number = (Stage.width/2) - activeState._xmouse;
var nY:Number = (Stage.height/2) - activeState._ymouse;
// move it to the center of the stage.
new Tween( activeState, _x, Strong.easeOut, activeState._x, nX, 2, true );
new Tween( activeState, _y, Strong.easeOut, activeState._y, nY, 2, true );
// zoom into the map
new Tween( activeState, _xscale, Regular.easeOut, activeState._xscale, 500,
2, true );
new Tween( activeState, _yscale, Regular.easeOut, activeState._yscale, 500,
2, true );
}
are there problems tweening multiple properties at once? has anyone experienced
this before?
thank you. -- matt.
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Re: [Flashcoders] tweening multiple properties simultaneously
there is a class out there called TweenExtended...it works exaclty the same
way as the Tween class, excpet you pass in arrays for the properties you
want to tween, and their corresponding starts/finish values.
http://www.sqcircle.com/downloads/
On 8/1/06, Matthew Ganz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi.
i'm using the tween class to move a map movie clip's x and y properties.
so whichever state the user clicks on my US map movieClip, it gets centered
on the stage. it works great like this:
public function expand(activeState:MovieClip)
{
var nX:Number = (Stage.width/2) - activeState._xmouse;
var nY:Number = (Stage.height/2) - activeState._ymouse;
// move it to the center of the stage.
new Tween( activeState, _x, Strong.easeOut, activeState._x, nX, 2,
true );
new Tween( activeState, _y, Strong.easeOut, activeState._y, nY, 2,
true );
}
the problem comes when i introduce two new tweens to scale the map as
well. the result is that the x and y don't appear to move but the scale
tween does work.
public function expand(activeState:MovieClip)
{
var nX:Number = (Stage.width/2) - activeState._xmouse;
var nY:Number = (Stage.height/2) - activeState._ymouse;
// move it to the center of the stage.
new Tween( activeState, _x, Strong.easeOut, activeState._x, nX, 2,
true );
new Tween( activeState, _y, Strong.easeOut, activeState._y, nY, 2,
true );
// zoom into the map
new Tween( activeState, _xscale, Regular.easeOut, activeState._xscale,
500, 2, true );
new Tween( activeState, _yscale, Regular.easeOut, activeState._yscale,
500, 2, true );
}
are there problems tweening multiple properties at once? has anyone
experienced this before?
thank you. -- matt.
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Re: [Flashcoders] tweening multiple properties simultaneously
In my experience, just two simultaneous tween actions don't give any problem... however, try to scale first, and then move... * Enrico Tomaselli * web designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metatad.it * Skype: MetaArt RSS: http://www.metatad.it/mnfeeder.php ___ 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] How to make changes to a parent class
Hi When dealing with a class (Class A) that is extended by a number of other classes (Child 1, Child2...), each of which has their own non-inherited properties and methods, what is the general consensus on the best way to add a parameter to the constructor of the parent class? The problem I'm currently facing is that if I extend Class A and modify the constructor to accept an extra argument (Class A-ext), then Child 1 needs to extend Class A-ext so it can pass the new argument through in its super() call. But then I need to duplicate all non-inherited properties and methods of Child 1 into the newly created extended version of Child 1. So it seems to me that I either edit the original classes directly, which makes them potentially incompatible with the same codebase deployed on other projects, or I duplicate them and have two sets of almost identical code to maintain. Anyone got any suggestions for best practice when it comes to this sort of thing? Thanks Tim -- Tim Stickland Include Digital | Director 2nd Floor, 145-157 St. John Street, London EC1V 4PY tel: +44 (0) 20 7526 4611 web: http://www.include-digital.com blog: http://blog.include-digital.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] tweening multiple properties simultaneously
Hi Matthew,
There is also MultiTween classes in the pixlib framework on OSFlash :
http://osflash.org/pixlib
Hope that can help you
Cédric
Rich Rodecker wrote:
there is a class out there called TweenExtended...it works exaclty the
same
way as the Tween class, excpet you pass in arrays for the properties you
want to tween, and their corresponding starts/finish values.
http://www.sqcircle.com/downloads/
On 8/1/06, Matthew Ganz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi.
i'm using the tween class to move a map movie clip's x and y properties.
so whichever state the user clicks on my US map movieClip, it gets
centered
on the stage. it works great like this:
public function expand(activeState:MovieClip)
{
var nX:Number = (Stage.width/2) - activeState._xmouse;
var nY:Number = (Stage.height/2) - activeState._ymouse;
// move it to the center of the stage.
new Tween( activeState, _x, Strong.easeOut, activeState._x, nX, 2,
true );
new Tween( activeState, _y, Strong.easeOut, activeState._y, nY, 2,
true );
}
the problem comes when i introduce two new tweens to scale the map as
well. the result is that the x and y don't appear to move but the scale
tween does work.
public function expand(activeState:MovieClip)
{
var nX:Number = (Stage.width/2) - activeState._xmouse;
var nY:Number = (Stage.height/2) - activeState._ymouse;
// move it to the center of the stage.
new Tween( activeState, _x, Strong.easeOut, activeState._x, nX, 2,
true );
new Tween( activeState, _y, Strong.easeOut, activeState._y, nY, 2,
true );
// zoom into the map
new Tween( activeState, _xscale, Regular.easeOut,
activeState._xscale,
500, 2, true );
new Tween( activeState, _yscale, Regular.easeOut,
activeState._yscale,
500, 2, true );
}
are there problems tweening multiple properties at once? has anyone
experienced this before?
thank you. -- matt.
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[Flashcoders] LoadVars vs XML for pulling in HTML
Hey, I'm not really stuck on this, but I'm very curious what's going on. I was using loadVars to pull in HTML - I tried my personal site which worked fine, and I tried google and amazon, and the HTML source was very much out of order. I tried some other sites I made, and it seems that if they had some kind of server side script or includes, then large chunks of HTML were out of order. After reading how other people load HTML, I stumbled across somebody using the XML object. Yesit's kinda obvious, and should have done it that way to begin with...and seems to work great. But this has left me wonderingwhat's the deal with loadVars? Out of all the ways I was expecting it to not work for scraping HTMLthis never occured to me! I would think that whatever you pull off a server would be in the correct order - it's not the browser (or the XML object) that takes chunks and puts it order right? thanks! ben ___ 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] XPathAPI problems with wildcard searches
I've been having problems with the xpathapi. I've been trying to do a
wildcard search and according to all the documentation it's supported
yet even simple straight forward search isn't working. Can anyone help?
Example :
code
import mx.xpath.XPathAPI;
x = new XML(test thing='boo'items name='blah'item foo='bar'/item
foo='blah'//items/test);
r = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(x,/*/item);
for (var i in r) {
trace(r[i]);
}
/code
Thanks in advance,
Lori-
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RE: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection, Trying Again
I do know about the 40K limit and I do believe that is part of the
problem, when I am able to get things to work properly at all. The gist
of my project is that I have an HTML page that loads two flash files,
the first file loads a series of secondary movieclips and when each one
of those loads, the localconnection sends a cookie to the second flash
file to go to a certain frame. The first file includes a series of two
arrays with 6 items each (one array for the movie clips and one array
for the frames for the second movie). Once it runs through the array, it
loops again.
The problem I'm running into is that in the testing environment,
everything loads properly at the right time, but when I go live it only
works on Firefox or Explorer on PC properly and doesn't work on Mac. The
frames in the second movie are loading out of sync on the Mac. I've
rewritten the code a couple of times to try to fix for one browser or
another and I inevitably lose the one it worked on originally. However,
I've never seem to had any luck getting it to work on the Mac browsers.
I'm not an expert AS programmer by any means, so I realize that it could
be something I've written improperly. However the fact that I have had
it functioning on certain browsers leads me to believe that it may be a
browser/system issue as well.
Here's the primary part of the code in the first movie that involves the
localconnection:
var frames:Array = new Array(2,62,122,182,242,302);
var clips:Array = new Array(images/bars/bar1.swf,
images/bars/bar2.swf, images/bars/bar3.swf, images/bars/bar4.swf,
images/bars/bar1.swf, images/bars/bar2.swf);
loadNextImage = function () {
onBottom.loadMovie(clips[imageCount=(imageCount+1)%clips.length]);
//send the next frame number
function sendFrameNumber(bnum){
outgoing_lc = new LocalConnection();
outgoing_lc.send(lc_test, testme, bnum);
delete outgoing_lc;
}
var bnum =
(frames[frameCount=(frameCount+1)%frames.length]);
sendFrameNumber(bnum);
trace(bnum);
//fade the images
onEnterFrame = function() {
if (onBottom._width0) {
crossFade(onTop,onBottom);
onEnterFrame = null;
}
}
}
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
Grden
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:01 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection, Trying Again
Hey Jessica, I don't know if I caught your first email - what's the
problem specifically?
Do you know about the 40k limit? if so, what are you doing to
accomodate that?
JPG
On 8/1/06, Jessica Hensley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I posted a fairly involved question last week about a problem I'm
having with a localconnection working the same across different
browsers and Mac versus PC. I haven't had much luck finding an answer,
so I thought I would try one last time to just see if anyone has
experienced anything like this and could provide any insight. Any
thoughts are greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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[Flashcoders] dynamic shared libraries
Is there any way to set the path of the shared library dynamically through AS? Hard coding paths is just plain evil, and i'm hoping to stay away from it. I am building this in flash 8 but exporting for flash 7 as 2.0 for reference. ANy help would be great, thanks in advance. Jordan Robinson ___ 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] Help...cant unload the xml menu...!!
Hi Arul,
Well...i tested..and the problem still there...maybe its because the xml
object is not in the root?its inside a movieclip, then inside other
movieclip.
I case you dont understand what i mean is the code that ive put here...is in
a frame that is not in the root, but inside a movieclip(that is in the root)
and in other movieclip...maybe is that the problem?
thanks.
On 8/1/06, Arul Prasad M L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
might be a problem with the URL.
1. Make sure that the ../xml folder is in the WWW folder of ur server, not
above it.
or
2. Try doing this:
var urlString:String = _root._url;
urlString = urlString.substr(0,urlString.lastIndexOf(/));
urlString = urlString.substr(0,urlString.lastIndexOf(/) + 1);
urlString = urlString.concat(xml/menu.xml)
menuInfoXML = urlString;
If it works, you may want to refactor all the statements above and make
the
code optimal.
~Arul Prasad.
I've just elaborated in soo many statements, just in case you dont
understand.
On 8/1/06, Jose Maria Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
can anyone help me?
On 7/31/06, Jose Maria Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i singed too soon...when i test locally everything works great...but
when
i try it in internet..it doesnt..he doestn load the xml file
why...?
The code is the same...but i did alter the url..like you said..:
//EDIT XML PATH
menuInfoXML = ./xml/menu.xml;
// DO NOT EDIT BELOW..
System.useCodepage = true;
import mx.xpath.XPathAPI;
var infoHolder:XML = new XML();
infoHolder.load(menuInfoXML);
infoHolder.ignoreWhite = true;
var titlePath:String = /root;
//main menu array.
var mainMenus:Array;
//sub menu array.
var subMenus:Array;
infoHolder.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
mainMenus = mx.xpath.XPathAPI.selectNodeList(
infoHolder.firstChild,
titlePath+/menu);
createTreeMenu();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.getPos = function(target:Number) {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._y -= (this._y-target)/6;
if (Math.abs(this._y-target)0.3) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
_root.newsMC.showNews.appear();
}
};
};
function createTreeMenu():Void {
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
newBut = _root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.attachMovie(but,
but+i, 999+i);
newBut.arrow._alpha = 0;
newBut.shine._alpha = 0;
newBut._x = 18;
newBut._y = 93+(newBut._height+5)*i;
newBut.txt.text = mainMenus[i].attributes.txt;
newBut.link2 = mainMenus[i].attributes.url;
newBut.submenuCnt = mainMenus[i].childNodes.length;
newBut.y = newBut._y;
newBut.onRollOver = function() {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.tween(this, 16, 18);
this.arrow.appear();
this.shine.appear();
var textCol = new Color(this.txt);
textCol.setRGB(0xff);
};
newBut.onRollOut = function() {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.tween(this, 18, 16);
this.arrow.disappear();
this.shine.disappear();
var textCol = new Color(this.txt);
textCol.setRGB(0x6F6A63);
};
newBut.onRelease = function() {
if (this.submenuCnt0) {
var butNum:Number = new Number(this._name.substr(3,
1));
this.createSubMenu(butNum);
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
if (ibutNum+1) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y);
} else {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y+this.submenuCnt*22);
}
}
}
else {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.clearSubMenus();
for (i=0; imainMenus.length; i++) {
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].getPos(_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc[but+i].y);
}
//getURL(this.link);
}
};
}
}
MovieClip.prototype.createSubMenu =
function(buttonNumber:Number):Void {
clearSubMenus();
subMenus = mx.xpath.XPathAPI.selectNodeList
(mainMenus[buttonNumber],
/menu/submenu);
var butNum:Number = new Number(this._name.substr(3, 1));
for (i=0; isubMenus.length; i++) {
subBut =
_root.conteudos_mc.portfolio_mc.attachMovie(submenu,
subMenu+i, Math.random()*99);
subBut._alpha = 0;
subBut._x -= i;
subAppear(subBut, (i+3), 30);
subBut._y = this.y+this._height+(subBut._height+5)*i;
subBut.txt.text = subMenus[i].attributes.txt;
subBut.link2 = subMenus[i].attributes.url;
subBut.but.onRollOver = function(){
var textSubCol = new
RE: [Flashcoders] String Empowerment
Right you are! Thanks!
BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heerko van der Kooij
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:12 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] String Empowerment
Hi Steven,
Maybe i'm saying something stupid here, but would this be a prettier
way to do the capitalize?
String.prototype.capitalize = function() {
return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() +
this.substr(1).toLowerCase();
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 ready for kiosk use?
I have no idea what memory leak issues you're talking about with the Flash player. I've created a few applications that were designed to run for days and even weeks at a time without a restart and I was able to eliminate all memory leak and memory waste issues with Flash 6, 7 and 8 with careful coding and research to understand about how Flash memory is managed. It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools. - Ancient proverb ___ 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] ExternalInterface, embed tag and IE
I have tried giving the embed tag an id attribute as well, with no change. I guess no one has tried this before? It seems possible that this is a bug/enhancement for the Flash team. In terms of why I can't use an object tag, I should have clarified that I do not have control over the HTML source. Not sure why they third-party that did develop the HTML chose to use embed, but the guess is that it's a little bit less code to get cross-browser compatibility (instead of using object with an embed sub-tag). Thanks, Vishal On 8/1/06, Geoff Stearns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the short answer is you probably just need to give the embed tag an Id attribute. the long answer is: why can't you use an object tag? that makes absolutely no sense at all. even more: you should be using a Javascript solution like SWFObject anyway, since that will skip the 'click to activate' stuff and handle your plugin detection and all that for you. On Jul 31, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Vishal Kapur wrote: Hello, I am trying to use ExternalInterface on a flash movie loaded via an embed tag in Internet Explorer. (For specific reasons I do not want to use the object tag and I can't use firefox). I have set allowScriptAccess=always and I have specified the 'name' attribute. However, when I try to call an AS function from javascript on this object I get an error like Object does not support this property or method. My embed tag looks something like: embed name=testMovie type=application/x-shockwave-flash src=testMovie.swf allowScriptAccess=always /embed The AS function I want to call is exposed via ExternalInterface.addCallback(). Also I do not have the issue if I use an object tag to load the swf. Has anyone faced this issue before? Any thoughts/pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Vishal ___ 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] Printing a swf from inside a text field
Hello I'm building a Flash 8 application that parses XML files containing HTML and a separate CSS file to build its various layouts using homebrew components. So far I'm having a wail of time as almost everything has been working as expected. One of this project's requirements is that pop-up windows can contain graphics and/or text so for simplicity I've used a text field to dynamically load in whatever is relevant to that pop-up. Some of those graphics are embedded SWF files; they have their own control for printing and that's where my problem begins. The printable SWF libraries contain linkage ids for the print target clip along with links a shared print button clip. The print button, when clicked, creates the page layout with headers and footers and attaches the print target, scaling and rotating as needed to fit properly on a piece of paper. It all works fine when the SWF is not embedded in a text field, however when embedded, the printed page is clipped to the boundaries of the text field that the SWF is in. I've tried creating the page using a container elsewhere (i.e. at various _parent's up to get above the text field object) but if I do that then nothing shows at all; yet I know the print page is being created as I have access to all of the objects in it. I am aware that the text field object has problems, such as showing inline images, and have tried things like adding a few dozen line breaks in the HTML but to no avail. The only bit of luck I have had is to set the parent or the embedded SWF (the text field) mask to null. The complete page prints out perfectly. However, I cannot reapply the text field's mask as I don't know what it's called. Unfortunately there is no getMask() method. So, does anyone know a workaround or know what the name of the object the text field uses to mask its contents? Please help as I'm rapidly running out of hair to pull! I've searched the archives and haven't been able to spot anything related to this. (I have local copy of every Flash Coder email going back to early 2002 so that should be early enough!) Thanks in advance Paul Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender, and please delete the message from your system immediately. The contents of an attachment to this message may contain software viruses which could damage your computer system. Whilst every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk has been taken, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. ___ 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] XPathAPI problems with wildcard searches
r = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(x,/*/item); The problem is that / and * are both node operators and math operators, so your statement is ambiguous. The obvious answer, based on your example XML, is to use ./items/item, but I don't know if your real XML is more complex or not. If it is, you just need to make your select statement more explicit. 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
[Flashcoders] CPU Performance Profiling? (
I've got a flash video application that performs well on Intel-based Mac OS X, but performs poorly on G4 Mac OS X (PC performance is fine across many processor speeds). The 'poor' performance is characterized by sluggish video playback and sluggish interactivity, sluggish scrollpane scrolling, sluggish response to clicks; everything just seems sluggish on the G4. Is there any way to profile what portions of the flash application might be generating excessive CPU consumption? Has anyone experienced major performance discrepancies between Intel/G4 Mac? -V ___ 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] XPathAPI problems with wildcard searches
The reason I am trying to do the wildcard search is because I have nodes of the same name at different levels and I need them all. So giving a specific path wouldn't give me all of the nodes I need. Here's an expert... xml node nodid=cue14 /node node nodid=cue15 closecaptioning![CDATA[]]/closecaptioning actions action type=evt_post data type=reply order=1 videofile=debate1.flv length=55666 slides node nodid=cue1 order=13 index=true slidefile= printfile=slide1.jpg thumbfile=slide1.jpg type=slide closecaptioning![CDATA[]]/closecaptioning actions / /node /slides /action /actions /node /xml Yes * and / are mathematical operators but in the context of a xpath search they are used as you expect if you were doing a regex search... which also supports the * and / What I am attempting to do is get all the node nodes by doing r = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(myXML,/*/node); If anyone else has experienced the same trouble and know a way around it or know what I'm doing wrong that would be great! Thanks! Lori- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ryanm Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:42 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XPathAPI problems with wildcard searches r = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(x,/*/item); The problem is that / and * are both node operators and math operators, so your statement is ambiguous. The obvious answer, based on your example XML, is to use ./items/item, but I don't know if your real XML is more complex or not. If it is, you just need to make your select statement more explicit. 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 ___ 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] XPathAPI problems with wildcard searches
x = new XML(test thing='boo'items name='blah'item foo='bar'/item foo='blah'//items/test); r = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(x,/*/item); If I understand correctly, that search would not find anything, because item is not a child of test, but rather of items. If I'm reading your XPath expression correctly, you would find /items/item, but not /test/items/item. Valid alternative expressions would be //item, /test/*/item, /*/*/item. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ 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] XPathAPI problems with wildcard searches
The reason I am trying to do the wildcard search is because I have nodes of the same name at different levels and I need them all. So giving a specific path wouldn't give me all of the nodes I need. That's not what your select says, the * wildcard only selectes children. /*/item = select all item nodes which are one level below the root (grandchildren of the context node). //item = select all item nodes on any level of the document (all descendants of the context node). Yes * and / are mathematical operators but in the context of a xpath search they are used as you expect if you were doing a regex search... which also supports the * and / If you read the W3C spec, they specifically mention this ambiguity and the problems that can arise. It is a known issue with wildcards in XPath, and you should not expect it to behave the same way as any particular implementation of RegEx. What I am attempting to do is get all the node nodes by doing r = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(myXML,/*/node); What you want is: r = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(myXML,//node); 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
RE: [Flashcoders] Weird getURL behavior
Let me add, this only happens on my machine, not my co-workers - my co-workers have the identical push of SP2 for the OS and IE, and the same internet browser settings. As well as the same list of trusted sites. Any ideas anyone? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:27 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Weird getURL behavior I'm going crazy with this. Hopefully, I'm just missing something stupid. Weird getURL behavior in my Flash 8 player. Is there any reason why a Flash file here: http://loerepository/evaluationGallery/myFlashFile.swf Would not be able to link to this: http://loerepository/evaluationGallery/EARS_L3_Interview.doc Same domain, same folder! Ah, this is so freaking aggravating. It was working fine just a week ago. We did recently move the flash file and the linked-to doc to a new server... is there something about a URL that doesn't have www.mypage.com in it? I didn't think so... so anyway I am just using: getURL(EARS_L3_Interview.doc, _blank); or, I also tried the absolute path: getURL(http://loerepository/evaluationGallery/EARS_L3_Interview.doc;, _blank); (note, don't try that paths above, it's on an intranet site and will fail for you) it does pop up a new window, but the window says, Action canceled Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page might be temporarily unavailable. HOWEVER, the file IS there and available: if I put the path to the browser address bar directly, it works fine!!! What's up with that? Why would getURL only fail in Flash? My worst fear is there is some security thing on the server the admins changed which is blocking my access from Flash. Ideas? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ 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] Strange Radio Button Behavior Problem
I have come across what looks like a bug to me in the behavior of the
radiobutton component in Flash 8 Pro.
I have posted a movie at:
http://huntingdesign.com/radioproblem/radioproblem.html
And the source FLA at:
http://huntingdesign.com/radioproblem/radioproblem.fla
Here is the code applied to the movieclip that contains the radio buttons:
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
if(hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false)) {
for (item in this) {
rButton = this[item];
if (rButton.getState()) {
trace (You selected +rButton.getLabel());
_root.dyntext.text = rButton.getLabel();
}
}
}
}
This is taken pretty much straight from the Macromedia docs on radio buttons.
The behavior I see is that with one click nothing happens. With another click
the selected button get darkened, but no label is reported to the dynamic text
area or to the trace. Then with a click on the other radio button the
PREVIOUSLY SELECTED button now is reported. After that point always the
previously selected button is always reported, so if you click on a button
multiple times it reports the other button first then itself.
All I am trying to do here is create a simple interface to toggle between two
states in a movie, which I thought would be a logical use for radio buttons --
but this is really frustrating.
-- Randal
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[Flashcoders] security issues - offline application
I've been working on a game for offline use, and it's been working fine for the past few months. Now the client wants that game to include an activation process indicating the number of times the user can play the game and retrieving 1 credit for each game played. Credits should be downloaded from the internet and then the user can play offline as long as he has enough credit. If he has no more, he has to connect to the internet again and download / buy more. So my question is, what's the best way of programming this activation process with the maximum of security. For example what if after downloading credits the user makes an image disk of his computer, and reinstall it whenever the credits are empty ? ___ 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] Strange Radio Button Behavior Problem
The radio button is changing state after the clip event fires. Because of
this:
When you first click High, nothing has been set yet. After the event is
done, the High radio button gets set on.
The next time you check, the High radio button is on when the clip event
is fired and this is reported, regardless of which you clicked on. After
the clip event is done firing, the new state gets set.
And so on.
If you're not committed to adding the script to the container movie clip,
you can try the following (based on the docs here:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.ht
m?href=Part4_ASLR2.html )
Name the movie clip containing your buttons (eg: mcSpeedbuttons).
Alternatively, this clip isn't necessary and the buttons can be put on the
main timeline w/o a container.
I changed the data parameter on the buttons from speed to High and
Low, respectively.
I named the empty top layer in your flash app actions and added the
following actionscript to the first frame of the timeline in that layer:
speedButtonListener = new Object();
speedButtonListener.click = function (evt) {
trace(You selected + evt.target.selection.data);
dyntext.text = evt.target.selection.data;
}
mcSpeedbuttons.buttonGroup.addEventListener(click,speedButtonListener);
Testing the app, it seems to work like this.
- phaedrus
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randal
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:30 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Strange Radio Button Behavior Problem
I have come across what looks like a bug to me in the behavior of the
radiobutton component in Flash 8 Pro.
I have posted a movie at:
http://huntingdesign.com/radioproblem/radioproblem.html
And the source FLA at:
http://huntingdesign.com/radioproblem/radioproblem.fla
Here is the code applied to the movieclip that contains the radio buttons:
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
if(hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false)) {
for (item in this) {
rButton = this[item];
if (rButton.getState()) {
trace (You selected +rButton.getLabel());
_root.dyntext.text = rButton.getLabel();
}
}
}
}
This is taken pretty much straight from the Macromedia docs on radio
buttons. The behavior I see is that with one click nothing happens. With
another click the selected button get darkened, but no label is reported to
the dynamic text area or to the trace. Then with a click on the other radio
button the PREVIOUSLY SELECTED button now is reported. After that point
always the previously selected button is always reported, so if you click on
a button multiple times it reports the other button first then itself.
All I am trying to do here is create a simple interface to toggle between
two states in a movie, which I thought would be a logical use for radio
buttons -- but this is really frustrating.
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RE: [Flashcoders] String Empowerment
Don't use the toLowerCase() Because when I write my name like: Bernard Visscher I don't want the output to be Bernard visscher with the lowercase V. That's what capitalize() does. For what you're wanting you should use toTitleCase(). ___ 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] CPU Performance Profiling? (
You may be new to Flash development, but it's no secret that Flash performance on the PowerPC Macs is, to understate it, lacking. The only known solution is to take a deep breath and accept the reality that there is nothing you can do about the sluggish performance on those machines, and that, in most cases, those users account for less than 5% of your audience. You could stomp your feet and shout, you could get angry and say it's unacceptable, you could go home and beat your dog over it, you could throw rocks through Adobe's windows. But, you're not going to because you've achieved enlightenment and the ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. ___ 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] String Empowerment
Sorry.. my mistake... -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Steven Sacks | BLITZ Verzonden: woensdag 2 augustus 2006 0:16 Aan: Flashcoders mailing list Onderwerp: RE: [Flashcoders] String Empowerment Don't use the toLowerCase() Because when I write my name like: Bernard Visscher I don't want the output to be Bernard visscher with the lowercase V. That's what capitalize() does. For what you're wanting you should use toTitleCase(). ___ 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] JSFL: Can I set the swf publish path?
Hello, I'm trying to figure out a way to set the Publish path of the SWF of the current document using JSFL. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks! --- Steven Sacks Senior Flash Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 310-551-0200 x209 Fax: 310-551-0022 BLITZ | 405 S Beverly Drive, 3rd Floor - Beverly Hills, CA 90212 www.blitzagency.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] CPU Performance Profiling? (
First off hello everyone, this is my first post to flashcoders :) And while we're on the topic, does anyone know of an application or anything for profiling CPU usage in Flash? I'd just like to be able to see which parts of my flash movies are using the most CPU and then be able to focus on optimising certain code -k. On 8/2/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may be new to Flash development, but it's no secret that Flash performance on the PowerPC Macs is, to understate it, lacking. The only known solution is to take a deep breath and accept the reality that there is nothing you can do about the sluggish performance on those machines, and that, in most cases, those users account for less than 5% of your audience. You could stomp your feet and shout, you could get angry and say it's unacceptable, you could go home and beat your dog over it, you could throw rocks through Adobe's windows. But, you're not going to because you've achieved enlightenment and the ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. ___ 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] security issues - offline application
Tim, thank you for your answer. Yes this is an issue, the client wants to run the game mostly offline. Go online only to download more credits (ex.100 more in one shot and download all of them and run them one by one locally). I was thinking of repackaging the swf with FlashStudio (http://www.multidmedia.com) so it can be distributed as an exe and use a shared object to store the credits locally. This solution has been suggested in a previous posting : November 09, 2004 I know there's no 100% secure solution, but I am wondering if it's still the most secure solution to suggest to this client. - Original Message - From: Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:32 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] security issues - offline application Credits should be downloaded from the internet and then the user can play offline as long as he has enough credit. If he has no more, he has to connect to the internet again and download / buy more. So my question is, what's the best way of programming this activation process with the maximum of security. For example what if after downloading credits the user makes an image disk of his computer, and reinstall it whenever the credits are empty ? You could store the credits server side rather than downloading them. Each time a user played the game a credit can be deducted from the user's online account via a script call. That way even if they wiped their hard drive and started again you have a record of how many credits they have remaining (but it would require internet access each time the game was played - I don't know if that's an issue). Whatever solution you come up with would be open to abuse though given the nature of Flash. For example, with the suggestion above a user could decompile the game, hard-coding the expected response from the server and publish it again to get unlimited credits (obfuscating your code would make the process more difficult but not impossible). Tim ___ 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] JSFL: Can I set the swf publish path?
Just to clarify, I don't want to exportSWF(), I want to change the publish path of the SWF file and then save the FLA with that set path. This is so I can create template FLAs and have them all publish themselves to ../deploy/FILENAME I can import and export publish profiles, but I want to prepend the ../deploy/ to each FLA's swf publish path using JSFL. Any ideas? ___ 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] JSFL: Can I set the swf publish path?
I have a build script used to produce SWFs from FLAs in one location, and deposit the SWFs in another location - which I believe is what you want? It indeed uses JSFL and its a dream. If this is what you need, I can dig it up. - e.dolecki On 8/1/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to clarify, I don't want to exportSWF(), I want to change the publish path of the SWF file and then save the FLA with that set path. This is so I can create template FLAs and have them all publish themselves to ../deploy/FILENAME I can import and export publish profiles, but I want to prepend the ../deploy/ to each FLA's swf publish path using JSFL. Any ideas? ___ 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] UIScrollbar disabled state?
First time I've noticed this.. Where are the disabled state skins for UIScrollbar? Seems crazy that as soon as the scrollbar is disabled the buttons return to halo? Anyone noticed this or am I missing something? Ie: you can set - upArrowUpName, upArrowOverName, but not the disabled state. .wtf? Mike Pearce Nectarine +61 3 9687 7820 http://www.nectarine.com.au/ www.nectarine.com.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] Ignoring error in code on compile
Hi everyone, I want to use Screenweaver to create a desktop application. Just like the other SWF2EXE programs, you can arbitrarily call an object, like, swFile.function to access the commands. The problems comes in when I put these commands in classes and I compile the classes. How do I tell Flash to ignore these errors and continue compiling like those weren't there? The workaround would be ugly (pointing to the root that contains the functions), and I'd like to avoid that. Thanks -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag ___ 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] JSFL: Can I set the swf publish path?
thats a whole lotta work, but glad that works for you. On 8/1/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've solved it. I export the publish profile. I read that file in and swap out the values of the nodes. I save that string to the drive (overwriting the old one). I import the new publish profile file. I delete the file from the drive. I save the FLA, publish it, and close it. I reopen my template file. Tada! ___ 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] Mtasc Delegate
hi All,
I´m having problems using Delegate with MTASC
this works fine Flash compiler
if (_actionRelease)
{
container_mc.onRelease = Delegate.create (this, handleRelease);
}
but doesn´t work with MTASC
Any help? Directions ?
Thanks in advance
João Carlos
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Re: [Flashcoders] Mtasc Delegate
what's the error you get? or does it just simply not work?
JPG
On 8/1/06, jcarlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi All,
I´m having problems using Delegate with MTASC
this works fine Flash compiler
if (_actionRelease)
{
container_mc.onRelease = Delegate.create (this, handleRelease);
}
but doesn´t work with MTASC
Any help? Directions ?
Thanks in advance
João Carlos
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Re: [Flashcoders] CPU Performance Profiling? (
Thanks for your response Steven. I am a relatively new to the flash scene, but AS is easy enough to learn (similar enough to JS) that I've been able to develop fairly complex applications to date. Of course, the nuances of the platform escape me with my lack of overall experience and that has proven to be the worst part of learning Flash. I found the MM blog entry in which many have complained about a very slow Flash experience on Macs. It is interesting that I don't see this on the newer Core Duo macs, but I presume that's because of the architecture pushing more calculatings. On the issue of sluggishness in PP macs, I found that my application performs significantly better if it's the only element on the screen (i.e. embedded in a popup window) as opposed to be embedded in the page with static content. For most content, this is unacceptable, but fortunately the video player application can easily be opened in a fresh window. Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: You may be new to Flash development, but it's no secret that Flash performance on the PowerPC Macs is, to understate it, lacking. The only known solution is to take a deep breath and accept the reality that there is nothing you can do about the sluggish performance on those machines, and that, in most cases, those users account for less than 5% of your audience. You could stomp your feet and shout, you could get angry and say it's unacceptable, you could go home and beat your dog over it, you could throw rocks through Adobe's windows. But, you're not going to because you've achieved enlightenment and the ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. ___ 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] UIScrollbar disabled state?
You can open up the Scrollbar.as file and find the list of skin variables in there. C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\First Run\Classes\mx\controls\scrollClasses if you're on a PC -V Mike Pearce wrote: First time I've noticed this.. Where are the disabled state skins for UIScrollbar? Seems crazy that as soon as the scrollbar is disabled the buttons return to halo? Anyone noticed this or am I missing something? Ie: you can set - upArrowUpName, upArrowOverName, but not the disabled state. .wtf? Mike Pearce Nectarine +61 3 9687 7820 http://www.nectarine.com.au/ www.nectarine.com.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] security issues - offline application
You could add complexity to the process by encrypting the credits before placing them in the local store. Naturally this means the key would be stored in the player, but the normal user probably isn't sharp enough to be able to decompile and find the key, let alone figure out how to access the local store. Another issue might be the local store getting wiped out accidentally from the user tinkering with the flash player settings. So I suppose 'secure' is a relative term :) -V Céline Nguyen wrote: Tim, thank you for your answer. Yes this is an issue, the client wants to run the game mostly offline. Go online only to download more credits (ex.100 more in one shot and download all of them and run them one by one locally). I was thinking of repackaging the swf with FlashStudio (http://www.multidmedia.com) so it can be distributed as an exe and use a shared object to store the credits locally. This solution has been suggested in a previous posting : November 09, 2004 I know there's no 100% secure solution, but I am wondering if it's still the most secure solution to suggest to this client. - Original Message - From: Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:32 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] security issues - offline application Credits should be downloaded from the internet and then the user can play offline as long as he has enough credit. If he has no more, he has to connect to the internet again and download / buy more. So my question is, what's the best way of programming this activation process with the maximum of security. For example what if after downloading credits the user makes an image disk of his computer, and reinstall it whenever the credits are empty ? You could store the credits server side rather than downloading them. Each time a user played the game a credit can be deducted from the user's online account via a script call. That way even if they wiped their hard drive and started again you have a record of how many credits they have remaining (but it would require internet access each time the game was played - I don't know if that's an issue). Whatever solution you come up with would be open to abuse though given the nature of Flash. For example, with the suggestion above a user could decompile the game, hard-coding the expected response from the server and publish it again to get unlimited credits (obfuscating your code would make the process more difficult but not impossible). Tim ___ 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] RE: JSFL: Can I set the swf publish path?
Care to share the code? I would like to see if it works on a Mac as well as a PC Much appreciated ___ 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] Mtasc Delegate
Use this instead. It will make you happy.
http://www.person13.com/articles/proxy/Proxy.htm
-Adam
On 8/1/06, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what's the error you get? or does it just simply not work?
JPG
On 8/1/06, jcarlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi All,
I´m having problems using Delegate with MTASC
this works fine Flash compiler
if (_actionRelease)
{
container_mc.onRelease = Delegate.create (this, handleRelease);
}
but doesn´t work with MTASC
Any help? Directions ?
Thanks in advance
João Carlos
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