[Flashcoders] Unicode and shared font
Hi, Im working on a multilingual application. I am using shared fonts. Its working very fine for english, german, french and chinese[In some fonts]. But now I need for russian and thai language. Problem is that...when I embed fontstextfield becomes blank for russian and thaiI ve also used Mario klingmann's technique quasimondo.com/archives/000211.php Could anyone explain me or more precisely help me to solve this problem? DELFLASH ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before?
There's also this free google map component: http://www.afcomponents.com/map_google/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Rorex Sent: 17 August 2006 04:48 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before? FYI, Yahoo Maps also provides maps in flash, and they have a developer site, and free API and everything. I didn't look at flashmaps much, but they may work for you. -David R On 8/16/06, Anggie Bratadinata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my prospective clients want to have flash app with US map. My partner found this nice tools, www.flashmaps.com and I'm wondering if you guys have some experience with it. note: this message is cross-posted to Flashnewbie list, hope you wouldn't mind. -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang - East Java I N D O N E S I A http://design.ibshastautama.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug
OK I've narrowed it down to when IE is set to never check or automatic for page update checking in the settings - I can't believe there's so little information out there on such a serious bug. I had to completely scrap using the MovieClip Loader, fortunately there's a few AS2 conversions of qlod which slotted neatly in. I wonder if flash 9 will have similar problems with its Loader events? M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 16 August 2006 15:58 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug I don't do too much online work to be honest so I've only just found this out - but I cannot believe Adobe haven't fixed this bug. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/com mon/html/w whelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=2538.html Using listeners for the movieclip loader, events only fire the first time the swf is loaded, if it's cached in ie then the listeners don't fire! How fundamentally flawed is this!?! Is their an elegant workaround or do I really have to use the 'old' onEnterFrame bytesLoaded v bytesTotal comparision? OMG Arrgh! Etc. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Play Sound Backwards or in Slow Motion during RunTime
nice, follow the trail and you can get source code for doing audio DSP in flash 9 : http://www.flashcodersbrighton.org/wordpress/?p=9 I knew it would work :) Andy Makely wrote: On 8/11/06, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone knows of a technique to play a sound backwards or in Slow Motion with AS? So far this task seems imposible, bt I was wondering if some one would have some pointers. Thanks! ...helmut Andre Michelle knows how to do it in AS3. Look at F9:audio/scratch http://lab.andre-michelle.com/ -- andy makely ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] passing variable through callback function
I am going to assume that this[m+i] is a movieclip created/attached
somewhere else. When its attached/created, give it an index number. Then you
can use it later.
this[m+i].indx = i;
//then later in your showImages function...
this[m+i].onPress = function()
{
var nIndex:Number = this.indx;
...
On 8/17/06, ilteris kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I am wondering what could be the way to pass an arg through a
callback function like in a scenario below. I really appreciate any
advice on this.
*
function showImages() {
for (var i = 1; i4; i++) {
this[m+i].onPress = function(i) { // passing the value
of i
var obj:Number = i;
opened = !opened;
if (opened) {
this.enabled = false;
trace(opened);
trace(obj); // well this is undefined.
trace(this[img+i]);
this[img+i]._visible = true;
// var tween+i = new Tween(img+i,
_alpha,
mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeOut, -20, 100, 1.5, true);
} else {
this.enabled = true;
trace(closing);
}
};
}
}
thanks in advance.
ilteris
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[Flashcoders] Load Order - bottom up / top down - maybe OT?
Never having had any formal Flash training I've wondered ... Why, when the Load Order in the publishing parameters is set Bottom Up does the .swf compile from top down? Why is this option even provided? Probably lost in the mists of Flash history, but if anyone knows why and the advantages, I'm all ears. Regards - Miles Thompson -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.1/421 - Release Date: 8/16/2006 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before?
i've been seriously considering using flashmaps for the last couple of weeks. a client of ours really likes the transitions from national-state-country levels as well as the drawing of the counties on the state. i have to say that i really liked it, too. it's a slick looking map component, no doubt about it. i had a couple of conversations with a non-technical sales guy there and he was explaining to me what they hand you off after purchasing the component, i.e. flas for the points-of-interest icons, xml config files, etc...basically how you can change the look and feel of the smaller icons. they do not hand over the fla to the map component. the examples they have in their showcase look real nice but basically once you get to the county level there are buttons that launch getURL() actions and such...and that's it. for my case, i wanted to seamlessly move from the county level to a served map option from s/thing like yahoo, google or the like. in that manner, i asked on more than one occassion to speak with one of their developers about how extendible their api was and well, that was two weeks ago and no one has gotten back to me. i called back three times. hth, matt. - Original Message - From: Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:15 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before? There's also this free google map component: http://www.afcomponents.com/map_google/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Rorex Sent: 17 August 2006 04:48 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before? FYI, Yahoo Maps also provides maps in flash, and they have a developer site, and free API and everything. I didn't look at flashmaps much, but they may work for you. -David R On 8/16/06, Anggie Bratadinata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my prospective clients want to have flash app with US map. My partner found this nice tools, www.flashmaps.com and I'm wondering if you guys have some experience with it. note: this message is cross-posted to Flashnewbie list, hope you wouldn't mind. -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang - East Java I N D O N E S I A http://design.ibshastautama.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Blur background html with flash overlay
Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like to dynamically show/hide from an html page. The overlay is not a problem using DIV and Z depth, but is there anyway of controlling the parent (background) html in a way similar to the Flex effect when showing dialog boxes etc, i.e. make the background blur? Or Darken the background or anything really. Just something that suggests the menu is now foreground, and the parent html page is background. Thanks, Nick ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before?
i've been seriously considering using flashmaps for the last couple of weeks. a client of ours really likes the transitions from national-state-country levels as well as the drawing of the counties on the state. i have to say that i really liked it, too. it's a slick looking map component, no doubt about it. i had a couple of conversations with a non-technical sales guy there and he was explaining to me what they hand you off after purchasing the component, i.e. flas for the points-of-interest icons, xml config files, etc...basically how you can change the look and feel of the smaller icons. they do not hand over the fla to the map component. the examples they have in their showcase look real nice but basically once you get to the county level there are buttons that launch getURL() actions and such...and that's it. for my case, i wanted to seamlessly move from the county level to a served map option from s/thing like yahoo, google or the like. in that manner, i asked on more than one occassion to speak with one of their developers about how extendible their api was and well, that was two weeks ago and no one has gotten back to me. i called back three times. hth, matt. - Original Message - From: Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:15 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before? There's also this free google map component: http://www.afcomponents.com/map_google/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Rorex Sent: 17 August 2006 04:48 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before? FYI, Yahoo Maps also provides maps in flash, and they have a developer site, and free API and everything. I didn't look at flashmaps much, but they may work for you. -David R On 8/16/06, Anggie Bratadinata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my prospective clients want to have flash app with US map. My partner found this nice tools, www.flashmaps.com and I'm wondering if you guys have some experience with it. note: this message is cross-posted to Flashnewbie list, hope you wouldn't mind. -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang - East Java I N D O N E S I A http://design.ibshastautama.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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 - Original Message - From: Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:15 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before? There's also this free google map component: http://www.afcomponents.com/map_google/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Rorex Sent: 17 August 2006 04:48 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flashmaps - anybody used it before? FYI, Yahoo Maps also provides maps in flash, and they have a developer site, and free API and everything. I didn't look at flashmaps much, but they may work for you. -David R On 8/16/06, Anggie Bratadinata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my prospective clients want to have flash app with US map. My partner found this nice tools, www.flashmaps.com and I'm wondering if you guys have some experience with it. note: this message is cross-posted to Flashnewbie list, hope you wouldn't mind. -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang - East Java I N D O N E S I A http://design.ibshastautama.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___
[Flashcoders] How do I make a dynamically created input text box retain text formatting?
What am I doing wrong here? 1. Copy the code below into a new Flash file and test it. 2. The text in teh box should be selected 3. Try typing in your name 4. Notice that the text format is lost 5. How do I make a dynamically created input text box retain text formatting? //create text style var txt_style1:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); txt_style1.font = arial; txt_style1.align = left; txt_style1.bold = true; txt_style1.size = 40; txt_style1.color = 0x003366; //create input text box this.createTextField(name_txt, this.getNextHighestDepth(), 50, 50, 500, 100); name_txt.multiline = false; name_txt.wordWrap = true; name_txt.html = false; name_txt.type = input; name_txt.text = Enter Your Name; name_txt.setTextFormat(txt_style1); Selection.setFocus(name_txt); ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Blur background html with flash overlay
I say darken yes, blur no. You don't have the HTML as a bitmap source to blur, but you could overlay a large semi-transparent mc over the HTML (the .swf would need to be large enough to accommodate this). - e.d. On 8/17/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like to dynamically show/hide from an html page. The overlay is not a problem using DIV and Z depth, but is there anyway of controlling the parent (background) html in a way similar to the Flex effect when showing dialog boxes etc, i.e. make the background blur? Or Darken the background or anything really. Just something that suggests the menu is now foreground, and the parent html page is background. Thanks, Nick ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] How do I make a dynamically created input text box retain text formatting?
I believe all you need to do is to add this line: name_txt.setNewTextFormat( txt_style1 ); - e.d. On 8/17/06, David Sharek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What am I doing wrong here? 1. Copy the code below into a new Flash file and test it. 2. The text in teh box should be selected 3. Try typing in your name 4. Notice that the text format is lost 5. How do I make a dynamically created input text box retain text formatting? //create text style var txt_style1:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); txt_style1.font = arial; txt_style1.align = left; txt_style1.bold = true; txt_style1.size = 40; txt_style1.color = 0x003366; //create input text box this.createTextField(name_txt, this.getNextHighestDepth(), 50, 50, 500, 100); name_txt.multiline = false; name_txt.wordWrap = true; name_txt.html = false; name_txt.type = input; name_txt.text = Enter Your Name; name_txt.setTextFormat(txt_style1); Selection.setFocus(name_txt); ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] How do I make a dynamically created input text boxretain text formatting?
5. How do I make a dynamically created input text box retain text formatting? Try using .setNewTextFormat(), as .setTextFormat() only sets the current (existing) text. - Zeh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay
Ah yeah of course. Nice idea Eric, thanks dude. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: 17 August 2006 16:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay I say darken yes, blur no. You don't have the HTML as a bitmap source to blur, but you could overlay a large semi-transparent mc over the HTML (the .swf would need to be large enough to accommodate this). - e.d. On 8/17/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like to dynamically show/hide from an html page. The overlay is not a problem using DIV and Z depth, but is there anyway of controlling the parent (background) html in a way similar to the Flex effect when showing dialog boxes etc, i.e. make the background blur? Or Darken the background or anything really. Just something that suggests the menu is now foreground, and the parent html page is background. Thanks, Nick ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Workaround for loadvars size limitation
We wrote an app using the loadvars method to send data back and forth to a database. The app has been succesful, which means that we are pushing up against the limitation in the length of an html query string...64KB. We can't use Flash Remoting in this environment. Any suggestions on how to divide the data into multiple query strings so we don't have to totally rewrite the app? Thanks, Randy Tinfow ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Fonts in loaded movieclips
I know that shared fonts have been discussed to death, but I need a little clarification on this: I have a main movie, with Font symbols in the library, se to export. I am loading swf's into that movie.. should existing plain d- textfields in the subclips have access to the fonts in the parent movie, and if not, should tf's i create after loading? Thanks Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Workaround for loadvars size limitation
You have to write your own packet distribution system so that you can load a sequence of packets and stitch them together to get your data. Kind of messy but if you are limited not to use Flash Remoting... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randy Tinfow Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:29 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Workaround for loadvars size limitation We wrote an app using the loadvars method to send data back and forth to a database. The app has been succesful, which means that we are pushing up against the limitation in the length of an html query string...64KB. We can't use Flash Remoting in this environment. Any suggestions on how to divide the data into multiple query strings so we don't have to totally rewrite the app? Thanks, Randy Tinfow ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Workaround for loadvars size limitation
The limit on a querystring is not 64KB in browsers, its less than that in browsers: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id= Anyway, need more information: Are you using GET or POST? Are you limited to one or the other? I've found that you can overload the XML object within flash, and write arbitrary strings to raw POST data. So its possible that you could create a POST querystring using this method, and turn it into variables server side. AFAIK if there is a limit on POST in LoadVars, you could theoretically use this method to create as long of a querystring as you like? Randy Tinfow wrote: We wrote an app using the loadvars method to send data back and forth to a database. The app has been succesful, which means that we are pushing up against the limitation in the length of an html query string...64KB. We can't use Flash Remoting in this environment. Any suggestions on how to divide the data into multiple query strings so we don't have to totally rewrite the app? Thanks, Randy Tinfow ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug
I ran into the same problem yesterday. Just looked all over for an as2 version of qload and I am not coming up with it. Would you mind posting a link? Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:29 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug OK I've narrowed it down to when IE is set to never check or automatic for page update checking in the settings - I can't believe there's so little information out there on such a serious bug. I had to completely scrap using the MovieClip Loader, fortunately there's a few AS2 conversions of qlod which slotted neatly in. I wonder if flash 9 will have similar problems with its Loader events? M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 16 August 2006 15:58 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug I don't do too much online work to be honest so I've only just found this out - but I cannot believe Adobe haven't fixed this bug. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/com mon/html/w whelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=2538.html Using listeners for the movieclip loader, events only fire the first time the swf is loaded, if it's cached in ie then the listeners don't fire! How fundamentally flawed is this!?! Is their an elegant workaround or do I really have to use the 'old' onEnterFrame bytesLoaded v bytesTotal comparision? OMG Arrgh! Etc. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] FlashDevelop telling me Video has no _visible field
type error Video have no field _visible What gives? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug
Does anyone know if this applies to Director hosted content as well? I had a Flash game that was hosted in Director. It used the movieclip loader to load external assets. When run in flash alone on my desktop, it work great. But then in Director, the events called when it finished loading were never firing. I thought I might have been doing something wrong, but maybe it's a bug? thanks! ben Ryan Potter wrote: I ran into the same problem yesterday. Just looked all over for an as2 version of qload and I am not coming up with it. Would you mind posting a link? Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:29 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug OK I've narrowed it down to when IE is set to never check or automatic for page update checking in the settings - I can't believe there's so little information out there on such a serious bug. I had to completely scrap using the MovieClip Loader, fortunately there's a few AS2 conversions of qlod which slotted neatly in. I wonder if flash 9 will have similar problems with its Loader events? M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 16 August 2006 15:58 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] MovieClip loader IE Caching bug I don't do too much online work to be honest so I've only just found this out - but I cannot believe Adobe haven't fixed this bug. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/com mon/html/w whelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=2538.html Using listeners for the movieclip loader, events only fire the first time the swf is loaded, if it's cached in ie then the listeners don't fire! How fundamentally flawed is this!?! Is their an elegant workaround or do I really have to use the 'old' onEnterFrame bytesLoaded v bytesTotal comparision? OMG Arrgh! Etc. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Blur background html with flash overlay
or maybe use a javascript to change/replace the body style with another one, with a different background... using a preloaded image. michel. - Original Message - From: eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay I say darken yes, blur no. You don't have the HTML as a bitmap source to blur, but you could overlay a large semi-transparent mc over the HTML (the .swf would need to be large enough to accommodate this). - e.d. On 8/17/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like to dynamically show/hide from an html page. The overlay is not a problem using DIV and Z depth, but is there anyway of controlling the parent (background) html in a way similar to the Flex effect when showing dialog boxes etc, i.e. make the background blur? Or Darken the background or anything really. Just something that suggests the menu is now foreground, and the parent html page is background. Thanks, Nick ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Question about __constructor__
Hello,
Could any soul out there help me understand why the __constructor__ and
__proto__ are used in the following code:
class Application {
public static var instance:Application;
private function Application(createdBy)
{
createdBy.__proto__ = this.__proto__;
createdBy.__constructor__ = Application;
this = createdBy;
}
public static function main(createdBy:MovieClip){
if(instance == null)
instance = new Application(createdBy);
return instance;
}
}
//then in the main file
Application.main(this);
For what I undertand this code is used to assign the whole application to
_root but i was looking for a better understanding of constructor and
proto here.
TIA!
...helmut
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Re: [Flashcoders] Question about __constructor__
Could any soul out there help me understand why the __constructor__ and __proto__ are used in the following code: Check this out : http://www.quantumwave.com/flash/inheritance.html And join the rebel alliance :P (very old private joke, ask others) --- erixtekila http://blog.v-i-a.net/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm;
/
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc, i);
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == menu){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
var x = 200;
var y = this._y + this._height;
GenerateMenu(curr_menu, submenu_mc, x, y,
1000, this.node_xml);
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}else{ // nodeName == item
curr_item.arrow._visible = false;
// close existing submenu
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
curr_menu.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}
curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
// restore color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
};
// any item, menu opening or not can have actions
curr_item.onRelease = function(){
Actions[goToURL](this.link);
CloseSubmenus();
};
} // end for loop
};
// create the main menu, this will be constantly visible
CreateMainMenu = function(x, y, depth, menu_xml){
// generate a menu list
GenerateMenu(this, mainmenu_mc, x, y, depth, menu_xml.firstChild);
// close only submenus if visible durring a mouseup
// this main menu (mainmenu_mc) will remain
mainmenu_mc.onMouseUp = function(){
if (mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc
!mainmenu_mc.hitTest(_root._xmouse,
_root._ymouse, true)){
CloseSubmenus();
}
};
};
// closes all submenus by removing the submenu_mc
// in the main menu (if it exists)
CloseSubmenus = function(){
mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
};
// This actions object handles methods for actions
// defined by the XML called when a menu item is pressed
Actions = Object();
Actions.gotoURL = function(urlVar){
getURL(urlVar, _blank);
};
// load XML, when done, run CreateMainMenu to interpret it
menu_xml = new XML();
menu_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
menu_xml.onLoad = function(ok){
// create main menu after successful loading of XML
if (ok){
CreateMainMenu(200, 250, 0,
RE: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
XML is actually not relevant to the question here. Only the text string
you get from it is. Once the text string is in a TextField, you should
just be able to use the TextField.textWidth property.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc,
i);
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == menu){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
var x = 200;
var y = this._y + this._height;
GenerateMenu(curr_menu, submenu_mc, x,
y,
1000, this.node_xml);
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}else{ // nodeName == item
curr_item.arrow._visible = false;
// close existing submenu
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
curr_menu.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}
curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
// restore color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
};
// any item, menu opening or not can have actions
curr_item.onRelease = function(){
Actions[goToURL](this.link);
CloseSubmenus();
};
} // end for loop
};
// create the main menu, this will be constantly visible
CreateMainMenu = function(x, y, depth, menu_xml){
// generate a menu list
GenerateMenu(this, mainmenu_mc, x, y, depth,
menu_xml.firstChild);
// close only submenus if visible durring a mouseup
// this main menu (mainmenu_mc) will remain
mainmenu_mc.onMouseUp = function(){
if (mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc
!mainmenu_mc.hitTest(_root._xmouse,
_root._ymouse, true)){
CloseSubmenus();
}
};
};
// closes all submenus by removing the submenu_mc
// in the main menu (if it exists)
CloseSubmenus = function(){
mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
};
// This actions object handles methods for actions
// defined by the XML called when a menu item is pressed
Actions = Object();
Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I'm half way there...
I figured out how to resize the movie clip based on the length of the
text being loaded from the name attribute of the xml node. I added the
following line to my code:
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
Now I need to figure out how to make the spacing between each menu
item 15px. Sounds simple, and is for others, but now that each movie
clip is a different size I'm not sure how to do that. Any help on that
would be appreciated!
-Aaron
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By size, are you referring to the length of the text (in this case the
name?)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc,
i);
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == menu){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
var x = 200;
var y = this._y + this._height;
GenerateMenu(curr_menu, submenu_mc, x, y,
1000, this.node_xml);
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}else{ // nodeName == item
curr_item.arrow._visible = false;
// close existing submenu
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
curr_menu.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}
curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
// restore color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
};
// any item, menu opening or not can have actions
curr_item.onRelease = function(){
Actions[goToURL](this.link);
CloseSubmenus();
};
} // end for loop
};
// create the main menu, this will be constantly visible
CreateMainMenu = function(x, y, depth, menu_xml){
// generate a menu list
GenerateMenu(this, mainmenu_mc, x, y, depth, menu_xml.firstChild);
// close only submenus if visible durring a mouseup
// this main menu (mainmenu_mc) will remain
mainmenu_mc.onMouseUp = function(){
if (mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc
Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
Jason,
I used textfield.autoSize = left which seems to fix half of my
problem. Maybe I can use textfield.textWidth to fix the other half -
which is to get the menu items to be evenly spaced from one another
and not spaced on a static value.
I post back...
Aaron
P.S. That textfield is name.
On 8/17/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
XML is actually not relevant to the question here. Only the text string
you get from it is. Once the text string is in a TextField, you should
just be able to use the TextField.textWidth property.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc,
i);
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == menu){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
var x = 200;
var y = this._y + this._height;
GenerateMenu(curr_menu, submenu_mc, x,
y,
1000, this.node_xml);
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}else{ // nodeName == item
curr_item.arrow._visible = false;
// close existing submenu
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
curr_menu.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}
curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
// restore color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
};
// any item, menu opening or not can have actions
curr_item.onRelease = function(){
Actions[goToURL](this.link);
CloseSubmenus();
};
} // end for loop
};
// create the main menu, this will be constantly visible
CreateMainMenu = function(x, y, depth, menu_xml){
// generate a menu list
GenerateMenu(this, mainmenu_mc, x, y, depth,
menu_xml.firstChild);
// close only submenus if visible durring a mouseup
// this main menu (mainmenu_mc) will remain
mainmenu_mc.onMouseUp = function(){
if (mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc
!mainmenu_mc.hitTest(_root._xmouse,
_root._ymouse, true)){
Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
Elena,
Option 2 is exactly the track I am currently taking!
I am having a hard time adjusting the width of the movie clip based on
the length of the text after setting it to auto size. Can you help?
Here is my code:
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc, i);
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
curr_item._width = curr_item.name.textWidth;
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// truncated
Thanks,
Aaron
P.S. Option #2 is:
quoteYou could set autosize = true for the dynamic text field, then retrieve
the length of the text field once populated with the text, the adjust the
width of the movie clip based on it.. all on the fly./quote
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A couple of ideas that pop in my mind
1. You can store the name in a temporary string and get the length of it
with string.length - then change the width of the movie clip accordingly
2. You could set autosize = true for the dynamic text field, then retrieve
the length of the text field once populated with the text, the adjust the
width of the movie clip based on it.. all on the fly.
Let me know if any helps!
ELENA BLANCO
Blancomedia
WEB APPLICATION ARCHITECT
920 HULL STREET
HOOD RIVER, OR 97031
p: 541.490.4993
e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
w: http://www.blancomedia.com
-Original Message-
From: Aaron Roberson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
Yes, I am referring to the length of the text in the name attribute of
the xml nodes.
The script is creating a new movie clip based on an existing movie
clip in the library. The movie clip in the library (menuitem) has an a
movie clip (arrow) and a dynamic text field (name). When the script
creates the new movie clips for each menu item, instead of making them
the width of the text, they are the width of the movie clip in the
library. The width of the movie clip in the library is based on the
text inside, which makes me think that I could change the width of the
generated movie clips based on the text loaded from xml.
I hope that makes sense!
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By size, are you referring to the length of the text (in this case the
name?)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc,
i);
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == menu){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
Elena,
Option 2 is exactly the track I am currently taking!
I am having a hard time adjusting the width of the movie clip based on
the length of the text after setting it to auto size. Can you help?
Here is my code:
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc, i);
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
curr_item._width = curr_item.name.textWidth;
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// truncated
Thanks,
Aaron
P.S. Option #2 is:
quoteYou could set autosize = true for the dynamic text field, then retrieve
the length of the text field once populated with the text, the adjust the
width of the movie clip based on it.. all on the fly./quote
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A couple of ideas that pop in my mind
1. You can store the name in a temporary string and get the length of it
with string.length - then change the width of the movie clip accordingly
2. You could set autosize = true for the dynamic text field, then retrieve
the length of the text field once populated with the text, the adjust the
width of the movie clip based on it.. all on the fly.
Let me know if any helps!
ELENA BLANCO
Blancomedia
WEB APPLICATION ARCHITECT
920 HULL STREET
HOOD RIVER, OR 97031
p: 541.490.4993
e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
w: http://www.blancomedia.com
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Re: [Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay
you could also implement a use of the lightbox Javascript. http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/ this places an layer above the content. max am Donnerstag, 17. August 2006 um 21:14 schrieben Sie: or maybe use a javascript to change/replace the body style with another one, with a different background... using a preloaded image. michel. - Original Message - From: eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay I say darken yes, blur no. You don't have the HTML as a bitmap source to blur, but you could overlay a large semi-transparent mc over the HTML (the .swf would need to be large enough to accommodate this). - e.d. On 8/17/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like to dynamically show/hide from an html page. The overlay is not a problem using DIV and Z depth, but is there anyway of controlling the parent (background) html in a way similar to the Flex effect when showing dialog boxes etc, i.e. make the background blur? Or Darken the background or anything really. Just something that suggests the menu is now foreground, and the parent html page is background. Thanks, Nick ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
there are many ways to do the spacing. if your mc is sized after the width
of the textfield, just add the witdh of the mc to its _x plus the 15px for
spacing to get the _x of the next mc.
On 8/17/06, Aaron Roberson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm half way there...
I figured out how to resize the movie clip based on the length of the
text being loaded from the name attribute of the xml node. I added the
following line to my code:
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
Now I need to figure out how to make the spacing between each menu
item 15px. Sounds simple, and is for others, but now that each movie
clip is a different size I'm not sure how to do that. Any help on that
would be appreciated!
-Aaron
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By size, are you referring to the length of the text (in this case the
name?)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc,
i);
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == menu){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
var x = 200;
var y = this._y + this._height;
GenerateMenu(curr_menu, submenu_mc, x,
y,
1000, this.node_xml);
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}else{ // nodeName == item
curr_item.arrow._visible = false;
// close existing submenu
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
curr_menu.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}
curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
// restore color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
};
// any item, menu opening or not can have actions
curr_item.onRelease = function(){
Actions[goToURL](this.link);
CloseSubmenus();
};
} // end for loop
};
// create the main menu, this will be constantly visible
CreateMainMenu = function(x, y, depth, menu_xml){
Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
John,
That is what I am trying to do but it's not working for some reason.
Can you detect any problem or give me a suggestion with the following
code:
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc, i);
//set text field to auto size with left alignment
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// set movie clip width to the width of the text loaded from xml
curr_item._width = curr_item.name.textWidth;
// set x coordinate to the coordinate passed in times
the width of the movie clip
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
Thanks,
Aaron
On 8/17/06, John VanHorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
there are many ways to do the spacing. if your mc is sized after the width
of the textfield, just add the witdh of the mc to its _x plus the 15px for
spacing to get the _x of the next mc.
On 8/17/06, Aaron Roberson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm half way there...
I figured out how to resize the movie clip based on the length of the
text being loaded from the name attribute of the xml node. I added the
following line to my code:
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
Now I need to figure out how to make the spacing between each menu
item 15px. Sounds simple, and is for others, but now that each movie
clip is a different size I'm not sure how to do that. Any help on that
would be appreciated!
-Aaron
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By size, are you referring to the length of the text (in this case the
name?)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc,
i);
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == menu){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver =
function(){
var x = 200;
var y = this._y + this._height;
GenerateMenu(curr_menu, submenu_mc, x,
y,
1000, this.node_xml);
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
RE: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
Hey Aaron. The problem that I can see is that you are setting the x to
the x of the current item, hence you are setting it to its own width.
If you are trying to space them across the screen horizontally you need
to get the x and width of the last clip. Another way to do it is to get
the width of the container clip and use that. This only works if the
container only contains the nav items.
Option 1:
// get the last clip (i-1)
last_item = curr_menu[item+i-1+_mc];
last_x = last_item._x;
last_width = ast_item._width;
// set the x to the last item x plus the last item width
curr_item._x = last_x + last_width;
Option 2:
// set the x to the width of the container
curr_item._x = curr_menu._width;
Option 3:
// Set a fixed width
curr_item._x = i*100;
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:23 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
John,
That is what I am trying to do but it's not working for some reason.
Can you detect any problem or give me a suggestion with the following
code:
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc, i);
//set text field to auto size with left alignment
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// set movie clip width to the width of the text loaded
from xml
curr_item._width = curr_item.name.textWidth;
// set x coordinate to the coordinate passed in times
the width of the movie clip
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
Thanks,
Aaron
On 8/17/06, John VanHorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
there are many ways to do the spacing. if your mc is sized after the
width
of the textfield, just add the witdh of the mc to its _x plus the 15px
for
spacing to get the _x of the next mc.
On 8/17/06, Aaron Roberson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm half way there...
I figured out how to resize the movie clip based on the length of
the
text being loaded from the name attribute of the xml node. I added
the
following line to my code:
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
Now I need to figure out how to make the spacing between each menu
item 15px. Sounds simple, and is for others, but now that each movie
clip is a different size I'm not sure how to do that. Any help on
that
would be appreciated!
-Aaron
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By size, are you referring to the length of the text (in this case
the
name?)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name,
depth);
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc,
i);
Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
Ryan,
I went with option number 1 and it is working like a champ. I did
change one little thing:
last_item = curr_menu[item+i-1+_mc];
to
last_item = curr_menu[item+(i-1)+_mc];
But it works wonderfully now. Thank you all for your help!
-Aaron
On 8/17/06, Ryan Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Aaron. The problem that I can see is that you are setting the x to
the x of the current item, hence you are setting it to its own width.
If you are trying to space them across the screen horizontally you need
to get the x and width of the last clip. Another way to do it is to get
the width of the container clip and use that. This only works if the
container only contains the nav items.
Option 1:
// get the last clip (i-1)
last_item = curr_menu[item+i-1+_mc];
last_x = last_item._x;
last_width = ast_item._width;
// set the x to the last item x plus the last item width
curr_item._x = last_x + last_width;
Option 2:
// set the x to the width of the container
curr_item._x = curr_menu._width;
Option 3:
// Set a fixed width
curr_item._x = i*100;
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:23 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
John,
That is what I am trying to do but it's not working for some reason.
Can you detect any problem or give me a suggestion with the following
code:
for (var i=0; inode_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item =
curr_menu.attachMovie(menuitem,item+i+_mc, i);
//set text field to auto size with left alignment
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.link = curr_node.attributes.link;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
// set movie clip width to the width of the text loaded
from xml
curr_item._width = curr_item.name.textWidth;
// set x coordinate to the coordinate passed in times
the width of the movie clip
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
Thanks,
Aaron
On 8/17/06, John VanHorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
there are many ways to do the spacing. if your mc is sized after the
width
of the textfield, just add the witdh of the mc to its _x plus the 15px
for
spacing to get the _x of the next mc.
On 8/17/06, Aaron Roberson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm half way there...
I figured out how to resize the movie clip based on the length of
the
text being loaded from the name attribute of the xml node. I added
the
following line to my code:
curr_item.name.autoSize = left;
Now I need to figure out how to make the spacing between each menu
item 15px. Sounds simple, and is for others, but now that each movie
clip is a different size I'm not sure how to do that. Any help on
that
would be appreciated!
-Aaron
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By size, are you referring to the length of the text (in this case
the
name?)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Aaron
Roberson
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having
trouble spacing out each menu item.
Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron
P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com.
Here is the XML:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
menu name=navigation
item name=Home link=http://whitehorsemedia.com; /
menu name=About Us
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/index.cfm;
item name=Our Name
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/name.cfm; /
item name=News
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/news.cfm; /
item name=We Believe
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/believe.cfm; /
item name=Staff
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/staff.cfm; /
item name=Projects
link=http://whitehorsemedia.com/about/projects.cfm; /
/menu
/menu
Here is the ActionScript:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name,
depth);
// for all items
[Flashcoders] Flash 7,8,9 , AS 2 and 3 - clarify the situation
Hello Flashcoders, I'm a bit confused with waterfall of all these new terms :-). Can't find all answers at the Adobe site so far... As far as I can judge, current Flash version is 8, but - on product and Version Penetration pages it's 8 - latest Flash Player offered is v.9 - you're discussing AS3 and even Flash 9 IDE here in the list So, can anyone clarify the current situation with Flash versions? What about expected in the nearest future (till the end of 2006)? Please excuse me if this question seems dumb for you. -- Best regards, GregoryN http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Flash 7,8,9 , AS 2 and 3 - clarify the situation
Gregory, The latest Flash IDE is the Flash 8 IDE. The latest Flash Player is Flash Player 9. The Flash 9 IDE is currently in public alpha test, and can be downloaded from http://labs.adobe.com/ (You need a valid Flash 8 IDE serial number to run it though). The new IDE is expected to be released early 2007 as far as i heard, and supports AS3 as well as AS1 and 2. Then there is Flex Builder 2 and the Flex 2 SDK, which were released recently. The Flex 2 SDK is free, you can download it from the Adobe site. It contains the Flex 2 framework, AS3 and MXML commandline compilers and a commandline debugger. The Flex Builder 2 is an Eclipse based IDE that allows you to develop in AS3 and in MXML (or a combination thereof). Both can't be used to develop in AS1 and 2. Flex Builder 2 and the Flex 2 SDK tend to target software developers, whereas the Flash 9 IDE tends to target designers (allthough the line is becoming blurry). Cheers, Claus. ps: seems labs.adobe.com is down at the moment, or is it just me? GregoryN wrote: Hello Flashcoders, I'm a bit confused with waterfall of all these new terms :-). Can't find all answers at the Adobe site so far... As far as I can judge, current Flash version is 8, but - on product and Version Penetration pages it's 8 - latest Flash Player offered is v.9 - you're discussing AS3 and even Flash 9 IDE here in the list So, can anyone clarify the current situation with Flash versions? What about expected in the nearest future (till the end of 2006)? Please excuse me if this question seems dumb for you. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
