[Flashcoders] modal dialogs go with depthmanager or?

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,
I'd like your to cents on this, I'm building an app with different layers,
systemmessages, errordialogs, windows etc.
Would you recommend using the DepthManager and the like in order to
implement modal dialogs and stuff or would you implement your own mechanism?

greetz
JC
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Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE

[David Buff]

One way could be to draw a part of  your image into a small BitmapData then 
do a getPixel, if the value is not 0, your image is loaded. I've a problem 
with IE and the flash loader too. But it's with request on cfm pages. After 
200 requests, the connection come back with success, but the values are 
undefined... I work on this since a week without finding a good solution... 
This problem appear only with IE7. It seem's that there is actually a 
problem with IE and Flash. Have you also this problem only with IE7 or with 
all IE releases ??



- Original Message - 
From: Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE



Hi,
there is a bug in the loader component, which might be whats bothering you
in your case.
It plagues the scrollpane too, but there is a fix somewhere out there:)

greetz
JC


On 10/16/06, Alain Rousseau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I've never used the Loader myself, so I can't really help you out with
this
error, but it might be an issue with Adobe's ActiveX Add-on ?? If it's
only
IE that's affected that's where I would be looking.

Alain

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy
Herrman
Sent: 16 octobre 2006 16:31
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE

Awesome, looks like that works.  Thanks!

Any idea what's causing the problem with the Loader?  Just some bug in
Flash
or IE?

  -Andy

On 10/16/06, Alain Rousseau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Have you tried using the MovieClipLoader class ?

 It has an event very usefull called onLoadError . It gives you the
 following informations (quote from the livedocs):

 errorCode:String - A string that explains the reason for the failure,
 either URLNotFound or LoadNeverCompleted.

 httpStatus:Number [optional] - (Flash Player 8 only) The HTTP status
 code returned by the server. For example, a status code of 404
 indicates that the server has not found anything that matches the
 requested URI. For more information about HTTP status codes, see
 sections 10.4 and 10.5 of the HTTP specification at
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt.;



 You should look up the full docs on the matter here :
 http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/2538.html

 HTH !


 Alain

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy
 Herrman
 Sent: 16 octobre 2006 15:23
 To: Flashcoders
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE

 We're running into a really strange problem with image downloads in
 Flash when running in IE and was wondering if anyone else has seen
 something like this or has any ideas on what I could do to fix it.

 We need to have the Flash movie be able to download arbitrary images
 from the web and display them.  I also need to be able to tell whether
 the download worked or not, so I can display an error if it failed or
 manipulate the image if it loaded.

 The problem we're running into is that in IE the loader class will
 tell us the image failed to load even though it worked fine.  Here's
 some test code we used to test:

 ---
 import mx.controls.Alert

 this.createClassObject(mx.controls.Loader, my_ldr, 10);

 var poLoaderListener = new Object();
 poLoaderListener.oScope = this;

 poLoaderListener.complete = function(oEvent)
 {mx.controls.Alert.show(oEvent.total); };

 poLoaderListener.progress = function() {};

 my_ldr.addEventListener('complete', poLoaderListener);
 my_ldr.addEventListener('progress', poLoaderListener);

 my_ldr.load(IMAGE_URL);
 ---

 When running this in Firefox it works fine, and the alert box gives us
 the right value.  However, in IE when trying this the alert box pops
 up with a -1, telling us the download failed.  However, the image still
shows up.

 The only thing I've been able to figure out is that the speed of the
 download has something to do with it.  In the actual product we're
 downloading the images through a server that acts as a sort of proxy
 which caches the images.  The first time we hit it the proxy has to
 download the source image before returning it to the client.  This is
 when we see the problem.  Later attempts seem to work fine as the
 download happens faster (the server cached the image so it doesn't have
to
redownload it).

 To simplify the test I took the proxy out of the loop and threw a
 bandwidth limiter on the server that had the image I was testing.
 When throttling it back to act like a 56k modem I could reproduce the
 error in IE.  It still worked fine (just really slow) in Firefox.

 Has anyone seen this before?  It's causing serious problems, as we
 need to be able to tell if the image downloaded successfully or not.
 Any ideas of ways to get around this or fix it?  Note that we have to
 support Flash 7+.

 Thanks!

-Andy
 

[Flashcoders] [Flash Mac Widget]Transparency

[Oliver Müller]

Hi,

does anyone know how to make a swf transparent within a Mac widget?
I only get white a white border though it works well in Safari.

greetings,
Olli


this is my code:

object classid=clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-44455354
codebase=http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0;
width=200 height=200 id=test align=middle
param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain /
param name=movie value=test.swf /param name=quality
value=high /param name=wmode value=transparent /param
name=bgcolor value=#ff /embed src=test.swf quality=high
wmode=transparent bgcolor=#ff width=200 height=200
name=test align=middle allowScriptAccess=sameDomain
type=application/x-shockwave-flash
pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer; /
/object
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RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Michael Trim]

Oh man you're in for a treat. 

I've been using FlashDevelop for ages as an AS2 editor and wouldn't be
without it now, but after following this thread I am trying to setup a
project (something I have never done) and compile with MTASC...

Got this working fine, retrofitting an old project(about to be
redeveloped) following this tutorial...
http://www.smithaaronlee.net/archives/111
http://www.smithaaronlee.net/archives/113


But now need to get the following errors in the compiler

Warning : package com.Data not found
Warning : package com.UserInterface not found
Warning : package com.Utils not found

Warning : The MovieClip InfoScreen needs the class
UserInterface.InfoScreen which was not compiled :
Please force compilation of this class by adding it to the commandline.

I have setup com.Data etc in the IncludePackages Array, but clearly this
is incorrect.

What do I put in the IncludePackages Array?
How do I force compilation of each class by adding it to the
commandline?

TIA,

Michael
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RE: [Flashcoders] ppt to flash

[Blumenthal, Peter]

I looked into this recently, and trialled an number of solutions. the best I
found was PowerCONVERTER by PresenationPro:

http://www.presentationpro.com/Products/PowerCONVERTER.asp

This does a great job of maintaining animations, slide transitions and
audio.

Pete

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[Flashcoders] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

[Romain Ecarnot]

Hi all and sorry for this quite not critic question ;)

I'm currently search for an OpenSource Data charting framework,...
unsuccessfully :(
Google find some commercial products... but none OS.

Have you any ideas about this ? or does I to add this on my TODO list ^_^

Thanks in addvance and have a good day ;)

Cheers,

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RE: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

[Toby]

Can I recommend you subscribe to the SWFobject list and post this question
there  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

On the point of the issue you are experiencing I would have thought this
could have been also been influenced by browser behaviour and the installers
behaviour, regardless of SWFObject, infact, I doubt SWFObject has any
control over the installer or what it does after it has installed...
although that is pure guesswork! 

OT: I think you will be lucky if you manage to get the express install to
work identically on a lot of browsers over the next year, especially with
IE7 coming out. Personally I would hold your horses depending on the
commercial status of the website you are attaching this functionality too.

Hope the ramblings help!
T


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Dommermuth
 Sent: 16 October 2006 18:57
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)
 
 A follow-up.
 
 It just worked on one and not the other.  So freakin' erratic.
 
 will there ever be solid flash detection?
 
 
 
 
 
 At 01:53 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:
 
 Hello All,
 
 I've seen a few posts regarding express install/ swfObject/ ufo etc..
 
 I'm having a problem with both Adobe's express install scheme and
 swfObject.
 
 IE 6 works fine.
 
 Firefox (1.5.0.7) forces me to close the browser.  No redirect back.
 
 I've tried on two different computers.  no joy.
 
 Anyone else experience this?  Is this a known problem?  Any fix?
 
 Thanks,
 Kurt
 
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[Flashcoders] flash synchronization

[Wei Xiaobin]

Dear Friends,

We would ask a question about flash synchronization. We have 2 flash
video files, which should be played in a synchronized way either within
a flash container or two containers.

Can you give us any hints and suggestions?

Thank you very much for your attention!


Sincere regards,

Xiaobin Wei
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RE: [Flashcoders] flash synchronization

[Pedro Furtado]

Localconnection and cue points is the way to go :)


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Sent: terça-feira, 17 de Outubro de 2006 11:52
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] flash synchronization

Dear Friends,

We would ask a question about flash synchronization. We have 2 flash video
files, which should be played in a synchronized way either within a flash
container or two containers.

Can you give us any hints and suggestions?

Thank you very much for your attention!


Sincere regards,

Xiaobin Wei
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RE: [Flashcoders] ppt to flash

[Alexander, Mary]

Check out pdf2swf at www.swftools.org
 
M.



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Valério Guimarães
Sent: Mon 10/16/2006 4:06 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] ppt to flash



Hi all,

  I'm trying to convert ppt/pps to flash and I read the topic SDK for
Flash.
  In that topic the link http://bukoo.sourceforge.net/ was mentioned but it
is not working.
  Does anyone has anything on how to parse a ppt/pps file or creating a swf
file?

Regards

Valério
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RE: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

[Kurt Dommermuth]

HI Toby,

Thanks for the comments.  Can I get your opinion on something?

I've gone the route of using express install because it seemed to be that 
at worst you wouldn't be redirected back.


Are there other risks?

Thanks,
Kurt

At 06:45 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


Can I recommend you subscribe to the SWFobject list and post this question
there  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On the point of the issue you are experiencing I would have thought this
could have been also been influenced by browser behaviour and the installers
behaviour, regardless of SWFObject, infact, I doubt SWFObject has any
control over the installer or what it does after it has installed...
although that is pure guesswork!

OT: I think you will be lucky if you manage to get the express install to
work identically on a lot of browsers over the next year, especially with
IE7 coming out. Personally I would hold your horses depending on the
commercial status of the website you are attaching this functionality too.

Hope the ramblings help!
T


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Dommermuth
 Sent: 16 October 2006 18:57
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

 A follow-up.

 It just worked on one and not the other.  So freakin' erratic.

 will there ever be solid flash detection?





 At 01:53 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 I've seen a few posts regarding express install/ swfObject/ ufo etc..
 
 I'm having a problem with both Adobe's express install scheme and
 swfObject.
 
 IE 6 works fine.
 
 Firefox (1.5.0.7) forces me to close the browser.  No redirect back.
 
 I've tried on two different computers.  no joy.
 
 Anyone else experience this?  Is this a known problem?  Any fix?
 
 Thanks,
 Kurt
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [osflash] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

[Romain Ecarnot]

Thanks Darren, I'll take a look in few hours... ;)

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RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Kurt Dommermuth]

Hi,

I think this has been pretty much said, but after having recently explored 
AS editor options I'd like to give my take.


First, your needs are going to be based on how you work.  I do a lot of 
scripting but I also mix in some hand animations and other frame based stuff.


I'm not developing apps.

My primary objective for using an external editor is to keep 
organized.  That means smart Code folding.  Second I want code 
validation.  third, I want to compile from the editor.  Maybe all of the 
following are capable, but only one was intuitive and made it easy to 
accomplish these objectives.  I mean, within minutes.


Scite:  Ok but I was frustrated that I couldn't just click to close an open 
file.  no right click either?  You have to go to the top level menu.  Code 
folding was good. Coudn't find code validation.  Couldn't compile.  Maybe 
it was all there, but not intuitive.  I dumped it.


Primal Script.  Not great code folding.  It wouldn't save folds.  I asked 
in the forums.  no solution.  Plus of course it costs a few bucks. I dumped 
it right there.


Eclispe/FDT.  What a mess to configure.  It may be as powerful as everyone 
says, but it's pretty much worthless for my needs.  And frankly, I suspect 
my needs are more typical of the average flasher.  There are a lot of 
sophisticated programers on this list, god bless you all, but I don't think 
they represent your average flasher.  To much work.  To much time wasted 
setting it up.  Dumped it.  $$ (which btw, if something is worth it, I be 
glad to shell out).


Dreamweaver.  won't save code folding.  stopped trying it right there.

Sepy.  I'm happy with Sepy.  Simple.  Problem solved.  Set up and continued 
doing my work in minutes.


Kurt





At 05:53 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


Oh man you're in for a treat.

I've been using FlashDevelop for ages as an AS2 editor and wouldn't be
without it now, but after following this thread I am trying to setup a
project (something I have never done) and compile with MTASC...

Got this working fine, retrofitting an old project(about to be
redeveloped) following this tutorial...
http://www.smithaaronlee.net/archives/111
http://www.smithaaronlee.net/archives/113


But now need to get the following errors in the compiler

Warning : package com.Data not found
Warning : package com.UserInterface not found
Warning : package com.Utils not found

Warning : The MovieClip InfoScreen needs the class
UserInterface.InfoScreen which was not compiled :
Please force compilation of this class by adding it to the commandline.

I have setup com.Data etc in the IncludePackages Array, but clearly this
is incorrect.

What do I put in the IncludePackages Array?
How do I force compilation of each class by adding it to the
commandline?

TIA,

Michael
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Re: [Flashcoders] [Flash Mac Widget]Transparency

[Geoff Stearns]

you mean inside dashboard?

i tried this when dashboard first came out, and I couldn't figure out  
how to get it working.




On Oct 17, 2006, at 4:54 AM, Oliver Müller wrote:


Hi,

does anyone know how to make a swf transparent within a Mac widget?
I only get white a white border though it works well in Safari.

greetings,
Olli


this is my code:

object classid=clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-44455354
codebase=http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/ 
swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0

width=200 height=200 id=test align=middle
param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain /
param name=movie value=test.swf /param name=quality
value=high /param name=wmode value=transparent /param
name=bgcolor value=#ff /embed src=test.swf quality=high
wmode=transparent bgcolor=#ff width=200 height=200
name=test align=middle allowScriptAccess=sameDomain
type=application/x-shockwave-flash
pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer; /
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Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

[Geoff Stearns]

there's one other issue with expressinstall, and that is if you are  
using IE, and some other program on your system is using the flash  
player .ocx file, then when you finish the upgrade, and your original  
browser window closes and the new one opens, the page will still  
think that you have the older flash player installed... so it will  
prompt to start the install all over again.


this mostly happens with people using MSN messenger with the flash  
player in it (not sure the details, but i guess they have some skins  
or something that use flash?) this causes the ocx file to be locked  
and the upgrade can't finish until they quit all the apps that use  
the flash player. then everything is fine.


as for your general issues with the upgrade: the first thing to test,  
is are you testing it on a web server? the redirect won't work if you  
are launching it from a local file - this is a common mistake people  
make when testing it.






On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Kurt Dommermuth wrote:


HI Toby,

Thanks for the comments.  Can I get your opinion on something?

I've gone the route of using express install because it seemed to  
be that at worst you wouldn't be redirected back.


Are there other risks?

Thanks,
Kurt

At 06:45 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:

Can I recommend you subscribe to the SWFobject list and post this  
question

there  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On the point of the issue you are experiencing I would have  
thought this
could have been also been influenced by browser behaviour and the  
installers

behaviour, regardless of SWFObject, infact, I doubt SWFObject has any
control over the installer or what it does after it has installed...
although that is pure guesswork!

OT: I think you will be lucky if you manage to get the express  
install to
work identically on a lot of browsers over the next year,  
especially with

IE7 coming out. Personally I would hold your horses depending on the
commercial status of the website you are attaching this  
functionality too.


Hope the ramblings help!
T


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  
[mailto:flashcoders-

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Dommermuth
 Sent: 16 October 2006 18:57
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

 A follow-up.

 It just worked on one and not the other.  So freakin' erratic.

 will there ever be solid flash detection?





 At 01:53 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 I've seen a few posts regarding express install/ swfObject/ ufo  
etc..

 
 I'm having a problem with both Adobe's express install scheme and
 swfObject.
 
 IE 6 works fine.
 
 Firefox (1.5.0.7) forces me to close the browser.  No redirect  
back.

 
 I've tried on two different computers.  no joy.
 
 Anyone else experience this?  Is this a known problem?  Any fix?
 
 Thanks,
 Kurt
 
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RE: [Flashcoders] FLASC problem

[Merrill, Jason]

you're running any source control and have to check out the file, that
could
be the issue.

I always get that error when I forget to close an already open
swf-preview-window (the one that pops up after testing/compiling)

Hmmm... thanks guys - however, I'm not running any source control - and
the file is not open (preview or otherwise) anywhere else.  I just set
up a simple class and a simple fla and .swf.  Perhaps my preference
settings are somehow not correct?  I do see MTASC run in a command
window, but then the error appears.  

Any other ideas?  I see my post to osflash finally went through (after
12+ hours) so if you prefer, we can also move the discussion over there.


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Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE

[Andy Herrman]

The problem we ran into happens both in IE 6 and 7.  I'm guessing it's
a bug in how the Flash plugin interfaces with IE.

  -Andy

On 10/17/06, David Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

One way could be to draw a part of  your image into a small BitmapData then
do a getPixel, if the value is not 0, your image is loaded. I've a problem
with IE and the flash loader too. But it's with request on cfm pages. After
200 requests, the connection come back with success, but the values are
undefined... I work on this since a week without finding a good solution...
This problem appear only with IE7. It seem's that there is actually a
problem with IE and Flash. Have you also this problem only with IE7 or with
all IE releases ??


- Original Message -
From: Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE


 Hi,
 there is a bug in the loader component, which might be whats bothering you
 in your case.
 It plagues the scrollpane too, but there is a fix somewhere out there:)

 greetz
 JC


 On 10/16/06, Alain Rousseau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I've never used the Loader myself, so I can't really help you out with
 this
 error, but it might be an issue with Adobe's ActiveX Add-on ?? If it's
 only
 IE that's affected that's where I would be looking.

 Alain

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy
 Herrman
 Sent: 16 octobre 2006 16:31
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE

 Awesome, looks like that works.  Thanks!

 Any idea what's causing the problem with the Loader?  Just some bug in
 Flash
 or IE?

   -Andy

 On 10/16/06, Alain Rousseau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Have you tried using the MovieClipLoader class ?
 
  It has an event very usefull called onLoadError . It gives you the
  following informations (quote from the livedocs):
 
  errorCode:String - A string that explains the reason for the failure,
  either URLNotFound or LoadNeverCompleted.
 
  httpStatus:Number [optional] - (Flash Player 8 only) The HTTP status
  code returned by the server. For example, a status code of 404
  indicates that the server has not found anything that matches the
  requested URI. For more information about HTTP status codes, see
  sections 10.4 and 10.5 of the HTTP specification at
 ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt.;
 
 
 
  You should look up the full docs on the matter here :
  http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/2538.html
 
  HTH !
 
 
  Alain
 
  -Original Message-
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy
  Herrman
  Sent: 16 octobre 2006 15:23
  To: Flashcoders
  Subject: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE
 
  We're running into a really strange problem with image downloads in
  Flash when running in IE and was wondering if anyone else has seen
  something like this or has any ideas on what I could do to fix it.
 
  We need to have the Flash movie be able to download arbitrary images
  from the web and display them.  I also need to be able to tell whether
  the download worked or not, so I can display an error if it failed or
  manipulate the image if it loaded.
 
  The problem we're running into is that in IE the loader class will
  tell us the image failed to load even though it worked fine.  Here's
  some test code we used to test:
 
  ---
  import mx.controls.Alert
 
  this.createClassObject(mx.controls.Loader, my_ldr, 10);
 
  var poLoaderListener = new Object();
  poLoaderListener.oScope = this;
 
  poLoaderListener.complete = function(oEvent)
  {mx.controls.Alert.show(oEvent.total); };
 
  poLoaderListener.progress = function() {};
 
  my_ldr.addEventListener('complete', poLoaderListener);
  my_ldr.addEventListener('progress', poLoaderListener);
 
  my_ldr.load(IMAGE_URL);
  ---
 
  When running this in Firefox it works fine, and the alert box gives us
  the right value.  However, in IE when trying this the alert box pops
  up with a -1, telling us the download failed.  However, the image still
 shows up.
 
  The only thing I've been able to figure out is that the speed of the
  download has something to do with it.  In the actual product we're
  downloading the images through a server that acts as a sort of proxy
  which caches the images.  The first time we hit it the proxy has to
  download the source image before returning it to the client.  This is
  when we see the problem.  Later attempts seem to work fine as the
  download happens faster (the server cached the image so it doesn't have
 to
 redownload it).
 
  To simplify the test I took the proxy out of the loop and threw a
  bandwidth limiter on the server that had the image I was testing.
  When throttling it back to act like a 56k modem I could reproduce the
  error in IE.  It still worked fine (just 

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [osflash] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

[Michael Stuhr]

Romain Ecarnot schrieb:

Thanks Darren, I'll take a look in few hours... ;)

Romain.
ActionScript Developper.
var myFramework : Fever http://code.google.com/p/as2fever/ = new
Fever()http://code.google.com/p/as2fever/
;


please update your detectionscripts or use another, cause the preview links won't bypass 
your flashdetection


micha
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[Flashcoders] Flashcoders Emails

[Darren Cline]

Am I missing something or is there not a way to link the titles at the
top of the page to the actual e-mail? I am using Outlook (go figure) and
can't seem to find a setting on the e-mail list home page. It's just
that some of these are getting really long (especially when people leave
in the reply copy) and finding the e-mail you want to read can take
forever.

- darren
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[Flashcoders] Re: [osflash] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

[Darren Cook]

 I'm currently search for an OpenSource Data charting framework,...

I've been working on such a library for a long time, with the intention
to release as open source. I've a sourceforge page set up (
http://dcflash.sf.net/ ) and some demos (links and screenshots on the SF
page), and am in the process of preparing the code for a first release.

There is also some code for statistics (with a financial charting
emphasis), and also client code that ties in with a PHP XML server (also
open source) that eases the pushing of financial data for charting
(though is more general than that).

Nagging me to get the release out the door will probably be effective,
so let me know if you are interested :-).

Darren


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Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Jörg Birkhold]

hi michael,

right-click your file in the project explorer and select always compile


greetz

joerg

Michael Trim schrieb:



What do I put in the IncludePackages Array?
How do I force compilation of each class by adding it to the
commandline?

TIA,

Michael
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RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Michael Trim]

right-click your file in the project explorer and select always
compile

Thanks joerg had found that, I'm downloading other examples of FDP's and
examining their setup, almost there!


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RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Merrill, Jason]

I was just checking out the build options for a project in FlashDevelop,
and it seems you can set it to compile with MTASC and/or inject code -
so if that's true, would there be any reason to use FLASC when you're
just writing code with FlashDevelop?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

[Kurt Dommermuth]

Hi Geoff,

thank you for the clarification.

so, as the creator of SWFobject, I'm sure you've put a ton of thought into 
this.  (THANK YOU!)


I want to do the best thing.  would you say Basic Flash Embed with Express 
Install allowed  is the best option?  Or does it still succumb to the 
problem you outlined below?


Basically,  what do you use?

also, yes, I did initially try testing on a local machine, but ultimately 
tested on a remote server.   The results are inconsistent.


thanks again,
Kurt


At 08:37 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


there's one other issue with expressinstall, and that is if you are
using IE, and some other program on your system is using the flash
player .ocx file, then when you finish the upgrade, and your original
browser window closes and the new one opens, the page will still
think that you have the older flash player installed... so it will
prompt to start the install all over again.

this mostly happens with people using MSN messenger with the flash
player in it (not sure the details, but i guess they have some skins
or something that use flash?) this causes the ocx file to be locked
and the upgrade can't finish until they quit all the apps that use
the flash player. then everything is fine.

as for your general issues with the upgrade: the first thing to test,
is are you testing it on a web server? the redirect won't work if you
are launching it from a local file - this is a common mistake people
make when testing it.





On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Kurt Dommermuth wrote:


HI Toby,

Thanks for the comments.  Can I get your opinion on something?

I've gone the route of using express install because it seemed to
be that at worst you wouldn't be redirected back.

Are there other risks?

Thanks,
Kurt

At 06:45 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


Can I recommend you subscribe to the SWFobject list and post this
question
there  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On the point of the issue you are experiencing I would have
thought this
could have been also been influenced by browser behaviour and the
installers
behaviour, regardless of SWFObject, infact, I doubt SWFObject has any
control over the installer or what it does after it has installed...
although that is pure guesswork!

OT: I think you will be lucky if you manage to get the express
install to
work identically on a lot of browsers over the next year,
especially with
IE7 coming out. Personally I would hold your horses depending on the
commercial status of the website you are attaching this
functionality too.

Hope the ramblings help!
T


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Dommermuth
 Sent: 16 October 2006 18:57
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

 A follow-up.

 It just worked on one and not the other.  So freakin' erratic.

 will there ever be solid flash detection?





 At 01:53 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 I've seen a few posts regarding express install/ swfObject/ ufo
etc..
 
 I'm having a problem with both Adobe's express install scheme and
 swfObject.
 
 IE 6 works fine.
 
 Firefox (1.5.0.7) forces me to close the browser.  No redirect
back.
 
 I've tried on two different computers.  no joy.
 
 Anyone else experience this?  Is this a known problem?  Any fix?
 
 Thanks,
 Kurt
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

[Geoff Stearns]

most of my projects these days do have express install enabled, so i  
use the same code that is in the 'basic w/ express install' example.


swfobject doesn't really do much in the way of express install - all  
it does is check to see if the user needs the upgrade or not, and  
then pass some vars into your flash movie.


once the movie gets those vars, it just laods a swf from adobe and it  
takes care of the rest. you do have control over which url is passed  
into the swf, and that determines where the user is sent after the  
install is done (by default it's the current page's url, but you can  
change it by using the xiRedirectUrl attribute.


but rest assured, it does in fact work most of the time - i think the  
issues you are having are probably rare things that may be caused by  
your specific machine setup, and won't be seen by your users. there's  
hundreds (thousands?) of websites using this daily, and like you  
said, even if they aren't redirected back, they still get the updated  
player and will hopefully find their way back to your site just like  
they did in the 'old days' before express install existed.







On Oct 17, 2006, at 9:26 AM, Kurt Dommermuth wrote:


Hi Geoff,

thank you for the clarification.

so, as the creator of SWFobject, I'm sure you've put a ton of  
thought into this.  (THANK YOU!)


I want to do the best thing.  would you say Basic Flash Embed with  
Express Install allowed  is the best option?  Or does it still  
succumb to the problem you outlined below?


Basically,  what do you use?

also, yes, I did initially try testing on a local machine, but  
ultimately tested on a remote server.   The results are inconsistent.


thanks again,
Kurt


At 08:37 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


there's one other issue with expressinstall, and that is if you are
using IE, and some other program on your system is using the flash
player .ocx file, then when you finish the upgrade, and your original
browser window closes and the new one opens, the page will still
think that you have the older flash player installed... so it will
prompt to start the install all over again.

this mostly happens with people using MSN messenger with the flash
player in it (not sure the details, but i guess they have some skins
or something that use flash?) this causes the ocx file to be locked
and the upgrade can't finish until they quit all the apps that use
the flash player. then everything is fine.

as for your general issues with the upgrade: the first thing to test,
is are you testing it on a web server? the redirect won't work if you
are launching it from a local file - this is a common mistake people
make when testing it.





On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Kurt Dommermuth wrote:


HI Toby,

Thanks for the comments.  Can I get your opinion on something?

I've gone the route of using express install because it seemed to
be that at worst you wouldn't be redirected back.

Are there other risks?

Thanks,
Kurt

At 06:45 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


Can I recommend you subscribe to the SWFobject list and post this
question
there  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On the point of the issue you are experiencing I would have
thought this
could have been also been influenced by browser behaviour and the
installers
behaviour, regardless of SWFObject, infact, I doubt SWFObject  
has any
control over the installer or what it does after it has  
installed...

although that is pure guesswork!

OT: I think you will be lucky if you manage to get the express
install to
work identically on a lot of browsers over the next year,
especially with
IE7 coming out. Personally I would hold your horses depending on  
the

commercial status of the website you are attaching this
functionality too.

Hope the ramblings help!
T


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Dommermuth
 Sent: 16 October 2006 18:57
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

 A follow-up.

 It just worked on one and not the other.  So freakin' erratic.

 will there ever be solid flash detection?





 At 01:53 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 I've seen a few posts regarding express install/ swfObject/ ufo
etc..
 
 I'm having a problem with both Adobe's express install scheme  
and

 swfObject.
 
 IE 6 works fine.
 
 Firefox (1.5.0.7) forces me to close the browser.  No redirect
back.
 
 I've tried on two different computers.  no joy.
 
 Anyone else experience this?  Is this a known problem?  Any fix?
 
 Thanks,
 Kurt
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

[Kurt Dommermuth]

Thanks again Geoff.  It means a lot coming from you as you've invested so 
much time thinking about it.


Kurt

At 10:10 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


most of my projects these days do have express install enabled, so i
use the same code that is in the 'basic w/ express install' example.

swfobject doesn't really do much in the way of express install - all
it does is check to see if the user needs the upgrade or not, and
then pass some vars into your flash movie.

once the movie gets those vars, it just laods a swf from adobe and it
takes care of the rest. you do have control over which url is passed
into the swf, and that determines where the user is sent after the
install is done (by default it's the current page's url, but you can
change it by using the xiRedirectUrl attribute.

but rest assured, it does in fact work most of the time - i think the
issues you are having are probably rare things that may be caused by
your specific machine setup, and won't be seen by your users. there's
hundreds (thousands?) of websites using this daily, and like you
said, even if they aren't redirected back, they still get the updated
player and will hopefully find their way back to your site just like
they did in the 'old days' before express install existed.






On Oct 17, 2006, at 9:26 AM, Kurt Dommermuth wrote:


Hi Geoff,

thank you for the clarification.

so, as the creator of SWFobject, I'm sure you've put a ton of
thought into this.  (THANK YOU!)

I want to do the best thing.  would you say Basic Flash Embed with
Express Install allowed  is the best option?  Or does it still
succumb to the problem you outlined below?

Basically,  what do you use?

also, yes, I did initially try testing on a local machine, but
ultimately tested on a remote server.   The results are inconsistent.

thanks again,
Kurt


At 08:37 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


there's one other issue with expressinstall, and that is if you are
using IE, and some other program on your system is using the flash
player .ocx file, then when you finish the upgrade, and your original
browser window closes and the new one opens, the page will still
think that you have the older flash player installed... so it will
prompt to start the install all over again.

this mostly happens with people using MSN messenger with the flash
player in it (not sure the details, but i guess they have some skins
or something that use flash?) this causes the ocx file to be locked
and the upgrade can't finish until they quit all the apps that use
the flash player. then everything is fine.

as for your general issues with the upgrade: the first thing to test,
is are you testing it on a web server? the redirect won't work if you
are launching it from a local file - this is a common mistake people
make when testing it.





On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Kurt Dommermuth wrote:


HI Toby,

Thanks for the comments.  Can I get your opinion on something?

I've gone the route of using express install because it seemed to
be that at worst you wouldn't be redirected back.

Are there other risks?

Thanks,
Kurt

At 06:45 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote:


Can I recommend you subscribe to the SWFobject list and post this
question
there  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On the point of the issue you are experiencing I would have
thought this
could have been also been influenced by browser behaviour and the
installers
behaviour, regardless of SWFObject, infact, I doubt SWFObject
has any
control over the installer or what it does after it has
installed...
although that is pure guesswork!

OT: I think you will be lucky if you manage to get the express
install to
work identically on a lot of browsers over the next year,
especially with
IE7 coming out. Personally I would hold your horses depending on
the
commercial status of the website you are attaching this
functionality too.

Hope the ramblings help!
T


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
   [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Dommermuth
 Sent: 16 October 2006 18:57
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

 A follow-up.

 It just worked on one and not the other.  So freakin' erratic.

 will there ever be solid flash detection?





 At 01:53 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 I've seen a few posts regarding express install/ swfObject/ ufo
etc..
 
 I'm having a problem with both Adobe's express install scheme
and
 swfObject.
 
 IE 6 works fine.
 
 Firefox (1.5.0.7) forces me to close the browser.  No redirect
back.
 
 I've tried on two different computers.  no joy.
 
 Anyone else experience this?  Is this a known problem?  Any fix?
 
 Thanks,
 Kurt
 
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RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Pete Miller]

I'm having the same problem and I don't think it was answered.  How do I
tell FlashDevelop/MTASC what/where my packages are?  If my class path is
MyDirectory, and I 

import components.*

from MyDirectory/components, how do I add this to the setup?  I've tried
several combinations, but haven't hit it yet.

P.


 
 But now need to get the following errors in the compiler
 
 Warning : package com.Data not found
 Warning : package com.UserInterface not found
 Warning : package com.Utils not found
 

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[Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

[slangeberg]

I know from reading this list that Steven is really into mProjector. I'm
looking at acquiring a projector builder for Flash in our company. Our
current task is to create executable CD apps / presentations, but it would
be nice to have a system to create desktop apps (ala SpringBox), as well.

How do people think mProjector stacks up against Zinc? Zinc seems to have
better support for system windows, while mProjector seems more attuned to
custom flash windows. Guess I'd like both, as we have corporate clients
who'll want to see regular system windows containing the content.

Sorry if this is off topic.

Scott

On 10/5/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote:


 it would need to be a full screen projector file

Why would it need to be a full screen projector file?

mProjector's alpha performance on Windows is the best there is.
http://www.thespringbox.com/  uses mProjector and has alpha
transparency.

If you want to be able to move something around the screen, you can move
it around the screen by setting the window's x and y position.  You
don't need to make it a full screen application.  If you want multiple
things to appear in different places anywhere on the screen, you open up
new mProjector windows and communicate to those using mProjector's API.
It's all supported and well documented.  You don't need to make it a
full screen application to achieve those things.  :)

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Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Mark Winterhalder]

On 10/17/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I was just checking out the build options for a project in FlashDevelop,
and it seems you can set it to compile with MTASC and/or inject code -
so if that's true, would there be any reason to use FLASC when you're
just writing code with FlashDevelop?


I think some like to make a clean build compiled with the official
compiler to publish the project when they're done. Why? I don't know.
Maybe a final check if it compiles in case somebody else will have to
work on it who doesn't know of MTASC. But it shouldn't be necessary,
MTASC usually is stricter than the MMC (or is it now AC -- Adobe
Compiler?), especially if you use --strict.

Just to throw in my setup:
I use Eclipse with EHX [1]. EHX is still in very early development, so
some of the luxury of the more mature IDEs is missing, but there isn't
much choice for haXe [2] IDEs yet -- especially if you can't run
FlashDevelop since it's Windows-only, but here is a haXe plugin for
it, too.

[1] http://osflash.org/ehx
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaXe

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

[Adrian Ionut Beschea]

I used mProjector while developing an im chat client and I had little problems 
with  it. Comes  with loads of samples and support forum is prompt. 
I for one, think it has quite a good support for system windows and it's all 
synchonus meaning you don't have to add event listeners for anything. Not even 
when chooosing folders. 
Zinc is already as 3.0, though :-)

 


slangeberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know from reading this list that Steven 
is really into mProjector. I'm
looking at acquiring a projector builder for Flash in our company. Our
current task is to create executable CD apps / presentations, but it would
be nice to have a system to create desktop apps (ala SpringBox), as well.

How do people think mProjector stacks up against Zinc? Zinc seems to have
better support for system windows, while mProjector seems more attuned to
custom flash windows. Guess I'd like both, as we have corporate clients
who'll want to see regular system windows containing the content.

Sorry if this is off topic.

Scott

On 10/5/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ  wrote:

  it would need to be a full screen projector file

 Why would it need to be a full screen projector file?

 mProjector's alpha performance on Windows is the best there is.
 http://www.thespringbox.com/  uses mProjector and has alpha
 transparency.

 If you want to be able to move something around the screen, you can move
 it around the screen by setting the window's x and y position.  You
 don't need to make it a full screen application.  If you want multiple
 things to appear in different places anywhere on the screen, you open up
 new mProjector windows and communicate to those using mProjector's API.
 It's all supported and well documented.  You don't need to make it a
 full screen application to achieve those things.  :)

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

[Ian Thomas]

Hi Scott,
 As I've said a number of times on this list, the problem that I've
had with Zinc is that they've twice broken (different) features in the
product with new releases - features that I've relied upon. And whole
version numbers have passed before they've released fixes to those
newly introduced bugs.

 Zinc/Multidmedia seem to have a philosphy of releasing lots and lots
of new features without properly fixing existing bugs or any sort of
decent regression testing.

 Don't get me wrong, it's a feature-full product. But if you don't
need all those fancy features, I'd advise against going for it purely
on the grounds of stability.

Cheers,
  Ian

On 10/17/06, slangeberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I know from reading this list that Steven is really into mProjector. I'm
looking at acquiring a projector builder for Flash in our company. Our
current task is to create executable CD apps / presentations, but it would
be nice to have a system to create desktop apps (ala SpringBox), as well.

How do people think mProjector stacks up against Zinc? Zinc seems to have
better support for system windows, while mProjector seems more attuned to
custom flash windows. Guess I'd like both, as we have corporate clients
who'll want to see regular system windows containing the content.

Sorry if this is off topic.

Scott

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[Corey Szopinski]

Domani Studios seeks an inspired and motivated Flash developer to join
our team. Responsibilities include creating and building experiential
projects guided by a creative and technical lead. You will create
games, animations, banners, sites, videos, and tons of other
interactive components.

Requirements
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-   Experience with version control systems
-   Experience with database/Flash communication
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-   Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript

Bonus Points:
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Additionally, the developer will be directly involved in concepting,
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that help push clients in exciting new directions. While this is
predominantly a developer's position, design knowledge is a huge plus.
Locals only please. No agencies.

Please email your resume and a list or URLS (or portfolio site)
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Salary commensurate with experience.

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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

[Blumenthal, Peter]

I know there's a *big* difference in price, but lately I've been coming back
around to using Director for Flash based apps that need decent OS level
capability...

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[Flashcoders] Problem with response of cfm pages especially with IE 7.0

[David Buff]

Hi FlashCoders !
Sorry again for my bad english...

We've a big and curious problem with cfm pages, since one week, without finding 
a real solution.
It seem's there is a problem beetween flash player and navigator especialy IE 
7.0

We build online games, and this games make request to the server using cfm 
pages (ColdFusion 5.0 and Flash 8 pro).
For exemple, the Flash ask to the map description off a game, like:

http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm?action=ask_map
and the cfm page return:
id_map=152map_description=5,6,9,1,2,3,8,4,5,6,1,5,3 etc...

With IE 7, after 200 or 220 requests to the cfm page, the connection return 
with success but the params are undefined. We need to clear the cache of IE 
to be abble again to get params from the cfm page, and this only for 200 
requests again.
We've verifyed with the plugin HttpWatch that the connection was success, and 
that the params was correctly returned by the cfm page. So the navigator get 
the params, but did'nt pass theym to the flash player.

We've try to add a timer (date+time, it's a unique number, better than a random 
number) to the URL like:
http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm?timer=121546546685211action=ask_map 
... doesn't change anything

We've try to add the timer befor the ? of the URL with a \ (not /) we 
send something like:
http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm\timer=121546546685211?action=ask_map
(The navigator automaticaly correct \ in /, I don't know if this is important 
to explain)
With this solution, we did'nt have any problem with IE 7, but it start to be 
worst with FireFox especially release 1.5.0.7

I test today with a cookie on one game, around 1500 gamers (about 100 requests 
by gamer), there was 4% of theym who has a connection witch comes back with no 
success and 1.3% witch comes back with success but where the params are 
undefined. When connection work wrong, the game test automaticaly again the 
connection a second time. Only 0.4% of the gamers ware not abble to get a good 
connection again. But it seem's hudred by day...

Does anybody have a similar problem? any solution?

The flash code is something like this:

var varLoader:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
function askMap() {
 varLoader.onLoad = _root.askMap_callBack;
 
varLoader.sendAndLoad(http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm?action=ask_map,varLoader,GET;);
}
function askMap_callBack(success) {
 if (success != true){
  trace(no success);
  // do something in the game
 }else{
  trace(success);
  for (var i_o in varLoader) {
   trace(param:+i_o+ -- +varLoader[i_o]);
  }
  // do something in the game
 }
}

it returns (trace):
success
param:id_map -- 152
param:map_description -- 5,6,9,1,2,3,8,4,5,6,1,5,3 etc...
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Passing SWF parameters with MovieClipLoader?

[John Harding]

I may not have been clear - I understand that if you actually want to _use_
the new clip, you need to wait for onLoadInit.

What I was trying to do is set parameters on the new clip _before_ it gets
loaded, similar to setting flashvars in HTML, or setting properties on an
empty clip before calling MovieClip.loadMovie().   And what I found is that
you can do this by setting those parameters in response to onLoadComplete.

-John

On 10/16/06, Alain Rousseau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Yup, Tested and True,

it's definitely onLoadInit that does the trick, because it is fired when
the first frame of your loaded SWF is played.
onLoadComplete only tells you that the SWF bytes have completed loading
before it actually begins playing.

the rest of the onLoad... events for the MovieClipLoader seem to be
there only for the purpose of load progress monitoring. Of course you
can put them at any use you see fit but basically that is waht they do.

onLoadInit tells you that your SWF is ready for manipulation.

HTH

Alain

John Harding wrote:

 Hello all,

 I have a project where I'd like to use MovieClipLoader to load an
 external
 SWF, so that I can be notified when the load is complete.  However, it
 appears that MovieClipLoader.loadClip() does not allow one to pass
 parameters (i.e. flashVars) to the SWF like MovieClip.loadMovie() does.

 As an experiment, I tried setting my SWF parameters in response to
 onLoadComplete(), and it appears to work - onLoadComplete is called
 before
 the loaded SWF initializes, and the parameters set in onLoadComplete()
 are
 set on the root clip of the loaded SWF.

 So my question is, does anyone know if this is guaranteed behavior?  The
 Macromedia docs all seem to indicate that onLoadComplete() is completely
 useless and one should use onLoadInit() (and yes, I'm still using
 onLoadInit
 for everything other than the SWF parameters).

 Thanks!
 -John
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[Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

[Chip Moeser]

Hello All,
I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML  
object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?

Thanks!

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RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Passing SWF parameters with MovieClipLoader?

[Alain Rousseau]

Oh sorry for misunderstanding,

To answer you question, I don't know if it is a garanteed behavior but if it
works, that could be the case, because flashvars are set before the swf
actually loads in your page. That onLoadComplete behaves in a similar way
seems plausible.

Further testing is required to say if it's a solid assumption. But if it
works, use it ! :)

Alain

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Harding
Sent: 17 octobre 2006 12:08
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Passing SWF parameters with MovieClipLoader?

I may not have been clear - I understand that if you actually want to _use_
the new clip, you need to wait for onLoadInit.

What I was trying to do is set parameters on the new clip _before_ it gets
loaded, similar to setting flashvars in HTML, or setting properties on an
empty clip before calling MovieClip.loadMovie().   And what I found is that
you can do this by setting those parameters in response to onLoadComplete.

-John

On 10/16/06, Alain Rousseau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Yup, Tested and True,

 it's definitely onLoadInit that does the trick, because it is fired 
 when the first frame of your loaded SWF is played.
 onLoadComplete only tells you that the SWF bytes have completed 
 loading before it actually begins playing.

 the rest of the onLoad... events for the MovieClipLoader seem to be 
 there only for the purpose of load progress monitoring. Of course you 
 can put them at any use you see fit but basically that is waht they do.

 onLoadInit tells you that your SWF is ready for manipulation.

 HTH

 Alain

 John Harding wrote:

  Hello all,
 
  I have a project where I'd like to use MovieClipLoader to load an 
  external SWF, so that I can be notified when the load is complete.  
  However, it appears that MovieClipLoader.loadClip() does not allow 
  one to pass parameters (i.e. flashVars) to the SWF like 
  MovieClip.loadMovie() does.
 
  As an experiment, I tried setting my SWF parameters in response to 
  onLoadComplete(), and it appears to work - onLoadComplete is called 
  before the loaded SWF initializes, and the parameters set in 
  onLoadComplete() are set on the root clip of the loaded SWF.
 
  So my question is, does anyone know if this is guaranteed behavior?  
  The Macromedia docs all seem to indicate that onLoadComplete() is 
  completely useless and one should use onLoadInit() (and yes, I'm 
  still using onLoadInit for everything other than the SWF 
  parameters).
 
  Thanks!
  -John
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[Flashcoders] Disfunctional v2 Components in Player 9

[Jason Lutes]

What can I do about a UIScrollbar component that is (now) broken in a
project that worked just fine until recently, when the client began
using Flash Player 9?

The Adobe support information does not give a solution except to say
something to the effect of v3 components don't have this problem.
Fairly useless.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, since it will save me having to
create a new custom scrolling solution for this old project.

Thanks.
 

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Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

[Cedric Muller]

var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite  = true;
xml.onLoad = function () {
trace(this);
}
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lv.sendParam1 = bla;
lv.sendParam2 = blo;
lv.sendAndLoad(url, xml, POST);

hth,
cedric


Hello All,
I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML  
object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?

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[Flashcoders] Problem with repsonse of cfm pages especially with IE

[David Buff]

Hi FlashCoders !
Sorry again for my bad english...

We've a big and curious problem with cfm pages, since one week, without 
finding a real solution.
It seem's there is a problem beetween flash player and navigator especialy 
IE 7.0


We build online games, and this games make request to the server using cfm 
pages (ColdFusion 5.0 and Flash 8 pro).

For exemple, the Flash ask to the map description off a game, like:

http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm?action=ask_map
and the cfm page return:
id_map=152map_description=5,6,9,1,2,3,8,4,5,6,1,5,3 etc...

With IE 7, after 200 or 220 requests to the cfm page, the connection return 
with success but the params are undefined. We need to clear the cache of 
IE to be abble again to get params from the cfm page, and this only for 200 
requests again.
We've verifyed with the plugin HttpWatch that the connection was success, 
and that the params was correctly returned by the cfm page. So the navigator 
get the params, but did'nt pass theym to the flash player.


We've try to add a timer (date+time, it's a unique number, better than a 
random number) to the URL like:
http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm?timer=121546546685211action=ask_map 
... doesn't change anything


We've try to add the timer befor the ? of the URL with a \ (not /) we 
send something like:

http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm\timer=121546546685211?action=ask_map
(The navigator automaticaly correct \ in /, I don't know if this is 
important to explain)
With this solution, we did'nt have any problem with IE 7, but it start to be 
worst with FireFox especially release 1.5.0.7


I test today with a cookie on one game, around 1500 gamers (about 100 
requests by gamer), there was 4% of theym who has a connection witch comes 
back with no success (both navigators) and 1.3% witch comes back with 
success but where the params are undefined (usually IE). When connection 
work wrong, the game test automaticaly again the connection a second time. 
Only 0.4% of the gamers ware not abble to get a good connection again. But 
it seem's hudred by day...


Does anybody have a similar problem? any solution?

The flash code is something like this:

var varLoader:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
function askMap() {
varLoader.onLoad = _root.askMap_callBack;
varLoader.sendAndLoad(http://www.domaine.com/game/general.cfm?action=ask_map,varLoader,GET;);}function 
askMap_callBack(success) { if (success != true){  trace(no success);  // do something in the game }else{  trace(success);  
for (var i_o in varLoader) {   trace(param:+i_o+ -- +varLoader[i_o]);  }  // do something in the game }}it returns 
(trace):successparam:id_map -- 152param:map_description -- 5,6,9,1,2,3,8,4,5,6,1,5,3 etc...
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Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

[Chip Moeser]

Thanks!

On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Cedric Muller wrote:


var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite  = true;
xml.onLoad = function () {
trace(this);
}
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lv.sendParam1 = bla;
lv.sendParam2 = blo;
lv.sendAndLoad(url, xml, POST);

hth,
cedric


Hello All,
I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML  
object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?

Thanks!

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Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

[Chip Moeser]

Is there a way to do this without specifying a URL in sendAndLoad? or  
without actaully sending it out anywhere? I have a php page which in  
an initial load vars sendAndLoad is sending back xml. SInce Flash  
see's it as a string I just want to convert it to an xml object  
without sending it out anywhere again.

Thanks!

On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Cedric Muller wrote:


var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite  = true;
xml.onLoad = function () {
trace(this);
}
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lv.sendParam1 = bla;
lv.sendParam2 = blo;
lv.sendAndLoad(url, xml, POST);

hth,
cedric


Hello All,
I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML  
object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?

Thanks!

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

[slangeberg]

Peter,

I had considered Director, as we have that here.

What did you find in Director that was lacking in these other projector
tools?

Scott

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I know there's a *big* difference in price, but lately I've been coming
back
around to using Director for Flash based apps that need decent OS level
capability...

Pete

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[Flashcoders] Announcement: EuroTAAC eLearning 2007

[Merrill, Jason]

FYI - some on this list may be interested in going to this, or in
presenting on Flash related topics (presenters have free admission).
Please don't inquire to me directly.


-

EuroTAAC eLearning 2007
The Alternative Adobe Conference eLearning (Europe)

www.EuroTAAC.com 

It gives us great please to announce the EuroTAAC 2007 conference and
training event!  In this case us means Magnolia Multimedia, ACS and
Grundfos.

We have some great new ideas for EuroTAAC and we have revamped the
traditional format of the conference. We don't think you will be
disappointed! We have also decided to broaden the scope of the
conference cover other e-Learning tools, including the other tools in
the Adobe toolbox like Captivate, Adobe Acrobat Connect (formerly
Breeze), Flash and Dreamweaver.


DATES
Main Conference : 21 March 2007- 23 March 2007 Day 1:  A 'Corporate Day'
with some of the largest companies in Denmark as audience for your
expertise! To be held in Randers.
Day 2  3:  The new and revamped EuroTaac format to be held at Grundfos.
Post Conference Training : 26 March 2007 - 28 March 2007 to be held at
Hotel Randers in Randers (http://www.hotel-randers.dk/index-uk.html)


VENUE
This time we will be visiting the beautiful Danish town of Randers and
the premises of Grundfos in Bjerringbro.
http://www.visitranders.dk
http://www.grundfos.com


CORPORATE DAY, 21 March 2007:
This day is planned to have 2 tracks:
1) Corporate e-Learning and
2) The e-Learning Industry

Plus, of course, an exhibition room where you can show your stuff, make
some business agreements and more.

More than 10 companies with over 250,000 employees around the World have
already agreed to participate!


CONFERENCE, 22-23 March 2007:
This year we will be hosting some of the worlds experts in Adobe's
e-Learning tools as speakers, instructors and presenters. The program of
will fill up over the coming weeks, and very shortly we will open the
conference and training registration system. If you have not been to
EuroTAAC for a while or you have never been at all, then this is the
time to make it. You will NOT be disappointed.


TRAINING, 26-28 March 2007:
Post-conference training, run by world renowned experts and trainers. 
Details will be forthcoming in the next few weeks, but if you have
something you would like to see, let us know by email and we will see
what we can do!

SPEAKERS
Speakers are welcome to send an email to 'speakers at EuroTAAC dot com' 
to apply to speak at the conference.


Note: 'Corporate Day' location is not yet confirmed, but it could be
held here:
http://www.vaerket.dk/tekstside.asp?id=427parent=330menu=303v=arr 


Best regards

Steve Howard
Vice President,
Magnolia Multimedia,

Mark Tomlinson,
ACS UK Business Manager
ACS UK

Ole Kristensen
Senior eLearning Project Manager
Grundfos Management A/S


 


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RE: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

[Alain Rousseau]

 
If you do a sendAndLoad allready, you should try to define your xml in the
onData event of the LoadVars.

import mx.utils.Delegate;

var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;

lv.onData = Delegate.create(this, parseData); // onData returns the source
of the file as a string so the parameters are passed without the need of
arguments

lv.sendAndLoad( ... ); // Do your stuff here


function parseData(src:String):Void {
xml.parseXML(src);
// or this should work as well
// var newXML:XML = new XML(src);
}


HTH

Alain
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chip Moeser
Sent: 17 octobre 2006 12:41
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

Is there a way to do this without specifying a URL in sendAndLoad? or
without actaully sending it out anywhere? I have a php page which in an
initial load vars sendAndLoad is sending back xml. SInce Flash see's it as a
string I just want to convert it to an xml object without sending it out
anywhere again.
Thanks!

On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Cedric Muller wrote:

 var xml:XML = new XML();
 xml.ignoreWhite  = true;
 xml.onLoad = function () {
   trace(this);
 }
 var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
 lv.sendParam1 = bla;
 lv.sendParam2 = blo;
 lv.sendAndLoad(url, xml, POST);

 hth,
 cedric

 Hello All,
 I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML 
 object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?
 Thanks!

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Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

[Chip Moeser]

That did it! Perfect. Thanks much!

On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Alain Rousseau wrote:



If you do a sendAndLoad allready, you should try to define your xml  
in the

onData event of the LoadVars.

import mx.utils.Delegate;

var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;

lv.onData = Delegate.create(this, parseData); // onData returns the  
source
of the file as a string so the parameters are passed without the  
need of

arguments

lv.sendAndLoad( ... ); // Do your stuff here


function parseData(src:String):Void {
xml.parseXML(src);
// or this should work as well
// var newXML:XML = new XML(src);
}


HTH

Alain
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of  
Chip Moeser

Sent: 17 octobre 2006 12:41
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

Is there a way to do this without specifying a URL in sendAndLoad? or
without actaully sending it out anywhere? I have a php page which  
in an
initial load vars sendAndLoad is sending back xml. SInce Flash  
see's it as a
string I just want to convert it to an xml object without sending  
it out

anywhere again.
Thanks!

On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Cedric Muller wrote:


var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite  = true;
xml.onLoad = function () {
trace(this);
}
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lv.sendParam1 = bla;
lv.sendParam2 = blo;
lv.sendAndLoad(url, xml, POST);

hth,
cedric


Hello All,
I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML
object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?
Thanks!

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[Flashcoders] simulating mouse clicks

[Vishal Kapur]

I'm trying to solve the problem of generically simulating mouse clicks
in a running flash movie.   So, I'd like to be able to write a
function that when invoked with the targetPath of the flash object to
be clicked, would be able to simulate a mouse click on that object as
if a user had actually clicked it.  I should also mention that the
technique needs to work with arbitrary 3rd-party flash movies (so I
don't have control to change the code).

The simplest thing to try is just to try to invoke the
onPress/onRelease callbacks on the target object.  This works
sometimes.  However, in some cases it doesn't quite simulate a real
mouse click.  In particular, I seem to have trouble simulating clicks
on components (in a List component, for example, the selected row will
get highlighted but the handler that does further processing and
refreshes the UI doesn't seem to get called).

Currently I am (sort of) working around this by getting the
coordinates of the center of the target object and using the Win32
api's to move the mouse pointer and simulate the windows mouse down/up
events.  As you can imagine this is not truly generic (doesn't handle
scrollbars, movielclips obscured by other objects, etc).

Any thoughts on this?  Anyone with previous experience with this or
ideas on a better way to generically simulate a click event in flash?

Thanks,
Vishal
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RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Steven Sacks | BLITZ]

http://osflash.org/flasc 
You should also check out FLASC, a Flash panel MTASC compiler that is basically 
an easy to use GUI for MTASC.  I often find myself with FlashDevelop and the 
Flash IDE open when making tests or working on projects with heavy design.  I 
can make a code change in FD, hit the compile button in FLASC and it launches 
the SWF instantaneously within the IDE with all the benefits of doing so.  I 
also have the flexibility to make physical changes to the Flash file and 
recompile in Flash because it's already open.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TextMate
If you're a Mac user you should really check out TextMate.  It's by and large 
the best coding tool out there and until FlashDevelop came out, it was better 
than any windows text editor.  I don't know any coders on the mac who are 
without it whether they code Java, Rails, PHP, C++, HTML, Javascript, 
Actionscript what have you.  It's quite simply an unbelievable application and 
worth the paltry $35 or whatever it costs.  It has customizable code completion 
and insanely cool macros you can create that make coding a breeze.
 
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RE: [Flashcoders] hello, and interval management question

[Steven Sacks | BLITZ]

Check out Kenny Bunch's interval manager class.
http://www.kennybunch.com/index.php?p=16
 
Might help.
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[Flashcoders] doLater not working

[Mendelsohn, Michael]

Hi list...

I have a line of code on frame 1 of the _root:
_root.panelBG.sp.doLater(_root, displayCorrectFrame);
...where sp is a scrollPane component inited in the panelBG mc.

My doLater function is also on frame 1 of the _root, but it never gets
fired.  I can't figure out why.  I think it might be a scope issue, but
it's all only on frame 1 of the _root timeline.

Thanks,
- Michael M.

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[Flashcoders] Simple Sound Problem

[Victor Gaudioso]

Hey All, I have an empty MovieClip on stage and it is bound to a class 
called SoundManager.  In the library I have the audio with linkage set to 
export in the first frame.  I am trying to have my SoundManager Class attach 
a sound and play it.  Here is the code for that:


private function configUI():Void {
 trace(SOUNDMANAGER INIT)
 this.attachSound(mySoundLinkage)
 this.start(0,1)

 }

}


but nothing is happening and the linkage is correct.  Can anyone tell me 
what I am missing?  Thanks, V


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Re: [Flashcoders] Simple Sound Problem

[Victor Gaudioso]

haha, I got it...I had to extend the class to Sound.  Thanks anyway.  :)  V
- Original Message - 
From: Victor Gaudioso [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Simple Sound Problem


Hey All, I have an empty MovieClip on stage and it is bound to a class 
called SoundManager.  In the library I have the audio with linkage set to 
export in the first frame.  I am trying to have my SoundManager Class 
attach a sound and play it.  Here is the code for that:


private function configUI():Void {
 trace(SOUNDMANAGER INIT)
 this.attachSound(mySoundLinkage)
 this.start(0,1)

 }

}


but nothing is happening and the linkage is correct.  Can anyone tell me 
what I am missing?  Thanks, V


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[Flashcoders] flash :: security

[:: joshua]

so i have a flash movie that is hosted on a clients server that i  
would like to load into an html page on my site. ive been looking at  
security issues with this and it seems that the getUrl functions etc  
are ignored.


the flash file is flash 8.

are there workarounds for loading external flash files like this?

cheers.

joshua forstot
President
Chief Creative Officer


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RE: [Flashcoders] flash :: security

[Merrill, Jason]

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/fplayer8_security.html 

Jason Merrill
Bank of America 
Learning  Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions 
 
 
 
 
 

-Original Message-
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of :: joshua
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:18 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] flash :: security

so i have a flash movie that is hosted on a clients server that i
would like to load into an html page on my site. ive been looking at
security issues with this and it seems that the getUrl functions etc
are ignored.

the flash file is flash 8.

are there workarounds for loading external flash files like this?

cheers.

joshua forstot
President
Chief Creative Officer


+agenc

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[Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

[Rich Rodecker]

I've got a little project coming up that will require some flash/map
integration.  I know there's a lot of solutions out there, but one main
requirement is that we use a pre-existing map graphic being supplied by the
client.  Anyone have something they can recommend for that?  I've foudn this
one so far: http://www.bliki.com/flashstatic/, but I havent downloaded
anythign yet to try it out.
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Re: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

[Matthew Ganz]

i was evaluating these guys when we were checking out some mapping 
solutions:  www.flashmaps.com


they've got some real slick transitions and nice national, state, and county 
displays. i'd definitely recommend checking them out.


hth, matt.
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Subject: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps



I've got a little project coming up that will require some flash/map
integration.  I know there's a lot of solutions out there, but one main
requirement is that we use a pre-existing map graphic being supplied by 
the
client.  Anyone have something they can recommend for that?  I've foudn 
this

one so far: http://www.bliki.com/flashstatic/, but I havent downloaded
anythign yet to try it out.
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Re: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

[Rich Rodecker]

they look pretty good, but it seems like you have to use thier maps...ar at
least pay thme to change the map for you.

On 10/17/06, Matthew Ganz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


i was evaluating these guys when we were checking out some mapping
solutions:  www.flashmaps.com

they've got some real slick transitions and nice national, state, and
county
displays. i'd definitely recommend checking them out.

hth, matt.
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Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:40 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps


 I've got a little project coming up that will require some flash/map
 integration.  I know there's a lot of solutions out there, but one main
 requirement is that we use a pre-existing map graphic being supplied by
 the
 client.  Anyone have something they can recommend for that?  I've foudn
 this
 one so far: http://www.bliki.com/flashstatic/, but I havent downloaded
 anythign yet to try it out.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flashcoders Emails

[Count Schemula]

Get a gmail account just for this (and other) lists.

It's perfect for this stuff.

On 10/17/06, Darren Cline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Am I missing something or is there not a way to link the titles at the
top of the page to the actual e-mail? I am using Outlook (go figure) and
can't seem to find a setting on the e-mail list home page. It's just
that some of these are getting really long (especially when people leave
in the reply copy) and finding the e-mail you want to read can take
forever.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

[Troy Rollins]

On Oct 17, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote:

If you're a Mac user you should really check out TextMate.  It's by  
and large the best coding tool out there and until FlashDevelop  
came out, it was better than any windows text editor.  I don't know  
any coders on the mac who are without it whether they code Java,  
Rails, PHP, C++, HTML, Javascript, Actionscript what have you.   
It's quite simply an unbelievable application and worth the paltry  
$35 or whatever it costs.  It has customizable code completion and  
insanely cool macros you can create that make coding a breeze.


On the downside for TextMate, the out-of-the-box experience is not  
very good. The built-in bundle seems compelling, however its features  
are broken, and as it is a third-party bundle, it does not appear to  
be maintained.


Sometimes I mess with the bundle to see if I can make it work better,  
but haven't had much luck. I don't program perl, for one thing. I  
don't think that should be a requirement for improving AS development  
workflows.


This makes TextMate a better-than-average text editor, but not much  
to rave over regarding an improved actionscript workflow under OSX.


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[Flashcoders] LocalConnection and Media Components?

[Martin Scott Goldberg]

Hey all, I'm trying to use LocalConnection to allow communication between
two flash movies on the same page. One movie is a basic media player and
the other one is a simple button that is being used to trigger the
player (which will be expanded to actually send the location of the file).

I started with working code for the media player movie, and tried
expanding it to use LocalConnection.

As the code stands right now, the button doesn't appear to be
communicating with the player or causing it to load the desired music
file. Are there any issues with dynamically loading a target using
setMedia?

Here's the code for the player:

initialize();
receiving_lc.connect(myConnections);
function initialize()
{

my_display.associateController(my_controller);
my_controller.controllerPolicy = on;

var receiving_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection(); 
receiving_lc.methodToExecute = function(param1:String, param2:String)
{
  my_display.setMedia(C:/inmylife.mp3, MP3);
}

}


Here's the code for the button movie:

var sending_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
play_button.onRelease = function()
{
sending_lc.send(myConnections, methodToExecute, C:/inmylife.mp3,
MP3);
}




Any help would be appreciated.



Marty


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[Flashcoders] RE: LoadVars to XML object

[Jack Doyle]

This may be overkill, but feel free to use the XMLParser class I wrote which
handles a bunch of stuff related to getting XML into and out of Flash
without all the headaches. For example, you can:

- Throw any object at the objectToXML() function and it'll translate it into
XML.

- Use the load() function to load any XML document, parse it into intuitive
ActionScript-friendly objects/arrays, and call a function of your choice
when it's finished.

- Use the sendAndLoad() function to (you'll never guess...) send an object
or XML to a server-side script and get the results, parsing them into
ActionScript-friendly objects/arrays and calling a function of your choice
when it's finished.

Download the class and a simple example at:
http://www.greensock.com/ActionScript/XMLParser.zip

Hope it's helpful.

Jack Doyle


-Original Message-
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:16:51 -0400
From: Chip Moeser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

Hello All,
I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML  
object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?
Thanks!




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Re: [Flashcoders] hello, and interval management question

[Giles Bowkett]

cheers!

On 10/17/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Check out Kenny Bunch's interval manager class.
http://www.kennybunch.com/index.php?p=16

Might help.


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Re: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

[Mindshare Media]

I was just working on a project with these maps: http://www.flashimap.com/

Only complaint is that they were built in MX 2004 for Flash Player 7 and
there were some problems getting them to work when publishing out of Flash
8. But the full source is available for customization.

Best,
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Santa Fe, NM 87501-2519

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[Flashcoders] scrollable dynamic text field

[Doug Tangren]

Can I here some opinions on what all of your experiences have been  
with creating scrolling dynamic text fields and what are the  
suggested best techniques that don't involve using the default flash  
ui scrollbar?


Doug Tangren
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Re: [Flashcoders] tracing function calls

[Vishal Kapur]

Thanks, these are all very useful suggestions.  Unfortunately the
3rd-party swf did seem to break when I tried loading it into my own
flash movie so xray may not work for me.  xflas2 is interesting in
that having a general reflection API would be useful in other
contexts.

-- Vishal


On 9/29/06, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

and xray uses Hans class resolver ;)

I've had this situation before as well, and what I did was create a base
flash movie that loaded the 3rd parties SWF in.  Xray was in the library and
ready to inspect their swf.  THe only problem with that is something might
break since now, that swf isn't at _level0.  For that, you might try setting
_lockroot = true on the swf that's loaded and go from there.

On 9/29/06, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,
 there are different options, i think as2lib has some kind of AOP
 mechanisms,
 allowing you to add aspects to your code, eg a logging aspect. Not
 entirely
 sure about this but i think in this case it would come down to walking the
 global tree, through all classes (assuming everything is as2), walking
 through all functions in all classes and wrapping them the way Ray did
 below.

 If you'd use xflas2 (osflash.org/xflas2) with this, the classfinder and
 functionfinder would already have been provided, and you could set a
 FunctionHandler on the FunctionFinder which does the wrapping for you. I
 am
 working on having xflas2 provide the functionality you mention out of the
 box, but for now, you'd have to add it yourself.
 The nice thing with xflas2 though is that you could use:
 Logger.markEntry(arguments);
 instead of
trace({function: prop args: +arguments+});

 and it would trace for example ClassA.methodA called from
 ClassB.methodBwith arguments (1,2,3,4)

 Since I havent gotten to doing myself yet, I can't tell what kind of
 problems you'll encounter and if its possible at all:)
 Another great tool to inspect your movie would be Xray ofcourse (
 osflash.org/xray).

 greetz
 JC

 On 9/29/06, Ray Chuan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Hi,
 
  try this:
 
  function wrapper(obj:Object, prop:String):Void {
  var f:Function = Function(obj[prop]);
  obj[prop] = function() {
 trace({function: prop args: +arguments+});
 return f.apply(obj, arguments);
  }
  }
 
  Let's say you want to wrap around the function Kite.fly:
 
  wrapper(Kite, fly);
 
  You could easily write something that wraps every method.
 
  On 9/28/06, Vishal Kapur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   I am trying to debug a third-party flash movie (so I don't have direct
   access to the code, but I can ask them to add small snippets).  What I
   would like to be able to do is to trace the name of a function/method
   and the arguments it is passed upon invocation of that function.  I
   need to be able to do that in a non-intrusive and generic way.
  
   Wondering what people's thoughts are on this.  I can see a couple of
   potential ways this could be done: one, override some internal
   function that is used to make function calls; two, use a function like
   __resolve() that would get called when any defined function is
   invoked.  Anybody know if such things exist?  Or if there is some
   other, simpler way which I'm missing?
  
   Thanks,
   Vishal
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