RE: [Flashcoders] Problems playing FLVs through Director shell
Last night I tried to Run the app on my home PC which had IE6 installed under XP Pro (worked fine), gulp install IE7 /gulp - sadly, still worked fine. Maybe because I have Director MX2004 installed too? Today we plan to re-run the test with a machine without Director on it... Anybody please...? Pete This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Attaching bitmap data to arbitary coords
Charles I'm well aware of both those methods, but they still won't let you position the bitmap data anywhere other than with the registration point at TL or positively offset from the TL. Cheers M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Parcell Sent: 11 December 2006 17:30 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Attaching bitmap data to arbitary coords You can of course use copyPixels() as well. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/1948.html Charles P. On 12/11/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I think you are looking for the draw() method of BitmapData. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/1950.html See the comments as well. Charles P. On 12/10/06, Martin Jonasson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is what i use in i a project of mine: var myMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix(); myMatrix.rotate(clip._rotation * 0.0174532925199433); var translateMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix(); translateMatrix.translate(clip._x, clip._y); myMatrix.concat(translateMatrix); myBitmapData2.draw(clip, myMatrix) (this is stolen straight from my code, with nothing added to make it more understandable, but it should be rather self explanatory) Mike Mountain skrev: Consider the following, Flash 8: var w=200 var h=200 holder=this.createEmptyMovieClip (bmp1, this.getNextHighestDepth()); var bmpData1:BitmapData = new BitmapData(w, h, true, 0x); bmp1.attachBitmap(bmpData1, 2, auto, true); This will attach the bitmapdata so it's top left is situated at the reg point of the mc, how do I attach it, or later move it so the reg point of the MC is situated at any point I wish, without using nested MC's? The problem being I want to make an exact bitmap copy of the contents of an MC, which could have it reg point set anywhere - and I want the new copy to inherit the same registration point, but like I said before - without having to resort to nested MC's - surely this is possible and I'm missing something blindingly obvious? Cheers 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
[Flashcoders] flashing first frame
Hi, Small issue with getURL. We want to load a new html page at the end of a swf. So we use getURL on the last frame to do this. Problem is - on some occasions we get a flash of the first frame before the new page is loaded. How can we avoid this? Is this a little bug, or could this be in our code some where? Thanks guys. -- Nik C ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] flashing first frame
A quick-n-dirty way to prevent the first frame from loading before the getURL command happens is to add a few empty frames after the getURL command, so that the swf has somewhere to go while the page takes its sweet time to open. jimbo *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 12/12/2006 at 12:33 PM nik crosina wrote: Hi, Small issue with getURL. We want to load a new html page at the end of a swf. So we use getURL on the last frame to do this. Problem is - on some occasions we get a flash of the first frame before the new page is loaded. How can we avoid this? Is this a little bug, or could this be in our code some where? Thanks guys. -- Nik C ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com B ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Which Data Structure is good for this?
Thanks Michael! You're right, E4X is sweet but in this case there are too many things that hang onto it later so I want to create a custom data holder that is more lightweight and fits the needs exactly. Using an object with own API for every hierarchy would also be overkill. Thanks a lot for the efforts though! I might also try utilizing the Proxy class as there properties later that are not known from the beginning. Cheers, Sascha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T. Michael Keesey Sent: Tuesday, 12 December, 2006 14:00 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Which Data Structure is good for this? On 12/11/06, Sascha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in recommendations about what kind of data structure is best used in the following situation. I'm loading in a XML file with a typical recursive structure, then the data from it should be parsed into a data storage object and this data should be accessible globally through the application. The XML file has a structure like this: [snipped] The e4x functions make dealing with XML objects s nice that I don't see any particular reason to convert it to something else. But, if you insist, how about a data model package with classes like so: Model public function get xml():XML; public function set xml(value:XML):void ResourceList extends Model public function getDisplay(type:uint):Display; public function get data():Data; override public function set xml(value:XML):void Display extends Model public function get propertyCount():uint; public function get backgroundCount():uint; public function get objectCount():uint; public function getProperty(index:uint):Property; public function getBackground(index:uint):Background; public function getObject(index:uint):DisplayObject; override public function set xml(value:XML):void ... so on and so forth -- T. Michael Keesey The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry Carney: http://parryandcarney.com ISPN Forum: http://www.phylonames.org/forum/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] flashing first frame
Did you add a stop(); on the last frame? (silly me) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Berkey Sent: dinsdag 12 december 2006 13:54 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] flashing first frame A quick-n-dirty way to prevent the first frame from loading before the getURL command happens is to add a few empty frames after the getURL command, so that the swf has somewhere to go while the page takes its sweet time to open. jimbo *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 12/12/2006 at 12:33 PM nik crosina wrote: Hi, Small issue with getURL. We want to load a new html page at the end of a swf. So we use getURL on the last frame to do this. Problem is - on some occasions we get a flash of the first frame before the new page is loaded. How can we avoid this? Is this a little bug, or could this be in our code some where? Thanks guys. -- Nik C ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com B ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Problems playing FLVs through Director shell
I've never tried Flash video with Director, but have put plenty of other Flash content inside Director. The ONE thing I found didn't work for me in that time was the MovieClipLoader onComplete handler. I could use the moviecliploader to load an external swf, but it would never tell me when it was finished. It worked fine outside of Directorbut not inside. Anyway it was off of a CD, so I ended up using a timer to wait a certain amount of time for it to load and then started playback. I wonder if you are running into any similar issues with your flv? I don't know how specifically its not working...but have you checked if it's some kind of loading complete event that's not happening? ben Blumenthal, Peter wrote: Last night I tried to Run the app on my home PC which had IE6 installed under XP Pro (worked fine), gulp install IE7 /gulp - sadly, still worked fine. Maybe because I have Director MX2004 installed too? Today we plan to re-run the test with a machine without Director on it... Anybody please...? Pete This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] cuepoint/flvplayback question
Cuepoint question: I have cuepoints working but they act strange if you move the video seekbar aroundthe video shows the wrong cuepoint until the video hits the next cuepointany way to have the cuepoint follow the seekbar position? flvplayback question: I have 2 videosI can show the first one and then show the 2nd one fine, but I don't want to show any player controls, specifically the seekbar during the first video...I have tried just putting a graphic over the controls but that didn't work as expected. Michael Appenzellar Sr. Web Applications Developer Mirame Interactive http://www.mirameinteractive.com 301-663-5672 x6413 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Loading various FLVs using external Javascript controls
Has anyone come across an example where external javascript is controlling which flv a player loads and plays? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] cuepoint/flvplayback question
You can put a listener on the scrubbing and the change event of the FLV
playback
and retrieve the last cue point with code:
Ex.
public function getLastCuePoint():Object {
var pht:Number = my_FLVPlybk.playheadTime;
for(var i:Number = cuePoint_array.length-1; i=0; i--){
if(pht = cuePoint_array[i].time) return
cuePoint_array[i];
}
return null;
}
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Cuepoint question:
I have cuepoints working but they act strange if you move the video seekbar
aroundthe video shows the wrong cuepoint until the video hits the next
cuepointany way to have the cuepoint follow the seekbar position?
flvplayback question:
I have 2 videosI can show the first one and then show the 2nd one fine,
but I don't want to show any player controls, specifically the seekbar
during the first video...I have tried just putting a graphic over the
controls but that didn't work as expected.
Michael Appenzellar
Sr. Web Applications Developer
Mirame Interactive
http://www.mirameinteractive.com
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RE: [Flashcoders] cuepoint/flvplayback question
Have you tried using MediaDisplay instead of FlvPlayback ? You won't have any controls showing, only your FLV. Or you can adjust your skin parameter of your component : http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/3480.html#wp3797830 HTH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Appenzellar Sent: 12 décembre 2006 10:11 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] cuepoint/flvplayback question Cuepoint question: I have cuepoints working but they act strange if you move the video seekbar aroundthe video shows the wrong cuepoint until the video hits the next cuepointany way to have the cuepoint follow the seekbar position? flvplayback question: I have 2 videosI can show the first one and then show the 2nd one fine, but I don't want to show any player controls, specifically the seekbar during the first video...I have tried just putting a graphic over the controls but that didn't work as expected. Michael Appenzellar Sr. Web Applications Developer Mirame Interactive http://www.mirameinteractive.com 301-663-5672 x6413 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.16/582 - Release Date: 2006-12-11 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.16/582 - Release Date: 2006-12-11 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Problems playing FLVs through Director shell
What version of the Flash player is the Director Xtra built on? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness Blumenthal, Peter wrote: Last night I tried to Run the app on my home PC which had IE6 installed under XP Pro (worked fine), gulp install IE7 /gulp - sadly, still worked fine. Maybe because I have Director MX2004 installed too? Today we plan to re-run the test with a machine without Director on it... Anybody please...? Pete ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Problems playing FLVs through Director shell
On Dec 12, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote: What version of the Flash player is the Director Xtra built on? There is an updated version available for download which supports Flash 8. Out of the package it comes with Flash 7 support. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.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
RE: [Flashcoders] Problems playing FLVs through Director shell
Hi Ben thanks for your response. That's interesting. Was the problem of the MovieClipLoader onComplete handler not firing apparent when running from a local hard drive as well as CD please? Unfortunately I don't know exactly how it's failing either as I am unable to replicate the problem. It only occurs on a couple of the machines we've tried it on, neither of which I have access to. Additionally the CD is in 2 parts - part 1 is the actual application, which uses components we have build ourselves, and part 2 is a walk through of the application, built by another company, using the standard Adobe video control components. It's also been suggested that it may be due to a certain version of Iml32.dll - I have yet to verify this though. Jason and Troy - thanks for your pointers. The application is AS 2 FP8 based, and we have included the latest Flash 8 Asset Xtra, rolled out as part of the 10.1.1 release in our Xtras folder. I'll let you know as and when I find out more. Thanks Pete The ONE thing I found didn't work for me in that time was the MovieClipLoader onComplete handler. I could use the moviecliploader to load an external swf, but it would never tell me when it was finished. It worked fine outside of Directorbut not inside. Anyway it was off of a CD, so I ended up using a timer to wait a certain amount of time for it to load and then started playback. I wonder if you are running into any similar issues with your flv? I don't know how specifically its not working...but have you checked if it's some kind of loading complete event that's not happening? ben This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Looking for Flash Contractor
Hi I am interested in that. I am a Senior Actionscript 2 Developer located in Egypt. And I got a team of people whom I call sometimes to carry out tasks. Can you let me know of some details Cheers Yehia Shouman On 12/11/06, Eaton, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CyberSource is looking for a flash contractor to build a flash application used for information gathering. Please contact me directly by email or phone below. Cheers. Jason Eaton, CyberSource Corporation Engineering Director, Managed Risk (650)965-6022 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Problems playing FLVs through Director shell
Yes it was apparent on both CD and harddrive. It was apparent because I only played the loaded SWF when the onComplete handler was firing, and it never played! But like I said depending on how you have your stuff coded, maybe there is an off chance that you have it coded that it uses some sort of complete handler that only matters when the media you're loading isn't as instantaneous as a hard drive. Probably not.but thought I'd chime in with my experiences just in case. ben Blumenthal, Peter wrote: Hi Ben thanks for your response. That's interesting. Was the problem of the MovieClipLoader onComplete handler not firing apparent when running from a local hard drive as well as CD please? Unfortunately I don't know exactly how it's failing either as I am unable to replicate the problem. It only occurs on a couple of the machines we've tried it on, neither of which I have access to. Additionally the CD is in 2 parts - part 1 is the actual application, which uses components we have build ourselves, and part 2 is a walk through of the application, built by another company, using the standard Adobe video control components. It's also been suggested that it may be due to a certain version of Iml32.dll - I have yet to verify this though. Jason and Troy - thanks for your pointers. The application is AS 2 FP8 based, and we have included the latest Flash 8 Asset Xtra, rolled out as part of the 10.1.1 release in our Xtras folder. I'll let you know as and when I find out more. Thanks Pete The ONE thing I found didn't work for me in that time was the MovieClipLoader onComplete handler. I could use the moviecliploader to load an external swf, but it would never tell me when it was finished. It worked fine outside of Directorbut not inside. Anyway it was off of a CD, so I ended up using a timer to wait a certain amount of time for it to load and then started playback. I wonder if you are running into any similar issues with your flv? I don't know how specifically its not working...but have you checked if it's some kind of loading complete event that's not happening? ben This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Looking for Flash Contractor
Thanks Yehia. I should have mentioned but the company would like to keep this work inside the US. Thanks for your interest. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yehia Shouman Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:13 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for Flash Contractor Hi I am interested in that. I am a Senior Actionscript 2 Developer located in Egypt. And I got a team of people whom I call sometimes to carry out tasks. Can you let me know of some details Cheers Yehia Shouman On 12/11/06, Eaton, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CyberSource is looking for a flash contractor to build a flash application used for information gathering. Please contact me directly by email or phone below. Cheers. Jason Eaton, CyberSource Corporation Engineering Director, Managed Risk (650)965-6022 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Looking for Flash Contractor
Hey, I have an idea: Flash-related job postings are fine but for the sake of the hundreds of subscribers, let's keep the resultant chatter off-list. Thanks! Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Looking for Flash Contractor
Hey, I have an idea: Flash-related job postings are fine but for the sake of the hundreds of subscribers, let's keep the resultant chatter off-list. Thanks! Yes, please do this (says the list admin). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Loading various FLVs using external Javascript controls
Check out ExternalInterface in Flash8 for invoking actionscript from JS. On 12/12/06, Christopher Whiteford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone come across an example where external javascript is controlling which flv a player loads and plays? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] flashing first frame
How can we avoid this? stop(); getURL(mypage.html); ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Loading various FLVs using external Javascript controls
Thanks, this looks like what I was looking for On 12/12/06, Vishal Kapur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out ExternalInterface in Flash8 for invoking actionscript from JS. On 12/12/06, Christopher Whiteford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone come across an example where external javascript is controlling which flv a player loads and plays? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] frame 1 - stop() not working with simulate download
I'm not sure why I never noticed this after so many years, but I was doing a demo for someone the other day and Flash was doing some weird things. It was an old school preloader demo with a stop() and an onEnterFrame loop on frame 1 that checked the bytes loaded and bytes total. I was bandwidth testing and it kept ignoring my stop() on frame 1. It worked fine if I was testing the movie normally, but would run right past the stop() on frame 1 when I did the Simulate Download. For my demo, I just moved everything to frame 2 and it worked fine, but it was extremely odd. I was more puzzled because I'm not sure how I didn't see this before (or don't recall it happening before). Is this a known issue with Simulate Download? I know there are issues that Simulate Download doesn't clear out all variables and objects from memory, but I found it odd that it was skipping/ignoring the stop() action. - John ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] frame 1 - stop() not working with simulate download
I've seen this behavior when using if(bytesLoaded==bytesTotal) and not checking if the bytesLoaded is 1K (or some small file size) to be sure it has started loading. So... use-- if(bytesLoaded==bytesTotal bytesLoaded1024) On 12/12/06, John Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure why I never noticed this after so many years, but I was doing a demo for someone the other day and Flash was doing some weird things. It was an old school preloader demo with a stop() and an onEnterFrame loop on frame 1 that checked the bytes loaded and bytes total. I was bandwidth testing and it kept ignoring my stop() on frame 1. It worked fine if I was testing the movie normally, but would run right past the stop() on frame 1 when I did the Simulate Download. For my demo, I just moved everything to frame 2 and it worked fine, but it was extremely odd. I was more puzzled because I'm not sure how I didn't see this before (or don't recall it happening before). Is this a known issue with Simulate Download? I know there are issues that Simulate Download doesn't clear out all variables and objects from memory, but I found it odd that it was skipping/ignoring the stop() action. - John ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] frame 1 - stop() not working with simulate download
An empty movieclip has a size of 4 bytes so you check to see if the bytesTotal 4 in addition to the percent loaded == 100. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
Hi folks, This is my first go at something like this in flash. I need to, write some actionscript that will read in (from an xml file) a collection of thumbnails. I need to basically have these thumbnails show up in a scrollable pane all spaced evenly. I've seen this done on many flash sites so i know it's too crazy. I know how to load images into a mc (.loadclip()) but i am just not sure about the scrollable box...Would i use a scrollbox component for this? Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? Thanks in advance! Best, Mike D ... Mike Dunlop // Droplab [ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Tracking mouse movements outside of browser window
All, I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm wondering if there's any way a Flash movie can track mouse movements/actions outside of the browser window. Specifically, I'm working on an RIA which uses a scrollbar along the right edge of the window. If the user, while dragging the scrollbar, moves the mouse outside of the window, the Flash movie stops tracking the mouse position, and the scrollbar stops moving. The scrollbar jumps if the user drags the mouse back into the window at a lower or higher position. (By comparison, an HTML scrollbar doesn't suffer this limitation - the scrollbar continues to move even as the mouse is dragged outside of the window.) Is there a way around this? Cheers, Matt Stuehler ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] [AS3] MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER behaving like MOUSE_MOVE
Hey all, I have an irritating problem loading in a child swf with rollovers that call up to the parent swf. The rollover is fine when testing standalone, but triggers endlessly when loaded into a swf as a child. Every move of the mouse over the item triggers a rollover. Has anyone come across this? Cheers, James ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
Mike, I've used the built in scrollPane and UIScrollBars a few times, but found fairly easy to use, but exceedingly complicated to customize. If you don't mind the default look of the ScrollPane I'd suggest using. Though bare in mind they can add considerable file size to your swf. I'd suggest creating movieclip that loads all your images, and then another one that loads that under a masked layer. Use another set of movieclips/buttons to move the thumbnail clip around under the mask. Hope that helps! -Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Dunlop Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:43 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS Hi folks, This is my first go at something like this in flash. I need to, write some actionscript that will read in (from an xml file) a collection of thumbnails. I need to basically have these thumbnails show up in a scrollable pane all spaced evenly. I've seen this done on many flash sites so i know it's too crazy. I know how to load images into a mc (.loadclip()) but i am just not sure about the scrollable box...Would i use a scrollbox component for this? Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? Thanks in advance! Best, Mike D ... Mike Dunlop // Droplab [ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com This e-mail and its attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) and may contain privileged, confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, displaying, copying, or use of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please inform the sender immediately and delete and destroy any record of this message. Thank 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
RE: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
First, break it up into different pieces. The first piece is the XML
parsing, the second piece is drawing the thumbnails, and the third piece
is scrolling the thumbnails. I'll leave the XML parsing out of this and
focus on drawing the thumbnails.
Here's the most straightforward way to do this. We could do it all with
code but let's mix it up a little since it's your first time.
1) Make an empty movie clip. Name it MC_Empty.
2) Draw a 50x50 pixel red square on the stage. Delete the border.
Select the square and hit F8. Name it MC_Square.
3) Make two layers in the timeline. Name the top layer MC_Mask and name
the bottom layer MC_Container.
4) Put MC_Square on the MC_Mask layer and name it MC_Mask.
5) Put MC_Empty on the MC_Container layer and name it MC_Container.
6) Resize MC_Mask to whatever size you want the visible area to be.
7) Turn the MC_Mask layer into a Mask. It should automatically mask
MC_Container.
8) Now that your timeline is set up it's time to write some code.
I'm going to use some arbitrary values here for example. Season to
taste.
var imageArray:Array = parsedXmlImageArray;
// Set these values
var visibleRows:Number = 5;
var visibleCols:Number = 4;
var gutter:Number = 10;
// These are set based on what you set above
var colWidth:Number = (MC_Mask._width / visibleCols);
var rowHeight:Number = (MC_Mask._height / visibleRows);
var thumbWidth:Number = colWidth - gutter;
var thumbHeight:Number = rowHeight - gutter;
var rows:Number;
var cols:Number;
function draw() {
rows = 0;
cols = 0;
MC_Container.thumbs.removeMovieClip();
MC_Container.createEmptyMovieClip(thumbs, 10);
var i:Number = imageArray.length;
while (i--) {
var mc:MovieClip = MC_Container.thumbs.createEmptyMovieClip(item +
i, i);
mc._x = cols * colWidth;
mc._y = rows * rowHeight;
mc.createEmptyMovieClip(img, 10);
mc._visible = false;
mc.img.loadMovie(imageArray[i]);
mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.img._width 0) {
this._width = thumbWidth;
this._height = thumbHeight;
this._visible = true;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
if (++cols == visibleCols) cols = 0;
if (cols == 0) rows++;
}
}
This is a simple example.
First, we set up some initial variables that you can play with. Decide
how many visible rows and columns you want and how much space you want
in between the thumbnails (gutter). It will then determine the sizes of
the thumbnails, rows and columns based on the dimensions of MC_Mask. In
this way, you can resize it easily by setting the width and height of
MC_Mask and calling draw() again.
The draw function:
Creates an empty movieclip inside MC_Container called thumbs. This
makes it easier to refresh the view by simply removing the thumbs clip
rather than removing every single movieclip inside it.
Then we loop through the array of image paths you got from parsing your
XML.
In the loop, we create a reference to an empty movieclip. The name of
the clip is item + i (item1, item2, etc.) and its depth is set to i.
We also make it invisible.
We set its _x to the number of columns times the width of the columns
and its _y to the number of rows times the height of the rows.
Inside that clip we create an empty movieclip to load the image into,
and tell it to load movie.
Then, we put an onEnterFrame on the movieclip (not the image clip
because when you loadMovie, when it's done loading it will overwrite
onEnterFrame) that checks to see when the image has loaded, and then
resizes the image to the thumbWidth and thumbHeight we set above. Then
it makes the clip visible. We do this so the image doesn't show until
it's done loading and resized.
Then we increment cols and see if it's equal to the visibleCols. If it
is, we reset it back to 0 so it draws from the left position again.
If cols is equal to 0, then we know it's a new row so we increment rows.
That's all there is to it. Doing a scrollbar is a different discussion,
and you could just as easily throw all of this into a movieclip and put
that movieclip into a scrollpane. You'll need to use the undocumented
command setScrollProperties on the scrollpane once the images are
finished loading, though, so keep that in mind (google it for more
info).
Hope this helps,
Steven
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RE: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
Wow!! Steven, thanx so much!! I will give this a shot and let you know how
it worked out. Thanks again for taking the time to write all this out :)
Best,
Mike D
...
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[ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First, break it up into different pieces. The first piece is the XML
parsing, the second piece is drawing the thumbnails, and the third piece
is scrolling the thumbnails. I'll leave the XML parsing out of this and
focus on drawing the thumbnails.
Here's the most straightforward way to do this. We could do it all with
code but let's mix it up a little since it's your first time.
1) Make an empty movie clip. Name it MC_Empty.
2) Draw a 50x50 pixel red square on the stage. Delete the border.
Select the square and hit F8. Name it MC_Square.
3) Make two layers in the timeline. Name the top layer MC_Mask and name
the bottom layer MC_Container.
4) Put MC_Square on the MC_Mask layer and name it MC_Mask.
5) Put MC_Empty on the MC_Container layer and name it MC_Container.
6) Resize MC_Mask to whatever size you want the visible area to be.
7) Turn the MC_Mask layer into a Mask. It should automatically mask
MC_Container.
8) Now that your timeline is set up it's time to write some code.
I'm going to use some arbitrary values here for example. Season to
taste.
var imageArray:Array = parsedXmlImageArray;
// Set these values
var visibleRows:Number = 5;
var visibleCols:Number = 4;
var gutter:Number = 10;
// These are set based on what you set above
var colWidth:Number = (MC_Mask._width / visibleCols);
var rowHeight:Number = (MC_Mask._height / visibleRows);
var thumbWidth:Number = colWidth - gutter;
var thumbHeight:Number = rowHeight - gutter;
var rows:Number;
var cols:Number;
function draw() {
rows = 0;
cols = 0;
MC_Container.thumbs.removeMovieClip();
MC_Container.createEmptyMovieClip(thumbs, 10);
var i:Number = imageArray.length;
while (i--) {
var mc:MovieClip = MC_Container.thumbs.createEmptyMovieClip(item +
i, i);
mc._x = cols * colWidth;
mc._y = rows * rowHeight;
mc.createEmptyMovieClip(img, 10);
mc._visible = false;
mc.img.loadMovie(imageArray[i]);
mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.img._width 0) {
this._width = thumbWidth;
this._height = thumbHeight;
this._visible = true;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
if (++cols == visibleCols) cols = 0;
if (cols == 0) rows++;
}
}
This is a simple example.
First, we set up some initial variables that you can play with. Decide
how many visible rows and columns you want and how much space you want
in between the thumbnails (gutter). It will then determine the sizes of
the thumbnails, rows and columns based on the dimensions of MC_Mask. In
this way, you can resize it easily by setting the width and height of
MC_Mask and calling draw() again.
The draw function:
Creates an empty movieclip inside MC_Container called thumbs. This
makes it easier to refresh the view by simply removing the thumbs clip
rather than removing every single movieclip inside it.
Then we loop through the array of image paths you got from parsing your
XML.
In the loop, we create a reference to an empty movieclip. The name of
the clip is item + i (item1, item2, etc.) and its depth is set to i.
We also make it invisible.
We set its _x to the number of columns times the width of the columns
and its _y to the number of rows times the height of the rows.
Inside that clip we create an empty movieclip to load the image into,
and tell it to load movie.
Then, we put an onEnterFrame on the movieclip (not the image clip
because when you loadMovie, when it's done loading it will overwrite
onEnterFrame) that checks to see when the image has loaded, and then
resizes the image to the thumbWidth and thumbHeight we set above. Then
it makes the clip visible. We do this so the image doesn't show until
it's done loading and resized.
Then we increment cols and see if it's equal to the visibleCols. If it
is, we reset it back to 0 so it draws from the left position again.
If cols is equal to 0, then we know it's a new row so we increment rows.
That's all there is to it. Doing a scrollbar is a different discussion,
and you could just as easily throw all of this into a movieclip and put
that movieclip into a scrollpane. You'll need to use the undocumented
command setScrollProperties on the scrollpane once the images are
finished loading, though, so keep that in mind (google it for more
info).
Hope this helps,
Steven
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Re: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
On 12/12/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the most straightforward way to do this. We could do it all with code but let's mix it up a little since it's your first time. Nice post. Thanks. -- count_schemula ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Which Data Structure is good for this?
On 12/12/06, Sascha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Michael! You're right, E4X is sweet but in this case there are too many things that hang onto it later so I want to create a custom data holder that is more lightweight and fits the needs exactly. Using an object with own API for every hierarchy would also be overkill. Thanks a lot for the efforts though! I might also try utilizing the Proxy class as there properties later that are not known from the beginning. I'm not really sure what your requirements are, then. Would be interested to see your ultimate solution. -- T. Michael Keesey The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry Carney: http://parryandcarney.com ISPN Forum: http://www.phylonames.org/forum/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
I am getting ready to do something similar - that saved me some trial
and error - thx :)
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Director of Web Development
Cause Design Group
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Santa Monica, CA 90404
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On Dec 12, 2006, at 12:59 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote:
First, break it up into different pieces. The first piece is the XML
parsing, the second piece is drawing the thumbnails, and the third
piece
is scrolling the thumbnails. I'll leave the XML parsing out of
this and
focus on drawing the thumbnails.
Here's the most straightforward way to do this. We could do it all
with
code but let's mix it up a little since it's your first time.
1) Make an empty movie clip. Name it MC_Empty.
2) Draw a 50x50 pixel red square on the stage. Delete the border.
Select the square and hit F8. Name it MC_Square.
3) Make two layers in the timeline. Name the top layer MC_Mask and
name
the bottom layer MC_Container.
4) Put MC_Square on the MC_Mask layer and name it MC_Mask.
5) Put MC_Empty on the MC_Container layer and name it MC_Container.
6) Resize MC_Mask to whatever size you want the visible area to be.
7) Turn the MC_Mask layer into a Mask. It should automatically mask
MC_Container.
8) Now that your timeline is set up it's time to write some code.
I'm going to use some arbitrary values here for example. Season to
taste.
var imageArray:Array = parsedXmlImageArray;
// Set these values
var visibleRows:Number = 5;
var visibleCols:Number = 4;
var gutter:Number = 10;
// These are set based on what you set above
var colWidth:Number = (MC_Mask._width / visibleCols);
var rowHeight:Number = (MC_Mask._height / visibleRows);
var thumbWidth:Number = colWidth - gutter;
var thumbHeight:Number = rowHeight - gutter;
var rows:Number;
var cols:Number;
function draw() {
rows = 0;
cols = 0;
MC_Container.thumbs.removeMovieClip();
MC_Container.createEmptyMovieClip(thumbs, 10);
var i:Number = imageArray.length;
while (i--) {
var mc:MovieClip = MC_Container.thumbs.createEmptyMovieClip
(item +
i, i);
mc._x = cols * colWidth;
mc._y = rows * rowHeight;
mc.createEmptyMovieClip(img, 10);
mc._visible = false;
mc.img.loadMovie(imageArray[i]);
mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.img._width 0) {
this._width = thumbWidth;
this._height = thumbHeight;
this._visible = true;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
if (++cols == visibleCols) cols = 0;
if (cols == 0) rows++;
}
}
This is a simple example.
First, we set up some initial variables that you can play with.
Decide
how many visible rows and columns you want and how much space you want
in between the thumbnails (gutter). It will then determine the
sizes of
the thumbnails, rows and columns based on the dimensions of
MC_Mask. In
this way, you can resize it easily by setting the width and height of
MC_Mask and calling draw() again.
The draw function:
Creates an empty movieclip inside MC_Container called thumbs. This
makes it easier to refresh the view by simply removing the thumbs clip
rather than removing every single movieclip inside it.
Then we loop through the array of image paths you got from parsing
your
XML.
In the loop, we create a reference to an empty movieclip. The name of
the clip is item + i (item1, item2, etc.) and its depth is set to i.
We also make it invisible.
We set its _x to the number of columns times the width of the columns
and its _y to the number of rows times the height of the rows.
Inside that clip we create an empty movieclip to load the image into,
and tell it to load movie.
Then, we put an onEnterFrame on the movieclip (not the image clip
because when you loadMovie, when it's done loading it will overwrite
onEnterFrame) that checks to see when the image has loaded, and then
resizes the image to the thumbWidth and thumbHeight we set above.
Then
it makes the clip visible. We do this so the image doesn't show until
it's done loading and resized.
Then we increment cols and see if it's equal to the visibleCols.
If it
is, we reset it back to 0 so it draws from the left position again.
If cols is equal to 0, then we know it's a new row so we increment
rows.
That's all there is to it. Doing a scrollbar is a different
discussion,
and you could just as easily throw all of this into a movieclip and
put
that movieclip into a scrollpane. You'll need to use the undocumented
command setScrollProperties on the scrollpane once the images are
finished loading, though, so keep that in mind (google it for more
info).
Hope this helps,
Steven
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[Flashcoders] remoting gateways with user:pw
Anyone know why we are unable to get flash to authenticate this way... var gateway:String = http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/gateway.php; var pc:RelayResponder = new RelayResponder(this, getUserId_Result, getUserId_Fault); var ag:Service = new Service(gateway, null, AnonGame, null, pc); ag.getUserId(); or this way... var gateway:String = http://www.mysite.com/gateway.php;; var pc:RelayResponder = new RelayResponder(this, getUserId_Result, getUserId_Fault); var ag:Service = new Service(gateway, null, AnonGame, null, pc); ag.connection.setCredentials(user,pw); ag.geUserId(); We are trying to create a test app lication with 3 text fields for: Gateway Service Method it all works fine on a live servers but in a test enviorment that requires a user:pw neither method works? Errr! any ideas guys? -- Corban Baxter http://blog.projectx4.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] Horizontal Scrolling List Breaks Accordion?
Hello all, Has anyone successfully placed a horizontal scrolling list of thumbnails inside an Accordion component? When I try to do this, the player thinks that the Accordion has stretched to accommodate the scrolling list, even though visually the Accordion does not grow wider. As a result, the display is completely messed up. You can see what I mean here: http://robsondesign.com/etc/flashcoders/scroller_in_accordion/scroller_in_ac cordion.html You can see that while the Accordion is just under 400 pixels wide, the Player acts as though it's over 600 pixels wide. You can see it even more clearly in the trace() statements. You can download the complete source code here, and test it for yourself: http://robsondesign.com/etc/flashcoders/scroller_in_accordion/scroller_in_ac cordion.zip Anyone see what I'm doing wrong here? Or is this a limitation of the technology? -Jim ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: First, break it up into different pieces. The first piece is the XML parsing, the second piece is drawing the thumbnails, and the third piece is scrolling the thumbnails. ...snip... Thanks Steven for the post/tutorial/example, great info. :) Cheers, M -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] frame 1 - stop() not working with simulate download
It's not an issue of getting the correct size, its that the Flash file doesn't seem to obey the stop() on frame 1 when doing a simulate download test. Steps: 1. Create a new Flash file. 2. On frame 1, add stop(); trace(start); 3. On frame 5, add stop(); trace(stopped); Test the movie by pressing control-enter. output: start Use simulate download (control-enter again), and for some reason, flash skips the stop action on frame 1. output: start stopped So Flash traces start on frame 1 actionscript, but ignores the stop(). I can work around the problem, but its something that I didn't see before. - John On 12/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 11 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:35:25 -0800 From: Mick G [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] frame 1 - stop() not working with simulate download To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I've seen this behavior when using if(bytesLoaded==bytesTotal) and not checking if the bytesLoaded is 1K (or some small file size) to be sure it has started loading. So... use-- if(bytesLoaded==bytesTotal bytesLoaded1024) On 12/12/06, John Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure why I never noticed this after so many years, but I was doing a demo for someone the other day and Flash was doing some weird things. It was an old school preloader demo with a stop() and an onEnterFrame loop on frame 1 that checked the bytes loaded and bytes total. I was bandwidth testing and it kept ignoring my stop() on frame 1. It worked fine if I was testing the movie normally, but would run right past the stop() on frame 1 when I did the Simulate Download. For my demo, I just moved everything to frame 2 and it worked fine, but it was extremely odd. I was more puzzled because I'm not sure how I didn't see this before (or don't recall it happening before). Is this a known issue with Simulate Download? I know there are issues that Simulate Download doesn't clear out all variables and objects from memory, but I found it odd that it was skipping/ignoring the stop() action. - John ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Message: 12 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:39:15 -0800 From: Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] frame 1 - stop() not working with simulate download To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii An empty movieclip has a size of 4 bytes so you check to see if the bytesTotal 4 in addition to the percent loaded == 100. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Job Posting; Adobe Flash Player QE; San Francisco CA
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RE: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
Mike,
I know Steven others have already responded to your question, but as it
happens I just posted the source code of an app that (I think) does what
you're looking for. It's one step more complex than you asked for - it
actually creates multiple scrolling lists inside an Accordion (thereby
breaking the Accordion - but that's a separate issue :-)
Anyway, the app loads images and text via XML and puts the images in a
horizontal scroll pane - and this aspect of the app works fine. You could
easily strip out the Accordion and related code, and use this as a guide:
http://robsondesign.com/etc/flashcoders/scroller_in_accordion/scroller_in_ac
cordion.zip
-Jim
-Original Message-
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Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:05 PM
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
Wow!! Steven, thanx so much!! I will give this a shot and let you know how
it worked out. Thanks again for taking the time to write all this out :)
Best,
Mike D
...
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First, break it up into different pieces. The first piece is the XML
parsing, the second piece is drawing the thumbnails, and the third
piece is scrolling the thumbnails. I'll leave the XML parsing out of
this and focus on drawing the thumbnails.
Here's the most straightforward way to do this. We could do it all
with code but let's mix it up a little since it's your first time.
1) Make an empty movie clip. Name it MC_Empty.
2) Draw a 50x50 pixel red square on the stage. Delete the border.
Select the square and hit F8. Name it MC_Square.
3) Make two layers in the timeline. Name the top layer MC_Mask and
name the bottom layer MC_Container.
4) Put MC_Square on the MC_Mask layer and name it MC_Mask.
5) Put MC_Empty on the MC_Container layer and name it MC_Container.
6) Resize MC_Mask to whatever size you want the visible area to be.
7) Turn the MC_Mask layer into a Mask. It should automatically mask
MC_Container.
8) Now that your timeline is set up it's time to write some code.
I'm going to use some arbitrary values here for example. Season to
taste.
var imageArray:Array = parsedXmlImageArray; // Set these values var
visibleRows:Number = 5; var visibleCols:Number = 4; var gutter:Number
= 10;
// These are set based on what you set above var colWidth:Number =
(MC_Mask._width / visibleCols); var rowHeight:Number =
(MC_Mask._height / visibleRows); var thumbWidth:Number = colWidth -
gutter; var thumbHeight:Number = rowHeight - gutter; var rows:Number;
var cols:Number;
function draw() {
rows = 0;
cols = 0;
MC_Container.thumbs.removeMovieClip();
MC_Container.createEmptyMovieClip(thumbs, 10);
var i:Number = imageArray.length;
while (i--) {
var mc:MovieClip = MC_Container.thumbs.createEmptyMovieClip(item
+ i, i);
mc._x = cols * colWidth;
mc._y = rows * rowHeight;
mc.createEmptyMovieClip(img, 10);
mc._visible = false;
mc.img.loadMovie(imageArray[i]);
mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.img._width 0) {
this._width = thumbWidth;
this._height = thumbHeight;
this._visible = true;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
if (++cols == visibleCols) cols = 0;
if (cols == 0) rows++;
}
}
This is a simple example.
First, we set up some initial variables that you can play with.
Decide how many visible rows and columns you want and how much space
you want in between the thumbnails (gutter). It will then determine
the sizes of the thumbnails, rows and columns based on the dimensions
of MC_Mask. In this way, you can resize it easily by setting the
width and height of MC_Mask and calling draw() again.
The draw function:
Creates an empty movieclip inside MC_Container called thumbs. This
makes it easier to refresh the view by simply removing the thumbs clip
rather than removing every single movieclip inside it.
Then we loop through the array of image paths you got from parsing
your XML.
In the loop, we create a reference to an empty movieclip. The name of
the clip is item + i (item1, item2, etc.) and its depth is set to i.
We also make it invisible.
We set its _x to the number of columns times the width of the columns
and its _y to the number of rows times the height of the rows.
Inside that clip we create an empty movieclip to load the image into,
and tell it to load movie.
Then, we put an onEnterFrame on the movieclip (not the image clip
because when you loadMovie, when it's done loading it will overwrite
onEnterFrame) that checks to see when the image has loaded, and then
resizes the image to the thumbWidth and thumbHeight we set above.
Then it makes the clip visible. We do this so the image doesn't show
until it's done loading and resized.
Then we increment cols
Re: [Flashcoders] Which Data Structure is good for this?
I think Steven has already sent you the XML2AS code which is great. You could also try the XMLParser class I wrote which is similar but adds a few features. You can basically throw your XML document at it and it'll spit back an object with properties arrays that follow the naming convention from your original XML document which makes it a lot easier to get at the data (in my opinion at least). It'll retain your hierarchy too. Snag it at: http://www.greensock.com/ActionScript/XMLParser Hope it helps. Jack -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sascha Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:54 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] Which Data Structure is good for this? I would be interested in recommendations about what kind of data structure is best used in the following situation. I'm loading in a XML file with a typical recursive structure, then the data from it should be parsed into a data storage object and this data should be accessible globally through the application. The XML file has a structure like this: resourceList display type=1 displayProperties property name=foo value=doo/ property name=fee value=faa/ /displayProperties displayObjects object id=1 file=foo/etc/file.xml/ object id=2 file=foo/etc/file2.xml/ object id=3 file=foo/etc/file3.xml/ /displayObjects backgrounds backgrounds id=125 file=foo/etc/bg.png/ / backgrounds /display data dataTypes property name=foo value=doo/ property name=fee value=faa/ /dataTypes /data etc somethingElse property name=foo value=doo/ / somethingElse /etc ... The XML is being extended by the time but it retains the shown hierarchical structure. I want to be able to keep a similar structure in memory but I don't want to keep it as an XML object. I was thinking about using a custom object and populate it with HashMaps but then the hierarchy would be too flat. I would appreciate it if somebody could give me some suggestions what kind of data structure is a good choice for this as I don't have much experience with trees, lists and other more complex structures. Thanks a lot, Sascha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible?
Hi all, my coworker asked me this question that stumped me. Hopefully one of you can help us out? :) The question is, is it possible for the browser to render a dropdown menu (done in CSS/DHTML) that is positioned right on top of a flash banner. That is, you would see the dropdown coming down on top of the flash banner when rolling over the menu. Thanks! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible?
I think you can see an example here: http://www.adobe.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boon Chew Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:14 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible? Hi all, my coworker asked me this question that stumped me. Hopefully one of you can help us out? :) The question is, is it possible for the browser to render a dropdown menu (done in CSS/DHTML) that is positioned right on top of a flash banner. That is, you would see the dropdown coming down on top of the flash banner when rolling over the menu. Thanks! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible?
funny that Adobe of all places do this - it does the old annoying DHTML flashing effect in safari making it basically unusable would've thought a large number of Adobe customers are Mac users. On 13/12/2006, at 11:22 AM, Jim Robson wrote: I think you can see an example here: http://www.adobe.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boon Chew Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:14 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible? Hi all, my coworker asked me this question that stumped me. Hopefully one of you can help us out? :) The question is, is it possible for the browser to render a dropdown menu (done in CSS/DHTML) that is positioned right on top of a flash banner. That is, you would see the dropdown coming down on top of the flash banner when rolling over the menu. Thanks! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible?
Not only their users; I noticed at the MAX conference that a number of Adobe's own employees use Macs (there's a pun in there somewhere). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reuben Stanton Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:40 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible? funny that Adobe of all places do this - it does the old annoying DHTML flashing effect in safari making it basically unusable would've thought a large number of Adobe customers are Mac users. On 13/12/2006, at 11:22 AM, Jim Robson wrote: I think you can see an example here: http://www.adobe.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boon Chew Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:14 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible? Hi all, my coworker asked me this question that stumped me. Hopefully one of you can help us out? :) The question is, is it possible for the browser to render a dropdown menu (done in CSS/DHTML) that is positioned right on top of a flash banner. That is, you would see the dropdown coming down on top of the flash banner when rolling over the menu. Thanks! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Lists in/out of ScrollPane
Hello all, I resorted to using createClassObject to create lists
inside a scrollpane, simulating a horizontal list. Yes, I imagine it
must be silly to do this - don't know really - but I was wondering if
anyone could tell me how to make the scrollpane scrollable with the
lists not extending outside its boundaries as they are now. Is this
just the completely incorrect method? Do I use createChildAtDepth() or
createObjectAtDepth()? Thanks in advance.
snip
var scroller_sp =
this.createClassObject(ScrollPane,'scroller_sp',DepthManager.kBottom +
20,{_x:5.3,_y:6.3,_width:428,_height:195,hScrollPolicy:'on'});
var modinit:Boolean = false;
function getEvents(eObj){
for(var i=0;ixmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes.length;i++){
if(modinit == false){
if(xmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'headliners'){
for(var
j=0;jxmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes.length;j++){
var headliners = [];
headliners.addItem({image:xmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].attributes.image,celllabel:xmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue,data:xmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].attributes.articleurl});
var sec = 'sec' + j + '_list';
scroller_sp.createClassObject(List,sec,0+j,{_x:(j *
143),_y:3,_width:143,_height:180});
scroller_sp[sec].hScrollPolicy = off;
scroller_sp[sec].vScrollPolicy = off;
scroller_sp[sec].dataProvider =
headliners;
scroller_sp[sec].cellRenderer =
CustomCellRenderer;
scroller_sp[sec].rowHeight = 188;
/snip
J.C. Berry
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Re: [Flashcoders] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible?
The answer is WMODE. (Different browsers support it to different degrees, although they've come to pretty close convergence the past few years. adobe.com has a special sniffer for Safari, from what I've been told.) jd ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] DHTML menu rolling over on top of flash possible?
Well, their sniffer doesn't work for me... On 13/12/2006, at 12:13 PM, John Dowdell wrote: The answer is WMODE. (Different browsers support it to different degrees, although they've come to pretty close convergence the past few years. adobe.com has a special sniffer for Safari, from what I've been told.) jd ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] How to generate AS2 Code with ArgoUML ??
Hi listers: I need to know how do yuo generate your AS2 Projects's code using ArgoUML and if anyone else uses anotherone way to do it, if you could bring me an Idea. Thanks Jorge ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS
Jim, thanks for the taking the time to write back and your app sounds
wonderful. I'm going to check it out tonight and will let you know
how it goes! :)
Thanks!
Best,
Mike D
.
Mike Dunlop
// Droplab
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On Dec 12, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Jim Robson wrote:
Mike,
I know Steven others have already responded to your question, but
as it
happens I just posted the source code of an app that (I think) does
what
you're looking for. It's one step more complex than you asked for - it
actually creates multiple scrolling lists inside an Accordion (thereby
breaking the Accordion - but that's a separate issue :-)
Anyway, the app loads images and text via XML and puts the images in a
horizontal scroll pane - and this aspect of the app works fine. You
could
easily strip out the Accordion and related code, and use this as a
guide:
http://robsondesign.com/etc/flashcoders/scroller_in_accordion/
scroller_in_ac
cordion.zip
-Jim
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Mike Dunlop
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:05 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box
via AS
Wow!! Steven, thanx so much!! I will give this a shot and let you
know how
it worked out. Thanks again for taking the time to write all this
out :)
Best,
Mike D
...
Mike Dunlop
// Droplab
[ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First, break it up into different pieces. The first piece is the XML
parsing, the second piece is drawing the thumbnails, and the third
piece is scrolling the thumbnails. I'll leave the XML parsing out of
this and focus on drawing the thumbnails.
Here's the most straightforward way to do this. We could do it all
with code but let's mix it up a little since it's your first time.
1) Make an empty movie clip. Name it MC_Empty.
2) Draw a 50x50 pixel red square on the stage. Delete the border.
Select the square and hit F8. Name it MC_Square.
3) Make two layers in the timeline. Name the top layer MC_Mask and
name the bottom layer MC_Container.
4) Put MC_Square on the MC_Mask layer and name it MC_Mask.
5) Put MC_Empty on the MC_Container layer and name it MC_Container.
6) Resize MC_Mask to whatever size you want the visible area to be.
7) Turn the MC_Mask layer into a Mask. It should automatically mask
MC_Container.
8) Now that your timeline is set up it's time to write some code.
I'm going to use some arbitrary values here for example. Season to
taste.
var imageArray:Array = parsedXmlImageArray; // Set these values var
visibleRows:Number = 5; var visibleCols:Number = 4; var gutter:Number
= 10;
// These are set based on what you set above var colWidth:Number =
(MC_Mask._width / visibleCols); var rowHeight:Number =
(MC_Mask._height / visibleRows); var thumbWidth:Number = colWidth -
gutter; var thumbHeight:Number = rowHeight - gutter; var rows:Number;
var cols:Number;
function draw() {
rows = 0;
cols = 0;
MC_Container.thumbs.removeMovieClip();
MC_Container.createEmptyMovieClip(thumbs, 10);
var i:Number = imageArray.length;
while (i--) {
var mc:MovieClip = MC_Container.thumbs.createEmptyMovieClip
(item
+ i, i);
mc._x = cols * colWidth;
mc._y = rows * rowHeight;
mc.createEmptyMovieClip(img, 10);
mc._visible = false;
mc.img.loadMovie(imageArray[i]);
mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.img._width 0) {
this._width = thumbWidth;
this._height = thumbHeight;
this._visible = true;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
if (++cols == visibleCols) cols = 0;
if (cols == 0) rows++;
}
}
This is a simple example.
First, we set up some initial variables that you can play with.
Decide how many visible rows and columns you want and how much space
you want in between the thumbnails (gutter). It will then determine
the sizes of the thumbnails, rows and columns based on the dimensions
of MC_Mask. In this way, you can resize it easily by setting the
width and height of MC_Mask and calling draw() again.
The draw function:
Creates an empty movieclip inside MC_Container called thumbs. This
makes it easier to refresh the view by simply removing the thumbs
clip
rather than removing every single movieclip inside it.
Then we loop through the array of image paths you got from parsing
your XML.
In the loop, we create a reference to an empty movieclip. The
name of
the clip is item + i (item1, item2, etc.) and its depth is set
to i.
We also make it invisible.
We set its _x to the number of columns times the width of the columns
and its _y to the number of rows times the height of the rows.
Inside that clip we create an empty movieclip to load the image into,
and tell it to load movie.
Then, we put an onEnterFrame on the movieclip (not the image clip
because when you loadMovie, when it's done loading it will overwrite
onEnterFrame)
[Flashcoders] Re: Lists in/out of ScrollPane SOLVED
Found a posting that used attachMovie, but the same thing goes for
createClassObject. Here's what I found out using the 'content' keyword and
invalidating the scrollpane after assigning content to it. Sorry for the
bother everyone.
[code]
var scroller_sp = this.createClassObject(ScrollPane,'scroller_sp',0,{_x:5.3
,_y:6.3,_width:428,_height:195,hScrollPolicy:'on'});
scroller_sp.contentPath = 'listholder';
var modinit:Boolean = false;
function getEvents(eObj){
for(var j=0;jxmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes
[i].childNodes.length;j++){
var headliners = [];
headliners.addItem({image:xmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes
[i].childNodes[j].attributes.image,celllabel:xmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes
[i].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue,data:xmlDoc.firstChild.childNodes
[i].childNodes[j].attributes.articleurl});
var sec = 'sec' + j + '_list';
scroller_sp.content.createClassObject(List,sec,0+j,{_x:(j *
143),_y:3,_width:143,_height:180});
scroller_sp.content.sec.hScrollPolicy = off;
scroller_sp.content.sec.vScrollPolicy = off;
scroller_sp.content.sec.dataProvider = headliners;
scroller_sp.content.sec.cellRenderer =
CustomCellRenderer;
scroller_sp.content.sec.rowHeight = 180;
...
}
}
scroller_sp.invalidate();
[/code]
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