Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBoxV2 Preloader problem
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RE: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files
So do you think it would be possible to take a fairly complex array, run it through some function in AS2 that describes the document page by page, send it to CF and out pops a pdf? Would it be possible to have templates using the drawing API, and add data? I'm understanding that CF could take all that and render the pdf? (I'd rather not go the java route.) Yes, there's very nice PDF generation in CF 7, and even better PDF generation in the upcoming CF 8. Now that Adobe owns it, the sky's the limit! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] ComboBoxV2 Preloader problem
Perfect! Solved my problem! Thanks. Daniel Holth I.S. Programmer x5217 || J401 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 4:02 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBoxV2 Preloader problem Hi, this was recently discussed on the list, search for : Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED]to Flashcoders *[Flashcoders] Strange ComboBox issues when loaded in a child SWF* greetz JC ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] How to determine when an externally loaded swf hasended playing.
Are these timeline based swfs, or single frame, or movieclips within movieclips? Or won't you know? You could create an onEnterFrame event that continually checks the swf's _currentframe compared to _totalframes. When they are equal, it has reached the end. If it's a single frame or MovieClips within MovieClips situation, it becomes more difficult... DC Holth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Whiteford Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:54 PM To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] How to determine when an externally loaded swf hasended playing. I have a situation where I don't have control of the external swf files that my prog is using. I have created a movieClip that uses a movieClipLoader and loads an external swf into it, I am trying to detect when the end of that external swf has been reached. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] How to determine when an externally loaded swf hasended playing.
Here is how I determine when a movie completes. The key section is this:
myListener.complete = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
trace(My video has been viewed);
getURL(javascript:setCookie('mycookienameOK','My Video
Title','365');void(0););
};
In the above I set a cookie that is good for 365 days if and only if the
movie completes. This does not prevent the user from scrubbing the play head
to the end of the movie if you make the controls available. If the user
cancels before it completes the cookie object does not get set and the video
does not show up in their list of Viewed Videos. I am not sure how you
would implement this from externally loaded videos but maybe this is a
start.
Good luck!
Mike Ickes
// Create a NetConnection object
var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
// Create a local streaming connection
my_nc.connect(null);
// Create a NetStream object and define an onStatus() function
var my_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(my_nc);
my_ns.onStatus = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
status_txt.text += status ( + this.time + seconds)\n;
status_txt.text += \t Level: + infoObject.level + \n;
status_txt.text += \t Code: + infoObject.code + \n\n;
};
// Attach the NetStream video feed to the Video object
my_video.attachVideo(my_ns);
// Set the buffer time
my_ns.setBufferTime(15);
// Begin playing the FLV file
my_ns.play(http://yourpathtoyourvideohere.com/myVideo.swfhttp://pilots.flightoptions.com/traininig/be400_EP_Drill/aircraft_fire.swf
);
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myListener.complete = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
trace(My video has been viewed);
getURL(javascript:setCookie('mycookienameOK','My Video
Title','365');void(0););
};
myMedia.addEventListener(complete, myListener);
On 7/24/07, Holth, Daniel C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are these timeline based swfs, or single frame, or movieclips within
movieclips? Or won't you know?
You could create an onEnterFrame event that continually checks the swf's
_currentframe compared to _totalframes. When they are equal, it has
reached the end.
If it's a single frame or MovieClips within MovieClips situation, it
becomes more difficult...
DC Holth
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Subject: [Flashcoders] How to determine when an externally loaded swf
hasended playing.
I have a situation where I don't have control of the external swf files
that
my prog is using.
I have created a movieClip that uses a movieClipLoader and loads an
external
swf into it, I am trying to detect when the end of that external swf has
been reached.
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RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBoxV2 Preloader problem
Hi Daniel Big issue, he,, try with this. When you load the movie you have to block the root, like this. item = this.createEmptyMovieClip(movieName,2); item._lockroot = true; item.loadMovie(movieToLoad.swf); Cool JB - CostaRica From: Holth, Daniel C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] ComboBoxV2 Preloader problem Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:38:41 -0500 Hello, We have a main_preloader.swf that loads our main_app.swf. The main_app.swf has a ComboBox V2 component. When main_app.swf is run by itself, it works beautifully, but when its loaded into the main_preloader.swf the ComboBox is broken. It highlights when clicked, but won't open or do anything else. When I drop the combo box in the main_preloader.swf, it works fine, but that jumps the size of the main_preloader.swf to 58kb - much too big to be a good preloader. Anyone have thoughts on how to solve this? Thanks! Daniel Holth I.S. Programmer x5217 || J401 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 _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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 remove a datagrid
Probably a really dumb question but how do I remove a datagrid?
I create the datagrid as follows and I want the function 'Click_Datagrid' to
delete / remove the datagrid.
var myDataGrid:DataGrid = new DataGrid();
myDataGrid.addColumn(Type);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Qualification);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Code);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Students);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Marked);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Submitted);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Series);
myDataGrid.addColumn(DaysLeft);
myDataGrid.columns[0].width = 60;
myDataGrid.columns[1].width = 140;
myDataGrid.columns[2].width = 140;
myDataGrid.columns[3].width = 70;
myDataGrid.columns[4].width = 70;
myDataGrid.columns[5].width = 90;
myDataGrid.columns[6].width = 70;
myDataGrid.addItem({Type:GCE, Qualification: Extended Project,
Code:EPQ-W-SP-06-08, Students:8,
Marked:0,Submitted:0,Series:November, DaysLeft:15});
myDataGrid.width = 720;
myDataGrid.move(20, 160);
myDataGrid.columns[7].headerText = Days Left;
myDataGrid.rowCount = myDataGrid.length;
addChild(myDataGrid);
myDataGrid.addEventListener(ListEvent.ITEM_CLICK, Click_Datagrid);
function Click_Datagrid(evt_obj:Object) {
var vDG = evt_obj.target;
// Code to remove / delete the datagrid here
gotoAndStop(qualificationSummary);
}
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[Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working
So I'm working on a project... I'm reading xml nodes and placing each node into dynamic text fields... XML: content![CDATA[Blah blah a href=somelink.comsomeLink/a b some bold text /b]]/content The problem is the XML Node is not reading as a string and the html text field reads the node as a literal string instead of html text. I mean it prints something like Blah blah a href=somelink.comsomeLink/a b some bold text /b in my text field. AS: var tt:TextField = m.createTextField(txt,m.getNextHighestDepth(),0,0,0,0); tt.autoSize = true; tt.selectable = false; tt.embedFonts = true; tt.antiAliasType = advanced; tt.html = true; tt.htmlText = local.ob.content; // myXml value tt.setTextFormat(local.tTextFormat); Does anyone have a solution for this? I think it's because the text is not reading as a String... I've tried toString() and it doesn't work... If I try and perform any other simple String function like substr() or anything it doesn't work either! I'm sorta new at XML and Flash, I've been doing Flash for a while but I usually don't use XML. Any help would be very much appreciated Thanks! Chris Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] CDATA Html Text not working
here is the snipit of code: local.obCredits[this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].nodeName] = this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes; local.obCredits --- This is passed as an object later to a Class. [this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].nodeName] --- this loops the node names and places them as properties of the local.obCredits object, one of them being the content this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes;--- this is how I am trying to access the content of that node. First off, I'm guessing I should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Thanks so much! -Chris --- Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XML: content![CDATA[Blah blah a href=somelink.comsomeLink/a b some bold text /b]]/content The problem is the XML Node is not reading as a string and the html text field reads the node as a literal string instead of html text. I mean it prints something like Blah blah a href=somelink.comsomeLink/a b some bold text /b in my text field. AS: var tt:TextField = m.createTextField(txt,m.getNextHighestDepth(),0,0,0,0); tt.autoSize = true; tt.selectable = false; tt.embedFonts = true; tt.antiAliasType = advanced; tt.html = true; tt.htmlText = local.ob.content; // myXml value How are you getting this local.ob.content? That's the key issue, really. Have you tried a trace() of this value? My guess is that you're including the [CDATA bit of the field, which means you're telling the field to render the text literally, which is exactly what it's doing. Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.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] AS3 Events
Hi all,
I'm in the process of converting a quite extensive code framework
from AS2 to AS3, and I've got a 'how do you cope with this situation?'
question.
I understand events, event listeners, EventDispatcher etc., but I'm
missing a trick somewhere (probably from my historical use of Delegate
with additional params).
Say we have object A, which supports the following:
A.addEventListener(type:String,handler:Function);
A.loadSomething(url:String); // Dispatches Event.COMPLETE when done
and object B wraps it and wants to do something context specific once
A has finished loading:
(pseudo-AS3!)
class B
{
:
function addEventListener(/as per usual/);
// Dispatches MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH when done
function loadSomethingAndProcessIt(url:String,contextInfo:Object):void
{
var a:A=new A();
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onALoaded);
a.loadSomething(url);
}
function onALoaded(event:Event):void
{
var a:A=A(event.target);
// Process the results of A being loaded
// : blah
// then:
dispatchEvent(new MyEvent(MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH,someDataIGotFromA));
}
}
It doesn't really matter what events either are firing; what does matter is that
calling loadSomethingAndProcessIt() is both asynchronous and atomic
i.e. multiple loadSomethingAndProcessIt() calls could be running at
the same time on the same B.
What I'm trying to do is to find a sane, 'generally accepted' way to
get information from loadSomethingAndProcessIt() to onALoaded()
without A being aware of it at all. So to access the contextInfo
variable from within onALoaded().
What I'd have done in AS2 is to use an extended Delegate (or Proxy) -
the listener would have been:
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Delegate.create(this,onALoaded,contextInfo));
Which works fine.
Now, I've written the equivalent of that sort of Delegate/Proxy for
AS3, and it works perfectly well and does the trick. However, that
method appears to be Frowned Upon by the community, for reasons which
escape me. So I guess my question is:
- Why, in AS3, is my equivalent of using Delegate Not The Done Thing?
(Someone mentioned type-safety; and yes, at compile time, you'll lose
type safety)
- How else would you do it? What's the 'standard' approach?
This situation comes up a lot - really, a huge number of times - in
our code frameworks. This may be because they take the wrong approach
- perhaps I can't see the wood for the trees.
For clarity, we can't just store contextInfo inside B, as there may be
multiple requests. We could conceivably store a look up table in B
with various contextInfos tied to varies requests to A, but that's
just overkill.
Thoughts?
Ian
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RE: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files
Michael, I've used Coldfusion7 and PHP + PDFLib lite on several projects before. I've also used HTMLDOC for html-pdf conversion but Coldfusion has them all beat with the simplicity of html-pdf conversion. You literally output your inline html and using the CFDOCUMENT tag. The only problem is that there the Coldfusion7 PDF implementation is riddled with problems. There are several PHP projects to help create PDFs. There are even PHP classes that convert HTML to a PDF without using PDFlib (which does require a bit of web server hackery). Coldfusion8 (Scorpio) promises to fix literally all the issues with coldfusion pdf generation from previous versions, so that might be your best bet. I think flash + cf would be the easiest to get working, and will probably do exactly what you want so I would suggest starting there! Maybe even look into using CFDOCUMENT to output flash paper instead of pdf! Here's the Coldfusion7 documentation on the CFDOCUMENT tag http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/0236.htm -- Jim Palmer ! Mammoth Web Operations -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mendelsohn, Michael Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:38 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files Hi list... I'm working on an app that generates a pdf based on user settings. It will be about 20 pages in length, with some graphics but mostly formatted text. I had been planning to embed this swf in Director and use the pdf xtra. However, I'm wondering what other options are out there. I've never used Cold Fusion before, but I hear there's pdf generation capability in it. Would Flash + CF work best, or are there other routes to take? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] How to use media server alongwith webserver for video streaming
Hi Abhishek, Bob's summary is 100% correct. For more detail, you might want to check out the heading About streaming video here on the Delivery options for Flash video page of the Flash video learning guide: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/video_guide_02.html Also this page may help too: Streaming Video (FLV) -- Delivering Flash Video: Understanding the Difference Between Progressive Download and Streaming Video http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flv_download_04.html Following is a basic sequence of events at runtime: 1) browser requests a SWF from the web server via HTTP 2) browser receives SWF, SWF contains logic for RTMP call to FMS 3) SWF requests FLV stream from FMS 4) FMS starts stream to the SWF 5) SWF receives FLV stream and displays it. So, basically, there is no direct interaction between the FMS and web server. Please post back if you have any further questions. hth, g On 7/23/07, creativity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can anyone guide me on how to use flash media server with a web server for streaming media asses like videos and audios. I wish to know how to set up this service and how web application running on webserver handles media related requests using flash media server. -- Abhishek Kumar ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] How to determine when an externally loaded swf hasended playing.
Yeah it is a movieClip in movieClip situation, which I tried of course using the onEnterFrame and currentframe = totalframes route but as it was an external swf which I have no control of so it wasn't able to detect the frames. Thanks though. On 7/24/07, Holth, Daniel C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are these timeline based swfs, or single frame, or movieclips within movieclips? Or won't you know? You could create an onEnterFrame event that continually checks the swf's _currentframe compared to _totalframes. When they are equal, it has reached the end. If it's a single frame or MovieClips within MovieClips situation, it becomes more difficult... DC Holth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Whiteford Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:54 PM To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] How to determine when an externally loaded swf hasended playing. I have a situation where I don't have control of the external swf files that my prog is using. I have created a movieClip that uses a movieClipLoader and loads an external swf into it, I am trying to detect when the end of that external swf has been reached. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] How to determine when an externally loaded swf hasended playing.
I didn't think of trying to use the netstream object, I will definitely try
this.
Thanks,
Chris
On 7/24/07, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here is how I determine when a movie completes. The key section is this:
myListener.complete = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
trace(My video has been viewed);
getURL(javascript:setCookie('mycookienameOK','My Video
Title','365');void(0););
};
In the above I set a cookie that is good for 365 days if and only if the
movie completes. This does not prevent the user from scrubbing the play
head
to the end of the movie if you make the controls available. If the user
cancels before it completes the cookie object does not get set and the
video
does not show up in their list of Viewed Videos. I am not sure how you
would implement this from externally loaded videos but maybe this is a
start.
Good luck!
Mike Ickes
// Create a NetConnection object
var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
// Create a local streaming connection
my_nc.connect(null);
// Create a NetStream object and define an onStatus() function
var my_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(my_nc);
my_ns.onStatus = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
status_txt.text += status ( + this.time + seconds)\n;
status_txt.text += \t Level: + infoObject.level + \n;
status_txt.text += \t Code: + infoObject.code + \n\n;
};
// Attach the NetStream video feed to the Video object
my_video.attachVideo(my_ns);
// Set the buffer time
my_ns.setBufferTime(15);
// Begin playing the FLV file
my_ns.play(http://yourpathtoyourvideohere.com/myVideo.swf
http://pilots.flightoptions.com/traininig/be400_EP_Drill/aircraft_fire.swf
);
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myListener.complete = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
trace(My video has been viewed);
getURL(javascript:setCookie('mycookienameOK','My Video
Title','365');void(0););
};
myMedia.addEventListener(complete, myListener);
On 7/24/07, Holth, Daniel C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are these timeline based swfs, or single frame, or movieclips within
movieclips? Or won't you know?
You could create an onEnterFrame event that continually checks the swf's
_currentframe compared to _totalframes. When they are equal, it has
reached the end.
If it's a single frame or MovieClips within MovieClips situation, it
becomes more difficult...
DC Holth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Christopher Whiteford
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:54 PM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] How to determine when an externally loaded swf
hasended playing.
I have a situation where I don't have control of the external swf files
that
my prog is using.
I have created a movieClip that uses a movieClipLoader and loads an
external
swf into it, I am trying to detect when the end of that external swf has
been reached.
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RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working
Flash doesn't actuall support the CDATA tag. It sort of does, but all 's and 's get replaced with lt;'s and gt;'s. When you stick it in a text field, it correctly interprets the HTML entities, which leads to you getting HTML tags where they shouldn't be. --- Chris W. Paterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here is the snipit of code: local.obCredits[this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].nodeName] = this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes; local.obCredits --- This is passed as an object later to a Class. [this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].nodeName] --- this loops the node names and places them as properties of the local.obCredits object, one of them being the content this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes;--- this is how I am trying to access the content of that node. First off, I'm guessing I should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Thanks so much! -Chris --- Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XML: content![CDATA[Blah blah a href=somelink.comsomeLink/a b some bold text /b]]/content The problem is the XML Node is not reading as a string and the html text field reads the node as a literal string instead of html text. I mean it prints something like Blah blah a href=somelink.comsomeLink/a b some bold text /b in my text field. AS: var tt:TextField = m.createTextField(txt,m.getNextHighestDepth(),0,0,0,0); tt.autoSize = true; tt.selectable = false; tt.embedFonts = true; tt.antiAliasType = advanced; tt.html = true; tt.htmlText = local.ob.content; // myXml value How are you getting this local.ob.content? That's the key issue, really. Have you tried a trace() of this value? My guess is that you're including the [CDATA bit of the field, which means you're telling the field to render the text literally, which is exactly what it's doing. Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.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 Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Lots of compiler errors after copying custom component
Hi there, I've made a compiled component with custom actions (a scrollbar). I have beeen using it fine in one movie but then found when I loaded this movie into another movie which had the old version of the component in it's library, the custom component wouldn't work in the other movie. To rectify this problem I copied the new component to the main movie and now I am getting lots and lots of compiler errors for the Tween class, BroadcasterMX class and onEnterFrame class saying 'Attribute outside of class' or 'The staement is not permitted in a class definition'. I'm not really sure what I've done wrong as the targetting of my classes seems correct and I haven't altered any of the class files that contain the errors. If anyone could guide me on this I would be really really grateful I am stumped! Thanks, Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] flash comm process in windows 2003
Hey guys just wondering about something. I have a client that will have video on-demand for their site. I noticed as I played the video the flashcomm process in windows just kept climbing and once the video was stopped or the page unloaded the process never went down. Then I tried playing the video again and the process stayed where it was at and then climbed again. I want to know if there is a way to release flash comm from memory when not needed like one would when using a com object in asp. Thanks guys. Tony Trapp - DBTWeb.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] CDATA Html Text not working
Chris W. Paterson wrote: this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes;--- this is how I am trying to access the content of that node. First off, I'm guessing I should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Yep, there's the problem. The content of an XML node is a node in itself -- it's just a text node. It looks like this: foomy text/foo foo -- part of node A my text -- node B /foo -- part of node A So to get the text inside that foo tag, let's say we have: var fooNode:XMLNode; var textNode:XMLNode = fooNode.firstChild; var myText:String = textNode.nodeValue; myTextField.htmlText = myText; // now it should look right As you can see, the child node of foo is an XMLNode which contains the text -- it's not the string itself. I've used CDATA in XML plenty of times, and your HTML text fields will interpret the HTML as long as you're getting the string value of the text node. As for all that confusing child.firstChild.childNodes[n].child business, may I suggest XFactorStudios' excellent XPath implementation? www.xfactorstudio.com -- and then you can specify your XML with simple syntax like this: // gets an Array of XMLNodes; specifically, all bar inside a foo, starting from rootNode var nodes:Array = XPath.selectNodes(rootNode, foo/bar); It's a less confusing than manually walking the XML tree, and allows some pretty complex searches once you really get into it. ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath is very dense, but section 2 may give you an example of XPath's power.) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid
Thanks Paul - that worked a treat!
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: 24 July 2007 17:56
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid
- Original Message -
From: Paul Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:37 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid
Probably a really dumb question but how do I remove a datagrid?
I create the datagrid as follows and I want the function 'Click_Datagrid'
to
delete / remove the datagrid.
var myDataGrid:DataGrid = new DataGrid();
myDataGrid.addColumn(Type);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Qualification);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Code);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Students);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Marked);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Submitted);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Series);
myDataGrid.addColumn(DaysLeft);
myDataGrid.columns[0].width = 60;
myDataGrid.columns[1].width = 140;
myDataGrid.columns[2].width = 140;
myDataGrid.columns[3].width = 70;
myDataGrid.columns[4].width = 70;
myDataGrid.columns[5].width = 90;
myDataGrid.columns[6].width = 70;
myDataGrid.addItem({Type:GCE, Qualification: Extended Project,
Code:EPQ-W-SP-06-08, Students:8,
Marked:0,Submitted:0,Series:November, DaysLeft:15});
myDataGrid.width = 720;
myDataGrid.move(20, 160);
myDataGrid.columns[7].headerText = Days Left;
myDataGrid.rowCount = myDataGrid.length;
addChild(myDataGrid);
myDataGrid.addEventListener(ListEvent.ITEM_CLICK, Click_Datagrid);
function Click_Datagrid(evt_obj:Object) {
var vDG = evt_obj.target;
// Code to remove / delete the datagrid here
Probably something like this..
evt_obj.currentTarget.parent.removeChild(evt_obj.currentTarget);
Paul
gotoAndStop(qualificationSummary);
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working
If you're using Flash 8, XPath was already integrated into its library/API. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris W. Paterson Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:44 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working Great! That works! Thanks so much!! I'll look into that XPath... Maybe not for this project since it's on a tight deadline, but for the future! Thanks! Chris --- Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris W. Paterson wrote: this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes;--- this is how I am trying to access the content of that node. First off, I'm guessing I should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Yep, there's the problem. The content of an XML node is a node in itself -- it's just a text node. It looks like this: foomy text/foo foo -- part of node A my text -- node B /foo -- part of node A So to get the text inside that foo tag, let's say we have: var fooNode:XMLNode; var textNode:XMLNode = fooNode.firstChild; var myText:String = textNode.nodeValue; myTextField.htmlText = myText; // now it should look right As you can see, the child node of foo is an XMLNode which contains the text -- it's not the string itself. I've used CDATA in XML plenty of times, and your HTML text fields will interpret the HTML as long as you're getting the string value of the text node. As for all that confusing child.firstChild.childNodes[n].child business, may I suggest XFactorStudios' excellent XPath implementation? www.xfactorstudio.com -- and then you can specify your XML with simple syntax like this: // gets an Array of XMLNodes; specifically, all bar inside a foo, starting from rootNode var nodes:Array = XPath.selectNodes(rootNode, foo/bar); It's a less confusing than manually walking the XML tree, and allows some pretty complex searches once you really get into it. ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath is very dense, but section 2 may give you an example of XPath's power.) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidsc s=bz ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] ConvolutionFilter stops when it gets online
Hey all,
What could cause a ConvolutionFilter to not show up online, when it
works perfectly well locally? I'm publishing as Flash Player 8,
ActionScript 2.0, my browser uses Shockwave Flash 9.0 r45, and the
actionScript is including (I've tried import flash.filters.* as well):
import flash.filters.ConvolutionFilter;
(This is the code, although as I said I'd think there's no problem
here since it works in Authoring:)
private function onLoadInit( target_mc:MovieClip ):Void {
// Set up sharpening filter
var neg = -1;
var pos = 2;
var cor = 0;
var mat:Array = [
cor, neg, cor,
neg, pos, neg,
cor, neg, cor
];
var convMat = new ConvolutionFilter(3,3,mat);
target_mc.filters = [convMat];
this.picimage._alpha = 0;
this.setFrameEvent(fadeIn); // this starts an alpha
fade-in
}
Any ideas?
Thanks,
--Dave
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Sr. Flash/AS Programmers, Los Angeles, CA | 70-125k My Los Angeles, CA client is one of the most renowned and acclaimed interactive agencies in the world. As a Senior Flash/ActionScript Programmer, you transform client goals into compelling, usable, and media-rich Interactive Experiences ranging from Websites, Games, Applications and Widgets, to intelligent User Interfaces for mobile and the console. Their creative concepts, design, motion graphics, video and audio teams will challenge you to plan and build innovative projects for our well known clients, appreciated by millions and often awarded top industry accolades. These positions are located in Beverly Hills, CA. They pay from $70,000-$125,000 (dep on experience) and come with 3 paid weeks vacation time. In addition, all staff members enjoy Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, Equity Participation Plan and a Company-Matched 401k. Ideal candidates will have at least 3+ years of Flash coding experience, preferably in a collaborative interactive agency setting. These are full time positions in their Beverly Hills, CA office and they will pay full relocation expenses for candidates who are authorized to work in the USA. If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume, salary requirements, and a paragraph (or two) highlighting your skills/experience as it pertains to this job to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, Beau J. Gould Open Source Staffing www.open-source-staffing.com [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] A3 scrollbars in Flex app
Hello, We are experiencing the following error with actionscript 3/Flash CS3 scrollbars when embedded in a Flex application: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert fl.events::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.events.FlexEvent. at flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEven tFunction() at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent() at fl.core::UIComponent/set visible() at fl.containers::BaseScrollPane/fl.containers:BaseScrollPane::drawLayout() at fl.containers::ScrollPane/fl.containers:ScrollPane::drawLayout() at fl.containers::BaseScrollPane/fl.containers:BaseScrollPane::draw() at fl.containers::ScrollPane/fl.containers:ScrollPane::draw() at fl.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher() How can this be fixed? Thanks, Phil ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid
- Original Message -
From: Paul Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:37 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid
Probably a really dumb question but how do I remove a datagrid?
I create the datagrid as follows and I want the function 'Click_Datagrid'
to
delete / remove the datagrid.
var myDataGrid:DataGrid = new DataGrid();
myDataGrid.addColumn(Type);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Qualification);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Code);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Students);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Marked);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Submitted);
myDataGrid.addColumn(Series);
myDataGrid.addColumn(DaysLeft);
myDataGrid.columns[0].width = 60;
myDataGrid.columns[1].width = 140;
myDataGrid.columns[2].width = 140;
myDataGrid.columns[3].width = 70;
myDataGrid.columns[4].width = 70;
myDataGrid.columns[5].width = 90;
myDataGrid.columns[6].width = 70;
myDataGrid.addItem({Type:GCE, Qualification: Extended Project,
Code:EPQ-W-SP-06-08, Students:8,
Marked:0,Submitted:0,Series:November, DaysLeft:15});
myDataGrid.width = 720;
myDataGrid.move(20, 160);
myDataGrid.columns[7].headerText = Days Left;
myDataGrid.rowCount = myDataGrid.length;
addChild(myDataGrid);
myDataGrid.addEventListener(ListEvent.ITEM_CLICK, Click_Datagrid);
function Click_Datagrid(evt_obj:Object) {
var vDG = evt_obj.target;
// Code to remove / delete the datagrid here
Probably something like this..
evt_obj.currentTarget.parent.removeChild(evt_obj.currentTarget);
Paul
gotoAndStop(qualificationSummary);
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working
Correct, but for most parsing functionality, the ones included in Flash 8 should be sufficient. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 2:00 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working But only a partial one, right? That's what I understood - others have commented on it. I have used xfactorstudios Xpath classes instead. AS3 takes care of it though if you can go that route. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ngo Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:55 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working If you're using Flash 8, XPath was already integrated into its library/API. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris W. Paterson Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:44 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working Great! That works! Thanks so much!! I'll look into that XPath... Maybe not for this project since it's on a tight deadline, but for the future! Thanks! Chris --- Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris W. Paterson wrote: this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes;-- - this is how I am trying to access the content of that node. First off, I'm guessing I should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Yep, there's the problem. The content of an XML node is a node in itself -- it's just a text node. It looks like this: foomy text/foo foo -- part of node A my text -- node B /foo -- part of node A So to get the text inside that foo tag, let's say we have: var fooNode:XMLNode; var textNode:XMLNode = fooNode.firstChild; var myText:String = textNode.nodeValue; myTextField.htmlText = myText; // now it should look right As you can see, the child node of foo is an XMLNode which contains the text -- it's not the string itself. I've used CDATA in XML plenty of times, and your HTML text fields will interpret the HTML as long as you're getting the string value of the text node. As for all that confusing child.firstChild.childNodes[n].child business, may I suggest XFactorStudios' excellent XPath implementation? www.xfactorstudio.com -- and then you can specify your XML with simple syntax like this: // gets an Array of XMLNodes; specifically, all bar inside a foo, starting from rootNode var nodes:Array = XPath.selectNodes(rootNode, foo/bar); It's a less confusing than manually walking the XML tree, and allows some pretty complex searches once you really get into it. ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath is very dense, but section 2 may give you an example of XPath's power.) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com __ __ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activit ies+for+kidsc s=bz ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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
Re: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working
Great! That works! Thanks so much!! I'll look into that XPath... Maybe not for this project since it's on a tight deadline, but for the future! Thanks! Chris --- Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris W. Paterson wrote: this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes;--- this is how I am trying to access the content of that node. First off, I'm guessing I should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Yep, there's the problem. The content of an XML node is a node in itself -- it's just a text node. It looks like this: foomy text/foo foo -- part of node A my text -- node B /foo -- part of node A So to get the text inside that foo tag, let's say we have: var fooNode:XMLNode; var textNode:XMLNode = fooNode.firstChild; var myText:String = textNode.nodeValue; myTextField.htmlText = myText; // now it should look right As you can see, the child node of foo is an XMLNode which contains the text -- it's not the string itself. I've used CDATA in XML plenty of times, and your HTML text fields will interpret the HTML as long as you're getting the string value of the text node. As for all that confusing child.firstChild.childNodes[n].child business, may I suggest XFactorStudios' excellent XPath implementation? www.xfactorstudio.com -- and then you can specify your XML with simple syntax like this: // gets an Array of XMLNodes; specifically, all bar inside a foo, starting from rootNode var nodes:Array = XPath.selectNodes(rootNode, foo/bar); It's a less confusing than manually walking the XML tree, and allows some pretty complex searches once you really get into it. ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath is very dense, but section 2 may give you an example of XPath's power.) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] CDATA Html Text not working
The xpath library included with Flash 8 is really quite basic, as it is the bare minimum for generated paths for databinding purposes. It only permits abbreviated syntax (though this is fine and preferable most of the time), doesn't support any axes other than child (e.g. you can't do a//b or a/../c), and only supports position filtering in predicates. (e.g. you can do x/y[1], but you can't do x/y[last()]). XFactorStudio's XPath is complete (or at least I haven't found anything that wasn't supported). If you need XPath for an AS3 (or Flex 2/3) project, I have written a library, xpath-as3, which is also a complete implementation. http://code.google.com/p/xpath-as3 Peter On 7/24/07, David Ngo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct, but for most parsing functionality, the ones included in Flash 8 should be sufficient. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 2:00 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working But only a partial one, right? That's what I understood - others have commented on it. I have used xfactorstudios Xpath classes instead. AS3 takes care of it though if you can go that route. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ngo Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:55 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working If you're using Flash 8, XPath was already integrated into its library/API. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris W. Paterson Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:44 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working Great! That works! Thanks so much!! I'll look into that XPath... Maybe not for this project since it's on a tight deadline, but for the future! Thanks! Chris --- Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris W. Paterson wrote: this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j].childNodes;-- - this is how I am trying to access the content of that node. First off, I'm guessing I should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Yep, there's the problem. The content of an XML node is a node in itself -- it's just a text node. It looks like this: foomy text/foo foo -- part of node A my text -- node B /foo -- part of node A So to get the text inside that foo tag, let's say we have: var fooNode:XMLNode; var textNode:XMLNode = fooNode.firstChild; var myText:String = textNode.nodeValue; myTextField.htmlText = myText; // now it should look right As you can see, the child node of foo is an XMLNode which contains the text -- it's not the string itself. I've used CDATA in XML plenty of times, and your HTML text fields will interpret the HTML as long as you're getting the string value of the text node. As for all that confusing child.firstChild.childNodes[n].child business, may I suggest XFactorStudios' excellent XPath implementation? www.xfactorstudio.com -- and then you can specify your XML with simple syntax like this: // gets an Array of XMLNodes; specifically, all bar inside a foo, starting from rootNode var nodes:Array = XPath.selectNodes(rootNode, foo/bar); It's a less confusing than manually walking the XML tree, and allows some pretty complex searches once you really get into it. ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath is very dense, but section 2 may give you an example of XPath's power.) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com __ __ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activit ies+for+kidsc s=bz ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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
[Flashcoders] Flash 8 exception handling
Okay, here's one for you. I extended Error with a very simple specific
error type, like this:
class com.mycompany.exceptions.InvalidPathFormatException extends Error
{
public function InvalidPathFormatException(message:String)
{
if (message != null)
{
this.message = message;
}
else
{
this.message = General message for this error type.;
}
}
}
Now I try to use it with a method like this:
/**
Does stuff.
@throws InvalidPathFormatException
*/
public function doSomeStuff():Void
{
if (anErrorOccurs)
{
throw new InvalidPathFormatException(error message);
}
}
I call this method like this:
try
{
doSomeStuff();
}
catch (e:InvalidPathFormatException)
{
trace(caught the specific error);
}
catch (e:Error)
{
trace(caught a generic error);
}
This looks completely straightforward and identical to Java... but when
I do it, it catches the generic error. Now, obviously an Error instance
is getting caught, which means one is getting thrown, which means my
InvalidPathFormatException IS being recognized as a subclass of Error!
It's just not getting caught by the right block! And it's not a priority
thing, because if I omit the catch block for e:Error, I don't catch
anything at all (but I DO get debug output of the string Error).
Now, I think I'm doing this right -- I've done it in Java, and Colin
Moock's book confirms that it's the same in Flash. What am I missing
here? (All my exception classes are properly defined and imported or I'd
be getting compile errors instead.)
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[Flashcoders] Displacement Map with mcs
I started coding up a little sniper scope thing. bmp on the stage of the scene. a larger bmp pulled out and used with a displacement map/mask to simulate the magnified sniper scope with some displacement around the edges of the scope occular thing. However I'd like to have mcs on the stage to show up in the scope as well (enemies)... i haven't seen anything like this yet, or perhaps i need to redo my code to make things work properly. anyone have demo code or somethign that shows this effect in action? - eric ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Returning a String fails
Haven't tested it but where you call eliminateSpaces inside the function,
you don't save the result...
- Original Message -
From: Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:22 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Returning a String fails
Hi list...
I've written a simple routine to eliminate spaces from a user entered
string. But, it won't return the string. I'm sure it's something
silly. Can anyone shed light?
- MM
function eliminateSpaces(phrase:String):String {
var foundSpace = phrase.indexOf( );
if (foundSpace != -1) {
phrase = String(phrase.substring(0, foundSpace) +
phrase.substring(foundSpace + 1));
if (phrase.indexOf( ) != -1) {
eliminateSpaces(phrase);
} else {
trace(output: + phrase);
return phrase;
}
}
}
var s:String = eliminateSpaces(moe and larry and curly);
trace(s);
/* RESULT:
output: moeandlarryandcurly
Undefined
*/
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[Flashcoders] Rotating, skewing and coloring TextFields using device fonts.
Hi all, I'd like to gather some opinions reguarding compatibility between Gnash and the proprietary players. Current Gnash development version is able to handle device fonts exactly in the same way as embedded fonts are handled. This means you can rotate, skew, colorize each component and everything will work. Do flash coders consider this as an advantage or a compatibility warning ? (or both) Also, I've been reported that *some* proprietary player versions handle this differently in different architecture flavors (like _alpha being misreguarded but borderColor and backgroundColor being honoured). Can anyone confirm ? --strk; ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Returning a String fails
You should rethink what you are doing :) If the string passed contains
more than 1 space, your function will not return anything. Do you see
a return statement here?
if (phrase.indexOf( ) != -1) {
eliminateSpaces(phrase);
}
Well, and the whole function seems to be an overkill, you can reach
the same result with a single line:
phrase = phrase.split( ).join();
Attila
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From:Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Date:Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:22:06 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Returning a String fails
--===--
Hi list...
I've written a simple routine to eliminate spaces from a user entered
string. But, it won't return the string. I'm sure it's something
silly. Can anyone shed light?
- MM
function eliminateSpaces(phrase:String):String {
var foundSpace = phrase.indexOf( );
if (foundSpace != -1) {
phrase = String(phrase.substring(0, foundSpace) +
phrase.substring(foundSpace + 1));
if (phrase.indexOf( ) != -1) {
eliminateSpaces(phrase);
} else {
trace(output: + phrase);
return phrase;
}
}
}
var s:String = eliminateSpaces(moe and larry and curly);
trace(s);
/* RESULT:
output: moeandlarryandcurly
Undefined
*/
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Re: [Flashcoders] Returning a String fails
you forgot to put a 'return' statement where you call eliminateSpaces(phrase) -- Pedro Taranto ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Returning a String fails
Hi list...
I've written a simple routine to eliminate spaces from a user entered
string. But, it won't return the string. I'm sure it's something
silly. Can anyone shed light?
- MM
function eliminateSpaces(phrase:String):String {
var foundSpace = phrase.indexOf( );
if (foundSpace != -1) {
phrase = String(phrase.substring(0, foundSpace) +
phrase.substring(foundSpace + 1));
if (phrase.indexOf( ) != -1) {
eliminateSpaces(phrase);
} else {
trace(output: + phrase);
return phrase;
}
}
}
var s:String = eliminateSpaces(moe and larry and curly);
trace(s);
/* RESULT:
output: moeandlarryandcurly
Undefined
*/
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[Flashcoders] WDDX library
This is a bit of an oddball request, but a long time ago, Branden Hall wrote a WDDX library in AS1 and I think Jobe Makar had written an AS2 port of it. Anyone know where I can get Jobe's version? Thanks! Josh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Returning a String fails
I'd probably still put it in some sort of util function you can call
anywhere.
function eliminateSpaces(phrase:String):String
{
return phrase.split(' ').join('');
}
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rákos Attila
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 4:35 PM
To: Mendelsohn, Michael
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Returning a String fails
You should rethink what you are doing :) If the string passed contains
more than 1 space, your function will not return anything. Do you see
a return statement here?
if (phrase.indexOf( ) != -1) {
eliminateSpaces(phrase);
}
Well, and the whole function seems to be an overkill, you can reach
the same result with a single line:
phrase = phrase.split( ).join();
Attila
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=-=
From:Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Date:Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:22:06 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Returning a String fails
--==
=--
Hi list...
I've written a simple routine to eliminate spaces from a user entered
string. But, it won't return the string. I'm sure it's something
silly. Can anyone shed light?
- MM
function eliminateSpaces(phrase:String):String {
var foundSpace = phrase.indexOf( );
if (foundSpace != -1) {
phrase = String(phrase.substring(0, foundSpace) +
phrase.substring(foundSpace + 1));
if (phrase.indexOf( ) != -1) {
eliminateSpaces(phrase);
} else {
trace(output: + phrase);
return phrase;
}
}
}
var s:String = eliminateSpaces(moe and larry and curly);
trace(s);
/* RESULT:
output: moeandlarryandcurly
Undefined
*/
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[Flashcoders] AS3 - how do i find the path to where a MC belongs?
Hi all, I am wondering how can I manage to find the path to where a MC belongs? in AS2 when you wanted the target to where the MC was all you had to do was to trace the movieclip instance. For instance cosider the following example: var mc:MovieClip = this.attachMovie(something , something0 , 0); var mc = mc.something0.attachMovie(somethingelse , somethingelse0 , 0); trace(mc) // _level0.something0.somethingelse0 In AS3 since everything is a class everytime I trace an object i get its class name. So is there anyway of know the tree to where a mc belongs? thanks seb ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Rotating, skewing and coloring TextFields using device fonts.
Personally I think you should keep it as compatible as possible. Otherwise, someone might develop a SWF, only checking against gnash, and not realize that it doesn't work correctly in the official player (which the majority of users will be using). This means that gnash would not be as useful for developing, since you'd need to doublecheck against the official player all the time. My opinion is that extra functionality or changed functionality is much worse than missing functionality. -David R On 7/24/07, strk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'd like to gather some opinions reguarding compatibility between Gnash and the proprietary players. Current Gnash development version is able to handle device fonts exactly in the same way as embedded fonts are handled. This means you can rotate, skew, colorize each component and everything will work. Do flash coders consider this as an advantage or a compatibility warning ? (or both) Also, I've been reported that *some* proprietary player versions handle this differently in different architecture flavors (like _alpha being misreguarded but borderColor and backgroundColor being honoured). Can anyone confirm ? --strk; ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Events
an A instance should have a property that holds the contextInfo value.
class B {
function loadSomethingAndProcessIt(url:String, contextInfo:Object):void {
var a:A = new A();
a.contextInfo = contectInfo;
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onALoaded);
a.loadSomething(url);
}
function onALoaded(event:Event):void {
var a:A = event.currentTarget as A;
trace(a.contextInfo);
}
}
regards,
Muzak
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From: Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:12 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 Events
Hi all,
I'm in the process of converting a quite extensive code framework
from AS2 to AS3, and I've got a 'how do you cope with this situation?'
question.
I understand events, event listeners, EventDispatcher etc., but I'm
missing a trick somewhere (probably from my historical use of Delegate
with additional params).
Say we have object A, which supports the following:
A.addEventListener(type:String,handler:Function);
A.loadSomething(url:String); // Dispatches Event.COMPLETE when done
and object B wraps it and wants to do something context specific once
A has finished loading:
(pseudo-AS3!)
class B
{
:
function addEventListener(/as per usual/);
// Dispatches MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH when done
function loadSomethingAndProcessIt(url:String,contextInfo:Object):void
{
var a:A=new A();
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onALoaded);
a.loadSomething(url);
}
function onALoaded(event:Event):void
{
var a:A=A(event.target);
// Process the results of A being loaded
// : blah
// then:
dispatchEvent(new MyEvent(MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH,someDataIGotFromA));
}
}
It doesn't really matter what events either are firing; what does matter is
that
calling loadSomethingAndProcessIt() is both asynchronous and atomic
i.e. multiple loadSomethingAndProcessIt() calls could be running at
the same time on the same B.
What I'm trying to do is to find a sane, 'generally accepted' way to
get information from loadSomethingAndProcessIt() to onALoaded()
without A being aware of it at all. So to access the contextInfo
variable from within onALoaded().
What I'd have done in AS2 is to use an extended Delegate (or Proxy) -
the listener would have been:
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Delegate.create(this,onALoaded,contextInfo));
Which works fine.
Now, I've written the equivalent of that sort of Delegate/Proxy for
AS3, and it works perfectly well and does the trick. However, that
method appears to be Frowned Upon by the community, for reasons which
escape me. So I guess my question is:
- Why, in AS3, is my equivalent of using Delegate Not The Done Thing?
(Someone mentioned type-safety; and yes, at compile time, you'll lose
type safety)
- How else would you do it? What's the 'standard' approach?
This situation comes up a lot - really, a huge number of times - in
our code frameworks. This may be because they take the wrong approach
- perhaps I can't see the wood for the trees.
For clarity, we can't just store contextInfo inside B, as there may be
multiple requests. We could conceivably store a look up table in B
with various contextInfos tied to varies requests to A, but that's
just overkill.
Thoughts?
Ian
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - how do i find the path to where a MC belongs?
Hello :)
in AS3 i don't find a native method ?
For the moment you can test :
package
{
import flash.display.* ;
public class test extends Sprite
{
/**
* Creates a new test instance.
*/
public function test()
{
var container:Sprite = new Sprite() ;
var container2:Sprite = new Sprite() ;
container2.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, 1) ;
container2.graphics.drawCircle(0, 0, 150) ;
addChild(container) ;
container.addChild(container2) ;
var target:String = getDisplayPathName(container2) ;
trace( target ) ;
}
static public function getDisplayPathName( display:DisplayObject
):String
{
var parents:Array = [] ;
var parent:* = display ;
while( true )
{
parents.push( parent.name ) ;
parent = parent.parent ;
if (parent.name == null)
{
break ;
}
}
parents.reverse() ;
return parents.join( . ) ;
}
}
but it's not the better solution lol
eKA+ :)
2007/7/24, quinrou . [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi all,
I am wondering how can I manage to find the path to where a MC belongs?
in AS2 when you wanted the target to where the MC was all you had to do
was
to trace the movieclip instance. For instance cosider the following
example:
var mc:MovieClip = this.attachMovie(something , something0 , 0);
var mc = mc.something0.attachMovie(somethingelse , somethingelse0 ,
0);
trace(mc) // _level0.something0.somethingelse0
In AS3 since everything is a class everytime I trace an object i get its
class name.
So is there anyway of know the tree to where a mc belongs?
thanks
seb
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RE: [Flashcoders] WDDX library
Seeing as I could find this useful myself, I found it... http://actionscript.codefetch.com/example/8v/Lesson12/Assets/Wddx.as?qy=XML That's the one from Jobe Makar -- Jim Palmer ! Mammoth Web Operations -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Josh Ettwein Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:47 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] WDDX library This is a bit of an oddball request, but a long time ago, Branden Hall wrote a WDDX library in AS1 and I think Jobe Makar had written an AS2 port of it. Anyone know where I can get Jobe's version? Thanks! Josh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Events
Muzak,
Thanks for that.
But to me, that breaks encapsulation - it assumes that A _knows_ it
might be used in such a manner. What if you're writing to an API which
doesn't?
One of my stated requirements - as above - would be to achieve this
without A having to be modified/aware of it's potential usages.
Also - you could indeed create a contextInfo field on A, which would
be an anonymous object (i.e. typed as Object or *, because A shouldn't
know what that field is to be used for). But then that breaks
type-safety (which is the same argument as people have used for not
using a Delegate equivalent) and also, it means that you can only have
one request at a time running through A.
So - yes, your solution would solve the specific instance I gave, if
I had control of A. But it doesn't solve the general situation for all
cases, I'm afraid. I'm looking for a 'how are these things normally
handled' solution that'll apply generally.
Ian
On 7/24/07, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
an A instance should have a property that holds the contextInfo value.
class B {
function loadSomethingAndProcessIt(url:String, contextInfo:Object):void {
var a:A = new A();
a.contextInfo = contectInfo;
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onALoaded);
a.loadSomething(url);
}
function onALoaded(event:Event):void {
var a:A = event.currentTarget as A;
trace(a.contextInfo);
}
}
regards,
Muzak
- Original Message -
From: Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:12 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 Events
Hi all,
I'm in the process of converting a quite extensive code framework
from AS2 to AS3, and I've got a 'how do you cope with this situation?'
question.
I understand events, event listeners, EventDispatcher etc., but I'm
missing a trick somewhere (probably from my historical use of Delegate
with additional params).
Say we have object A, which supports the following:
A.addEventListener(type:String,handler:Function);
A.loadSomething(url:String); // Dispatches Event.COMPLETE when done
and object B wraps it and wants to do something context specific once
A has finished loading:
(pseudo-AS3!)
class B
{
:
function addEventListener(/as per usual/);
// Dispatches MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH when done
function loadSomethingAndProcessIt(url:String,contextInfo:Object):void
{
var a:A=new A();
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onALoaded);
a.loadSomething(url);
}
function onALoaded(event:Event):void
{
var a:A=A(event.target);
// Process the results of A being loaded
// : blah
// then:
dispatchEvent(new MyEvent(MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH,someDataIGotFromA));
}
}
It doesn't really matter what events either are firing; what does matter is
that
calling loadSomethingAndProcessIt() is both asynchronous and atomic
i.e. multiple loadSomethingAndProcessIt() calls could be running at
the same time on the same B.
What I'm trying to do is to find a sane, 'generally accepted' way to
get information from loadSomethingAndProcessIt() to onALoaded()
without A being aware of it at all. So to access the contextInfo
variable from within onALoaded().
What I'd have done in AS2 is to use an extended Delegate (or Proxy) -
the listener would have been:
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Delegate.create(this,onALoaded,contextInfo));
Which works fine.
Now, I've written the equivalent of that sort of Delegate/Proxy for
AS3, and it works perfectly well and does the trick. However, that
method appears to be Frowned Upon by the community, for reasons which
escape me. So I guess my question is:
- Why, in AS3, is my equivalent of using Delegate Not The Done Thing?
(Someone mentioned type-safety; and yes, at compile time, you'll lose
type safety)
- How else would you do it? What's the 'standard' approach?
This situation comes up a lot - really, a huge number of times - in
our code frameworks. This may be because they take the wrong approach
- perhaps I can't see the wood for the trees.
For clarity, we can't just store contextInfo inside B, as there may be
multiple requests. We could conceivably store a look up table in B
with various contextInfos tied to varies requests to A, but that's
just overkill.
Thoughts?
Ian
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Re: [Flashcoders] Rotating, skewing and coloring TextFields using device fonts.
Hi all, I'd like to gather some opinions reguarding compatibility between Gnash and the proprietary players. Current Gnash development version is able to handle device fonts exactly in the same way as embedded fonts are handled. This means you can rotate, skew, colorize each component and everything will work. Do flash coders consider this as an advantage or a compatibility warning ? (or both) Personally, while it IS a better feature, I'd consider it a compatibility problem. Having someone take advantage of a Gnash feature not present on the regular player is as much of a problem as the other way around (although that is the case now); and it risks having two very different versions with different features, instead of just a version with less features. I'm not sure if different branches is what would make Gnash/open source players popular. Just as a side note, textfields rendered with device fonts can be 'captured' by way of BitmapData instances and manipulated as an image, so on most aspects, they can still be manipulated although you'd need a few more steps for that (and Flash Player 8+). Also, I've been reported that *some* proprietary player versions handle this differently in different architecture flavors (like _alpha being misreguarded but borderColor and backgroundColor being honoured). Can anyone confirm ? I haven't tested these properties specifically, but I think they do work. Plus they can have filters (Flash 8+ feature) applied to force antialias. So yes, it's a bit confusing. Zeh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - how do i find the path to where a MC belongs?
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1935107
On 7/24/07, eka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello :)
in AS3 i don't find a native method ?
For the moment you can test :
package
{
import flash.display.* ;
public class test extends Sprite
{
/**
* Creates a new test instance.
*/
public function test()
{
var container:Sprite = new Sprite() ;
var container2:Sprite = new Sprite() ;
container2.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, 1) ;
container2.graphics.drawCircle(0, 0, 150) ;
addChild(container) ;
container.addChild(container2) ;
var target:String = getDisplayPathName(container2) ;
trace( target ) ;
}
static public function getDisplayPathName( display:DisplayObject
):String
{
var parents:Array = [] ;
var parent:* = display ;
while( true )
{
parents.push( parent.name ) ;
parent = parent.parent ;
if (parent.name == null)
{
break ;
}
}
parents.reverse() ;
return parents.join( . ) ;
}
}
but it's not the better solution lol
eKA+ :)
2007/7/24, quinrou . [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi all,
I am wondering how can I manage to find the path to where a MC belongs?
in AS2 when you wanted the target to where the MC was all you had to do
was
to trace the movieclip instance. For instance cosider the following
example:
var mc:MovieClip = this.attachMovie(something , something0 , 0);
var mc = mc.something0.attachMovie(somethingelse , somethingelse0 ,
0);
trace(mc) // _level0.something0.somethingelse0
In AS3 since everything is a class everytime I trace an object i get its
class name.
So is there anyway of know the tree to where a mc belongs?
thanks
seb
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Events
Well, alot depends on the context of the whole thing (the bigger picture).
If contextInfo isn't used/part of class A or B, it shouldn't even be there.
But since you said:
object B wraps it and wants to do something context specific once
A has finished loading
Then contextInfo should probably be a property of A or B.
IMO that doesn't break encapsulation but rather enforces it.
regards,
Muzak
- Original Message -
From: Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Events
Muzak,
Thanks for that.
But to me, that breaks encapsulation - it assumes that A _knows_ it
might be used in such a manner. What if you're writing to an API which
doesn't?
One of my stated requirements - as above - would be to achieve this
without A having to be modified/aware of it's potential usages.
Also - you could indeed create a contextInfo field on A, which would
be an anonymous object (i.e. typed as Object or *, because A shouldn't
know what that field is to be used for). But then that breaks
type-safety (which is the same argument as people have used for not
using a Delegate equivalent) and also, it means that you can only have
one request at a time running through A.
So - yes, your solution would solve the specific instance I gave, if
I had control of A. But it doesn't solve the general situation for all
cases, I'm afraid. I'm looking for a 'how are these things normally
handled' solution that'll apply generally.
Ian
On 7/24/07, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
an A instance should have a property that holds the contextInfo value.
class B {
function loadSomethingAndProcessIt(url:String, contextInfo:Object):void {
var a:A = new A();
a.contextInfo = contectInfo;
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onALoaded);
a.loadSomething(url);
}
function onALoaded(event:Event):void {
var a:A = event.currentTarget as A;
trace(a.contextInfo);
}
}
regards,
Muzak
- Original Message -
From: Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:12 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 Events
Hi all,
I'm in the process of converting a quite extensive code framework
from AS2 to AS3, and I've got a 'how do you cope with this situation?'
question.
I understand events, event listeners, EventDispatcher etc., but I'm
missing a trick somewhere (probably from my historical use of Delegate
with additional params).
Say we have object A, which supports the following:
A.addEventListener(type:String,handler:Function);
A.loadSomething(url:String); // Dispatches Event.COMPLETE when done
and object B wraps it and wants to do something context specific once
A has finished loading:
(pseudo-AS3!)
class B
{
:
function addEventListener(/as per usual/);
// Dispatches MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH when done
function loadSomethingAndProcessIt(url:String,contextInfo:Object):void
{
var a:A=new A();
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onALoaded);
a.loadSomething(url);
}
function onALoaded(event:Event):void
{
var a:A=A(event.target);
// Process the results of A being loaded
// : blah
// then:
dispatchEvent(new MyEvent(MyEvent.ITSOVERWITH,someDataIGotFromA));
}
}
It doesn't really matter what events either are firing; what does matter
is that
calling loadSomethingAndProcessIt() is both asynchronous and atomic
i.e. multiple loadSomethingAndProcessIt() calls could be running at
the same time on the same B.
What I'm trying to do is to find a sane, 'generally accepted' way to
get information from loadSomethingAndProcessIt() to onALoaded()
without A being aware of it at all. So to access the contextInfo
variable from within onALoaded().
What I'd have done in AS2 is to use an extended Delegate (or Proxy) -
the listener would have been:
a.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Delegate.create(this,onALoaded,contextInfo));
Which works fine.
Now, I've written the equivalent of that sort of Delegate/Proxy for
AS3, and it works perfectly well and does the trick. However, that
method appears to be Frowned Upon by the community, for reasons which
escape me. So I guess my question is:
- Why, in AS3, is my equivalent of using Delegate Not The Done Thing?
(Someone mentioned type-safety; and yes, at compile time, you'll lose
type safety)
- How else would you do it? What's the 'standard' approach?
This situation comes up a lot - really, a huge number of times - in
our code frameworks. This may be because they take the wrong approach
- perhaps I can't see the wood for the trees.
For clarity, we can't just store contextInfo inside B, as there may be
multiple requests. We could conceivably store a look up table in B
with various
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotating, skewing and coloring TextFields using device fonts.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 07:22:20PM -0300, Zeh Fernando wrote: Just as a side note, textfields rendered with device fonts can be 'captured' by way of BitmapData instances and manipulated as an image, so on most aspects, they can still be manipulated although you'd need a few more steps for that (and Flash Player 8+). Can this be done with embedded fonts too ? Also, I've been reported that *some* proprietary player versions handle this differently in different architecture flavors (like _alpha being misreguarded but borderColor and backgroundColor being honoured). Can anyone confirm ? I haven't tested these properties specifically, but I think they do work. It has been reported that they do NOT work with LNX 9,0,31,0 (Adobe's) Does it have to be considered a bug or is it known practice among flash coders to switch code based on some sort of versioning ? This is not the first case of such incompatibility between versions of Adobe players - take a look at http://gnashdev.org/wiki/index.php/Testcases and see if you find other failures (a few are listed, for example for the Number test). Plus they can have filters (Flash 8+ feature) applied to force antialias. So yes, it's a bit confusing. Gnash also support antialias for device fonts for free (another problem ?) --strk; ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Returning a String fails
Aside from the fact that this is not as simple a method as doing a
String.split() and then joining each array element, your method
didn't keep the return value after each recursion. I added a local
var for clarity.
function eliminateSpaces(phrase:String):String {
var testString:String = phrase;
var finalResult:String;
var foundSpace = testString.indexOf( );
if (foundSpace != -1) {
testString = String(testString.substring(0, foundSpace) +
testString.substring(foundSpace + 1));
if (testString.indexOf( ) != -1) {
testString = eliminateSpaces(testString);
} else {
trace(output: + testString);
}
}
return testString;
}
var s:String = eliminateSpaces(moe and larry and curly);
trace(s);
jord
On Jul 24, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote:
I've written a simple routine to eliminate spaces from a user entered
string. But, it won't return the string. I'm sure it's something
silly. Can anyone shed light?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Rotating, skewing and coloring TextFields using device fonts.
On 7/24/07, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I think you should keep it as compatible as possible. Otherwise, someone might develop a SWF, only checking against gnash, and not realize that it doesn't work correctly in the official player (which the majority of users will be using). This means that gnash would not be as useful for developing, since you'd need to doublecheck against the official player all the time. My opinion is that extra functionality or changed functionality is much worse than missing functionality. I agree that it should be as compatible as possible, but in this case, I don't think that would be a problem. Where Gnash features overlap with the Adobe player, they should behave exactly the same. But in this case, I know the Adobe player can't rotate device fonts, so I don't do that. If it would support it in a future version, it can be expected that it would do it like with embedded fonts (i.e., like Gnash), no there wouldn't be a problem, either. Yes, somebody might test only on Gnash and not be aware of this. But I believe those who develop for the mainstream /will/ check with the Adobe player, most likely even testing /only/ on the Adobe player. Those who test only with Gnash are much more likely to use it, say, for an interface of a device or an app where Gnash will be used for the menu. So why not give them that feature? Another example where the situation would be the same would be video codecs. Should Gnash be able to play all videos I have codecs for, or just those the Adobe player can play? I'd hope that it could play all. Ideally, of course, there would be a compatibility mode, of course, and in the browser it should be the default setting. Mark ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Class exclusion in AS3 in Flash IDE
Hi, I've been looking high and low for a way to exclude class file from compiling into a swf on publish, similar to the functionality available when publishing AS2 apps (outlined here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.h tm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=0817.html). I've found references on how to do this when compiling with the command-line compiler (detailed here: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=941), but so far I've haven't been able to find anything that details how to do this in the IDE. I'm hoping someone here might have an answer. I'm going to change my approach to a number of applications if I can't find an answer to this. Thanks, --Steve ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/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] Rotating, skewing and coloring TextFields using device fonts.
Just as a side note, textfields rendered with device fonts can be 'captured' by way of BitmapData instances and manipulated as an image, so on most aspects, they can still be manipulated although you'd need a few more steps for that (and Flash Player 8+). Can this be done with embedded fonts too ? It can, but shouldn't be needed, since that's just a workaround so you're able to manipulate textfields with device fonts as if they were normal textfields. I've had to use that a few times when using textfields with japanese fonts. but borderColor and backgroundColor being honoured). Can anyone confirm ? I haven't tested these properties specifically, but I think they do work. It has been reported that they do NOT work with LNX 9,0,31,0 (Adobe's) Does it have to be considered a bug or is it known practice among flash coders to switch code based on some sort of versioning ? Well, it's not normal. There has been issues between versions in the past - specially some differences between Mac and PC - so we've had to decide against some practices in the past (ie, getTextExtent() return values). But they're rare and should be considered a bug, IMO. Plus they can have filters (Flash 8+ feature) applied to force antialias. So yes, it's a bit confusing. Gnash also support antialias for device fonts for free (another problem ?) In this case, I'm not sure if that's a problem. The way I see it, this option - rendering with or without antialias - depends a lot on the current system and the system options in regards to screen antialasing. I've seen the same text with the same font be rendered with antialias on a Mac, and without antialias on a PC; so there's not much consistency, and whichever option Gnash picks would make sense... althought it'd be best if it could read the global OS setting related to that: for example, my windows PC is set with Smooth edges of screen fonts as off so I think the Flash player is simply respecting that. Zeh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Generating Actionscript from Flash CS3 Pro
Dear Flashcoders, I am an AS3 coder -- I am actually the tech lead for waves.tv (which is lacking in features right now but still fun to use -- try it!). I typically split my UI into View and Controller components, and I typically make my Views as thin as possible to test my infrastructure easily. My View classes typically inherit from Sprite and I usually use the drawing methods of the Graphics instance exposed by Sprite to draw on them. I am experimenting with Flash CS3 (it's weird to me because it's way different than coding in AS3; I typically compile using mxmlc), and I am hoping that there is some way to draw something in Flash CS3 and then export it as actionscript that draws using the methods of the Graphics object exposed by the MovieClip superclass. In other words, I would like to draw something using the Flash CS3 toolbox and then have Flash CS3 write the associated Actionscript for me. Is there any way to do this? Thank you, Adam ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
