Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and Database Issue - Need Advice
Thank You very Much ppl :D On Jan 27, 2008 10:39 PM, Glen Pike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I currently have the Beta of ASV 6 which decompiles my AS3 SWF's without too many problems. Regarding Flash vs Flex debates, I have not got CS3 yet, but have been developing in AS3 using Flash Develop and importing graphics created in Flash 8, but following a very code oriented way of development. I like this and will probably keep working in this way as I do a lot of stuff with animations, etc. For pure business stuff, I would certainly consider using Flex and saying that I have been developing some prototype systems for very simple website ideas in Flex to see if I can get a nice workflow going. The tutorials that Adobe put with Flex Builder are a great starting point as someone mentioned and I also took advantage of the free trials from Adobe/Total Training that were pretty good: http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/flex2_ria.asp - this is a really good introduction - a refresher for me - to using Flex and thinking in terms of RIA's. I liked the presenters style and it contrasted a lot with the one below. http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/flex2_avp.asp - this was okay, but I found the presenter very dull - his voice did not help and I am sure they sped it up in the intros. I got quite irritated watching a lot of basics in a training package that specified you needed to have these skills beforehand. It does however provide some very helpful information about making Flex applications look a lot better than the default. If you are a visual developer, Flex will probably be a bit scary because you need to start learning how to code the visual parts using MXML to get what you want. As far as CMS stuff goes - if you are looking to connect to an existing back-end system like Drupal, Wordpress, etc. There are already a lot of components written to handle all the back-end stuff, which saves a lot of pain writing your own. This is particularly important if you are not experienced in server side coding - MySQL, PHP and the security issues that tend to affect these things. For Flash, if you like coding in AS2, you could look at SWX, http://swxformat.org/, which is really easy to get started with. They are porting it to AS3 at the moment, but it is very straightforward and also has the benefit of being very lightweight when compared with XML methods - this is important if you plan to work with mobiles, etc. SWX is like a nice halfway between XML AMF remoting - it has the ease of getting data into your app, with the streamlined nature of AMF The good thing is that there are lots of ways for you to talk to the server(s) from the SWF player now and they have all improved dramatically with a lot of support from various people, so experiment a lot if you have time and read lots of info - the devnet site on Adobe is invaluable as well as Google. There is a lot of stuff out there to learn and I am no expert, but I have been trying out a lot of stuff in Flash, Flex related technologies and will say one is outright better than the other - it depends on your experience the problem you are trying to solve. Hopefully, I will be able to keep up with both strands of development and do some cool stuff with them. Glen ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Omar M. Fouad - Digital Emotions http://www.omarfouad.net This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OldSchool buttons w/NewSchool AS
A number of companies I've worked for have had solutions for this along a similar vein. Basically you have labeled states in a MovieClip and that MovieClip has a AS class linkage and you have code that manages the states. It does mean that the desingers have to remember to use the class linkage, but I've never found a problem explaining that to them - just a small learning curve on their part. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Sinning Sent: 28 January 2008 15:28 To: Flash Coders Subject: [Flashcoders] OldSchool buttons w/NewSchool AS Old school (4-frame) buttons are so nice because they give designers direct access to the look of the button in each of four states, but as a programmer they've always driven me nuts. I want to use AS to control the buttons. I want a set of templates that determine what the body of the button looks like and the ability to dynamically set the text and/or graphical content inside the border of the button. While I can think of a few ways to do this, I don't want to reinvent the wheel and I'm looking for some friendly wisdom. I see the world through the eyes of a programmer, and I've been a soloist for a very, very long time. New opportunities call for me to lead and direct artists, and to provide a framework that won't hinder their creativity. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the Virtual Universe e-mail security system - powered by MessageLabs. http://www.virtual-universe.net __ Virtual Universe Ltd, 28-39 The Quadrant, 135 Salusbury Road, London NW6 6RJ Tel: +44 (0) 870 788 6000 Fax: +44 (0) 870 788 6689 Web:www.virtual-universe.net - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail may contain information which is confidential and privileged. If you are not the named addressee of this e-mail, you may not copy or use it, or forward or otherwise disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message and then fully delete it from your system. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Amplefuture Group. Amplefuture Group reserves the right to monitor e-mail communications from both external and internal sources for the purposes of ensuring correct and appropriate use of our communication equipment. __ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the Virtual Universe e-mail security system - powered by MessageLabs. http://www.virtual-universe.net ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Event Handling in ActionScript 3
Hi, basically you look at every method in the interface, and write a method in your own class with the exact same signature and then you declare the class as an implemenation of that interface. Say you'd have an interface ISerializable which would allow you to convert an object to xml , the interface would have a method: public function serialize():XML; And each class that implemented it would have to write the actual method to do so. And about the monkey island thing, I'm not sure myself now and then:) greetz JC On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 3:43 AM, Guybrush Threepwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hans/JC/Glen,Thanks for your great advice. I understand the new event mechanism is far better than the callback thing I used to do. I think I'll do as you say. Just wanted to know if it was possible at all. Any URLs on how to implement IEventDispatcher? I'm not used to implement interfaces. I'm used to extend classes (using inheritance) but not sure how to implement interfaces in AS3. Thanks!! Guybrush PS: How do you know I'm not in Monkey Island? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OldSchool buttons w/NewSchool AS
Hi, That's the same approach I have taken - create basic rollover button code and give the designers a template. It is not a hugely different with AS3; extend MovieClip, add event handlers for mouse over, etc. then fill in the functionality as you see fit. It's a good exercise too if you are finding your way around new code, so re-inventing the wheel has benefits and maybe enables you to refactor some old code to update it. HTH Glen Matthew James Poole wrote: A number of companies I've worked for have had solutions for this along a similar vein. Basically you have labeled states in a MovieClip and that MovieClip has a AS class linkage and you have code that manages the states. It does mean that the desingers have to remember to use the class linkage, but I've never found a problem explaining that to them - just a small learning curve on their part. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Sinning Sent: 28 January 2008 15:28 To: Flash Coders Subject: [Flashcoders] OldSchool buttons w/NewSchool AS Old school (4-frame) buttons are so nice because they give designers direct access to the look of the button in each of four states, but as a programmer they've always driven me nuts. I want to use AS to control the buttons. I want a set of templates that determine what the body of the button looks like and the ability to dynamically set the text and/or graphical content inside the border of the button. While I can think of a few ways to do this, I don't want to reinvent the wheel and I'm looking for some friendly wisdom. I see the world through the eyes of a programmer, and I've been a soloist for a very, very long time. New opportunities call for me to lead and direct artists, and to provide a framework that won't hinder their creativity. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the Virtual Universe e-mail security system - powered by MessageLabs. http://www.virtual-universe.net __ Virtual Universe Ltd, 28-39 The Quadrant, 135 Salusbury Road, London NW6 6RJ Tel: +44 (0) 870 788 6000 Fax: +44 (0) 870 788 6689 Web:www.virtual-universe.net - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail may contain information which is confidential and privileged. If you are not the named addressee of this e-mail, you may not copy or use it, or forward or otherwise disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message and then fully delete it from your system. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Amplefuture Group. Amplefuture Group reserves the right to monitor e-mail communications from both external and internal sources for the purposes of ensuring correct and appropriate use of our communication equipment. __ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the Virtual Universe e-mail security system - powered by MessageLabs. http://www.virtual-universe.net ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Glen Pike 01736 759321 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Event Handling in ActionScript 3
Thank you again! I can't think of a reason not to extend EventDispatcher. I think most classes in AS3 seem to be a subclass of it. I'm sure there must be cases where you can't just extend EventDispatcher. I just can't think of one now. Thanks! Guybrush ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OldSchool buttons w/NewSchool AS
Trick o' the day: Make a MovieClip. Inside it put the following frame labels: _up _over _down (optional) Assign any mouse action (onRelease, onPress, onRollOver, etc.) to the MovieClip and it will behave like a Button except it's a MovieClip so you can target stuff inside. Steven Sacks Flash Maestro Los Angeles, CA -- blog: http://www.stevensacks.net gaia: http://www.gaiaflashframework.com Andrew Sinning wrote: Old school (4-frame) buttons are so nice because they give designers direct access to the look of the button in each of four states, but as a programmer they've always driven me nuts. I want to use AS to control the buttons. I want a set of templates that determine what the body of the button looks like and the ability to dynamically set the text and/or graphical content inside the border of the button. While I can think of a few ways to do this, I don't want to reinvent the wheel and I'm looking for some friendly wisdom. I see the world through the eyes of a programmer, and I've been a soloist for a very, very long time. New opportunities call for me to lead and direct artists, and to provide a framework that won't hinder their creativity. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Zoom size restriction in flash
Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me the image zoom max limit in flash, after which there is a memory overflow and the image cannot be seen. Thank you Best Deepanjan Das ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Animated gif
Dynamically loading animated gif in flash and get them to play is that possible. I found http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/19/how-to-load-animated-gifs-using-adobe-flex-20/ it has been done in Flex. Can this be done in flash cs3 as3 code? Is it possible to the loader |to mimeType=application/octet-stream?| ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Animated gif
Hello :) You can see too the AS3 Gif Player class : http://www.bytearray.org/?p=95 EKA+ :) 2008/1/29, tommek [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dynamically loading animated gif in flash and get them to play is that possible. I found http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/19/how-to-load-animated-gifs-using-adobe-flex-20/ it has been done in Flex. Can this be done in flash cs3 as3 code? Is it possible to the loader |to mimeType=application/octet-stream?| ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
