Re: [Flashcoders] Custom MovieClip Classes
Beginners should not be coding AS3. It's really that simple. AS3 requires a whole new level of strict coding practices and is not for beginners. Null pointer exceptions are extremely important to catch because they can cause a Flash app to crash, and the foresight to know where and how those will trip you up requires a lot of coding experience. I've been programming over 13 years and I still get caught by the occasional null pointer. You have to cast everything in AS3 anyway, and understanding why you have to cast requires understanding of OOP and strict coding practices. AS3 is very strict. It's not for everyone, in fact, it's not for most people. There's a reason that AS2 won't be going anywhere for awhile, and it's because it's forgiving and fails gracefully and both non-programmers and lazy programmers appreciate that. I know I miss it sometimes. Writing try catches with nothing in the catch in order to fail gracefully is hacky, but when I've got a deadline looming, I'm glad it's there because there's no way I'm going back to AS2 again. ;) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] books for flash programming
Hi, I am a flash designer and I am in intermediate in programming.(AS2). anybody pls tellme what are the good books I can refer. or is there any good website for learning programming and also have good tutorials... thanks in advance navii - thanks and regards Naveen Bhaskar Menon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Calling Event methods and Other Classes methods.
NO, ofcourse it has to be set to public and static.
That’s the way to secure your objects and events being triggered or not
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Calling Event methods and Other Classes
methods.
Even if myButton is not static?
and even so, if in main
myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fun);
and in other Class
Main.myButton. now what?
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I noticed I didn't answer your question.
In another class file you can trigger the button like this:
Main.myButton.whatever...
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Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] Calling Event methods and Other Classes methods.
look at this.
Main FLA Document Class
public class Main extends Sprite {
public function Main() {
myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fun)
}
public function fun(e:MouseEvent):void {
trace(Clicked);
}
}
Now supposed I need to call the function fun by some other function or
object. How?
And If i have another Class, How can i reach this function and call it?
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RE: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iteratorvariables
Using it youre way is possible when you do it within a function or class
because then they are private by default
Other you could use it this way
Example 1:
for (var i:int = 0; i someArray.length; i ++) {
// do something cool
}
for (i = 0; i someOtherArray.length; i ++) {
// do something even cooler
}
---
Example 2:
var i:int; //or uint if I is never negative
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Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iteratorvariables
Hmm... it is within a class... and that's when I'm getting the warnings. Or
did you mean just in general to reiterate that variables are locally scoped
to functions and classes and not to for loops?
I should have mentioned in my subject that this is AS3. So far everyone's
alternatives and explanations make sense, I am just curious now as to the
reasoning. Either this is a change from AS2 - AS3 or since AS2 wasn't as
strict, it let me do it before. Maybe the explanation lies in the ECMA
guidelines somewhere. Anyway, thanks for the discussion, gang.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Using it youre way is possible when you do it within a function or class
because then they are private by default
Other you could use it this way
Example 1:
for (var i:int = 0; i someArray.length; i ++) {
// do something cool
}
for (i = 0; i someOtherArray.length; i ++) {
// do something even cooler
}
---
Example 2:
var i:int; //or uint if I is never negative
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// do something cool
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RE: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusingiteratorvariables
Indeed, I was talking about AS3 too.
For reasoning: Its like the real world - every object is UNIQUE, therefor
there can only exist ONE of it.
You can make copies (instances) but they will have there own unique name.
You can use it as much as you like but you can't CREATE the same object
(within its scope) again.
Does this explain it for you?
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops:
reusingiteratorvariables
Hmm... it is within a class... and that's when I'm getting the warnings. Or
did you mean just in general to reiterate that variables are locally scoped
to functions and classes and not to for loops?
I should have mentioned in my subject that this is AS3. So far everyone's
alternatives and explanations make sense, I am just curious now as to the
reasoning. Either this is a change from AS2 - AS3 or since AS2 wasn't as
strict, it let me do it before. Maybe the explanation lies in the ECMA
guidelines somewhere. Anyway, thanks for the discussion, gang.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Using it youre way is possible when you do it within a function or
class because then they are private by default
Other you could use it this way
Example 1:
for (var i:int = 0; i someArray.length; i ++) {
// do something cool
}
for (i = 0; i someOtherArray.length; i ++) {
// do something even cooler
}
---
Example 2:
var i:int; //or uint if I is never negative
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// do something cool
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Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusingiteratorvariables
I totally agree with your explanation, and the part that I am being pouty
about is: Why isn't the variable's scope confined to the loop?
a la:
for (var i:int = 0; i limit; i ++) { // variable is instantiated
// scope of variable
} // variable is discarded
instead of it being what several of you have described.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Indeed, I was talking about AS3 too.
For reasoning: Its like the real world - every object is UNIQUE, therefor
there can only exist ONE of it.
You can make copies (instances) but they will have there own unique name.
You can use it as much as you like but you can't CREATE the same object
(within its scope) again.
Does this explain it for you?
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops:
reusingiteratorvariables
Hmm... it is within a class... and that's when I'm getting the warnings.
Or
did you mean just in general to reiterate that variables are locally
scoped
to functions and classes and not to for loops?
I should have mentioned in my subject that this is AS3. So far everyone's
alternatives and explanations make sense, I am just curious now as to the
reasoning. Either this is a change from AS2 - AS3 or since AS2 wasn't as
strict, it let me do it before. Maybe the explanation lies in the ECMA
guidelines somewhere. Anyway, thanks for the discussion, gang.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Using it youre way is possible when you do it within a function or
class because then they are private by default
Other you could use it this way
Example 1:
for (var i:int = 0; i someArray.length; i ++) {
// do something cool
}
for (i = 0; i someOtherArray.length; i ++) {
// do something even cooler
}
---
Example 2:
var i:int; //or uint if I is never negative
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// do something cool
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Re: [Flashcoders] Custom MovieClip Classes
Here's another reason why I found using that setting to be troublesome. I haven't confirmed it but I believe it interferes with inheritance. For example, let's say I make a symbolA and link it to class SuperClass. Inside symbolA I have a TextField called _txt Then I make a symbolB based on symbolA, and maybe I change something visual but it also has a TextField called _txt Finally, I link symbolB to a class SubClass and then create an as file for that class and in it I declare SubClass extends SuperClass. So my belief is that, because Flash is not smart enough to omit the declaration of the _txt in SymbolB, you'll get the following error: 1152: A conflict exists with inherited definition test:SuperClass._txt in namespace public. There doesn't seem to be a way around this, short of naming it something different in symbolB, which may defeat some of your reasoning for using inheritance. When I discovered this, that was the moment I abandoned the setting for good. For a while, it seemed like a nice feature that resembled code-behind/markup pairings seen in other frameworks like WPF. Nope! -jonathan On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:02 AM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beginners should not be coding AS3. It's really that simple. AS3 requires a whole new level of strict coding practices and is not for beginners. Null pointer exceptions are extremely important to catch because they can cause a Flash app to crash, and the foresight to know where and how those will trip you up requires a lot of coding experience. I've been programming over 13 years and I still get caught by the occasional null pointer. You have to cast everything in AS3 anyway, and understanding why you have to cast requires understanding of OOP and strict coding practices. AS3 is very strict. It's not for everyone, in fact, it's not for most people. There's a reason that AS2 won't be going anywhere for awhile, and it's because it's forgiving and fails gracefully and both non-programmers and lazy programmers appreciate that. I know I miss it sometimes. Writing try catches with nothing in the catch in order to fail gracefully is hacky, but when I've got a deadline looming, I'm glad it's there because there's no way I'm going back to AS2 again. ;) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] reparent child to halt scroll
i guess this one's not something you guys want to touch eh?
never mind then
a
On 21 Mar 2008, at 10:16, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote:
noone have the time to look at this one?
On 20 Mar 2008, at 15:25, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote:
hi guys
i'm a bit stuck with a project i'm working on. I have a timeline
which all runs off a scrollbar similar to the one in the kirupa
forum (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=245468 -
amended to go horizontal and us Tweener to act a bit more smoothly)
at the moment, i have 2 sprites, 1 scrolls with the scrollbar and
1 doesn't.
on the scrolling sprite i have several panels and the start of
some ticks plus a mask for the non-scrolling textfield which is on
the other sprite
everything works as it should with this, however - i'd like to
push it a bit further so that the title (mainTitle) scrolls with
the rest of the panels but when it hits the left hand side, it
reparents to the non-scrolling sprite and stays there
you can see an example of this at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
british/launch_tl_british.shtml - which i think is a really
elegant solution to the problem of overlong panels, designed to
take several points of interest
i've tried having everything on the scrollable sprite and moving
the title backwards using a SliderEvent (custom event for the
scrollbar) but the globalToLocal() method just gets really jumpy
and doesn't seem to put the titles in the right place or return
them correctly
this is my class:
CODE
package
{
//package imports
import flash.display.Sprite;
//scrollbar imports
import com.caurina.transitions.*;
import flash.geom.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import com.receptacle.utils.*;
internal class TimelineArea extends Sprite
{
// class variable declarations
private var cp:CommonProperties;
private var taTitleBarY;
private var taPanelY:uint;
private var taPanelHeight:uint
private var scrollableBase:Sprite;
private var scrollbar:Scrollbar
private var stage_width:uint;
private var stage_height:uint;
private var panelY:uint;
private var panelColour:uint;
private var taTitleBarHeight:uint;
private var nonScrollableBase:Sprite;
private var commonGrey:uint;
private var subheadingFont:String;
private var headingFont:String;
// constructor
public function TimelineArea():void
{
setVars();
addTicks();
addPanels();
addPeriodBars();
addImageLandmark();
initialiseTimelineScrollBar();
}
private function setVars()
{
scrollbar = new Scrollbar();
cp = new CommonProperties();
stage_width = cp.stage_width;
stage_height = cp.stage_height;
taTitleBarHeight = cp.taTitleBarHeight;
taTitleBarY = cp.taTitleBarY;
taPanelY = cp.taPanelY;
taPanelHeight= cp.taPanelHeight;
commonGrey = cp.tickColour;
headingFont = cp.headingFont;
subheadingFont = cp.subheadingFont;
scrollbar.x = 16;
scrollbar.y = 550-cp.titleBarHeight;
scrollableBase = new Sprite();
nonScrollableBase = new Sprite();
scrollableBase.y = 0;
addChild(scrollableBase);
addChild(nonScrollableBase);
}
private function addPanels():void
{
trace (Background panels added);
createPanel(0, 1000, 0xB6, Prehistory, c. 1.7 million -
4000 B.C.E.);
createPanel(1000, 2000, 0xB65B00, Early Civilisations, c.
1.7 million - 4000 B.C.E.);
createPanel(3000, 2000, 0x123456, Sumfink Else, c. 1.7
million - 4000 B.C.E.);
}
private function createPanel(panelX:Number, panelWidth:int,
panelColour:uint, pTitle:String, date:String):void
{
// SimpleRectangle class (rColour:uint, rOutlineColour:uint,
rX:Number, rY:Number, rWidth:uint, rHeight:uint)
var
RE: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops:reusingiteratorvariables
You should ask the creators of AS3 that.
Its their choice
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for
loops:reusingiteratorvariables
I totally agree with your explanation, and the part that I am being pouty
about is: Why isn't the variable's scope confined to the loop?
a la:
for (var i:int = 0; i limit; i ++) { // variable is instantiated
// scope of variable
} // variable is discarded
instead of it being what several of you have described.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Indeed, I was talking about AS3 too.
For reasoning: Its like the real world - every object is UNIQUE,
therefor there can only exist ONE of it.
You can make copies (instances) but they will have there own unique name.
You can use it as much as you like but you can't CREATE the same
object (within its scope) again.
Does this explain it for you?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens jonathan
howe
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops:
reusingiteratorvariables
Hmm... it is within a class... and that's when I'm getting the warnings.
Or
did you mean just in general to reiterate that variables are locally
scoped to functions and classes and not to for loops?
I should have mentioned in my subject that this is AS3. So far
everyone's alternatives and explanations make sense, I am just curious
now as to the reasoning. Either this is a change from AS2 - AS3 or
since AS2 wasn't as strict, it let me do it before. Maybe the
explanation lies in the ECMA guidelines somewhere. Anyway, thanks for the
discussion, gang.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Using it youre way is possible when you do it within a function or
class because then they are private by default
Other you could use it this way
Example 1:
for (var i:int = 0; i someArray.length; i ++) {
// do something cool
}
for (i = 0; i someOtherArray.length; i ++) {
// do something even cooler
}
---
Example 2:
var i:int; //or uint if I is never negative
for (i = 0; i someArray.length; i ++) {
// do something cool
}
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// do something even cooler
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Re: [Flashcoders] books for flash programming
gotoandlearn.com learnflash.com flashkit.com essential actionscript 3.0 (colin moock) i'd start at these a On 24 Mar 2008, at 07:21, Naveen Bhaskar wrote: I am a flash designer and I am in intermediate in programming.(AS2). anybody pls tellme what are the good books I can refer. or is there any good website for learning programming and also have good tutorials... thanks in advance ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Help needed AS3 -- [Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='backgroud_mc')]
Hi list,
I have a library.swf with a movie clip Background_mc in the library
I am trying to embed from this swf into another through a class.
In this document class I do:
[Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='Backgroud_mc')]
Private var Background_mc:Class;
Private var _myBG:MovieClip
Function init():void{
myBG = new Background_mc();
addChild(myBG)
}
This throws an error:
TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iterator variables
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Re: [Flashcoders] Help needed AS3 -- [Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='backgroud_mc')]
Try
_myBG = new instead of myBG = new
Cor wrote:
Hi list,
I have a library.swf with a movie clip Background_mc in the library
I am trying to embed from this swf into another through a class.
In this document class I do:
[Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='Backgroud_mc')]
Private var Background_mc:Class;
Private var _myBG:MovieClip
Function init():void{
myBG = new Background_mc();
addChild(myBG)
}
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I know, typo in this topic mail but not in my class.
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[Embed(source='library.swf'symbol='backgroud_mc')]
Try
_myBG = new instead of myBG = new
Cor wrote:
Hi list,
I have a library.swf with a movie clip Background_mc in the library I
am trying to embed from this swf into another through a class.
In this document class I do:
[Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='Backgroud_mc')] Private var
Background_mc:Class; Private var _myBG:MovieClip
Function init():void{
myBG = new Background_mc();
addChild(myBG)
}
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TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Help needed AS3 -- [Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='backgroud_mc')]
On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Cor wrote: This throws an error: TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor. What am I doing wrong? You can't call new Background_mc() when it's an instance of Class - there's no constructor for it that the compiler recognizes. My suggestion if you don't need to extend UIMovieClip is as follows. In your Library.fla file, check your export for the Background_mc symbol. Give it a class name (com.something.myBackground) and have it extend flash.display.MovieClip. Export an SWC of the Library file and then set your compiler prefs to include that SWC into the project. Then, in your class just do: import com.something.myBackground and the usage is: private var myBG : MovieClip; private var Background_mc:MovieClip; myBG = MovieClip( new Background_mc() ); At least, that's one way of doing it. I do it that way for non- component UI elements that do not need to extend UIMovieClip. Also because I use the same SWC as an SWF file for CSS embedding of graphical elements. good luck, jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Help needed AS3 -- [Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='backgroud_mc')]
Hi, When Embedding symbols in AS3, you do construct instances of your assets using new VariableName - http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=853 However, I don't think that the Flash IDE supports this as it does not support the [Embed] metadata type... The only way around this is to use Flash Develop or Flex to create your app. http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=134499 Glen Jon Bradley wrote: On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Cor wrote: This throws an error: TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor. What am I doing wrong? You can't call new Background_mc() when it's an instance of Class - there's no constructor for it that the compiler recognizes. My suggestion if you don't need to extend UIMovieClip is as follows. In your Library.fla file, check your export for the Background_mc symbol. Give it a class name (com.something.myBackground) and have it extend flash.display.MovieClip. Export an SWC of the Library file and then set your compiler prefs to include that SWC into the project. Then, in your class just do: import com.something.myBackground and the usage is: private var myBG : MovieClip; private var Background_mc:MovieClip; myBG = MovieClip( new Background_mc() ); At least, that's one way of doing it. I do it that way for non-component UI elements that do not need to extend UIMovieClip. Also because I use the same SWC as an SWF file for CSS embedding of graphical elements. good luck, jon ___ 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] Help needed AS3 -- [Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='backgroud_mc')]
Oops... my last email was kinda based on the idea that you were running this in Flex. My bad - replying to two lists at once. http://www.digitalflipbook.com/archives/2007/03/associating_cus.php - jb On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Cor wrote: This throws an error: TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor. What am I doing wrong? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] books for flash programming
have purchased these following books... Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS3: The Art of Design and Animation Advanced Actionscript 3 with Design Patterns Flash CS3 Professional for Windows and Macintosh:Visual QuickStart Guide SM - Original Message - From: Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) To: Flash Coders List Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] books for flash programming gotoandlearn.com learnflash.com flashkit.com essential actionscript 3.0 (colin moock) i'd start at these a On 24 Mar 2008, at 07:21, Naveen Bhaskar wrote: I am a flash designer and I am in intermediate in programming.(AS2). anybody pls tellme what are the good books I can refer. or is there any good website for learning programming and also have good tutorials... thanks in advance ___ 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] How to expand import * statements?
FWIW, (just noticed you said AS 2.0... the following only works in AS3 in Flex2/3 ) in Flexbuilder if you type in a dummy var statement: private var b:MyClassIAmUsing (where the class name auto-completes) it will automatically add the import statement if you haven't already. I use this technique a lot to ease my laziness - saves me from figuring out the exact path. If you need to, after the class import statement is inserted , you can delete the var statement. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO and Risk LLD Solutions Design Development eTools Multimedia Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
I'll second TweenLite... Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO and Risk LLD Solutions Design Development eTools Multimedia Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:35 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3 TweenLite and TweenFilterLite are the undisputed kings of Tween engines. They're the most efficient, best performing and most lightweight. I distribute them with my Gaia framework. Jack Doyle is actually working on an improved version of TweenFilterLite right now which should be released soon. http://blog.greensock.com/tweenliteas3/ http://blog.greensock.com/tweenfilterliteas3/ ___ 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] books for flash programming
Adobe Developer Connection ActionScript Technology Center http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/ There's also the LiveDocs site for ActionScript: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=Part6_ProgAS_1.html Lynda.com has a collection of eLearning by Joey Lott that is pretty good. Essential ActionScript 3.0 by Colin Moock Publisher: O'ReillyPub Date: June 15, 2007 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52694-6 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-652694-8 Pages: 946 Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns by Joey Lott, Danny Patterson Publisher: Adobe Press Pub Date: November 02, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-321-42656-8 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42656-7 Programming FlexTM 2 by Chafic Kazoun; Joey Lott Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: April 15, 2007 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52689-X Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-652689-4 Pages: 502 ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook by Joey Lott; Keith Peters; Darron Schall Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: October 01, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52695-4 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-652695-5 Pages: 592 ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns by William B. Sanders; Chandima Cumaranatunge Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: July 01, 2007 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-652846-1 Pages: 532 Here you go! William On 3/24/08, Naveen Bhaskar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am a flash designer and I am in intermediate in programming.(AS2). anybody pls tellme what are the good books I can refer. or is there any good website for learning programming and also have good tutorials... thanks in advance navii - thanks and regards Naveen Bhaskar Menon ___ 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] How to expand import * statements?
FlashDevelop does that for you in AS2 (and I think AS3, I just haven't gotten to play with that yet). I've pretty much stopped writing imports manually. :) -Andy On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, (just noticed you said AS 2.0... the following only works in AS3 in Flex2/3 ) in Flexbuilder if you type in a dummy var statement: private var b:MyClassIAmUsing (where the class name auto-completes) it will automatically add the import statement if you haven't already. I use this technique a lot to ease my laziness - saves me from figuring out the exact path. If you need to, after the class import statement is inserted , you can delete the var statement. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO and Risk LLD Solutions Design Development eTools Multimedia Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ 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] Delete ASO Files
I was getting this error Error creating Flash movie. There was not enough memory available when I tried to compile a project this morning. I went back to last Thursday's backup and got the same result. Then I loaded the project onto my old laptop and it compiled just fine. Finally, I ran Delete ASO File and Test Movie and the problem is gone. I'm working in AS2 using CS3. I've never seen this before. I'm wondering what could have happened. The comments in the live docs mention that there are some issues with shared libraries One of the last things I was doing on Friday was checking out an example that I downloaded that extends the UIObject class. It's a technique for dynamically loading embedded fonts at runtime, and it uses shared libraries. I've tried to reproduce the symptoms by opening up and compiling this project but nothing. Anyway, I don't have a lot more information, and I do seem to have fixed the problem, but I don't like not knowing. Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Delete ASO Files
To clarify: the comment in the live docs that mentions problems with shared libraries is in the section under Delete ASO Files and Test Movie. Andrew Sinning wrote: The comments in the live docs mention that there are some issues with shared libraries ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iterator variables
Jonathon: In any other language, the scope would be as you describe. AS3 doesn't have block-level scoping -- the most local scope is always the function. Declaring a variable anywhere but the first line of a function is a lie -- the VM declares all variables as the first set of operations after pushing the function call on the stack. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct Jonathan, but loop blocks are delimited by brackets, so the for ( ... ) declaration is outside of the loop block. jonathan howe wrote: I had always thought that the scope of variables declared in the initialization part of the for loop were local to the loop block ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Cory Petosky : Lead Developer : PUNY 1618 Central Ave NE Suite 130 Minneapolis, MN 55413 Office: 612.216.3924 Mobile: 240.422.9652 Fax: 612.605.9216 http://www.punyentertainment.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iterator variables
besides, the compiler only warns you that you're about the overwrite the variable, by re-assigning it. In case of 2 loops(where the variable is only used within the loop), it doesn't have any real consequences. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Cory Petosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathon: In any other language, the scope would be as you describe. AS3 doesn't have block-level scoping -- the most local scope is always the function. Declaring a variable anywhere but the first line of a function is a lie -- the VM declares all variables as the first set of operations after pushing the function call on the stack. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct Jonathan, but loop blocks are delimited by brackets, so the for ( ... ) declaration is outside of the loop block. jonathan howe wrote: I had always thought that the scope of variables declared in the initialization part of the for loop were local to the loop block ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Cory Petosky : Lead Developer : PUNY 1618 Central Ave NE Suite 130 Minneapolis, MN 55413 Office: 612.216.3924 Mobile: 240.422.9652 Fax: 612.605.9216 http://www.punyentertainment.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- M.A. van't Kruis http://www.malatze.nl/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How to expand import * statements?
Instead of writing var myVar:WhateverClass in FlashDevelop, you can just say new WhateverClass and it will autocomplete it for you. Less to type, less to erase. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
I prefer Tweener, and if you've ever used Fuse you'll like it's syntax. It's also quite small - adds about 8K. Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
TweenLite doesn't have bezier curve support, can't store the duration in the options object, doesn't support auto-rounding of pixels, and has significantly fewer transition options. I think TweenLite is great -- if I ever need to tween 1200 things at once, I'll certainly choose it -- but these features in Tweener make it a better choice for many of my projects. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tweener is proven to be significantly slower than TweenLite, and it's almost 300% larger (TweenLite is 3k vs Tweener's 8k). I'm not telling you what to do. You're welcome to your preference. I prefer to write better, faster, smaller, more efficient code. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. :) Dave Mennenoh wrote: I prefer Tweener, and if you've ever used Fuse you'll like it's syntax. It's also quite small - adds about 8K. Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ 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 -- Cory Petosky : Lead Developer : PUNY 1618 Central Ave NE Suite 130 Minneapolis, MN 55413 Office: 612.216.3924 Mobile: 240.422.9652 Fax: 612.605.9216 http://www.punyentertainment.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iteratorvariables
jonathan howe wrote:
Hmm... it is within a class... and that's when I'm getting the warnings.
Or
did you mean just in general to reiterate that variables are locally
scoped
to functions and classes and not to for loops?
If you declare a variable within a function, its scope is limited to that
function. It really doesn't relate to where in the function you use it (or
declare it). In my example, this:
function doSomething
{
var i:int;
for(i=0;i++;i10)
{
}
}
Is functionally identical to this:
function doSomething
{
for(var i:int =0;i++;i10)
{
}
}
You're correct that AS3 is more strict about these sorts of things than AS2.
AS2 was really just syntactic sugar for AS1, and wasn't strict at all.
Cordially,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
Tweenlite has one lil thingy against it though; tweens aren't synchronised. It doesn't happen much that this becomes a problem, though I can imagine projects where people want lots of tweens ending at the same time, which simply won't happen with lots of objects in TweenLite, other than that it's pretty sweet. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:20 PM, eric e. dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: third TweenLite and TweenFilterLite On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Dave Mennenoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I prefer Tweener, and if you've ever used Fuse you'll like it's syntax. It's also quite small - adds about 8K. Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ 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 -- M.A. van't Kruis http://www.malatze.nl/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
While I agree with the speed thing, let's just keep this in context - it's so when you have a lot of tweenings going on at the exact same time. A few tweens won't produce a difference in terms of framerate. If they do, there's something else wrong. Still, I think we should be glad there are so many alternatives. :) Zeh Steven Sacks wrote: Tweener is proven to be significantly slower than TweenLite, and it's almost 300% larger (TweenLite is 3k vs Tweener's 8k). I'm not telling you what to do. You're welcome to your preference. I prefer to write better, faster, smaller, more efficient code. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. :) Dave Mennenoh wrote: I prefer Tweener, and if you've ever used Fuse you'll like it's syntax. It's also quite small - adds about 8K. Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ 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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
For things like Papervision 3D, where bezier curves are important, Tweener is the obvious choice. For general purposes, though, Tweener is probably overkill. I'm not bashing Tweener or Fuse or any of the other tweening engines out there. For a lot of situations, TweenLite is more than sufficient. When you need the special functionality that Tweener provides, TweenLite is obviously not going to cut it. Zeh Fernando wrote: While I agree with the speed thing, let's just keep this in context - it's so when you have a lot of tweenings going on at the exact same time. A few tweens won't produce a difference in terms of framerate. If they do, there's something else wrong. Still, I think we should be glad there are so many alternatives. :) Zeh Steven Sacks wrote: Tweener is proven to be significantly slower than TweenLite, and it's almost 300% larger (TweenLite is 3k vs Tweener's 8k). I'm not telling you what to do. You're welcome to your preference. I prefer to write better, faster, smaller, more efficient code. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. :) Dave Mennenoh wrote: I prefer Tweener, and if you've ever used Fuse you'll like it's syntax. It's also quite small - adds about 8K. Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ 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 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] Tweening Engines for AS3
ALso Tweener allows you to tween frames in movieclips WITH easy... which is pretty darn useful and amazing if you ask me.. I dunno if tweenlite allows that.. Dwayne Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:08:44 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3 For things like Papervision 3D, where bezier curves are important, Tweener is the obvious choice. For general purposes, though, Tweener is probably overkill. I'm not bashing Tweener or Fuse or any of the other tweening engines out there. For a lot of situations, TweenLite is more than sufficient. When you need the special functionality that Tweener provides, TweenLite is obviously not going to cut it. Zeh Fernando wrote: While I agree with the speed thing, let's just keep this in context - it's so when you have a lot of tweenings going on at the exact same time. A few tweens won't produce a difference in terms of framerate. If they do, there's something else wrong. Still, I think we should be glad there are so many alternatives. :) Zeh Steven Sacks wrote: Tweener is proven to be significantly slower than TweenLite, and it's almost 300% larger (TweenLite is 3k vs Tweener's 8k). I'm not telling you what to do. You're welcome to your preference. I prefer to write better, faster, smaller, more efficient code. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. :) Dave Mennenoh wrote: I prefer Tweener, and if you've ever used Fuse you'll like it's syntax. It's also quite small - adds about 8K. Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ 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 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 _ How well do you know your celebrity gossip? http://originals.msn.com/thebigdebate?ocid=T002MSN03N0707A___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
Dwayne Neckles wrote:
ALso
Tweener allows you to tween frames in movieclips WITH easy...
which is pretty darn useful and amazing if you ask me..
I dunno if tweenlite allows that..
Dwayne
TweenLite:
*Frame tweening* - you can tween to any frame in a MovieClip, like
TweenLite.to(my_mc, 2, {frame:125});
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RE: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
Cool didn't know.. take that back..
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:57 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
Dwayne Neckles wrote:
ALso
Tweener allows you to tween frames in movieclips WITH easy...
which is pretty darn useful and amazing if you ask me..
I dunno if tweenlite allows that..
Dwayne
TweenLite:
*Frame tweening* - you can tween to any frame in a MovieClip, like
TweenLite.to(my_mc, 2, {frame:125});
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[Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question
I am creating a custom Class that draws a simple rectangle for an
application. Here is the class
DrawRectangle.as
public class DrawRectangle extends MovieClip {
public var _w:Number;
public var _h:Number;
public var _x:Number;
public var _y:Number;
public function DrawRectangle(w:Number, h:Number, x:Number,
y:Number) {
this._w = w;
this._h = h;
this._x = x;
this._y = y;
Init();
}
private function Init():void {
var MC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
MC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
MC.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
MC.graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
addChild(MC);
}
}
}
I wrote it without the last line ( addChild(MC) ) and it didnt work. It did
not work Event when In the Main Class I added the addChild() like this:
var M:DrawRectangle = new Rectangle(100,100,20,100);
addChild(M);
I thought The addChild should be put outside the class. And No It only
worked when I add the addChild() in the class and out the class... It works
But I want to understand Why??
How can I set it to draw from the class iteself??
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RE: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question
Because within your class which extends MovieClip, you are creating a
new MovieClip, which you draw on, and thus also has to be added to the
display list.
Also, you do know about :
sprite.graphics.drawRect()
right? So what is this class going to accomplish?
Any reason you are using MovieClip over Sprite? MovieClip just adds
unecessary overhead in this case.
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question
I am creating a custom Class that draws a simple rectangle
for an application. Here is the class
DrawRectangle.as
public class DrawRectangle extends MovieClip {
public var _w:Number;
public var _h:Number;
public var _x:Number;
public var _y:Number;
public function DrawRectangle(w:Number, h:Number, x:Number,
y:Number) {
this._w = w;
this._h = h;
this._x = x;
this._y = y;
Init();
}
private function Init():void {
var MC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
MC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
MC.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
MC.graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
addChild(MC);
}
}
}
I wrote it without the last line ( addChild(MC) ) and it
didnt work. It did not work Event when In the Main Class I
added the addChild() like this:
var M:DrawRectangle = new Rectangle(100,100,20,100);
addChild(M);
I thought The addChild should be put outside the class. And
No It only worked when I add the addChild() in the class and
out the class... It works But I want to understand Why??
How can I set it to draw from the class iteself??
Thanks.
--
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Re: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question
To clarify Jason's response:
You're adding two different things. In the first case, you're adding a
child movieclip (with a rectangle drawn inside it) to the empty
DrawRectangle instance. In the second case, you're adding the
DrawRectangle instance to the screen.
You should rewrite your init function so that it draws directly to the instance:
private function Init():void {
graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
graphics.endFill();
}
Finally, since this class does not have frames, it should extend
Sprite, not MovieClip.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am creating a custom Class that draws a simple rectangle for an
application. Here is the class
DrawRectangle.as
public class DrawRectangle extends MovieClip {
public var _w:Number;
public var _h:Number;
public var _x:Number;
public var _y:Number;
public function DrawRectangle(w:Number, h:Number, x:Number,
y:Number) {
this._w = w;
this._h = h;
this._x = x;
this._y = y;
Init();
}
private function Init():void {
var MC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
MC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
MC.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
MC.graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
addChild(MC);
}
}
}
I wrote it without the last line ( addChild(MC) ) and it didnt work. It did
not work Event when In the Main Class I added the addChild() like this:
var M:DrawRectangle = new Rectangle(100,100,20,100);
addChild(M);
I thought The addChild should be put outside the class. And No It only
worked when I add the addChild() in the class and out the class... It works
But I want to understand Why??
How can I set it to draw from the class iteself??
Thanks.
--
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Re: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question
Aha I get it... But can I make a work out in order not to put addChild() in
the main Class? I mean that once I Make an Instance of the class it adds it
on the stage by itself.
Thanks
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Cory Petosky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To clarify Jason's response:
You're adding two different things. In the first case, you're adding a
child movieclip (with a rectangle drawn inside it) to the empty
DrawRectangle instance. In the second case, you're adding the
DrawRectangle instance to the screen.
You should rewrite your init function so that it draws directly to the
instance:
private function Init():void {
graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
graphics.endFill();
}
Finally, since this class does not have frames, it should extend
Sprite, not MovieClip.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I am creating a custom Class that draws a simple rectangle for an
application. Here is the class
DrawRectangle.as
public class DrawRectangle extends MovieClip {
public var _w:Number;
public var _h:Number;
public var _x:Number;
public var _y:Number;
public function DrawRectangle(w:Number, h:Number, x:Number,
y:Number) {
this._w = w;
this._h = h;
this._x = x;
this._y = y;
Init();
}
private function Init():void {
var MC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
MC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
MC.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
MC.graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
addChild(MC);
}
}
}
I wrote it without the last line ( addChild(MC) ) and it didnt work. It
did
not work Event when In the Main Class I added the addChild() like this:
var M:DrawRectangle = new Rectangle(100,100,20,100);
addChild(M);
I thought The addChild should be put outside the class. And No It only
worked when I add the addChild() in the class and out the class... It
works
But I want to understand Why??
How can I set it to draw from the class iteself??
Thanks.
--
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Re: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question
You could just draw the rectangle directly on the graphics of the
DrawRectangle:
graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
Because it extends MovieClip (or Sprite, hopefully, as Steven suggests, it
has its own graphics property.
Then you can think about renaming your class from DrawRectangle to
Rectangle, since it not only draws it, it is one.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aha I get it... But can I make a work out in order not to put addChild()
in
the main Class? I mean that once I Make an Instance of the class it adds
it
on the stage by itself.
Thanks
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Cory Petosky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To clarify Jason's response:
You're adding two different things. In the first case, you're adding a
child movieclip (with a rectangle drawn inside it) to the empty
DrawRectangle instance. In the second case, you're adding the
DrawRectangle instance to the screen.
You should rewrite your init function so that it draws directly to the
instance:
private function Init():void {
graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
graphics.endFill();
}
Finally, since this class does not have frames, it should extend
Sprite, not MovieClip.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I am creating a custom Class that draws a simple rectangle for an
application. Here is the class
DrawRectangle.as
public class DrawRectangle extends MovieClip {
public var _w:Number;
public var _h:Number;
public var _x:Number;
public var _y:Number;
public function DrawRectangle(w:Number, h:Number, x:Number,
y:Number) {
this._w = w;
this._h = h;
this._x = x;
this._y = y;
Init();
}
private function Init():void {
var MC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
MC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
MC.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
MC.graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
addChild(MC);
}
}
}
I wrote it without the last line ( addChild(MC) ) and it didnt work.
It
did
not work Event when In the Main Class I added the addChild() like
this:
var M:DrawRectangle = new Rectangle(100,100,20,100);
addChild(M);
I thought The addChild should be put outside the class. And No It
only
worked when I add the addChild() in the class and out the class... It
works
But I want to understand Why??
How can I set it to draw from the class iteself??
Thanks.
--
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Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
Yes TweenLight shown faster than Tweener on a thousandsss tweens. Then
for the 2k/8k size of each it does not make any difference on a 1Mo
project. Rest this bezier functionnality that is awesome, in 3D as in
2D. I nerver used Fuse, but choosing between TweenLight and Tweener
depends on your project, if it needs tones of tweens like particles, or
if it needs multiple point bezier animation.
L
Dwayne Neckles a écrit :
Cool didn't know.. take that back..
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:57 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
Dwayne Neckles wrote:
ALso
Tweener allows you to tween frames in movieclips WITH easy...
which is pretty darn useful and amazing if you ask me..
I dunno if tweenlite allows that..
Dwayne
TweenLite:
*Frame tweening* - you can tween to any frame in a MovieClip, like
TweenLite.to(my_mc, 2, {frame:125});
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Re: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question
Nothing Changed..The Code is the same and it is not autoadding...
By the way I Know that There is allready drawRect() but I will be adding
some more functionalities to the class that drawRect has not.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:36 AM, jonathan howe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You could just draw the rectangle directly on the graphics of the
DrawRectangle:
graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
Because it extends MovieClip (or Sprite, hopefully, as Steven suggests, it
has its own graphics property.
Then you can think about renaming your class from DrawRectangle to
Rectangle, since it not only draws it, it is one.
-jonathan
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Aha I get it... But can I make a work out in order not to put addChild()
in
the main Class? I mean that once I Make an Instance of the class it adds
it
on the stage by itself.
Thanks
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Cory Petosky
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To clarify Jason's response:
You're adding two different things. In the first case, you're adding a
child movieclip (with a rectangle drawn inside it) to the empty
DrawRectangle instance. In the second case, you're adding the
DrawRectangle instance to the screen.
You should rewrite your init function so that it draws directly to the
instance:
private function Init():void {
graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
graphics.endFill();
}
Finally, since this class does not have frames, it should extend
Sprite, not MovieClip.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I am creating a custom Class that draws a simple rectangle for an
application. Here is the class
DrawRectangle.as
public class DrawRectangle extends MovieClip {
public var _w:Number;
public var _h:Number;
public var _x:Number;
public var _y:Number;
public function DrawRectangle(w:Number, h:Number, x:Number,
y:Number) {
this._w = w;
this._h = h;
this._x = x;
this._y = y;
Init();
}
private function Init():void {
var MC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
MC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
MC.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
MC.graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
addChild(MC);
}
}
}
I wrote it without the last line ( addChild(MC) ) and it didnt
work.
It
did
not work Event when In the Main Class I added the addChild() like
this:
var M:DrawRectangle = new Rectangle(100,100,20,100);
addChild(M);
I thought The addChild should be put outside the class. And No It
only
worked when I add the addChild() in the class and out the class...
It
works
But I want to understand Why??
How can I set it to draw from the class iteself??
Thanks.
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: Tweening a very large vector file causes shaking
video card? how come? On 3/21/08, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fuse is really really bad IMO for tweening when performance (like with your complex vector graphic) is a concern. I dropped it because it became unusable for me in high stress situations. My current tweener-of-the-month I like is TweenLite. Also, Flash does have a hard time, tweening aside, when very very complex vector graphics are used. We designed a very complex photo-realistic assets representing the inside of an ATM machine, which took us several days to build, and had performance issues that were unrelated to any code (we tested it in fresh .flas with no code) - and these graphics were done with only Flash drawing tools. We used a ton of gradients to achieve photo-realistic rendering, but it came with a price. The main problem we had was sometimes the Flash player (8 at the time) would not load the graphic, sometimes it would - completely random. We finally got it working fine, but learned there are limits to what the browser/player/memory can render. Possible it was related to the video card too, to be fair. Anyway, something to keep in mind. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO and Risk LLD Solutions Design Development eTools Multimedia Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ 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
