Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
otherwise (if you haven't) you should buy a serious book ;) You know, I just moved back from a 3rd world country (the Dominican Republic) where I went broke (it was wonderful). I learned to survive on very little in the process. And I ain't changing those habits. I don't buy nuttin unless I absolutely have to :)) beno :) Ok, and now for something completely different: you have to, you absolutely have to buy a book, one that is called ActionScript 3.0 Essentials by Colin Moock. I survive on low processes too :) but I must admit that AS3 is none of the beautiful things out there, ie: it isn't Nature :) Buy the book, read it carefully, and then you will still be able to say you have 'survived on very little in the process'. A book, is just a book. I am really trying to motivate you to buy this book, that's a futile thing. It is best when a book answers your questions, because the list is cool but goes broke too sometimes (nah, that isn't true). So, will you please buy this book ? :P hth, Cedric ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com Thanks in advance! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
I do website with flex, flex builder is a best IDE thant Flash IDE. And using flex is more easy to do somethings, and one good thing for me it is less code lines. Some website I do, in spanish. http://www.salgueda.com/ http://www.bricoceramic.com/ Giro. 2009/11/18 Sid Ferreira sid@gmail.com I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com 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] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Giro wrote: I do website with flex, flex builder is a best IDE thant Flash IDE. And using flex is more easy to do somethings, and one good thing for me it is less code lines. I find the opposite to be true. The swf format has a lot of neat features that you are just throwing away when using Flex. For example, the ability to use vector graphics. I wouldn't use Flex unless I had to. Sure, Flex Builder has code hinting, but so does CS 5. I find that there is less and less reasons to use Flex these days. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Well, indeed you changed my mind... Now, a thing that bothers me is that buttons, for instance, uses timeline and not AS animation... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:19, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: Hi, My answer is one of those very general and informative answers, please pardon me for that. All in all, Flex / Flash Builder is just Flash platform ... which is just Flash. Flash is Flash. The florense site could have been done with Flex. Actually you can use Flex Builder to build a 100% actionscript project involving NONE of the flex framework / components. Flex / Flash Builder is just a nice IDE, truely dedicated towards application development. I am answering to your question with the one I asked to Gringo's ( http://www.gringo.nu/ co founder: Do you happen to use Flex in the websites/applications you produce ? Answer: Yes, almost always. From that answer I started wondering what Flex was :) Now I am building custom components for Flex specialists :) Actually it is quite amazing how far you can consolidate what you learnt with Flash. Moreover if you are being able to develop sites like florense.com you will be able to do great things with Flex, and definitely replicate what you did in Flash with some time gain, if you are being proficient. Another question could be: why does the client want Flex ? (because SEO is not an answer, it can be done with a 100% pure AS project compiled with Flash IDE). hth, Cedric I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com 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 -- Sidney G B Ferreira Desenvolvedor Web ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Hi, But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... Glen Sid Ferreira wrote: Well, indeed you changed my mind... Now, a thing that bothers me is that buttons, for instance, uses timeline and not AS animation... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:19, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: Hi, My answer is one of those very general and informative answers, please pardon me for that. All in all, Flex / Flash Builder is just Flash platform ... which is just Flash. Flash is Flash. The florense site could have been done with Flex. Actually you can use Flex Builder to build a 100% actionscript project involving NONE of the flex framework / components. Flex / Flash Builder is just a nice IDE, truely dedicated towards application development. I am answering to your question with the one I asked to Gringo's ( http://www.gringo.nu/ co founder: Do you happen to use Flex in the websites/applications you produce ? Answer: Yes, almost always. From that answer I started wondering what Flex was :) Now I am building custom components for Flex specialists :) Actually it is quite amazing how far you can consolidate what you learnt with Flash. Moreover if you are being able to develop sites like florense.com you will be able to do great things with Flex, and definitely replicate what you did in Flash with some time gain, if you are being proficient. Another question could be: why does the client want Flex ? (because SEO is not an answer, it can be done with a 100% pure AS project compiled with Flash IDE). hth, Cedric I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com 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 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
I need to retake the studies in flex... At this moment Im deciding between Html 5 or focus in the flash media... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:51, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: Hi, But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... Glen Sid Ferreira wrote: Well, indeed you changed my mind... Now, a thing that bothers me is that buttons, for instance, uses timeline and not AS animation... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:19, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: Hi, My answer is one of those very general and informative answers, please pardon me for that. All in all, Flex / Flash Builder is just Flash platform ... which is just Flash. Flash is Flash. The florense site could have been done with Flex. Actually you can use Flex Builder to build a 100% actionscript project involving NONE of the flex framework / components. Flex / Flash Builder is just a nice IDE, truely dedicated towards application development. I am answering to your question with the one I asked to Gringo's ( http://www.gringo.nu/ co founder: Do you happen to use Flex in the websites/applications you produce ? Answer: Yes, almost always. From that answer I started wondering what Flex was :) Now I am building custom components for Flex specialists :) Actually it is quite amazing how far you can consolidate what you learnt with Flash. Moreover if you are being able to develop sites like florense.com you will be able to do great things with Flex, and definitely replicate what you did in Flash with some time gain, if you are being proficient. Another question could be: why does the client want Flex ? (because SEO is not an answer, it can be done with a 100% pure AS project compiled with Flash IDE). hth, Cedric I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com 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 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Sidney G B Ferreira Desenvolvedor Web ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Hi! I tend to start a project in flash IDE and then code it all the way inside a flex bluider or eclipse + FDT. I just use my IDE for Flash assets like custom constructed components. That way you have all the neat code hinting (wich you still dont have in IDE) and have all the good things from the Flash and not Flex. Sid Ferreira escreveu: I need to retake the studies in flex... At this moment Im deciding between Html 5 or focus in the flash media... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:51, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: Hi, But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... Glen Sid Ferreira wrote: Well, indeed you changed my mind... Now, a thing that bothers me is that buttons, for instance, uses timeline and not AS animation... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:19, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: Hi, My answer is one of those very general and informative answers, please pardon me for that. All in all, Flex / Flash Builder is just Flash platform ... which is just Flash. Flash is Flash. The florense site could have been done with Flex. Actually you can use Flex Builder to build a 100% actionscript project involving NONE of the flex framework / components. Flex / Flash Builder is just a nice IDE, truely dedicated towards application development. I am answering to your question with the one I asked to Gringo's ( http://www.gringo.nu/ co founder: Do you happen to use Flex in the websites/applications you produce ? Answer: Yes, almost always. From that answer I started wondering what Flex was :) Now I am building custom components for Flex specialists :) Actually it is quite amazing how far you can consolidate what you learnt with Flash. Moreover if you are being able to develop sites like florense.com you will be able to do great things with Flex, and definitely replicate what you did in Flash with some time gain, if you are being proficient. Another question could be: why does the client want Flex ? (because SEO is not an answer, it can be done with a 100% pure AS project compiled with Flash IDE). hth, Cedric I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com 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 ___ 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] Who uses Adobe Flex?
But, now the big question: How to handle with the legal costs? In brazil there are many people using flash, most of them I doubt are legal... Mauro: Are you brazillian? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:04, Mauro Martins mauroalexandremart...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I tend to start a project in flash IDE and then code it all the way inside a flex bluider or eclipse + FDT. I just use my IDE for Flash assets like custom constructed components. That way you have all the neat code hinting (wich you still dont have in IDE) and have all the good things from the Flash and not Flex. Sid Ferreira escreveu: I need to retake the studies in flex... At this moment Im deciding between Html 5 or focus in the flash media... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:51, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: Hi, But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... Glen Sid Ferreira wrote: Well, indeed you changed my mind... Now, a thing that bothers me is that buttons, for instance, uses timeline and not AS animation... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:19, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: Hi, My answer is one of those very general and informative answers, please pardon me for that. All in all, Flex / Flash Builder is just Flash platform ... which is just Flash. Flash is Flash. The florense site could have been done with Flex. Actually you can use Flex Builder to build a 100% actionscript project involving NONE of the flex framework / components. Flex / Flash Builder is just a nice IDE, truely dedicated towards application development. I am answering to your question with the one I asked to Gringo's ( http://www.gringo.nu/ co founder: Do you happen to use Flex in the websites/applications you produce ? Answer: Yes, almost always. From that answer I started wondering what Flex was :) Now I am building custom components for Flex specialists :) Actually it is quite amazing how far you can consolidate what you learnt with Flash. Moreover if you are being able to develop sites like florense.com you will be able to do great things with Flex, and definitely replicate what you did in Flash with some time gain, if you are being proficient. Another question could be: why does the client want Flex ? (because SEO is not an answer, it can be done with a 100% pure AS project compiled with Flash IDE). hth, Cedric I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com 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 ___ 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 -- Sidney G B Ferreira Desenvolvedor Web ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and don't lose quality. Giro.. 2009/11/18 Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net Giro wrote: I do website with flex, flex builder is a best IDE thant Flash IDE. And using flex is more easy to do somethings, and one good thing for me it is less code lines. I find the opposite to be true. The swf format has a lot of neat features that you are just throwing away when using Flex. For example, the ability to use vector graphics. I wouldn't use Flex unless I had to. Sure, Flex Builder has code hinting, but so does CS 5. I find that there is less and less reasons to use Flex these days. ___ 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] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Giro wrote: You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and don't lose quality. Using Flash to create graphics for flex kinda defeats the point of flex, doesn't it? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
This is a real problem... it's over expensive a flash license... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:35, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: Giro wrote: You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and don't lose quality. Using Flash to create graphics for flex kinda defeats the point of flex, doesn't it? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Sidney G B Ferreira Desenvolvedor Web ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Not. You only use flash to create a vector graphic, but not code on flash, all code is in flex. The same for example if you user photoshop to create jpeg and use this jpeg on flex. Giro 2009/11/18 Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net Giro wrote: You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and don't lose quality. Using Flash to create graphics for flex kinda defeats the point of flex, doesn't it? ___ 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] Who uses Adobe Flex?
What about handle libraries? Create classes to define the look of a button? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:46, Giro g...@enhoresdefeina.com wrote: Not. You only use flash to create a vector graphic, but not code on flash, all code is in flex. The same for example if you user photoshop to create jpeg and use this jpeg on flex. Giro 2009/11/18 Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net Giro wrote: You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and don't lose quality. Using Flash to create graphics for flex kinda defeats the point of flex, doesn't it? ___ 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 -- Sidney G B Ferreira Desenvolvedor Web ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Sid Ferreira wrote: I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), I don't know how anyone on a flashcoders list could possibly miss flexcoders, or the adobe flex forums.. ;-) but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt: Are there good websites made in flex? Here is a link of a website made for us using flash technology, and it's what we would like to do: http://www.florense.com Very nice site. I can see that you've had a fair number of responses, though in my opinion they mostly miss the point of using Flex completely. I would agree that the flex IDE is better than the Flash one, but that doesn't make Flex a replacement for Flash. In a simplistic comparison of the Flex and Flash IDE, the Flash IDE supports a way of working with graphical assets presented using a timeline and layer metaphor with good support for the production of bespoke graphics for animation. In comparison the FlexBuilder (cough, Flash Builder) IDE does not offer good support for the production of such graphical assets, but is oriented towards the creation of software interfaces using inbuilt and bespoke components without the use of a timeline. On that basis,for most of the tasks Flash is used for, Flex would appear to be quite inferior, but in practice the FlexBuilder IDE has a far superior debugger and development environment for actionscript projects or component based interfaces. Flash is complimetary to flex rather than a direct competitor for it since it is strong on animation, the timeline metaphor and the production of sophisticated graphical assets via the IDE. Flash developed assets are often incorporated into Flex projects. So why bother with Flex? The answer is that is far easier to produce software interfaces using it than with Flash. The reasons are below. Flex offers sophisticated layout managers that are missing from Flash, so that the display of multiple assets in a table or grid is a matter of adding a component rather than rolling your own. There is a sophisticated table (datagrid) component and charting options. The ide supports the use of state-based interface development and the development of interfaces can be achieved via the designer interface, mxml (a tagged representation of components, rather like xhtml), or actionscript. As well as this, Flex supports binding between components allowing data changes to be propagated between components. Flex also excels at transitions and effects. You can build quite sophisticated things in Flex with very little actionscript, just by assembling components and binding them to data providers. So a broad brush comparison sees Flex as suitable for applications that do real work and data manipulation rather than the eye candy often associated with Flash, though there is a huge crossover - Flash can be used for sophisticated application and indeed Flex can provide the eye candy. The provision of layout managers and interface components in Flex means that if you use them, the swf size is generally much larger than swf produced by the Flash IDE - it's simply that the components themselves have a lot of code in them that become part of the resultant swf. If your client is looking for a 100K swf for their website, you won't be using Flex with the layout managers or datagrid. I would also venture that the ethos of Flex is towards enterprise development in teams. I hope my bad description is helpful. I think Adobe messed up with the production of Flash Builder, which must be really confusing to many people who haven't used Flash and Flex already. Paul 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] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
If like you said, --totally tightly coupled solution is overkill.-- ,than I can agree with you :P But alright, to plug in on this matter. As I found out it's not hard to lose the tight coupling. The hard part is to find a system that works fast and intuitive for you. Once you found or created one, you'll be happy to reuse that system, even for simple setups and for the simple reason that it is YOUR OWN ( or preferred ) loosely coupled (event) system. At that click you will find out that it that it can work more for you than against you or against your speed. Integrating a loosely coupled flow also helps you in creating your own app-paradigm and workflow and enables you to start or reopen a project faster. You now know the best place to implement and to listen for that shout. And a lightyear later when you look back into your crappy-small-app code of the past, you will smile and think: Nice try but I know better now ;) Latcho Matt Folkard wrote: I completely agree with this as I've been in exactly the same situation with a largish scale project. The sort of projects I tend to do are small scale games for which the *totally tightly coupled solution is overkill*. However, I've eaten my words on that point as well... On 17 Nov 2009, at 21:05, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Alright, since I asked the question, I'm piping in. I just finished a project that became immensely complicated precisely because I eventually had everything tightly coupled. Had I used custom events and done some other things from the get go, I'm nearly certain it would have been easier to do my updates. With the tight coupling of that project, it would be difficult for anyone else to go into it in the future. In smaller one-off projects, I don't think it's a big deal, but I'm trying to force myself to get in the habit of loosely coupling everything, via custom events. - MM ___ 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] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Paul Andrews wrote: Stuff Allow me to summarize your post: You think that Flash is good for graphical projects, such as animations. You also think that Flex builder is better for creating software. You like the Flex components and how they are data driven. You acknowledge that Flex projects end up larger, due to having more code doing stuff instead of the authoring tool. My opinion: I think that Flash is better for anything that isn't strictly code only, and that is more or less all projects, since it's quite boring to design graphics using code. The upcoming code completion in Flash CS 5 seems to take care of most coding needs in my opinion. It's not going to give you any fancy class feature listing panels or profilers, but those are rarely needed. If I had to chose what to use, I would use Flash, because I want to use the full swf format. I do not think that Flex alone can do that. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Flex Coders List
What is the Flex equivalent of this mailing list? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Allow me to summarize your post: You think that Flash is good for graphical projects, such as animations. You also think that Flex builder is better for creating software. You like the Flex components and how they are data driven. You acknowledge that Flex projects end up larger, due to having more code doing stuff instead of the authoring tool. That never works out very well, does it? Because it seems to me that your summary missed a lot of Paul's points. My opinion: I think that Flash is better for anything that isn't strictly code only, and that is more or less all projects, since it's quite boring to design graphics using code. The upcoming code completion in Flash CS 5 seems to take care of most coding needs in my opinion. It's not going to give you any fancy class feature listing panels or profilers, but those are rarely needed. If I had to chose what to use, I would use Flash, because I want to use the full swf format. I do not think that Flex alone can do that. But you don't have to pick one. You can use both. Or, like me, you can use one and work with someone who uses the other. But if you just see Flex as nothing more than a subset of Flash, you're kind of missing the point. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Coders List
What is the Flex equivalent of this mailing list? The biggest list, I think, is Flexcoders on Yahoo. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Coders List
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Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Dave Watts wrote: Allow me to summarize your post: That never works out very well, does it? Because it seems to me that your summary missed a lot of Paul's points. When summarizing, you have to remove details. I just focused on what I felt was the core message. But if you just see Flex as nothing more than a subset of Flash, you're kind of missing the point. Oh, but I am not. Flex is not just a subset of Flash. It has it's own components that Flash does not come with. It also has mxml, that Flash does not support at all. And for builder, it has a bunch of profilers, and Flash has none. I just think that the Flash unique features are better than the Flex unique features for most purposes. And of course, you can use both. With the announced Flash and Flex Builder integration, that will work even better. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: My opinion: I think that Flash is better for anything that isn't strictly code only, and that is more or less all projects, since it's quite boring to design graphics using code. The upcoming code completion in Flash CS 5 seems to take care of most coding needs in my opinion. It's not going to give you any fancy class feature listing panels or profilers, but those are rarely needed. If I had to chose what to use, I would use Flash, because I want to use the full swf format. I do not think that Flex alone can do that. We seem to be getting confused between Flex, Flex Builder and Flash here. Flash - obviously - is a vector graphics editor and a cut-down code editor. It leans towards the visual side. Flex Builder/Flash Builder is simply a programming environment - a code editor and component layout tool. It leans towards the coding side. Flex (or the Flex SDK) is _not_ Flex Builder. It is a component framework (written in ActionScript - and MXML which is actually compiled to ActionScript) and a compiler. It can make use of any assets created by Flash. (And yes, it can use the whole SWF format, by drawing in SWF assets and recompiling them.) You don't have to design graphics using code in Flex Builder; you can design graphics in Flash, and use them from code that you write in Flex Builder. The two products are _complementary_, not rivals. Flex Builder works together with Flash. The choices for creating a website (which started this discussion) include (but are not limited to): 1) Use Flash to do the layout; don't use the Flex framework classes, write your own classes to support the Flash assets that you've created. 2) Use the Flex component framework, create visual assets to use within the framework using Flash, extend the Flex code with your own logic to support the site. 2) need not be more expensive, as you don't have to use Flex Builder, you can simply use the free Flex SDK. Flex is effectively just a series of useful components with a bit of syntactic sugar on top. Reasons you _might_ want to use Flex for your project: - A lot of hard work done for you. Why write another scrollbar or progress bar from scratch when that code already exists? - Very easy to layout complex forms and tables. - Very easy to skin/change global appearance (using CSS) Reasons you might not want to use Flex for your project: - Including the Flex framework in your application makes your SWF significantly bigger. - Your site simply might not suit Flex; if you don't have form layouts, tables and buttons to deal with, Flex may be overkill. Once again - the two are _complementary_. It's not a choice between the two. It's a choice between using Flash as is, or using Flash + a library of premade components. Ian ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Henrik Andersson wrote: Paul Andrews wrote: Stuff Allow me to summarize your post: You think that Flash is good for graphical projects, such as animations. You also think that Flex builder is better for creating software. You like the Flex components and how they are data driven. You acknowledge that Flex projects end up larger, due to having more code doing stuff instead of the authoring tool. My opinion: I think that Flash is better for anything that isn't strictly code only, and that is more or less all projects, since it's quite boring to design graphics using code. I would disagree with that statement since it implies that Flex doesn't support IDE based graphical design - which it does - but only for components and not general design work. Your statement also forgets the tedium of building complex layout management of the kind that comes with Flex. The upcoming code completion in Flash CS 5 seems to take care of most coding needs in my opinion. It's not going to give you any fancy class feature listing panels or profilers, but those are rarely needed. I would say I can't really comment on CS5, but it seems to be a catchup game with Flex and coding support. A lot of developers would strongly disagree with the idea that class documentation support or profiling is rarely needed - it's more a question of project scale and coding emphasis perhaps. If I had to chose what to use, I would use Flash, because I want to use the full swf format. I do not think that Flex alone can do that. Anything that the swf format supports can be achieved using Flex (albeit via actionscript, than perhaps IDE support). I'm not knocking Flash - it's far better for many tasks than Flex and vice-versa. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
The cool thing is the future :) Adobe wants to correct this bias; Flash Builder will happen, and the distinction between Flex Builder and Flex framework will melt. There we will be happy and everything :) The IDE is about to get all dressed up for a sexy evening ;) Now, if one could, he/she can reinvent its wheel, developping his/her own framework, handling data processes and liquid layouts and more all with Flash, that's not a problem. The current really nice thing about the flex framework is how simple it is to build up something **quickly**; the current downside of the flex framework is that some people do not know that everything under it is a Flash Player thing. Next, people won't even know how to build their own buttons :( (the last paragraph is optional and not intended to pun anyone) As Paul says, the crucial part is to know when to use the Flex Framework, because as all frameworks, it *can* have its downside. Anyways, the easier way to build up applications is to use Flex Builder and Flex Framework. But we all know that good Flex applications are all customized and built upon strong knowledge of Flash. Cedric Henrik Andersson wrote: Paul Andrews wrote: Stuff Allow me to summarize your post: You think that Flash is good for graphical projects, such as animations. You also think that Flex builder is better for creating software. You like the Flex components and how they are data driven. You acknowledge that Flex projects end up larger, due to having more code doing stuff instead of the authoring tool. My opinion: I think that Flash is better for anything that isn't strictly code only, and that is more or less all projects, since it's quite boring to design graphics using code. I would disagree with that statement since it implies that Flex doesn't support IDE based graphical design - which it does - but only for components and not general design work. Your statement also forgets the tedium of building complex layout management of the kind that comes with Flex. The upcoming code completion in Flash CS 5 seems to take care of most coding needs in my opinion. It's not going to give you any fancy class feature listing panels or profilers, but those are rarely needed. I would say I can't really comment on CS5, but it seems to be a catchup game with Flex and coding support. A lot of developers would strongly disagree with the idea that class documentation support or profiling is rarely needed - it's more a question of project scale and coding emphasis perhaps. If I had to chose what to use, I would use Flash, because I want to use the full swf format. I do not think that Flex alone can do that. Anything that the swf format supports can be achieved using Flex (albeit via actionscript, than perhaps IDE support). I'm not knocking Flash - it's far better for many tasks than Flex and vice-versa. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] AS2 to AS3 Translation
Hi;
I've found the following AS2 script I'm trying to translate into AS3. Right
now, I'd just like a little help understanding how to rewrite some code
variables. Please help me translate into AS3 (with my guesses ;)
_xmouse (mouseX?)
_root (root?)
Just for good style, should I eliminate all the leading underscores, or is
this used for keeping the variables private (like in python)?
Also, is there a good online doc for translation from AS2 to AS3?
BTW, I assume the Flash IDE (integrated dev. env.) means the GUI, as
opposed to coding directly?
TIA,
beno
/**
* Animated Explosion Effect
*
* Version: 1.0
* Author: Philip Radvan
* URL: http://www.freeactionscript.com
*/
//Settings
var explosionParticleAmount:Number = 15;
var explosionDistance:Number = 30;
var explosionSize:Number = 100;
var explosionAlpha:Number = 75;
function addExplosion(targetX:Number, targetY:Number,
_explosionParticleAmount:Number, _distance:Number, _explosionSize:Number,
_explosionAlpha:Number):Void
{
//run a for loop based on the amount of explosion particles
for(var i = 0; i _explosionParticleAmount; i++)
{
//create particle
var _tempClip2 = _root.attachMovie(explosion2, explosion2_ +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
var _tempClip = _root.attachMovie(explosion, explosion +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
//set particle position
_tempClip.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip2.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip2.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//set particle rotation
_tempClip2._rotation = random(359);
//set particle alpha
_tempClip.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
_tempClip2.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
}
}
/**
*
* Mouse Controls
*
*/
//create an object that we'll listen to
mouseListener = new Object();
//on Click, create explosionle
mouseListener.addEventListener(mouseEvent.onMouseDown, doThis);
functioin doThis():void
{
addExplosion(_xmouse, _ymouse, explosionParticleAmount,
explosionDistance, explosionSize, explosionAlpha);
};
//add listener
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 to AS3 Translation
Try this useful doc
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/as3_migration_cookbook/as3_migration_cookbook.pdf
Glen
beno - wrote:
Hi;
I've found the following AS2 script I'm trying to translate into AS3. Right
now, I'd just like a little help understanding how to rewrite some code
variables. Please help me translate into AS3 (with my guesses ;)
_xmouse (mouseX?)
_root (root?)
Just for good style, should I eliminate all the leading underscores, or is
this used for keeping the variables private (like in python)?
Also, is there a good online doc for translation from AS2 to AS3?
BTW, I assume the Flash IDE (integrated dev. env.) means the GUI, as
opposed to coding directly?
TIA,
beno
/**
* Animated Explosion Effect
*
* Version: 1.0
* Author: Philip Radvan
* URL: http://www.freeactionscript.com
*/
//Settings
var explosionParticleAmount:Number = 15;
var explosionDistance:Number = 30;
var explosionSize:Number = 100;
var explosionAlpha:Number = 75;
function addExplosion(targetX:Number, targetY:Number,
_explosionParticleAmount:Number, _distance:Number, _explosionSize:Number,
_explosionAlpha:Number):Void
{
//run a for loop based on the amount of explosion particles
for(var i = 0; i _explosionParticleAmount; i++)
{
//create particle
var _tempClip2 = _root.attachMovie(explosion2, explosion2_ +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
var _tempClip = _root.attachMovie(explosion, explosion +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
//set particle position
_tempClip.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip2.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip2.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//set particle rotation
_tempClip2._rotation = random(359);
//set particle alpha
_tempClip.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
_tempClip2.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
}
}
/**
*
* Mouse Controls
*
*/
//create an object that we'll listen to
mouseListener = new Object();
//on Click, create explosionle
mouseListener.addEventListener(mouseEvent.onMouseDown, doThis);
functioin doThis():void
{
addExplosion(_xmouse, _ymouse, explosionParticleAmount,
explosionDistance, explosionSize, explosionAlpha);
};
//add listener
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
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[Flashcoders] Infinite Loops
Hi;
I have the following code. All the functions go in infinite loops *except*
the first one, which is strange to me, since both it (hatAndFace, and both
eyeball1 and eyeball2) all use the same greensock codes, yet the latter two
repeat ad infinitum the alpha tween. Why is this? How do I control it such
that it only plays once? I thought putting a stop(); at the end would do
the trick, but no :(
TIA.
beno
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
}
public function hatAndFace():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 350;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball1():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance1:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance1);
mcEyeballInstance1.x = 380;
mcEyeballInstance1.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance1.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance1, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball2():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance2:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance2);
mcEyeballInstance2.x = 315;
mcEyeballInstance2.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance2.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance2, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function rightHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance1:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance1);
mcHandInstance1.x = 400;
mcHandInstance1.y = 200;
}
public function leftHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance2:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance2);
mcHandInstance2.x = 800;
mcHandInstance2.y = 200;
}
}
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: :) Ok, and now for something completely different: you have to, you absolutely have to buy a book, one that is called ActionScript 3.0 Essentials by Colin Moock. OK. It's on the list. Not for today, however, but I will buy it around the turn of the year, I imagine. Thanks, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Coders List
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Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Ian Thomas wrote: Stuff You seem to ignore the components that Flash does ship with. We can fight about whose components are the best, but I am not interested in that. I also never claimed that they where rivals, I see them as different tools designed for different tasks. You seem to think that importing stuff already made in Flash is the same as having all the features of Flash. I disagree. You do not get the same swf structure in the end. I am not even sure if the flex compiler even retains framelabels. I know for sure that it does not retain the document class. Given that it has a tendency to be critical for proper execution when used, removing it makes the swf useless. Oh, and as previously discussed, you need to use Flash in addition to Flex in order to import Flash assets. That's one more license you have to pay for. Either you use only the Flex sdk, Flex builder and the sdk, only Flash or Flash, flex sdk and flex builder. Using only Flash costs less than using Flash and Flex builder. But using only Flex builder costs less than only using Flash. Of course, there are other editors (like notepad and flash develop) that you can use. But I know of no editor that has a working debugger other than Flash and Flex builder. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 to AS3 Translation
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/migration.html
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:20 AM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi;
I've found the following AS2 script I'm trying to translate into AS3. Right
now, I'd just like a little help understanding how to rewrite some code
variables. Please help me translate into AS3 (with my guesses ;)
_xmouse (mouseX?)
_root (root?)
Just for good style, should I eliminate all the leading underscores, or is
this used for keeping the variables private (like in python)?
Also, is there a good online doc for translation from AS2 to AS3?
BTW, I assume the Flash IDE (integrated dev. env.) means the GUI, as
opposed to coding directly?
TIA,
beno
/**
* Animated Explosion Effect
*
* Version: 1.0
* Author: Philip Radvan
* URL: http://www.freeactionscript.com
*/
//Settings
var explosionParticleAmount:Number = 15;
var explosionDistance:Number = 30;
var explosionSize:Number = 100;
var explosionAlpha:Number = 75;
function addExplosion(targetX:Number, targetY:Number,
_explosionParticleAmount:Number, _distance:Number, _explosionSize:Number,
_explosionAlpha:Number):Void
{
//run a for loop based on the amount of explosion particles
for(var i = 0; i _explosionParticleAmount; i++)
{
//create particle
var _tempClip2 = _root.attachMovie(explosion2, explosion2_ +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
var _tempClip = _root.attachMovie(explosion, explosion +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
//set particle position
_tempClip.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip2.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip2.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//set particle rotation
_tempClip2._rotation = random(359);
//set particle alpha
_tempClip.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
_tempClip2.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
}
}
/**
*
* Mouse Controls
*
*/
//create an object that we'll listen to
mouseListener = new Object();
//on Click, create explosionle
mouseListener.addEventListener(mouseEvent.onMouseDown, doThis);
functioin doThis():void
{
addExplosion(_xmouse, _ymouse, explosionParticleAmount,
explosionDistance, explosionSize, explosionAlpha);
};
//add listener
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 to AS3 Translation
Thanks, guys.
beno
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Zeh Fernando z...@zehfernando.com wrote:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/migration.html
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:20 AM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi;
I've found the following AS2 script I'm trying to translate into AS3.
Right
now, I'd just like a little help understanding how to rewrite some code
variables. Please help me translate into AS3 (with my guesses ;)
_xmouse (mouseX?)
_root (root?)
Just for good style, should I eliminate all the leading underscores, or
is
this used for keeping the variables private (like in python)?
Also, is there a good online doc for translation from AS2 to AS3?
BTW, I assume the Flash IDE (integrated dev. env.) means the GUI, as
opposed to coding directly?
TIA,
beno
/**
* Animated Explosion Effect
*
* Version: 1.0
* Author: Philip Radvan
* URL: http://www.freeactionscript.com
*/
//Settings
var explosionParticleAmount:Number = 15;
var explosionDistance:Number = 30;
var explosionSize:Number = 100;
var explosionAlpha:Number = 75;
function addExplosion(targetX:Number, targetY:Number,
_explosionParticleAmount:Number, _distance:Number, _explosionSize:Number,
_explosionAlpha:Number):Void
{
//run a for loop based on the amount of explosion particles
for(var i = 0; i _explosionParticleAmount; i++)
{
//create particle
var _tempClip2 = _root.attachMovie(explosion2, explosion2_ +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
var _tempClip = _root.attachMovie(explosion, explosion +
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());
//set particle position
_tempClip.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.x = targetX+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
_tempClip2.y = targetY+random(_distance)-(_distance/2);
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//get random particle scale
var tempRandomSize = random(_explosionSize)+_explosionSize/2;
//set particle scale
_tempClip2.scaleX = tempRandomSize;
_tempClip2.scaleY = tempRandomSize;
//set particle rotation
_tempClip2._rotation = random(359);
//set particle alpha
_tempClip.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
_tempClip2.alpha = random(explosionAlpha)+explosionAlpha/4;
}
}
/**
*
* Mouse Controls
*
*/
//create an object that we'll listen to
mouseListener = new Object();
//on Click, create explosionle
mouseListener.addEventListener(mouseEvent.onMouseDown, doThis);
functioin doThis():void
{
addExplosion(_xmouse, _ymouse, explosionParticleAmount,
explosionDistance, explosionSize, explosionAlpha);
};
//add listener
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
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Re: [Flashcoders] Infinite Loops
stop(); just stops the playhead of a timeline in a movieclip, you are
tweening with code, two completely different things.
where is the code that calls the functions in this class?
2009/11/18 beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com
Hi;
I have the following code. All the functions go in infinite loops *except*
the first one, which is strange to me, since both it (hatAndFace, and both
eyeball1 and eyeball2) all use the same greensock codes, yet the latter two
repeat ad infinitum the alpha tween. Why is this? How do I control it such
that it only plays once? I thought putting a stop(); at the end would do
the trick, but no :(
TIA.
beno
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
}
public function hatAndFace():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 350;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball1():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance1:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance1);
mcEyeballInstance1.x = 380;
mcEyeballInstance1.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance1.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance1, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball2():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance2:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance2);
mcEyeballInstance2.x = 315;
mcEyeballInstance2.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance2.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance2, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function rightHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance1:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance1);
mcHandInstance1.x = 400;
mcHandInstance1.y = 200;
}
public function leftHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance2:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance2);
mcHandInstance2.x = 800;
mcHandInstance2.y = 200;
}
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Glen Pike wrote: But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... In fact, you can do your buttons, or movie clips, and the like in Flash. Publish the .swf, and you can download it using Flex and use all the assets in it. Flex's real strong point is that it is a superior coder's environment--better debugger, faster editor. It is not a good environment for artists and designers, by and large. Your hard-core coders use Flex, the animators and designers use Flash, and everybody is happy. I should be more specific. Flex is the free Eclipse-based base. Flex Builder, which I use, is the coding environment. I use it only for AS3--I literally have never used the GUI to do MXML. There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashBuilder, which is free. It's really nice, though it doesn't have a debugger. Still, you can use Flex entirely for free if you wish. All Flex is, in the end, is another way of making .swf files. You don't have to do the entire site in Flex--you can use it just like Flash. In fact, I recommend that you do discrete elements in Flex, and build the site using these elements. That way, when AS4 comes out, you have your AS3 code isolated, and can keep developing new pages without having to re-engineer the AS3 pages. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: You seem to ignore the components that Flash does ship with. We can fight about whose components are the best, but I am not interested in that. Neither am I. I also never claimed that they where rivals, I see them as different tools designed for different tasks. They are different, _complementary_ tools, that's the point. Both can be used together to achieve a task. You seem to think that importing stuff already made in Flash is the same as having all the features of Flash. I disagree. You do not get the same swf structure in the end. I am not even sure if the flex compiler even retains framelabels. It does. I know for sure that it does not retain the document class. Given that it has a tendency to be critical for proper execution when used, removing it makes the swf useless. That's because if you are using the Flex compiler, you already have an entrypoint class (usually derived from Application, but can be derived from Sprite) which is the equivalent of the Document class. Yes, it's a different structure to your project, but ends up with much the same results. The approach to a Flex SDK based app is simply slightly different - you write code for the Flex compiler, and treat Flash assets as graphics. As Cedric says, the integration between the two is getting closer, but I'd very strongly argue that there's nothing you can do in Flash alone that you can't achieve with Flex + Flash. I'd love an example to disprove that. Oh, and as previously discussed, you need to use Flash in addition to Flex in order to import Flash assets. That's one more license you have to pay for. Either you use only the Flex sdk, Flex builder and the sdk, only Flash or Flash, flex sdk and flex builder. Using only Flash costs less than using Flash and Flex builder. But using only Flex builder costs less than only using Flash. No you don't. You missed my point - you can use the Flex SDK, which is free. If you already have Flash and are using it, there's no additional cost. Personally, I don't use Flex Builder, I use FlashDevelop + Flash. Of course, there are other editors (like notepad and flash develop) that you can use. But I know of no editor that has a working debugger other than Flash and Flex builder. The Flex SDK provides a free debugger, actually, called FDB. Command-line driven, but it is there. Ian ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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I'd just like to add: - I use Flash for some projects. - I use the Flex SDK + Flash for other projects. It's simply about choosing the right tool for the job. Getting back to the original poster's question, as Giro has demonstrated with his samples, yes there are good sites written in Flex, and there's nothing stopping Sid achieving the sort of site he was asking about in Flex if he wanted to. Ian ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Henrik Andersson wrote Using Flash to create graphics for flex kinda defeats the point of flex, doesn't it? Not at all. You can have a broad code base, a fully OOP implementation, in Flex, for your programmers. Your designers and artists use Flash. There's no conflict--in fact, it's the best of both worlds. Everybody works in the environment best suited for them. Even when I've done one-man projects, I've mixed Flash animations with Flex code. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Re: [Flashcoders] Infinite Loops
that's the problem. I suspect external calls, all one line after the
other, in the timeline, and maybe the timeline's playhead gets over
this code every frame ?
main.hatAndFace();
main.eyeball1();
main.eyeball1();
main.rightHand();
...
beno, could you try:
public function init():void {
hatAndFace();
eyeball1();
eyeball2();
rightHand();
leftHand();
}
then, in your FLA main timeline:
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.init();
stop(); // this stops the timeline playhead, just to be sure it won't
loop over 2 frames
hth,
Cedric
stop(); just stops the playhead of a timeline in a movieclip, you are
tweening with code, two completely different things.
where is the code that calls the functions in this class?
2009/11/18 beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com
Hi;
I have the following code. All the functions go in infinite loops
*except*
the first one, which is strange to me, since both it (hatAndFace,
and both
eyeball1 and eyeball2) all use the same greensock codes, yet the
latter two
repeat ad infinitum the alpha tween. Why is this? How do I control
it such
that it only plays once? I thought putting a stop(); at the end
would do
the trick, but no :(
TIA.
beno
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
}
public function hatAndFace():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 350;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball1():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance1:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance1);
mcEyeballInstance1.x = 380;
mcEyeballInstance1.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance1.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance1, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball2():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance2:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance2);
mcEyeballInstance2.x = 315;
mcEyeballInstance2.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance2.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance2, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function rightHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance1:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance1);
mcHandInstance1.x = 400;
mcHandInstance1.y = 200;
}
public function leftHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance2:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance2);
mcHandInstance2.x = 800;
mcHandInstance2.y = 200;
}
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
In Kerry's post read: There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashBuilder, which is free as There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashDEVELOP, which is free and read Flex is the free Eclipse-based base Flex IDE which is not free is build upon Eclipse IDE, which is free; they both compile trough the free flex sdk /compiler Latcho al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: Glen Pike wrote: But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... In fact, you can do your buttons, or movie clips, and the like in Flash. Publish the .swf, and you can download it using Flex and use all the assets in it. Flex's real strong point is that it is a superior coder's environment--better debugger, faster editor. It is not a good environment for artists and designers, by and large. Your hard-core coders use Flex, the animators and designers use Flash, and everybody is happy. I should be more specific. Flex is the free Eclipse-based base. Flex Builder, which I use, is the coding environment. I use it only for AS3--I literally have never used the GUI to do MXML. There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashBuilder, which is free. It's really nice, though it doesn't have a debugger. Still, you can use Flex entirely for free if you wish. All Flex is, in the end, is another way of making .swf files. You don't have to do the entire site in Flex--you can use it just like Flash. In fact, I recommend that you do discrete elements in Flex, and build the site using these elements. That way, when AS4 comes out, you have your AS3 code isolated, and can keep developing new pages without having to re-engineer the AS3 pages. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ 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
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In Kerry's post read: There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashBuilder, which is free as There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashDEVELOP, which is free and read Flex is the free Eclipse-based base Flex IDE which is not free is build upon Eclipse IDE, which is free; they both compile trough the free flex sdk /compiler Latcho al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: Glen Pike wrote: But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... In fact, you can do your buttons, or movie clips, and the like in Flash. Publish the .swf, and you can download it using Flex and use all the assets in it. Flex's real strong point is that it is a superior coder's environment--better debugger, faster editor. It is not a good environment for artists and designers, by and large. Your hard-core coders use Flex, the animators and designers use Flash, and everybody is happy. I should be more specific. Flex is the free Eclipse-based base. Flex Builder, which I use, is the coding environment. I use it only for AS3--I literally have never used the GUI to do MXML. There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashBuilder, which is free. It's really nice, though it doesn't have a debugger. Still, you can use Flex entirely for free if you wish. All Flex is, in the end, is another way of making .swf files. You don't have to do the entire site in Flex--you can use it just like Flash. In fact, I recommend that you do discrete elements in Flex, and build the site using these elements. That way, when AS4 comes out, you have your AS3 code isolated, and can keep developing new pages without having to re-engineer the AS3 pages. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ 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
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Re: [Flashcoders] Infinite Loops
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote:
that's the problem. I suspect external calls, all one line after the other,
in the timeline, and maybe the timeline's playhead gets over this code every
frame ?
main.hatAndFace();
main.eyeball1();
main.eyeball1();
main.rightHand();
...
beno, could you try:
public function init():void {
hatAndFace();
eyeball1();
eyeball2();
rightHand();
leftHand();
}
then, in your FLA main timeline:
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.init();
stop(); // this stops the timeline playhead, just to be sure it won't
loop over 2 frames
How interesting. That stopped all alpha tweens but *not* the hands!
public function rightHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance1:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance1);
mcHandInstance1.x = 400;
mcHandInstance1.y = 200;
}
Please advise.
beno
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Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
Allow me to summarize your post: That never works out very well, does it? Because it seems to me that your summary missed a lot of Paul's points. When summarizing, you have to remove details. I just focused on what I felt was the core message. Right, but Paul may disagree with you about what that core message is, exactly. In my reading of Paul's message, I got something quite a bit different than you did. One of the things that I got out of it was the focus that Flex Builder/Flash Builder has on enterprise development, which is really quite a different thing from many Flash development projects I suspect. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Dave Watts wrote: Allow me to summarize your post: That never works out very well, does it? Because it seems to me that your summary missed a lot of Paul's points. When summarizing, you have to remove details. I just focused on what I felt was the core message. Right, but Paul may disagree with you about what that core message is, exactly. In my reading of Paul's message, I got something quite a bit different than you did. One of the things that I got out of it was the focus that Flex Builder/Flash Builder has on enterprise development, which is really quite a different thing from many Flash development projects I suspect. I think that's right. I generally think that Flex addresses many of the reasons why Flash was unappealing to many traditional developers who were used to programming languages such as Java, etc who found Flash a very poor development environment compared to what they were used to. Naturally, times have changed and Flash is now rather more sophisticated than when Flex first saw the light of day. Flash was always considered a toy or rather flippant technology in corporate development circles. I am still quite amazed that Macromedia ever developed Flex. I suspect that a few people on the list might not know that originally it would cost something like $6,000 for a Flex licence and some serious server power was also required. I applaud Macromedia for developing Flex (and perhaps also the developers of FutureSplash ;-) ). Paul Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders 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
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Just designing the CDROM sleeve for a cross platform CDROM created with Flash CS3 and MDM Zinc 3 and need to include a minimum system spec. The application contains voice over. No video is included. Here is what I have come up with based on Zincs minimum specification. I just wanted to double check this is correct before duplicating a few thousand CDROM sleeves. Minimum system requirements PC: XP, AMD / Intel, 1.0 Ghz, 256 mb RAM MAC: 10.4.x, G3 PowerPC / Intel Solo, 1.0 Ghz, 256 mb RAM Any advice much appreciated. Thanks Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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You can always test and evaluate it on a ultra low spec machine... Nobody knows better than how much ram or cpu your app uses. Ciao, Lacho Paul Steven wrote: Just designing the CDROM sleeve for a cross platform CDROM created with Flash CS3 and MDM Zinc 3 and need to include a minimum system spec. The application contains voice over. No video is included. Here is what I have come up with based on Zincs minimum specification. I just wanted to double check this is correct before duplicating a few thousand CDROM sleeves. Minimum system requirements PC: XP, AMD / Intel, 1.0 Ghz, 256 mb RAM MAC: 10.4.x, G3 PowerPC / Intel Solo, 1.0 Ghz, 256 mb RAM Any advice much appreciated. Thanks Paul ___ 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
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I did hire a testing company. Just wanted to check my text included all the necessary stuff. Here is what the testing company reported. The application successfully ran on each of the configurations listed in the table below. Some of the animations run noticeably slower on configurations 2 and 4 however this did not affect the usability of the application significantly. We would recommend that 800MHz is the minimum CPU specification, although the application will run on slower machines. Memory usage is negligible (approximately 40MB). Software Configurations The following is a list of the operating systems and browsers that were used during testing: Config No. Operating SystemTest Machine 1 Windows XP Pro SP2 TM061 and TM063 2 Windows Vista Home BasicTM065 3 Windows 7 Professional TM080 4 Mac OS X 10.4 TM014 5 Mac OS X 10.5.2 TM070 Machine Specifications Machine No. Model Processor Speed RAM TM014 iMacG3 800MHz 256MB TM061 Compaq Deskpro EN PIII800MHz 256MB TM063 Compaq Deskpro EN PIII1GHz256MB TM065 Dell Optiplex 745 Intel Core 2 Duo1.8GHz 2GB TM070 iMacIntel Core 2 Duo2.66GHz 2GB TM080 Dell Vostro 220SIntel Core 2 Duo2.8GHz 4GB -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Andersson Sent: 18 November 2009 17:05 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on minimum specification for cross platform cdrom Paul Steven wrote: I just wanted to double check this is correct before duplicating a few thousand CDROM sleeves. If it is important enough to print on the box, hire a company to do the testing for you and find out the real numbers. ___ 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] Infinite Loops
First of all, you don't need to keep re-activating the AutoAlphaPlugin - you
can just do that once in your SWF. It doesn't hurt anything to re-activate
it multiple times, but it definitely doesn't help.
Regarding the infinite loop, please make sure you're using the latest
version of the GreenSock code - there was a bug a couple weeks ago that
could cause an infinite loop in a specific scenario, but it has since been
fixed (sorry about any inconvenience that caused). http://www.TweenLite.com
There are certainly other things that could cause infinite loops that have
nothing to do with the tweening code, but it's tough to know without seeing
how/where you're calling the functions, what the rest of your code looks
like, etc.
Jack
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Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:25 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: [Flashcoders] Infinite Loops
Hi;
I have the following code. All the functions go in infinite loops *except*
the first one, which is strange to me, since both it (hatAndFace, and both
eyeball1 and eyeball2) all use the same greensock codes, yet the latter two
repeat ad infinitum the alpha tween. Why is this? How do I control it such
that it only plays once? I thought putting a stop(); at the end would do
the trick, but no :(
TIA.
beno
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
}
public function hatAndFace():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 350;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball1():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance1:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance1);
mcEyeballInstance1.x = 380;
mcEyeballInstance1.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance1.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance1, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function eyeball2():void
{
var mcEyeballInstance2:mcEyeball = new mcEyeball();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcEyeballInstance2);
mcEyeballInstance2.x = 315;
mcEyeballInstance2.y = 115;
mcEyeballInstance2.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcEyeballInstance2, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function rightHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance1:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance1);
mcHandInstance1.x = 400;
mcHandInstance1.y = 200;
}
public function leftHand():void
{
var mcHandInstance2:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance2);
mcHandInstance2.x = 800;
mcHandInstance2.y = 200;
}
}
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classesdispatchedevent
My feeling is if the two components are related enough that tight coupling is the desired option, then they really should be the same single class. If that makes it so there would be too much code in one class and the tasks so different, then they should be in separate classes with events dispatched and listened to. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Latcho Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:25 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classesdispatchedevent If like you said, --totally tightly coupled solution is overkill.-- ,than I can agree with you :P But alright, to plug in on this matter. As I found out it's not hard to lose the tight coupling. The hard part is to find a system that works fast and intuitive for you. Once you found or created one, you'll be happy to reuse that system, even for simple setups and for the simple reason that it is YOUR OWN ( or preferred ) loosely coupled (event) system. At that click you will find out that it that it can work more for you than against you or against your speed. Integrating a loosely coupled flow also helps you in creating your own app-paradigm and workflow and enables you to start or reopen a project faster. You now know the best place to implement and to listen for that shout. And a lightyear later when you look back into your crappy-small-app code of the past, you will smile and think: Nice try but I know better now ;) Latcho Matt Folkard wrote: I completely agree with this as I've been in exactly the same situation with a largish scale project. The sort of projects I tend to do are small scale games for which the *totally tightly coupled solution is overkill*. However, I've eaten my words on that point as well... On 17 Nov 2009, at 21:05, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Alright, since I asked the question, I'm piping in. I just finished a project that became immensely complicated precisely because I eventually had everything tightly coupled. Had I used custom events and done some other things from the get go, I'm nearly certain it would have been easier to do my updates. With the tight coupling of that project, it would be difficult for anyone else to go into it in the future. In smaller one-off projects, I don't think it's a big deal, but I'm trying to force myself to get in the habit of loosely coupling everything, via custom events. - MM ___ 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
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Merrill, Jason wrote: If that makes it so there would be too much code in one class and the tasks so different, then they should be in separate classes with events dispatched and listened to. So you are basically saying that every single time you want to use something in another class, you should dispatch an event. I say, that's obviously not correct and you agree with me here, using events for everything is stupid. My view is that when a class provides some service for other classes, do use it. Just remember who is responsible for what. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] one class listening for anotherclassesdispatchedevent
So you are basically saying that every single time you want to use something in another class, you should dispatch an event. No, that's not what I'm saying, if you want/need to use something in another class, you can call it directly. For example, Math.floor() or myPersonInstance.jump(). That's not tight coupling. I'm talking about when you want to know something has occurred in an instance of class A, some data has changed or whatever, then make the instance class B react, then you should use dispatching - you should not have a method in A call B when something happens in A, unless the instance of B is declared inside of A. You can however call a method in another class to do something - that's not tight coupling, that's just calling a public method. I'm talking about what the original OP asked about - have instance b react when something in instance a occurred. Instance of A should not have a direct call to an instance of B in that case. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for anotherclassesdispatchedevent
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Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on minimum specification for cross platform cdrom
Paul Steven wrote: I just wanted to double check this is correct before duplicating a few thousand CDROM sleeves. Minimum system requirements PC: XP, AMD / Intel, 1.0 Ghz, 256 mb RAM MAC: 10.4.x, G3 PowerPC / Intel Solo, 1.0 Ghz, 256 mb RAM Bear in mind that minimum spec is just that--the minimum your program will run on. A lot of products will give minimum spec, and recommended spec. Minimum spec may run slow, and some features may not work real well, but it at least runs, if poorly. Recommended spec is, of course, the machine that runs your program smoothly. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] one class listening for anotherclassesdispatchedevent
Yes, encapsualtion - exactly. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:06 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for anotherclassesdispatchedevent Exactly. Encapsulation FTW. Merrill, Jason wrote: A bunch of smart stuff about not breaking encapsulation ___ 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] Who uses Adobe Flex?
I am still quite amazed that Macromedia ever developed Flex. I suspect that a few people on the list might not know that originally it would cost something like $6,000 for a Flex licence and some serious server power was also required. More than that - Flex 1.x was around $15k USD according to our pricelist. And, frankly, it kind of sucked. But Flex 2 changed all that! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 22:29, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I am still quite amazed that Macromedia ever developed Flex. I suspect that a few people on the list might not know that originally it would cost something like $6,000 for a Flex licence and some serious server power was also required. More than that - Flex 1.x was around $15k USD according to our pricelist. And, frankly, it kind of sucked. But Flex 2 changed all that! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Sidney G B Ferreira Desenvolvedor Web ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?
How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? $15K USD is a drop in the bucket for enterprise software. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Testing before removing a child
I am using loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); to remove child objects from my loader
clip, and I want to test if a child object is there before removing it. I
thought it would be something like
if (loader_clip.child !=0) { // or !=, or !=null, or ==true, or
something like that
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
But when I trace (loader_clip.child) it comes back undefined whether the
child is still there or not.
What can I use to test this so loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); doesn't produce an
error if the child has already been removed?
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Sid Ferreira wrote: How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? I think a lot of people on the flash lists don't realise how much money some corporates invest in software development. $15K would be a fraction of the development costs in some projects. It's a completely different situation to freelancers that are working with their own development tools. Corporates are rationalising development costs across many customers while often freelancers/small companies are rationalising their costs from one or very few customers. Paul On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 22:29, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I am still quite amazed that Macromedia ever developed Flex. I suspect that a few people on the list might not know that originally it would cost something like $6,000 for a Flex licence and some serious server power was also required. More than that - Flex 1.x was around $15k USD according to our pricelist. And, frankly, it kind of sucked. But Flex 2 changed all that! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders 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] ComboBox troubles
Hello List,
Have a little snag on my hands. I am trying to get the value of a
selected comboBox to change the picture of another MC.
My code:
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = function(evt_obj:Object) {
trace(evt_obj.selectedIndex);
var selectNum:Number = evt_obj.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic =
picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
};
colorBox.addEventListener(change,comboListen);
thumbHolder = main MC that holds the picture and the comboBox
[picture_box] = the picture MC inside thumbHolder that I want to
load into.
colorBox = the comboBox inside thumbHolder that I want to change the
picture MCs contents with.
FYI, by the time I get to using the listener, [picture_box] has
already been loaded with the first image in the array of pictures.
thumbHolder, colorBox and [picture_box] are dynamically loaded onto
the stage at run time.
How do I get colorBox's selection to change the picture in thumbHolder
[picture_box]?
Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point. this is my third
day with this and I'm going crazy.
Is there something I need to import to control the comboBox?
I have
import mx.control.ComboBox;
already imported, do I need it?
Karl DeSaulniers
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing before removing a child
try .numChildren property
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Alan Neilsen aneil...@gotafe.vic.edu.auwrote:
I am using loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); to remove child objects from my
loader clip, and I want to test if a child object is there before removing
it. I thought it would be something like
if (loader_clip.child !=0) { // or !=, or !=null, or ==true, or
something like that
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
But when I trace (loader_clip.child) it comes back undefined whether the
child is still there or not.
What can I use to test this so loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); doesn't
produce an error if the child has already been removed?
Alan Neilsen
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Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox troubles
Oh and this is an AS2 project too.
Karl
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On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com
wrote:
Hello List,
Have a little snag on my hands. I am trying to get the value of a
selected comboBox to change the picture of another MC.
My code:
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = function(evt_obj:Object) {
trace(evt_obj.selectedIndex);
var selectNum:Number = evt_obj.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
};
colorBox.addEventListener(change,comboListen);
thumbHolder = main MC that holds the picture and the comboBox
[picture_box] = the picture MC inside thumbHolder that I want to
load into.
colorBox = the comboBox inside thumbHolder that I want to change
the picture MCs contents with.
FYI, by the time I get to using the listener, [picture_box] has
already been loaded with the first image in the array of pictures.
thumbHolder, colorBox and [picture_box] are dynamically loaded
onto the stage at run time.
How do I get colorBox's selection to change the picture in
thumbHolder[picture_box]?
Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point. this is my
third day with this and I'm going crazy.
Is there something I need to import to control the comboBox?
I have
import mx.control.ComboBox;
already imported, do I need it?
Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
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RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox troubles
Hey Karl.
The issue you are facing is that the function on the comboListen object
(comboListen.change) steals your scope - so you don't have any access to
all the things you need: picturesArry, thumbHolder etc.
So, you can either, forget creating an object to handle events and just
put your change function right there:
function change(evt_obj:Object) {
var selectNum:Number = colorBox.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
}
colorBox.addEventListener(change, this);
Or, use the Delegate class to set the correct scope:
import mx.utils.Delegate;
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = Delegate.create(this, onChange);
function onChange() {
var selectNum:Number = colorBox.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
}
colorBox.addEventListener(change, comboListen);
Barry.
-Original Message-
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl
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Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2009 2:28 p.m.
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox troubles
Oh and this is an AS2 project too.
Karl
Sent from losPhone
On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com
wrote:
Hello List,
Have a little snag on my hands. I am trying to get the value of a
selected comboBox to change the picture of another MC.
My code:
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = function(evt_obj:Object) {
trace(evt_obj.selectedIndex);
var selectNum:Number = evt_obj.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
};
colorBox.addEventListener(change,comboListen);
thumbHolder = main MC that holds the picture and the comboBox
[picture_box] = the picture MC inside thumbHolder that I want to
load into.
colorBox = the comboBox inside thumbHolder that I want to change
the picture MCs contents with.
FYI, by the time I get to using the listener, [picture_box] has
already been loaded with the first image in the array of pictures.
thumbHolder, colorBox and [picture_box] are dynamically loaded
onto the stage at run time.
How do I get colorBox's selection to change the picture in
thumbHolder[picture_box]?
Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point. this is my
third day with this and I'm going crazy.
Is there something I need to import to control the comboBox?
I have
import mx.control.ComboBox;
already imported, do I need it?
Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
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Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox troubles
Thanks for that Barry. I will test and see.
Thats funny, it seems I was so close at one point.
I had
function comboListen(evt_obj:Object) {
var selectNum:Number = colorBox.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
}
colorBox.addEventListener(comboListen);
Guess I forgot the this also..
Will let you know if one of these work.
Thanks again,
Karl
On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Barry Hannah wrote:
Hey Karl.
The issue you are facing is that the function on the comboListen
object
(comboListen.change) steals your scope - so you don't have any
access to
all the things you need: picturesArry, thumbHolder etc.
So, you can either, forget creating an object to handle events and
just
put your change function right there:
function change(evt_obj:Object) {
var selectNum:Number = colorBox.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
}
colorBox.addEventListener(change, this);
Or, use the Delegate class to set the correct scope:
import mx.utils.Delegate;
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = Delegate.create(this, onChange);
function onChange() {
var selectNum:Number = colorBox.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
}
colorBox.addEventListener(change, comboListen);
Barry.
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl
DeSaulniers
Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2009 2:28 p.m.
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox troubles
Oh and this is an AS2 project too.
Karl
Sent from losPhone
On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com
wrote:
Hello List,
Have a little snag on my hands. I am trying to get the value of a
selected comboBox to change the picture of another MC.
My code:
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = function(evt_obj:Object) {
trace(evt_obj.selectedIndex);
var selectNum:Number = evt_obj.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
};
colorBox.addEventListener(change,comboListen);
thumbHolder = main MC that holds the picture and the comboBox
[picture_box] = the picture MC inside thumbHolder that I want to
load into.
colorBox = the comboBox inside thumbHolder that I want to change
the picture MCs contents with.
FYI, by the time I get to using the listener, [picture_box] has
already been loaded with the first image in the array of pictures.
thumbHolder, colorBox and [picture_box] are dynamically loaded
onto the stage at run time.
How do I get colorBox's selection to change the picture in
thumbHolder[picture_box]?
Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point. this is my
third day with this and I'm going crazy.
Is there something I need to import to control the comboBox?
I have
import mx.control.ComboBox;
already imported, do I need it?
Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com
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Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox troubles
Nope. Those didn't work either.
Its just not registering the change
??
Karl
On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Barry Hannah wrote:
Hey Karl.
The issue you are facing is that the function on the comboListen
object
(comboListen.change) steals your scope - so you don't have any
access to
all the things you need: picturesArry, thumbHolder etc.
So, you can either, forget creating an object to handle events and
just
put your change function right there:
function change(evt_obj:Object) {
var selectNum:Number = colorBox.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic, 0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
}
colorBox.addEventListener(change, this);
Or, use the Delegate class to set the correct scope:
import mx.utils.Delegate;
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = Delegate.create(this, onChange);
function onChange() {
var selectNum:Number = colorBox.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
}
colorBox.addEventListener(change, comboListen);
Barry.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl
DeSaulniers
Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2009 2:28 p.m.
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox troubles
Oh and this is an AS2 project too.
Karl
Sent from losPhone
On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com
wrote:
Hello List,
Have a little snag on my hands. I am trying to get the value of a
selected comboBox to change the picture of another MC.
My code:
var comboListen = new Object();
comboListen.change = function(evt_obj:Object) {
trace(evt_obj.selectedIndex);
var selectNum:Number = evt_obj.selectedIndex;
if (selectNum = 1) {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][0];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
} else {
var pic = picturesArry[thumbHolder.ID][selectNum];
thumbHolder[picture_box].loadMovie(pic,0);
thumbHolder.LoadVars(pic);
}
};
colorBox.addEventListener(change,comboListen);
thumbHolder = main MC that holds the picture and the comboBox
[picture_box] = the picture MC inside thumbHolder that I want to
load into.
colorBox = the comboBox inside thumbHolder that I want to change
the picture MCs contents with.
FYI, by the time I get to using the listener, [picture_box] has
already been loaded with the first image in the array of pictures.
thumbHolder, colorBox and [picture_box] are dynamically loaded
onto the stage at run time.
How do I get colorBox's selection to change the picture in
thumbHolder[picture_box]?
Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point. this is my
third day with this and I'm going crazy.
Is there something I need to import to control the comboBox?
I have
import mx.control.ComboBox;
already imported, do I need it?
Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing before removing a child
If I understand properly what you mean, the contains method is what you're
looking for.
if (loader_clip.contains(ldr)){
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/DisplayObjectContainer.html#contains%28%29
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Gregory Boland
breakfastcof...@gmail.comwrote:
try .numChildren property
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Alan Neilsen aneil...@gotafe.vic.edu.au
wrote:
I am using loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); to remove child objects from my
loader clip, and I want to test if a child object is there before
removing
it. I thought it would be something like
if (loader_clip.child !=0) { // or !=, or !=null, or ==true, or
something like that
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
But when I trace (loader_clip.child) it comes back undefined whether
the
child is still there or not.
What can I use to test this so loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); doesn't
produce an error if the child has already been removed?
Alan Neilsen
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