[Flashcoders] AS3 Frameworks for Game Development
Hello Wondering what is out there as far as open source (or otherwise) AS3 frameworks for Game Development. Looking for something that works for desktop and web based apps. I'm looking for something like AS-HIVE (which doesn't seem too active right now), with support for: * state/navigation management * asset management * IOC container for object initialization (ideally) * modality (dialogs) * patterns for event handling What are peeps using for this type of thing? I want to make sure nothing exists before I write my own thing. Note: PureMVC looks interesting but seems more geared toward a data driven/server integrated project - RIA. Am I right about that or do people also use that for games? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] zinc 3.0 overhead
Anyone else find that frame rates drop significantly with Flash projects wrapped in Zinc? Despite claims of performance enhancements, I'm noticing a significant decrease in performance with an AS3 SWF running in Zinc 3.0 on windows compared with the Flash Player. Using the flex sample at http://www.bubblemark.com/ I found that the project ran about 50% slower on Zinc than in the flash player (25-28 FPS in Zinc and 47-50 FPS in the Standalone Flash Player 9). Kind of a disappointment for a product touting itself as a game development platform for Flash. Has anyone else been down this road? Note: I was testing with the trial version. Not sure if the trial watermark could slow down the performance that much or not. Thanks, A -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Zinc port hell
Here's an update, just in case someone else is having the same problems. From looking around more on the zinc forums, it seems others are having problems running AS3/Flash Player 9 apps in Zinc 2.5. I also tested another wrapper called Janus which worked, so this confirmed that the problem is with Zinc. Since Janus is not cross platform and doesn't have the controls to disable the right mouse button, we will likely wait until Zinc 3.0 comes out and try again. August On Jan 8, 2008 4:49 AM, Shang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I worked with zinc for a while, but I didn't have the absolute or relative path problem at all. My Problem was more like Ben stated, the document was not accurate especially the return object type. On Jan 8, 2008 7:16 AM, ben gomez farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found that Zinc has been pretty stable for what I've used it for in Flash 8 so far (unfortunately the product had some blue screen of death effect that I'm not sure if we can chalk that up to DirectX in Zinc or the DRM system we used). Anyway, using Zinc wasn't hell for me. LEARNING to use Zinc was hell for me. I came across so many inaccuracies in the documentation - like differences in the types of objects you get returned from methods or what types of objects you send in a parameter were just plain marked up in the documentation wrong. So a lot of times, I had to figure this stuff out on my own, or look for use cases in the Multidmedia forums. So if all you're doing is looking at the docs, you may want to get some demos, or look at the forums, because you may be doing something wrong and not know it. Orwho knows, it's not so stable for AS3. ben August Gresens wrote: Hello Sorry for the dramatic title. I've got a finished game that was developed in AS3 for the standalone Flash 9 Player. The publisher now wants to migrate the game to run under to a C++ wrapper product to get rid of the right mouse contextual menu on Windows. Since the only commercial product that seems to do this for Mac and PC is Zinc, I gave this a try and was surprised at the disparity between the way the game runs in Zinc vs. the standalone Flash player. Mostly the issues seem to revolve around how external swfs are loaded and handled. After converting the game to use absolute paths, the external swf files fail to load in some cases and in others they load but show up black with a bizarre echo in the audio. Even if I'm able to work around those issues, I'm afraid of what may lay beyond these initial problems. A few questions for those with zinc experience: * Is this a stable/reliable product for AS3 yet? * How much does the actionscipt code need to be tailored to work around zinc idiosyncrasies? (meaning the actionscript itself and not the mdm commands). * To develop for both mac and pc, what is the additional effort here to make it run on the mac? Does the Mac version of zinc have it's own idiosyncrasies that will have to be dealt with? Thanks, August ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- www.shang-liang.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Zinc port hell
Interesting that you mention Director. I've been also been a Director developer since 1995. I'm hoping for a comeback as well. For awhile it was looking as though it was completely dead, which is why we made the switch. I would prefer an Adobe solution as well. Not being able to use the Flex debugger (and the profiler in Flex 3) with Zinc is a shame. Looking forward to AIR, although I've seen some posts that suggest the runtime performance will not be as great as these wrapper things. I suppose only the benchmarks will tell. August On Jan 8, 2008 2:42 PM, Kerry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Thomas wrote: It was quite some time ago now, but we had a lot of problems with Zinc's stability; in particular, upgrades to Zinc broke existing (critical for us) functionality and a fix wasn't issued for several months. As a result, we moved away from the product. I haven't used Zinc, so I can't comment on it. Adobe does publish two very viable alternatives, AIR and Director. Personally, I would go with the Adobe product--my choice is Director because it is so powerful in its own right, and because it's what I'm familiar with (and also what I own a license for). It is well integrated with Flash, and was the standard for multimedia applications for nearly a decade before Flash came of age. Adobe have announced a new version Real Soon Now, so the Director is Dead rumors are false. Except for 3D, it's not a real viable Web platform, but it's unrivaled on the desktop. I do know that the new version of Director will support Unicode--that's public knowledge. I don't have specific knowledge of other capabilities, but I'm hoping that MacIntel support will be in the new version. Flash remains my choice for RIA's, but I haven't found anything better than Director for the desktop or for a Flash wrapper for desktop apps. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How to call custom method on loaded AS3 swf?
I'm doing a lot of this too (also have my own MVC style framework and would be interested in discussing this in another thread). I think the problem here is that you need to cast it to the swf's custom type to access the custom methods. This won't work, however, unless the custom type's class has been compiled into the containing swf. Something like: import com.game.customSWFGame; var myGame:customSWFGame = gameLoader.content as customSWFGame; myGame.startup(); You can also cast it to a common interface if you have a lot of these minigames that you need to handle in a generic way. August On Jan 8, 2008 2:45 PM, Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is my first post to the list in 2008 so hi and compliments of the season to y'all. So, here's the context... I have an application framework built in AS3 and based on the MVC pattern. One of my Views loads a compiled swf also built in AS3. When it is that View's turn to be displayed, it gets added to the display list and then needs to call a custom method on the loaded swf so that loaded swf does its thing (it's a game). Here's the problem... Although I can invoke the required method on the loaded swf, I couldn't get the compiler to stop complaining (it's compiling in Strict mode) so I had to do a bit of a kludge to trick the compiler. I am sure there is a better and proper way of doing this - can you tell me what it is? Here's the code that loads the game swf (for the sake of context)... gameLoader = new Loader(); // some listeners registered here var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( gameURL ); gameLoader.load(request); The Document Class of the swf at 'gameURL' contains a method call 'startup' and this is the one I want to invoke. So I tried this... gameLoader.content.startup(); Predictably, the compiler utters the following... 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method startup through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject. I tried a few things (including casting gameLoader.content to the Document Class) but the only thing I could get to work is this... gameLoader.content[startup](); Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Adrian Park ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- - August Gresens Senior Developer Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Zinc port hell
Hello Sorry for the dramatic title. I've got a finished game that was developed in AS3 for the standalone Flash 9 Player. The publisher now wants to migrate the game to run under to a C++ wrapper product to get rid of the right mouse contextual menu on Windows. Since the only commercial product that seems to do this for Mac and PC is Zinc, I gave this a try and was surprised at the disparity between the way the game runs in Zinc vs. the standalone Flash player. Mostly the issues seem to revolve around how external swfs are loaded and handled. After converting the game to use absolute paths, the external swf files fail to load in some cases and in others they load but show up black with a bizarre echo in the audio. Even if I'm able to work around those issues, I'm afraid of what may lay beyond these initial problems. A few questions for those with zinc experience: * Is this a stable/reliable product for AS3 yet? * How much does the actionscipt code need to be tailored to work around zinc idiosyncrasies? (meaning the actionscript itself and not the mdm commands). * To develop for both mac and pc, what is the additional effort here to make it run on the mac? Does the Mac version of zinc have it's own idiosyncrasies that will have to be dealt with? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Senior Developer Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] button masks in AS3?
Hello I'm putting together a puzzle with a bunch of irregular shaped bitmaps in an Actionscript 3.0 project. The puzzle pieces have transparent regions defined by alpha channels (imported from PNG files). I need the rollover and event detection on the puzzle pieces to work with these irregular shapes. If i just put the bitmaps into Sprites, the rollover detection happens when I move the mouse over the bounding area of the sprite. This is not the desired effect, I want the rollover to be triggered only when the mouse moves over a non-transparent area of the bitmap. Is there a simple way to do this (without getting into the BitmapData?) Thanks in advance. August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 : Disabling layers in a loaded clip
This would have been a clip created in the Flash CS3 IDE with layers, not a file created with the Flex compiler... This is an AVM2 file, no? Thanks, A On 6/18/07, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are no layers in a compiled swf. - Original Message - From: August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:33 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 : Disabling layers in a loaded clip Hello Quick question. In a AS3 flash.display.Movieclip that I've loaded with the Loader, is there a way to dynamically disable layers within the loaded clip? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] AS3 : Disabling layers in a loaded clip
Hello Quick question. In a AS3 flash.display.Movieclip that I've loaded with the Loader, is there a way to dynamically disable layers within the loaded clip? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] sending simple messages between swf files
Hello Simple, quick question We are building a game that contains mini games. We want to create the mini games as separate swf files to load into our main swf. We need the mini game swfs to send a message to the main swf that it has finished. From reading the docs, one way to do this is by using the LocalConnection method. Is this the preferred method of doing this kind of thing? Or is there another way? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 standalone - no fullscreen on Linux
Good News. Thanks for your help! - Cheers A
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Ran a quick test this morning...
fscommand('fullscreen', true) works as expected in the Linux version of
the
standalone player (9.0.31.0). Though I did notice that switching to
another
window seemed to kick it out of full-screen...
Cheers,
A.
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August,
I know the standalone player has the Full Screen menu option (I think it's
the View menu). And I know that it works in Ubuntu. (The browser plugin on
the other hand does not support full-screen).
Whether you can trigger full screen (in the standalone player) from AS I'm
not certain. If no one else can jump in to confirm I'll try to give it a
go
this evening...
Cheers,
A.
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[Flashcoders] Flash 9 standalone - no fullscreen on Linux
Hello We're developing a kiosk that needs to run on Linux full screen. The gold release of Flash Player 9 does not support this feature on Linux. Is there a workaround for this problem - running the Plugin in a browser that is in full screen mode? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 standalone - no fullscreen on Linux
Are you sure? This release note for version 9.0.31.0 says the contrary... http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/9/releasenotes.html Flash Player 9.0.31.0 for Linux includes all of the features from Flash Player 9.0.28.0 except for windowless mode and full-screen mode. Or is there something I'm missing here? Does the mean just the plugin does not support full screen mode and the standalone does? Thanks, A On 2/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest standalone version of the Linux Flash Player can do full screen. Cheers, A, |-+- | | August Gresens | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | Sent by: | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | figleaf.com | | | | | | | | | 2007-02-15 08:04 AM | | | Please respond to Flashcoders | | | mailing list | | | | |-+- | | | | To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com | | cc: | | Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 standalone - no fullscreen on Linux | | It doesn't appear Zinc will have an offering until Q2 2007.. Thanks, A On 2/15/07, Dennis - I Sioux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey August, Not sure with Linux and also flash 9.. but can't you use a 3th party for that? Like Zync/Flash Studio Pro from MDM? With kind regards, Dennis - Original Message - From: August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:12 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 standalone - no fullscreen on Linux Hello We're developing a kiosk that needs to run on Linux full screen. The gold release of Flash Player 9 does not support this feature on Linux. Is there a workaround for this problem - running the Plugin in a browser that is in full screen mode? Thanks, August -- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] using mx.controls package in an Actionscript 3.0 Project
Hello I'm trying to use an mx.controls.TextArea in my ActionScript 3.0 project. var textArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); textArea.text = foo; addChild(textArea); Nothing shows up - I suspect there is more to using flex controls in an AS3 project. Can anyone point me to some info about this? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] using mx.controls package in an Actionscript 3.0 Project
The code is in a class extending Sprite.. The Sprite is in the display list because there are bunch of graphics (bitmaps and such) that I'm adding using addChild right next to it and these are showing up... Thanks, A On 2/13/07, T. Michael Keesey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is this code placed? On 2/13/07, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I'm trying to use an mx.controls.TextArea in my ActionScript 3.0project. var textArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); textArea.text = foo; addChild(textArea); Nothing shows up - I suspect there is more to using flex controls in an AS3 project. Can anyone point me to some info about this? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- T. Michael Keesey Director of Technology Exopolis, Inc. 2894 Rowena Avenue Ste. B Los Angeles, California 90039 -- The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry Carney: http://parryandcarney.com ISPN Forum: http://www.phylonames.org/forum/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] using mx.controls package in an Actionscript 3.0 Project
I'm using Flex, with an ActionScript project. I added the libraries to the source path. This is not the issue, because it wouldn't have compiled if it couldn't find the classes. Thanks, A On 2/13/07, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you doing this in the Flash 9 preview IDE or Flexbuilder 2? If you're in Flash, make sure you have a TextArea component in your library. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of August Gresens Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:33 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] using mx.controls package in an Actionscript 3.0 Project The code is in a class extending Sprite.. The Sprite is in the display list because there are bunch of graphics (bitmaps and such) that I'm adding using addChild right next to it and these are showing up... Thanks, A On 2/13/07, T. Michael Keesey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is this code placed? On 2/13/07, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I'm trying to use an mx.controls.TextArea in my ActionScript 3.0project. var textArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); textArea.text = foo; addChild(textArea); Nothing shows up - I suspect there is more to using flex controls in an AS3 project. Can anyone point me to some info about this? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- T. Michael Keesey Director of Technology Exopolis, Inc. 2894 Rowena Avenue Ste. B Los Angeles, California 90039 -- The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry Carney: http://parryandcarney.com ISPN Forum: http://www.phylonames.org/forum/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] custom methods for MXML Generated Swfs
Hello If I generate a swf using the MXML compiler, I know that a main class for that swf is created. This main class contains the constructor, properties, and methods for the specific swf class. Is there a way I can add my own custom methods or properties to this class? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] questions about [embed] in AS3
Hello I just starting to learn AS3, making my way through the Mook rough cuts. I just read the chapter on external assets, and I've some questions about this curious [embed] feature. * I'm trying think of a precedent for this in another language, but can think of anything. The closest thing I could think of is the Java Class.getResource() method. Is this the intention? * I take it that this facility essentially gives you the ability to create your own symbol library. Is this right? * If so, I assume that one would create asset classes with static methods to return references to these symbols. These classes could be arranged in a library package of the developer's design. This would allow one to publish a SWF or SWC, and these classes would provide an interface to retrieving the symbols? Is this how this is typically used? * Initially declaring each asset with [embed] as a Class seemed strange. But since each one is really a symbol, which can be instanced, I guess it makes sense. Is this right? * I understand that the tight coupling between a class and it's assets are intentional with [embed]. It makes me wonder, however if there a way with Flex to manufacture SWF instances using a common class template? In other words, using mxml is there a way to manufacture a SWF of a certain type with compile time assets loaded into it's properties? (If so, could you point me to some documentation that would show me how to do this?) In general, I'd be interested in how people are using this feature in the field, especially for large projects. Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Deploying Standalone Apps with Flex2
With the Flash IDE, one can publish a standalone projector - native executable. This seems to me to just be the standalone player with a SWF file embedded in it. Does anyone know how one would accomplish the same thing with Flex? Can this be done from the Flex IDE or is there a special tool? Also, is there a way to configure Flex to run builds in the standalone player rather than launching the default web browser? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Deploying Standalone Apps with Flex2
That's it! Thanks, August On 1/18/07, Rákos Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the player folder of your Flex install there is a stand-alone Flash player, which can create projectors (File|Create Projector). And there are some more options including Zinc and Screenweaver HX. Attila ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Deploying Standalone Apps with Flex2
Thanks again, just what I was looking for.. AG On 1/18/07, Derek Vadneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just like the Flash Players before 9, you can create a standalone projector EXE using the Flash standalone player. Double-click your SWF file. When it opens in the standalone player, click File Create Projector... Then select the name and location to where you want to save the EXE file. The standalone player is the debug version. Afaik, Adobe has not released a non-debug standalone player 9 yet. To open the SWF in the standalone player, in Flex Builder 2 open the Properties for your project (right-click on the project folder and click Properties, or choose Project Properties from the root menu). Click on the ActionScript Compiler leaf and de-select the checkbox Generate HTML wrapper file. Click OK. You'll get a warning that all files in the html-template directory will be deleted, just say yes. Any HTML (and associated) files in the bin directory will remain. To clear them out as well, click Project Clean... Derek Vadneau - Original Message - From: August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:04 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Deploying Standalone Apps with Flex2 With the Flash IDE, one can publish a standalone projector - native executable. This seems to me to just be the standalone player with a SWF file embedded in it. Does anyone know how one would accomplish the same thing with Flex? Can this be done from the Flex IDE or is there a special tool? Also, is there a way to configure Flex to run builds in the standalone player rather than launching the default web browser? Thanks, August ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Standalone Flash Players for Linux
Hello We've just been awarded a kiosk job to be developed in Flash. The client is interested in deploying this kiosk on Linux using the standalone player. We're trying to figure out which version of Flash to use. There does not seem to be a Flash 8 or Flash 8.5 standalone player for Linux. There is a beta of the standalone player for Flash 9. Is it correct that there is no other standalone Flash Player for Linux other than Flash 6? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] timecode and live audio streams with FMS
Hello A client wants to synchronize visual data (specified from an XML stream) with a separate live audio stream. Can this be done with Flash Media Server and Flash? I'm wondering in particular how you would synchronize the display to the audio. Would this be done via timecode - if so, what kind of timecode is returned during playback of a live stream? Much Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] accessing symbols of a clip loaded with LoadMovie
I've been told if I load an external .swf via the LoadMovie command, I now can access the library of the loaded clip. Is this true? If so, are there any guidelines for doing this? Does the loaded clip have to remain attached to the project for the library symbols to be available? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Using assets from external SWF
Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] drop frame movieclip playback
Hello I was wondering about the possible effects of creating a class that would play back a movie clip by determining the current frame by the amount of time lapsed. This would be a drop frame style of movieClip playback. Has anyone tried this? I'm assuming there some kind of inter-frame compression in Flash MovieClips. If so, I'd imagine that this style of playback might not work (forcing it to skip frames). Sound sync would be off, it would probably only work for silent clips, right? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Bar Codes
If you are building a web application, I've used Java based (servlet) software that will return a JPEG image from a GET request this was from http://www.idautomation.com. I'm sure there are PHP versions of the same thing. I'm not sure how you would generate this in a standalone Flash app. Hope this helps, August On 7/20/06, Dan Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Does anybody have experience with generating barcodes. From what I've read it's as easy as embedding a barcode font and voila. But I can't match up to the example I have from the client. Any help or direction appreciated. Thanks, -d ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Getting the Symbol Name?
The other thread reminded me of a question I have. I know you can retrieve the instance name of a clip by accessing the _name property. But is it possible to get the symbol name of a clip at runtime as well? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] font embedding hell
Sorry to bug ya with a newbie question, but the figleaf server seems to be down so I couldn't search the archive. I'm failing miserably to embed any font - as a library or otherwise - for a dynamic or static text field. I tried two ways: * Using the embed button and choosing the characters. * Embedding the font as a symbol. I've tried alternate fonts, and these do not seem to embed either. I've tried two fonts so far - I'm attempting to embed them on a Macintosh computer. Berthold Akzidenz Grotes Helvetica Neu Bold Condensed. In either case - I get the missing font dialogue when I open the flash file containing the text fields mapped to these fonts. Are there any known workarounds/remedies for common problems with this. Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky Shared
Library thing they've got set up. Im seeing now, however, that even if I
get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally loaded
swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want to be
able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is starting to
dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
(By the way, I'm mystified that the Shared Library has been implemented
the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it difficult to
arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually changing
the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just load an
external library the way we do external clips).
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
If not, sorry for bothering
If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance name.
If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
loadedMovie.loadMovie(externalSwf.swf);
/*
* now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
child's instance name the work is done.
* if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better than
this one):
* try to provide some test_code that lets you find in a not ambiguos
way the desired child mc among other children mcs
*/
var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
for (var i in loadedMovie) {
if(test_code) {
desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
}
}
/*
* so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
* if there's no such test_code thing, sorry I have no idea..
*/
HTH
francesco.p
Jim Tann wrote:
You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
swf's library have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip that is
exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in the
child swf's library.
Jim
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Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Hello
Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside another
clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
MovieClipLoader).
For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash
project
that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external
clip,
can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in the
main
project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics all
in
one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is
treated
as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is
this
correct?
Thanks,
August
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Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one clip
into another clip?
For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
first child of one clip into another?
DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external clip,
into various clips in my project.
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
Library) into an swf..
but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
all library items (children mcs):
- can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the external
.fla)
- are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
by any other means (e.g. property values)
once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your project.
HTH
francesco
August Gresens wrote:
I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky Shared
Library thing they've got set up. Im seeing now, however, that even
if I
get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
loaded
swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
to be
able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
starting to
dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
(By the way, I'm mystified that the Shared Library has been
implemented
the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
difficult to
arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
changing
the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
load an
external library the way we do external clips).
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
If not, sorry for bothering
If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance name.
If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
loadedMovie.loadMovie(externalSwf.swf);
/*
* now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
child's instance name the work is done.
* if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better than
this one):
* try to provide some test_code that lets you find in a not ambiguos
way the desired child mc among other children mcs
*/
var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
for (var i in loadedMovie) {
if(test_code) {
desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
}
}
/*
* so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
* if there's no such test_code thing, sorry I have no idea..
*/
HTH
francesco.p
Jim Tann wrote:
You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
swf's library have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
that is
exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in
the
child swf's library.
Jim
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August
Gresens
Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
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Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Hello
Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside
another
clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
MovieClipLoader).
For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash
project
that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external
clip,
can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in
the
main
project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics
all
in
one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is
treated
as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is
this
correct?
Thanks,
August
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Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Francesco - I'll give that a try. It actually occurred to me, but I didn't
try it because I wasn't sure how the depth would be handled and what issues
would be associated with having a single clip instance be the child of two
parents. (When you move b, does it also move in a, even if a is not
moved?)
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Provided you know the child-to-copy instance name, that's a workaround:
say you have 2 mcs, one (a) created in your project and one (b) loaded
externally.
say you know the desired b-child instance name (b_child):
//create a copy of the desired child
var b_copy_child:MovieClip =
b_child.duplicateMovieClip(copy,b.getNextHighestDepth());
/*
*then 2 ways:
*a) if you simply want a reference to use in your project, work with
b_copy_child;
*b) if you really want b_child instance to be a child of a,
reference it from within,
* thanks to the fact MovieClip is dynamic:
*/
a.a_child = b_copy_child;
This, unless I'm missing some more-DOM-like AS2 interfaces - and then
I'd love to hear about..
HTH
francesco.p
August Gresens wrote:
Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one
clip
into another clip?
For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
first child of one clip into another?
DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external
clip,
into various clips in my project.
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
Library) into an swf..
but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
all library items (children mcs):
- can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the
external
.fla)
- are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
by any other means (e.g. property values)
once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your
project.
HTH
francesco
August Gresens wrote:
I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky Shared
Library thing they've got set up. Im seeing now, however, that even
if I
get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
loaded
swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
to be
able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
starting to
dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
(By the way, I'm mystified that the Shared Library has been
implemented
the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
difficult to
arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
changing
the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
load an
external library the way we do external clips).
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
If not, sorry for bothering
If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance
name.
If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
loadedMovie.loadMovie(externalSwf.swf);
/*
* now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
child's instance name the work is done.
* if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better
than
this one):
* try to provide some test_code that lets you find in a not
ambiguos
way the desired child mc among other children mcs
*/
var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
for (var i in loadedMovie) {
if(test_code) {
desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
}
}
/*
* so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
* if there's no such test_code thing, sorry I have no idea..
*/
HTH
francesco.p
Jim Tann wrote:
You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the
parent
swf's library have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
that is
exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in
the
child swf's library.
Jim
-Original Message-
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August
Gresens
Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
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Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Hello
Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside
another
clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
MovieClipLoader).
For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main
flash
project
that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this
external
clip
[Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Hello Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside another clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the MovieClipLoader). For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash project that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external clip, can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in the main project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics all in one shot, as opposed to loading them individually. From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is treated as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is this correct? Thanks, August ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] classes extending movie clip problem
Hello I've got a class that extends movieclip. This class is being associated with a movieClip in the Libary using the Object.RegisterClass method. When I attach this movieclip using attachMovie, the instance of the class does not respond to method calls defined in the subclass. Here's the code: Object.registerClass(menu_mc, VideoPlayerWidgetMC); videoPlayer = screen_mc.attachMovie(videoPlayerEmpty_mc, videoPlayer_mc, 10); videoPlayer._visible = false; videoPlayer._x = 500;; videoPlayer._y = 500; videoPlayer.init(); // does not respond to this custom method call!! In the debugger, the instance name shows up, but there is nothing next to it (the field is blank). The movieclip appears on the stage, however. I tried casting this clip as the custom object type (the sub-class), but this didn't work. I have a feeling this is a common occurance - does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] classes extending movie clip problem
doh! Thanks, August On 5/2/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks to me like your Object.registerClass is registering the wrong symbol ID - menu_mc instead of videoPlayerEmpty_mc. Ian On 5/2/06, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I've got a class that extends movieclip. This class is being associated with a movieClip in the Libary using the Object.RegisterClass method. When I attach this movieclip using attachMovie, the instance of the class does not respond to method calls defined in the subclass. Here's the code: Object.registerClass(menu_mc, VideoPlayerWidgetMC); videoPlayer = screen_mc.attachMovie(videoPlayerEmpty_mc, videoPlayer_mc, 10); videoPlayer._visible = false; videoPlayer._x = 500;; videoPlayer._y = 500; videoPlayer.init(); // does not respond to this custom method call!! In the debugger, the instance name shows up, but there is nothing next to it (the field is blank). The movieclip appears on the stage, however. I tried casting this clip as the custom object type (the sub-class), but this didn't work. I have a feeling this is a common occurance - does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, August ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] TextField as Menu?
Thanks - I'll give it a shot. It occurred to me later I could also roll my own menu using a series of textfields in a clip - but that seems like more work. August On 4/27/06, Marc Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you use HTML text, you can use a href='asfunction:... etc. to create hyperlinks that call an asfunction defined elsewhere, including one argument being passed (actually you can have multiple arguments but must use some delimiting character to split them apart). This might be easier than calculating cursor position relative to string locations. You can also use CSS to format how the asfunction links appear on Up, Over, and Down. Marc Hoffman At 03:49 PM 4/27/2006, you wrote: My client wants a list style menu with a transparent background - this doesn't seem possible with the (clunky looking) List component (right?). The TextField Class supports scrolling, and determining the mouse location within it's region. Is there any way to determine which line was clicked, and getting the contents of the line? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] createClassObject with List Class funky
Trying to create a List Class instance and having trouble. The list shows up on the stage, but the variable returned from createClassObject is null, so I cannot change the format or reposition it. This code is based on an example in the Mook Essential ActionScript book. The List composnent is in the Library and placed on frame after the classes have loaded. // begin code snippet import mx.controls.List var listText:List; clip_mc = parent_mc.createEmptyMovieClip( clip, parent.getNextHighestDepth() ); listText = clip_mc.createClassObject(List, listText_lst, clip.getNextHighestDepth() ); // these commands have no effect -- debugger shows that listText is null. listText.setSize(550, 150); listText.move(listText.x+50, listText.y+50); Any thoughts? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] TextField as Menu?
My client wants a list style menu with a transparent background - this doesn't seem possible with the (clunky looking) List component (right?). The TextField Class supports scrolling, and determining the mouse location within it's region. Is there any way to determine which line was clicked, and getting the contents of the line? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] offline SWF generation from XML
Thanks for all of your suggestions. I'll check them out. August On 4/19/06, Alex McCabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And Kinetic Fusion too http://www.kinesissoftware.com/index.php Alex. -- -- http://www.centralquestion.com/flauntit ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] offline SWF generation from XML
Quick question - are there any tools that can take an XML document, parse it and generate a swf file offline? We're looking for a way to avoid doing this parsing during runtime. Do JSFL, ANT or other tools have this capabiltiy? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] offline SWF generation from XML
I'd like to actually write out the file and then open it later using loadMovie - or include it another file using FlashAnt (which I believe can be used to nest clips inside each other?) For example, if the XML describes the contents of a text field with markup, I'd like to generate a SWF with a text field in it, that has the markup offline using the tool rather rather than doing this on the fly at runtime. Thanks, A On 4/18/06, elibol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . On 4/18/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out SWFMill: http://www.osflash.org/swfmill Might do what you want. - Original Message - From: August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:00 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] offline SWF generation from XML Quick question - are there any tools that can take an XML document, parse it and generate a swf file offline? We're looking for a way to avoid doing this parsing during runtime. Do JSFL, ANT or other tools have this capabiltiy? Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to excel?
I do this with Director all the time - you should be able to do it with a Flash Projector and something like Zinc to write the file. I create a tab delimited file with an xls extension - on Windows this will show up in the OS as an excel file. Double clicking it will launch Excel. I've also done formulas in the cells as well, and this works. Just use the =SUM() (or whatever) format that you would manually type into the excel spreadsheet when creating the formula. August On 3/31/06, Flash guru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible for a flash projector file to write to an excel file? Maybe someone wrote a class for this? or maybe this isn't possible, who knows? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader
Another related question - now that we can instance a class specified in an
XML document, how can
we dynamically associate this class with a MovieClip instance? It is my
understaning that Object.Register
class associates a class with a movieclip symbol (not an instance).
Thanks,
August
On 1/4/06, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ClassFactory - just what we were looking for. Thanks, August
On 1/4/06, Jim Kremens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or this:
class ClassFactory {
public static function getClass(name:String, args:Object):Object {
return new Function(eval(name))(args ? args : []);
}
}
/* USAGE
* //can be any referenced class
* var myClass = ClassFactory.getClass(
org.flashcodersny.style.GradientFill,
args);
*/
As long as the class you're trying to instantiate exists in the _global
namespace, the above will work. To make sure it exists, just say its
name:
class DeclareClassNames {
function DeclareClassNames() {
org.myClass1;
org.myClass2;
//and so on...
}
}
There have been a few threads on this subject recently...
Jim Kremens
On 1/4/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
no it needs to be a ref to the constructer function.
this can be solved however with this:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
_global[com][blackhammer][test][TestClass]);
On 1/4/06, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello
We're new to flash, migrating over from Director. We're trying to
implement
a Java style class loader in Flash, but we are having some
difficulty
doing
this.
This is what we are trying to do:
1. Create an XML document with elements specifying the name of the
class,
a
movieclip instance and and some initialization parameters.
for example:
object class=com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
name=testClassInstance1
clipName=myTestClip
param name=param1 value=1 type=int/
/object
2. On startup, the Flash movie parses the XML file, instancing a
class
corresponding to the string name specifiied in the XML (associating
it
with
the specified MovieClip), and populates the newly created object
with
the
parameter values specified in the XML.
When we attempt to do this using RegisterClass, however, it appears
as
though the class name cannot be passed in as a string.
This works:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
);
This doesn't:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
);
Any clues?
Perhaps there is a more elegant way of doing this anyway, since
RegisterClass seems to associate all instances of myTestClip (the
symbol)
with the specified class. What we'd like to do is associate an
instance
of
a
class with an instance of a movieclip.
Thanks,
August
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader
Again, thanks again for your help. Cheers, August On 1/5/06, bryan.rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Jim Kremens wrote: __proto__ The Rebel Alliance Live On. : ) In these days of the Flash Fracturization, I find that to be a very comforting thought. blue skies, bryan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader
Hello We're new to flash, migrating over from Director. We're trying to implement a Java style class loader in Flash, but we are having some difficulty doing this. This is what we are trying to do: 1. Create an XML document with elements specifying the name of the class, a movieclip instance and and some initialization parameters. for example: object class=com.blackhammer.test.TestClass name=testClassInstance1 clipName=myTestClip param name=param1 value=1 type=int/ /object 2. On startup, the Flash movie parses the XML file, instancing a class corresponding to the string name specifiied in the XML (associating it with the specified MovieClip), and populates the newly created object with the parameter values specified in the XML. When we attempt to do this using RegisterClass, however, it appears as though the class name cannot be passed in as a string. This works: Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName, com.blackhammer.test.TestClass); This doesn't: Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName, com.blackhammer.test.TestClass); Any clues? Perhaps there is a more elegant way of doing this anyway, since RegisterClass seems to associate all instances of myTestClip (the symbol) with the specified class. What we'd like to do is associate an instance of a class with an instance of a movieclip. Thanks, August -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader
ClassFactory - just what we were looking for. Thanks, August
On 1/4/06, Jim Kremens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or this:
class ClassFactory {
public static function getClass(name:String, args:Object):Object {
return new Function(eval(name))(args ? args : []);
}
}
/* USAGE
* //can be any referenced class
* var myClass = ClassFactory.getClass(
org.flashcodersny.style.GradientFill,
args);
*/
As long as the class you're trying to instantiate exists in the _global
namespace, the above will work. To make sure it exists, just say its
name:
class DeclareClassNames {
function DeclareClassNames() {
org.myClass1;
org.myClass2;
//and so on...
}
}
There have been a few threads on this subject recently...
Jim Kremens
On 1/4/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
no it needs to be a ref to the constructer function.
this can be solved however with this:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
_global[com][blackhammer][test][TestClass]);
On 1/4/06, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello
We're new to flash, migrating over from Director. We're trying to
implement
a Java style class loader in Flash, but we are having some difficulty
doing
this.
This is what we are trying to do:
1. Create an XML document with elements specifying the name of the
class,
a
movieclip instance and and some initialization parameters.
for example:
object class=com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
name=testClassInstance1
clipName=myTestClip
param name=param1 value=1 type=int/
/object
2. On startup, the Flash movie parses the XML file, instancing a class
corresponding to the string name specifiied in the XML (associating it
with
the specified MovieClip), and populates the newly created object with
the
parameter values specified in the XML.
When we attempt to do this using RegisterClass, however, it appears as
though the class name cannot be passed in as a string.
This works:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
);
This doesn't:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
);
Any clues?
Perhaps there is a more elegant way of doing this anyway, since
RegisterClass seems to associate all instances of myTestClip (the
symbol)
with the specified class. What we'd like to do is associate an
instance
of
a
class with an instance of a movieclip.
Thanks,
August
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