[Flashcoders] RE: PDF2SWF - or other means to convert bytestream PDF to SWF??
I hope they don't find out that the PDF is also stored in memory while it's converting! Next they'll ask you to convert the file without it ever actually going into RAM! Haha, that's about where I'm at with this project! Seriously though, if it were me, I'd tell them it has to be in a temp file and will be destroyed as soon as it's converted. If you can't convince them, and you have a linux server, you might look into FIFOs / named pipes. Basically, what you do is something like: I've used named pipes plenty, but this is all .Net/winduhs on the backend that will be handling the input/output of the pdf2swf cli. I'm gonna have to modify pdf2swf, it looks like... Good luck! -David R By the way, using flashpaper in an automated server environment violates the license agreement. Though if you are a small operation, adobe may not bother to go after you. Did not know that - that's a good one to know. And no, this is for a huge, 600+ screen app, it's not small by any stretch of the imagination, so I would certainly be violating the lic agreement if I were to use it. Thanks for the heads up. Josh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] PDF2SWF - or other means to convert bytestream PDF to SWF??
I have a need to consume PDFs with the flash player - no problem in the past - just use PDF2SWF to convert to multiframe SWF and loadMovie. The problem I'm having now is that the specs I've been given require that no PDF files be stored on the server, so the PDF can't physically exist, even in a temp dir for PDF2SWF to hit it. I can't really see a way to pass the byte stream of the PDF as it is rendered from the database content from .Net into PDF2SWF to render the SWF. Anyone else ever pull this off? If it's not possible (in a reasonably straightforward manner) to do it dynamically, I will just tell the powers that be that they're just going to have to store the PDF in a temp dir on the server until PDF2SWF is done with it and then just destroy it. I don't really see a problem with that, and I've done it with great success in the past, but there's a lot of PII (personally identifiable info) in these PDFs we're creating, and the execs are concerned about storing anything for even a moment. If anyone has a solution that fits my needs, I would be forever grateful. :-) Josh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position
Heh.. That's exactly what I was just thinking. Wow...where do I sign up? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 9:28 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position but you really shouldn't have had any problem finding that out by looking at our website. And these are the nice people you want to work for. :) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions ___ 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] LF: Flash representation of Board of Directors network
http://www.theyrule.net/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Brown Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 1:51 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] LF: Flash representation of Board of Directors network Does anyone remember the URL for a flash project that showed the connection of the CEOs and board of directors for the major companies of the world? It allowed you to see how many companies each person was on the board of directors for. You could also expand company nodes to see all the board of directors. Thanks, BB ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] XML-PHP-FLASH
If you're already using PHP on the server side, I can't see why you wouldn't use AMF - it's binary, where xml is not, and is far more verbose to send across the pipe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shaw, Matt (MTVN) Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:43 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XML-PHP-FLASH Or don't write any XML at all. All the kids are using XML-RPC with Flash - it's the neatest! http://xmlrpcflash.sf.net ___ 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] Swish-type text animation
Just curious... I haven't endeavored to use a 3p tool like this in years, so I'm wondering what, if anything people are using to generate text effects nowadays? Short of hand-animating it yourself, of course. Josh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation
Ahhh, that's pretty slick, Jesse. Nice. Like you said though - it's time-consuming to say the least. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation JSFL if you have the patience: http://www.jessewarden.com/archives/2004/09/jsfl_jxlwithrow.html - Original Message - From: Ettwein, Josh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:28 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation Just curious... I haven't endeavored to use a 3p tool like this in years, so I'm wondering what, if anything people are using to generate text effects nowadays? Short of hand-animating it yourself, of course. Josh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] XML-PHP-FLASH
Oh yeah, I totally agree with you. If the packets of data are small, no reason against just using XML/Xpath. I meant use AMFPHP for larger datasets, where XML's verbosity becomes an issue. Personally, I use AMFPHP for everything, but that's only because I've been using it for several years, and I've got a really good system set up with base classes for a simple AS2 MVC/P system using AMFPHP. I can get a framework up and running in like 5 minutes or so with data going back and forth. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:55 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XML-PHP-FLASH well, yes i would recommend you look at amfphp, but while it's great and I use it often, sometimes that could be overkill depending on your needs. the thing with sending xml to flash is that you have a nicely structured object to deal with (as opposed to sending flash a url-encoded string and parsing that). The downside is, if you are going to use the flash's native xml-handling methods(firstChild, childNodes[]), it maybe become cumbersome if you are dealing with some complex xml. As mentioned previously, sending xml will pretty much always require sending more data, since you have to send all the extra xml info with the response. If you're xml is fairly light however, it may be worth your time to to just send back the xml, and use flash's native xml object methods. Also mentioned is XPath, which really rocks, and the combination of sending back xml to flash and using XPath syntax to query the xml object is pretty powerful. ___ 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] Swish-type text animation
Sorry, I forwarded it to the list, I figured everyone might want those resources you mentioned. I forgot I was writing to the list in indonesian though... My bad! :) I tried the second one, works pretty well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anggie Bratadinata Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:18 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation Sama-sama, Mas Josh :) Dan, maaf saya tidak sengaja mengirim email langsung ke alamat Mas Josh, bukan ke Flashcoders. -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang - East Java I N D O N E S I A http://design.ibshastautama.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation
Lol... I was there for 3 weeks surfing last summer and became obsessed with the language - it's very fun to learn and speak. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:33 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation I forgot I was writing to the list in indonesian though... My bad! :) Yeah, don't sweat it, I almost make the same mistake every day myself. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue
Yes. It's running in an emulator (rosetta), correct? You're going to have performance issues with any software that's not optimized for the Mac intel chip, which is pretty much everything at this point, if I'm correct. I've actually heard that a lot of the pro apps like Motion, etc. won't even run under Rosetta - I think because they're heavily time-sensitive - the software knows that there's no way it can keep up without dropping a ton of frames, so it won't even run if it knows it's going to be an unacceptable level of performance. Can you install boot camp and run the PC version maybe? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dwayne Neckles Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:32 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue I have one and Flash is super slow on a macbook pro... disapointing Original Message Follows From: Patrick Matte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:05:39 -0400 We have a performance issue here with the flash player on a brand new macbook pro. Our latest site that uses flash 8 progressive download video is running at less than 5 frames per second while it should play at 24 fps... Has anybody heard of any similar problem with that machine? ___ 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
RE: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ... I wouldn't disagree with you at all on that Paul. I might disagree about the numbers in minority especially given the porn variable, but I don't think it raises the number into the majority by any means. But that doesn't diminish what you've said here, FlashObject has been very easy to integrate and use. On 4/10/06, Paul Neave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wholeheartedly recommend using Flash Object for embedding Flash into HTML. Yes, it means those with JavaScript disabled will get the 'alternative version', but in all honesty, in these days of AJAX and standards-compliance, people who disable JavaScript are in the tiny minority. The benefits (customisability, compatibility, upgradability etc.) of using Flash Object greatly outweigh the disadvantages. I'd love to see Adobe recommend the use of Flash Object over the current standard of an ugly combined object and embed tags. On another note, it's actually considered good practice to have JavaScript create any 'active content', that way the code falls down gracefully and those with non-capable browsers get an alternative view. Just my opinion! Paul. On 10/04/06, GregoryN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last year I worked with a client's employee, who had both javascript and cookies turned off. At first, I couldn't understand why he's doing so. My thoughts were exactly as Steven's . But some day he's dropped few words and I've got it: he's porn surfer! And he was using office computer for it :-). So, here's the example motivation to turn JS off. As to the point, I guess we still can use NOSCRIPT tag, can't we? Yes, it will require activation in IE7, but seems it's the only way. -- Best regards, GregoryN http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. On 4/9/06, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You also have to consider what users are turning off Javascript. First, Javascript is turned on by default. Second, you have to be somewhat savvy to know what Javascript is, much less turn it off, and also know what purpose turning it off serves. Third, you need to have a reason to turn it off. These things combined means that people who turn off Javascript are more than likely well aware of the consequences of this action, it's not just Flash that's effected. It's pretty much any plug-in and any DHTML site. Almost every site on the web uses Javascript now in some form or another. I wonder just how many people turn off Javascript and are they really worth going after? They obviously want a very limited and controlled web experience. It's like trying to advertise on cable television channels to people who only have antenna reception. You're just not going to reach that very small audience, so get over it. ___ 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 -- John Grden - Blitz ___ 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] AS2 slideshow question
So before I start with the question, I'll throw out there that yes, I am rebuilding a wheel here that has probably been done 100 times over, but client wants this built and is paying for it, so there it is... Now to the question. I have created a series of AS2 classes to handle the functionality of a basic slideshow (fwd,back,pause/play,rewind), and it's for a designer (non-technical flash person) who is making each individual slide as a separate swf, with an audio file (mp3) that goes with each slide. The client desires the capability to monkey with the slides and audio files without recompiling the main swf or the AS2 classes, so I have written it such that it pulls slide and audio data from an XML file managed by the client and based on that file, just uses a movieClipLoader and loads the sound files together on the load method. Issues are that there has to be a preloader on each slide to handle the dead air, which I don't like, not to mention depending on connection speed, it's just downright flakey. My thought is just to have the designer create all the slides as mc's rather than swf's and put the slide mc's and sounds directly in the library and preload the whole shebang once at the front end. Obviously, this will remove the ability to edit slides and audio files without recompile, but for user-experience sake, I'd lean toward that method - using attachMovie and attachSound rather than movieClipLoader and loadSound. Any thoughts? Josh Josh Ettwein | Intuit | Web Developer | direct 858.525.8026 ___ 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 e-commerce site
Off the top of my head, I'd say you would want to use it for an e-comm site because it is rather well suited for that, imho. The persistent state is perfect for this sort of thing, and allows for the entire checkout process to happen without browser refresh. As far as security goes, put it on an https server - done. With few exceptions, the flash player uses the browser for all of its communication with the server, so you can rest assured that all the data being posted is encrypted - it's the same solution as for security concerns with regular old html pages. Ok, some of the socket connections (XMLsocket, for example, I think) do not use the browser, but for the most part, using SSL is safe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Potter Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:45 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash e-commerce site Not sure why you would want to use flash for an e-comm site, and this is coming from a person that tries to use flash all the time even when it isn't necessarily appropriate. That being said, we used oscommerce and had a store up and running in less than a week. I was pretty impressed with it. If you absolutely need to use flash I would suggest using a hybrid approach of keeping track of the items in flash and passing the items to the php cart at checkout. I don't know how easy it is to make flash secure, and that would be my biggest worry. I haven't used it but here is a flash e-comm engine. http://www.flashcart.com/ Good Luck, Ryan ___ 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] lil' help with amfphp... works locally, not uploaded...
Can you create a simple page that creates a new instance of your class and spits what would be sent to flash via amf to the screen instead to see if the class file is not barfing silently on the remote server? Could it be handling of whitespace in the class file - although I think this was fixed in v1.0? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Count Schemula Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:56 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] lil' help with amfphp... works locally, not uploaded... Actually, the db server is a wholly separate server? But the same .swf gets the remote db data when I do Test Movie. amfphp is on the remote server, and seems to test positive. http://www.thelargeglass.com/amfphp/gateway.php ___ 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] lil' help with amfphp... works locally, not uploaded...
Yes, you're right.. It does. My bad. Your stuff works for me now. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Count Schemula Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:07 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] lil' help with amfphp... works locally, not uploaded... I think the /browser folder doers this? example: http://www.thelargeglass.com/amfphp/browser/ Let's you test the basic service? On 3/29/06, Ettwein, Josh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you create a simple page that creates a new instance of your class and spits what would be sent to flash via amf to the screen instead to ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Using Flash with Ruby on Rails
It was also the only way to get a safe buzz when going out with friends at a party if you were training and couldn't have alcohol. Not saying it was smart... It is really safe though when used properly, like anything else. :) It was legal, and OTC till 1990... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee McColl-Sylvester Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:33 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Using Flash with Ruby on Rails I used to use GammaHydroxyButyrate back in my bodybuilding days (don't laugh, it's true). Used to double the effects of some of the other supplements I used. It's safe to take, but some people found it enhanced the effects of hardcore drugs, so it was taken off the market... Well, made illegal. Damn snotty nosed, pimple faced, doped up drug taking little sons of somethingorothers. Lee ___ 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 Flash with Ruby on Rails
Yeah, a RoR port of remoting would be dope. Hmm... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Royer Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:49 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Using Flash with Ruby on Rails Hi All, Was considering ruby on rails as a backend platform for flash apps, as it seems much quicker to set up database/sql transactions than using PHP. I have some little experience with PHP, but I'm at the point where I pretty much need to relearn it or pick something else, so I thought now might be a good time to check out RoR. I haven't been able to find much information at all about how Flash/AS2 might communicate with a Ruby on Rails app. One person suggested a couple of javascript implementations, but I'd prefer to avoid javascript if I can. Has anybody had any experience/success using these together, or should I just stick with PHP? thanks in advance, chad ___ 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] Browse folders from flash
...and in mx04, you would need to use javascript or some other slightly kludgey solution, like the yamzbrowser one. Basically use a hidden form field and javascript to trigger a 'press' of the 'browse' button on the hidden form in a 0% height frame or some such thing. I have used it in the past with mixed degrees of success. Search the archives for flash file upload - this has been discussed a lot in the past. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Bedar Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:19 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Browse folders from flash In Flash 8 you can open a file browser to upload/download a file On Mar 21, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Felipe Fernandez wrote: Hi all, is it possible open a windows browser in order to user choose a local directory/folder? Of course, from flash (8 or, best, MX 2004) Regards. ___ 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
RE: [Flashcoders] Browse folders from flash
You could use PHP (or whatever serverside lang you've got) to do a directory listing and use is_dir to build youreslf a list of directories. Pass that into flash using remoting/loadvars/xml/whathaveyou and display a list of dirs in flash with the full paths as properties of the dir objects you display. Clicking on one would allow you to grab that path var. Something like that, maybe? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Felipe Fernandez Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:07 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Browse folders from flash Yes, I'm agree with you, Rich. I know about FileReference but FileReference works with files, not directories. Any suggest? Thanks all. On 3/21/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as far as I know you cant just select a folder...flash needs to create a FileReference object for each file in a directory, and it will only do that for each individual item that the user selected. Why they couldnt just create one for every file in a directory I don't know, but I would imagine it was a security concern. ___ 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] What's your job title?
Haha... I just about spit out a mouthful of sprite reading that. Not to mention that if they were here in California, they'd immediately be given driver's licenses, free health care and waivers for tuition to CA state colleges. Turns out I'm paying off $50K in student loans for the next 30 years for no reason - I should have just renounced my US citizenship, gone to Tijuana for the day and got drunk and then snuck back across and I'd have been all set. Silly me for following the law. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:15 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title? Interactive Architect Far too similar to Information Architect, which is an actual job. In addition, architects don't build, they plan. In other words, this title is bullshit. To expound on the above: Interactive Day Laborer I envision a bunch of Indians standing outside of CompUSAs across the nation every morning. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?
My old one (biz card) when I owned my own gig said simply, Weapons Expert. That got a lot of second glances, and broke the ice on a lot of conversations, that's fer sure. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ryanm Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:52 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What's your job title? Here's a non-technical question: what is your job title? My business card is all white, with just one word in the middle: God. ;-) ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?
Come on, lighten up, man... They were jokes, and clearly in no way directed at anyone on this list. Unless of course, you *do* hang out in front of the CompUSA, in which case, I'm sorry. I'm getting back to work. And no, it wouldn't be politically incorrect; Call me a redneck all you want - if what I said qualifies me as such. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:57 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title? if they were here in California, they'd immediately be given driver's licenses, free health care and waivers for tuition to CA state collegesI should have just renounced my US citizenship, gone to Tijuana for the day and got drunk I envision a bunch of Indians standing outside of CompUSAs across the nation every morning. Wow. Quite a spew of severe insensitivity to *actual* job titles people have had on this list, political incorrectness, and cultural/racial insensitivity today. Would it be politically incorrect of me to call y'all rednecks? :) Maybe we should end this pointless stuff, alt+tab back to Flash.exe and Git 'Er Done! so we can all go home enjoy the weekend. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?
I like that one. Is the applicator like a popsicle stick? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clark slater Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:15 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What's your job title? Rich.Internet.Applicator aka Clark ___ 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] What's your job title?
Dude... Chill, seriously. This little subthread has gotten so OT now, its ridiculous. Please note, I never mentioned Mexicans - unfortunately you were the one who took it there. I mentioned going to Mexico, as in the country. FYI... I live just minutes north of the border (and lived in Mexico City for a long time, for that matter) so it's clearly the nearest border to me that I could cross to come back in. Get off your politically correct high horse for a minute and realize that not everything people say like this is racist. That's a really strong word to throw out - unfortunately more and more people are willing to do so these days when they have nothing cogent to say. Subthread over...kill it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:19 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title? Come on, lighten up, man... They were jokes, and clearly in no way directed at anyone on this list. So you're saying racial comments about Indians and Mexicans are OK on this list (or maybe even in general) as long as they are not directed at any one person on this list (even though there is a good chance there actually are persons or [related to persons as I am] of Mexican and Indian heritage on this list) and they are also in the form of jokes? Uh, ok. Well... I'm light, man - with my redneck git 'er done comment, and stupid smiley face, I was trying to be light back and not bring anyone down like I apparently did to you anyway - maybe you could lighten up a little too. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?
Sorry for the rest of you who had to put up with this... My apologies. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:50 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title? So the they in your e-mail was instead referring to the Indians OK. Yeah, I better just end this now - you obviously are on a much higher horse than I am and you sound like you're about to go ballistic on me. Sorry to touch a nerve, have a nice weekend. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash and server side databases
Yes. Doa a search for flash remoting. You'll find volumes of info. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alberto Florentin Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:04 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash and server side databases Hi all, I have been programming in Flash for quite a while, but always in the basic sense of rather complex applications which run on web pages or projectors. I have never done any communication with servers (apart from loading xml files in flash which I upload via FTP) Would flash be a good tool for interactive applications that communicate with rather large server-side databases? What other tools do I need to look into in order to start working towards this direction? thanks a lot Alberto ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] any nice free PHP or .Net library to generate SWF
I haven't used it in years, but when I did, Ming was really great. Ming.sourceforge.net, I believe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chall3ng3r Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1:00 AM To: FlashCoders List Subject: [Flashcoders] any nice free PHP or .Net library to generate SWF hello, i'm looking for a free library to generate SWF, it'd be great if someone kows about any .net library. thanks in adv, ___ 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] setInterval inside created Clip
How about... Note I added some dummy values to vars to get it to work in
my environment. The last param is optional, but I figured I'd throw that
in there in case you weren't aware of that one.
var rootRef =_root;
var vItemCount =1;
var newName =test;
rootRef.work.createEmptyMovieClip(newName, vItemCount);
var newClip = rootRef.work[newName];
newClip.doSomething = function(arg){
trace(I just did something... yay! +arg);
}
var intID =setInterval( newClip, doSomething, 1000, say this );
HTH,
Josh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin
Aebig
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:27 AM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] setInterval inside created Clip
Nope... didn't work. This is weird because a call to
newClip.doSomething() works exactly as expected...
Cheers,
Kevin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Byron
Canfield
Sent: February 24, 2006 11:01 AM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] setInterval inside created Clip
newClip.intervalid = setInterval(newClip.doSomething, 200);
--
Byron Barn Canfield
Hey All,
I'm looping through a structure adding movieclips along the way for
each
element. I need to setup a separate interval inside each new clip. If
I
call
the function directly, I need this to be constantly updating without
an
onEnterFrame.
_root.work.createEmptyMovieClip( newName, vItemCount );
//
var newClip = _root.work[newName];
//
// this function redraws the line
newClip.doSomething = function(){
// {.}
}
// I've tried all of the following
// newClip.intervalid = setInterval(this, doSomething, 200);
// newClip.intervalid = newClip.setInterval(doSomething, 200);
// newClip.intervalid = setInterval(newClip, doSomething, 200);
Any insight or help is appreciated.
Cheers,
!k
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RE: [Flashcoders] opportunity - paypal flash cart
Probably because your initial requirements listed seem contradictory to what you're saying now. Unfortunately, $1000 is *not* a lot of $$, and you're talking about more than just actionscript work on this, by nature of the fact that you want the fulfillment portion done under that $1K as well. I don't know about a confused shrug... I'd simply say no. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stone larsen Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:43 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] opportunity - paypal flash cart In reply to this email. I am not looking for a cart that wins awards, only something that will hold a persistent cart have to ability to delete items from the cart, and a checkout that uses paypal as the merchant. I do not see why such a request would warrant a response like the one I got. -S Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rich Rodecker wrote: check out flashkart. On 2/8/06, stone larsen wrote: I am looking to hire someone for a fully functional apparel based flash cart using paypal as the merchant. Key needs: XML powered, easily updateable. If interested please hit me back, I'm not looking to spend over $1000. Best, S- And for future reference, if you're asking someone to code a full-featured professional-grade web application from the ground up, an offer of $1000 will only get you a confused shrug. There are very highly-paid people who can spend months on this kind of project. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?
Dude, that's some funny shit. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Winterhalder Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:22 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications? On 2/2/06, Cedric Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what's that ?? harsh ? (to open) a can of worms, idiom: to ask for general stylistic advice on a professional mailing list, often resulting in contradicting advises that turn into flame wars, ending with somebody crying and repeated demands for the thread to be discontinued. see also: 'Tell me more about _global' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_idioms_in_the_English_language#C hth, mark -- http://snafoo.org/ jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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] AMFPHP for commercial projects
I've been using it for over 4 years on large-scale production projects for clients like Sunkist, Shea Homes, The Irvine Company etc... a lot of high-traffic sites with a lot of concurrent users. No problems, ever. And like Mike mentioned, the PHP code itself is really quite simple, if you don't like anything about it, just change it - I have on several occasions. I would highly recommend it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Britton Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:56 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AMFPHP for commercial projects AMFPHP is really straightforward code -- any PHP programmer worth his salt could go in and fix if needed. It also keeps the option of moving to CF or Java open, since your AS2 will be the same. The project has picked up again and has been out of beta for some time. Mike ___ 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] remoting and record-sets and paging
Unless a major upgrade has been done to amfphp, it does not support (natively) pageable recordsets. I could be wrong though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dustin Krysak Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:16 AM To: Flash Lists Subject: [Flashcoders] remoting and record-sets and paging Hi there, I am using flash 8 pro and amfphp to connect to mySql. Now I have been playing around, and can get the data into a datagrid, etc. I am now trying to figure out the best way to deal with pageable result-sets. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial or example file? Thanks! d ___ 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
