RE: [Flashcoders] Get Timezone City?
Hi David,
The IP address could work if your Air has access to that. I don't know much
about it, but for a web project I worked on a few years ago, the SEO people
used the IP to determine the user's country and redirect according to that
(Ireland or US site). I think they were using some kind of Geo-IP database
service for this.
Karina
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Get Timezone City?
Thanks Karl,
I can grab the time using the Date class in AS3, I'm more stuck on how to
detect what city they have set in their system preferences or some other way
to detect what city they are in.
IP address?
Thanks,
David
On 17 May 2012 00:37, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote:
You could use PHPs date function.
http://us.php.net/manual/en/**function.date.phphttp://us.php.net/manu
al/en/function.date.php
http://www.w3schools.com/php/**func_date_date.asphttp://www.w3schools
.com/php/func_date_date.asp
?php
$timezone = date('T');
?
or
?php
$timezone = date('e');
?
Then flashvars it into your flash clock.
Just a thought.
Best,
Karl
On May 16, 2012, at 5:20 PM, David Hunter wrote:
Hi All,
I'm making a screensaver / air app of a clock and one of the desired
features is to grab the city of the timezone that the computer is set to.
For example my clock is set to GMT and London, but I could set it to
Eastern Daylight Time and the city to New York or Miami.
Does anyone know if it is possible to grab the city selected
associated with the time of the computer? (I'm on a mac, not sure if
the setup is the same on a PC...)
Thanks,
David
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RE: [Flashcoders] Accessing FlashVars
Hi Kerry,
Digging a few years back, I unearthed some code.
Here's the html:
object data=main.swf id=main
type=application/x-shockwave-flash
width=980
height=600
param name=movie value=main.swf /
param name=menu value=false /
param name=quality value=best /
param name=bgcolor value=#ff /
param name=flashVersion value=9 /
param name=flashVars value=product=test/
/object
And this is from the Main Class constructor:
product = root.loaderInfo.parameters.product;
For the life of me I can't remember why I used root in a Main constructor
(copy-pasta from another class or maybe the movie was loaded by another?),
but it worked.
Maybe you could try this combo with a bare-bones test movie.
(Note: This wasn't done in FlashBuilder, though - Flash IDE compiler with
FlashDevelop for code editing)
Karina
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Accessing FlashVars
That's one way of doing it, but the embed tag has been deprecated. Well,
maybe not officially deprecated, but it's considered obsolete.
I've done some more digging, and it may not even be related to the
FlashVars. There are some other things in the HTML that aren't working, so
there may be a deeper, or prior, problem.
Thanks, Karl.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Karl DeSaulniers
k...@designdrumm.comwrote:
Something like this?
object
...
param name=FlashVars value=appURL= testappURL2=hello ...
embed ... FlashVars=appURL= testappURL2=hello ... / /object
FLASH ---
function init(e:Event) {
var flashVars=this.loaderInfo.**parameters;
var appURL=flashVars.appURL;
}
this.loaderInfo.**addEventListener(Event.**COMPLETE, init);
HTH,
Karl
On Apr 30, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Kerry Thompson wrote:
Flash Builder 4 AS3 project, Windows 7, Firefox 12.0.
I can't access the FlashVars in the HTML file. I've been working on this
all day, and it's driving me crazy (crazier). Do you see anything in the
following code?
In the constructor of my default AS3 file, I have this:
this.loaderInfo.**addEventListener(Event.**COMPLETE, init);
and in the init() function:
var flashVars:Object;
flashVars = this.loaderInfo.parameters;
When I look at it in the debugger, flashVars is an object, but it has no
parameters. The relevant HTML is pretty straightforward:
object classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-**11cf-96B8-44455354
width=100% height=100% id=RMK_Beta
param name=movie value=RMK_Beta.swf /
param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test /
param name=quality value=high /
param name=bgcolor value=#ff /
param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain /
param name=allowFullScreen value=true /
!--[if !IE]--
object type=application/x-shockwave-**flash
data=RMK_Beta.swf width=100% height=100%
param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test
/
param name=quality value=high /
param name=bgcolor value=#ff /
param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain /
param name=allowFullScreen value=true /
!--![endif]--
!--[if gte IE 6]--
p
Either scripts and active content are not permitted
to run or Adobe Flash Player version
10.0.0 or greater is not installed.
/p
!--![endif]--
a
href=http://www.adobe.com/go/**getflashplayerhttp://www.adobe.com/go/getfl
ashplayer
img src=
http://www.adobe.com/images/**shared/download_buttons/get_**
flash_player.gifhttp://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_fla
sh_player.gif
alt=Get Adobe Flash Player /
/a
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/object
!--![endif]--
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Re: [Flashcoders] Accessing FlashVars
Hey Kerry, I think it's because you assigned the event to loaderinfo - not the Main class instance, and then you're asking for the loaderinfo's loaderinfo, when it's the Main's loaderinfo that you need. Also I don't think you need any event at all. You should be able to access the flashvars from the Main function's constructor (loaderinfo.parameters) Cheers, Karina On 30 Apr 2012, at 23:46, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: Flash Builder 4 AS3 project, Windows 7, Firefox 12.0. I can't access the FlashVars in the HTML file. I've been working on this all day, and it's driving me crazy (crazier). Do you see anything in the following code? In the constructor of my default AS3 file, I have this: this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, init); and in the init() function: var flashVars:Object; flashVars = this.loaderInfo.parameters; When I look at it in the debugger, flashVars is an object, but it has no parameters. The relevant HTML is pretty straightforward: object classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354 width=100% height=100% id=RMK_Beta param name=movie value=RMK_Beta.swf / param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / param name=quality value=high / param name=bgcolor value=#ff / param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain / param name=allowFullScreen value=true / !--[if !IE]-- object type=application/x-shockwave-flash data=RMK_Beta.swf width=100% height=100% param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / param name=quality value=high / param name=bgcolor value=#ff / param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain / param name=allowFullScreen value=true / !--![endif]-- !--[if gte IE 6]-- p Either scripts and active content are not permitted to run or Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.0 or greater is not installed. /p !--![endif]-- a href=http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer; img src= http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif; alt=Get Adobe Flash Player / /a !--[if !IE]-- /object !--![endif]-- /object ___ 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] Accessing FlashVars
Kerry, See if you can find the stage from any stage-member instance and get its loaderinfo parameters. Otherwise, you could test with the barest-bone HTML code possible to see if the embedding code is the culprit.Google flash sate for the simplest object code, losing the classids and conditionals. I can't copy/paste code or test any of the theories right now, because I'm nowhere near an actual computer, but I'll do it in the morning if you're still stuck (maybe best to do something else for a while). Actually, why am I still awake? It's 2 am! Karina On 1 May 2012, at 01:00, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: Thanks, Karina and Jason. Jason, I've traced out the url, and it's not in that. For the time being, I'm running locally, and the URL just points to the swf. Karina, I've tried it the way you suggest, with no luck. I've looked at loaderInfo.parameters in the debugger, in the constructor, and parameters is an object, but it has no properties. It should have at least one parameter--I'm declaring 5 parameters in the HTML, but it's showing none of them. I'm wondering if the problem has to do with the object's parameters, and not specifically FlashVars. Cordially, Kerry Thompson On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Karina Steffens kar...@neo-archaic.netwrote: Hey Kerry, I think it's because you assigned the event to loaderinfo - not the Main class instance, and then you're asking for the loaderinfo's loaderinfo, when it's the Main's loaderinfo that you need. Also I don't think you need any event at all. You should be able to access the flashvars from the Main function's constructor (loaderinfo.parameters) Cheers, Karina On 30 Apr 2012, at 23:46, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: Flash Builder 4 AS3 project, Windows 7, Firefox 12.0. I can't access the FlashVars in the HTML file. I've been working on this all day, and it's driving me crazy (crazier). Do you see anything in the following code? In the constructor of my default AS3 file, I have this: this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, init); and in the init() function: var flashVars:Object; flashVars = this.loaderInfo.parameters; When I look at it in the debugger, flashVars is an object, but it has no parameters. The relevant HTML is pretty straightforward: object classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354 width=100% height=100% id=RMK_Beta param name=movie value=RMK_Beta.swf / param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / param name=quality value=high / param name=bgcolor value=#ff / param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain / param name=allowFullScreen value=true / !--[if !IE]-- object type=application/x-shockwave-flash data=RMK_Beta.swf width=100% height=100% param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / param name=quality value=high / param name=bgcolor value=#ff / param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain / param name=allowFullScreen value=true / !--![endif]-- !--[if gte IE 6]-- p Either scripts and active content are not permitted to run or Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.0 or greater is not installed. /p !--![endif]-- a href=http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer; img src= http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif alt=Get Adobe Flash Player / /a !--[if !IE]-- /object !--![endif]-- /object ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Accessing FlashVars
That's possible... Could it be that simple? Hmmm... should it be FlashVars or flashVars? Or does it even matter? Might also try embedding with swfObject and see if there's any difference. Now bed. Really. Karina On 1 May 2012, at 01:52, Peter Ginneberge p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: Not sure it matters, but there's quotes missing in the HTML: param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / probably should be: param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / - Original Message - From: Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.biz To: FlashCoders flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:46 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Accessing FlashVars Flash Builder 4 AS3 project, Windows 7, Firefox 12.0. I can't access the FlashVars in the HTML file. I've been working on this all day, and it's driving me crazy (crazier). Do you see anything in the following code? In the constructor of my default AS3 file, I have this: this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, init); and in the init() function: var flashVars:Object; flashVars = this.loaderInfo.parameters; When I look at it in the debugger, flashVars is an object, but it has no parameters. The relevant HTML is pretty straightforward: object classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354 width=100% height=100% id=RMK_Beta param name=movie value=RMK_Beta.swf / param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / param name=quality value=high / param name=bgcolor value=#ff / param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain / param name=allowFullScreen value=true / !--[if !IE]-- object type=application/x-shockwave-flash data=RMK_Beta.swf width=100% height=100% param name=FlashVars value=appUrl=test / param name=quality value=high / param name=bgcolor value=#ff / param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain / param name=allowFullScreen value=true / !--![endif]-- !--[if gte IE 6]-- p Either scripts and active content are not permitted to run or Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.0 or greater is not installed. /p !--![endif]-- a href=http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer; img src= http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif; alt=Get Adobe Flash Player / /a !--[if !IE]-- /object !--![endif]-- /object ___ 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] SCORM development and packaging for LMS
Hi Matt, That's a relief, I just re-read the technical requirements, and they state Scorm 1.2 (although the server's help files mention both). One last question for now - what do you use to generate the Manifest file? Is there a freeware solution out there, or is it something done by hand? Thanks, Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt Perkins Sent: 15 December 2011 5:30 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM development and packaging for LMS Oh no, go for old! 1.2 is so much easier and is still very very widely supported. But also ask your client. On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Karina Steffens kar...@neo-archaic.net wrote: Found it, it looks quite detailed. I guess I better aim for 2004 - since I'm starting from scratch, there's no point in going for an older protocol, although the many more files sounds a bit daunting. Also the idea of creating a manifest file with every single asset by hand... Thanks, Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt Perkins Sent: 15 December 2011 4:17 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM development and packaging for LMS Yeah a scorm package is a zip file. You'll need to include the manifest file, imsmanifest.xml, that contains the course info. Scorm 2004 has many more files for more metadata that you'll need. Check out scorm.com for info and google a PDF called in the eye of the scorm it's a good primer. On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Karina Steffens karina@neo- archaic.net wrote: Jason, Matt, Nathan - thanks for the pipewerks endorsement. I've already downloaded the AS3 classes and the JavaScript wrapper, and it's good to know that the code is solid. But how do I go about compiling the lot into a SCORM package for uploading to the LMS? What is a SCORM package anyway? Is it just a zip file with all the ingredients, or a special format that requires a tool? The TotalLMS files mention something about compatible packages for proper versioning. Thanks, Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Mynarcik Sent: 15 December 2011 3:07 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM development and packaging for LMS I've used pipwerks SCORM wrapper with an elearning course I did a couple years back. Just ExternalInterface calls and letting the javascript do the dirty work for me seemed best for me at the time. http://pipwerks.com/2008/02/10/flash-demos-for-scorm-actionscript- classes-now-available/ -hth ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ 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] flash game source code
I actually wrote one from scratch a year ago for a client. My first AS3 project. Never got paid for it, though :-( Karina On 5 Jun 2010, at 04:20, Michael Stocke mikesto...@hotmail.com wrote: Good evening everyone. I would like to make a space invaders clone using AS3. I don't have alot of time, so developing from scratch isn't really an option. Does anyone have any suggestions for places to find source code? Flashkit is too old, and I haven't been able to find anything at kirupa.com . I've seen a number of emulators, but I want something that I can customize with my own assets and animations if possible. Any suggestions anyone can give would be appreciated. Thanks. Foundry Designs Inc. Professional Website Design and Online Marketing Mike Stocke msto...@foundrydesigns.com 248.787.1306 _ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2___ 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] Regain stage focus
Thanks for the replies guys. Changing the wmode to window is not possible, because it's a drop down menu over html elements - it has to remain transparent. Besides, I tried that during testing, and it didn't help. Hendrik is correct about the focus, it's in the web-browser, not Flash. I don't even think it's about focus anymore, the situation got weird. When the top of the Flash is set to 0 (or even at 10 pixels), everything works. But when I try to move it down a bit lower in the browser with CSS (in any way possible: setting the top value, setting the top value of its parent, setting various margins and paddings, you name it), the moment you scroll down, the rollovers become inactive. I did solve it in the end by keeping it at 0 and adding white space at the top of the flash movie itself, but that's a bit of a kludge. The CSS is an adaptation of an existing template for the CMS, so I have no idea what can be causing the bug. Some kind of z-indexing problem? Anything else that could be interfering? Mystified, Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Sumeet Kumar Sent: 31 May 2010 6:08 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Regain stage focus Hello :) In the object tag try making wmode = window. Thanks Sumeet Kumar - Original Message - From: Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Regain stage focus Cor wrote: At any given moment: stage.focus = stage; or stage.focus = yourInputField; Wrong focus, I am certain that the issue is not about the focus internal to the player, but the focus in the full webbrowser. The full flash player is lacking the focus. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Regain stage focus
Hi List, I'm working on a flash dropdown menu for an html site (AS3 FP10). After a wasted Friday and Saturday morning I finally figured out how to get the menus appear above html items in Firefox without obscuring mouse input on items below them (in case anyone's interested, using ExternalIntertface to change the height of the menu bar Object with JavaScript seems to be the only way). (And yes, it would have been better to use a CSS menu, or even dhtml for the animation, but my client insisted on Flash). But now I'm having another Firefox related issue - sometimes interacting with other page elements, or even scrolling the page, seems to lose the focus on the Flash object, and the rollovers stop working until the swf receives a click. It only seems to happen in Firefox, so far - IE8 behaves as expected, and I've yet to test on other browsers (oh joy...). So the question is, what's the best way to regain stage focus without clicking on it? Is it even possible? Thanks, Karina ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Regain stage focus
You mean rains, right? :P So, there's no way to regain (or at least to rain...) focus without clicking at all? Not even by using a mouseover event or a timer inside flash? And more rain on my parade: After uploading the flash movie to the server, some of the links in the dropdown menu have stopped working - clicking on the doesn't do anything, while others seem to be ok. And it's arbitrary per click... And this appears to be cross browser, while locally it's fine. Any ideas what I should be looking for here? Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 29 May 2010 6:29 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Regain stage focus Karina Steffens wrote: So the question is, what's the best way to regain stage focus without clicking on it? Is it even possible? AFAIK, no, it's not possible. It's a security issue--less scrupulous people could wreak havoc by forcing focus on a .swf. Anyway, it rais too much in Dublin ;-) Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Regain stage focus
This is getting weirder by the moment... It's not even a question of regaining focus anymore, but why is it losing it in the first place? When first going to the page, the rollovers work fine with no need to activate. Then if you click somewhere on the page (or even a different window) without scrolling, it's still ok. But after scrolling the page (scrollbar or scroll wheel), the rollovers stop responding until you click somewhere in the movie. More than that, in Safari (Windows) I can't even click anywhere anymore - it becomes completely unresponsive. HOWEVER - I found plenty of examples of flash movies embedded in html that didn't do it, including some of my own. I'm using SwfObject2 to embed the flash (in a CMS Made Simple Framework). Could that have anything to do with it? The generated object looks like this: object style=visibility: visible; data=uploads/theme/menu.swf name=menu id=flash-menu type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=900 align=left height=35param value=true name=playparam value=true name=loopparam value=false name=menuparam value=high name=qualityparam value=showall name=scaleparam value=t name=salignparam value=transparent name=wmodeparam value=#FF name=bgcolorparam value=false name=devicefontparam value=true name=seamlesstabbingparam value=false name=swliveconnectparam value=false name=allowfullscreenparam value=sameDomain name=allowscriptaccessparam value=all name=allownetworking/object script type=text/javascript Karina PS: The links problem is solved. Using an attribute instead of an element in the XML to store the url did it. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 29 May 2010 7:06 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Regain stage focus Karina Steffens wrote: You mean rains, right? :P Darn! My e-mail program drops keystrokes. Don't know why--I'm using the GMail Web interface. I just type too fast. So, there's no way to regain (or at least to rain...) focus without clicking at all? Not even by using a mouseover event or a timer inside flash? No, not as far as I know. You can set the focus on an input field, of course, but that won't take effect until the user gives your .swf focus. You understand the security issues, so I won't belabor them. I've run into the same problem. I'm writing a math game where the user's response time is important. If they have to click on the browser window before typing the answer, that skews the results. We got around it by having the user log in, so the browser window should have focus when the problem is presented. If the user switches to another program--say, during the intoduction--we have no way of getting focus back until the user clicks on the browser. I'm working with a couple of the best in the business--Mark Jonkman and Raman Pfaf--and they both tell me the same. And more rain on my parade: After uploading the flash movie to the server, some of the links in the dropdown menu have stopped working - clicking on the doesn't do anything, while others seem to be ok. And it's arbitrary per click... And this appears to be cross browser, while locally it's fine. Any ideas what I should be looking for here? Not much. I assume you've checked the usual culprits--the URL is formed correctly, your .swf isn't busy in a loop, no security issues involved, etc. I'd use the debug Flash player and FlashDevelop to trace out what happens when the button is clicked. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Timer object created twice in class
Could it be a mistyped i == 1 ?
And for that matter:
function checkPlaying(e:TimerEvent) : void if (1 == 1) {
should be
function checkPlaying(e:TimerEvent) : void {
if (1 == 1) {
Karina
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-
boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Eric E. Dolecki
Sent: 04 May 2010 8:25
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Timer object created twice in class
Before I can go any further, I saw this in your code:
if (1 == 1) {
... ?!?!
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW)
ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote:
Here's a snippit and a timeline version of it - when I run it on the
timeline, it works as expected, but when I run it within my class it
acts as
though there are two instances of the _timer object.
On the timeline, it works as expected, tracing,
1 1
True
But when I have it inside my class, it traces,
1 0
false
1 1
True
What am I not seeing or understanding here? Thanks..
// Version on timeline:
var _timer:Timer;
function init() {
_timer = new Timer(250, 0);
_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, checkPlaying);
_timer.start();
}
function checkPlaying(e:TimerEvent) : void {
if (1 == 1) {
e.target.stop();
trace(e.target.currentCount, _timer.currentCount);
trace(e.target == _timer);
}
}
init();
// Version in class:
public function Tracker(video) {
_video = video;
}
public function init() {
_timer = new Timer(250, 0);
_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, checkPlaying);
_timer.start();
}
function checkPlaying(e:TimerEvent) : void
if (1 == 1) {
e.target.stop();
trace(e.target.currentCount, _timer.currentCount);
trace(e.target == _timer);
}
}
I'm instantiating it from another class like this:
if (_tracker == null) {
_tracker = new Tracker(_videoScreen);
}
_tracker.init();
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Google
Hi Paul, Your best bet is to use something like SwfObject to write the flash in JavaScript, while serving indexable content to Google. That can be just some static text, or dynamically read content from the xml files. A fringe benefit of that is the ability to serve alternate content to browsers with no Flash (eg, iPhone and iPad). Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: 20 April 2010 10:52 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash Google I have a client whose website I developed (something like a year ago) in Flash and the site is totally driven by xml configuration files. It works well. My client has told me that google has indexed the site, but the google indexing contains an warning message - basically the flash site app saying it was unable to read an xml file. I have never encountered the message myself and the site works as expected, so I guess it's something to do with the google spider or there was some sort of problem when the spider ran. Unfortunately the google search result currently makes the site look broken: Oops! I think something went wrong! Unable to load website XML from 'website_config.xml' - loading timed out. I'm no google expert, so what's the best remedy to get google to index this site properly? I might be encouraged to write less flippant messages in the future. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Full screen with AIR 1.5
Great :)
I'm still mystified as to why a simple FullScreen command wouldn't work for
you, but I'm glad you got a workaround for it.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-
boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of John R. Sweeney Jr
Sent: 14 April 2010 2:42
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Full screen with AIR 1.5
Thank you very much, but after looking inside of every possible button
and
option I found a advance settings button that had the options of
turning off
minimize, maximize and close button, then I turn the Window style to
Custom
Chrome (opaque) and that removed the standard background color, so I
put a
bottom most layer a full screen vector box of the desired color and I
have
full screen. ;)
Thank you VERY much for your help and suggetions (which I tried that
code
and it still didn't work argh). But I all better now.
You have a great day,
John
on 4/13/10 4:39 PM, Karina Steffens at kar...@neo-archaic.net wrote:
Hi John,
I don't really have any links that could help you, but here's a
simplified
example from my code that might illustrate my point:
public function onFullScreen() {
var s:Stage = Main.instance.stage;
if (s.displayState != StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN){
s.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
}
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] Full screen with AIR 1.5
Hi John,
I don't really have any links that could help you, but here's a simplified
example from my code that might illustrate my point:
public function onFullScreen() {
var s:Stage = Main.instance.stage;
if (s.displayState != StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN){
s.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
}
}
This method is in a Model class that has no connection to the stage, and
doesn't extend MovieClip or Sprite. This means that I simply used
stage.displayState it would fail because stage would return null. So I'm
using a roundabout way of retrieving the stage instance from my Main class,
which is the Stage Owner (assigned to the stage in the Document properties
of the Flash IDE).
package {
public class Main extends MovieClip{
static public var instance:Main;
public function Main() {
instance = this;
}
All this is provided that the stage returning null is your problem in the
first place... Have you tried running a trace on the stage variable? A
simple trace(stage, stage) should tell you if this is your problem. If it
doesn't return a null, then your problem might be elsewhere. I'm not
familiar with AIR, so I couldn't help you there.
Karina
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-
boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of John R. Sweeney Jr
Sent: 13 April 2010 8:44
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Full screen with AIR 1.5
Hi Karina,
I really sorry to bother you, but nothing I'm trying is working. Would
you
by any chance have an example or a link I could look at to figure this
one
out? I've been all over the Adobe site and nothing is working. I keep
getting the window around the app, not full screen.
I really would appreciate any help you could offer, because the
deadline is
getting very close and the whole kiosk is ready except for the full
screen
display.
Thank you for anything you can do,
John
on 4/7/10 5:43 AM, Karina Steffens at kar...@neo-archaic.net wrote:
I don't know about AIR, but this AS3 code works for exes, standalone
swfs,
and html-embedded:
stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN
Btw, have you checked if stage is not a null? As3 requires that the
object
that calls the stage is a child of the stage. If you're calling it
from
anything that's not a movieclip/sprite that's already part of the
stage's
display list, it will fail.
Workarounds: place your code in the Main class or movie clips placed
on the
stage in the IDE. Alternatively, use ADDDED_TO_STAGE listener on
movie clips
or get the reference from a stage child.
Cheers,
Karina
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[Flashcoders] MC properties not changing on a keyframe
Hi list, On a custom IDE button component (AS3 CS4) I have a number of keyframes for up/over/down etc. Each of these keyframes has a textfield and an icon (labelText and iconContainer). Mouse event listeners control the movement between the keyframes. iconContainer has linkage to a class that loads internal or external assets into a target mc inside it. Everything works fine, except that if I change the movieclip properties such as position or tint of the iconContainer on the various keyframes, after publishing I can't see the changes. By contrast, similar changes are visible on the labelText and other movieclips placed on the button's stage. I tried this with normal keyframe on the icon's layer and the new CS4 motion tween, with the same results. All the loaded assets are children of iconContainer, they don't replace it. Of course, I could make all the changes with code. But I'm trying to make it flexible enough to work either way. Any ideas? Thanks, Karina ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] MC properties not changing on a keyframe
After some trial and error, it seems that it's caused because of rescaling
and repositioning code:
When the button is scaled down, I'm scaling the icon down so that it's new
dimensions match the old dimensions, and repositioning it to match its last
location.
Moving the iconContainer into a parent movieClip and changing the parent's
properties on the stage solves this problem, but that leaves another - the
repositioning code no longer works.
public function resizeListener(e:Event):void {
switch (resizeMode) {
case noscale:
scaleX = 1 / e.target.scaleX;
scaleY = 1 / e.target.scaleY;
This rescales the iconContainer to the right dimensions but what would be
the formula for repositioning it? Bearing in mind that e.target is
parent.parent? It should be moved back proportionally to the scale, but I
can't figure out the maths.
Karina
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-
boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karina Steffens
Sent: 09 April 2010 2:36
To: 'Flash Coders List'
Subject: [Flashcoders] MC properties not changing on a keyframe
Hi list,
On a custom IDE button component (AS3 CS4) I have a number of
keyframes for
up/over/down etc. Each of these keyframes has a textfield and an icon
(labelText and iconContainer). Mouse event listeners control the
movement
between the keyframes.
iconContainer has linkage to a class that loads internal or external
assets
into a target mc inside it.
Everything works fine, except that if I change the movieclip properties
such
as position or tint of the iconContainer on the various keyframes,
after
publishing I can't see the changes. By contrast, similar changes are
visible
on the labelText and other movieclips placed on the button's stage. I
tried
this with normal keyframe on the icon's layer and the new CS4 motion
tween,
with the same results. All the loaded assets are children of
iconContainer,
they don't replace it. Of course, I could make all the changes with
code.
But I'm trying to make it flexible enough to work either way. Any
ideas?
Thanks,
Karina
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RE: [Flashcoders] Full screen with AIR 1.5
I don't know about AIR, but this AS3 code works for exes, standalone swfs, and html-embedded: stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN Btw, have you checked if stage is not a null? As3 requires that the object that calls the stage is a child of the stage. If you're calling it from anything that's not a movieclip/sprite that's already part of the stage's display list, it will fail. Workarounds: place your code in the Main class or movie clips placed on the stage in the IDE. Alternatively, use ADDDED_TO_STAGE listener on movie clips or get the reference from a stage child. Cheers, Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of John R. Sweeney Jr Sent: 07 April 2010 1:50 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Full screen with AIR 1.5 But when I publish to a AIR app it creates a swf not a exe and the fscommands only work in exe's, if I remember right. I'm using AIR because I'm using the HTMLLoader to load a clients website, inside of our kiosk. Thanks, John on 4/6/10 11:51 AM, Glen Pike at postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote: Hi, Not sure about this, but we have been publishing for AIR from CS3 - My app has the old fscommand(fullscreen) element in it too - which seems to work fine ;) Glen John R. Sweeney Jr. Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc 945 Washington Blvd. Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 Office/Fax: 847.310.5959 Cellular: 847.651.4469 www.ondemandinteractive.com ___ 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] What good is a Controller?
Hi Jim, Thanks for another extensive reply, and getting the discussion back on the MVC track ;) Assuming that all the UI events created by one clock face (view) are included in the events on the other clock face (another view) and the events are defined by the business rules to have identical effects on the state of the application, then the same controller could be used for both. If two (or more) views generate identical UI events that have the identical effect upon the state of the application (change to the model), then I would use one controller. If one controller generates extra events, then I would use two controllers, with the more complex controller derived from the other controller. It would be possible to use conditional logic within one controller to handle multiple views, but this typically indicates the need for polymorphism (same message, different results), which is generally best implemented by having different classes. This makes sense. I've been experimenting with my MVC framework (trying very hard not to break existing functionality...), and the way it seems to work best for me is to have: One manager Controller for the entire application, which does all the linking of the general structure. This can also be extended to listen to Broadcaster messages from all the loaded views in the application. A Model layer (a manager Model with child models that handle separate tasks all linked to the main Controller) A main View that can also load other views (pages, components, etc.) - which are most likely to be self-contained movies, but could also be linked symbols. Each View will contain either the manager Controller directly (for backward functionality) or its own personal assistant - the ChildController. The ChildController implements the same interface as the manager Controller, but instead of doing all the linking itself, it will register the View and itself with the manager Controller, and then proceed to implement its own functionality. It taps into the Model layer via the manager (but could also have its own personal Model for localised tasks). In my implementations, I have an class that represents the application that is the chicken or Main. The Main class has class variables for the model and each of the views. The model is created first, then I create a controller and a view, the controller is passed as a parameter to the view's constructor. The view is then registered as a listener with the model. I repeat the controller and view process as many times as needed. In the constructor method of the view class, the view class registers itself with the given model. This clarifies matters for pages or components that are created as standalone movies - the Main should create all the views models and controllers. But what about library symbols? If I have a component like a CustomButton, at the moment it just does everything in the MovieClip class. Since the buttons are not necessarily created with ActionScript but are more likely to already be on the stage, can the button's movie clip be both the View and the Main? Or should the button's View be a child of the linked symbol? Personally, I'm more comfortable coding by inheritance, even though I can see the advantages of composition. Moock provides a good example of the MVC pattern in Essential AS 2.0. The example has the view classes create a default controller if one has not been provided, but I felt it easier to just require a controller to be provided in the constructor. You can only do that if your View isn't already on the stage, but it's easy to get around by passing the controller to an existing View. As Moock indicates, there is no single right way to implement MVC. I think he provides an excellent discussion of the pattern and choices that a developer can make in implementing the pattern. Jim Thanks a mil for taking the time to clarify your approach. I hope mine, or what I'm trying to achieve, isn't miles away from it, or at least that it makes some sense. Karina ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?
Very cheesy and very funny :) I suppose in my case it's the View that's gotten too fat, and the Controller is over starved... I'll have a look at RobotLegs, to see what best practices can be learned from it. Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: 29 March 2010 11:55 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller? MVC Public Service Announcement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91C7ax0UAAc If you want to learn about MVC, pick up the Ruby on Rails book. I suggest you use RobotLegs, which uses Mediators and Commands instead of Controllers. RobotLegs is better suited for the world of Flash than MVC, which Flash blurs the lines between with MovieClip. ___ 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] What good is a Controller?
While html and css would certainly be part of the View, and the database (MySQL, XML or any other way of holding data) would be part of the Model layer, I agree with Dave that php is not, strictly speaking, a Controller. I think that PHP (or ASP, or any server-side language) would more likely to be all three put together - it gets the data from the database, it handles application logic, and it can be used to write html directly into the page. It would in fact be possible to split all your php code into Model, View, and Controller classes, if you wanted to, use another class-based design pattern, or skip all of that altogether. On the other hand, you might also simply split PHP into the View and Model components, and skip the Controller altogether. Or if you take a simple script that works in conjunction with a Flash application, PHP is more likely to be part of the Model and nothing else, since Flash would be handling presentation and logic. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Dave Watts Sent: 29 March 2010 6:04 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller? there is plenty of commentary out there to suggest that the controller is largely unnecessary and that the views can do it all as encapsulated objects (i've even read something by someone much smarter than me [ http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?MvcIsNotObjectOriented] that suggested that the c in mvc was anti-oop) but for me the benefit for the controller is that i can create functionality separate from design. I don't think it's really anti-OOP as much as irrelevant to OOP. The controller has nothing to do with your object domain model, it's just a mechanism to get messages from views to models or other views, and vice-versa. if you look at the html / php / mysql model, mvc has a very natural flow - the mysql database and the php interact much like the controller (php) and the model (mysql) and the result is then fed to the views (the served html page). Strictly speaking, that's not how most web application developers categorize the components of an MVC design (despite what the Wikipedia page says). PHP (or whatever application server you're using) would serve both as the controller and the views, and perhaps even the model as well. PHP itself doesn't really encourage this sort of separation (although it doesn't prevent it either), but for example, in a Java web app you might use JSP for your views, and a single servlet as a controller, and beans as your model. And of course, JSPs, servlets and beans are all just Java code. But, generally speaking, views are responsible for their own rendering, which typically requires server-side logic. If the view isn't responsible for its own rendering (which would be the case in a static HTML view, then the design pattern in question might better be described as Model-View-Presenter (MVP): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_View_Presenter Now, this doesn't take into consideration the use of client-side functionality and where that fits, but that presumably would just be additional view logic. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ 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] What good is a Controller?
Hi Jim, Thanks for the comprehensive examples, especially the clock face. I guess another advantage then would be the ability to swap the view instead of the controller, and (for example) have text-only console like view for testing debugging? You might also say that Xray is another View. In your framework, would the one controller for each view also mean that can be only one view per controller? I tend to use a single model for multiple views (the model could consist of a number of classes, but it's still one model layer), it might make sense to do the same with the controller. To clarify, I don't mean only one controller for all the views, more like clusters of views with a single controller in their middle. Or does that break the pattern? Another question about your implementation - who's the chicken and who's the egg? Does the view instantiate its controller, the controller the view, or a Main class that creates all? In my current implementation, I have a Main application class (linked to the stage) that creates the Model, the (limited) Controller, and passes the View (which is a symbol on the stage with Class Linkage) to the controller. The Controller's only function is to link them all together as Broadcaster listeners (all Views listen/broadcast to all Models. The Controller is the third part of the equation, because it can listen/broadcast to both Views and Models, but it sort of stops there. I also have some parts of the View interacting with each other via Broadcaster, but I'm beginning to think that this should really be the Controller's function - to intercept messages from one View to another: for example, from a PageView to the MainView, or from a ComponentView (eg the menu or breadcrumbs) to a PageView if necessity arises. Then on the smaller scale of Page or Component, I suppose each could have their own Controller class that's still linked to the main MVC structure, so that it can talk to the Model, but doesn't handle communications with other Views. Does that make sense to you guys, or am I overcomplicating here? Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lafser Sent: 29 March 2010 6:37 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller? When I've implemented MVC: * I have one controller for each view * Each view knows about it's controller, but only as a generic controller (either as an interface or a base class) * Each View registers it's controller as the event listener for each of it's buttons. * Each controller translates a generic call in itself into a specific call to the model that may or may not cause a state change. * In response to state changes, the model notifies all views. * The notification can include the state change information, OR * The view can request the state change information from the model. * The view changes updates what is presented to the user as needed based on the change in state. The reason to implement the listener in the controller is to separate the implementation of the business logic from the display logic. This makes the implementation of the specific function on the model independent of the generic function on the view. Example: an application has several views that each have a next and previous button. Each view registers the next button with its controllers next function. Each controller provides next and previous functions that invoke one or more methods on the model that may cause a state change. This provides a decoupling of the business logic from the display logic. If I want to change what is displayed, or how it is displayed, I change the view. If I want to change the response to user input, I change the controller. An example of why this is nice: I've got a clock face that I want to use as a stop watch (elapsed time) and as a timer (count-down timer). View could be identical, and just change the controller to change the functionality. Start, Stop and Reset would all have different meanings that are handled by the controller. I know that a bug in the timer code is independent of the stop watch code. In certain situations, it may be beneficial to implement a view as another instance of the MVC pattern. An example of this would be where a user is making choices in a configuration, and those choices don't get saved into the application state until the OK or Apply button is clicked. While the choices are being made, the views internal state is stored in the views model, and when OK is clicked the choices get stored into the application's model. Whether or not it's worthwhile to implement a view as another internal MVC pattern depends upon the complexity of the view vs. the added complexity of the overall system. IMHO, the choice should be to go with what makes the overall system the easiest
RE: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released
Thanks Colin, I put that link in my bookmarks. So far, I found the AS3 online documentation less than ideal - if you search for anything from the Flash IDE, you might as well be using Google. Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of co...@moock.org Sent: 29 March 2010 2:35 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released I've just started working with FB4 in the past couple of weeks, and I love it. I think Adobe got it right. Well, except for the help system. I keep the CS4 Flash help open for my AS3 reference. -- have you seen the new ActionScript 3.0 unified reference? http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform//reference/actionscript/3/cla ss-summary.html it's faster, and has a bunch of improvements over the old online reference. colin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?
Hi List, Ok, this may sound a bit odd coming from someone who's been coding with MVC for the last 7 years, but I seem to be missing the point of a Controller... I'm hoping to start a discussion to help me (and maybe others like me) improve my architecture by better understanding the Controller, and what good that does... First of all, here's a quick summary of my current architecture: All my projects are based on an MVC structure in their core, but my Controller class has only one function - linking the Model/s with the Views/s. The communication between Model/s and View/s happens via Broadcaster - my own AS3 reworking of the old AsBroadcaster (remember broadcastMessage? I even found a way to get and set public properties in the model using broadcastMessage(get, prop)). Typically, the model notifies the View that data was loaded, and then the View does all the donkey work, and calls a number of generic methods on the model, mostly for data retrieval. Within the View, I use EventDispatcher for the usual stuff, like button functionality. The View classes are the ones that listen to the events. For example, a View class may have a submit button, and that button's MouseEvent.CLICK goes to a clickListener method in the same class. If I understand recent list discussions correctly, it would be better to move EventDispatcher listeners to the Controller. Is that the correct approach? If so, why...? When I coded my Controller class, I built into it the ability to link Controller Classes with Broadcaster, as well as Views and Models, but so far I haven't seen a good way of implementing it, or even extending the base Controller class, because everything in my code seems to be happening either in the View or the Model layers. So where am I going wrong? Please understand that I don't mean to say that the Controller is no good other than as a way to link the View with the Model, I'm just trying to understand it better - there's always plenty of room for improvement! Thanks, Karina ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Apparently Doesn't Check Cache
Hi Nathan, The urls are the best way IMHO. Check out my blog entry on the subject: http://neo-archaic.ie/blog/2006/08/nocache-for-javascript-and-flash/ Cheers, Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Mynarcik Sent: 10 March 2010 2:03 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Apparently Doesn't Check Cache I actually have experienced the reverse of this issue. Flash caches the dynamic content so hard that I have reverted to using no_cache meta tags in my HTML. Not to OT the topic, but are meta tags the best way to prevent this? I have even though of adding a variable at the end of my dynamic urls with a date element so flash would constantly think its a new XML doc to load everytime. Nathan Mynarcik Interactive Web Developer nat...@mynarcik.com 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com -Original Message- From: mark.jonk...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:46:08 To: Flash Coders Listflashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Apparently Doesn't Check Cache Every request for a file will go back to the server at some level. For example, despite the fact that have a file preloaded' into cache when another request is made for the file it will look at the cache then send a request to the server to see if the file has changed or whether the file in cache is valid to use. If the server returns use file from cache then it will use the cached file otherwise it will load the revised version from the server. First questions would then be what is the header returned as part of the original file request. Is it no-cache or does it set a very short expiry? Are the url's exactly identical or is there any kind of query string associated with the url of one request but not the other? This might be walking on thin ice here, but can you see the file in the browser's cache? Back in the day, when I was doing Director development, there was a period of time that elapsed from when Shockwave loaded the file and the time that it went into the browser's cache. The file was always available within the Shockwave environment but it was immediately visible in the browser's cache. Don't know if a similar situation arises with Flash where the content is loaded but hasn't yet been written into the browser's cache. I'd honestly start out by using something like Internet Explorer where you can easily browse the cached files - blow away the cache and then load your swf preloader app. See if the files are in cache. If they are cool, note the URL associated with them. Then I'd go back and clear the cache again and re-run the app with the new window code in place. I'd run it through to completion and see if there are two copies of said image in cache one from the swf preloader and the other from the new window. If so it would imply that they must be seeing slightly different urls. If not then I'd be looking for no cache headers. Concurrent to this I'd be using something like Fiddler (IE), Charles or Tamper Data or similar app that will allow you to see the requests and the responses and be able to examine the headers and check for no-cache or very short expiry on the headers. Theoretically what you are doing should work, I can't see how placing the image on stage would make any difference. Everything is always a possibility but using a test strategy that stepwise verifies what is getting written into cache and what the request are for the files is a good first step in eliminating many issues. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Tutorial
Hi Susan, I wouldn't recommend relying just on online tutorials, or discussion posts for a something as huge as learning AS3 OOP. The best thing would be to get a book that covers the subject, such as Colin Moock's Essential ActionScript 3.0 from O'Reilly, or any one of the other excellent books on the subject (Rich Shupe's comes to mind, although I haven't read it myself I heard good things about it). To answer your question, you don't need to implement an interface to use another class as an object, you'd just instantiate it and call its methods. You would implement an interface if you wanted the class that contains the object to pretend to be that object, in which case it would implement the public methods and pass them along to its instance of the object. But again, a book would explain it much better than that... Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Susan Day Sent: 05 March 2010 3:48 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] OOP Tutorial Hi; Now I would like to call my class Star from another class, but pass different values to its variables. Do I need to implement the inheriting class as Star? I'm kinda lost here. I've been googling as3 oop but the tutorials don't seem to address my needs. Can you help me understand what it is I'm looking to do so I can google up the appropriate tutorials? TIA, Susan ___ 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] OOP Tutorial
I guess so. I'm not happy to delve into a new programming language before I've read an entire book from cover to cover. Yes, even bricks :) I've got all the Moock-books and some cook-books and a whole lot of other books... -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Meinte van't Kruis Sent: 05 March 2010 4:39 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Tutorial Guess it depends on the person, I have been a Flash developer for over 5 years and have yet to open a book about it. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Karina Steffens kar...@neo- archaic.netwrote: Hi Susan, I wouldn't recommend relying just on online tutorials, or discussion posts for a something as huge as learning AS3 OOP. The best thing would be to get a book that covers the subject, such as Colin Moock's Essential ActionScript 3.0 from O'Reilly, or any one of the other excellent books on the subject (Rich Shupe's comes to mind, although I haven't read it myself I heard good things about it). To answer your question, you don't need to implement an interface to use another class as an object, you'd just instantiate it and call its methods. You would implement an interface if you wanted the class that contains the object to pretend to be that object, in which case it would implement the public methods and pass them along to its instance of the object. But again, a book would explain it much better than that... Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Susan Day Sent: 05 March 2010 3:48 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] OOP Tutorial Hi; Now I would like to call my class Star from another class, but pass different values to its variables. Do I need to implement the inheriting class as Star? I'm kinda lost here. I've been googling as3 oop but the tutorials don't seem to address my needs. Can you help me understand what it is I'm looking to do so I can google up the appropriate tutorials? TIA, Susan ___ 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 -- Meinte van't Kruis Freelance Flash Platform Dev (mxml,actionscript,flex,air) malatze http://www.malatze.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/meinte mei...@malatze.com 0617459744 ___ 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] My Star
Hi Susan,
You need to recheck your coordinates - if you remove the line:
star.graphics.moveTo(startPosX + factor*144, startPosY + factor*277);
- you'll see a weird shape on the stage. So your error lies somewhere in the
numbers, not the class structure.
Cheers,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-
boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Susan Day
Sent: 03 March 2010 2:10
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: [Flashcoders] My Star
Hi;
I have the following code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Star extends MovieClip
{
public function Star()
{
var startPosX:int = new int();
var startPosY:int = new int();
var factor:Number = new Number();
startPosX = 100;
startPosY = 500;
factor = 0.07;
var star:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(star);
star.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
star.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);
star.graphics.moveTo(startPosX + factor*144, startPosY + factor*277);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*188, startPosY + factor*184);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*288, startPosY + factor*170);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*216, startPosY + factor*98);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*232, startPosY + factor*0);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*144, startPosY + factor*47);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*55, startPosY + factor*1);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*72, startPosY + factor*100);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*0, startPosY + factor*170);
star.graphics.lineTo(startPosX + factor*99, startPosY + factor*184);
star.graphics.endFill();
}
}
}
I created an empty *.fla to test and entered class Star (the name of
this
*.as) in the Properties. The stage is 1000*500. It doesn't draw my
star!
Now, I tested this in another *.as file before I pulled it out to
create its
own class and it worked. I added a trace at the end of the class when
it
failed in my test fla and it traced. What gives?
TIA,
Susan
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RE: [Flashcoders] Arabic and other character sets text entry
Hey there, I just saw this thread :) I do tend to hang on Flash Tiger more these days (Hi Kerry!), but I was skimming through some threads here and this has caught my eye. The Hebrew project has been a total headache, but in the end I found one solution out there that was very helpful as a starting point. It's programmed for Hebrew, but you can add your own characters, so it should work with Arabic. You can find it here: http://www.electroinn.com/blog/ Basically what it does, it breaks down the text field into a bunch of text fields, and populates them word by word. So it handles a combination of RTL and LTR quite well. Don't forget that the text field should be using device fonts (non-embedded) and you must have RTL fonts (Arabic in your case) support enabled in the Control Panel for the text to flow in the right direction in the first place. The Class is not 100% and you may need to customise it a bit, but it's the best solution I've seen so far. Hope this helps, Karina -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Piers Cowburn Sent: 13 March 2008 13:42 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Arabic and other character sets text entry Good point, yes the email will probably be ltr. I'll try posting on Flash_Tiger in the hope that she's around, thanks very much :) Piers [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 13 Mar 2008, at 13:20, Piers Cowburn wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Kerry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 12 March 2008 17:51:41 GMT To: 'Flash Coders List' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Arabic and other character sets text entry Reply-To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Piers Cowburn wrote: I found one idea online which I thought might be a shot, see it here: http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/ index.php?title=flash_rtl_via_a_simple_hack_non_rhetoric The only free-text fields I would need are name and email address, the rest of the options are combo boxes which I could do in arabic simply by having the letters in there as a graphic. Do you think I might be able to use something like the idea above for a simple name and email address? As I don't think there should be and bi-di in there, just rtl. I'm not sure, but you might be able to get the combo box to display an Arabic font. It's worth a try, and make for a lighter download than using graphics. But--won't the e-mail address be ltr? I'm not sure, but I think most e-mail servers only handle ltr. I have an Israeli friend in Dublin who is a Flash genius, and is currently working on a Hebrew-language project. She's quite helpful, and knows a lot more about bi-di issues than I do I don't think she's on this list, though--she's on Flash_Tiger. You might try posting over there. She might even still be working--I think it's only about 7:00 in Dublin. Do it now, though, because St. Patrick's day is this weekend ^_^ Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1327 - Release Date: 12/03/2008 13:27 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1328 - Release Date: 13/03/2008 11:31 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] How to call class method from a movieclip?
Hi Irene,
var contentMCs:MovieClip; = new contentMC(this);
should be
var contentMCs:MovieClip = new contentMC(this);
Karina
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irene Johansson
Sent: 30 January 2008 15:54
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to call class method from a movieclip?
Thank you for your reply.
by doing this:
public class myClass extends Sprite{
public function myClass() {
var contentMCs:MovieClip; = new contentMC(this);
}
public function myMethod(){
}
}
I get this error msg: 1137: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected no
more
than 0.
since contentMC is a
MovieClip that is attached from library i dont know where to define
the parameters.
Thanks for helping me
Irene
On 1/30/08, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you want your contentMC class to be able to call methods on your
myClass then you should probably pass the myClass instance to the
contentMC. Basically, add a parameter to contentMC's constructor of
type myClass, and pass a reference to 'this' when you create it.
Something like this:
public class myClass extends Sprite{
public function myClass() {
var contentMCs:MovieClip; = new contentMC(this);
}
public function myMethod(){
}
}
On an unrelated note: standard practice has class names start with a
capital letter, not lowercase like you have. It helps to
differentiate between variable names and class names.
-Andy
On Jan 30, 2008 8:42 AM, Irene Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello!
I am having a big problem, hope someone can help me.
I have made a class which i import in my flash file. The first and
only
frame of the file looks like this:
import myClassFolder.*;
var myClassInstance:myClass = new myClass(this.stage);
stop();
Inside the class i am attaching a movieClip from a library and
declaring
a
methof:
public class myClass extends Sprite{
var contentMCs:MovieClip = new contentMC();
...
}
public function myMethod(){
}
The contentMC contains 8 frames, each of the frame has a movieClip.
In the frame 2 of the contentMC MovieClip i want to call myMethod
of the
myClass.
Anyone who know how to do this?
Thanks in advance
Irene
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RE: [Flashcoders] save swf
Bassam, You could use an approach similar to the one Alan first suggested, and record all the user's choices into a properties object, save it with a server side script, and then use a generic movie clip that re-loads all these properties and recreates the original design in that way. This gives you the flexibility to make any changes later on. Karina -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bassam mohaisen Sent: 22 August 2007 12:42 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] save swf Thank you All I did some research and I find out how to take snapshot using BitmapData = new BitmapData() ; http://www.flash-db.com/Tutorials/snapshot/ but this will not help since I need to save the movie clip and load it latter for any changes anyway thank you all for your help bassam - Original Message From: Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:02:13 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] save swf There are JPEG en PNG encoder classes for AS3 http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/ http://as3corelib.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/com/adobe/images/ regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Jer Brand [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] save swf Uncompressed, yeah, that'd be ugly. But how does something like the following (guesswork code) perform? foo:BitmapData = new BitmapData() ; /* put your image data in there, with whatever method */ bar:ByteArray = foo.getPixels(myImageRect) ; var.compress() ; Again, mostly asking because I don't know enough about AS3/FP9. It's supposed to be using zlib compression on the ByteArray but for all I know it's still doesn't compress enough or quickly enough to be useful. I'm totally leaving out the question of conversion after post or Socket or whatever used server side to get the job done, but I have to assume it wouldn't be difficult using GD or ImageMagic. Anyone used this? ___ 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 __ __ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.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] Prevent flash from caching the loaded assets
It's really easy to fix - have a look at this article on my blog: http://blog.neo-archaic.net/2006/08/02/nocache-for-javascript-and-flash.htm Karina -Original Message- From: Niels Endlich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 August 2007 15:18 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Prevent flash from caching the loaded assets We are making a game in which people have to quess what's on a photo while viewing it through a little moveable hole. The images will be loaded from the server. The problem is caching. To cheat is easy... watch the cached files. Is there a way to prevent flash from caching the loaded assets or does anyone has an other solution? Thanks, Niels ___ 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] Re: Special font issue
Did you try a straight test with simply placing the dynamic text field on the stage with the euro symbol typed-in and font embedded? That should tell you if it's possible, but I can't believe that a euro symbol doesn't come with a Helvetica-family font. -Original Message- From: Tom Huynen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 June 2007 09:24 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Special font issue Hey Joe, Thanks for your reaction. I've been trying to get it to work for a long time now. But still, no results. Can it be that it just isn't possible with the font I'm working with? Regards, Tom On 6/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, Yes it is correct. But it doesn't work...The whole text is displayed correctly in the right font but euro signs are just leftout. while plain static text displays the euro sign perfectly.. I spent some time on this problem and eventually solved it. I can't remember the details but the solution is based on two key bits of information There are actually two character codes for the Euro symbol - a unicode one and an ASCII one. Different typefaces have them in different places: So I use character code \u20AC to put a Euro in the menu (AS2 menu component) And character code \u00A4 to insert a euro character in Futura. I found the only reliable way to embed the Euro character is to create a dummy dynamic textfield with the Euro in it and set to your specified font and typestyle (bold etc). Make sure the font is embedded and explicitly specify the euro in the emded box. Hope this is helpful Joe ___ 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] Special font issue
Hi Ton, What character sets are you embedding? Have you tried including the euro sign in the field next to the autofill button? Karina -Original Message- From: Tom Huynen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 June 2007 14:54 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Special font issue Hi list, I'm developing a narrowcase project. The euro sign (€) in the external xml data is encoded in this way: #8364; I use Helvetica Light to display the content. It can display the eurosign perfectly when I create a static text field inb the fla. However soon as I embed the font and try to create a textfield dynamicly the eurosign disapears. The strange thing is that it works with some other fonts but not with the one I need. I tried google all day but my problem isn't solved yet. Anybody some advice for me? Regards, Tom ___ 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] flash and xpath
Jason, I came across this problem recently... Unless you use the nodeValue property, the returned node will be escaped when converted to string (and no,unescape doesn't help a bit...). It's not a full url-encoding that you get with the escape() function, but ampersands and html tags will be converted to entities such as amp;. Now I haven't used xpath, so I don't know if it implements nodeValue, but even if it doesn't, there's got to be a way of extracting it. Karina -Original Message- From: Jason Law [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 May 2007 15:48 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] flash and xpath I'm still getting the value returned as amp;. I'm starting to pull my hair out cause of this. Could there be any other reason why this is occurring? When I look at the file being loaded in from the output as a var I see that even in there the ampersand is being shown as amp;. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kerem Iseri Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:55 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] flash and xpath Use CDATA for that node inside the XML to make flash recognise everything you write inside CDATA as html text. You can even use font size=12 color='#171717'/font or br for new line etc. For example .. item![CDATA[Field Stream]]/item Kerem İŞERİ Trafo Intractive www.trafo.com.tr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Law Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:38 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] flash and xpath Ok, so I was able to get it to work, but now I'm coming across another issue. I'm loading in xml using the old new XML() object and using xpath to parse. One of the fields I have looks like this. itemField Stream/item. The issue is that the value I'm getting back from xpath is Field amp; Stream and not Field Stream. The textfield that is being used to display is not showing the text as html and fontEmbed is false. Is there anything that I could do to fix this? Thanks! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Nel Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:45 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] flash and xpath it seems you want to get the text value of a node. try this var item:String = XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(doc.firstChild, /html/body/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'data']/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'campaign']/text() )toString(); notice the text() On 5/16/07, Jason Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering if this is possible within flash 8 using the xpath api to do something like this. var item:String = XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(doc.firstChild, /html/body/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'data']/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'campaign'][2] ).firstChild.toString(); now I know this works var item:String = XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(doc.firstChild, /html/body/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'data']/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'campaign'] ).firstChild.toString(); but it seems that when you add any kind of nodeItem to the end of an item flash returns undefined. jason law, detroit organic, inc. | www.organic.com http://www.organic.com/ retail tech lead | interface engineer e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | p: 248.454.3387 | aim: jaylaw81 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this email or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify us by calling our Help Desk at (415) 581-5552 or by e-mailing us at [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 -- j:pn http://www.lennel.org ___ 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] Quick syntax q: how to write a function that canreceive an undefined number of parameters
The parameters received by a function are automatically stored in a built-in
array called arguments. So you can do something like this:
public static function center(obj1:Object) {
var targetX:Number = ob1._x;
var targetY:Number = ob1._y;
for (var i = 1; iob_ar.length; i++) {
arguments[i]._x = targetX+(ob1._width/2);
arguments[i]._y = targetY+(ob1._width/2);
}
}
}
Btw, obj1 doesn't have to be passed seperately either - you can use
var targetX:Number = arguments[0]._x; - but there's no reason to do so in
your code, and this way the method is a bit more clear.
The only caveat is that, depending on the rest of your code, if you have to
pass an unknown number of movie clips, there's a chance your original
function might actually make more sense...
Cheers,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Alistair Colling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 11 May 2007 12:41
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Quick syntax q: how to write a
function that canreceive an undefined number of parameters
Hi there, just a quick syntax question, I want to receive a
function that will centre the position of all objects passed
to that of the first object passed but the number of objects
passed may vary. This is the syntax I am currently using, is
this the best way to do it?
Thanks for any comments in advance :)
Ali
//ob1 is the object that the objects in the array centre
themselves to public static function center(ob1:Object, ob_ar:Array) {
var targetX:Number = ob1._x;
var targetY:Number = ob1._y;
for (var i = 0; iob_ar.length; i++) {
ob_ar[i]._x = targetX+(ob1._width/2);
ob_ar[i]._y = targetY+(ob1._width/2);
}
}
center(myMC, [myMC2, myMC3, myMC4]);
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RE: [Flashcoders] Quick syntax q: how to write a function thatcanreceive an undefined number of parameters
You're welcome Ali :)
By making more sense I didn't particularly meant clarity, but ease of use.
For example, if you're calling this function from method(s)that hardcode the
passed clips like in your example, then using arguments makes sense.
But what if you're dynamically retrieving those clips with some code,
possibly including some and excluding others? In that case, sticking them
into an array while you're retrieving them makes more sense. And then all
you need to do is pass that array.
Just as a very rough example -
var myMC = containingClip.firstOne;
var clips:Array
for (var i in containingClip){
if (containingClip[i]._name.indexOf(center) -1){
clips.push(containingClip[i]
}
}
center(myMC, clips)
Similarly (and I'm straying a bit off topic here, so I hope you don't mind)
when you're passing a variable number of arguments as options, it's easier
to create an options object first and pass that instead of loads of
arguments:
var options:Object = {}
options.delay = 500;
options.html = true;
options.follow = true;
Tooltip.show(Tooltip Text, options)
Does that make any sense?
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Alistair Colling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 11 May 2007 16:37
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Quick syntax q: how to write a
function thatcanreceive an undefined number of parameters
Thanks Karina this is the sort of thing I was looking for, as
you say it may be clearer to code this fn the way I initially
said but I was interested in how to code this another way so
thanks for helping me.
One tiny typo, before someone else does-
for (var i = 1; iarguments.length; i++)
Thanks again :)
Ben, thanks for your help too, I hadn't thought of only using
the square brackets to make the code more efficient.
Ali
On 11 May 2007, at 15:32, Karina Steffens wrote:
The parameters received by a function are automatically stored in a
built-in array called arguments. So you can do something
like this:
public static function center(obj1:Object) {
var targetX:Number = ob1._x;
var targetY:Number = ob1._y;
for (var i = 1; iob_ar.length; i++) {
arguments[i]._x = targetX+(ob1._width/2);
arguments[i]._y = targetY+(ob1._width/2);
}
}
}
Btw, obj1 doesn't have to be passed seperately either - you can use
var targetX:Number = arguments[0]._x; - but there's no
reason to do so
in your code, and this way the method is a bit more clear.
The only caveat is that, depending on the rest of your code, if you
have to pass an unknown number of movie clips, there's a
chance your
original function might actually make more sense...
Cheers,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Alistair Colling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 11 May 2007 12:41
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Quick syntax q: how to write a
function that
canreceive an undefined number of parameters
Hi there, just a quick syntax question, I want to receive
a function
that will centre the position of all objects passed to that of the
first object passed but the number of objects passed may
vary. This
is the syntax I am currently using, is this the best way to do it?
Thanks for any comments in advance :) Ali
//ob1 is the object that the objects in the array centre
themselves
to public static function center(ob1:Object,
ob_ar:Array) {
var targetX:Number = ob1._x;
var targetY:Number = ob1._y;
for (var i = 0; iob_ar.length; i++) {
ob_ar[i]._x = targetX+(ob1._width/2);
ob_ar[i]._y = targetY+(ob1._width/2);
}
}
center(myMC, [myMC2, myMC3, myMC4]);
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RE: [Flashcoders] Clear Set Interval Q:
Dunno if there's a good reason behind it, but if you need it to return null
you can always use delete intervalID just afar clearing the interval.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Helmut Granda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 April 2007 22:19
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Clear Set Interval Q:
Is there any specific reason why after calling clearInterval
the variable with the interval returns 1 instead of undefined/null?
Following the docs and creating a simple item we get
different results (no different but no what our logic might expect)
function callback() {
trace(interval called: +getTimer()+ ms.); }
var intervalID:Number = setInterval(callback, 1000);
trace(intervalID);
clear_btn.onRelease = function(){
clearInterval( intervalID );
trace(intervalID);//shouldnt this return undefined/null?
trace(cleared interval);
};
start_btn.onRelease = function() {
intervalID = setInterval(callback, 1000);// this adds 1
to the current interval
trace(intervalID);
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] seek() in VideoPlayer class
Hi Jamie, Assuming you're rolling out your own seek slider, I suggest you call the seek() method after the user released the slider, instead during the dragging process. This will eliminate the multiple calls and make it much smoother. If you really need the sliding to happen in real-time, you could set an interval that gets called every second or so and calls the seek() method. It may also be a good idea to pause the movie when you press the slider and resume playback when you release it. Cheers, Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic new concepts, timeless design www.neo-archaic.net -Original Message- From: Flash Coder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 April 2007 13:36 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] seek() in VideoPlayer class Hi, I am building my own flv videoplayer with the mx.video.VideoPlayer class. I have run into a problem with my draggable slider for seeking back and forth my movie. The problem is: I'm calling the seek() method every time the mouse's x position change. It works fine if I just click around the slider. But if I start dragging it, the class registers every single little seek call, and of course act upon every single one of them. This slows the seeking down a lot. If I just drag it back and forth a couple of times, I can sit back and wait up to 30 seconds to watch it go through every seek jump. What am I doing wrong? I tested the FLV playback component. It works a little better, but far from as good as the YouTube flv player. Please help me out. Jamie ___ 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] eolas fix for IE7
You might want to try ObjectSwap - http://blog.neo-archaic.net/2006/04/25/objectswap.htm Karina -Original Message- From: Matthew Ganz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2007 17:20 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] eolas fix for IE7 hi. i've tried implementing the eolas fix using the flashobject.js method and swfobject.js method and they both work for IE6 but not for IE7. is there a different fix needed for IE7? thanks. -- matt. ___ 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] ASP and Character encoding in flash
I hope somebody can help with this one... I'm working on a flash application, where the settings can be dynamically imported from xml files or an asp query that sends out xml. It works fine if it's an xml file saved as UTF-8, both english and with special characters (in this case, swedish), or an asp generated xml with no special characters (==english). But when the client is trying to send out asp xml in swedish, the special characters turn into boxes and some xml fields display as undefined, similar to what you get if you save the local xml file as simple text, rather than UTF-8. Also, strangely enough, when the query is tested in the browser, IE and FF seem to be having trouble with the asp xml if the encoding at the top of the page is utf-8, but display it fine with ?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'? My guess is that regardless of the encoding at the top of the page, when the asp xml reaches Flash, it's not UTF-8 but simple text. My question is - can anything be done about it? Thanks, Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic new concepts, timeless design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.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
RE: [Flashcoders] ASP and Character encoding in flash
That did the trick! Thanks a mil :) -Original Message- From: Johan Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 March 2007 14:38 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: SV: [Flashcoders] ASP and Character encoding in flash You must set the ASP-charset to utf-8 as well. Add this at the beginning of the ASP file: Response.CodePage = 65001 /Johan -- - I hope somebody can help with this one... I'm working on a flash application, where the settings can be dynamically imported from xml files or an asp query that sends out xml. It works fine if it's an xml file saved as UTF-8, both english and with special characters (in this case, swedish), or an asp generated xml with no special characters (==english). But when the client is trying to send out asp xml in swedish, the special characters turn into boxes and some xml fields display as undefined, similar to what you get if you save the local xml file as simple text, rather than UTF-8. Also, strangely enough, when the query is tested in the browser, IE and FF seem to be having trouble with the asp xml if the encoding at the top of the page is utf-8, but display it fine with ?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'? My guess is that regardless of the encoding at the top of the page, when the asp xml reaches Flash, it's not UTF-8 but simple text. My question is - can anything be done about it? Thanks, Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic new concepts, timeless design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.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 -- Meddelandet har kontrollerats av CRW MailScanner och inget skadligt innehåll har upptäckts. ___ 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] ASP and Character encoding in flash
This certainly explains why the browser rendered the code properly in ISO, when it should have rendered it properly in UTF-8. But the Response.CodePage = 65001 was the bit that was missing from the asp, which is why it wasn't sending the strings properly. All seems to be working fine now - thanks everyone :) Karina -Original Message- From: Rákos Attila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 March 2007 14:42 To: Karina Steffens Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ASP and Character encoding in flash Flash doesn't care about the encoding given in XML's header, it always treats the content as UTF-8 (even if it doesn't match the real code page). Browsers however take the header into consideration, so if UTF-8 is given there, then they treat the content as UTF-8, and if ISO-8859-1 is given, then as ISO-8859-1. So, if ISO-8859-1 works well in browsers, it means that your text is in ISO-8859-1, which is not suitable for Flash. The encoding of the text doesn't depend on the header, it is just for informational purposes for parsers. If you change the header, the text's encoding remains and doesn't change - just parsers will interpret the same byte stream differently. So, you have to make sure to output UTF-8 encoded text with your ASP application. 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 ___ 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] Super and this
Think of 'Super' as opening a Russian Doll. When you call a given method, it's at the current outermost level. When you use Super you remove a layer and work with what is nested inside. I don't know if that helps or not. I don't know lingo, but Flash behaves more or less as most OO languages do. I wouldn't say a Russian Doll - that's what Lingo does, by making it's ancestor an object of its own. In Lingo, you can even create an object by classA and assign it as an ancestor of classB. Flash is probably more like an onion - a single entity with each layer is an integral part of the object. Or a genetics metaphor - having your mother's eyes (in Flash) doesn't mean that you actually have her actual eyes... But Lingo reminds me of a quote from Robots: Ahhh, he's got mother's eyes - I knew they would come in handy! Karina ___ 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] Super and this
Danny, I think what Ron means is, you don't instantiate the class _and_ the super class, as you would with Director. As you know (and for anyone that isn't familiar with it), in Director the ancestor property is an instance of the superclass, residing within an instance of the subclass (a bit like a Russian Doll!) - but in Flash you don't get two instances within each other, but just a single hybrid of all the classes in the inheritance chain. To be honest, I'm not really sure what is better. Certainly the Director way is a lot more flexible - you can generate and swap ancestors on the fly, which I think is pretty cool, a bit like inheritance via composition. Actually if you go back to the metaphor, the Chrysler PT Cruiser in Director would come with a little Chrysler Neon sitting inside it ;) Karina -Original Message- From: Danny Kodicek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 March 2007 09:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Super and this Just to make your life simpler. You do not instantiate a class; you instantiate an instance(object) of a class. Isn't that what 'instantiate' means? By 'instantiate' I mean 'make an instance of'. Danny ___ 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] shared local object, or XML export? or other?
I would definitely go with shared object. You can access it from whatever app you like if you pass a local path parameter, like this: so = SharedObject.getLocal (mySharedObject, /) so = SharedObject.getLocal (mySharedObject, /myProject) Etc... If you don't pass the path, it generates a local path for you, which is indeed different for each application, to avoid naming conflicts. But by specifying the path you bypass that and can call it from anywhere you like. Karina -Original Message- From: kent humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 March 2007 10:50 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] shared local object, or XML export? or other? For an upcoming project, I have to investigate whether to use a shared localobject for storing user data, or exporting XML. This is for a cd based app, not a website. A shared localobject would be my first choice, except that we want to be able to access the saved data from a second release of the cd. My understanding of the security of local objects is that they are only accessible from the app that created them. Is that correct? Or is it possible to work around that? If the second release would not be able to retrieve the data, I thought maybe exporting XML would be an option. But from my searches, all the ways of doing that involve sending to a server, and we wont be able rely on net access being available. Are there any other ways of exporting xml? Or is there a method I haven't thought of? The basic requirement is that user data can be saved to the local machine, and then read in again by the same app, and any other subsequent apps. Ideally we don't want to have to do a local install, but would consider it if there is no other way. Thanks for your time. ___ 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] Create an object by name
Hi Danny,
The idea of the import statement is to specify which class namespaces you
want to use. For example, there could be multiple packages that contain a
class named Danny:
com.kodicek.Danny
com.day.lewis.Danny
If you wanted to use the first class, you'd need to write all of it every
time you wanted to instantiate it, like this:
myClass = new com.kodicek.Danny ()
myClone = new com.kodicek.Danny ()
But to make it easier, you can import it at the top of the containing class:
import com.kodicek.Danny;
Having imported it, you let the containing class know which Danny you want
to be using, so then you can instantiate it without appending the full
package name each time:
myClass = new Danny()
myClone = new Danny()
You can also use:
import com.kodicek.*;
And that would import all the classes in the specified package, saving you
the hassle of importing them one by one - but Flash will only compile the
class or classes you end up using in the script, keeping the swf size just
as small as if you'd used import com.kodicek.Danny.
I hope that wasn't over-explaining: I know you're not exactly a newbie to
programming ;)
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Danny Kodicek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 19 March 2007 11:45
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Create an object by name
Hello Danny,
This short snippet should return you the constructor:
/** Returns the class constructor from a dotted path.
* e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED] var
cons:Function=getConstructorFromPath(com.pkg.fred.Bucket); }
*/
public static function
getConstructorFromPath(classPath:String):Function
{
var arr:Array=classPath.split(.);
var obj:Object=_global;
for(var i:Number=0;iarr.length;i++)
{
obj=obj[arr[i]];
}
return Function(obj);
}
Then just do var obj:Object=new cons();
Thanks, Ian. So constructor functions are actually located in
_global space?
That makes sense - is it always true, or do I need to ensure
it in some way?
After all, if I do an import somewhere, that class is only
available in the scope of the import statement, not
everywhere in the movie (I think?).
Again, sorry to be pushing these questions so much - I just
find that once I understand what's going on 'behind the
scenes', I get much clearer about what my side of things is.
I'm still not entirely sure what import actually
*does* :)
Danny
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[Flashcoders] Switching the current NetStream publish client
Hi List,
I'm currently wrangling with a problem, that seemed fairly straightforward
originally...
I have a chat application, to which I need to introduce a new feature that
allows the Chat Admin to switch the user that has the floor. This is done by
setting a flag in the chat so, which tells all the currently connected users
which of them has the floor. So far, so good.
But the user who has the floor, also needs to appear in the camera view for
all users, whereas in the original application you only had the Admin's
camera active.
My first idea was to simply switch the publisher - so if the Admin was
originally published as adcam stream, now the current floor user is
published there instead, and so forth. But that didn't seem to work - it
generated a BadName error. So then I tried to close the stream before
republishing, but that doesn't seem to work either, and I'm not entirely
sure why. I was tried to sending NetStream.close() and then I tried
NetStream.publish(false), but without success. I suspect that maybe the
client that started the process should also close it, but I'm not sure.
My second idea was to have them all published under their own usernames, and
switching to the floor user by playing the appropriate netstream. But for
some reason, I can only get adcam to publish, even though the other
streams are attempting to be played. The relevant code is this:
function setStream(newStream:String){
stream = newStream
}
function publishCam(newStream){
_global.tt(publish cam)
setStream(newStream)
if (Camera.names.length parent.enableCam){
cam = Camera.get()
startCam()
_global.tt (publishing, stream)
ns.publish(stream, live)
}
}
function startCam(){
_global.tt(start cam)
broadcastMessage (toggleCamMenu, start)
broadcastMessage(attachVideo, cam)
ns.attachVideo(cam);
}
The Xray trace (_global.tt) is showing the right stream name, but it doesn't
get published.
So my questions are - can you see what's wrong with this code, and which of
the two approaches do you think would be a better design?
I should mention that this particular project is Flash7 / FlashComm Server
(not FMS).
Thanks,
Karina
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RE: [Flashcoders] is flash still alive?
And yet you manage to find time to perform more miracles - Papervision3D looks amazing...! ;) -Original Message- From: John Grden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 March 2007 15:28 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is flash still alive? LOL no doubt - I can barely keep up with the work I've taken on and Flash Developers are very hard to find. I must get 1 call a week at least from Recruiters looking for Flash Devs. Business is good. On 1/21/07, Patrick Lemiuex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're joking right? On Mar 12, 2007, at 3:51 PM, ottocid wrote: This may sound a stupid question. But I've been away from flash developing for one year. And I need to know if there is still the same request of flash actionscript programmers of last year of flash is becoming obsolete, in favour of Flex or simply in favour of classical html/serverside applications, that are google friendly / accessible etc... In next months I will leave italy to go in London searching for a job, and I need to know if being a STRONG actionscript developer is still a good reference. Thanks in advance ___ 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 -- [ JPG ] ___ 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] Cache Killer... is it bulletproof ???
Also check out my blog entry on the subject - http://blog.neo-archaic.net/2006/08/02/nocache-for-javascript-and-flash.htm The Flash IDE doesn't like the cache-busters so you need to test System.capabilities.playerType before appending the query. Karina -Original Message- From: David Bellerive [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2007 03:54 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Cache Killer... is it bulletproof ??? I've read that appending a random query string ( example : new Date.getTime() ) to the URL of assets (images, sounds, XML files, etc.) loaded at runtime in the Flash Player ensures that these assets are always loaded from the server instead of being loaded from the cache. I've tested this on Windows XP in IE5, IE5.5, IE6, FF1, FF1.5, FF2, Opera 8, Opera 8.5, Opera 9, Netscape 7 and Netscape 8 and it seems to work very well. However, I haven't been able to test this on a Mac or on Linux. Is this method bulletproof (it works in all browsers on all operating systems)? Is this something that you would really rely on for big projects? Has anyone ever used this method and had big problems with it or even minor glitches? __ __ TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.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] [Solution] MovieClipLoader woes (Irritating BugAlert!)
H Ian, _level0.nav1.nav.mod0.inst0.clip1.inst1.inst2.inst1.res17 You still have inst1 duplicated here - or is this a typo? Thanks for sharing your findings, btw :) Karina -Original Message- From: Ian Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 February 2007 18:42 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] [Solution] MovieClipLoader woes (Irritating BugAlert!) Hi folks, I just thought I'd share the solution to this - a very irritating AS2 bug/feature that took me an age to track down. If you have a bunch of nested movieclips and any of them (down the chain) share a name, such as: _level0.nav1.nav.mod0.inst0.clip1.inst0.inst0.inst1.res17 (I know, not terribly readable, but autogenerated by our clip-creation code. Note all the 'inst0's) then loadMovie() (and by extension, MovieClipLoader) will silently fail. MovieClipLoader will trigger no listener events at all, not even an error. And whereas loadMovie() will trace a semi-useful error (that it can't find the clip), MovieClipLoader won't trace anything at all. Changing it to: _level0.nav1.nav.mod0.inst0.clip1.inst1.inst2.inst1.res17 (i.e. getting rid of all the 'inst0' duplicates) solves the problem. Flash itself can cope quite happily with clips named the same thing in a clip chain. It only falls over when loading into one of the children. If anyone wants to share my pain, the full rundown is here: http://wildwinter.blogspot.com/2007/02/irritating-bugs-no-1679 a-loadmovie-and.html Cheers, Ian On 2/26/07, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Has anyone ever come across a situation where MovieClipLoader just refuses to fire any events whatsoever? The situation: - Flash 8, running in IDE or as local projector (on Win XP) - A whole pile of successful MovieClipLoader calls have been made (probably 50 or so by this stage), _including_ the very same bit of code which later fails. - Nothing else is loading/streaming at the same time. - Three calls (in rapid succession) are made to a function which does the following: - creates a new MovieClipLoader - creates a new MovieClip (at a new depth) - assigns a new listener for the MovieClipLoader - starts loading a .swf into the clip. The first two times, it works perfectly. The third time, no events are fired and the clip apparently doesn't load. On each occasion, we wait for the previous load to successfully complete first (onLoadInit) before we call the function again. Completely repeatable each time. The loaded .swf isn't doing anything odd (it contains no code whatsoever). *sigh* Any ideas? Or robust alternatives to MovieClipLoader? (Bokel's LoaderClass is a little heavyweight for what I want to do, but I might take a look at it). Ian ___ 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] Events for custom classes?
Hi Jason,
I have my own implementation of AsBroadcaster/EventDispatcher (bundling both
in one class), which is very flexible and can be used with inheritance or
composition (But unlike the standard implementations, it's not a mix-in
class). If you'd like me to send you the class, just let me know.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Merrill, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 February 2007 20:16
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Thanks Alain, will revist it that way instead.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organizational Effectiveness
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alain
Rousseau
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:01 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Jason,
So if I understand clearly what you want to do is :
From Class A : (pseudo code following)
class ClassA {
private var instClassB:ClassB;
make comboBox
make datagrid
function ClassA() {
instClassB = new ClassB();
comboBox.onChange = Delegate.create(this,
cbChangeHandler);
instClassB.addEventListener(webServiceResult, this);
}
function cbChangeHandler(e){
instClassB.getWSdata(e.value);
}
function webServiceResult(evtObj:Object) {
update datagrid with evtObj.newData
}
}
class ClassB {
Decorate with EventDispatcher methods
dispatchEvent, addEventListener, removeEventListener
function ClassB() {
EventDispatcher.initialize(this);
}
function getWSdata(val) {
get data from web service
wsInstance.onResult = Delegate.create(this,
wsResulthandler);
}
function wsResulthandler(data) {
this.dispatchEvent({type:webServiceResult,
newData:data}) // add anything you want to pass in the object
}
}
Now you have them both communication the way you want
Have fun !
Alain
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill, Jason
Sent: 16 février 2007 14:36
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Daniel, try as I may, I can't get your code to work. I have one
class, which has a combobox. I can get the event to fire when the
combobox changes just fine, but I can't get it to hear
the firing of
the data capture from the webservice in the other class.
So basically, in pseudocode, I need to do this:
class A{
make comboBox
make datagrid
when comboBox changes, use Class B
to get data from webservice
when webservice result received,
update datagrid with new data
}
class B{
connect to webservice
when requested, return data to requesting class }
Reason I want these two classes to be separate is because I
want other
classes to call Class B to get data as well. So, I can do all of
those things just fine, they are all working, except for the last
part, when requested, return data to requesting class - I figure
since the webservice is asynchronous, I need to capture the
received
event, which is fine, I can do, that works. But I need to
tell Class
A to update the datagrid with the new data when it gets it
from Class
B - so an event model is required.
in your code, you have a var r in both the Class A and
Class B -
I'm confused about that. Thanks for any help.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organizational Effectiveness
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Holth,
Daniel C.
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:36 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Here is your code modified to use the EventDispatcher:
import mx.events.EventDispatcher; // import the event dispatcher
class com.boa.projects.iqrcgenerator.components.AdminData{
public var addEventListener:Function; // Set the functions
public var removeEventListener:Function; // Set the functions
private var dispatchEvent:Function; // Set the functions
private var userData:Object;
// I'm sure you have a different constructor, but you need
// to add that line to it if you want to use the eventdispatcher
public function AdminData(){
mx.events.EventDispatcher.initialize(this); //
add this to
constructor
}
public function wsUserDataByLOB(lobDbId:Number):Void{
var getUserListResult:Object = new Object();
getUserListResult =
generatorWebService.GetUserList(lobDbId);
var r = this; // To get this in onResult
getUserListResult.onResult = function(oUser){
r.dispatchEvent({type:eventOnResult,
RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
I sent the custom class off list to both of you.
If anyone else is interested, I'll put it on my blog as soon as I get a
moment to spare, and will let the list know when it's there.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Rost, Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 February 2007 20:55
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Can you please email your class to me as well [offlist]. I'm
working on almost the same thing as Jason.
Thanks much,
Andrew Rost
IDEXX Computer Systems
-Original Message-
From: Merrill, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:41 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Sure, yes - please send offlist . Thanks!
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organizational Effectiveness
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Karina
Steffens
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:30 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Hi Jason,
I have my own implementation of AsBroadcaster/EventDispatcher
(bundling both in one class), which is very flexible and
can be used
with inheritance or composition (But unlike the standard
implementations, it's not a mix-in class). If you'd like me to send
you the class, just let me know.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Merrill, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 February 2007 20:16
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Thanks Alain, will revist it that way instead.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organizational Effectiveness
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alain
Rousseau
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:01 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Jason,
So if I understand clearly what you want to do is :
From Class A : (pseudo code following)
class ClassA {
private var instClassB:ClassB;
make comboBox
make datagrid
function ClassA() {
instClassB = new ClassB();
comboBox.onChange = Delegate.create(this,
cbChangeHandler);
instClassB.addEventListener(webServiceResult, this);
}
function cbChangeHandler(e){
instClassB.getWSdata(e.value);
}
function webServiceResult(evtObj:Object) {
update datagrid with evtObj.newData
}
}
class ClassB {
Decorate with EventDispatcher methods
dispatchEvent, addEventListener, removeEventListener
function ClassB() {
EventDispatcher.initialize(this);
}
function getWSdata(val) {
get data from web service
wsInstance.onResult = Delegate.create(this,
wsResulthandler);
}
function wsResulthandler(data) {
this.dispatchEvent({type:webServiceResult,
newData:data}) // add anything you want to pass in the object
}
}
Now you have them both communication the way you want
Have fun !
Alain
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Merrill, Jason
Sent: 16 février 2007 14:36
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events for custom classes?
Daniel, try as I may, I can't get your code to work. I
have one
class, which has a combobox. I can get the event to fire
when the
combobox changes just fine, but I can't get it to hear
the firing of
the data capture from the webservice in the other class.
So basically, in pseudocode, I need to do this:
class A{
make comboBox
make datagrid
when comboBox changes, use Class B
to get data from webservice
when webservice result received,
update datagrid with new data
}
class B{
connect to webservice
when requested, return data to requesting class }
Reason I want these two classes to be separate is because I
want other
classes to call Class B to get data as well. So, I can
do all of
those things just fine, they are all working, except
for the last
part, when requested, return data to requesting class -
I figure
since the webservice is asynchronous, I need to capture the
received
event, which is fine, I can do, that works. But I need to
tell Class
A to update the datagrid with the new data when it gets it
from Class
B - so an event model is required.
in your code, you have a var r in both the Class A and
Class B
RE: [Flashcoders] onLoadComplete, but no onLoadInit
Hi Michael,
I address the problem of testing cache-busting code in the IDE in my blog:
http://blog.neo-archaic.net/2006/08/02/nocache-for-javascript-and-flash.htm
Basically, what you need to do is check for System.capabilites.playerType
before adding the cache-buster to the url.
var loader:MovieClipLoader;
var viewLoader:MovieClip;
var url:String = images/catalogue/collection/cat1.jpg;
if (System.capabilities.playerType == PlugIn
|| System.capabilities.playerType == ActiveX){
url+=?nocache=+new Date().getTime();
}
loader.loadClip (url, viewLoader);
This, of course, won't prevent the other problem you mentioned, large files
downloading multiple times, but it can be quite handy for often-updated
content.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: T. Michael Keesey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 15 February 2007 03:56
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] onLoadComplete, but no onLoadInit
On 2/14/07, John VanHorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this problem has been discussed before. is this what youre
referring to?
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/171681.
html
seems that MovieClipLoader events do not fire correctly
when content
is loaded from cache. if this is your problem, would appended a
cache-killing query string to the url work? something like:
mcl.loadclip(someswf.swf?d= + new Date().valueOf(),
targetMc
);
Apparently this is a problem, as well as onLoadInit not
working correctly all the time when publishing using the
Flash 9 alpha. (And in that case, it fails sporadically in
Firefox and the IDE as well.)
Cache-busting is not a great solution, since 1) it makes it
impossible to test anything anywhere except from a server,
and 2) it could cause some large-ish files to download
multiple times. I think I'll just have to come up with a
customized solution and, in general, learn not to rely on onLoadInit.
Suck.
--
Mike Keesey
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RE: [Flashcoders] onLoadComplete, but no onLoadInit
You're welcome :)
-Original Message-
From: T. Michael Keesey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 15 February 2007 15:28
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] onLoadComplete, but no onLoadInit
On 2/15/07, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Michael,
I address the problem of testing cache-busting code in the
IDE in my blog:
http://blog.neo-archaic.net/2006/08/02/nocache-for-javascript-and-flas
h.htm
Basically, what you need to do is check for
System.capabilites.playerType before adding the
cache-buster to the url.
var loader:MovieClipLoader;
var viewLoader:MovieClip;
var url:String = images/catalogue/collection/cat1.jpg;
if (System.capabilities.playerType == PlugIn
|| System.capabilities.playerType == ActiveX){
url+=?nocache=+new Date().getTime(); }
loader.loadClip (url,
viewLoader);
This, of course, won't prevent the other problem you
mentioned, large
files downloading multiple times, but it can be quite handy for
often-updated content.
Ah, thanks! That looks like something that could be an option
for my loading package.
--
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RE: [Flashcoders] determining which object is displayed at agivenpoint
I concur. You just can't have two mcs on the same depth in Flash.
When you use a repeat loop similar to my code, don't forget to switch the
shape flag on (see code). This way you'll avoid hitting on empty bits in the
rect (that's why I was using circles to test my theory - the bounding rect
wasn't hit, just the circles themselves). Then, the _very first time_ you
get a hit, you know that you're at the highest depth. Stop the loop and
recurse into the clip to check for children. The _fist time_ you get a hit
there, stop and check for children again, etc.
The first clip to score a hit, which doesn't have any more children that
also score a hit, is your dear uncle bob.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Joshua Sera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 February 2007 07:49
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is
displayed at agivenpoint
The only case in which depth would be identical for two
movieclips is if they both were contained in different parent
movieclips.
In that case, check the parent's depth, and use that to
resolve the conflict. If both of those are the same, continue
going up until the conflict is resolved.
--- Vishal Kapur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It looks like you spent some time on this response, I really
appreciate that. As I mentioned in my first mail, depth,
_visible and
_alpha are the properties I'm checking right now to resolve
conflicts.
So my code looks very similar to your code below.
This works
sometimes, but I've run into cases where there are 2 movieclips for
which hitTest() is true, _visible is true, _alpha is 100, and the
depths are identical. One of the movieclips is obscured behind the
other; there must be some way to distinguish them.
Are there any
other properties on movieclips (maybe hidden ones) that might be of
use? The Flash runtime must be doing this internally for
onRollOver
event firing; anyone know how this works?
Thanks,
Vishal
On 2/7/07, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Ok, I see your problem, so lets think what else
you can do with the hitTest
approach...
First of all, you can set the shape flag to true,
so that the hit test will
only return true if there's something there (as
opposed to the entire
bounding rect).
Then you can test for _alpha (you might want to
test for _visible also),
thus eliminating invisible buttons, such as your
big rectangle that obscures
the rest.
Finally, checking for different depths - I
recently discovered that if you
loop through a clip, it starts at the highest
depth, even on the same layer:
for (var i in _root) {
trace(i + +_root[i].getDepth());
}
$version
clip3 -16379
clip2 -16381
clip1 -16383
So now you know which one has the highest depth:
clip3, which also comes
first in the loop.
At this point, you can break the loop. If you need
to go deeper, you can
then recurse within that clip, and see if it has
any child mcs, which one of
those scores the highest hitTest and if that one
has any children - etc.
Here's some quickdirty code:
for (var i in _root) {
trace(i + +_root[i].getDepth());
}
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
for (var i in this) {
var clip = this[i];
if (!(clip instanceof MovieClip))
{
continue;
}
if (clip._alpha == 0 ||
clip._visible == 0) {
continue;
}
if (clip.hitTest(_root._xmouse,
_root._ymouse, true)) {
trace(clip);
break;
}
}
};
On the timeline, I placed three circular clips
overlapping eachother, so
that clip1 is at the lowest depth and clip3 at the
highest. I made clip3
invisible by setting it's alpha to 0.
After moving my mouse over the clips, starting
from the third, the trace
result was:
$version
clip3 -16379
clip2 -16381
clip1 -16383
_level0.clip2
_level0.clip2
_level0.clip2
_level0.clip2
_level0.clip2
_level0.clip2
_level0.clip2
_level0.clip1
_level0.clip1
_level0.clip1
Each time the trace picked out the highest visible
part of a clip, thus
resolving any conflicts.
Hope this helps to point you in the right
direction.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Vishal Kapur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 February 2007 20:29
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which
object is
displayed at agivenpoint
To respond to the recent activity on this
thread:
Erik, the core functionality that I need really
does need to
be comprehensive and fairly generic: so, given
any 3rd party
swf which
RE: [Flashcoders] determining which object is displayed at agivenpoint
Hi Vishal,
I apologise ahead if I'm being dense here, but nobody seems to have
mentioned the obvious solution:
Looping through the mcs in your third party flash movie and checking for
hit-test with the mouse position.
var hit_array:Array = [];
for (var i:String in target_mc){
var mc:MovieClip = target_mc[i];
if (!mc instanceof MovieClip){
//not a movie clip - ignore
continue;
}
//Check for hit test
if (target_mc[i].hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)
hit_array.push(target_mc);
}
}
At the end of it you have an array of all the movie clips that scored a
hit test.
This code is just off the top of my head, an thoroughly untested. Also
Depending on the structure of your flash movie, you will probably want to
delve deeper and test for a hit within each movie clip that you encounter.
It's also not very efficient, especially if you have to do recursion, so I
wouldn't recommend doing it too often. (don't use onMouseMove but rather an
enterFrame event, an interval or some kind of once-off event - depending on
your application).
Alternatively, if you already know which objects should be tested, you can
do this more efficiently by hard-coding them manually into an array and
looping within the array to check for a hit test. Not pretty, but should
work.
And finally, something that occurred to me while writing this post, you
could try temporarily switching off the _visible property of the overlapping
clip just before checking for _droptarget - and then switching it on again.
This might be the least processor-intensive way of doing this.
Cheers,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Vishal Kapur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 February 2007 01:26
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is
displayed at agivenpoint
Ok, got it. Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this but it
doesn't work with the third-party flash movie I am looking
at. They have an movie clip with _alpha set to 0 that covers
the stage at a depth higher than all other visible elements.
As a result _droptarget is always set to that object. What I
need is something that takes into account visibility.
Any other thoughts on this?
-- Vishal
On 2/6/07, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What he's saying is that _droptarget will tell you exactly
what is at
the top under the users mouse - but in order to use it you
have to use
startDrag to fool it in to working. Maybe you could drag an
invisible
clip around or something.
M
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Vishal Kapur
Sent: 06 February 2007 16:03
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is
displayed at
a givenpoint
I don't understand what you're suggesting. The user is
not dragging
the movieclip.
The idea is to write a function with a signature like:
function getObjectAtPoint(xmouse:Number, ymouse:Number):Object
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RE: [Flashcoders] determining which object is displayed at agivenpoint
Jason -
This is a valid point, but even if flash is doing it with every mouse move,
it's probably not a good idea to make it do it all over again each time...
But I'm not sure what's more efficient - mouseMove, enterFrame or mouseOver?
-Original Message-
From: Jason Boyd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 February 2007 19:43
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is
displayed at agivenpoint
I've been following this thread and am just curious --
everyone seems to be assuming that looping through all clips
and doing hitTest() is inefficient, but presumably this is
exactly what the Flash player is doing with every mouse move.
Is there some good reason to assume the Flash player is doing
this internally much more efficiently than the function
exposed through AS as hitTest()? Without a priori knowledge,
I'd recommend trying this, and if it doesnt turn out to
noticeably slow anything, you're done.
On 2/7/07, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Vishal,
I apologise ahead if I'm being dense here, but nobody seems to have
mentioned the obvious solution:
Looping through the mcs in your third party flash movie and
checking
for hit-test with the mouse position.
var hit_array:Array = [];
for (var i:String in target_mc){
var mc:MovieClip = target_mc[i];
if (!mc instanceof MovieClip){
//not a movie clip - ignore
continue;
}
//Check for hit test
if (target_mc[i].hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)
hit_array.push(target_mc);
}
}
At the end of it you have an array of all the movie clips that
scored a hit test.
This code is just off the top of my head, an thoroughly
untested. Also
Depending on the structure of your flash movie, you will
probably want
to delve deeper and test for a hit within each movie clip
that you encounter.
It's also not very efficient, especially if you have to do
recursion,
so I wouldn't recommend doing it too often. (don't use
onMouseMove but
rather an enterFrame event, an interval or some kind of
once-off event
- depending on your application).
Alternatively, if you already know which objects should be
tested, you
can do this more efficiently by hard-coding them manually into an
array and looping within the array to check for a hit test. Not
pretty, but should work.
And finally, something that occurred to me while writing this post,
you could try temporarily switching off the _visible
property of the
overlapping clip just before checking for _droptarget - and then
switching it on again.
This might be the least processor-intensive way of doing this.
Cheers,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Vishal Kapur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 February 2007 01:26
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is
displayed at
agivenpoint
Ok, got it. Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this but
it doesn't
work with the third-party flash movie I am looking at.
They have an
movie clip with _alpha set to 0 that covers the stage at a depth
higher than all other visible elements.
As a result _droptarget is always set to that object.
What I need
is something that takes into account visibility.
Any other thoughts on this?
-- Vishal
On 2/6/07, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What he's saying is that _droptarget will tell you exactly
what is at
the top under the users mouse - but in order to use it you
have to use
startDrag to fool it in to working. Maybe you could drag an
invisible
clip around or something.
M
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of
Vishal Kapur
Sent: 06 February 2007 16:03
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is
displayed at
a givenpoint
I don't understand what you're suggesting. The user is
not dragging
the movieclip.
The idea is to write a function with a signature like:
function getObjectAtPoint(xmouse:Number, ymouse:Number):Object
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RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls?
Hi Pete, Nope, by the stage I mean clicking on a control within the Flash movie. So that clicking on a control in the Xray treeview generates a similar response as clicking on it in real. K. -Original Message- From: Pete Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 February 2007 16:38 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? I'm publishing to AS2.0, running the most recent connector version (I just downloaded it), and I'm not using the Flex UI. As far as clicking on the stage, all the components are instantiated at runtime, so there is nothing on the stage (I assume by 'stage' you refer to the IDE stage). P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karina Steffens Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:06 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? Perhaps a little less obvious, clicking on a control in the Xray UI, or rolling over it, gives you the same effect as clicking/rolling over the control on the stage. So the question is, what happens when you click the control on the stage? Karina -Original Message- From: Pete Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 February 2007 20:26 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? I'm trying out XRay for the first time, and it seems that after taking a snapshot, when I click on an item in the UI to examine its properties, that control becomes disabled (no longer responds to mouse events) anymore. If I examine the properties of an mc containing controls, the entire mc is disabled. Is this the expected behavior? Doesn't seem very useful. What am I doing wrong? Pete M. ___ 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 ___ 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] XRay freezes controls?
Well that explains it! You were using the newest version of the connector with the old version of the interface... Fond as I am of the old Xray UI interface, the two are not compatible :) -Original Message- From: Pete Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 February 2007 18:20 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? I don't see any obvious feedback as you are describing, although in my case there aren't any rollover effects. In trying to figure out what you were describing I figured perhaps you were describing the Flex2 UI, whereas I was using the older UI, so I tried the Flex2 interface. That eliminated the original problem, so I guess everything else it moot at this point. Thanks for helping. P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karina Steffens Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:55 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? For example, if you have a tooltip that activates on rolling over a button, the tooltip gets activated when you roll over that button in the treeview. (But not the other way around - rolling over the button won't suddenly show you a tooltip in Xray). I'm not sure if this happens all the time or only in certain situations, but what I'm saying is that there is a direct feedback between Xray and your flash movie. I remember at some point I was X-raying an dragdrop application, and elements in the treeview kept changing their depths when clicked. So a clicking an element in the treeview will generate some kind of response in your application - which is all I'm trying to say... And what you need to figure out now is why this response happens to be locking up your movie in your case. K. -Original Message- From: Pete Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 February 2007 17:39 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? Therein is my problem. Once I click on an item in the treeview, the corresponding item in the movie becomes locked up; it no longer responds to the mouse. If I click on a movie clip name in the treeview, the entire window (all components in that clip) are frozen. Furthermore, I don't understand what you mean that clicking on the control in either place generates a similar response. Clicking on an item name in Xray displays its properties. Clicking on an item in the movie does not cause anything to happen in Xray. P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karina Steffens Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:26 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? Hi Pete, Nope, by the stage I mean clicking on a control within the Flash movie. So that clicking on a control in the Xray treeview generates a similar response as clicking on it in real. K. -Original Message- From: Pete Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 February 2007 16:38 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? I'm publishing to AS2.0, running the most recent connector version (I just downloaded it), and I'm not using the Flex UI. As far as clicking on the stage, all the components are instantiated at runtime, so there is nothing on the stage (I assume by 'stage' you refer to the IDE stage). P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karina Steffens Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:06 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? Perhaps a little less obvious, clicking on a control in the Xray UI, or rolling over it, gives you the same effect as clicking/rolling over the control on the stage. So the question is, what happens when you click the control on the stage? Karina -Original Message- From: Pete Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 February 2007 20:26 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? I'm trying out XRay for the first time, and it seems that after taking a snapshot, when I click on an item in the UI to examine its properties, that control becomes disabled (no longer responds to mouse events) anymore. If I examine the properties of an mc containing controls, the entire mc is disabled. Is this the expected behavior? Doesn't seem very useful. What
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash diagnostic tools
I would highly recommend Xray (http://osflash.org/xray) - Don't know what I'd do without it... Aside from Xraying your app, you can also set up customised traces, that are much better than our beloved trace() command. And it also works in your runtime environment. Karina -Original Message- From: David Ham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 February 2007 20:40 To: FlashCoders Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash diagnostic tools I am working on a Flash app and it is starting to exhibit some performance problems. Is there any tool or technique people use to analyze Flash apps as they are running? Aside from the beloved trace () of course? Thanks for any advice you can offer, OK DAH ___ 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] XRay freezes controls?
Perhaps a little less obvious, clicking on a control in the Xray UI, or rolling over it, gives you the same effect as clicking/rolling over the control on the stage. So the question is, what happens when you click the control on the stage? Karina -Original Message- From: Pete Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 February 2007 20:26 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] XRay freezes controls? I'm trying out XRay for the first time, and it seems that after taking a snapshot, when I click on an item in the UI to examine its properties, that control becomes disabled (no longer responds to mouse events) anymore. If I examine the properties of an mc containing controls, the entire mc is disabled. Is this the expected behavior? Doesn't seem very useful. What am I doing wrong? Pete M. ___ 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] how to know that thae video is finished?
Privyet Natasha,
Here's how I solved it:
Private var movie_flv:mx.controls.MediaDisplay;
private var t:Number;
private var lastCheck:Number;
Private var play_btn //ToggleButton
Private function checkStatus(){
if (play_btn.selected movie_flv.playheadTime
movie_flv.playheadTime == lastCheck){
stopMovie()
}else{
lastCheck = movie_flv.playheadTime;
}
}
public function stopMovie(){
//This is where you execute you stop movie code, sent from
checkStatus or remotely
clearInterval(t)
play_btn.selected = false;
movie_flv.stop()
lastCheck = 0;
//Etc...
}
//And when you start playing:
t = setInterval(this, checkStatus, 2000)
--
And of course, this code can modified to suit your needs. You can also
replace the setInterval with onEnterFrame=checkStatus; and delete
enterFrame; in the stopMovie() handler or equivalent. The play_btn in my
code refers to a custom ToggleButton that switches between
playing(selected) and paused(deselected) states. You might still be able to
use that check with a different toggle button control, or alternatively, set
a flag variable to check if the movie is currently paused.
Hope this helps,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: natalia Vikhtinskaya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 January 2007 10:00
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished?
Thank you very much for help. I used this for two different
flv videos.Ichecked status for both:
For one I have this trace
NetStream.Play.Start
NetStream.Buffer.Full
NetStream.Buffer.Flush
NetStream.Buffer.Empty
and for another
NetStream.Play.Start
NetStream.Buffer.Full
NetStream.Buffer.Flush
NetStream.Play.Stop
I am not big expert in video. Can anybody explain why one
video has status NetStream.Play.Stop and another not? And how
to write script that find that video is finished for any video.
2007/1/18, Matthias Dittgen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
use this:
myNetStream.onStatus = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
if (debug==true)
{
status_txt.text += status ( + this.time + seconds)\n;
status_txt.text += \t Level: + infoObject.level + \n;
status_txt.text += \t Code: + infoObject.code + \n\n;
}
if (infoObject.code==NetStream.Play.Stop)
{
// VIDEO FINISHED..
// use some Delegate.create(...) here
}
}
HTH,
Matthias
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RE: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished?
Isn't it amazing that Adobe/MM never bothered setting up a simple
onStopMovie event?...
-Original Message-
From: Hans Wichman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 January 2007 12:12
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished?
Hi,
the video might not be correctly encoded, ie from meta data
etc. And I think that in some player version (might still be
the case), the stop is triggered before the buffer empty. In
other words if you have a buffer set to 5 seconds, the video
will play on for 5 seconds after receiving a stop signal.
In the end we preprocessed all our vids with a
metadatainjector such as burak's and check the time against
the duration.
greetz
JC
On 1/18/07, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Privyet Natasha,
Here's how I solved it:
Private var movie_flv:mx.controls.MediaDisplay;
private var t:Number;
private var lastCheck:Number;
Private var play_btn //ToggleButton
Private function checkStatus(){
if (play_btn.selected movie_flv.playheadTime
movie_flv.playheadTime == lastCheck){
stopMovie()
}else{
lastCheck = movie_flv.playheadTime;
}
}
public function stopMovie(){
//This is where you execute you stop movie code, sent from
checkStatus or remotely
clearInterval(t)
play_btn.selected = false;
movie_flv.stop()
lastCheck = 0;
//Etc...
}
//And when you start playing:
t = setInterval(this, checkStatus, 2000)
--
And of course, this code can modified to suit your needs. You can
also replace the setInterval with onEnterFrame=checkStatus; and
delete enterFrame; in the stopMovie() handler or equivalent. The
play_btn in my code refers to a custom ToggleButton that switches
between
playing(selected) and paused(deselected) states. You might still be
able to use that check with a different toggle button control, or
alternatively, set a flag variable to check if the movie is
currently
paused.
Hope this helps,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: natalia Vikhtinskaya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 January 2007 10:00
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is
finished?
Thank you very much for help. I used this for two different flv
videos.Ichecked status for both:
For one I have this trace
NetStream.Play.Start
NetStream.Buffer.Full
NetStream.Buffer.Flush
NetStream.Buffer.Empty
and for another
NetStream.Play.Start
NetStream.Buffer.Full
NetStream.Buffer.Flush
NetStream.Play.Stop
I am not big expert in video. Can anybody explain why one
video has
status NetStream.Play.Stop and another not? And how to
write script
that find that video is finished for any video.
2007/1/18, Matthias Dittgen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
use this:
myNetStream.onStatus = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
if (debug==true)
{
status_txt.text += status ( + this.time +
seconds)\n;
status_txt.text += \t Level: +
infoObject.level + \n;
status_txt.text += \t Code: + infoObject.code
+ \n\n;
}
if (infoObject.code==NetStream.Play.Stop)
{
// VIDEO FINISHED..
// use some Delegate.create(...) here
}
}
HTH,
Matthias
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RE: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished?
Hi Muzak, Sounds like this new component might be a better option for Natalia's problem. Karina -Original Message- From: Muzak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 January 2007 12:43 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished? Flash 8 has a new (and improved) Video component mx.controls.MediaDisplay no longer exists in Flash 8 and is replaced with mx.video.FLVPlayback http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/3477.html FLVPlayback component has a complete event: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/3537.html regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished? Isn't it amazing that Adobe/MM never bothered setting up a simple onStopMovie event?... ___ 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] how to know that thae video is finished?
Sorry, it's bee a while since I wrote that script, so I forgot to mention
that movie_flv in my code is an AS2 Video Playback component that has the
movie attached to it instead of a simple movie clip. It's located in the
components panel. You might want to try theVideo.playheadTime instead, but
if that doesn't work, you could try using this component instead. Or better
yet, if you're using Flash 8, try the new video component that Muzak
mentioned (Flv Playback) which has a complete event.
PS: I just saw Helen's post - that's definitely worth a try.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: natalia Vikhtinskaya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 January 2007 13:35
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished?
Sorry, maybe I do something wrong but I can not get PlayHead Time
var movie_flv:mx.controls.MediaDisplay;
var nc:NetConnection=new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);
ns.setBufferTime(3);
ns.onStatus=function(info){
if (info.code==NetStream.Buffer.Full ){
bufferClip._visible=false;
}
if (info.code==NetStream.BufferEmpty){
bufferClip._visible=true;
}
if
(info.code==NetStream.Play.Stop){ //this place not always
works. So for some video
//it just stops at the end. I want it goes to the
//start position and paused.
ns.seek(0);
}
}
theVideo.attachVideo(ns);
ns.play(video/shoeshdmaster_vp6520.flv);
var videoInterval=setInterval(videoStatus,10);
ns[onMetaData]=function(obj){
duration=obj.duration;
}
function videoStatus(){
trace(movie_flv.playheadTime) //show
undefined
}
2007/1/18, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Flash 8 has a new (and improved) Video component
mx.controls.MediaDisplay no longer exists in Flash 8 and is
replaced
with mx.video.FLVPlayback
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/3477.html
FLVPlayback component has a complete event:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/3537.html
regards,
Muzak
- Original Message -
From: Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] how to know that thae video is finished?
Isn't it amazing that Adobe/MM never bothered setting up a simple
onStopMovie event?...
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RE: [Flashcoders] Specifying contentPath for FLVPlayer
Helen, have you set the FlvPlayback to autoPlay, or told it to play manually? I'm looking at the docs and there seem to be a few ways to load the videos: my_FLVPlybk.contentPath = rtmp://my_servername/my_application/stream.flv; my_FLVplybk.load(contentPath:String[, totalTime:Number, isLive:Boolean]) my_FLVplybk.play ([contentPath:String, totalTime:Number, isLive:Boolean]) Mind you, I haven't tried any yet... Karina -Original Message- From: Helen Triolo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 January 2007 15:46 To: Flashcoders Mailing List Subject: [Flashcoders] Specifying contentPath for FLVPlayer Realized this should have its own thread instead of hijacking natalia's: I can't get the FLVPlayback component to display the streamed videos that are working fine with the MediaPlayback component. For the latter, I use setMedia(rtmp:/LT/myfile.flv) but there is no setMedia command for FLVPlayback, only contentPath, and setting it to the above doesn't work, nor did setting contentPath = rtmp://server address/LT/myfile.flv or rtmp://server address/LT/stream/_definst_/myfile.flv -- the video never shows up. Any suggestions? Helen ___ 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] Re: XML and line breaks
You first need to assign txtField.html = true _not_ txtField.htmlText = true And then you assign txtField.htmlText = xmlNode -Original Message- From: Stephen Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 January 2007 10:12 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Re: XML and line breaks Still having issues with creating line breaks in my text field. Here is the new XML: \n\nintro title=How to ?![CDATA[Rollover an item in the menu onbr / the left to see a bsnapshot of a project/b.]]/intro \n\nIn my flash code, I set the text field as txtField.htmlText = true; and assign the text with txtField.htmlText = xmlNode; but it's still not appearing correctly - the tags are appearing in the text fields (both the b and the br /).Any thoughts.___ 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] Need help with testing ObjectSwap on Safari
Hi List, I'm having a bit of a problem with my ObjectSwap script, that I'm hoping someone could help me with. It was developed on Windows and, according to comments on my blog and the SitePoint article, it was working fine with Safari. However, I recently tried it on a client's Mac and it didn't seem to be working properly (That is, the Flash part of my home page was invisible). Apparently my own Mac, which I rarely switch on, is so old it can't even install Safari (OSX 10.1). So, my request is, if anyone with a Mac has a moment to spare to have a look at my home page (www.neo-archaic.net) and tell me if the flash part of it displays correctly - that is, if you can see the tree animation. I need to figure this out before I start running around trying to find an available Mac... TIA, Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic creative technical new media design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.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
RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Firefox on a mac
Could your user have Adblocker installed? If so, she needs to disable it, or change a setting to allow Flash - otherwise it won't. Karina -Original Message- From: Wendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 October 2006 19:29 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Q: Firefox on a mac We have a user with Firefox on her mac that is not showing Flash movies properly(at all). The flash looks fine when she uses Sarfari, but given the populatiry of Firefox these days, we want a flash movie that works on all platforms. Have you been experiencing these issues? How did you deal? Flash 8 Thanks, -Wendy ___ 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] Q: Firefox 2 on a Mac
Two questions: Did you check if she has Ad blocker? Do older versions of flash work on her browser? If a - disable Ad blocker. If b - ObjectSwap checks for version using JavaScript. -Original Message- From: Wendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 October 2006 15:00 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Q: Firefox 2 on a Mac Here is the link. Flash movies made in Flash 8 will not show on this client's Mac under Firefox. It shows just fine on her Mac under Safari. http://www.themagazinegroup.com/clients-case-studies-webmd.asp Let me know what you think. I don't recall there being a specific check for browser plug in option in Flash that checks with with Firefox?! Can I just also say I'm not a fan of Adobe's website. They should have just left Macromedia alone. ___ 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] Odd behavior of Camera after reconnecting to server
Hi List,
I'm trying to figure out a bug that's driving me nuts, and since the
FlashComm list is down, I hope someone here can shed some light on it.
I have a customised chat application (FlashComm), where an advisor is
talking to one or more clients. The advisor has a camera attached via a net
stream connection, which can be seen by each client (it's a one-way stream,
the clients don't have cameras). The advisor can also pause and restart the
camera with a menu-button. The pause is really just a net stream stop
action, but the camera just freezes on the last frame.
It all works fine, until the advisor's connection gets dropped, for example
by a faulty internet connection to the server. At that point I'm
reconnecting the advisor almost instantaneously to the net connection
object. The camera's stream still seems to be working ok, until the advisor
tries to pause it. At that point, the camera appears paused on the advisor
screen, but the light doesn't go off and it doesn't pause on the client's
screen.
Here is the relevant code bits:
In the Advisor Model:
function startCam(){
broadcastMessage(attachVideo, cam)
ns.attachVideo(cam);
}
function stopCam(){
broadcastMessage(attachVideo)
ns.attachVideo();
}
In the Advisor/Client View:
function attachVideo (video:Object) {
admin_vo.attachVideo (video);
}
After running some tests, I suspect that it appears to work ok on the
advisor's side because the local attachVideo call in the Advisor's View is
working properly, but something goes wrong with the net stream.
Does anyone have any ideas as to the why, the wherefore and the howto?
Thanks in advance,
Karina
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RE: [Flashcoders] hello, and interval management question
I've got a class here that manages intervals as well. It can be used to
create intervals that fire off once (after a delay), continuously or a
specified number of times. The events can then be applied to the parent
object or another target object.
Cheers,
Karina
/**
* Delay class - executes callbacks, broadcasts messages and events the
parent (or a passed target) after a set delay.
*
* @author Karina Steffens
* @version 1.0
* @usage
* @class
*/
class com.neoarchaic.util.Delay {
public var parent:Object;
private var events:Object;
private var index:Number;
function Delay (aparent:Object) {
parent = aparent;
index = 0;
events = new Object ();
}
/**Broadcast the message to the parent after the delay.
* @param target Object
* @param evt String
* @param delay Number
*/
public function doLater ():String {
//target:Object, evt:String, delay:Number
//_global.tt (doLater, arguments)
return storeMessage (doLater, arguments);
}
/**Broadcast the message to the parent after the delay.
* @param target Object
* @param evt String
* @param delay Number
*/
public function doLoop ():String {
return storeMessage (doLoop, arguments);
}
/**Broadcast the message to the parent after the delay.
* @param target Object
* @param evt String
* @param delay Number
* @param times Number
*/
public function doRepeat ():String {
return storeMessage (doRepeat, arguments);
}
/**Broadcast the EventListener to listeners after the delay.
* @param target Object
* @param evt String
* @param delay Number
*/
public function dispatchEvent ():String {
return storeMessage (dispatchEvent, arguments);
}
/**Broadcast the EventListener to listeners after the delay.
* @param target Object
* @param evt String
* @param delay Number
*/
public function broadcastEvent ():String {
return storeMessage (broadcastEvent, arguments);
}
/**Broadcast the message to listeners after the delay.
* @param target Object
* @param evt String
* @param delay Number
*/
public function broadcastMessage ():String {
return storeMessage (broadcastMessage, arguments);
}
/**Interrupt the event before the interval.
* @param id String
*/
public function interrupt (id:String) {
var myEvent:Object;
if (id == all) {
for (var i in events) {
myEvent = events[i];
clearInterval (myEvent.interval);
}
events = new Object ();
return;
}
myEvent = events[id];
if (myEvent == undefined) {
for (var i in events) {
if (events[i].evt == id || events[i].evtType
== id) {
myEvent = events[i];
break;
}
}
}
clearInterval (myEvent.interval);
delete events[id];
}
private function storeMessage (evtType:String, args:Array):String {
//_global.tt (storeMessage, evtType, args, typeof
(args[0]))
var myEvent:Object = new Object ();
if (typeof (args[0]) != string) {
var target:Object = args.shift ();
myEvent.target = target;
} else {
myEvent.target = parent;
}
var id:String = evtType + index++;
var evt:String = String (args.shift ());
var delay:Number = Number (args.shift ());
switch (evtType){
case doRepeat:
myEvent.times = args.shift ();
break;
case doLoop:
myEvent.times = unlimited;
break;
default:
myEvent.times = 1;
}
if (evtType.indexOf (do) == -1) {
//AbstractBroadcaster or EventDispatcher methods
myEvent.evt = evtType;
args.unshift (evt);
} else {
myEvent.evt = evt
RE: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem
Hey, thanks J! :) Seriously, I downloaded the new interface, and noticed two things: 1. It's great (!), 2. It looks like an upgrade of the original interface. Anyway it's you who rock and Xray rocks :) And anyone on the list who has no idea what we're talking about is missing out on the best Flash debugging tool ever, so go on and check it out - http://www.osflash.org/xray Karina -Original Message- From: John Grden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 September 2006 15:51 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem yes, Karina - I too am sad ;( we did alot of great work with the old interface and you certainly influenced the current version since it's largly based on the old one ;) You ROCK! don't be sad, be happy ! jpg On 9/15/06, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I'm really hurt :~( :P -Original Message- From: Chris Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 September 2006 14:31 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem John, Maybe you should phase out the older interface all together. This way it's less to maintain and creates less confusion. The Flex 2 Xray interface is so bad ass that no one will miss the old one anyway. Just my opinion, take it or leave it. -Chris On 9/13/06, Cosmin Cimpoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John! I only use xRay as a standalone or projector so I didn't test the online one from rockonflash.com Except the Flash player 9 win projector version (build with Flex) the other 2 didn't work for me. Those were running in the standalone Flash 8 player. So the factor that caused things to work after ruled out would be the Standalone Flash Player 8.5 and the Xray.exe v 1.2.5 But as it seems I'm among the few that had this issue could be a system problem. Thanks for xRay :) cosmin - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem man sorry about that Cosmin - so was the issue that you were running the SWF interface in the Flash 8 player in the browser/player? Thanks for letting me know, jpg On 9/7/06, Cosmin Cimpoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me again. It seems that it is a Player issue. Using the Windows Projector - Xray Interface seems to work fine ( it uses the Adobe Flash Player 9 standalone) So the preoblem could lie in a number of places, especially the various players I have installed in the PC. Somenone had the problem before and climed that a reboot did the fix. Not for me. But I'm glasd that one of the Interfaces work. I just decided to go with xray exclusively and the bug was a bummer. cosmin - Original Message - From: Cosmin Cimpoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:15 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem Hello everyone! Has anyone experience this while using xRay for debugging: - snapshot and propery manipulation works fine - the trace method does not output anything in the external interface I have the latest xray, Flash 8, WinXP sp2 with up to date patches and all. If the external interface is not open the traces go to the Flash Output panel just fine. I suspect that it's a LocalConnection security issue but still the property inspector works fine. I hope John Grden sees this but I'll file a bug nevertheless. cosmin ___ 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 -- [ JPG ] ___ 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
RE: [Flashcoders] search text file for keyword and add button
Hi Kurt, Just a thought - instead of looking for the coordinates to highlight the keyword, replace the keyword with the same keyword hyperlinked (this would require the text rendering as html), and link it to the glossary. Then when searching for another keyword, start with a clean copy of the text, and hyperlink the new keyword. Replacing all instances of the keyword with a hyperlink should be easy - just use split() and join() - and the hyperlink can either point to an actionscript command, or an html file with anchors. Karina -Original Message- From: Kurt Dommermuth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 September 2006 21:23 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] search text file for keyword and add button Hi All, First, I apologize if this was covered already. If so, please point me in the right direction. I need to search through dynamic text for a keyword, create a highlight or button of some sort over it that links to a glossary. I don't see a problem finding the keyword, but I do see a problem getting it's coordinates. Has anyone done this already? it just seems like one of those things that is probably already packaged up. if not, anyone have experience finding the x and y value for a letter in dynamic text? thank you very much in advance, Kurt ___ 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] search text file for keyword and add button
You're welcome :) PS: you should be able to use CSS styles on these links quite easily (with or without a class designation) so that they appear highlighted, with different colours for backgrounds, text or both. -Original Message- From: Kurt Dommermuth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 September 2006 14:49 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] search text file for keyword and add button You Are a Genius! thank you so much. I was fixated on getting x and y. thank you again! KUrt At 09:34 AM 9/19/2006, you wrote: Hi Kurt, Just a thought - instead of looking for the coordinates to highlight the keyword, replace the keyword with the same keyword hyperlinked (this would require the text rendering as html), and link it to the glossary. Then when searching for another keyword, start with a clean copy of the text, and hyperlink the new keyword. Replacing all instances of the keyword with a hyperlink should be easy - just use split() and join() - and the hyperlink can either point to an actionscript command, or an html file with anchors. Karina -Original Message- From: Kurt Dommermuth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 September 2006 21:23 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] search text file for keyword and add button Hi All, First, I apologize if this was covered already. If so, please point me in the right direction. I need to search through dynamic text for a keyword, create a highlight or button of some sort over it that links to a glossary. I don't see a problem finding the keyword, but I do see a problem getting it's coordinates. Has anyone done this already? it just seems like one of those things that is probably already packaged up. if not, anyone have experience finding the x and y value for a letter in dynamic text? thank you very much in advance, Kurt ___ 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 ___ 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] Xray trace problem
Now I'm really hurt :~( :P -Original Message- From: Chris Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 September 2006 14:31 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem John, Maybe you should phase out the older interface all together. This way it's less to maintain and creates less confusion. The Flex 2 Xray interface is so bad ass that no one will miss the old one anyway. Just my opinion, take it or leave it. -Chris On 9/13/06, Cosmin Cimpoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John! I only use xRay as a standalone or projector so I didn't test the online one from rockonflash.com Except the Flash player 9 win projector version (build with Flex) the other 2 didn't work for me. Those were running in the standalone Flash 8 player. So the factor that caused things to work after ruled out would be the Standalone Flash Player 8.5 and the Xray.exe v 1.2.5 But as it seems I'm among the few that had this issue could be a system problem. Thanks for xRay :) cosmin - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem man sorry about that Cosmin - so was the issue that you were running the SWF interface in the Flash 8 player in the browser/player? Thanks for letting me know, jpg On 9/7/06, Cosmin Cimpoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me again. It seems that it is a Player issue. Using the Windows Projector - Xray Interface seems to work fine ( it uses the Adobe Flash Player 9 standalone) So the preoblem could lie in a number of places, especially the various players I have installed in the PC. Somenone had the problem before and climed that a reboot did the fix. Not for me. But I'm glasd that one of the Interfaces work. I just decided to go with xray exclusively and the bug was a bummer. cosmin - Original Message - From: Cosmin Cimpoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:15 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem Hello everyone! Has anyone experience this while using xRay for debugging: - snapshot and propery manipulation works fine - the trace method does not output anything in the external interface I have the latest xray, Flash 8, WinXP sp2 with up to date patches and all. If the external interface is not open the traces go to the Flash Output panel just fine. I suspect that it's a LocalConnection security issue but still the property inspector works fine. I hope John Grden sees this but I'll file a bug nevertheless. cosmin ___ 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 -- [ JPG ] ___ 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 ___ 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
RE: [Flashcoders] Job postings ok?
Personally, I much prefer job postings, to posts like this: PLEASE HELP ME i just got flash and i don't know what to do with it. i need to create a word processing application by NEXT WEEK. pls tell me how!!!? :P Karina -Original Message- From: Mick G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 September 2006 03:22 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Job postings ok? It's a consipiracy man! The job postings are secretly created by the egos on here that need to vent. They post a job posting, then vent about how job postings have nothing to do with coding. Eventually the debate dies until a few weeks later when it all starts up again. * * *watches thread fizle away* * * (for a week or two anyway). On 9/7/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmm...why does posting a job about flash programming on the flashcoders list not seem to bother me at all? maybe because its totally relevant? On 9/7/06, bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if you have a job, then you might be upset by job postings!! if you don't have a job, then you're probably looking to respond to as many 'valid/legitimate' job opportunities as possible. the majority of people would in all honesty, respond to the position, as opposed to the mailing list. for the people who have jobs, and only want to see 'code' it's a pretty eay thing to delete the few messages and to move on!!! come on people!! ___ 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] Reliable local FLV stop event
Yes it's bizarre that there isn't an out-of-box solution for this. I came
across the same problem a while ago. The solution I came across was to check
if the play head is not moving while the movie is supposed to be still
playing (that is, not paused or stopped).
For this you need to set a lastCheck property, which needs to be set to 0
every time you start a movie (but not from paused), or manually stop it, and
while the movie is playing, you need to keep checking it using an interval
or enterFrame event.
The function you need is this:
public function checkStatus(){
//_global.tt(checkStatus, movie_flv.playing,
movie_flv.playheadTime, lastCheck)
if (play_btn.selected movie_flv.playheadTime
movie_flv.playheadTime == lastCheck){
stopMovie()
}else{
lastCheck = movie_flv.playheadTime;
}
}
To set the function into context, I pasted the entire class below.
It worked like a charm, but my class is using custom buttons and commands to
play the movie. I'm not sure how I'd integrate it with Adobe controller
components. For example, you might need to devise a different check instead
of play_btn.selected.
Karina
Here's the full class code:
-
import com.neoarchaic.ui.*;
class com.neoarchaic.projects.macbeth.section.view.elements.VideoBox extends
AbstractComponent {
private var title_txt:TextField;
private var play_btn:ToggleButton;
private var stop_btn:AbstractButton;
private var movie_flv:mx.controls.MediaDisplay;
private var url:String;
private var link:Object;
[Inspectable( type=String, defaultValue=)]
public var id:String
private var t:Number
private var lastCheck:Number
public function initSection () {
//_global.tt(initSection - videobox)
play_btn.addEventListener(click, this, toggleMovie)
stop_btn.addEventListener(click, this, stopMovie)
var movieData = broadcastMessage(getVideoBox, id);
//_global.tt(video, id, movieData)
setMovie(movieData, false)
lastCheck = 0;
}
public function setMovie(movieData:Object, autoPlay:Boolean,
mc:String){
if (mc != undefined mc != id){
return;
}
clearInterval(t)
var oldUrl:String = url
url = movieData.url.data;
if (url == undefined movieData.title.data == undefined){
this._visible = false;
return;
}
this._visible = true;
link = movieData.link;
title_txt.text = movieData.title.data != undefined ?
movieData.title.data : ;
if (url != oldUrl){
movie_flv.setMedia(url)
}
if (autoPlay){
movie_flv.stop()
play_btn.selected = true;
toggleMovie(null, true)
}else{
play_btn.selected = false;
movie_flv.stop()
}
}
public function toggleMovie(e:Object, selected:Boolean){
//_global.tt(toggleMovie, selected)
clearInterval(t)
if (selected){
movie_flv.play()
lastCheck = 0;
t = setInterval(this, checkStatus, 2000)
} else {
movie_flv.pause()
}
}
public function stopMovie(e:Object, noTrigger:Boolean){
//_global.tt(stopMovie)
clearInterval(t)
play_btn.selected = false;
movie_flv.stop()
lastCheck = 0;
if (!noTrigger movie_flv.playheadTime){
broadcastMessage(selectLink, link)
}
}
public function checkStatus(){
//_global.tt(checkStatus, movie_flv.playing,
movie_flv.playheadTime, lastCheck)
if (play_btn.selected movie_flv.playheadTime
movie_flv.playheadTime == lastCheck){
stopMovie()
}else{
lastCheck = movie_flv.playheadTime;
}
}
}
-Original Message-
From: Andreas R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 September 2006 14:57
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Reliable local FLV stop event
I know this is an old question but i can't really seem to get
a good grasp of it.
I have a client that loads FLVs locally off the machine it
runs on. When movies stop, events get
RE: [Flashcoders] Synchronizing multiple flvs
Could you use one big flv and mask it out for each tile? -Original Message- From: Jeff Gomes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 September 2006 16:46 To: Flashcoders mailing list; flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Synchronizing multiple flvs Would the tiles be contiguous and stationary with instantaneous jumps from one position to another, or do their positions have to animate from one location to another? At 08:38 9/6/2006, Christopher Whiteford wrote: I am looking to find out if anyone has experience in splitting an FLV into multiple parts and then playing them back whereas the the timing is seamless? The reason I ask is I need to create a picture tile game which is easy enough but the client came back with this where 15 tiles playing the same flv broken into different pieces need to be unscrambled and the result would be one big video. Any help would be greatly appreciated. CW ... ___ 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] clone object
That's true - it happens to me all the time when I use _global(tt) with Xray and have a circular reference (such as two classes that hold eachother as listeners). This was why John had to change his original treeview parser to a non-recursive method. But it still happens with the trace function. So I'd say that some kind of check would be useful. Karina -Original Message- From: Scott Hyndman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 August 2006 02:59 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] clone object If you had one circular reference, you'd hit the recursion limit. On 24/08/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're not willing to code a solution, then why are you bothering to write out an explanation? I have yet to encounter a recursion limit and I've parsed some deep object models. ___ 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] Protect model setters from being called by any classexcept Controller
Hi Steven,
You could try using arguments.caller to check if the setter was called by
the controller. Here's a little test function I whipped up on the _root:
function testCaller(){
trace (typeof arguments.caller)
trace (arguments.caller == controller.test)
trace (arguments.caller == notcontroller.test)
}
controller = new Object();
controller.test = function (){
_root.testCaller()
}
notcontroller = new Object();
notcontroller.test = function (){
_root.testCaller()
}
The output is:
function
true
false
function
false
true
This gives you a way to check if the function was called from the controller
or the notcontroller.
The downside is that this checks for a specific function within a
controller, not just any controller function. I wonder if there's a way
around it?
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Steven Sacks | BLITZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 25 August 2006 02:37
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Protect model setters from being
called by any classexcept Controller
Hi,
I have a model class that has a bunch of getters and setters.
Example:
private var _prop:Object;
function get prop():Object {
return _prop;
}
function set prop(p:Object) {
_prop = p;
}
I have a controller class that instantiates that model.
I'm wondering if there is some way to prevent any other class
from using the setter methods of the model except the
controller class. They still should be able to access the getters.
I want to prevent future developers from being able to access
the model setters from anywhere except the controller in
order to enforce proper MVC patterns.
Thanks!
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RE: [Flashcoders] For...in counts backwards?
Hi Michael,
That's how the for-in loop works, no idea why.
If you want to count forwards, you need to use:
for (var i:Number = 0; imyArray.length, i++) {
trace(myArray[i]);
}
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Mendelsohn, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 20 June 2006 14:31
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] For...in counts backwards?
Hi list...
From the help on for...in:
You can also iterate through the elements of an array:
var myArray:Array = [one, two, three]; for (var
i:String in myArray) {
trace(myArray[i]);
}
This code outputs the following in the Output panel:
three
two
One
Why is the data output in reverse order and is there any way
of ordering it one,two,three?
Thanks,
- Michael M.
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RE: [Flashcoders] Eolas fix and backspace key flash bug
A massage you say? Wow, I could really do with one of those ;) Seriously, I think SWFObject is a great solution (especially the massage) with loads of advantages. It's just a question of what works better for the situation. ObjectSwap is best as a quick fix, where Flash is already embedded, and it's main advantage is that you don't have to have JavaScript (the script will just be ignored, but Flash will still display). And there's also an optional plugin detection, although not express install. Btw, I'm glad I didn't call it FlashSwap, when I was looking for a name... Those Adobe legal people are completely out of line. Karina -Original Message- From: Geoff Stearns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 June 2006 16:19 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Eolas fix and backspace key flash bug also i might as well take this opportunity to point everyone to SWFObject: http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ it fixes all the eolas problems you are having, it's really easy to use, supports express install, does plugin detection and can provide alternate content, opens your wine bottles and tin cans, and gives you a massage at the end of a long day. check it out. On Jun 15, 2006, at 11:09 AM, 8ball Developer wrote: Hi Karina, (probably already answered question) Why does the javascript need to be external? Is there any solution to this problem that uses an internal javascript. Thanks in Advance. On 6/14/06, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alec, You could try ObjectSwap on my blog - http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/04/25/objectswap.htm Karina ___ 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] Eolas fix and backspace key flash bug
Hi Alec, You could try ObjectSwap on my blog - http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/04/25/objectswap.htm Karina -Original Message- From: Alec Matusis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 June 2006 19:49 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] Eolas fix and backspace key flash bug I have to embed flash applets into web pages directly, without Javascript Eolas workaround. The users therefore have to click to activate the flash movie in IE. After that, the Flash movie properly receives the text input, EXCEPT for Backspace and Tab keys. Pressing Backspace has an action of Back button in the browser, it takes a user back one page. Pressing Tab moves the focus into another object in the browser. So it looks like when the control is activated , the Flash receives only a PARTIAL focus: it accepts all text input except Backspace and Tab. When you click on Flash the second time, it receives full focus, and Backspace and Tab function properly. Can anyone explain this behavior? Is this an IE bug? ___ 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] Whats the best tooltip component
Hi Weyert, I posted a fully customizable tooltip component on my blog, http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/05/09/tooltip.htm, complete with a demo on how to use it. I hope this is what you were looking for. Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic creative technical new media design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.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
RE: [Flashcoders] Whats the best tooltip component
Hi Mark, Thanks for letting me know about the Firefox bug, it seems I've overcooked my Satay, and forgot to check it... Don't know why it doesn't show in IE 6, I'm using the ie 7 beta at the moment. It should be fixed now for Firefox. I just had someone with ie6 take a look, and she had no problem seeing the demo, so maybe that's fixed. But I'm using version check (with ObjectSwap) and it's Flash7. Are you sure your IE is updated for Flash? Karina -Original Message- From: Marc Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 June 2006 18:25 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the best tooltip component Hi Karina, This has some nice features but some problems viewing the demo. In FireFox it doesn't show at all. In I.E. 6 it doesn't show and I get a Flash required message. I was able to view it only by looking at the source and opening the swf directly. It would be nice if the tooltip width were dependent on the text string. That shouldn't be too hard to add, just draw the background after establishing the textfield.text.width. Marc At 10:11 AM 6/9/2006, you wrote: Hi Weyert, I posted a fully customizable tooltip component on my blog, http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/05/09/tooltip.htm, complete with a demo on how to use it. I hope this is what you were looking for. Karina ___ 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] Whats the best tooltip component
Thanks Bernard, I was just about to reply to that. You're right about the parameter naming, but I think it might be too late to do that without breaking backwards compatibility with scripts that already use that. Unless I keep both? Karina -Original Message- From: Bernard Poulin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 June 2006 19:04 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the best tooltip component Note: the Firefox issue is a problem in the Demo html page. Not a problem in the tooltip itself of course. About the Width: The width parameter should be named maxwidth. It really does take the size of the text in consideration when computing the width. It simply max it out to the specified size (without being bigger than the whole Stage width). B. 2006/6/9, Marc Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Karina, This has some nice features but some problems viewing the demo. In FireFox it doesn't show at all. In I.E. 6 it doesn't show and I get a Flash required message. I was able to view it only by looking at the source and opening the swf directly. It would be nice if the tooltip width were dependent on the text string. That shouldn't be too hard to add, just draw the background after establishing the textfield.text.width. Marc At 10:11 AM 6/9/2006, you wrote: Hi Weyert, I posted a fully customizable tooltip component on my blog, http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/05/09/tooltip.htm, complete with a demo on how to use it. I hope this is what you were looking for. Karina ___ 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] Whats the best tooltip component
scripts that already use that. Unless I keep both? ... Or maybe I should increase the default width? It's currently 200, but maybe 300 would be better? It can always be changed programmatically... ___ 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] Shared object not saving off cd-rom?
Thanks Vivek, this is my guess too and I forwarded your suggestion on to the client. -Original Message- From: Vivek lakhanpal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 May 2006 13:11 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Shared object not saving off cd-rom? Jim, You have to ask that particular user if he has set knowingly or unknowingly storage space to 0 for flash cookies i.e. shared object? As you might be knowing that Local Storage size can be altered through the settings tab by right click on the Flash app and opening settings window. Just a wild guess. This can be the issue. Thanks Vivek ___ 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] Shared object not saving off cd-rom?
Hi list, Does anyone know if there are any gotchas when trying to save a shared object from a flash application running off the cd-rom? I have developed a large e-learning application that runs off the cd-rom and uses a shared object to automatically store all the player info and state. It's already been done and dusted, or so I thought... And I tested the SO saving over and over, both from the hard drive and off the cd-rom. The client has sent this cd-rom to a number of reviewers, and one of them has reported that the player's data isn't being saved. When they leave the game and go back to select a player, they don't have any saved players in the select player section. Nobody else has reported this problem, but these reviewers are not using anything special. Their reported system stats are: Windows XP SP2 w/all current patches, 3 GHz Pentium 4, 1 GB RAM The CD-Rom was developed using Flash MX2004, using a standard Flash projector for the executable. Any ideas? Karina ___ 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 detection
Hi Kevin, You can use ObjectSwap to detect the flash version and place any kind of html content inside the object tag. http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/04/25/objectswap.htm You can't use it to jump to another page (you'd need php, asp, or meta-redirect for that), but what you could do is place the entire content of the html page inside the object tag. A change that was added after the blog has been written, is that for the standard object/embed pair, you need to place the content inside html comments, otherwise firefox will render both flash and html. The script will automatically strip those comments away. For example: object classid=. param name=flashVersion value=8/ !-- h1My HTML Site /h1 phtml content/p petc.../p -- embed / /object Hope this helps you. Karina -Original Message- From: Kevin Boyd (MMCR) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 May 2006 11:55 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash detection Client wants to detect if flash installed and then jump to a HTML based site if not. What is the current state of play with this approach regards IE and Firefox? Kevin Boyd Multimedia Creations Ltd. www.mmcr.co.uk http://www.mmcr.co.uk/ ___ 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] Tooltip and ObjectSwap
Hi gang, There's a new version of ObjectSwap for anyone who's interested. http:// http://www.neo-archaic.net/scripts/objectSwap.js www.neo-archaic.net/scripts/objectSwap.js The old one had a bug that showed up when using flash detection with multiple objects in the same html. It's now fixed, but if you spot any other bugs, please let me know. Also, I made some changes, bug fixes and enhancements to the Tooltip class that's used by John Grden's Xray, and you can find all the source files, examples, demo and article here: http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/05/09/tooltip.htm http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/05/09/tooltip.htm. Cheers, Karina ___ 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] Date Object Problem
Hi Nick, Not sure about the day, but you have the wrong month here: Months in the Date object are zero based, so 5 is really June, not May... For the day, I'd go with the suggestions you got from other people about the time-zones. Karina -Original Message- From: Nick McNeill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 May 2006 21:15 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Date Object Problem First off, long-time member of this list and have gained a wealth of knowledge from the wisdom here. Thank You All. I'm having a very confusing problem using the Date Object. I have a hotel reservation system built in flash, when an international reservation (outside of the US, mainly Europe ) comes through, the dates are off by 1 day. I cannot recreate the problem using any system setup in the US, only via a friend in London doing some testing for me. Problem: create new Date using May 20th 2006 var checkin = new Date(2006,5,20); is getting converted to May 19th if you are in Europe, fine in the US. In plain terms, someone is trying to book 5/20/06 thru 5/22/2006, but gets booked 5/19/06 thru 5/21/06 instead. This system has booked literally thousands of domestic US reservations and we've never seen this until we opened it up to international customers. Any insight to why this could be happening, or any known workarounds for a problem like this would be wonderful. I haven't tried using the timezone offset yet, any ideas if that might be a cure? Nick McNeill Intellistrand 843-839-1480 ___ 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] flashObject expressinstall error
Hi Tony, Just a shot in the dark, but it could be because the link to the flash player has changed. It's now http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Shockwa veFlashpromoid=BIOW I think Adobe has just closed down the macromedia website. www.macromedia.com is redirected to www.adobe.com Karina -Original Message- From: Tony Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2006 19:19 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] flashObject expressinstall error I'm using flashObject with express install. Worked fine last Friday, but this morning I'm getting the little Flash dialog box with the message A download error occurred. Try to download again? Same error in ie pc, safari and firefox mac. I¹ve now confirmed this with someone else. ___ 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] focus in internet explorer
Glad I could help :) -Original Message- From: eugen pflüger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 April 2006 12:19 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] focus in internet explorer hey, it works. great script. thanks for your help. best eugen Am 28.04.2006 um 12:41 schrieb Suhas Kotkar: Hi, Please refer to the following link to get the more details: http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/04/25/objectswap.htm This is because of the security added in the Internet explorer by MS. Regards, Suhas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eugen pflüger Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 4:07 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] focus in internet explorer hello hans, thank you. shouldnt it be: body onLoad=document.getElementById(swf).focus (); ? well, none of both work. internet explorer gives me the hand-cursor- symbol and a tooltip says: click here to activate this element. has this always been like this on windows? i never realized? best eugen Am 28.04.2006 um 11:17 schrieb j.c.wichman: Hi, body onLoad=window.focus(); will take the focus away from your flash object. body onLoad=document.myFlashObjIDHere.focus(); should do the trick. Greetz Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eugen pflüger Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:37 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] focus in internet explorer hello guys and girls, maybe i missed something...but when i start my flashfilm in ie on windows i always have to click first one time so that the flash film detects rollovers and everything. i know all that stuff with focus and so on. but i never encountred it this way. i swear it did behave normal all those years :) did something change? on firefox and safari is everthing alright. i also tried this in my html: body onLoad=window.focus(); but it has no effect in internet explorer. best eugen ___ 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 plugisto ... eugen pflüger alexanderstr. 109 70180 stuttgart fon +49.711.6739797 mobil +49.177.6428272 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://www.plugisto.net http://itself.pmalc.de http://www.lifeperformance.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@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 plugisto ... eugen pflüger alexanderstr. 109 70180 stuttgart fon +49.711.6739797 mobil +49.177.6428272 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://www.plugisto.net http://itself.pmalc.de http://www.lifeperformance.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@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] calculating dates based on a starting date.
Hi Matt,
If what you're looking for is a way to subtract two dates, then it's your
lucky day...
I just wrote an Age Counter component that displays how long it's been since
a specific date (years, months, hours, minutes, and seconds). It's for a
client who wants to show how long his pediatric center has been running (a
very long time...): http://www.belilovskypediatrics.com/en/about.htm
Anyway, you don't need the whole class, just the relevant function which is:
function getAge (year:Number, month:Number, day:Number):Date {
//Founded day or birthday
var founded:Date = new Date (year, month, day);
//Today
var today:Date = new Date ();
//Time difference in milliseconds
var mil:Number = today.getTime () - founded.getTime ();
//The age, in a date format
var age:Date = new Date ();
//Set the age (in relateion to 1970)
age.setTime (mil);
//Adjust the year
age.setYear (age.getYear () - 70);
return age;
}
The function returns a Date format, from which you can easily extrapolate
everything you need -
var age:Date = AgeCounter.getAge (1970, 6, 12); //That's my birthday, send
me a card ;)
Note: The month is 0 based, so don't send me that card in June, but in July
;)
The day is 1 based, so my birthday is indeed on the 12th
And get the various age differences between dates like this: age.getYear(),
age.getMonth(), age.getDate(), age.getHour(), age.getSecond()
If you need exact hours, just add them to the method. See docs for creating
a Date object.
Anyone - let me know if you want the AgeCounter component itself, I'll post
it on the blog.
Cheers,
Karina
-Original Message-
From: matt ganz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 27 April 2006 18:18
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] calculating dates based on a starting date.
hi.
i'm building a scheduler app for people who need infusions
over a 1 year period. a user selects the following info to begin:
1. a starting date for first infusion - day, month, and year
2. number of infusions - 1-4 3. frequency of infusions -
every 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks.
i have to come up with a schedule of infusion dates over the
next 13 months.
the breakdown of infusion frequency goes like this:
CASE 1: user selects infusions per 1 week period.
a. 1 infusion every week - increment every 7 days b. 2
infusions - increment every 4 days c. 3 infusions -
increment every 2 days d. 4 infusions - alert (max 3
infusions/week );
CASE 2: user selects infusions per 2 week period.
a. 1 infusion every 2 weeks - increment every 14 days b. 2
infusions - increment every 7 days c. 3 infusions -
increment every 4 days d. 4 infusions - increment every 4 days
CASE 3: user selects infusions per 3 week period.
a. 1 infusion every 3 weeks - increment every 21 days b. 2
infusions - increment every 10 days c. 3 infusions -
increment every 7 days d. 4 infusions - increment every 5 days
CASE 4: user selects infusions per 4 week period.
a. 1 infusion every 4 weeks - increment every 28 days b. 2
infusions - increment every 14 days c. 3 infusions -
increment every 9 days d. 4 infusions - increment every 7 days
the way i figured to do it would be to capture the starting
day and month and then calculate ( based on number of
infusions and frequency ) every other day and month over a 13
month period. i'd throw all of these values into an
'infusionDates' array and then i can loop over them and
change the properties of the DateChooser that i need.
i just need help figuring out how to populate the
infusionDates array. can anyone help me get started, please?
thanks for any tips. -- matt.
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RE: [Flashcoders] ObjectSwap: Bypassing the ActiveX Activation Issuein Internet Explorer
Hi Mauricio and Eskil, Thank you for the great feedback! :) Karina -Original Message- From: Mauricio Furtado Massaia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 April 2006 13:19 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ObjectSwap: Bypassing the ActiveX Activation Issuein Internet Explorer thx for help, im using one class that check if more than one .swf of the same app is running using local connection, but in IE the local connection didnt work well with the activeX blocker, but using your ObjectSwap it works =P my class - CheckFlashInstances ( http://www.mmassaia.com/ref/flash/as2/CheckFlashInstances.as) MauricioMassaia On 4/25/06, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, After way too much time spent on this issue, I have finally perfected the script (I hope!) and wrote an article about it on my blog. replaceFlash.js is now called objectSwap.js - It's really meant for all ActiveX objects, not just Flash, although it does use an custom Flash detection technique. You can download it and read all about it on my blog: http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/04/25/objectswap.htm This launches my blog with it's first post, but I'm planning to add more stuff soon, including tutorials and components (Such as the Tooltip script that's used in John Gren's Xray). Any comments or suggestions are welcome... Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic creative technical new media design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.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@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] ObjectSwap: Bypassing the ActiveX Activation Issue in Internet Explorer
Hi all, After way too much time spent on this issue, I have finally perfected the script (I hope!) and wrote an article about it on my blog. replaceFlash.js is now called objectSwap.js - It's really meant for all ActiveX objects, not just Flash, although it does use an custom Flash detection technique. You can download it and read all about it on my blog: http://www.neo-archaic.net/blog/2006/04/25/objectswap.htm This launches my blog with it's first post, but I'm planning to add more stuff soon, including tutorials and components (Such as the Tooltip script that's used in John Gren's Xray). Any comments or suggestions are welcome... Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic creative technical new media design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.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
RE: [Flashcoders] Adobes ActiveX fix breaking js communication infirefox?
Hi Calv,
If you're using either a traditional Object/Embed or Flash-Satay method, you
could try my fix instead:
www.neo-archaic.net/scripts/replaceFlash.js. It simply replaces the existing
object in ie, without affecting firefox, and it's been successfully tested
with flashcomm in both browsers. Or you could try Kevin Newman/elibol's
method from a another thread on this list.
Karina
-Original Message-
From: Calv J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 April 2006 16:19
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Adobes ActiveX fix breaking js
communication infirefox?
Hi,
I've just had a look at Adobe's fix for the IE active X
changes...the one that changes the publish settings in flash
and uses AC_RunActiveContent.js
(http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=
7c29e252)
I know that the fix isn't needed for firefox et al, but I'm
not about to go back to the old detecting browsers stuff - I
figured the fix would place the flash movie in the page
whichever browser is used (it says as much...)
So - I just grabbed a movie and tried the fix - it works fine
in that it displays the movie in IE FF.
However, in firefox, any javascript to flash communication is
now dead.
Can someone have a quick go and see if I'm just being dumb??
Bascially I just have a movie, and a link in the html that
calls a js function:
function foo(){
var movie = window.document.movie_name;
movie.LoadMovie(1, loadMe.swf);
}
So that should load 'loadMe.swf' into the movie. But instead
I get the error:
movie.LoadMovie is not a function
It works fine before applying the active X fix, but once the
fix is applied - it's dead. In IE it works both before and after.
Same for any other flash methods (GetVariable, SetVariable etc.)
Is there something I'm missing??
Thanks.
C.
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