Re: [Flashcoders] swf2jpg conversion
is there any chance you could put it somewhere publicly accessible?
im sure there are quite a few people who would like to use it (myself included)
thanks,
Martin
Firstpixel wrote:
There is some PHP that does it.
email me and I will send you the php Classes.
Gil Beyruth
Criação e Desenv. Flash
{FP}Firstpixel.com
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Re: [Flashcoders] sort 2d array
I think its wise to be careful how you approach this as although quicksort is 'quick' you could actually be using it inefficiently (or rather in a situation that isnt appropriate) If your list is almost sorted then quicksort can be inefficient, (depending on how you choose your pivot, apparently choosing a random pivot can be a good idea) Also this highlights how you should be careful when benchmarking any sorting algorithms as the order of the data before the sort greatly affects performance. If its possible you might be better off storing your data already sorted. How is the data generated? If you have to sort then you might want to do some reading first : http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~algorith/lectures-good/node5.html 'the worst case time for Quicksort is worse than Heapsort or Mergesort.' http://linux.wku.edu/~lamonml/algor/sort/quick.html 'the quick sort has horrible efficiency when operating on lists that are mostly sorted in either forward or reverse order - avoid it in those situations' youre lucky though because this topic is very well covered :) Martin ___ 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] Need a volunteer Flash Programmer
Is it that I cant read, or is it hiding somewhere on the page. Or is this just some inside knowledge about swivelgames that I am not privy to. Because I dont see anything on the swivelgames.com page about asking for volunteer work. its just from the email address of the dude who sent the request. not really worth your time thinking too deeply about it. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flair Pattern?
Im not normally one to comment on personal behaviour but that post really does leave a bitter taste, which is sad as you are sometimes helpful. If you are going to pass judgements on other peoples work which may prove helpful in the situation facing the OP then at least qualify them or you also look like you are relying on us accepting your notion of your own ego. Design patterns are not cast in stone and the GoF dont hold the one true set of patterns, PhD's or no PhD's. Actionscript is not C++ and its not Smalltalk, other solutions may apply. I know you can discuss a topic without resorting to ad hominem, so please do so. thanks, Martin Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: There are no references to the Flair design pattern anywhere else because it doesn't exist anywhere except in the ego of Brendan Hall. It's not a design pattern, it's a class that uses another design pattern, and poorly, too, judging by the code example. If you want to learn more about Design Patterns, there are quite a few great books out there on the subject written by people more learned and experienced than Brendan Hall. Like people with PhD's in Computer Science. From the de facto bible Design Patterns by the Gang of Four to many others. ___ 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] Invisible re-draw
eric dolecki wrote: The player draws constantly what is on stage. Vector takes more horses than bitmap (in fact unless a bitmap moves or changes, its static (won't be redrawn - hence the cacheAsBitmap option). I would have thought the rasterizer has at least some kind of dirty rectangle setup, hence the option to view redraw rectangles. ___ 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: Approaches to integrating existing class libraries with frameworks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm very much interested in exploring several popular flash frameworks, especially PixLib, but am wondering if there is a way to adopt and integrate legacy class code with these new frameworks. absolutely. i've been doing exactly that with pixlib and documenting my progress http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon/category/development/flash/pixlib/ I've got a couple more posts in my head that I just need to type up when i get the time covering remoting and general utility stuff. I cant really comment on the other frameworks as i've not tried them, but pixlib is pretty cool and the community support is excellent. You should definitely sign up for the mailing list if you start working with pixlib. ___ 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 wish: Omit comments on publish
comments arent compiled. dont worry about it. :) Mick G wrote: Am I wrong in thinking that comments are included in a SWF when it's published? ___ 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] External libraries
there's a -mx switch specifically for that, in fact I think it just ignores the mx.* classes so they dont even get compiled. you can also patch your mx.* classes using a patch from osflash.org which is what I do, then I dont need the -mx switch. n.b. I patched a copy of the mx classes, not the originals. My IDE install points to the originals. :) martin Andy Herrman wrote: Hmm...I just tried building using MTASC and I'm getting an error in one of the mx classes. It's choking on mx.utils.Delegate (variables aren't typed). Is there a way to keep MTASC from being too strict on the built in mx classes? -Andy ___ 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] External libraries
like i said in the other mail, -mx prevents mtasc compiling the mx.* classes so you will want to generate the swf in MMC and then inject the new code when you compile (or patch the mx classes) also, you might like this delegate implementation : http://dynamicflash.com/2005/02/delegate-class-refined/ Andy Herrman wrote: If I add the -mx parameter to MTASC (I'm working through FlashDevelop) it removes the error, but the Delegate class doesn't work anymore (Delegate.create returns undefined). -Andy ___ 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] External libraries
you cant attach symbols from a loaded swf to a different parent, you *must* attach them somewhere in the tree where their library exists. you have to do uiResources.attachMovie instead of _root.attachMovie its a nasty limitation of flash (pre v9, in v9 you can manipulate the display heirarchy pretty much as you like) Andy Herrman wrote: var img:MovieClip = root.attachMovie(asImage, asImageMC, root.getNextHighestDepth()); ___ 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] Datatypes that are complex/composite ...
id stick to 'complex' in general because the word composite to me refers to the composite pattern [1]. Although movieclip is an example of the composite pattern and a complex object, so you could use both. There's also the usage of 'composition' (vs. inheritance) [2] which is a way of creating complex data types, but not necessarily composites. its a mine field out there :) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_pattern [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_(computer_science) Stephen Ford wrote: Do you refer to the following datatypes (arrays, objects, movieclips, etc) as complex or composite.I'm finding references that use both terms.Not a biggie, but would like to hear opinions.___ -- Martin Wood-Mitrovski http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ 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] Drag on a specific angle
Merrill, Jason wrote: You can project a perpendicular line from the mouse to the target line and then find the intersection. uh huh. Still waiting for someone to explain how to do the constrain part. Mike did say, Using this basic principle you could limit an MC to a slope based on the _xmouse value. - sounds cool, some code showing the limit part I think is what Eric is after. right, tbh its probably best to stick to one line of reasoning and follow what Mike is suggesting as its probably not as complicated :) actually thinking about it you could just use the dot product to project the vector from the start point to the mouse onto the drag line then constrain the result between 0 - 1. Multiply that number by the drag line vector and add it to the start point. not that complicated (not like my previous idea..dont know why i came up with that..but im sure ive used it before..) ___ 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] Senior Developer Posisition
Reverse the math from London at $80K. NYC: $69K, SF: $52K Both of which are far less than what a senior level flash dev should be making in this market. thats why i dont live in london anymore :) ___ 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 send Audio objects as MP3 via XML-RPC?
Leo Burd wrote: - thanks so much for all the feedback provided! I believe now I've collected all (or most) of the pieces that I needed for my little system! As for the sorenson format issue, I believe ffmpeg can take care of that... (hopefully) the video is sorenson, but the audio is nellymoser. Im pretty sure that there are currently no free converters for nellymoser. If you want to record audio from flash via the mic and convert it into a 'usable' format you'll have to pay nellymoser for their transcoder. From what ive read (on the flashcomm list) its in the region of $8k If you do find a way to convert .flv audio to something else for free, please let me know :) thanks, Martin ___ 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] migrating to Flex
Millie Niss wrote: Am I the only one on this list who (still) uses the Flash IDE (Flash 8 Pro) and hasn't migrated to AS 3.0 or any version of Flex? haha, no, all my paid work is still still targeting the v7 player. I dont think i'll be using AS3 commercially for at least a year. What is the minimum cost to start using Flex? (I mean in a production version. absolutely zero. FlexBuilder costs money, but the Flex SDK is free. ___ 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] Tween color of dynamic text
eric dolecki wrote: Thats cool - i hooked the class up, but i get an array with values like this: 4951245,6133970,7316439,8499164,9681633,10864358,12046827,13229552,14412021,15594746 from going from a blue to white: [0x4B8CCD,0xFF] ?? looks right to me 0x4B8CCD = 4951245 im guessing you missed of some of the end values as 0xFF = 16777215 ___ 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] LocalConnection breaks object types?
did you use Object.registerClass ? you have to register your types for them to serialize / de-serialize with their type information intact. PR Durand wrote: Hi there! using localConnection seems to totally untype an object, right? ___ 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] LocalConnection breaks object types?
Object.registerClass is used to register types for a variety of purposes, shared objects, local connections and remoting apart from the MC / class link usage. Did you register the class at both ends? and are you sure its compiled into both movies? check this post from the archive http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2004-November/126008.html its a good guide to local connection and registerClass. PR Durand wrote: Nope... it seems that object.registerClass remains a link between AS1 class and a movieClip... I can't get my object pass through the localConnection... :( ++ PiR ___ 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] [OT] Flash player on the PS3?
Zárate wrote: Good news about the Wii! There is no FP9 for PPC Linux yet PPC? As far as I know* Pocket PC is Microsoft exclusive. What I would expect in the future is player 9 (Linux version), but it will probably need to get out of beta first. :) PowerPC, like Macs used to be http://www.ps3land.com/ps3specs.php ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Music visualisation in Flash 9
Jake Prime wrote: Hi I have just been asked about the possibility of making an app which will play MP3s, and display visual effect to match it. Does this sound like something that is possible in AS3? Its easy in AS3, just look up Sound.computeSpectrum in the reference. you'll also find code examples on the internet. such as http://blog.andre-michelle.com/2006/soundmixercomputespectrum/ and http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/as3-computespectrum-bitmapdata ___ 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] Music visualisation in Flash 9
Paul Steven wrote: Haven't looked into AS3 yet but seeing this thread I wonder if it is possible to change the pitch of dynamically loaded mp3 files in real time? im 99% certain the answer is no. if there is a way i would love to know how. :) ___ 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] setVolume has a greater range than documented?
if you have no other sound objects then setting the volume to 100 should be full volume. if you create sound objects using a heirarchy of mc's then the final volume is a combination of the volumes of each sound object within the heirarchy. if its not that then i dont know...what version of the player and which platform? as a side note, you can set the volume to any number you like, what i find interesting is that the player has its own flavour of distortion which can be quite nice (if you like that kind of thing) if you do try running some sine tones or other simple tones (square, saw, dtmf etc..) and cranking up the sound object volume to 10,000 or so (but mind your ears / speakers) Michael Bedar wrote: I am loading MP3's into a sound object, and the sounds play full volume without me touching anything. However if i then set the volume of the Sound object to 100, the sound plays at what seems to be about 50%, and following this trend passing in 200 seems to get back up to 100%. soundPlayer.loadSound(my.mp3); //plays at 100% soundPlayer.loadSound(my.mp3); soundPlayer.setVolume(100) //plays at ~ 50% soundPlayer.loadSound(my.mp3); soundPlayer.setVolume(200) //plays at 100% Has anyone run into this? -Mike ___ 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 -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ 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] Hough transform
I dont have a simple way to do it but I can point you to some teaching materials so you can learn how to do it. http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/davidy/teachvision/vision0.html There are some good descriptions of implementing the hough transform and other techniques for finding shapes like active contour models. There might be better resources on the web but I know these as it was the course I did way back when I was an undergraduate. :) dan wrote: Hi guy's Im tring something tht might work Heres the idea Find the edge of a picture And use the Hough transform to find the shape :) Kinda stuck Does anyone have a simple way to use the Hough transform? 10x ___ 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] [JOB] Flash developer, Cambridge, UK
Zárate wrote: Hi guys, The company I work for is looking to hire Flash developers as we have a huge amount of work. We're based in Cambridge, UK and do predominately e-learning applications. You can check out our website http://www.tribalctad.co.uk for more info. Main role: Flash developer. The level of your role will depend on which of the following skills you can match (both freelance and permanent roles are possible, though if you want to get the most out of us you will need to be permanent). and do the freelancers have to be on-site or do you support remote workers? thanks, Martin ___ 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 returns incorrect size for masked clips
useful is a matter of perspective :) if you want to load in the content behind a mask and dont know how big the content is then its useful to be able to find out its real size, not just the visible size. Radley Marx wrote: I have a .swf that's 400x300. It has a stage and mask that's 400x300, but the masked content is 800x600. When I check ._width ._height for the movie I get 800x600, instead of 400x300 which *should* be the true (and useful) value. Is this a permanent error? Or does the value eventually come back as I expected? ___ 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] Software Development Position
Kevin Aebig wrote: Just so we're clear, I don't mean they simply enjoy their jobs. I'm talking about the guys who constantly learn, adapt and take their work home with them on a regular basis. The guys who eat, breathe and sleep their jobs. I've found that there are many guys fresh out of school who are like this for the first 6 months to a year and than taper off. Than it's simply 9 to 5 and everything else is a waste. Sounds like burnout. If you know a lot of them, than you're living in a pretty unique place compared to where I'm from. I'm pretty rigged into the industry here and generally most of the guys couldn't even do that if they wanted to. They have families or other commitments that infringe on their time. I think you meant to say 'their' (this group includes me) priorities change and coding all day every day just isnt as important or exciting as something like seeing the first smile on their childs face. anyway..its all getting a bit OT now. lets stick to what this list is about. :) martin. ___ 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] [JOB] Sr. Flash/AS Programmers
And sometimes the user group meetings do some web broadcasts so I always check whats going on :) Count Schemula wrote: That's why I think the main requirement was city name in the title, so, people could delete them if they were geographically irrelevant. On 9/7/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but Sydney user groups have no value to me. But that's just me. :) ___ 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] Fwd: Application Framework
Jeff Brown wrote: Wow Duncan, this may solve quite a bit. It looks even easier than the php-xml-flash method I was looking for. Although my designer may need to install the Flash Remoting thing. We've already started development on the app's php mysql side, but we're a little ways (re: 8-10 weeks) from needing the flash integration. I'll have to devote a bit of time to figure out if this will serve our needs, but it looks like it will. If so, then great, but I'm still keeping my options open for the XML. I'm a little worried about network traffic, as this app will need to support 100's to 1000's of simultaneous users. That won't be a problem for the XML scheme. Don't know yet. Well, remoting data takes less bandwidth than XML data so if traffic is a primary concern you should definitely consider the remoting option. It also means you generally need less code in the flash part. Personally I would always take a remoting solution over XML. martin. ___ 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] Images stay on memory forever?
Sounds perfectly normal to me, making something invisble in flash doesnt mean it will unload the content from memory, in fact it doesnt necessarily mean it wont get rendered. Im not sure if this is still the case in fp8 but i know that in previous versions i would also move a clip to -1,-1 to stop the renderer from including it. martin Dimitrios Bendilas wrote: Sorry for posting again, Anyone got any idea? ___ 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] Images stay on memory forever?
are the clips created via attachMovie? why do you need to reclaim 4MB? its not a lot of memory. Flash may well use a memory management strategy that doesnt require it to immediately return the memory its allocated. Dimitrios Bendilas wrote: Hi Martin, Ok, but the memory doesn't even free if I remove the movie clip with .removeMovieClip() And I tried moving it out of the stage as well... Dimitrios ___ 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: Images stay on memory forever?
p.s. Martin, is this true? - does the player really NOT render things placed way off stage? Im not sure if this is still the case in fp8 but i know that in previous versions i would also move a clip to -1,-1 to stop the renderer from including it. im sure it *was* true back in the mists of time but i dont think it is with fp8...i dont know if it was with fp7..my memory isnt so good these days ;) In fact i remember another interesting artifact of _visible = false was when you used a non 32-bit colour depth you could still 'see' the object..well, it made the colours go a bit off. I just did a quick, fairly unscientific test in f8 and _visible = false seems to be fine in fp8. so, thats something i can now forget about. :) ___ 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] AMFPHP 1.2 Class Mapping VO's incomming from PHP5 - It works but...
Just knowing that the object is populated before the constructor is called and that those properties take precedence over my class explains a lot. Now I'm much better prepared to handle what remoting throws at me :) great... I think thats one part of remoting where they could have done something slightly more clever. Even if they added some configuration possibilities to the player like a flag for Remoting.callConstructorFirst and Remoting.useAccessors which could use both types of accessor but I prefer to have options. ___ 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] AMFPHP 1.2 Class Mapping VO's incomming from PHP5 - It works but...
Just knowing that the object is populated before the constructor is called and that those properties take precedence over my class explains a lot. Now I'm much better prepared to handle what remoting throws at me :) Accidentally hit the wrong key combo and sent the previous mail before i was finishedhere it is again..in all its glory.. great... I think thats one part of remoting where they could have done something slightly more clever. Even if they added some configuration possibilities to the player like a flag for Remoting.callConstructorFirst if you want you objects created in a 'normal' way, maybe at the expense of performance and Remoting.useAccessors which could use both types of accessor. (get x and getX) They could be set to default to what they are now, but at least you would have options to turn the remoting deserialization (and local shared objects) into something that behaves like normal code rather than magic. :) martin. ___ 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] AMFPHP 1.2 Class Mapping VO's incomming from PHP5 - It works but...
Unfortunately the player wont do data type conversion when deserializing the contents of an object returned via remoting. You have to make sure your types are right on the server so that when the remoting gateway constructs the amf data to send to flash it has the correct types already inside. Obviously this is more of a pain from something like PHP than say Java as PHP has a much looser type system. For me the beauty of remoting is that you *do* get the datatypes that you create on the server sent to you in flash. I think the other issue you are running into is that when the player creates the actionscript objects from the remoting data it populates the object *before* it runs the constructor. This means that it doesnt care about any getters / setters and you have to be extra careful if you do anything in the constructor or are expecting parameters to your constructor. Julius Turnmire wrote: Ok, I've got it working as advertised. I'm using VO's and my returned values are being mapped to my VO classes. But the problem is how they're mapped. ___ 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] mvc dillema
So I was wondering what the best method may be to access the model to add a playlist. Some say the best way is to create a wrapper function to the MusicPlayer class, that simply runs the method of the model. But then I need to create extra kinda useless functions in the MusicPlayer class. So what would you guys do? I would add the 'useless' functions :) dont worry about their content, focus on the API that you are presenting. If im using your music player and i see MusicPlayer.addPlaylist its obvious what its for and i'll happily use it. I dont care if it just delegates to the model without doing anything else. Im quite happy not even knowing there is a model. :) Of course you could choose to allow the client code to access the model through a MusicPlayer.getModel but you probably dont need to expose that much of the internals. ___ 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] Actionscript 3.0 compiler Qs
of course :) thanks Chafic and David.. Chafic Kazoun wrote: From what I know (And I am no expert on the Flash Player). The way the JIT process works, not everything is actually always JITed. Bytecode that is executed once may not tget JITed at all. But code that is accessed multiple times or deemed as a performance botleneck will get JITed. The main motivation behind this would be to reduce application perceived performance by interpreting some code rather than Jitting which would alleviate the user from having to wait for the JIT process to complete. This is most apparent on application startup where if the user had to wait for everything to go through the entire JIT process, things would just seem slow. You see this with the Java runtime although Sun has improved this over time. HTH Chafic ___ 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] working with dynamic images using mysql database
if you really want to (or have to) load images from the database then you'll need to look at the server language you are using and find out how to send the correct headers then send the image data. Its probably easiest to get it working by displaying the images in a html page first, then just use the working url in your loadMovie call. bhasker u wrote: HI, all I was trying to incorporate a small interface in my flash site where I would like to load 9 thumbnails(images) in 3*3 grid, when ever the mouse moves on to thumbnails should able to show the enlarged view in given space defined beside the thumbs, loading the images from a folder is quite simple but here iam interested to *load images from databse* using mysql. can any one of u plz help me on this. -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ 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/Actionscript Coding conventions
that lead me down some interesting paths...I didnt know there were 2 versions... Im still not a fan of that style of Hungarian notation but I can see the benefits of the 'original' : http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html you learn something new every day :) Mark Lapasa wrote: I find Hungarian Notation to work well in ActionScript 2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation ___ 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 does registerClass() / registerClassAlias() work internally?
Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
It always intrigued me how this method worked internally. First, when I
register this (AS2):
Object.registerClass('mylinkageid_or_myobjectname',myclass);
1)How does flash knows that each time I create a new instance of the
object/movieclip symbol it should attach it to the class specified? Is it
internal to the Flash Player OR is it implemented in pure ActionScript?
Does
Flash keep a kind of a dictionary list or hash table to keep all these
values?
I believe it is internal to the flash player. The same mechanism is used for
local shared objects. I dont know how its stored or how it works and i've not
noticed anything relating to it in the remoting source code that they provide.
2)What also defies me is how does flash automatically instantiates the
correct Value Object class when you use a application server such as AMFPHP
1.2... does AMFPPHP send a class namepsace metadata together with the
object
and the flash remoting engine reads that and then applies the correct class
depending on the class that has been registered with registerClass() /
registerClassAlias() (Flex 2)?
exactly.
if you look at the AMFPHP source (or some AMF specs...i just have the source to
hand) you'll see that the classname is written into the AMF packet by the
serializer :
$this-writeUTF($classname); // write the class name
(in AMFSerializer.php)
the player then reads the AMF packet, decodes the class name and instantiates
that type for you.
thanks.
Martin
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Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 compiler Qs
Does the compiled code get recompiled during runtime to machine code (like a JIT compiler) or does it get interpreted? Some Adobe presentation on the subjet was saying that all the code get JIT'ed, except the $iinit and $cinit functions which are the one defining the classes and initializing their static variables. I just read that the other day and was wondering why? Personally I cant really think of why constructors and initialization should be interpreted and not JIT'ed but im sure someone can think of good reasons. this is the paper if anyone is interested : http://www.onflex.org/ACDS/AS3TuningInsideAVM2JIT.pdf thanks, Martin ___ 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] Question about __constructor__
The first thing to understand is that AS2 uses the same bytecode as AS1. i.e. AS2 if just AS1 with pretty makeup and a new hairdo. This page might help you understand more about __proto__ , .prototype and all the weird stuff we did that is thankfully in the past (most of the time) :) http://www.debreuil.com/docs/ch01_Proto.htm Helmut Granda wrote: Erixtekila, Thanks for the link, I have read the site serveral times during the day trying to figure this out. but one of the things I saw is that the code above only helps if you are exporting for flash 5. I still dont understand what this was used since the program that this piece of software powers was made with flash MX and export to flash7 so something else could have been used instead. Thanks again! ___ 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] Play Sound Backwards or in Slow Motion during RunTime
nice, follow the trail and you can get source code for doing audio DSP in flash 9 : http://www.flashcodersbrighton.org/wordpress/?p=9 I knew it would work :) Andy Makely wrote: On 8/11/06, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone knows of a technique to play a sound backwards or in Slow Motion with AS? So far this task seems imposible, bt I was wondering if some one would have some pointers. Thanks! ...helmut Andre Michelle knows how to do it in AS3. Look at F9:audio/scratch http://lab.andre-michelle.com/ -- andy makely ___ 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 not overwrite methods, but append functionality
Matthias Dittgen wrote:
Hello list,
my tooltip class uses code like this mc.onRollOver = function() {}
to add its tooltip functionality to a movieclip mc. But this way it
overwrites the onRollOver method of mc and disables the functionality
like highlighting.
So now my question (probably a really simple one): How is it possible
to append functionality instead of overwriting? is there something
like super() is for cunstructors?
exactly.
super.onRollOver()
will call the method in the superclass.
martin
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Re: [Flashcoders] how to not overwrite methods, but append functionality
in MyTooltip you can re-assign the onRollOver to another name and call that from
the new onRollOver, like this :
in MyTooltip
mc.onRollOver2 = mc.onRollOver;
mc.onRollOver = function()
{
// some stuff here
// call the original
this.onRollOver2();
}
thats one way of doing it
martin
Matthias Dittgen wrote:
but it doesn't work for me, because I don't want to get onRollOver
from the superclass ( I don't do an extend). I just want to add some
functionality to the onRollOver of the same instance of a movieclip.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite - what's happening
Tony, your clock is set to the epoch (1970) or its your mail transport agent. come and join the future :) Anthony Lee wrote: You literally can't buy a new handset in Japan that doesn't support Flash Lite. 1.1 and you have to register with the carrier to be a content provider. ___ 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] amfphp, identify each calling
as far as i know its not possible with any built-in mechanisms, you would have to code something yourself.. where and how depends on what you really need to achieve.. martin. Martin Weiser wrote: Hello, is it possible to mark the calling by some identifier, number or string, so that callings of hte same method with the same responder could be distinguished? thanks in advance Martin ___ 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] amfphp, identify each calling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I think this library is what you're looking for... http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/archives/2006/03/cinqetdemiremoting-a-tiny-but-useful-remoting-library/ steve nice..id never noticed that... very useful martin ___ 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] Ignoring error in code on compile
do you mean that you want to compile those classes seperately but are getting errors when they are referenced? You could create interfaces for the classes and code to that. martin Ramon Miguel M. Tayag wrote: Hi everyone, I want to use Screenweaver to create a desktop application. Just like the other SWF2EXE programs, you can arbitrarily call an object, like, swFile.function to access the commands. The problems comes in when I put these commands in classes and I compile the classes. How do I tell Flash to ignore these errors and continue compiling like those weren't there? The workaround would be ugly (pointing to the root that contains the functions), and I'd like to avoid that. Thanks ___ 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] Problems getting the brightness of a color returned from getPixel
to go from a 24 bit number to 3x8 bit colour components you can just shift it and mask the bits you need : var r=color 16 0xFF var g=color 8 0xFF var b=color 0xFF that should do the job. James Deakin wrote: Hi Guys, I'm having some problems with getting the brightness of a color returned from get pixel. get pixel returns an RGB color as a number which means I was expecting something like three groups of three numbers 255 255 255 or similar. what I am actually getting back is of this form 14540754 one digit short. ___ 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] sequential tweens ?
couldnt you just use 2 methods in your class to control the sequence of tweens?
// Start a tween for a photo
private function tweenPhoto()
{
var animPhotoX:Tween = new Tween (photoStrip[currentIndex], _xscale,
Bounce.easeOut, 100, 120, 0.5, true);
var animPhotoY:Tween= new Tween (photoStrip[currentIndex], _yscale,
Bounce.easeOut, 100, 120, 0.5, true);
// Get the tween to call us back when its finished
animPhotoY.onMotionFinished = Delegate.create(this,tweenFinished);
}
// Tween finished
private function tweenFinished()
{
currentIndex++;
if(currentIndex == numberOfPhotos)
{
// The sequence is complete
// do something, dispatch an event, call a method etc.. :)
}
else
{
startTween(currentIndex);
}
}
Then to start the whole show just make sure currentIndex and numberOfPhotos are
setup correctly and call tweenPhoto();
e.g.
private function createPhotos(photolist:Array)
{
// photo creation stuff here
currentIndex = 0;
numberOfPhotos = photolist.length;
tweenPhoto();
}
no need for intervals or anything fancy.
hope thats what you mean.
Martin
jcarlos wrote:
Hi All,
I need some ideas how to workaround the following situation
I have na mc as an holder for some photoStrip this photoStrip has
n photos as mcs in it I want to produce some tween over each one
BUT the next tween should only begin after the previous has finished
as I don´t know how many photos are ther and as I´m using DepthManager
class to to set up the photos into the PhotoStrip
I begin using for in to trasverse the strip but I´m stucked here with
some clever idea about how to chain these tweens, any help,please ?
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Re: [Flashcoders] sequential tweens ?
// Tween finished
private function tweenFinished()
{
...
else
{
startTween(currentIndex);
oops, this is meant to say tweenPhoto(currentIndex)
my email client doesnt have refactoring support yet ;)
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Re: [Flashcoders] sequential tweens ?
Martin, do not take this personally, I don't mean to sound rude or anything, I'm sorry in advance if I do, and your code totally makes logical sense and it's 100% correct, but... WHY would someone need so much code just to produce sequential tweenings? A bunch of specialized functions just to make it work? And then suppose he has an slightly different animation he wants to do at the same time, will he need new functions, or add parameters to those functions, and so long and so forth? Why something so convoluted for something so simple? Simply because the tweening doesn't support delays? :( don't worry i don't take it personally its only programming :) To me it doesn't seem complicated, just a couple of functions, nothing special in either function. If it doesn't fit the requirements, so be it. Sorry for the rant, but really, there's a moment you have to use the best tool for the task - and I don't mean only the easiest. The tweening classes included on Flash are cool and all that, but they're too basic, too raw. Why you'd need dozens of lines just to do something that can be done with one single line in a pretty straightforward way is beyond me. Most of the times I have to build sites, there's so much having to be animated correctly that if I resorted to functions and complex callbacks any time I needed some kind of sequence or delay, my code would be a complete mess and the sequence would be unmaintainable. Now, with delays it's as easy as it gets. It's easier to read, debug, write, change, etc. Don't be sorry, if it upsets you then best to let it out, bottling things up isn't good for the soul :) Anyway, to consider if its easier to change then it really depends on how you want to change it. In some cases yes its undoubtedly easier, in other cases i think it could be harder but I don't know the API of your tweening classes so I cant say. What if i wanted to trigger something when each tween ends? What if i want to perform an action depending on which tween has ended? Each solution has its pro's and con's so its worth understanding the options and the trade offs. Like i said i don't find functions or callbacks complicated, its the bread and butter of programming. The code i showed is an idiom that I've used on a number of occasions, not just for sequencing animations but for various things that need treating in a consequential manner and aren't all necessarily time based. My advice is to still use another solution. MC Tween, laco's, Fuse Kit, it doesn't matter. Any of them will do the trick. Mine too :) I don't know any of the other animation kits so I couldn't vouch for their ease of use, size when installed or performance, but I've heard good things about those you mention. anyway..shop around, its always the way to get the best deal and the solution that fits your needs. Martin. ___ 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] Speak into microphone Save as wav to sever, is it possible in Flash9 /AS3/Flex2 ??!
If you use FMS then it does indeed store the audio as .flv but its encoded with NellyMoser so there isnt a simple way of using that audio in anything else but flash. There is also the open source Red5 project which again records .flv files (NellyMoser encoded, not by choice) which of course is free. There is a supposed 'flv - mp3' converter coming from Adobe but i've only seen people talking and waiting for it. I would love to see a solution that allows you to record audio from flash in any usable format (NellyMoser is so limited in availability and usage that to me its unusable) Maybe if enough people shout loud enough Adobe will deliver, but im not holding my breath. blists wrote: You can do this with flash media server. I think it would save the file as a flv though, not sure on that point. But you can defiantly record a stream and save it on the server for later playback/distribution. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of info nJooyLab Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:06 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Speak into microphone Save as wav to sever, is it possible in Flash9 /AS3/Flex2 ??! Hey to you all out there, the microphone object in flash player 6 is cool but do you know how to save the stuff you say into the microphone on to a server as a wav or MP3 file. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?
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Re: [Flashcoders] compiler not warning (little rant)
so why doesn't MMC complpain about that ? i this a legal statement ? i know 'o.arguments[1, 2, 3];' or equivalent would be, but i didn't write that. as far as the compiler is concerned you did write that because whitespace is ignored. e.g. : code : var x:Array = []; x [ 0 ] = 23; trace ( x [0 ] ) ; : output : 23 :) martin ___ 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] haXe Flash
There's been progress in this domain as well. You should expect haXe to be able to get AS3 speed and new APIs quite soon. Plus, you will still be able to use haXe to target Flash 6-7-8 player which is not the case for AS3. Of course it's the case with AS3. It's perfectly possible to write AS3 code that compiles in AS2 too, the problem is, would we want to? It's apparent if haXe is the matching subset of AS2 and AS3, it won't be powerful as neither of them. i think you miss the distinction between a language and its libraries. From my understanding the core language will provide most features that are available from each of the supported targets, but if you want to make use of specific parts of the target platform then you will need to use its libraries. Its entirely possible to create a unified API that supports some subset of target specific features, but I expect that this kind of work would most likely be done by the users of haxe, not necessarily by Nicolas. One advantage of something like haxe is that you reduce the amount of context switching your brain has to do as you move between targets. At the moment im writing an application that has a flash front end and a java backend. Now they are fairly similar languages but I still have to re-adjust my brain as I move between the two. And another problem is that I end up duplicating a lot of concepts and code that represent data and business processes (which generally have little dependencies on target specific libraries). Sure some of this can be automated, but I really like the idea of being able to create my value objects once, in one language. Same with business processes and other application logic. Im sure you will have heard the hot new acronym DRY. Dont repeat yourself. With haxe you can take that idea and apply it across all targets where appropriate. less code = less bugs. personally i think its a great idea. Its not for everyone of course and you are right in that there is a certain barrier to using some aspects of it as its not yet likely to be found as part of some cheap hosting deal, but for those of us who have control of our deployment servers it offers a great opportunity. A great quote I often remember which Nicolas should put as his sig : 'don't bite my finger, look where i am pointing' thanks, Martin ___ 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] OT: Design patterns
Take a look at this interesting interview of Erich Gamma about Design Patters (How to use): http://blog.itpub.net/post/1087/48817 thats really good. definitely worth reading for anyone with questions about design patterns. :) Martin. ___ 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] Installing Custom Ant Tasks in Eclipse
this article has a small section on using custom ant tasks in eclipse : http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecant/ it might help.. martin John Mark Hawley wrote: There doesn't seem to be a simple tutorial for actually getting custom Ant tasks installed and running. Even as2Ant leaves you out to dry when it comes to actually getting it to work the first time. Any help? Has anyone else on the list experimented with the Prebob preprocessing Ant task, or custom Ant tasks in general in Eclipse? I can't seem to get mine to work...I have a feeling it's because I don't have the java SDK installed, and no one else is running into this because mot of the Flash devs fooling around with Ant and Eclipse in the first place are also developing Java occasionally. (UPDATE: well, installing the SDK, and making sure Ant could see tools.jar did squat.) In Eclipse-Preferences-Ant I can see the preprocessor task is defined. Vanilla Ant builds are working 100%, but ant tasks installed as Eclipse plugins don't work when built, they just croak and give a massive, unhelpful Ant error. ___ 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] OOP Concepts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is my first experience use the mailing List so I hope this makes sense!
My question is more of a conceptual one regarding oop best practises. If
I have a class which attaches a clip to the stage how can I attach functions
to clips nested inside this clip. Putting code on the attached clip?s timeline
is wrong, I can use;
myClip.MyChildClip.onRelease = function() { stuff };
It works, but seems fundamentally wrong, as I understood it was bad practise
to add methods to an object dynamically. Should I make the class listen for
clicks on the nested clip or is there another solution?
I don't see anything wrong with that. The only thing i would do is to use
Delegate instead of the function declaration so that you can control the scope
of execution.
It might make sense to contain the behaviour of this child clip into a class of
its own if its used for more than just event notification, but theres no hard
rules as to when you should do this.
Personally I would think about what the child clip is doing. What are its
responsibilities. If they can be neatly contained in a Class which can
encapsulate the implementation details away from the users of the child clip
then I would make a new Class for it.
The only other point to choose here is more a matter of style, do you inherit
from movieclip or do you use composition. I avoid inheriting from movieclip
because i feel its more trouble than its worth once you start creating
subclasses and dealing with initialization order.
thanks,
Martin
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Re: [Flashcoders] seeking :: Oscillating SineWaves via Drawing API
its quick and its dirty but it should give you something to work with :
for(var n=0;n3;n++)
{
var sinewave:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(sinewave + n,n+1);
sinewave._y = 100;
sinewave.phase = n * 10;
sinewave.frequency = ((n + 1) * 5) / 50;
sinewave.amplitude = 60 - (n * 10);
sinewave.speed = (n + 1) / 5;
sinewave.heightDeviation = Math.random() * 30;
sinewave.onEnterFrame = function()
{
this.phase+=this.speed;
_root.drawSineWave(this,this.phase,this.amplitude + (Math.sin(this.phase) *
this.heightDeviation),this.frequency);
}
}
function drawSineWave(mc:MovieClip, phase:Number, amplitude:Number,
frequency:Number)
{
var numPoints:Number = 80;
var width = 550;
mc.clear();
mc.lineStyle(2,0,100);
var y:Number = Math.sin(phase * frequency) * amplitude;
mc.moveTo(0,y);
var dx:Number = width / numPoints;
for(var x=0;xnumPoints;x++)
{
y = Math.sin((phase + x) * frequency) * amplitude;
mc.lineTo(x * dx,y);
}
}
you can just stick this into the first frame of an .fla
let me know if you need some explanations.
thanks,
Martin
artur wrote:
its 3 waves that need to appear randomly oscillating in height..
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Re: [Flashcoders] Is this site legit to buy the software???
if you follow the WHOIS trail : http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tekdealers.com 'NOTE: This domain is registered through register.com, a poor WHOIS provider that often violates ICANN regulations and does not provide WHOIS service.' checking the WHOIS results from register.com gives this : Registrant: DomainsByProxy.com Who's site says : '...So if you want to keep your personal information private and still retain full benefits of domain registration, then a “private registration” is for you. Your identity is nobody’s business but ours.' so, they appear to have done everything they can to avoid being contacted directly. Personally I like the services I use to have some public visibility. I guess its a case of Caveat Emptor. Martin. Søren Christensen wrote: Good question. I dont know. But it definitely is worrying that they give you no possibilities but a online forum to get in thouch with them. No adress nor phone, email nada... On 9/2/06 17:45, Jason Je [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know if this site is legit or is it one of those warez site??? http://www.tekdealers.com/?pg=product_detailsref=956846552productID=374 Thank you... ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Is this site legit to buy the software???
ok, i know its OT but just for completeness sake so that any of us who are considering buying from them (after all the prices are good.) theres a customer review here : http://www.bizrate.com/ratings_guide/cust_review_detail__mid--113841,mr_type--1,review_id--8001791.html thanks, Martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Q:implementing quadtrees
So i guess what I'm asking is
What is the best way to set up the node array(s)? (nested , associative, using objects, etc)
What i would suggest is that when you classify the hotspots, you only create the
nodes that you need.
For the data structure each node can have 4 children, so a simple array will do
containing references to its 4 child nodes, or even just 4 member variables if
you dont want to loop :)
So when constructing the tree you can just create the nodes that actually
contain hotspots..
e.g. (in the node class)
function classify(hotspot)
{
// flag to indicate if the hotspot is entirely contained
// within a leaf node
var containedInLeafNode:Boolean = false;
for(var n=0;n4;n++)
{
// test bounds of child[n] to see if it can hold the hotspot
if(isInQuadrant(n,hotspot))
{
// Make a new node if we dont already have it.
if(childNodes[n] == undefined)
{
childNodes[n] = new Node();
}
childNodes[n].classify(hotspot);
containedInLeafNode = true;
}
}
// If none of the leaf nodes 'took ownership' of the hotspot
// then hold onto it here.
if(!containedInLeafNode)
{
candidates.push(hotspot);
}
}
So this will recurse down the tree, making sure that any item is contained
within the smallest possible leaf node. Of course you'll want to put a limit on
how small a node can get. How small that is depends on the sizes of the items
you want to classify, if i remember correctly (which i wouldnt assume i do) then
the best target size is somewhere just around the size of the smallest object
you are trying to classify, unless you are classifying lots of very small
objects relative to screen size then you can just cap it somewhere like 4 or 5
levels deep.
Then when you come to query the tree for nodes that contain items that may be
within distance of your draggable object you only need to bother with the nodes
that exist
for speed you could even not bother with a loop and also take advantage of the
fact that calling a function on something that doesnt exist wont generate an error :
so instead of
for(i=0;i4;i++)
{
if(childNodes[n] != undefined)
{
// check childNodes[n] for candidates
}
}
you just do
candidateList.concat(childNodes[0].getThingsThatAreClose(draggableObject))
candidateList.concat(childNodes[1].getThingsThatAreClose(draggableObject))
etc..
anyway, im just typing it out as it comes into my head..some of it from hazy
memories of implementations past. :)
Theres no real canonical way of working with quadtrees, the beauty is that you
can adapt them according to your particular requirements.
Id be interested to hear other peoples opinions and experiences or just 'why
bother, you can do 'x' because its easier and quicker'
thanks,
Martin
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Re: [Flashcoders] Q:creating a 'snappable' class
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm creating a 'snappable' class, that would work with a predefined set of x,y pairs or 'hotspots'. When a dragged movieclip was within a 'offset' distance of any of these hotspots it would 'snap to' and stop drag. The best way of doing this I thought would be to simply pass an array of predefined x,y pairs as an object into the class when it was instantiated. However, having to cycle thru an array, especially if there are a huge number of 'hotspots', while dragging doesn't seem very efficientcan anyone suggest a better way of approaching this? theres a fair few spatial partitioning approaches around these days, but i guess you could do something easy with quadtrees. It depends on how many hotspots you have and what shapes the objects are etc..I think the first thing to do is some performance tests to see if checking the whole array is too expensive. If you do need them then quadtree's are quite simple, basically you divide the screen into 4, then you can recursively subdivide each section, stopping when you think you have a small enough resolution. Then when you are dragging this clip around you will only need to test for proximity to items contained within certain nodes of the tree, not everything on screen. I dont know of any AS2 implementations, but its quite fun to code :) i've found a few references that should help explain : http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1303.asp http://www.ece.eps.hw.ac.uk/~dml/cgonline/hyper00/model/spacediv.html theres even a paper on macromedia.com that covers quadtrees http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/director/articles/collision_detection/collision_detection_lingo.pdf good luck martin. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] mx.utils.ClassFinder.findClass problem
or just import com.whatever.Foo; var foo:Foo; no need for the :Function, or the assignment. martin Ian Thomas wrote: Whoops - I'm being dim. These will work just as well: import sk.sowhat.linuxPlayer.play4dogs.Test; var dummyVar:Function=Test; or var dummyVar:Function=sk.sowhat.linuxPlayer.play4dogs.Test; (with no import) Ian ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with Javascript Integration Kit
btw, there's a list just for the js integration kit. very low traffic, but useful for questions specific to the kit. http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/flashjs_osflash.org thanks, Martin -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Noise Cancelling in Flash
i think that theoretically it may be possible to generate real time audio just in the 8.5 player. In the thread about MIDI and the flash player I mentioned an idea for creating real time audio streams using 8.5 Basically i think you could do it by using the loadBytes method in flash.display.Loader by streaming bytes that represent a streaming swf with audio. It should work, just needs the code to create the swf header and the right bytes to represent the audio tag inside the swf, then it should just be a matter of pumping the audio into the byte stream. I'd love to try it if i had the time. really, though it would make more sense to have a loadBytes method for sounds as well, but i wont go over all the points we covered in that other thread again. :) martin. ryanm wrote: 8.5 actually provides write as well as read access to the waveforms? I haven't looked into it much, but i've only seen people making visualizations of sounds, not actually modifying or generating them in real-time. I don't know, but there was talk of it at one time. What I said was *if* 8.5 provides low-level access, then you can make your own filters. ;-) ryanm ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Noise Cancelling in Flash
David Rorex wrote: 1. can flash load .wav files? No 2. can loadBytes simulate loading .wav files? No if so, it might be simpler to generate a .wav structure than a .swf thats what would be best, but doesnt look like its currently possible. Generating the swf header and audio tags isnt too hard, the information is out there...its really only v4 features, its just taking the time to do it.. maybe if i stopped writing emails for a week, the time would add up and id have enough time to actually do it ;) martin. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic class creation
This should do the job.
1. ClassFactory to create classes specified by strings.
code
class ClassFactory
{
public static function create(className:String):Object
{
// Split the class name into its parts
var parts:Array = className.split(.);
// a variable to build a reference to the class
var classRef:Object = _global;
// Iterate over the parts, digging deeper each time
// into the namespace heirarchy
for(var n=0;n parts.length;n++)
{
classRef = classRef[parts[n]];
}
// Check that the class exists
if(classRef == undefined)
{
throw new ClassCreationException(Class not found : +
className);
}
else
{
return new classRef();
}
}
}
/code
2. The Class Creation Exception, nothing special :)
code
class ClassCreationException extends Error
{
public function ClassCreationException(msg:String)
{
message = msg;
}
}
/code
and some test code to check it works :
code
var className:String = com.test.MyClass;
import com.test.MyClass;
var c:MyClass;
try
{
var c:Object = ClassFactory.create(className);
}
catch(e)
{
trace(e.message);
}
/code
of course, you need the reference to the class you want to create somewhere or
the compiler wont include it when it builds the swf, hence the
var c:MyClass line.
for me thats the worst part of the whole thing, but theres ways you can organise
this, e.g. a simple include that just lists the declarations you will need
#include forceIncludes.as
which just contains a list of the references
im sure there are other solutions to this little problem, if anyone else has any
bright ideas id like to know.
Of course, the other part of this is that the class factory can only return
objects that are typed as 'Object' so you lose quite a bit of type safety like
this, unless of course you are creating objects that all conform to a specific
interface. You might want to modify the class factory to add methods that return
particular types of objects with a return type set to their common interface. It
depends on what your requirements are really on how you architect this part.
hope that all makes sense.
thanks,
Martin
franto wrote:
Hi all,
maybe it is easy, maybe not, but i cant figure it out now, and i need it :)
when i got class e,gpkg1.pkg2.pkg3.className
i can make new instance in this way
new pkg1.pkg2.pkg3.className()
but i want to make it from string
this dont work of course
_global['pkg1.pkg2.pkg3.className']();
but this work:
_global['pkg1']['pkg2']['pkg3']['className']();
can this done automatcally? i want jsut read string from XML and
create new class instance,
but i cant do it now.
Any help is appreciated :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] nested MC not firing event
So you have something like this : MC_A --¬(uses mouse handlers) MC_B(also uses mouse handlers) Where A is B's parent but A has some handlers defined and none of the handlers in B will work. The way around it is to introduce a common parent to A and B which has no mouse handling, its just a container. So A is no longer the parent of B CONTAINER --¬ MC_A (contains some mouse handlers) MC_B (contains other mouse handlers) then both A and B's handlers will work. thanks, Martin Kent Humphrey wrote: What I can never manage to do is put buttons inside the revealing MC. Even a simple test like trace(this) does nothing. I think it's because the (rollOver)/(rollOut) script on the parent of the button is conflicting with the event being sent by the child. The mouse cursor certainly remains the same (finger) over the whole revealed shape. -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations
one reason, you get type checking when you declare the handlers
handlers[some string] : contents of 'some string' arent checked
handlers[STATE_A | STTE_B] : Compile error : STTE_B is not declared.
the other reasons are habit and familiarity :)
Im used to seeing and working with code for handling states that uses all that
bitwise stuff because of working in other languages where its more common (e.g.
c++). If you feel more comfortable with string based solutions thats all good,
but like i said, the one point where they differ is that the compiler doesnt
check the contents of a string, so a typo can go un-noticed.
thanks,
Martin
Andreas Weber wrote:
Nice!
And I was determined not to post again, but at a certain stage my mental
block irresistibly kicked in again:
why ingeniously bit-wise encode the combinations just to later decode them
for better readabilty?
Why not drop this altogether as we won't do any encoding:
static var STATE_A:Number = 1; // 1 0
Define the handlers like
handlers = {};// or type it/ make it a class
handlers[STATE_A] = Delegate.create(this,handleAOnly);
// etc.
And finally:
public function handleUpdate(a:Object,b:Object,c:Object,d:Object)
{
state = 'STATE_';
if(a.selected){ state += 'A'};
if(b.selected){ state += 'B'};
// etc.
handlers[state]();
}
What's the benefit of encoding/decoding numbers? Please enlighten me!
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Re: [Flashcoders] checking combinations
i've got to go out now so cant give the full answer i have in my head,
but one way of tackling it is to make each state variable's value a
power of 2
a = 1
b = 2
c = 4
d = 8
then you know that any combination of them has a unique value. (its
basically a 4 bit number)
then to handle the dispatch depending on the state combination you can
build a function table.
functionTable = new Array();
// create a handler for the combination a + b
functionTable[a + b] = Delegate.create(this,combinationAB);
and when you check the variables just call the function directly from
the table :
// a,b,c,d are just passed as boolean flags here
function handleUpdate(a:boolean,b:boolean,c:boolean,d:boolean)
{
// taking advantage of a true being 1 in flash
// and ideally you would setup these numbers
// as static class variables
var state = a + (b * 2) + (c * 4) + (d * 8);
// call the defined function
functionTable[state]();
}
of course you could do a check first to see if the function is defined
and do something like log a warning or whatever is appropriate for your
situation.
hope that makes sense.
martin
eric dolecki wrote:
I have 4 variables I need to check the states of routinely... and
combinations thereof.
I am assuming that if I have a counter, and interogate and += them values, I
can then check the value of the counter to determine the combinations.
psudeo-code:
var counter:Number = 0;
if ( a ){ counter += 2; }
if ( b ){ counter += 3; }
if ( c ){ counter += 6; }
if ( d ){ counter += 12;}
if ( counter == 2 ){
// only a was true
} else if ( counter == 3 ){
// only b was true
} ...
Which is fine, but thats gonna be one honkin' if else statement to catch all
the combinations.
Is there a better way of doing this that will catch all the possible
combinations in an elegant way?
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Re: SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flex expires... what then?
they have said there will be a public beta (on the flexcoders mailing list) martin. matti bar zeev wrote: hey list, I was just wondering, my Flex Builder 1.0 alpha is about to expire, as, I guess, most of yours are. my question for Adobe is: are you gonna release a new imporved version? are you gonna release another version at all? are you gonna prolong the expiration date? what are the plans? thnx, flashmattic. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Documenting my code
I hope that NaturalDocs does get around to supporting JavaDoc, because in my test of doc tools over the last week or so it looks like the best fit for me - it actually runs on my Linux server, whereas most other things are either Mac or PC based or, like as2api, just cause me server errors. I'm trying to integrate a doc-tool in to our SVN setup (so that nightly up-to-date docs are built) and am having no luck at all. At the moment I'm having to run something scheduled on my Windows box to achieve it. out of curiosity how are going about this on the linux box? I implemented a system a while ago to do nightly documentation builds on a linux box, but my system was based around CVS / Doxygen. Basically, I wrote a python script that was called as a cron job which checked out all the projects from CVS, ran doxygen on them and copied the output to a local web server.. Unfortunately i dont have access to the code anymore because it was built for my previous employer but im keen on getting something working for myself that uses SVN and produces docs for AS2 code (as well as Java, even if that means using seperate tools..) the nice thing about using doxygen (after a bit of configuration work) was that the documentation for seperate projects was linked together. e.g. If project B depended on project A (a library) then you could follow links from B to the relevant places in A. (and you got diagrams for free..) I'd be interested to see if anyone has some configs for doxygen that work well with AS2, or if you think that a specific AS2 module for doxygen is needed.. thanks, martin. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Scope Chain in AS2
basically in AS3 you dont need to use Delegate, so you can do things
like pass method references to other objects which will be called within
the correct scope. I think the same applies to declaring anonymous
functions (like the classic myXML.onLoad = function() {...})
e.g.
class SomeClass
{
private var x:Number = 20;
function someFunc():Void
{
// handlerFunc method will be called with the correct scope.
// So no need for delegate.
someObject.addEventListener(handlerFunc);
}
function handlerFunc(event:Event):Void
{
// Can call doSomething and manipulate x because we were called
// with the correct context.
this.doSomething();
this.x += 20;
}
function doSomething():Void
{
}
}
does that help? or have i misunderstood?
martin
Judah Frangipane wrote:
From what I've read, it appears that Action Script 2.0 follows the
implementation. But the information at the link below keeps me from
adopting this description.
quote,
Event handling is simplified in ActionScript 3.0 thanks to its built-in
delegation. In ActionScript 2.0, method closures would not remember what
object instance they were extracted from, leading to unexpected behavior
when the method closure was invoked.
http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/index.php/ActionScript_3:overview#Delegation
Can someone please put this into context?
Best Regards,
Judah Frangipane
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Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha fading a dynamic text field
just remember to embed the font :) Adrian Lynch wrote: I can't for the life of me remember if I've done this before, and if I had problems with it in the past. Can you programatically fade a dynamic text field, for example with tf._alpha = 50? -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition Class
looks like you need to make tab_mc a member variable of the class.
then if you are having problems try tracing tab_mc as soon as its
created, as well as the other parameters that you are passing in. Make
sure they all have the correct values.
Martin
Dennis Hart wrote:
I am having a problem with adding a text field to an attached movieClip
through a class construct using composition.
For example:
class Tab {
public var label_txt:TextField;
public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
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Re: [Flashcoders] Creating An OOP MC Via Composition
passing the target into the constructor. martin. Chris Kennon wrote: Hi, I attempting to create a mc, then attach a textField via composition, instead of extending the movieClip class. Could someone point out what I missed? -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flv - avi/mov/mpg ?
come down from there at once Hubert... youre just a sticky river. :) Hubert Cumberdale wrote: ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] XML GALLERY
looks like your xml and your code dont match.
the debugger says your xmlnode has attributes thmb and main, your code
says 'swf' and 'link'
?
maybe thats it.
martin
Jose Maria Barros wrote:
ups..sorry..forgot..well...it doesnt download the thumbnails..here is
the code in the debugger
Variable _level0.picHolder = [object #6, class 'XMLNode'] {
foto thmb=imagens/img3.jpg main=imagens/img3.jpg /
}
Variable _level0.thumbHolder = [movieclip:_level0.thumbnails.thumbnail8]
Variable _level0.thumbLoader = undefined
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Re: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript
You have to embed the font to manipulate it in that way. martin Chris Gaelic wrote: I can get it to work if I use a truetype font like Arial set up as static text. The text then stretches inside the movie clip. However, if I change the text type to Dynamic - because I want to change it using ActionScript - then it no longer stretches with the movie clip. Thanks, Chris -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who wants MIDI in the Flash Player?
I urge you to get someone to have a good read through the discussion. There was a lot of good input and i think improving the audio capabilities of flash would be a huge step forward for what i consider to be the most neglected aspect of flash. Or, if all else fails then persuade adobe to buy these guys http://www.fmod.org/ :) Thanks. In the recent rush I haven't been able to read Who wants MIDI? much less abstract it. Were you able to get a sense from the whole list of (a) which specific MIDI (or MIDI-like) features implementations are most desired; and (b) how much they'd be willing to pay for this in player size? Do you know what size of MIDI engine would work best for you, for which MIDI abilities, for instance? -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Class SimpleDateFormat
theres one here http://osflash.org/openclasslibrary Scott Hyndman wrote: Macromedia did. I just can't remember where to get it or find any reference to it on their website. Can anyone remember or find information? Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Wade Arnold Sent: Mon 12/12/2005 2:55 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Cc: Subject:[Flashcoders] Class SimpleDateFormat Has anyone ever implemented a similar class to the SimpleDateFormat in actionscript? I am working on a validator input text component and would love to have some of these java classes?!!? Please let me know if you have seen anything like this. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Version control software?
I do all of my work remotely and have setup SVN access for all the people involved in the project. After a 10 minute guide to tortoise svn all the non-programmers were happy, and they have now got out of the habit of having mutiple copies of files with incremental names like schedule_rev23 because the revisions are managed automatically. We use it for everything project related, specification documents, schedules, code, .fla's. Its great having https access as well so if someone needs to just view one or two files i can send them a link and some guest account details. If you are thinking of setting up an SVN server yourself i personally prefer using debian. And this page can get you up and running in no time. http://www.geocities.com/arhuaco/doc/subversion/apache-subversion-in-debian.html although i use a slightly different config in apache (the SVNParentPath directive, to allow easy control of multiple repositories) something like this : Location /svn DAV svn SVNParentPath /opt/svn AuthType Basic AuthName My SVN AuthUserFile /opt/svn/.dav_svn.passwd Require valid-user /Location thanks, Martin Ian Thomas wrote: Hi Danny, SVN and CVS work happily for remote access, too... Cheers, Ian P.S. Bought the book, by the way - just haven't had time to read it. :-) On 12/13/05, Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've been quite happy with FTPVC, which is a system based on your FTP site. It's very useful when you're working with freelancers and others who need to be offsite. A few quirks, but it's cheap, it works pretty well and has a decent UI too. Danny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Custom Comboboxes
you might like tinyurl.com :) it turned that into this : http://tinyurl.com/athba Ben Smeets wrote: Anybody know if the kind of comboboxes used in this productselector MM thingie: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?store=OLS-EUview=ols_ prodcategory=/Software/Server/StandAlones/FlashRemoting#loc=en_xeurang eUpper=6%2C0%2C65%2C0HTMLVerRedirect=truereturnURL=%2Fcfusion%2Fstore% 2Fhtml%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Fstore%3DOLS%2DEU%26event%3DdisplayProduct%26categ oryPath%3D%2FSoftware%2FServer%2FStandAlones%2FFlashRemotingstore=OLS-E Uview=ols_prodcategory=/Software/Server/StandAlones/FlashRemotingview Name=Macromedia%20Products%20Store%20%2D%20EuropepageNotFound=0 (wow what a url...) are creatable with v2 components in the flash 8 ide? Or are these kind of comboboxes only present with flex builds? Any examples to styled comboboxes would also be appreciated. Tx in advance :) Ben ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Custom Comboboxes
oh, not quite, it didnt like the line breaks, anyway it ended up at the same page :) Martin Wood wrote: you might like tinyurl.com :) it turned that into this : http://tinyurl.com/athba Ben Smeets wrote: Anybody know if the kind of comboboxes used in this productselector MM thingie: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?store=OLS-EUview=ols_ prodcategory=/Software/Server/StandAlones/FlashRemoting#loc=en_xeurang eUpper=6%2C0%2C65%2C0HTMLVerRedirect=truereturnURL=%2Fcfusion%2Fstore% 2Fhtml%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Fstore%3DOLS%2DEU%26event%3DdisplayProduct%26categ oryPath%3D%2FSoftware%2FServer%2FStandAlones%2FFlashRemotingstore=OLS-E Uview=ols_prodcategory=/Software/Server/StandAlones/FlashRemotingview Name=Macromedia%20Products%20Store%20%2D%20EuropepageNotFound=0 (wow what a url...) are creatable with v2 components in the flash 8 ide? Or are these kind of comboboxes only present with flex builds? Any examples to styled comboboxes would also be appreciated. Tx in advance :) Ben ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who wants MIDI in the Flash Player?
One thing that i think could be added to the Sound class now which would help in creating audio applications in flash is to have a 'polyphony' setting. if i make a new sound object and want to control how many voices it uses it would be great to just say : var snd:Sound = new Sound(); snd.polyphony = 1; and know that every time i call play it will automatically cut the last playing sample, rather than having to call stop. Similarly i could use a higher polyphony to control how many channels that sound object can use before it starts to re-use old ones when play is called. The problem is that when too many samples are playing the whole audio system just shuts down. Also what would be handy is to get a report on how many channels are in use and how many are spare, maybe a couple of static functions Sound.channelsInUse and Sound.availableChannels so at any time i can find out : var spare:Number = Sound.availableChannels - Sound.channelsInUse; and limit the creation of sound channels to have certain polyphony so i dont overload the system. just some more ideas that would help in making audio applications :) thanks, Martin Thank you everyone for the great response. I will put together a summary of this conversation and respond or post it to my blog for your approval. I want to make sure it's a fair and unbias (as much as possible) representation of the developer community before I send it off. Thanks again! Tyler -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 and duplicateMovieClip
youre absolutely right. at last you can re-parent clips :) Sascha Balkau wrote: Thanks for pointing me to the migration section! I see now theres all kinds of methods replaced by OOP structuring. And I guess that means that movieclips can be duplicated to anywhere beyond it's own container in AS3! Correct me if I'm wrong! Sascha -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who wants MIDI in the Flash Player?
This is another side which would be great to open up. It would be amazing to integrate flash with MIDI controllers and audio software. I've thought of many interfaces to control audio which would be a lot easier to create in flash. Also i can imagine some amazing interactive work combining flash and the jazz mutant lemur. mmm, the lemur... http://www.jazzmutant.com/lemur_overview.php Jason Cunliffe wrote: oops, I forgot to include links to the I-CUBEX set of MIDI sensors http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/all_categories.php?osCsid=540ddd8aa0ac63e6fb8054c988afefd4 and to Alcorn McBride Show Control equipment http://www.alcorn.com/products/showcontrol/index.html Jason ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who wants MIDI in the Flash Player?
Sure, it can already be done without binary sockets using a simple xml socket based server which translates whichever protocol to and from XML, for instance theres already flosc, a flash / java solution for OSC communication, and the same idea can be done for MIDI...but it would just be nice to minimise the number of pieces in the puzzle. :) still, my main interest is still in getting better sound in flash itself. I agree with you in that i see no reason not to allow access to the sound buffer of flash itself. Its no different from writing bitmap data. thanks, Martin hank williams wrote: Of course, in thinking about this, with the new binary socket functionality, midi control could all be done by just writing a simple localhost to midi gateway. This would be pretty simple to do, and is probably what is needed anyway to deal with different drivers etc. And it makes total sense that if you want to control some local hardware that you need to download a piece of software. problem solved!! :) Regards Hank On 12/8/05, Martin Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is another side which would be great to open up. It would be amazing to integrate flash with MIDI controllers and audio software. I've thought of many interfaces to control audio which would be a lot easier to create in flash. Also i can imagine some amazing interactive work combining flash and the jazz mutant lemur. mmm, the lemur... http://www.jazzmutant.com/lemur_overview.php Jason Cunliffe wrote: oops, I forgot to include links to the I-CUBEX set of MIDI sensors http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/all_categories.php?osCsid=540ddd8aa0ac63e6fb8054c988afefd4 and to Alcorn McBride Show Control equipment http://www.alcorn.com/products/showcontrol/index.html Jason ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ 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 -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who wants MIDI in the Flash Player?
Interesting question, although ive made use of midi everyday for, well, too long now :), im really not sure if making it part of the player as a single functional unit would be the best move. Personally i would rather see a more open, low level approach to sound in the player upon which MIDI and other implementations could be developed. Now that the player (8.5 and onwards) will have much better binary data handling, theres nothing to stop me or you from creating a MIDI file parser. Thats one side of the equation, obviously the more intricate side is audio playback. I've been moaning about the audio capabilities of the flash player for longer than i can remember, and would dearly love for it to become much more capable. The options i can think of so far are (and they arent exclusive) 1. An api for accessing midi devices on the user system, much like accessing a webcam, where you can query for which devices are present, then get a handle to a device and start manipulating it, something like: var midiDevice:MidiDevice = Audio.getMidiDevice(1); var instrument:Instrument = midiDevice.createInstrument(); instrument.setChannel(1); instrument.setProgramNumber(34); instrument.setController(23,44); instrument.noteOn(velocity); etc... 2. ACCESS TO THE SOUND BUFFER. Please. :) This would open up a lot more possibilities for audio generation, manipulation etc.. The 8.5 player already has a Loader.loadBytes feature where you can send binary data locally, i.e. you can create a jpg in the player and then load it into a movieclip without sending it to a server. This is great, but I think a similar scheme for audio would be fantastic. With a simple sound.setBuffer(binaryData) you could do a huge amount of interesting things. Sound synthesis, generation. From musical applications, to game sound effects, or just sound notifications within applications. All of this could be done with a minimal impact on filesize. No need for .wav's , mp3's etc.. Sound capture You could capture audio from mic and allow the user to edit it and process it. You could build annotation tools, voice messaging, musical applications etc.. Also if you can get a handle on the audio stream before it hits the audio device you could have live control over streamed audio, tone controls, reverb, delays, echo cancellation, noise reduction. etc.. So, personally I would rather see the components available to us as developers, upon which we can build a variety of applications. MIDI playback being just one particular application of the feature set. Also other similar systems like OSC could be used. anyway, im glad you are asking and i'll happily contribute anything to a document you will put forward requesting audio related capabilities. thanks, Martin Tyler Wright wrote: The Flash Player has evolved through the ages to provide the most needed functionality. Through each version there have always remained a few common goals. What I have found is that: Flash is small -- from the player itself to the swf file format to the assets it is optimized to load, focus has been placed on small file sizes (this of course is not as apparent in many websites that are heavy in multimedia) Flash supports standards -- the player supports many web and multimedia formats standard in the industry, such as jpg, mp3 and xml Flash is interactive -- the players greatest strength is the dynamic behavoir through ActionScript to allow user interactivity MIDI, a music standard format that most computers support today, fits all of these categories (like a glove). In fact there's an opensource project being developed to allow MIDI through Flash, though it requires an additional download and install to the user apart from the Flash Player itself (seen at osflash.org) -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who wants MIDI in the Flash Player?
On another note I also think, particularly with the speed of 8.5, that it would be great to give us direct access to the sound buffer. I am not sure how fast 8.5 math will be but if you can do a good FFT we could be making actual synthesizers and audio processors in flash. To me that would be cool. absolutely, the 8.5 player already has an FFT (aka sound spectrum) function built in, but i think its buggy (this is what i have read, ive not tried it yet) Now, if they would add an inverse FFT as well then it would be fantastic. It would definitely take a load off the actionscript processing required if they were implemented natively. but at the very least access to the sound buffer would open up a whole new world. :) martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flash and ASP.NET
does it have to be asp? you can run php on IIS and php has ODBC libraries http://us2.php.net/odbc so flash - amfphp - ODBC bingo. :) also you can run apache on windows, you dont have to run IIS. It depends on what your constraints are i suppose. martin Serge Jespers wrote: Have a look at http://www.openamf.org Don't know if this can help you but it's also a third party remoting solution. I need to create a Flash application for a small non-profit can't afford the $999 price tag of MM's Flash Remoting gateway. Is there a third party remoting solution like AMFPHP that I could use? Essentially I need to read and write to an Access database on a Windows web host. Thanks for any suggestions and pointers to examples for this. Michael ___ 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 -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Who wants MIDI in the Flash Player?
hank williams wrote: Why bother with compression. This just creates more processor overhead. a minute of cd quality sound should be 10mbytes. This is not so bad. I dont know if flash would have any memory issues with this but I doubt it. In any case it could be chunked. But then the issues is whether it is possible to effectively sync separate tracks. Because if it is then You dont have to worry about doing one big sound file which would reduce memory needs. good point, for some mistaken reason i was thinking that you couldnt put uncompressed audio data in a swf. im getting old and my memory isnt so good these days. :) But I am really curious about this loader thing. I am not really aware of it. It sounds like a huge deal. see the link to Guy's page, also from the docs : loadBytes Method public loadBytes(bytes:ByteArray) : Void Loads from binary data stored in a ByteArray object. Parameters bytes:ByteArray — A ByteArray object. The contents of the ByteArray can be any of the file formats supported by the Loader class: SWF, GIF, JPEG, PNG. from http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex/langref/index.html i think its a really significant addition, lots of possibilities :) now all we need is an actionscript API for creating SWF's in the player. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Targeting when using for loop
i think you might need to lose the first . my_pane.content[product_+i][color_+j].loadMovie(someUrl); martin Mike Boutin wrote: I am trying to target an object inside my scrollpane. This is what im trying to achieve: my_pane.content[product_+i].[color_+j].loadMovie What is the correct way to target a movieclip in this way? Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] warp dynamic text in flash 8 with filters or script
maybe a good idea to say what you currently know how to do, and if you are after a specific technique or just a general guide to manipulating bitmaps. generally I think you would probably take the route of creating a bitmap from a dynamic textfield and then processing and filtering the bitmap data. Theres info in the docs here about bitmaps in flash 8 http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1527.html http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1942.html and a tutorial from Guy Watson here http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/image_api.html thanks, Martin rishi wrote: Hi I want to warp dynamic text in flash 8 with filters or script Regards Rishi -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Blitting, Double-Buffering, and Other Bitmap Methodologies
There's a good series of articles on gamedev.net :) http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=45#200 The Game Programming Genesis series. In a lot of cases the 'magical render' is performed by a render manager, the entities themselves dont do rendering, they are maintained in a list (perhaps in a World class) and the render manager just redraws whatever is on the list. Or you could set it up so the renderer orchestrates the rendering of the entities, i.e. it scans the active display list and calls draw() on an entity that survives the clipping tests. martin JesterXL wrote: ...here's where things break down for me. I'm not used to coding like this, so don't really know the best pratice ways to go about it. For example: - how do I handle depth? last draw wins, so do I manage depth myself? - how do I handle move, and x and y change operations? They don't affect the bitmap the sprite is blitting to, but they do affect the one they are on... events the parent listens to maybe? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Xml editor
for anything thats part of a project I use Eclipse and the free version of XML Buddy http://xmlbuddy.com/ if i just need a quick edit then i use editplus (for any type of text file) http://www.editplus.com martin Patrick Matte wrote: What software do you people use for editing xml for your flash projects ? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- want to know what i think? probably not http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
