Re: [Flashcoders] datagrid icon to delete a row.
Not sure if this applies to the datagrid component in Flash, but to to this in Flex 1.5 you would do: myDataGrid.dataProvider.removeItemAt(someIndex); Spike On 3/10/06, Rodrigo Guerra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my grid dataprovider is a xml (created in flash). the only way i can think to refresh the datagrid is associate it (again) to the xml source (updated). like delete the node then myDG.dataProvider = myXml (updated) is this correct? - Original Message - From: Clint Tredway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:19 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] datagrid icon to delete a row. Basically what you will need to do is get the id of that row and remove it from the data populating the grid and then refresh the grid. (If I remember correctly) ;) HTH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Guerra Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:07 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] datagrid icon to delete a row. hi all, i'm using this example from phil, http://philflash.inway.fr/dgrenderer/dgiconrd.html to put a image inside a datagrid colum. (any other you can share would be appreciated) what i want is click in the image and delete the row. i thought the datagrid class would provide a easy method like removeRow(index).. but there isn't. what's the code to delete a row in the datagrid. 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 ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] datagrid icon to delete a row.
Again, not sure how this would work in Flash, but in Flex you would
have a cell renderer for the button.
Inside the cell renderer you have a setValue() method that allows you
to determine something about the data for that row, so you can disable
the button or whatever else you need to do.
You also have a reference to the list itself through the listOwner
property, so when you get a click event on the button you can call
listOwner.dispatchEvent() and dispatch a custom event from the list.
Since you're creating the event you can easily put the data that
applies to that row in there. In the event handler for your custom
event you can loop over the dataProvider for the list and check which
row matches the data in the event. That will give you the row index.
There are lots of other ways to do it, but that's about the most
generic, so it should work for most scenarios.
Hopefully that makes some sort of sense.
Spike
On 3/10/06, Rodrigo Guerra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
thanks spike, clint for the help.
the dataProvider removeItemAt method works like a charm.
i added the code below to get the grid row, but it's not working:
var myListener = new Object();
myListener.cellFocusIn = function(eventObject) {
var cell = eventObject.itemIndex ;
trace(The cell row is + cell + has gained focus);
};
myGrid.addEventListener(cellFocusIn, myListener);
but it ONLY works if i have the property dg.editable set to true, and this
property can't be true at this time.
how can i get the dg row?
regards,
rodrigo
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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] datagrid icon to delete a row.
Not sure if this applies to the datagrid component in Flash, but to to
this in Flex 1.5 you would do:
myDataGrid.dataProvider.removeItemAt(someIndex);
Spike
On 3/10/06, Rodrigo Guerra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
my grid dataprovider is a xml (created in flash).
the only way i can think to refresh the datagrid is associate it (again)
to
the xml source (updated). like delete the node then myDG.dataProvider =
myXml (updated)
is this correct?
- Original Message -
From: Clint Tredway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] datagrid icon to delete a row.
Basically what you will need to do is get the id of that row and remove
it from the data populating the grid and then refresh the grid. (If I
remember correctly) ;)
HTH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodrigo
Guerra
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:07 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] datagrid icon to delete a row.
hi all,
i'm using this example from phil,
http://philflash.inway.fr/dgrenderer/dgiconrd.html to put a image inside
a datagrid colum. (any other you can share would be appreciated)
what i want is click in the image and delete the row. i thought the
datagrid class would provide a easy method like removeRow(index).. but
there isn't.
what's the code to delete a row in the datagrid.
thanks!
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Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flex vs OpenLaszo
That's not 100% true. You must have a Flex license for the server where the swf is served from, but you don't have to have Flex installed on it. I've worked with a couple of clients who use this configuration. Spike On 12/21/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, Flex 1 and Flex 1.5. Flex 1 and Flex 1.5 require a server if you wish to remain legal. While you can easily create SWF's from Flex 1 and Flex 1.5 and run them independently, unless they were served from a server that has Flex 1 or 1.5 installed, that's illegal. Flex 2 does not have this legal requirement, and once you create a SWF, you can do whatever you want with it. - Original Message - From: Adrian Showater [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:11 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] RE: Flex vs OpenLaszo JesterXL, please clarify: Flex 1.5 and 2 allow you to compile stand alone SWF's. Flex 1.5, however, requires the Flex server to be installed on the box where the SWF is deployed to. Am I correct in assuming that you mean that Flex 1 requires the server while all subsequent versions do not? Adrian Showalter Software Developer Holmes BizNet www.HolmesBizNet.com http://www.HolmesBizNet.com 330.893.3901 ext 102 ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] [OTAnn] Feedback
Advertising a JNLP app on a Flash coders mailing list? I'm assuming this is spam, you're trolling, or you're clueless. The most likely reaction is a bunch of flash/flex developers putting together an alternative that doesn't rely on client side Java. Spike On 11/7/05, shenanigans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was interested in getting feedback from current mail group users. We have mirrored your mail list in a new application that provides a more aggregated and safe environment which utilizes the power of broadband. Roomity.com http://Roomity.com v 1.5 is a web 2.01 community webapp. Our newest version adds broadcast video and social networking such as favorite authors and an html editor. It?s free to join and any feedback would be appreciated. S. -- Broadband interface (RIA) + mail box saftey = a href= http://Flashcoders_Discussion_List.roomity.com;Flashcoders_Discussion_List.roomity.com/a *Your* clubs, no sign up to read, ad supported; try broadband internet. ~~1131397872152~~ -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Debugging wih FAMES?
Here's a use case that I see all the time and it fully justifies the use of open source. User A would really love to see company X would add feature Y to product Z. User A posts to mailing lists and forums and wish forms until, with some luck, enough requests come in to justify the development time required to implement the feature. Often the turn-around for that will be years rather than weeks or months. User B either is, or knows the developer of an open source alternative. User B wants the same feature and speaks to said developer. 2 days later the feature is in the latest build of the open source tool and available to everyone who wants it. With Flex Builder 2 being built on the Eclipse platform, there is enormous scope for open source developers to contribute very low level functionality to extend and enhance the product. You really do get the best of both worlds and I, for one, applaud Macromedia for choosing it. Spike On 11/1/05, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't understand why you would go for a (possibly) less functional tool than FlexBuilder 2 just because its open source? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Wood Sent: 01 November 2005 10:19 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Debugging wih FAMES? JesterXL wrote: I used to use FAME because MTASC is extremely fast at compiling compared to Flash. However, MTASC is apparently not going to support AS3, thus the whole point of using FAME, for me anyway, is dead. While Flashout has some nicely formatted traces, and ASDT has some neat templates, it doesn't compare to FlexBuilder 2. So, yeah, I'd dump FAME and go to FlexBuilder 2. I wouldnt get too concerned yet. Flex 2 is still alpha, theres plenty of time for AS3 related things to happen in the open source world. I know Flex2 is all very exciting at the moment, but i'll never give up my open source. NEVER. :) martin ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Newbie AS3 question
Yes indeed!
You can usually find an alternative approach to solving the problem than
using the singleton pattern, but it is distinctly different to using static
methods.
Glad to hear it works the way it does in other languages at least.
Spike
On 10/29/05, A.Cicak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Problem with JasterXL's class is initialization. For example if you had to
initialize something in that class you should make static method called
InitCurrencyFormatter(). But when to call it? If other classes are using
CurrencyFormatter than you should ensure to call InitCurrencyFormatter()
before construction of any class which uses it is called. But what if
InitCurrencyFormatter also depends on some other class which is made just
with static methods (like JasterXL's). In that case that other class would
have to have InitOtherClass() and it also should be called before other
objects are constructed and before InitCurrencyFormatter. Now imagine 20
classes like that and thousands of lines of code depending on them, it
would
be almost impossible to keep track when to initialize any of these
classes,
and it would be very error prone (you change order of execution and you
start using uninitialized objects). If you make these classes singletons
you
don't have that problem, because when you call getInstance() if object was
not initialized getInstance will call new and that will call its
constructor
( which now replaces InitCurrencyFormatter, InitOtherClass, etc..) and it
will ensure that all objects are initialized at time of their use, and you
do not have to worry about order of execution.
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news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sure,
Here's a slightly more complete implementation of that last example:
public class CurrencyFormatter {
private static formatter:CurrencyFormatter;
public function getInstance():CurrencyFormatter {
// use ExternalInterface or IP lookup or whatever to determine locale
if (locale == UK) {
formatter = new UKCurrencyFormatter();
} else {
formatter = new USCurrencyFormatter();
}
return formatter;
}
class USCurrencyFormatter extends CurrencyFormatter {
public formatValue(val:Number) {
// very simplistic formatting
return $ + String(val);
}
}
class UKCurrencyFormatter extends CurrencyFormatter {
public formatValue(val:Number) {
// very simplistic formatting
return £ + String(val);
}
}
}
Let me know if that explains it a bit better.
Spike
On 10/29/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can you elaborate? Why wouldn't the static class work in that case?
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ok,
That's just a static class.
Like I said, there's a subtle but important difference between singleton
and
a static class.
Here's another example.
You have a requirement to provide a currency formatter.
One way to do this is to create a singleton that returns a different
currency formatter depending on which locale you are in.
So in the class you would have something like this (Omitting method
declarations for simplicty):
public class CurrencyFormatter {
class USCurrencyFormatter extends CurrencyFormatter {
}
class UKCurrencyFormatter extends CurrencyFormatter {
}
}
Now if I call CurrencyFormatter.getInstance() it gives me the correct
formatter for my locale.
With your static class approach you have to check in every method what
the
locale is and handle it accordingly. That's fine for one or two locales,
but
if you want to handle 20, it gets pretty ugly.
You can solve the problem in other ways of course, but it does
demonstrate
the difference between static classes and the singleton pattern. The
singleton pattern offers you a lot more possibilities.
Spike
On 10/29/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To clarify:
class ServerConnection
{
private static var url;
private static var port;
private static var socket;
public static function connect(p_url, p_port)
{
url = p_url;
port = p_port;
socket = new Socket();
socket.connect(url, port);
}
public static function getData()
{
// Simple function that gets something from the server.
}
}
Then to use:
ServerConnection.connect(myURL, myPort);
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Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
Naw, I don't know the exact way Singleton is implemented, hence my
long
battle with finding clarification. It could of been solved in 10
seconds
over a beer, but email sux.
I figured Math.abs was the Singleton pattern, and ARP, me, Sho
Re: [Flashcoders] Bizare...AS3.0 packages have methods?
It's a method of the package.
When you create an AS 3 class you can put methods inside the package {}
block, but outside any class definitions.
I'm not sure why it works that way, but that's the way it works.
Spike
On 10/31/05, Martin Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i think its just a function declared with package scope.
Mark Lapasa wrote:
flash.util.trace()
Is that a method of a package? Or a compiler directive?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Free and open source software
Here's a page listing all sorts of open source software. You might find some stuff there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_software_packages Spike On 10/29/05, Liam Morley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flash: http://flasm.sourceforge.net/ On 10/29/05, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sound - Audacity: *http://audacity.sourceforge.net/* On 10/28/05, Patrick Matte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm rounding up a list of free and open source software. For flash, I have found MTASC and swfmil. Does anyboby know of any other free software for editing sound, video, bitmap and vector images? ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
You're welcome! This has been an interesting thread and I've learned a bit more about ActionScript in the process :-) Spike On 10/29/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That makes perfect sense and is a good reason. So, from this 2nd conversation, I've gleaned something else to add to the list: - getInstance() is a unspoken standard that implies the class is a Singleton used in other languages other than ActionScript - getInstance() treats a class as a true class without static properties, thus making it easier to go from Singleton to a true class without having to change a bunch of code, because all it really does is make 1, and only 1, instance of itself. The thought of changing multiple lines of code to go from static to non would really suck; that drives the point home for me. Thanks for taking the time to explain it Spike! - Original Message - From: Spike [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question It's not necessarily any better from an implementation point of view. You can often do the same thing with a static class as you can with a singleton. The big benefit comes if you need to change from singleton/static to different instances for each invocation. If you have followed the static class approach you have static method calls all through your code that you will need to change if the class now needs to be non-static. If you have followed the singleton approach, you only need to change the line of code that retrieves the instance inside the singleton. That's a pretty big benefit IMO. To get back to where we started all this, the original statement that brought all this up was your suggestion that Foo.someMethod() was identical to Foo.getInstance().someMethod() Whether one is better than another is something that can be debated to death, and often is on Java mailing lists, but hopefully you'll at least agree that they are indeed doing different things. Spike On 10/29/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would have 20 static classes, not 20 if/then/switch statements. You'd have that same if/then statement in the getInstance() function, though, to know which formatter to return. Again, I'm having a hard time seeing why getInstance is more appopriate than just making static classes, and how this applys to the Singleton pattern. ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
Good lord!
Why do you say that?
It's an extra 2 lines of code and it allows you to reparent any of the
children of any of the movie clipse.
I'd be more inclined to say it's awesome!
Spike
On 10/28/05, Andreas Rønning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shaw, Matt wrote:
Assuming the Game class is your root/stage class:
Public class Game extends MovieClip {
public function Game(){
var gameworld:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); //new GameWorld()?
this.addChild( gameworld );
var game_bg:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
gameworld.addChild( game_bg );
}
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Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 1:08 PM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
AS3 noob question ahoy!
I'm reading the AS3 reference trying to get accustomed to the idea, but
some things (though they look better) i don't really get right away :) Hence
my feeling of incredible stupidity.
I realise the AS3 in the reference is Flex-related, but in Flash IDE
terms, how would i do something like this in AS3:
var baseClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(gameworld,1);
var backGround = baseClip.createEmptyMovieClip(game_bg,1);
I get how much more practical myClip = new MovieClip(); looks, but i
don't get how i connect a clip created this way with the traditional clip
hierarchy. Is that out the window as well?
The reference describes |DisplayObjectContainer.addChild(), but i'm
guessing this doesnt really count for how it'll work in the Flash IDE?
Any helpful hints at what the future holds? :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?
*snip* i like flex and where it can be used but i'd like to see the features in flex syncronized in/with flash authoring. that would be killer. *snip* I don't see any reason why that wouldn't be good for everybody. Personally I have always found Flash authoring a very frustrating tool to work with, but I'm a very code centric type of person. The only time I want to see what my app looks like is when I test it. I find any time I use a graphical tool to build apps I end up sitting there for far too long trying to debug something that was created visually, which I don't completely understand, and which I probably can't control down to the finest detail. Flex 1.5 and Flex Builder 2 give me the option of using that as my workflow. I'm not saying Flash authoring isn't a good tool. It obviously is for a very large number of people, but without Flex and other options for building apps in a code centric way I doubt if I would be working with flash at all. It's all about choice :-) Spike On 10/28/05, Judah Frangipane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: right on. that's what i'm talking about. flash was about 80%-90% there for developers and then they forked the sucker. are they focus on developers in the next version of flash authoring since 8 was a designer oriented release? i like flex and where it can be used but i'd like to see the features in flex syncronized in/with flash authoring. that would be killer. ryanm wrote: One might ask, however, why, instead of creating a whole new development platform, they didn't just release better components that are easier to skin, better CSS support, better html support, and just make Flash a whole lot more capable and eay to develop for. Sure, skinning is easy in Flex, but why not make skinning components easy in Flash, rather than making skinning is easier in Flex a marketing campaign for Flex? ryanm ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Free and open source software
Bitmap - Gimp Vector - Inkscape There are some for sound and video, but I don't know them off the top of my head. Spike On 10/28/05, Patrick Matte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm rounding up a list of free and open source software. For flash, I have found MTASC and swfmil. Does anyboby know of any other free software for editing sound, video, bitmap and vector images? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
*snip*
AS3 and Flex both hammer the point that this really has little use other
than confirming for those programmers who are not familiar with
ActionScript. Same goes for the Singleton.method vs.
Singleton.getInstance().method argument; the latter is for those programmers
who don't know ActionScript well.
*snip*
Maybe there's something I don't understand, or maybe you typed it wrong, but
in every other OO language I've dealt with there's a significant but subtle
difference between
Singleton.getInstance().method()
and
Singleton.method()
The former is calling an instance method and the latter is calling a static
method.
Instance methods have access to instance data that is persisted as long as
the instance exists, static methods have access only to static data and that
data passed in to the method call.
Is this not true in ActionScript?
Spike
On 10/28/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm the opposite end of the spectrum. This:
class Box extends UIObject
{
function doStuff()
{
move(x + 10, y + 10);
setSize(width + 100, height + 100);
visible = !visible;
}
}
looks more readable to me than:
class Box extends UIObject
{
function doStuff()
{
this.move(this.x + 10, this.y + 10);
this.setSize(this.width + 100, this.height + 100);
this.visible = !this.visible;
}
}
To each their own. I can see it justified in extending intrinsic classes,
as the first parameter to setInterval, and the first parameter in
Delegate.
AS3 and Flex both hammer the point that this really has little use other
than confirming for those programmers who are not familiar with
ActionScript. Same goes for the Singleton.method vs.
Singleton.getInstance().method argument; the latter is for those
programmers
who don't know ActionScript well.
If you do it every day, there is no point.
- Original Message -
From: Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
Well, to me it's the other way around.
Code that doesn't use proper references looks messy to me.
Whe I'm lazy or in a hurry, I do skip them, but I usually find myself
adding
them afterwards anyway.
So, I'm with ryanm on this one ;-)
regards,
Muzak
- Original Message -
From: Martin Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question
ryanm wrote:
What I don't get is why it needs this.addChild instead of just
addChild. I've been sick of the keyword this for a long time
and have since avoided it in AS2.
Any reason that it needs to be back in for AS3?
Maybe because it's one of the most useful scope references ever
invented?
The fundamental concept that you seem to miss is that addChild is
meaningless by itself, it is a method of an object (in
proper OOP development), and if you just say addChild, who is adding
the child?
the context is the current class. Occasionally 'this' is useful if you
happen to name a method parameter or local variable the
same as a member variable and need to distinguish the two.
But, I dont agree that its bad form to leave it out, nor is it any more
difficult to maintain.
in my opinion putting 'this' in everywhere to me just makes things
harder
to read.
thanks,
Martin
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Newbie AS3 question
Passing a reference to the current object is not the only place where using
the this prefix is useful.
If you come along maintain someone's code 6 months from now and you find a
complex method of 200 lines of so, it's useful to have the this prefix to
distinguish between variables that are local to the function and those that
are available to the instance.
Using the this prefix in your code is more likely to make you look like an
obsessively meticulious programmer than a newbie in my experience.
If the IDE you use automatically highlights the instance variables then
there isn't much point in using the this prefix that way, but it's certainly
a valid excuse for doing it.
Spike
On 10/28/05, A.Cicak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I dont agree, this keyword refers to current class, so its only
more
typing to include it, and making code less
readable. Only reason keyword this exists is if you want to pass
reference
to current object somewhere, in which case
you must use this. To me using this in your code makes you look like
wannabe-programmer, :) But I gues its matter of taste. btw, old VB does
not
have this keyword, and if you were reffering to VB(.NET), it is more OOP
and more complex than AS3, so I gues programmers in VB.NET http://VB.NET(if
there are
some, since C# is there) are not wannabe-programmers :)
ryanm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What I don't get is why it needs this.addChild instead of just
addChild. I've been sick of the keyword this for a long time and have
since avoided it in AS2.
Any reason that it needs to be back in for AS3?
Maybe because it's one of the most useful scope references ever
invented?
The fundamental concept that you seem to miss is that addChild is
meaningless by itself, it is a method of an object (in proper OOP
development), and if you just say addChild, who is adding the child?
You
need a reference. You could do it like this if you like:
class Game extends MovieClip {
var world:MovieClip;
var bg:MovieClip;
function Game(){
var GameReference:Game = this;
world = new MovieClip();
GameReference.addChild( world );
bg = new MovieClip();
world.addChild( bg );
}
}
The point is, you shouldn't use functions that aren't attached to
objects, it's bad form, and it's thoroughlly confusing to people who
later
have to maintain your code. Besides, it makes you look like one of those
wannabe-programmer VB guys. ;-)
ryanm
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Newbie AS3 question
Forgot to mention, the other common place you'll see it is in constructors
or anywhere else you find yourself with method arguments that match the name
of an instance variable.
public function Person(fname:String,lname:String) {
this.fame = fname;
this.lname = lname;
}
Is it good practice? Probably not.
is it commonly seen in code? Definitely.
Spike
On 10/28/05, Spike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Passing a reference to the current object is not the only place where
using the this prefix is useful.
If you come along maintain someone's code 6 months from now and you find a
complex method of 200 lines of so, it's useful to have the this prefix to
distinguish between variables that are local to the function and those that
are available to the instance.
Using the this prefix in your code is more likely to make you look like an
obsessively meticulious programmer than a newbie in my experience.
If the IDE you use automatically highlights the instance variables then
there isn't much point in using the this prefix that way, but it's certainly
a valid excuse for doing it.
Spike
On 10/28/05, A.Cicak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I dont agree, this keyword refers to current class, so its only
more
typing to include it, and making code less
readable. Only reason keyword this exists is if you want to pass
reference
to current object somewhere, in which case
you must use this. To me using this in your code makes you look like
wannabe-programmer, :) But I gues its matter of taste. btw, old VB does
not
have this keyword, and if you were reffering to VB(.NET), it is more
OOP
and more complex than AS3, so I gues programmers in
VB.NEThttp://VB.NET(if there are
some, since C# is there) are not wannabe-programmers :)
ryanm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What I don't get is why it needs this.addChild instead of just
addChild. I've been sick of the keyword this for a long time and
have
since avoided it in AS2.
Any reason that it needs to be back in for AS3?
Maybe because it's one of the most useful scope references ever
invented?
The fundamental concept that you seem to miss is that addChild is
meaningless by itself, it is a method of an object (in proper OOP
development), and if you just say addChild, who is adding the child?
You
need a reference. You could do it like this if you like:
class Game extends MovieClip {
var world:MovieClip;
var bg:MovieClip;
function Game(){
var GameReference:Game = this;
world = new MovieClip();
GameReference.addChild( world );
bg = new MovieClip();
world.addChild( bg );
}
}
The point is, you shouldn't use functions that aren't attached to
objects, it's bad form, and it's thoroughlly confusing to people who
later
have to maintain your code. Besides, it makes you look like one of
those
wannabe-programmer VB guys. ;-)
ryanm
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
FWIW, Quite a few people I know have studiously avoided Flash development for no other reason than that they have found it a very frustrating experience. That was mostly down to a combination of the development experience when using the Flash authoring tool and the fact that ActionScript programming can sometimes seem like a bit of a black art if you come to it from other languages. Using MTASC instead of Flash authoring improved this a bit, but with the increased power and expressiveness of ActionScript 3, they are now starting to see Flash as a real option for business app development. When compared to the size of the existing flash development community, I'm not sure how big that group is, from what I've seen it could be quite significant. Spike On 10/27/05, Jon Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Mike Britton wrote: That makes sense Robert. In the same line of thinking, as the Flex stuff evolves, I see the Flash IDE turning into a sort of Photoshop for Flash where graphical assets are designed/maintained, and FlexBuilder 2 (eclipse) becoming the programming environment. I don't think that's likely to happen at all. I suspect a vast majority of users will continue to use the IDE. This is just a prediction on my part: the number of people who use the IDE or a combination of the IDE and a text editor will probably outnumber the FlexBuilder/Eclipse platform users 3:1, or even much more (10:1?). So FlexBuilder 2 will be for development, period, rapid or otherwise, and Flash or the Flash IDE will be a designer's tool. Both sit on top of the Flash Platform and are the foundation for implementing the technology. Still doubt that a lot. FlexBuilder 2 will probably used for development of _enterprise_applications_. I don't think Macromedia will be able to push it's use too much further outside those limits. Don't get me wrong, I love the metaphor and what it could possibly do for my Flash development. But, the random project that comes along which could benefit from that environment doesn't nearly justify the resources and time I'd need to devote to really knowing the platform. In the Flash community, we've got designers, designer/developers (design with some programming) and serious developers (strictly programming). I'd say the former two in that list far outnumber the latter. Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
It's probably worth pointing out that you can create an ActionScript 3 project in Flex Builder that never goes anywhere near the Flex Framework. I have quite a few of those on my machine for a number of things that I would previously done in the Flash authoring tool. I have spent a good portion of the last 2 years writing plugins for Eclipse though, so it is a pretty natural way for me to work. Spike On 10/27/05, Michael Bedar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I have never been tempted to work in Eclipse - I like the IDE and work well in it.. but I have to admit FlexBuilder2 is tempting me a bit. In most of my projects these days there is no need for an FLA, so I will definitely be learning Flex enough to at least make an educated decision between the two environments... or to use both On Oct 27, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Jon Bradley wrote: On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Mike Britton wrote: That makes sense Robert. In the same line of thinking, as the Flex stuff evolves, I see the Flash IDE turning into a sort of Photoshop for Flash where graphical assets are designed/maintained, and FlexBuilder 2 (eclipse) becoming the programming environment. I don't think that's likely to happen at all. I suspect a vast majority of users will continue to use the IDE. This is just a prediction on my part: the number of people who use the IDE or a combination of the IDE and a text editor will probably outnumber the FlexBuilder/Eclipse platform users 3:1, or even much more (10:1?). So FlexBuilder 2 will be for development, period, rapid or otherwise, and Flash or the Flash IDE will be a designer's tool. Both sit on top of the Flash Platform and are the foundation for implementing the technology. Still doubt that a lot. FlexBuilder 2 will probably used for development of _enterprise_applications_. I don't think Macromedia will be able to push it's use too much further outside those limits. Don't get me wrong, I love the metaphor and what it could possibly do for my Flash development. But, the random project that comes along which could benefit from that environment doesn't nearly justify the resources and time I'd need to devote to really knowing the platform. In the Flash community, we've got designers, designer/developers (design with some programming) and serious developers (strictly programming). I'd say the former two in that list far outnumber the latter. Jon ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
As someone who has never really spent much time in the Flash authoring tool, could you explain the exact features that would be really useful in a Flex Builder library plugin? If it looks feasible I might attempt it. Spike On 10/27/05, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rather, In this scenario, Flex is to Flash what Dreamweaver is to Photoshop. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
On 10/27/05, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Map symbols to classes via some kind of package explorer wizard Not totally sure what you mean by that... My understanding is that everything in AS 3/Flash 8.5 is a class and that symbols are no more. Like I said, I don't do much in the flash authoring tool, so I could be way off there. 2. Import existing Libraries from Flash and maintain symbols' package paths Existing libraries in what format? swc, fla, graphics in a directory? 3. Ability to export so you can import into another FlexBuilder installation I don't think this will be a problem. There may be issues with components/EULA. yep, will need to look into that Those are the biggies. I'm sure others will have more. Thanks Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
On 10/27/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you right click on an image in Flash' library, you can edit it in Fireworks. When done, the image asset in Flash's library is updated. This should be possible. If Flex could do this, this is the first step in keeping you in the IDE, but bringing in outside resources only when necessarey. Even better would be the ability to edit SWC's assets. Since they aren't always components, and could just be single classes, or even just asset holders, it'd be nice to have Flash launch so you could edit the graphics. I know Flash can do this via OLE from Word, so similiar scenario. Edit my SWC graphics, and update the SWC. A SWC is just a zip file with a different file extension, so I'd say this should also be possible. A little more tricky, but definitely possible Finally, give me a library panel in Eclipse; same thing as the Project Panel currently, only shows thumbnail previews of the images upon rollover. You mean images in a .swc? Going further, shows previews of states of different components and you can edit the graphics of those states. Hmmm, that might be a bit more tricky, but could definitely investigate it. I've told you all of this before, hahah! You have? When? - Original Message - From: Spike [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex As someone who has never really spent much time in the Flash authoring tool, could you explain the exact features that would be really useful in a Flex Builder library plugin? If it looks feasible I might attempt it. Spike On 10/27/05, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rather, In this scenario, Flex is to Flash what Dreamweaver is to Photoshop. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
Hmm So a library is imported, and lives only in the Flash authoring tool? The only way to export library items is to add them to a .fla and export that as a .swf? The items must be stored somewhere, so maybe I can dig around and figure that out. Spike On 10/27/05, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok, in what format is the library saved from the Flash IDE? Right now from what I know it isn't possible to save a Library from the IDE, but if I were to venture a guess I'd say this would be possible using JSFL. If so, a resulting XML and SWC would make sense. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs Flex
I do usually chat to Macromedia about this sort of stuff before I implement it. Often they can't give me a definitive answer on whether it will be implemented or not because it hasn't been decided yet. In that case I usually hold off until I'm fairly sure they won't. No point in me doing work they're already on top of, but it does help if I understand what people might want before asking them if it's likely to happen. Spike On 10/27/05, Judah Frangipane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm all for making plugins and updates to FB but if this is a huge upgrade you might want to submit your feature requests to labs.macromedia.com http://labs.macromedia.com first. They released FB2 as alpha so that the Flash community could talk about what needs to be added. I'm not sure how open MM will be about this but you can ask them if they have this feature in the plan IMHO. Judah Spike wrote: On 10/27/05, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not totally sure what you mean by that... Map symbols to classes via some kind of package explorer wizard: if you create a movieclip in Flash, it goes into the Flash Library as a symbol. When you right-click this new symbol in the Library and choose 'properties' you'll see a wizard in which you can associate the symbol with an actionscript class. It would be nice to have the same capability in this hypothetical Library plugin for Eclipse, only you can surf to the class and choose it instead of having to write 'com.arp.blah.blah...'. ok, I think I see what you mean now. I'll wait and see what happens when Flash authoring gets update for AS 3 and Flash 8.5. My understanding is that everything will be a class and that symbols won't really exist any more. I can look at picking apart .swc files and seeing how much of that I can display. I did that already for the Flex 1.5 framework, so I know quite a bit about what's going on in there, it's just a question of how much it's changed since then. 2. Import existing Libraries from Flash and maintain symbols' package paths Existing libraries in what format? A designer creates a new Flash file and creates the visual interface. He/she arranges his native Flash IDE Library, naming symbols and such. A developer then goes into Eclipse and from this hypothetical plugin can import that native Flash Library. ok, in what format is the library saved from the Flash IDE? .fla, .swf or .swc .swc is by far the easiest to deal with, but that doesn't help if there are .swf files inside. It will be possible to run an instance of the flash player inside the library plugin, so that would allow display of .swf assets. .fla files would be the trickiest of the lot and I'm inclined to say that it's probably better not to bother since they need to be turned into either a .swf or .swc to use them in a project anyhow. There may be issues with components/EULA. yep, will need to look into that This is keeping people from sharing source and that is bad. Can't they just open source the components? Come on! (Bangs fist on keyboard.) heheheh Yeah, dammit! and while they're at it, I'll have a copy of the flash paper source so I can sort out this text table problem I'm struggling with. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework
I haven't tried it with Flex 2 files, but I have managed to load a FlashPaper swf. It didn't work perfectly, but I could view the file and use some of the controls like zooming. Spike On 10/26/05, Tom Versweyveld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And load a Flex 2 swf into an as3/8.5 swf with the new Loader class? When I try this the Flex2 swf doesn't even initialize...?! tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spike Sent: woensdag 26 oktober 2005 10:38 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework You can load a Flex 1.5 swf into a Flex 2 project, but you can't interact with it unless you use the LocalConnection approach. Not sure if you can do that right now, but I intend to find out. Spike On 10/26/05, Tom Versweyveld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this mean there is no way of loading a Flex swf into an AS3 project? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: maandag 24 oktober 2005 23:00 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework It's black and white; either your're ActionScript only, or you're using the components. If you use Application.mxml as your root, then you are using the Flex framework, otherwise, for the time being, your main AS file extends MovieClip. - Original Message - From: Benjamin Dobler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 4:20 PM Subject: AW: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework Keep in mind AS only projects don't use the Flex framework, so mx.controls.Button won't work; you'd have to utilize the Flex framework. Thanks Jesse that`s what i wanted to get sure of. Is there not even a workaround to use the framework in as only projects? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] while(true) and infinite loop... :(
How about using the break keyword?
***
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.util.trace;
public class LoopTest extends Sprite {
public function LoopTest() {
var i:uint = 0;
for(;;) {
i++;
if (i 20) {
break;
}
}
trace(Loop exited.);
}
}
}
*
On 10/26/05, Morrisy Van [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi list,
been doing some flex2 AS3 socket programming recently,
just wondering could i use some code like this (as we
do in java):
[code]
String line;
for(;;) {
line = in.readLine( );
if (line == null) throw new IOException(Unexpected
EOF);
if (line.equals(.)) break;
msgs.add(line);
}
[/code]
or
[code]
while(true){
//do some socket operation
}
[/code]
whenever I ran code like this, flash player went into
infinite loop and crashes.
so is there any way to wait until the socket finishes
it's job and the code went on ?
btw, I know there are onSocketData and onProgress for
socket, but by using them i would have to split my
code into chunks and it's gonna be hard to maintain.
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Re: AW: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework
When you say Nothing really happens, what exactly does happen? Does the browser open the file? Do you get an error? Spike On 10/25/05, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Spike, Specifically, you need to launch the file by clicking on the debug button in Eclipse rather than just browsing to the file. Yes, after following the tutorial for AS only project, I have set a breakpoint on a trace() and then hit the debug button. Nothing really happens neither can I find a trace into/step over feature. If so, how did you install the plugin? As mentioned in the readme file via Find and Install update and a Archived site etc. Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: AW: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework
Can you post the code for the file you are trying to debug? It sounds like the debugger is probably running, but the line where you have set the breakpoint isn't being executed. Spike On 10/25/05, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spike wrote: When you say Nothing really happens, what exactly does happen? Does the browser open the file? Yes, the browser opens. After that it keeps trying to accesss www.macromedia.com http://www.macromedia.com in the browser (Firefox) in the status bar. Earlier I got a window asking where the debugger is. Not anymore. I really would like to have debugger support, that way I can keep a track of my trace message etc. Do you get an error? Nope. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection in Flex 2
That's kinda funny, I copied mine directly from the docs for the LocalConnection class. The only bits I changed were to display a text field rather than using trace to output info. Where in the docs did you find the example you posted? Spike On 10/25/05, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL, I didn't do a thing.. just copy/paste from the docs ;-) Well, I did test it though.. Muzak - Original Message - From: Spike [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection in Flex 2 Yep, That works here. You've done a few things differently to what I had. That's why I originally thought it was AS 2. I'll poke around and see if I can isolate what was causing it to fail. Spike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection in Flex 2
Never mind, Found the code for your example under Communicating with the Browser in the Developing Flex Apps part of the docs. Spike On 10/25/05, Spike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's kinda funny, I copied mine directly from the docs for the LocalConnection class. The only bits I changed were to display a text field rather than using trace to output info. Where in the docs did you find the example you posted? Spike On 10/25/05, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL, I didn't do a thing.. just copy/paste from the docs ;-) Well, I did test it though.. Muzak - Original Message - From: Spike [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection in Flex 2 Yep, That works here. You've done a few things differently to what I had. That's why I originally thought it was AS 2. I'll poke around and see if I can isolate what was causing it to fail. Spike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework
I have 2 or 3 AS only projects on my machine. None of them are functionally complete yet, but I can post one or two fo them when they are. As Michael already said, there are several simple examples in the help files that can be run as just .as files. No MXML at all. Spike On 10/24/05, Benjamin Dobler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah i would like to see those stuff. Be sure i meant AS only projects no MXML included. Benjamin Dobler RIA Development web: http://www.richapps.de mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Michael Klishin Gesendet: Montag, 24. Oktober 2005 21:07 An: Flashcoders mailing list Betreff: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework Benjamin Dobler wrote: I`m wondering if anyone suceeded in making an as 3.0 only project in flex builder with the flex framework. Something as simple as addChild(new mx.controls.Button); would make my day! I did. You wanna see result or what? Actually you can use examples from help to check what next generation of RIA will be... -- Michael Klishin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Non progredi est regredi ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: AW: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework
In order to see anything with the debugger you usually need to set a breakpoint somewhere in the code. Right-click in the left margin of the editor and choose toggle breakpoint. Make sure it's inside a script block and on a line that has some executable code on it. Once you've done that, hit the debug button. When the player gets to that line in the code it should pause and you should be able to see all the variables in debug view. HTH Spike On 10/24/05, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benjamin Dobler wrote: Yeah i would like to see those stuff. Be sure i meant AS only projects no MXML included. Do you also have a working project file that works together with the debugger and/or profiler? I am not getting that working, I downloaded the Flex Eclipse plugin.. but nothing. Do I need to full download for that? Cheers, Weyert ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework
You should be able to use the Flex framework without requiring any MXML. It might take a bit of detective work, but since all MXML files get turned into ActionScript files prior to being compiled it should definitely be possible. You'll probably get a lot of value out of using mxml.exe at the command line: mxmlc.exe -keep ./Hello.mxml That should cause it to keep the generated .as files when it compiles a .mxml file. By a process of elimination you should be able to figure out what you need to add to your .as projects to get them to work. Spike On 10/24/05, Benjamin Dobler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keep in mind AS only projects don't use the Flex framework, so mx.controls.Button won't work; you'd have to utilize the Flex framework. Thanks Jesse that`s what i wanted to get sure of. Is there not even a workaround to use the framework in as only projects? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 only projects + flex framework
Hi Bevan,
Not sure exactly what might have been going wrong, but if that's all you
have in your file then it will fail.
This should work though, assuming you have a file called test.xml in the
same folder as the XMLTest.as:
XMLTest.as
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.util.trace;
public class XMLTest extends Sprite {
var myXML:XML = new XML();
var XML_URL:String = test.xml;
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML_URL);
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
public function XMLTest() {
myLoader.addEventListener(complete, xmlLoaded);
}
public function xmlLoaded(evtObj:Event) {
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);
trace(Data loaded.);
}
}
}
Spike
On 10/24/05, Bevan Christians [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i have an arb question just on the side about a/s3 dont mean to hijack
the thread
but i'm kinda new
i have this code (saw it under examples in the manual)
code
public function xmlLoader()
{
var myXML:XML = new XML();
var XML_URL:String = http://localhost/flextest/data.xml;;
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML_URL);
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener(complete, xmlLoaded);
private function xmlLoaded(evtObj:Event)
{
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);
trace(Data loaded.);
}
}
/code
but on debug running i get the following error:
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter 'listener' must be non-null.
can anyone point me in the direction i should look
no spoonfeeding required :/
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Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
I do have flash paper and have not seen this happen. Spike On 10/24/05, Steve Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I for one do not have FlashPaper. On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I think Contribute also has a similar issue. That is whenever you launch MS Office apps after upgrading to Flash 8 it will downgrade you to Flash 7 player. But it is a noticeable downgrade in that when you luanch the app, the installer for FlashPaper or Contribute launches and tries to fix things up. At least that was the case with the Flash 8 beta players. I think they fixed something at the end so it shouldn't do that. However there could be a chance that that particular fix isn't applied to the 8.5 alpha player. This is only speculation of course. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman - Original Message - From: John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:15 pm Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself Mike Mountain wrote: My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). I'm not familiar with this symptom. I know you're on a PC, but am not sure of the browser (IE uses ActiveX Controls; others use Netscape Plugins). To repro it we'd likely have to know the procedure too (visit the site install, background ActiveX, auto-update etc), whether there were things like a system restart after one of the installs, whether it occurs on some pages or any page, whether there have been any alpha or beta versions installed into that browser, how you know which version is being used, etc. I don't know of a way that a webpage can force a silent downgrade, if that's of help. jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Undefined and null in Flex2
Hi Robert, Gordon Smith from Macromedia posted this to another list a while ago. I am reproducing it with his permission. Hopefully it will clarify things a bit: Note, that this applies only to AS 3, not to AS 2 *** 'undefined' is basically legacy baggage in AS3 that must remain for ECMA-262 compatibility. Type Object is the ONLY type that can store the value undefined. It can also store the value null... it can store anything! Some but not all other classes can store null: A derived class like Button can store null but not undefined. String and Array can store null but not undefined. Number can store NaN but it can't store undefined or null. int and uint can't store NaN, undefined, or null; they only store integers like 23. Boolean can't store undefined or null; it only stores true and false. Since Object is the only type that can store undefined, if you try to set a var of another type to undefined, it will be coerced into something different. For example, setting a Number to undefined will coerce it to NaN. - Gordon * Spike On 10/21/05, Robert Edgar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK null and undefined are the same thing in F7/8 and can be used interchangeably Conceptually however we tend to think of 'undefined' and 'defined but has a null value' as two different things. From what I have read in the Flex2 documentation undefined and null are no longer the same thing and null means 'defined but has a null value'. Can someone confirm that is correct. Thanks Rob ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Learn AS2 or AS3?
I've spent a fair bit of time this week helping people who are trying to get their Flex 1.5 apps working in Flex 2. Some of those apps worked with only a tiny tweak here and there and others will pretty much require a total rewrite. What I'm finding is that there is enough difference between what you *can* do in AS 2 and what you *must* do in AS 3 that it's probably better to learn AS 3 and use as much of those principles and syntax as possible when creating AS 2 apps. That way your AS 2 apps will still work and you'll have minimum pain if and when you port them to AS 3. FWIW, the apps that were easiest to convert were what I would consider well designed in an OO sense. Each file did one thing and only one thing. Each file was well decoupled from other files and well encapsulated. I'd like to think that's just because OO is a good thing, but I suspect that it's got as much to do with the fact that AS 3 is stricter about OO concepts than AS 2 was. Spike On 10/21/05, ryanm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perharps I was not clear But for me between AS2 and AS3 the only thing similar is the syntax Not the logic It is neither logic or syntax that changed. Really, all that changed is the DOM and some other APIs. The syntax is the same (a for loop is still a for loop, etc), and the logic is the same (enterframe events are still enterframe events, they're just managed more efficiently, etc), and what has changed is the paradigm that only movieclip objects have a visible presence on the stage, that once created they cannot be reparented, etc. The API has become more powerful and flexible, and as a result will require stricter, more organized code, that's all. ryanm ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Learn AS2 or AS3?
Strictly speaking the VMs care an awful lot about what they get, but you can use any tool you like to create a swf that conforms to what the VM requires. Creating an ActionScript compiler that generated java bytecode is certainly possible, but would have the same problems. You'd have to make sure that the resulting Java bytecode was compatible with whatever JVM you were planning on running it on. Spike On 10/21/05, Ron Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting. Strickly speaking VMs do not care. You can use MTASC or Swish or MMC or your own program to create the code. The player will execute the code that it gets. If you have 2 VMs supporting 2 different byte-codes (AS2 and AS3) then you really have 2 products and only the branding (Macromedia Flash) makes them similar. If someone wanted to make an Actionscript compiler that generated Java byte-code, there is no reason why that could not be done. The emulation of movie clips would be a nice peice of code but not impossible. Ron ryanm wrote: AS1 and AS2 and AS3 all compile to Flash Player byte-code. The VM could not care less how you created the byte-code. You could define your own language and write your own compiler to generate an swf. Sort of true, but misleading. AS1(2) bytecode runs in the old VM, and AS3 bytecode runs in the new VM, and the different VMs *definately* care how your code was created. AS1 bytecode will not run in the new VM and AS3 bytecode will not run in the old one. This is a kind of clean break for Flash. Not as clean as I would like, since having 2 VMs causes bloat, but clean in the sense that the new VM is incompatible with the old one because of the fundamental changes in the way the player works. ryanm ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Not getting my own posts
Really? I've been trying for months to find out how to stop GMail from showing me doubles of every message I send to a list. *goes off to look at GMail settings again* Spike On 10/21/05, Josh Gormley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GMail users do not (by default, at least) receive emails from themselves. You may be able to configure this, but I'm not sure (I don't use GMail). Josh On Oct 21, 2005, at 5:01 PM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: Even though the list is set to send me my own posts, I am not getting them... e.dolecki ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Undefined and null in Flex2
You're welcome,
The reason I posted that particular item is that AFAIK Gordon is one of the
engineers who actually writes the code for the player.
If there's a disagreement between him and the documentation, my money's on
him every time.
Having said that, this stuff is all likely to change and may not be true in
future betas or the final release, but it should be right for the public
alpha version.
Unfortunately I don't know enough to answer your questions with any degree
of certainty. The only people with proper access to that sort of stuff are
Macromedians. With a bit of luck someone may chirp up and clarify.
Spike
On 10/22/05, Robert Edgar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks spike for taking the time to reply but...
Calling it legacy seems to contradict the current AS3 docs..
For example I think it is getStyle that is documented to return undefined
if
the style property doesn't not exist, it then goes on to say that the
undefined it returns is NOT the same as null (undefined!=null).
So I take from that that undefined far from being legacy is alive and well
and activley used by MM in AS3...
Of course could be then docs are wrong or will change.
I note the comment about how it only applies to Object though and
understand
how when assigned the value will be coerced, thanks.
It seemed to me that the docs were effectively setting a recommended
practice that for generic getAnyProperty type of functions they should
return undefined for undefined values rather than as at present return
null(because currently undefined==null).
I am somewhat confused now if MM regard undefined as legacy i.e.
deprecated,
should we being returning undefined or null.
Also given that undefined!=null makes me wonder..
if(!x){...}else{}
Does this work differently in AS3 dependent on whether x is undefined or
null or does AS3 require explicit check for nullness if(x!=null)
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 5:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Undefined and null in Flex2
Hi Robert,
Gordon Smith from Macromedia posted this to another list a while ago. I am
reproducing it with his permission. Hopefully it will clarify things a
bit:
Note, that this applies only to AS 3, not to AS 2
***
'undefined' is basically legacy baggage in AS3 that must remain for
ECMA-262 compatibility.
Type Object is the ONLY type that can store the value undefined. It can
also
store the value null... it can store anything!
Some but not all other classes can store null:
A derived class like Button can store null but not undefined.
String and Array can store null but not undefined.
Number can store NaN but it can't store undefined or null.
int and uint can't store NaN, undefined, or null; they only store integers
like 23.
Boolean can't store undefined or null; it only stores true and false.
Since Object is the only type that can store undefined, if you try to set
a
var of another type to undefined, it will be coerced into something
different. For example, setting a Number to undefined will coerce it to
NaN.
- Gordon
*
Spike
On 10/21/05, Robert Edgar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
AFAIK null and undefined are the same thing in F7/8 and can be used
interchangeably Conceptually however we tend to think of 'undefined'
and 'defined but has a
null value' as two different things.
From what I have read in the Flex2 documentation undefined and null
are
no
longer the same thing and null means 'defined but has a null value'.
Can someone confirm that is correct.
Thanks
Rob
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Re: [Flashcoders] A reason to use Windows
Very cool, I know a few people who will be keen to read that. Spike On 10/19/05, Alisdair Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It took a bit of tinkering but I have the flex framework 2 and actionscript 3 compiling on OS X (nb. not flex builder 2 plugin). if you get all the jar files from the lib folder from the windows standalone application - you can then use mxmlc.jar from the command line or set up an ant script to do it. works great - can compile mxml and/or AS class files no problem, and you can use it with any editor of your choice. so no need to rush out and make bill gates richer just yet ;) will post a howto when i get a free minute. On 18 Oct 2005, at 20:37, Spike wrote: Flex 2 requires Flex Builder 2. Several parts of Flex Builder 2 rely on parts of the java.awt family of packages. There is a really nasty bug with threading on OS X whihc means that SWT and awt don't play well at all. Unfortunately the only way to fix it is at the OS level, so you have to use one or the other. I expect MM will have to reimplement the awt stuff for the OS X version. AFAIK VirtualPC or some equivalent is the only way to get it going on OS X. Spike On 10/18/05, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flex 2 I cannot run it on my Mac :-( Woe is me. I haven't tried to do this, but I would think you could run it on a Mac, although it may not be supported. With Flex 1.x at least, you could install it as an EAR or WAR file onto a J2EE app server. I suspect you can do the same thing with Flex 2, although you may need to run the installer on Windows, or you may need to download a J2EE installer. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ 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 -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] how to get a rollover event from a button component
does mouseMove do what you want? Spike On 10/19/05, eugen pflüger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, this should be an easy one but i dont get it. how can i catch a rollover event from a button component? i just wanted to build a little tooltip. tia eugen ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
