Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread franto
Mike, i have exactly same problem, and do not know solution :( On 11/9/05, Bjorn Schultheiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without knowing the answer, have you tried System.security.allowDomain(http://localhost;); -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread franto
i have try it with MovieClipLoader and i have received onLoadError message loadListener.onLoadError() == errorCode: IllegalRequest httpStatus: 0 in test.swf, which I'm trying load from local is System.security.allowDomain(*) or

[Flashcoders] the incredible world of IE on the mac....

2005-11-09 Thread Tom Rhodes
Hello, Anyone now of any good reason why a piece of flash player 7 content would show in every browser and platform tested but NOT on a mac in internet explorer? i think it might have something to do with DB calls or loadMovie. but i'm stumped. cheers, tom.

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

2005-11-09 Thread Muzak
Make sure you set the correct parameters for the XMLConnector in the properties panel. URL: path to xml file direction: receive (send and receive will NOT work) ignoreWhite: true Call the .trigger() method on the XMLConnector instance to load the xml. Other than the space bug it should work

[Flashcoders] passing variables around problem

2005-11-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (Receptacle)
hi guys it's been a while since i last posted but i really hope you guys can help i'm using the flash 6 player and actionscript 1.0 i am trying to pass a value from a loadVars object to a variable elsewhere in the movie but it doesn't seem to want to go the whole menu is set up using an

[Flashcoders] localWithNetwork?

2005-11-09 Thread glad
hi, i want to run swf file in local machine which gives data from website. sandboxType is always localTrusted :( how can i do this? thx. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread franto
i found topic on flashkit forum http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=653396 (nothings there, but maybe someone will post some solution) and I will write it on my blog http://blog.franto.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

2005-11-09 Thread Ron Wagner
The ignoreWhite is set to true. I have four other fields which are integers, all coming through fine so I know the XMLConnector is setup, being triggered, and otherwise working ok. If I remove the CDATA from the xml and send it through as text it comes through fine. The problem is I know

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Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread glad
i have the same problem. :( franto wrote: i found topic on flashkit forum http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=653396 (nothings there, but maybe someone will post some solution) and I will write it on my blog http://blog.franto.com ___

[Flashcoders] Re: passing variables around problem

2005-11-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (Receptacle)
okay i know what the problem is but i don't know how to get around it the loadVars object's onLoad function is firing after the for loop finishes so it's grabbing the description_txt from the last xml item (which doesn't have any description_txt as it will behave slightly differently) so

[Flashcoders] OT?: Stage size

2005-11-09 Thread Andreas Rønning
Is there a way to make the work area infinitely big? :P By work area i mean the gray area surrounding the active stage. As recent as yesterday i had a very (very) large movieclip on stage with its reg point top left (placing the reg point outside of the boundaries of the visible work area) and

[Flashcoders] Centering Loaded jpgs

2005-11-09 Thread Lehr, Theodore M.
Thanks to all who helped with getting the loaded jpgs resized - indeed it was that they were not loaded when I tried to resize them... Now for another question - how can I get the image centered onto the mc it is loaded into - does this make sense - so if I have the mc x,y at 0,0 the top left of

[Flashcoders] Loadmovie and sounds

2005-11-09 Thread Brunswick, David
Hello I am using LoadMovie to play multiple swfs within the loaded swf I am using the sound object as so var objSound = new Sound() objSound.attachSound(step1) objSound.start(0, 0) objSound.onSoundComplete = function(){ gotoAndPlay(step2) } stop(); Although I can not get the sound to play when

RE: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

2005-11-09 Thread Tim Beynart
Not the best workaround, but why not just use the parent node for yout HTML tags as your string? What is the issue with the child nodes being read as nodes? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Wagner Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Re: [Flashcoders] OT?: Stage size

2005-11-09 Thread eric dolecki
In short, no. There is a defined limit to amount of room outside the Stage area in the IDE. This area has been enlarged for Flash 8 - I can't remember the pixel dimension details. The size limit is probably so that the IDE runs efficiently as possible. ed On 11/9/05, Andreas Rønning [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/migrating_fl8_08.html - Original Message - From: Bjorn Schultheiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:31 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
More specifically, the local content updater here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html - Original Message - From: JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:14 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV playing inside component

2005-11-09 Thread John Giotta
I've never had a problem with Filters and video panes. Can you pass a value to the NetStream.play method start argument? my_ns.play(__videoPath, 1); ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

2005-11-09 Thread Ron Wagner
Hi Tim, I'm afraid I don't follow you here. Let me give an example and maybe you can elaborate a little. ?xml version=1.0 ? container item anInt1/anInt anotherInt2/anotherInt yetAnotherInt1/yetAnotherInt aStringyes, it

[Flashcoders] removing a entry from an associative array?

2005-11-09 Thread David Skoglund
The only solution I see is to create a new array by looping through the array like this: function removeAssociativeEntry (startArray, entryName) { newarray=[]; for (var i in StartArray) { if (entryNamei) { newarray [i]=startArray[i]; } } return

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

2005-11-09 Thread Muzak
That's exactly what needs to be done. Taking my previous xml example: ?xml version=1.0 ? content node label=node 1 ![CDATA[Node 1: Some cdata text.]] /node node label=node 2 ![CDATA[Node 2: Some cdata text.]] /node node label=node 3 ![CDATA[Node 3: Some cdata text.]] /node node

[Flashcoders] AS2 compiler error extravaganza

2005-11-09 Thread Andreas Rønning
two classes. First lines of the problem class: import flash.geom.*; import as.maps.model.GroupReference; class as.maps.model.Topic{ ... } first lines of the GroupReference class import as.memomaps.model.Topic; class as.memomaps.model.GroupReference{ ... } Topic.as: Line 3: The name of this

Re: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP

2005-11-09 Thread Andreas Rønning
txtDescription.text = textHtml; should be txtDescription.htmlText = textHtml; - Andreas Bruno Mosconi wrote: I'm preceding a simple task here, insert HTML content in a TextArea component including a simple Button component and a MC. First, I've imported TextArea and Button comps to my

Re: [Flashcoders] removing a entry from an associative array?

2005-11-09 Thread David Skoglund
Thanks Muzak, I have never used the delete command! I always set references to null etc. /David - Original Message - From: Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders]

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
I find it very hard to get a straight answer from all of these articles. If you could, let me know if things work out; here, or as a follow up post on your blog. - Original Message - From: franto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent:

RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP

2005-11-09 Thread Bruno Mosconi
Sadly TextArea Component does not have htmlText attribute, only text. If you try: txtDescription.htmlText = textHtml; TextArea will show blank. Thanks anyway, Bruno -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Rønning Sent: quarta-feira, 9

Re: [Flashcoders] removing a entry from an associative array?

2005-11-09 Thread Andreas Rønning
Delete won't actually remove the element of the array. Itll just remove whatever was in it. So if your array was length 3 before, it'll still be length 3 after delete. function deleteThisFromArray(a:Array, o:Object):Boolean{ for(var i = a.length;i--;){ if(a[i]==o){

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread franto
Sure Jester, on blog there are 13 comments already after few minutes, if I will find solution, I will write you here ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] removing a entry from an associative array?

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
Associative Array, not array. Basically, he means Flash's Object. var o = {}; o.prop = val; - Original Message - From: Andreas Rønning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders]

[Flashcoders] flash player 8 video/audio synching issue?

2005-11-09 Thread sarah
Hello, I have a swf loading in and playing as video (not a flv, just a regular swf) that was published in flash 6 (thought it may have been published in flash 7, i have to check on that). we've recently upgraded to flash 8 at work and now when i look at the site, the video is slightly out of

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
What browser and what Flash Player version? - Original Message - From: franto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8 i have created cfg file

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread franto
I've tried firefox and IE (8.5 player) but my co-worker is testing on 8 player On 11/9/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What browser and what Flash Player version? - Original Message - From: franto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread Judah Frangipane
This issue has come up numerous times for us too. A few of us have read the articles and they are very confusing. If I understand this concept I would write up a helpful chart or article but I still get errors. Even following the advice of using System.security.allowDomain(http://localhost;);

[Flashcoders] Questions Using MVC Pattern with Flash

2005-11-09 Thread Brent Gore
Ok, so I've read a lot about design patterns but have yet to really implement them. Reading = easy. Doing = hard. :0 My first question is, is it typical to create Composite MVC's (or nested MVC patterns?) throughout the application? To illustrate: Let's say an app has a pop-up window, which

Re: [Flashcoders] Questions Using MVC Pattern with Flash

2005-11-09 Thread Mike Britton
You'll quickly get into framework-building, something that can delay your project. Why not use an existing open source framework like ARP? http://www.osflash.org/ARP I've gone the route of employing MVC in every aspect of my architectures, then I discovered the command pattern, which ARP uses.

Re: [Flashcoders] Questions Using MVC Pattern with Flash

2005-11-09 Thread Jeff Small
On 11/9/05, Brent Gore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is where I really start to pull my hair out because there are so many options. I think the above would work, but I'm not really sure if that's using MVC correctly. Hey man, that's what happens to everyone. Don't sweat it. Seriously, design

[Flashcoders] Combobox within ScrollPane not working

2005-11-09 Thread Charles Parcell
I am really at a lose here. I have a SWF file which has multiple Combobox components in it. I load this SWF into a ScrollPane compoent of another SWF file. It displays everything fine. But the Combobox components are unable to be altered. When clicking the thumb area of the Combobox the Combobox

RE: [Flashcoders] Combobox within ScrollPane not working

2005-11-09 Thread Steven Sacks
I've seen this behavior before. Try putting a ComboBox component in the library of the loading SWF (the one with the scrollpane) and see if that fixes it. I am really at a lose here. I have a SWF file which has multiple Combobox components in it. I load this SWF into a ScrollPane compoent

[Flashcoders] Flash remoting - when is the service call made?

2005-11-09 Thread Judah Frangipane
We are using flash remoting and I am trying to figure out when the call is getting made. Is it at the time that I call the service method or after I create the Relay Responder object? Does the pending call object get and hold the data until a relay responder has been created or after it has

[Flashcoders] passing a variable to a function

2005-11-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (Receptacle)
k - sorry for spamming this board all day but it's all been from the same problem i've boiled the whole thing down to this: how do i pass a variable to an onLoad() function? here is my script function loadDescriptions() { for (var i=0; i_root.menuItems_array.length;i++) {

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash remoting - when is the service call made?

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
It's when you call the service. However, since Flash is single-threaded, it won't get returned until after you've created your RelayResponder, which is a good thing. - Original Message - From: Judah Frangipane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Combobox within ScrollPane not working

2005-11-09 Thread Charles Parcell
Winner! That did the trick. That never even crossed my mind. Thanks Steven! Charles P. On 11/9/05, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen this behavior before. Try putting a ComboBox component in the library of the loading SWF (the one with the scrollpane) and see if that fixes

RE: [Flashcoders] passing a variable to a function

2005-11-09 Thread Glenn J. Miller
My guess here is that your reference to _root is 'lost' in terms of scope, as you're handling the onLoad event locally (on the stack) within the loadDescriptions() function. Might try this with your current approach: // namespace for this module if(_global.LoadNS == undefined) {

Re: [Flashcoders] File saved as 2004MX from 8 IDE causing 2004MX IDE crash

2005-11-09 Thread JOR
John Mark Hawley wrote: Any ideas here? Three FLAs saved as 2004 MX FLAs from the Flash 8 IDE have all of a sudden started crashing the 2004 MX IDE on export. Occasionally, the player itself is crashing when the resulting SWF is played in a browser afterwards. Things are haywire. Playing

Re: [Flashcoders] swf to svg

2005-11-09 Thread Eric R. Shinn
Is there ActionScript 2.0 code out there to convert SVG to an object the DrawingAPI can understand? Cheers, Eric R. Shinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 8, 2005, at 8:15 PM, rishi wrote: Hi Ricky Thanks for the reply but this link no longer works Regards Rishi -Original Message-

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: passing variables around problem

2005-11-09 Thread Eric R. Shinn
Perhaps insert a callback from within the for loop and a pause until the other method finishes before continuing the mentioned for-loop. Cheers, Eric R. Shinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 9, 2005, at 5:15 AM, allandt bik-elliott (Receptacle) wrote: okay i know what the problem is but i don't

Re: [Flashcoders] swf to svg

2005-11-09 Thread Ricky Bacon
rishi wrote: Hi Ricky Thanks for the reply but this link no longer works Thinking about this a bit more (currently finishing up a project that generates jpegs and svgs from Flash), if the shapes are defined in the FLA, you can export the shapes as an AI or EPS. Then open them in

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 compiler error extravaganza

2005-11-09 Thread Nils Millahn
if you are editing AS files on a file server, this is more probably due to the Flash timestamp issue. You can only really fix this by copying class files to your local machine and working on them from there. - Nils. Andreas Rønning wrote: two classes. First lines of the problem class:

Re: [Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

2005-11-09 Thread franto
John Dowdell was asking exact question, what is problem here: http://www.franto.com/blog2/flash8-security-problems and i wrote question for him, so I hope he will answer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] swf to svg

2005-11-09 Thread Eric R. Shinn
The end goal would be to create a design for a user interface in Illustrator and then export as an SVG file. Then, rather than download a graphic library for the SWF, have it draw it dynamically by downloading only the SVG XML-Doctype ;) I've coded graphics instead of drawing them and I've

Re: [Flashcoders] removing a entry from an associative array?

2005-11-09 Thread Nils Millahn
well - if it's an associative array, then the name of the element is its index, so that answers your second question. And if you set the element to undefined, you will get the same result as the loop you are doing... startArray[entryName] = undefined; (also, perhaps your code works but I'm

Re: [Flashcoders] File saved as 2004MX from 8 IDE causing Flash 7 IDE crash

2005-11-09 Thread JOR
Machines with just the F7 plugin (no IDE at all) had my swf crashing in their browser. When I compiled the swf for F7 using MX 2004 I had F8 installed also. I think MX 2004 must have used some shared F8 libraries or something during publishing. The swf ran without problems in the F8

Re: [Flashcoders] Referer

2005-11-09 Thread Nils Millahn
nope - you'd have to pass it in from HTML via flashvars. - Nils. John N. Brahy wrote: I know I can get my current URL for the swf by this._url but is there a way to find the url of the page the swf was called from? ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP

2005-11-09 Thread Michael Stuhr
Bruno Mosconi schrieb: Sadly TextArea Component does not have htmlText attribute, only text. If you try: txtDescription.htmlText = textHtml; TextArea will show blank. put the button inside another mc should give expected results. and btw: isn't there a bug with img/ at the very end of html

Re: [Flashcoders] passing a variable to a function

2005-11-09 Thread Judah Frangipane
That's what I was thinking too. This article may be helpful in this situation http://osflash.org/flashcoders/as2?s=delegate. Judah Glenn J. Miller wrote: My guess here is that your reference to _root is 'lost' in terms of scope, as you're handling the onLoad event locally (on the stack)

Re: [Flashcoders] Questions Using MVC Pattern with Flash

2005-11-09 Thread Jeff Small
On 11/9/05, Johan Lopes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey man, that's what happens to everyone. Don't sweat it. Seriously, design patterns are sort of your road map. It's not important EXACTLY how you get there, and if it's easier for you to walk around something, then walk around something,

[Flashcoders] CustomFormatter for Percentage and Dollar

2005-11-09 Thread Wade Arnold
I am about to start writing a customFormatter but I have to ask if this has been done a million times before. I have searched almighty google and this list and not have found an answer. I am wondering if CustomFormatter only works for data-binding and not actually for manual input. Assuming

Re: [Flashcoders] swf to svg

2005-11-09 Thread Ricky Bacon
Eric R. Shinn wrote: The end goal would be to create a design for a user interface in Illustrator and then export as an SVG file. Then, rather than download a graphic library for the SWF, have it draw it dynamically by downloading only the SVG XML-Doctype ;) I've coded graphics instead of

RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP

2005-11-09 Thread Bruno Mosconi
Ok, but how do I refer to button's instance to change dynamically its label? Btw, I've found a FIX at: http://flashant.org/index.php?m=200412#239 Looks like lots of people are addressing the same BUG unusual ways. But buttons LABEL stills blank!! Do you have any additional tip? Thanks, Bruno

Re: [Flashcoders] CustomFormatter for Percentage and Dollar

2005-11-09 Thread Wade Arnold
Of course phone numbers, email addresses, and other formatters would be appreciated! wade On Nov 9, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Wade Arnold wrote: I am about to start writing a customFormatter but I have to ask if this has been done a million times before. I have searched almighty google and this

Re: [Flashcoders] Questions Using MVC Pattern with Flash

2005-11-09 Thread Johan Lopes
I've tried building the view completely by the controller with AS createEmptyMovieClip and such but was wasting too much time not being able to see anything at design time. I've stayed away from that too. This approach is advantageous when you're working with designers who wants to have full

RE: [Flashcoders] passing a variable to a function

2005-11-09 Thread Glenn J. Miller
Yeah, that link actually lays out my own preferred method of executing this. The snippet I put into this thread was just a quick kludge to get that code up and working. Please don't anyone take it as the 'right' approach - my apologies if anyone was mislead... Peace... -- Dok Skyymap, Inc.

Re: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP

2005-11-09 Thread Michael Stuhr
Bruno Mosconi schrieb: Ok, but how do I refer to button's instance to change dynamically its label? Btw, I've found a FIX at: http://flashant.org/index.php?m=200412#239 Looks like lots of people are addressing the same BUG unusual ways. this.createTextField(textField_txt, 10, 0, 0, 100,

RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP = Can't Change Button's Label

2005-11-09 Thread Bruno Mosconi
The MC trick worked fine, but button's label can't be changed at all! Take a look at this test code: txtDescription.html = true; var textHtml = ; textHtml += test line..BR/; textHtml += img src=\bt\ id=\button_mc\/br/; textHtml += test line..BR/; textHtml += img

[Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread Juan Anzaldo
I have to make expandable banners, What is the best practice for make good banners? some links may help :D __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___

Re: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP

2005-11-09 Thread Michael Stuhr
Bruno Mosconi schrieb: Micha, thanks for the help Your MC trick worked fine, but button's label can't be changed at all! Take a look at this test code: txtDescription.html = true; textHtml += test line..BR/; textHtml += img src=\button_mc\ id=\button\sfvdfbybfbfbbr/;

RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea BUG!! HELP

2005-11-09 Thread Bruno Mosconi
YES!! You did IT! Why in hell we need this trick?? Invalidade(); function is supposed to redraw the component, isn't it? N1 got any idea?? Thanks Micha!! Again... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Stuhr Sent: quarta-feira, 9 de

Re: [Flashcoders] Questions Using MVC Pattern with Flash

2005-11-09 Thread Brent Gore
I think I get the idea, relax about MVC... but not too much ;). Starting out with MVC is kind of like having ten different maps that all get to the same place by different paths. Because of my own specific application needs, certain implementations (or maps) will be much better than others and

[Flashcoders] can we cancel Up/Downloads of flash.net.FileReference.*

2005-11-09 Thread Michael Stuhr
the subject says it all. i've looked in the man but didn't find anything ... micha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Remoting with AMFPHP vs. ASP

2005-11-09 Thread Navneet Behal
Hi, The fun has just been taken out of my development process when after finishing RIA with AMFPHP the client top management have suddenly woken up and realized that they don't want to have the application with PHP but with ASP as the backend language. As sick as that makes me :( I have to

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread JOR
Juan Anzaldo wrote: I have to make expandable banners, What is the best practice for make good banners? some links may help :D You need to find out who the publisher is going to be and what rich media types, tracking kits and sizes they support and work from

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread David Rorex
On 11/9/05, Mick Gow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ps. They're a pain in the ass :) If you mean animated banners, then yes, I agree. It's the flash banner creators that give flash a bad name. -David R ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread pete.hotchkiss
Dave, it's naive comments like this that gives flash a bad name. WIthout wanting to start a flame war your comment demonstates a significant missunderstanding on the internet market place and how we've got to where we are today. Online advertising weather you like it or not has been a corner

Re: [Flashcoders] Remoting with AMFPHP vs. ASP

2005-11-09 Thread pete.hotchkiss
Navneet, There is to my knowledge NO current port of Remoting to traditional ASP, nor I supect will there ever be one. THere just wouldn't be the demmand. The MM implementation works perfectly, but is pricy. There are alternatives. http://www.themidnightcoders.com/ there is another which is

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
Maybe you do responsible advertising, but the majority of your colleagues don't. Therefore, you are associated with those negative connotations whether you like it or not. If you don't like it, then stop doing that type work. Otherwise, deal with people like David and I calling you out for

[Flashcoders] DisplacementMapFilter and 2880 pixel limit

2005-11-09 Thread Claudia Barnal
When reading the “DisplacementMapFilter” documentation I found this piece of information: “A filter is not applied if the resulting image would exceed 2880 pixels in width or height. For example, if you zoom in on a large movie clip with a filter applied, the filter is turned off if the

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread pete.hotchkiss
Exactly whos business is it bad for ? not mine - I do very well thankyou out of it. My clients - no - they get a measureable effective platform to promote their products. Their sales increase (we know this precisely - and from exactly what campaings and what demographic) The website owners - no

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
You can throw all the theortical, non-corraborated numbers around you want, but you're still using Flash banners. Email spammers who defend themselves as targeted email marketers are still spammers. Your industry sucks. Deal with it. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread pete.hotchkiss
argeted email marketers are still spammers. Your industry sucks. Deal with it. Oh the irony - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread ryanm
But when the quality of programming on TVnose dives, You mean it gets worse than America's Next Top Model and The Biggest Loser? 8-O Right now I pay $12.99 a month for high quality programming without commercials, it's called HBO. it costs you $60 to go to the movies, At $9 a

[Flashcoders] poor preformance of the flash data grid

2005-11-09 Thread Robin Burrer
Hi there, Whenever I try to format the text in a v2 datagrid component the performance of my flash application dramatically goes down. The flash application freezes for one to two seconds (depending On the processor speed) before the data grid is displayed. If I don't call the formatDataGrid

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
Jakob Nielsen said it best; Google's done well because they made ads that aren't annoying. Google ads can remain on a webpage and allow me to read without giving me a seizure, nor to do they appear over the top of my webpage that I'm reading with no discernable close button. Google has not

Re: [Flashcoders] Remoting with AMFPHP vs. ASP

2005-11-09 Thread Navneet Behal
Binary is the operating word JOR. This makes remoting calls far smaller in byte size and the code extremely portable. Of course, since the filesize is smaller, there is a speed benefit as well. And the beauty of Remoting is that data exchange is done independent of the language, while it still

RE: [Flashcoders] Remoting with AMFPHP vs. ASP

2005-11-09 Thread Robin Burrer
Hi Navnett, You can't use flash remoting with standard ASP. However using remoting with .net is not such a painful experience after all. It's actually fun once you get the hang of it. I didn't have any idea of .net but it didn't take me long to build a working application. 2 tips that should

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners

2005-11-09 Thread JesterXL
I don't need to accept them at all; it's called FlashBlock. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners I agree - but we dont live in a perfect world and not

Re: [Flashcoders] Remoting with AMFPHP vs. ASP

2005-11-09 Thread JOR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main benifit is speed. When you pass data in XML to and from flash in the manner you are you effectivly passing a long string. The FLash player then has to parse that into an XML object. Now for smaller XML strings this is very quick, but lets say you have an XML object

RE: [Flashcoders] Remoting with AMFPHP vs. ASP

2005-11-09 Thread Robin Burrer
Read the chapter about Flash Remoting And ASP.net in Flash remoting the definitive guide. Not sure if I would buy the book just for this chapter though. A .net assembly is basically a .net class (.Net class lbrary) which is compiled into a dll file. Once it's compiled you can access the public

[Flashcoders] Follow up on the POST issue

2005-11-09 Thread Ricky Bacon
And it crosses over into the ad banner thread... The original issue was a banner that was failing to POST information on the ad network in IE/Win. It turns out that IE does not want to POST any information to a new window when the Flash piece is in an iframe (thanks David). GET works fine.