Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
On 2/3/06, Andreas Rønning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Anggie, haven't seen you active on this list, so i guess this is > welcome as well..? Hehe :) Yes, Andreas, thanks so much. I've been lurking for a few months and it was my first post. > I'm not an expert by any standard, but i do have cl

Re: [Flashcoders] Creating Components - What am I over looking?

2006-02-02 Thread Julien Vignali
Charles, I think you should also look into Joey Lott's framework called ASCB, which is a really great source of inspiration while creating your own components, or at least understand them better. It saved me a lot of time ;-) http://www.person13.com/ascblibrary Julien Charles Parcell a écr

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
On 2/3/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway, Anggie, I think maybe what I was getting at, (and honestly I'm very > sorry if my little joke about it being a can of worms somehow made you feel > bad), was that perhaps you could sharpen the question a little more so as to > be not

[Flashcoders] plz suggest.....

2006-02-02 Thread srishti
i have a Datagrid and a Window component.On click of a button,the column fields(headings)present in the datagrid should be displayed in the Window component for the user to select.there is a checkbox next to the column fields in Window component.User selects few checkboxes from Window,clicks o

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Andreas Rønning
Hi Anggie, haven't seen you active on this list, so i guess this is welcome as well..? I'm not an expert by any standard, but i do have close to 7 years of practical Flash experience paying my rent, so at the very least i guess that makes me a professional :) When i write these things i tend t

Re: [Flashcoders] mx.utils.ClassFinder.findClass problem

2006-02-02 Thread grant
I do something similar in my arp extensions to force "command" classes defined in an xml document to be loaded at runtime. I use the -pack feature of mtasc that forces classes from a package into your swf. so if you wanted force all the classes in com.bluetube.command into your swf you would p

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread grant
I build assets in flash and give them symbol names that match my class names. for example loginForm = com.bluetube.view.LginForm I code in eclipse and bind classes to symbols using Object.registerClass, I compile with mtasc and use ANT to build. I always have an ApplicationForm class that kic

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Andreas Rønning
I'll drink to that. Subversion is king. - Andreas Rønning 6) Use subversion or some other form on source code control Saved my bacon on more than a few occasions! Steve --Steve Webster Head of Development Featurecreep Ltd. www.featurecreep.com 14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH 0117 905 50

Re: [Flashcoders] Seeking a bit of drawing API inspiration..

2006-02-02 Thread Fumio Nonaka
function xDrawCircle(target_mc:MovieClip, nX:Number, nY:Number, nR:Number, nSegments:Number):Void { if (nSegments == undefined) { nSegments = 8; } var nAngle:Number = 2*Math.PI/nSegments; target_mc.moveTo(nX+nR, nY); for (var i = 1; i<=nSegm

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
I love Sepy, except for the fact that it seems to have a memory leak as it keeps shutting down every now and then with no warning, causing me to lose whatever work I had not saved - even though I have the latest version. It did it in the previous version too. Maybe its just an anomoly and does

[Flashcoders] attachMovie[imgID] -> attachMovie(imgID, "newName", myDepth)

2006-02-02 Thread Latcho
Adont you just miss the *newname *and *depth *param ? var myDepth=0 ... . myDepth+=1 this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie(imgID,"newName",myDepth) Adrian Lynch wrote: Try: this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie(imgID); Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL P

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
9-5 I've been working on the same Flash RIA for the last 3 months. For this I have adopted to Sepy as this is what the rest of the dev team are using. Prior to that I was an Eclipse / MTASC k.i.d. Though when I get home and the collar comes and I'm UNLEASHEDtm into the flex beast that lays dorman

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
On 2/3/06, Grant Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't feel bad Anggie, I think it is an interesting topic that is worthy > of discussion. The problem is that "best practices" are quite > subjective, and as such some people feel the need to be offended at > alternative suggestions :) What a reli

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Grant Cox
Are you actually deploying Flex 2 applications? Doesn't it still require the alpha/beta Flash 8.5 player? Bjorn Schultheiss wrote: The enlightened Lemming would also like to add some comments. /* * Begin * * Flex 2 kicks ass. Any app dev I will work with flex. * Any GUI component / animat

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
The enlightened Lemming would also like to add some comments. /* * Begin * * Flex 2 kicks ass. Any app dev I will work with flex. * Any GUI component / animation works I'll use Flash * * Thank you * * The end */ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Amanda Kuek
On 03/02/06, Bjorn Schultheiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I meditate on the 3 base chakra's during 4-7am whilst considering the > coherence between my left and right testicles. [...] curses! knew i was missing something on my path to enlightenment. better get some installed right away. my 2 cen

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Grant Cox
Don't feel bad Anggie, I think it is an interesting topic that is worthy of discussion. The problem is that "best practices" are quite subjective, and as such some people feel the need to be offended at alternative suggestions :) Of course, the method I use (Eclipse/MTASC) really is The Best

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
On 2/2/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I'd be more than happy if you, experts, can tell me the right way to > >>code/develop Flash applications. > > > I guess they don't can their worms in Indonesia. Nope, we export them without the can. :) Heard of Brontok.W32.Virus? -- Anggie

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
On 2/3/06, Mark Winterhalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "(to open) a can of worms", idiom: to ask for general stylistic advice > on a professional mailing list, often resulting in contradicting > advises that turn into flame wars, ending with somebody crying and > repeated demands for the thread

RE: [Flashcoders] scope of function... undefined?

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Dude - you didn't anger me - I was just trying to help calm you down - sometimes (and I speak from first hand experience) frustration with code will compound and effect your ability to solve problems with logic - sorry if I gave the wrong impression. e-mail is a strange medium. glad you got i

Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with Javascript Integration Kit

2006-02-02 Thread Rajat Paharia
Hi David - Good question - I don't recall - I'll try it out again. It's been a while since I looked at this issue - here's a short summary (from memory) of the issue I was hitting: My app calls JS to open new windows, and that works fine all the time in Firefox and IE. Then I tried to have my app

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
I meditate on the 3 base chakra's during 4-7am whilst considering the coherence between my left and right testicles. At a certain point I discharge conceptual code forward through foreign elements into sepy and charge an application with the spirit of that which I AM. PEACE hehe -Original Me

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Grant Cox
I personally use Eclipse / MTASC, so all code is class based. In my Flash file all symbols that need functionality have a linkage id, and almost all of my symbols are only a single frame (unless shape tweening is needed). To make the Flash compile faster, none of these symbols are linked to C

[Flashcoders] International Address to Map position

2006-02-02 Thread clark slater
Hey Folks, I'm working on an application that has a requirement for generating a world map showing outlets for a particular product. There are *lots* of outlets and they are updated very frequently so the spec is that the map should be able to render a new outlet in the correct location on the wor

RE: [Flashcoders] scope of function... undefined?

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Holy bageezaus!!! It no longer says undefined. No to just get these damn images to load correctly. Wow so I guess you need to give a scope to the Interval to help out. That's great! Thanks! Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com -Original Message-

RE: [Flashcoders] scope of function... undefined?

2006-02-02 Thread Jim Phelan
Corban Change your setInterval to this loadImgInterval = setInterval(this,"loadImages", 2000, imagesToGrab); Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corban Baxter Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 6:16 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject

RE: [Flashcoders] scope of function... undefined?

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Anyone? Sorry Jason I didn't mean to anger you. I have been looking at this for almost 10hours now and I can't take it anymore! //cb -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corban Baxter Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 3:50 PM To: flashcoders@c

Re: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, This tutorial may prove helpful (http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp) Jason, As with anything in this field, we collect various tools, then call upon ones applicable to the occasion. Your observation that attributes speed processing of a larger app is certainly well founded.

RE: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Granted, its also how you use it... XPath does have the potential to be slow in certain situations in Flash and with certain XML setups. But usually, you're good to go, especially with the example you gave. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original

Re: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Kent Humphrey
Merrill, Jason wrote: Xpath is quick enough to read it directly each time. It's what I like about it. Fantastic. Thanks for all the info. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/fl

RE: [Flashcoders] BitmapData.paletteMap() and color replacament?

2006-02-02 Thread Robert Chyko
I THINK you are going to want to use ColorMatrixFilter(). Good article at: http://macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/matrix_transformations_04.ht ml -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Newsdee Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:03 PM To:

RE: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Xpath is quick enough to read it directly each time. It's what I like about it. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Humphrey >>Sent: Thursday, F

Re: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Kent Humphrey
Merrill, Jason wrote: It's well formed, sure, but I would do it like this instead - make heavy use of attributes - as much as possible for speed, relationships, and readability, something like this: Preferrably if you could find a way to work this, you could also maybe just do this to reduce r

Re: [Flashcoders] Naming conventions for AS2.0 ...

2006-02-02 Thread Tyler Wright
I also find that, if you keep your classes appropriately succinct then all of your variables (and their types) are usually defined within close proximation to where you use them. Local variables are a lot more common, and your class properties should be intuitively descriptive of what they do in t

[Flashcoders] BitmapData.paletteMap() and color replacament?

2006-02-02 Thread Newsdee
Hi List, I'm trying to come up with a fast method to replace specific colors in a BitmapData object. In other words, specify two RGB values and have one replace the other without using getPixels (which would require scanning the whole Bitmap). I've seen on the docs that paletteMap can do somethin

RE: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ah right - IBM, Microsoft, you know it's all the same. :) Actually, if we're getting technical, it was written by a single independent consultant TO IBM. Don't get me wrong, he's got a lot of good points, I just don't agree with some of them, and think they don't always apply to every situatio

[Flashcoders] scope of function... undefined?

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Hey all this is kind of a repost but I have a weird problem... Ok I have a function I am calling on the root timeline and when I trace(this) inside of it I am getting a return of undefined. What would cause this? Here is the function. [code] function loadImages(imagesToGrab:Number) { if

Re: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, The article was from IBM, regardless, your opinion is food for thought. __ Respectfully, Christopher Kennon Principal/Designer/Programmer -Bushidodeep bushidodeep (http://bushidodeep.com/) On Feb 2, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote: Ha - screw that article, M$ ai

Re: [Flashcoders] Creating Components - What am I over looking?

2006-02-02 Thread Charles Parcell
Great resource. Everything I was finding was on how to build from the v2 framework. I think that was really messing me up. Thanks Charles P. On 2/1/06, Manuel Saint-Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check Joey Lott's tutorial on building components that subclass MovieClip > > > http://www.p

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 CPU test script

2006-02-02 Thread Bart Wttewaall
Thanks people. I've tried a few heavy mathematics and although I'm not getting a lineair correlation between CPU power and time the method took, it gives me a good enough idea when a user's computer is powerful enough for the website I created. Thanks again! 2006/2/2, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

RE: [Flashcoders] Chinese / Japanese Text Input

2006-02-02 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
We use Tahoma on our world-wide country sites and so far, it has worked fine for all of the character sets we've come across. Really? If I set the input text font to Tahoma, I cannot type in Japanese - it comes out as just squares. Tahoma has no Japanese characters (obviously), that is predic

Re: [Flashcoders] advise

2006-02-02 Thread elibol
Hmm, I hadn't considered Shared Objects. Touche my friend, M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
So this is what happened... trace("imgID: "+imgID); //returns layout5_set3_img10 trace("rfcClip: "+rfcClip); //returns lay5_img10 trace(this[rfcClip]); //returns undefined trace(this); //returns undefined and this will sound stuipid but wtf does all that mean? How can the loadImages function have

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadClip and centering new content

2006-02-02 Thread Éric Thibault
OUF!!! long day... full of typo mistakes... sorry! Éric Thibault wrote: Hi all!!! I've finaly made my component but can accross the issue of aligning the newly loaded content... I can align correctly images but swf is a bit complicated... 1. If I load a SWF that the stage is 300*300 but o

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
And how can traceing(this) return undefined? Is that possible? Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:14 PM To: Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Really. Whats sad is I really don't know how all this works. I have been coding AS1 for about 2 years now and I have gotten this far without really know much besides understanding basic logic really well. I don't mean to ask a lot of questions I am just at one of those humps in my learning that

[Flashcoders] LoadClip and centering new content

2006-02-02 Thread Éric Thibault
Hi all!!! I've finaly made my component but can accross the issue of aligning the newly loaded content... I can align correctly images but swf is a bit complicated... 1. If I load a SWF that the stage is 300*300 but on frame 1 there is only 1 MC of 100*100, the with of the newly loaded SWF i

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
C'mon Corban - you can do this - don't get frustrated and ask us to do everything ;) - walk back a little in your code. What does trace(rfcClip) show? That should be the same name as your clip. What does trace(this) show in your loadImages function show? That should be the same timeline as

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Well as you said it is a tracing issue and it's giving me an 'undefined'? What would cause this? I have the clips on the stage with the same instances? Any ideas? Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ma

RE: [Flashcoders] Chinese / Japanese Text Input

2006-02-02 Thread Fitzpatrick, Kevin
We use Tahoma on our world-wide country sites and so far, it has worked fine for all of the character sets we've come across. Kevin Fitzpatrick Flash Designer, SAP.com Web Services Team - SAP Global Marketing SAP Global Solutions Center 3999 West Chester Pike Newtown Square, PA 19073 C (267) 254

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Have been out of the loop since yesterday, but again, some proper tracing should knock this down. Instead of tracing trace("rfcClip: "+rfcClip+" - typeof("+typeof (rfcClip)+")"); (ick!) do: trace(this[rfcClip]) In your code, you have rfcClip as just a string, so no, it's not going to be a

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Could some one please take a look at my fla or the code and tell me why flash won't attach this clips correctly? Please! I'm not much of a beggar but this is getting out of hand. I feel like I have done this a thousand times and this time it won't work. [code] ///varibles setup var layoutNum:N

Re: [Flashcoders] Chinese / Japanese Text Input

2006-02-02 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
>Does anyone have knowledge they can share about the best way to guarantee that an end user will be able to enter text into a flash movie using characters in their own language (ie Chinese or Japanese). The only way which works always is to use device fonts: "_sans", "_serif", or "_typewriter"

Re: [Flashcoders] Constrain width and height of a swf into a MC with loadMovieNum or loadClip or loadMovie ?

2006-02-02 Thread Helen Triolo
a f wrote: I have an error message a syntax error? : is it mandatory to use the "onLoadProgress " no, only if you want to show something while the thing loads handler ? Where I have to put this code in the timeline ? frame 1, main timeline, if all your other stuff's there Hele

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread ryanm
1) If I can help it, I keep all my code in one place. All in one frame, all the better. All in one swf? Better yet. That's one of the worst things I've ever heard. Maybe you should get on medication for your OCD. Sigh... ryanm ___ Flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ha - screw that article, M$ ain't the gods you know. IMO it's preference - I like elements for speed and what I think is readability. You'll see in mxml, coldFusion, etc. even Micosoft's new xaml, that attribute driven XML is the preferred method. However, if bloating an XML file with a bunch

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Kevin Mulvihill
Steven Sacks, I am just surprised to see you writing that kind of stuff. Maybe you were trying to be funny, but I'm not seeing much humor in it with all the bickering and name-calling going on this list these past few days. Maybe it's just me, but I just don't like the tone here lately. Being prof

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Sorry that's what I meant to type. It's in the code correct. Any other ideas? Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:5

Re: [Flashcoders] understanding the for loop - EXTENDED HELP NEEDED.

2006-02-02 Thread Mark Winterhalder
hi Corban, > //ALL ISSUES ARE OCCURING IN THIS LINE OF CODE FROM WHAT I > UNDERSTAND > //COULD ANYONE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS? > rfcClip.container.attachMovie(imgID); the other two arguments for attachMovie are name:String and depth:Number. :) to cl

Re: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, After reading this article, I'm confused why client name does not merit an element? (http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-eleatt.html) On Feb 2, 2006, at 10:00 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote: It's well formed, sure, but I would do it like this instead - make heavy use of att

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Steven Sacks
> 1) If I can help it, I keep all my code in one place. All in one > frame, all the better. All in one swf? Better yet. That's one of the worst things I've ever heard. Maybe you should get on medication for your OCD. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Fla

[Flashcoders] FW: Flash causing a memory read error in IE

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
I am sending this on behalf of Bas Quenton, a list member who's having trouble posting questions to the list. He said he sent this several hours ago but it never appeared. Anyone who responds, please also cc: him directly. Thanks. From: Bas Quentin [mailto:[

RE: [Flashcoders] advise

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>I think the point is that the flash player is a client application, without >>communication with a server, it cannot be done. No, one the links I sent just uses PHP with Flash and another just uses a Shared Object to store the draw data, so I disagree. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions

Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with Javascript Integration Kit

2006-02-02 Thread Martin Wood
btw, there's a list just for the js integration kit. very low traffic, but useful for questions specific to the kit. http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/flashjs_osflash.org thanks, Martin -- Martin Wood http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon ___ Fla

Re: [Flashcoders] advise

2006-02-02 Thread elibol
I think the point is that the flash player is a client application, without communication with a server, it cannot be done. M. On 2/2/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's another: > > http://www.senocular.com/index.php?id=0.156 > > And here's a product by the folks who host th

Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with Javascript Integration Kit

2006-02-02 Thread Jim Kremens
Thanks! Jim Kremens On 2/2/06, david kraftsow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was yeah able to get it working with the latest SVN source [in both ie > and ff]. But it didnt work as well as I wanted it to. I needed a way to > have flash constantly retrieve a javascript variable. Unfortunately I >

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 CPU test script

2006-02-02 Thread elibol
Alias, I think what he means is the player 8 optimization: Reduced Memory Footprint Flash Player 8 implements more efficient memory management to improve ActionScript and Player performance. Faster ActionScript Performance ActionScript performance has been optimized in Flash Player 8. Rendering P

Re: [FlashCoders] wave generator example

2006-02-02 Thread Dimitrios Bendilas
Yes! That's the one! Thanks Jim! Dimitrios - Original Message - From: "Jim Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [FlashCoders] wave generator example Dimitrios Bendilas wrote: Hello everyone, There wa

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 CPU test script

2006-02-02 Thread elibol
I think the old VM is version 1.0, and the new one is 2.0. This would make more sense, I'm not sure though. M. On 2/2/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The VM for Player version 8 is optimized. 8.5 will have this optimized 2.0VM > for backwards compatibility, along with a newly written >

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 CPU test script

2006-02-02 Thread elibol
The VM for Player version 8 is optimized. 8.5 will have this optimized 2.0VM for backwards compatibility, along with a newly written 3.0 VM. Bart, either way, the method would report the time it took for the method to execute. If the machine has player 8, then it should just return a lower value,

RE: [Flashcoders] dynamic html text with xpath and cdata

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Grabbing CData values with Xpath can be tricky, but I have found a way that works, like this for example: XMLNode((XPath.selectNodes(myXML, "content/ introduction/text()")[0])).nodeValue Basically, you use XPath to grab the 0 element in the array it creates, and then Flash's XML object to grab th

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Ettwein, Josh
Dude, that's some funny shit. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Winterhalder Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:22 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications? On 2/2/06, Cedri

RE: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
It's well formed, sure, but I would do it like this instead - make heavy use of attributes - as much as possible for speed, relationships, and readability, something like this:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 CPU test script

2006-02-02 Thread Alias
Flash 8 does not contain the new VM. Only flash 8.5 contains it, and if you are running flash 8.0 content, it will use the 8.0 VM. Carry on as you were, you should be fine. Alias On 2/2/06, Bart Wttewaall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > > I'd like to be able to tell if the user's cpu is u

Re: [FlashCoders] wave generator example

2006-02-02 Thread Jim Armstrong
Dimitrios Bendilas wrote: Hello everyone, There was a tutorial/article about a wave generator engine in ActionScript, that produced pretty complex waves and had a boat which you could move ON the waves using the left and right arrow buttons. It was a very nice example and I think it was made by

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Adrian Lynch
Try: this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie(imgID); Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Corban Baxter Sent: 02 February 2006 17:15 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID]; Hey guy

RE: [Flashcoders] understanding the for loop - EXTENDED HELP NEEDED.

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
So I am trying to convert the scripts to AS2 and get strict datatyping to work but nothing seems to work the way I imagined it to work. I tried to do what I could best and nothing still is working. All the data is in place but nothing will get my MC's to load in the images from the library...

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash lite 2 loading external data on Nokia 6630

2006-02-02 Thread JesterXL
Might want to join the FlashLite list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlashLite/ I can load data both locally and remotely via Flash Lite 2 on my Nokia 6680. - Original Message - From: "Tamer Qarrain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: [Flashcode

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Lol mark Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Winterhalder >>Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:22 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: R

[FlashCoders] wave generator example

2006-02-02 Thread Dimitrios Bendilas
Hello everyone, There was a tutorial/article about a wave generator engine in ActionScript, that produced pretty complex waves and had a boat which you could move ON the waves using the left and right arrow buttons. It was a very nice example and I think it was made by someone in this list. I ca

Re: [Flashcoders] OT Where's Nigel Pegg?

2006-02-02 Thread Johannes Nel
someone told me he was working on the breeze team On 2/2/06, Gerry Creighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone seen or heard from Nigel Pegg? His last blog entry was in > May of 2004. > I was admiring his awesome Comment App and found some links to source > files for this > but the links a

[Flashcoders] Constrain width and height of a swf into a MC

2006-02-02 Thread a f
Thank you Helen I read your code and use it (as follows) - // set up loader, an instance of MovieClipLoader, and loadHandler, the object // that will listen for its events ---

Re: [Flashcoders] How to alter all movieClips with as2

2006-02-02 Thread kevin kroe
i tought about it, but if i do it, all movieClips on Stage will have this property? I think doing it, this property will apear only when i do "some:someObj = new someObj()", am i wrong? On 2/2/06, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > class someObj extends MovieClip > { >public var some

[Flashcoders] quick question about startDrag()

2006-02-02 Thread elibol
Does anyone know what it relies on to generate the _droptarget property? M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Constrain width and height of a swf into a MC with loadMovieNum or loadClip or loadMovie ?

2006-02-02 Thread a f
Thank you Helen I read your code and use it (as follows) - // set up loader, an instance of MovieClipLoader, and loadHandler, the object // that will listen for its events --

Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with Javascript Integration Kit

2006-02-02 Thread david kraftsow
I was yeah able to get it working with the latest SVN source [in both ie and ff]. But it didnt work as well as I wanted it to. I needed a way to have flash constantly retrieve a javascript variable. Unfortunately I could only seem to call a js function from flash maybe two or three times a seco

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Mark Winterhalder
On 2/2/06, Cedric Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what's that ?? > harsh ? "(to open) a can of worms", idiom: to ask for general stylistic advice on a professional mailing list, often resulting in contradicting advises that turn into flame wars, ending with somebody crying and repeated demands

[Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Hey guys I am working on this project still that is doing a whole lot of random things. Since I have not converted over to AS2 yet I am having some problems with doing this... "this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];" the rfcClip and the imgID variables are pulling from arrays and seem to trace

[Flashcoders] OT Where's Nigel Pegg?

2006-02-02 Thread Gerry Creighton
Has anyone seen or heard from Nigel Pegg? His last blog entry was in May of 2004. I was admiring his awesome Comment App and found some links to source files for this but the links are bad. Hello? Nigel...are you out there? Gerry .

Re: [Flashcoders] xpath / xpath4as2 beginners question

2006-02-02 Thread Kent Humphrey
On 2 Feb 2006, at 15:48, Merrill, Jason wrote: However, not a good idea to have a child node be the same name as the parent node (though it's OK in the sense it that won't screw up Xpath). Would you believe my problem was I had product/products instead of product/products ?! Sheesh...

Re: [Flashcoders] How to force IE to let Flash receive the TAB key?

2006-02-02 Thread Gavin Lilley
I have tried this in IE, but it doesnt seem to solve this problem. If I load the page; pressing tab moves between the flash object (first text box) and the url box in IE. However, if I click the first text box; pressing tab alternates between the 2 text boxes in the flash movie. if there a way t

RE: [Flashcoders] understanding the for loop - EXTENDED HELP NEEDED.

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Well, I am going to take a stab at strict formatting. Not sure how well this is going to go but wish me luck as I venture off. Hopefully I can get some help as I take this new road. I appreciate the insight Andreas, //cb -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

[Flashcoders] Flash lite 2 loading external data on Nokia 6630

2006-02-02 Thread Tamer Qarrain
Hi all I was so excited about the new features in Flash lite 2 especially loading external data (swf, jpgs, and xml); I bought a brand new Nokia 6630 to do my testing, although I have a Mobile Imate Pda! Now the shocking news is I couldn't load any external data into Flash lite, neither locally or

RE: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Harsh? Seriously? How? Can't take a joke? Yo - My joke was just that their question is a can of worms if you mis-understood. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flashcoders] securitySandboxError with FileReference and Jakarta FileUpload

2006-02-02 Thread Jamay Liu
Hi all, I am new to this list from [EMAIL PROTECTED] They directed me here with my problem; hopefully you can help me out! I am trying to implement an upload file feature on my website. I'm using the Flash 8 FileReference tools with Jakarta commons file upload, and it works fine locally. However,

Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with Javascript Integration Kit

2006-02-02 Thread Jim Kremens
Hi David, Were you able to get it working with the latest source from SVN? I can't see what I might be doing wrong in the setup, so I'm assuming there are some bugs. But if you've got it working, that would be great to know. And maybe you could post (or send) an example? Thanks, Jim Kremens O

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications?

2006-02-02 Thread Steve Webster
5) Comment, a lot! Just wanted to qualify this piece of advice. You should comment appropriately, which is not necessarily the same as commenting a lot. Comments such as... // Increase the value of i by 5 i += 5; ...are no good to anyone. Instead, explain why 5 is being added to i, unles

RE: [Flashcoders] understanding the for loop - EXTENDED HELP NEEDED.

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Well, I am going to take a stab at strict formatting. Not sure how well this is going to go but wish me luck as I venture off. Hopefully I can get some help as I take this new road. I appreciate the insight Andreas, //cb -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Flashcoders] Constrain width and height of a swf into a MC with loadMovieNum or loadClip or loadMovie ?

2006-02-02 Thread Éric Thibault
hello there I've just finished my first component and I've included in it controles to mask, resize, align the loaded animations or images according to a max with and height (configurable). If want to e-mail me off list and I will send it to you directly. eric dot thibault at rve dot ula

RE: [Flashcoders] quick array question

2006-02-02 Thread Corban Baxter
Thanks. great help! Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Cox Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 6:17 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders]

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