Brilliant, thanks for all the replies, this kind of advice is just what I
was after. I have a reasonable understanding of OOP regarding Flash but didn?t
want to pick up any ?bad? habits that might work in AS 2 but might hinder
me migrating to another ?stricter? environment in the future. Like Rob
By a quick look, it looks like you're creating the new nam MC on the same
depth (0) every time, which replaces the previous clip (and the clip you've
attached to it).
/David Skoglund
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Skickat:
Did you miss the email pointing you at OpenOffice.org?
http://www.openoffice.org
It's not a toy.
Ian
On 3/23/06, Alfonso Florio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So PowerPoint has the monopoly into the windows world for
presentation software?
i don't see nothing else than ppt2swf converters and
I second that, openoffice is excellent.
M
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Is this because its open source (and free), or is actually better
functionality-wise than ppt? Are there any scripting tools, like vba with
ppt? And what sort of swf exporting support is there?
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I wouldn't know about the Vba aspect of it (I use it at home not at work
so can't check) but it loads in ppt files and I've had no compatibility
problems so far.
More info here
http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html
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Hi,
I want to enter an image in line with other text.
How can i achieve this.
I am using textfiled.htmlText = cxcxcxc img
src='image.jpg'/imgfdfdfdfdfdfdfdsfsdfsdmf dfsdfdsfds fsdfdsfsdf
The image appears but not in line of textfield.
I want the same effect as we insert smily in the text.
Scripting - http://framework.openoffice.org/scripting/
You can certainly export from Impress to .swf
I haven't tried either of these features yet, I'm afraid, so can't comment
on how good they are.
HTH,
Ian
On 2/22/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this because its open source
I want to enter an image in line with other text.
How can i achieve this.
You've got a tough job ahead of you, I'm afraid.
This is possible, but it's certainly not simple. I've spent the last several
months working on something along these lines, and in the end I've found it
easier to work
Thanks Ian. I need to investigate server side creation of xls and ppt at
some point (and openoffice is top of the list at the moment), so apologies
for asking questions that would quite easily be solved by rtfm...
Cheers,
Nick
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hi,
in one fcs chat project I solved with this:
var w = username.length * 3.2 (this value now is a test, you should find the
correct w);
finalMsg = username + brimg align='left' src='+movieName+'
id='simbol_mc' hspace='+w+' vspace='-19'br
first you write for example username, then you attach
Hi, does anyone knows if there are nice a well built drawing classes (for
free) to use in Flash 8?
The drawing api in flash is a pain the ass, too much work to do anything...
I would be happy with boxes, cirlces, n-gons... the more, the better!
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MATTEO 25:11 Più tardi arrivarono anche le altre
I agree with some of your comments, especially doing research first, but still
think it was pretty harsh - especially since he was indeed asking for best
practices, not just how do I print?. And only typing, RTFM: Print Job,
unless used in a humorous way, is pretty mean no matter how you like
Hello list,
I'm populating DataGrid component from DB. And I need to specify what
columns have to be shown to user. I remember that there is DataGrid column
wizard, but unfortunately it doesn't work with Flash 8.
This is the value object:
class vo.User {
var nickname:String;
var fullname:String;
http://www.osflash.org/fosforo ?
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Subject: [Flashcoders] textfiled + inline image
Hi,
I want to enter an image in line
Hello Monicque,
1) As David said, you need diff. depths for your clips. I recommend
using getNextHighestDepth() .
2) While only 1 clip can be dragged at a time with startDrag()
method, you can simulate dragging by just moving clips by
onMouseMove event.
If you have a lot of them,
I'm pretty close to make it to version 1.0 of my drawing classes atm, untill
that happens you can contact me offlist if youre interested in earlyer
versions
2006/2/22, Luca Candela [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi, does anyone knows if there are nice a well built drawing classes (for
free) to use in
On 2/22/06, Janis Radins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty close to make it to version 1.0 of my drawing classes atm,
untill
that happens you can contact me offlist if youre interested in earlyer
versions
I can't say no to a proposal like this! Seriously, I would be more than
happy to
sorry, this was intended as a pm... I hit the wrong button!
On 2/22/06, Luca Candela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/22/06, Janis Radins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty close to make it to version 1.0 of my drawing classes atm,
untill
that happens you can contact me offlist if youre
Hi all,
I have a strange problem and can't recall that i ever witnessed this before.
Could someone please look at this www.montay.nl/button.zip ? When clicked on
the most right/bottom button the movie goes to the second key but let's the
button stay on it's place?!#$ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] %#
Thanks for your comments David and Gregory.
When I tried using getNextHighestDepth(), it was getting the maximum depth
number (so not incrementing). So, I've tried using
getNextHighestDepth()-_count.
This works, giving the clips lower numbers every time. (Trying to just use
_count for the
Huh? I don't have a problem I was posting this class to help out the guy that
asked the original question. This is a class for loading multiple swfs using
moviecliploader just like he asked for.
Jim
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After seriously days of trying to do this, I kept searching for onMouseMove
through google, and it is finally starting to work!!!
Well, I've worked out how to use the onMouseMove anyway. It looks like this:
nam.onPress = function( ) {
nam.startDrag(true);
nam.onMouseMove = function( ) {
My copy of Object-Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8 got here yesterday.
I've been plowing through it and it's a great read so far. What I'm
enjoying about it is the fact that things are being put into context. I
would recommend this book to any aspiring developers who would like to
follow the
Oleg Filipchuk schrieb:
Hello list,
I'm populating DataGrid component from DB. And I need to specify what
columns have to be shown to user.
Normally i'd say: why do you pull them in anyway ? but i guess you need them
internally :_)
i'm in a somewhat similar situation right now, i guess you
Just set the columnNames property of the datagrid. Example in middle of
page here: http://flash-creations.com/notes/servercomm_database.php
Helen
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Michael Stuhr wrote:
Oleg Filipchuk schrieb:
Hello list,
I'm populating DataGrid
I believe you can set up your columns ahead of time, and name them to match
items in your DP, and if you don't include a column for userid, it won't be
displayed, but it will still be part of the row's data that you can
interogate.
-edolecki
On 2/22/06, Oleg Filipchuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't testify to their quality but Senocular has some pretty
interesting looking drawing classes you might want to check out:
http://www.senocular.com/flash/actionscript.php?file=ActionScript_2.0/
com/senocular/ProgressiveDrawing.as
On 22 Feb 2006, at 11:51, Luca Candela wrote:
Hi, does
Thanks all,
I've found solution by setting up columns ahead of time:
private function createColumn( prop:String, label:String ):DataGridColumn {
var clmn:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn(prop);
clmn.headerText = label;
return clmn;
}
dataGrid.addColumn(createColumn(nickname,
http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/archives/2005/06/careful-with-_rootgetnexthighes
tdepth-and-other-fun-ways-of-breaking-combo-boxes/
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/h
tml/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004file=2934.html
Based on your review, and my sort of same experience with EAS2 (which I
also love) I think I'm going to go get that one since the full power of
design patterns hasn't grabbed me yet. Do you know if any national
chains like Barnes and Noble or Borders carries it or do I need to get
it from
amazon.co.uk has it for ?25.84. Typical!
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Jason
Sent: 22 February 2006 15:26
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8
thebook
Based on your
Barns and Noble:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=uJ3LBk7DT
Bisbn=1590596196itm=1
Borders:
http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=55305169srchTerms=O
bject-Oriented+Actionscript+for+Flash+8mediaType=1srchType=Keyword
With their prices of 44
Hi Oleg,
Use the columnNames property before setting your dataprovider:
// only show column1 and column2
datagrid.columnNames = [column1, column2]
datagrid.dataProvider = myDP;
datagrid.columns[0].headerText = Olegs Column
Datagrid columnName:
Does anyone have code to do this
you can do almost everything through actionscript, though this is not
a 'feature' ;)
you will have to dynamically check EACH char's .textWidth property and
then you could adjust the kerning by 'changing' the space between two
chars ...
THIS IS A
Jason,
A friend got it for me as a B-day gift from buy.com. The first few chapters
are a real quick read if you've been doing this before.
M
On 2/22/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Based on your review, and my sort of same experience with EAS2 (which I
also love) I think I'm
Helmut wrote:
Barns and Noble:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=uJ3
LBk7D
T
Bisbn=1590596196itm=1
Borders:
http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=55305169srchT
erms=
O
bject-Oriented+Actionscript+for+Flash+8mediaType=1srchType=Keyword
Sorry,
Yeah - something was funky in your Flash assets (movie clips) on the
stage. I moved the menu_mc around and re-published and it worked fine -
I also moved the button instances in the gadgets_btn instance to two
separate layers and that seemed to help as well. I'm not entirely sure
what the
Thanks, I did see that first link but, was wondering about any other
suggestions, being that message was semi-dated.
Thankyou
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I would like to use static text but, I can't figure out how or if you
can use the UIscrollbar with it.
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Yeah - called around and found out what the brick and mortar price was.
Thought the list would benefit from this information -
Barnes and Noble brick and mortar store price:
$44
BarnesandNoble.com price:
$32
Amazon.com price:
$26 (new and available with free shipping via super saver
I have this high volume chat app, and I was having a problem before
because we were compiling to a v7 swf, and when people would view it in the
v8 player the formatting would occasionally go wacky. Basically, everything
would be fine for a while, but then every now and then, when the field
Is it possible to change the icon that is next to the folder for a component
set?
MAni
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Exactly! Gis your autograph?! :OD
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how could we ignore
@adobe.com ??
:-))
Barnes and Noble brick and mortar store price:
$44
BarnesandNoble.com price:
$32
I've always found this to be the case. Same holds true for Books-A-Million.
It's the overheads of the nice brick-and-mortar in the nice shopping areas
that you're paying for.
Amazon.com price:
$26 (new
Hey Ryan, are you compiling with the FlashIDE or have you tried compiling
with MTASC? I seriously doubt that's the issue, but after a week's time,
it's just one more thing you could try against the voodoo off the MMC ;)
On 2/22/06, ryanm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have this high volume
I have a Flash (8) movie that has a dynamic text field whose contents
may vary - it may be between a few lines of text, to as many as a
thousand. I would like to have it scale vertically e size of the
contents, but always maintain the same width and font size. If it
gets too tall to be shown
Make a ScrollPane width and height equal to Stage.width and
Stage.height of a fullscreen app and load a clip containing your text
field into the ScrollPane.
You could also send the new textfield height to JavaScript and
dynamically resize the object and embed (I think, though I'd probably
never
Well guys I didn't expect me to be a hot topic but...ok here are a few
comments from my stand point...
1. Jason you're my hero. Not cause of this but your can code like a bad
man and your always willing to help out others in need.
2. Steve we all have bad days and can be short... I guess we
Is it possible to change the icon that is next to the folder for a
component
set?
Yeah - go through this tutorial - it's a good 'un
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/skinning_fl8.html
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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Does the AOL API for Flash work outside of the context of Central or was it
only a feature available in central?
Mani
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Only Central, and I think you can't get it to work anymore because Yahoo!'s
PayPal competition went under, which was the only way to hook up AOLIM.
However, here's an alternative:
http://lab.zeusdesign.net/?p=6
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Hi list.
Is it possible to make single cell in the grid non editable?
I can do make non-editable column but that is not what I need.
thx.
Oleg
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oh well- I think I saw a JabberFlash API somewhere...
On 2/22/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Only Central, and I think you can't get it to work anymore because
Yahoo!'s
PayPal competition went under, which was the only way to hook up AOLIM.
However, here's an alternative:
you might be able to hook up a listener in a cell and if its a certain row
#, force the thing to become uneditable. it would look kind of nasty (click
into, goes into edit mode, then pops out of edit mode)... or you could roll
a cellRenderer and try it that way. Sounds kind of messy - but
Does that cover changing the icon in the actual components panel? I'm
trying to change the little 3 block thing that is at the folders for the
components.
On 2/22/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it possible to change the icon that is next to the folder for a
component
set?
eric, thanx for your advise.
I made it invoking cellPress listener. It's really messy and I DO NOT LIKE
this solution at all.
private function cellPress(evt:Object):Void {
if ( dataGrid.selectedItem.UserType == 3 ) {
dataGrid.editable = false;
} else {
Thanks for the kind words Corban.
Before you sign off, let me try and answer your remaining questions.
You can import hig-res .jpg files into Flash and they will remain
high-res depending on your publish settings as far as I know. Case in
point, see this and select the doubleResImage.swf in the
I've seen the JS thing done, and it's terrible. It's jerky and annoying
to use, and just doesn't feel right. It definitely breaks the
flash-as-an-app feel, and it all just goes instantly back to being a
shiny webpage from the 90s.
-Josh
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His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the
I don't think it sucks that bad
Take a look for yourself. You have two choices that I can see:
Container Resize:
http://www.salttown.com/vrutah/
(click on the left side links to load different length text)
Flash Scrollbars:
http://www.jasonkimura.com/
(click anywhere on the screen)
(not
I've got to say that the first link is much nicer than the resize the
flash solution they've got here, so perhaps it's not so bad an idea.
And the second link, that's a cool idea done fairly badly. They're not
proper scroll areas, since the mouse wheel doesn't work. Just some sort
of dodgey
wierd that i've never hit this before, but I'm running into an issue with
getting the width of a clip's children after the parent clip has been scaled
down.
So, I say parent clip name holder_mc. I create 4 movieclips inside
holder_mc and load movie into them. Each of the loaded clips are 600
If you use localToGlobal you can find the dimensions in root coordinates.
///
var topleft = {x: inner._x, y: inner._y};
var bottomright = {x: inner._x + inner._width, y: inner._y + inner._height};
inner._parent.localToGlobal(topleft);
ah, nice one.
On 2/22/06, Grant Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you use localToGlobal you can find the dimensions in root coordinates.
///
var topleft = {x: inner._x, y: inner._y};
var bottomright = {x: inner._x + inner._width, y: inner._y +
inner._height};
And it's not fully working in case when user navigates trough datagrid using
arrows or enter key. I REALLY REALLY start to hate this v2 standard
DataGrid and can't wait until I can use Flex2 components.
Are you sure they're so different? It's a very similar framework. I'm sure
there is a
Hi all,
Some friends of mine in Baltimore are looking for a Flash programmer to work
fulltime onsite. Great client - unfortunately I can't say more on this
list, as they're not really posting the job publicly.
So, if you live in Baltimore and might be interested, email me offlist.
Thanks,
Jim
I am trying to capture the escape key and have been able to do so in the
past with this code. But when I publish for flash player 8, the Escape key
no longer registers an event, while other keys work fine. I couldn't find
anything about this is the docs. Anybody know why?
this.KeyListener =
You disabled Keyboard shortcuts right?
cltr+enter.. then..
Control Disable Keyboard shortcuts
On 2/22/06, blists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am trying to capture the escape key and have been able to do so in the
past with this code. But when I publish for flash player 8, the Escape key
no
Also, you could just multiply the width/height by the scale..
var w = subClip._width * subClip._parent._xscale / 100;
var h = subClip._height * subClip._parent._yscale / 100;
Sorry for the psuedo code.
On 2/22/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ah, nice one.
On 2/22/06, Grant Cox
Hi experts,
What is the advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of design patterns?
I've been studying MVC and Singleton patterns but so far I'm not sure
how those can make my software better.
TIA,
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Web|Graphic|Flash
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Malang - East Java
I N D O N E S I A
On Feb 22, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Anggie Bratadinata wrote:
What is the advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of design patterns?
I've been studying MVC and Singleton patterns but so far I'm not sure
how those can make my software better.
They don't necessarily make your software any better.
They
On Feb 22, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Michael Stuhr wrote:
i'm in a somewhat similar situation right now, i guess you have to
remove the Columns in your dataProvider and than set this data as
your grid's dataProvider.
All you have to do is set the DataGrid.columnNames prop of the data
grid. For
Except you would have to iterate through every _parent level until you
hit the _root anyway, in case any ancestor clip is scaled... I've done
that before for visibility ( parent was _visible=false, grandchild was
_visible=true but of course not seen).
Lanny McNie wrote:
Also, you could
If I don't plan to extend my app. nor there is late requirements to meet
then using DP is not necessary?
Thanks Troy,
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http://design.ibshastautama.com
Troy Rollins wrote:
On Feb 22, 2006, at
Wouldn't it be great to have a project like that - that actually stays
on track and doesn't have last minute changes :)
It is never necessary to use design patterns, but they can make your
project more structured. More structured usually means easier to
understand, and easier to modify (as
Aangie- I'm a noob also and I 've been trying to figure out the role of
design pattterns. To tell you truth
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listening to one, dependant on that one - Observer Pattern might help. You
need extend an object without subclassing - Decorator Pattern might help.
You need one instance only of a class, Singleton comes in handy ( often
people
On Feb 23, 2006, at 1:07 AM, Manuel Saint-Victor wrote:
Aangie- I'm a noob also and I 've been trying to figure out the
role of
design pattterns.
Not too long ago, I couldn't see it either. But as you go along with
a few advanced projects, you begin to realize where they would be
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