[Flashcoders] Invitation

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Re: [Flashcoders] fyi : Open Source ActionScript 3 libraries update

2006-03-28 Thread Eskil Janson
Nice, Thanks for the info! /Eskil Mike Chambers skrev: More info here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/03/new_open_source.cfm [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 freelance work in London

2006-03-28 Thread Arul
FYI: - Original Message - From: Aaron Haines [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:07 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] AS2 freelance work in London Atticmedia requires a good Actionscript 2 developer for cutting

[Flashcoders] Flasc - simple question

2006-03-28 Thread Bram Plessers
Hello, Trying to use Flasc. I have a simple fla with only some squares on stage on my first frame. No actionscript etc. I've created a new test group with a test project checked the -mx option in the [edit tags] overview. Where did I go wrong :) Thanks ! This is my output: C:/Program

[Flashcoders] Printing capabilities

2006-03-28 Thread julian atienza
Hi. I'm learning about printing capabilities of Flash and AS2.0 I know now print, PrintJob, etc. My question is: Is there any way to format contents of a textArea (with html and styles) and send to print easily? It would mean, add automatic page breaks, redistribute text for line breaks, and so

RE: [Flashcoders] as2lib best regex class?

2006-03-28 Thread Jim Tann
I have used the as2lib ones a couple of times now think they are good. Not used any others in Actionscript tho. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Arnold Sent: 28 March 2006 00:53 To: Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

2006-03-28 Thread Jim Tann
I have just bought Zinc and looking at this thread yesterday on how stable it is I was wondering what the last good version is. Are you all using 2.5.0.12 or should I get a previous version? Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian

[Flashcoders] Window component problem

2006-03-28 Thread frode hansen
I have a problem with a flash movie where the window component works just fine in 95% of the times, but once in a while the component stops working. The component opens, but there seems to be a white area behind the component which moves around with the window when i move the window. The window

RE: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Mountain
Has the latest update fixed the tortoise SVN issue? M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Tann Sent: 28 March 2006 11:54 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue) I

RE: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

2006-03-28 Thread John Hattan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Tann Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:54 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue) I have just bought Zinc and looking at this thread yesterday on how stable

Re: [Flashcoders] Flasc - simple question

2006-03-28 Thread John Grden
You didn't give mtasc anything to compile. The pupose would be to publish your SWF with the Flash IDE first, then use Flasc. But the only thing that FLasc does is help you manage your projects and tell MTASC what CODE to inject into your already existing SWF. OR you can create a new SWF without

[Flashcoders] mp3 with FLVPlayback component?

2006-03-28 Thread ojorus
Hello, Is there an easy (or any) way of playing mp3 with the FLVPlayback component? (Flash 8), or do I have to use the old Media Playback component? Thanks! ojorus ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search

[Flashcoders] Changing color of the scrollbar in the List Component

2006-03-28 Thread ojorus
Hi; I try to change the background color of the scrollbar in a List component, but I have not succeeded so far. Is there an easy way of doing this? Example? Thanks in advance. Regards ojorus -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne av John Grden

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to pdf

2006-03-28 Thread arief ferdiansyah
try this http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashpaper/ 2006/3/28, Laurent CUCHET [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Im searching a way to convert a clip from a swf to a PDF Anyone got a tips to fo flash 8 ? No flashto go or blaze to pdf Thank you ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing color of the scrollbar in the List Component

2006-03-28 Thread Aaron Smith
id say this is a pretty good article: http://www.macromedia.com/ devnet/flash/articles/skinning_fl8.html there is also a video tutorial here: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/ - called v2 component skinning (under select a tutorial) also you want to skin the UIScrollbar. The list component uses

[Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Anderson
Hello All, I am getting very confused here, on how to get the onRollOver and onRollOut events to be broadcasted whenever the mouse moves over a Flash Component, contained within a MovieClip using a Class File. The component in this particular instance, is the Push Button. When reading the

Re: [Flashcoders] Help with MovieClipLoader

2006-03-28 Thread David Farrell
When movieLoader loads a clip, once it has finished, all the properties of that clip are reset to default values. This includes on events This is how I deal with the issue: createEmptyMovieClip(_cancelOrder, getNextHighestDepth()); loader.loadClip(buttonCancelOrder.gif,

[Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread eric dolecki
I'm about to create an uber-class that is basically something that controls walkthroughs of various situations. I have configuration states... (sets of three basically) var CONFIG_1A :Number = 0; // Has item A var CONFIG_1B:Number = 1; // Has item A and B var CONFIG_1C:Number = 2;

RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread Scott Hyndman
Bitwise arithmentic would be much more appropriate (if I understand correctly) var CONFIG_A:Number = 1; var CONFIG_B:Number = 2; var CONFIG_C:Number = 4; var CONFIG_D:Number = 8; So a configuration of A and C would be. var aAndC:Number = A | C; To detect config numbers, do the following: if

RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
This is how I like to organize that type of thing - I would do an array of objects - then just set properties on those objects, some of which can be arrays if you want - or anything else. Like this: var numObjects:Number = 15; var Config:Array = new Array(); for(var i=0; inumObjects; i++){

RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread Scott Hyndman
Here's a little tutorial that seems to cover it, if you don't understand my example. http://www.nwnlexicon.com/compiled/primer.bitwiseoperators.html Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Scott Hyndman Sent: Tue 3/28/2006 2:48 PM To: Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread eric dolecki
would that work with combinations of 3 or 4? aAndCAndDAndE = A | C | D | E ? On 3/28/06, Scott Hyndman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bitwise arithmentic would be much more appropriate (if I understand correctly) var CONFIG_A:Number = 1; var CONFIG_B:Number = 2; var CONFIG_C:Number = 4; var

[Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

2006-03-28 Thread Gene Jannece
I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what are the pros and cons of other projectors? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

[Flashcoders] MXI Creator and Ant build

2006-03-28 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
I've been trying to package some class files with MXI File creator (Excellent tool -by the way) and My stack of class files is getting bigger. Can MXI File Creator use ANT. I'm starting to feel like it might be time for me to learn ANT and if I could use it for this part of my project it would be

Re: [Flashcoders] Makin a Game

2006-03-28 Thread elibol
To do what you seem to be questioning, maybe 2 classes, a shapeData object, and a shapeManager, the latter would serve to manage shapeData objects. shapeData objects would store a shapes library ID, along with any user interactive changes that the original shape may under go. The shapeManager

RE: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread Scott Hyndman
yeah, sure. Any combination of numbers you want. Just make sure all of your CONFIG_* variables are ascending 2^n numbers (hence the bitwise, we're dealing with binary number reps here). So... 1 2 4 8 16 32 ...and so on You'll find that this technique is used frequently in many frameworks and

Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread Daniel Cascais
I think you could use something like the example I had posted some time ago. It uses the technique Scott is mentioning. http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-January/158404.html ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Michael Bedar
Whats wrong with this? myButton.onPress=function(){ // } Alternatively, use delegate to call a function from the correct scope. myButton.onPress=Delegate.create(this, myButton_Click) On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Mike Anderson wrote: Hello All, I am getting very confused here, on how to

Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread John Mark Hawley
You want to use bit flags for your constants... http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/bitwise.html (plenty of other tutorials floating around as well, if that don't float yer boat...) -Mark Hawley From: eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/03/28 Tue PM 01:44:20 CST

[Flashcoders] Automated extracting screenshots from .swf's

2006-03-28 Thread David Rorex
Hi, I am looking for an automated way in which I can automatically extract frames from a .swf into a bitmap image (.jpg, .bmp, whatever). My ideal program would work like this: swf2jpg.exe --input myMovie.swf --frame 2 --output myMovie_F2.jpg And then it would extract frame 2 from myMovie.swf

Re: [Flashcoders] Automated extracting screenshots from .swf's

2006-03-28 Thread Dave Mennenoh
It'd be pretty easy to do this with Director. Not sure about any of the other Flash wrappers though. Dave - Adobe Community Expert www.blurredistinction.com www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Anderson
Hello Michael - thanks for the reply - I guess my real question is, why isn't onRollOver and onRollOut natively part of the Events that the Button Components can broadcast? In the help docs, there is only 1 mentioned Event - which is click - It just seems odd, that I have to use one method of

Re: [Flashcoders] Architecture opinion...

2006-03-28 Thread Dave Mennenoh
Here's another tutorial on using bitmasks that I think is a nice one: http://www.vipan.com/htdocs/bitwisehelp.html Dave - Adobe Community Expert www.blurredistinction.com www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ ___

Re: [Flashcoders] WebService - Linux

2006-03-28 Thread David Rorex
On 3/27/06, franto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'd like to know if it is needed something in system installed (problem is in Linux) to run webServices i got Flash example with webServices which works on Windows, Linux with many stuff installed, but on some Linux with few things

[Flashcoders] Is there a way to retrieve the order of a given item in my dataset?

2006-03-28 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
It would seem that would be something easy to obtain - I want to find out the current index of the selected item in my DataSet. I checked the ID property and it's not a regular index like an array. Do I have to go through actually dumping the content into an Array or is there an easier way.

RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Scott Hyndman
It's not really up to the component developer to decide what may or may not be done with any control. Of course there are limits to this, but I would expect that with any visual component a roll over event is a reasonable thing to expect. Swing (MouseMoveListener), Cocoa (tracking rects), and

[Flashcoders] OT: Programmer Job in Salt Lake City

2006-03-28 Thread Jason Lutes
The company I work for is looking to hire full-time, on-site (SLC, Utah) Flash programmers. We develop training and courseware for a variety of clients. Candidates don't have to be über programmers, but MUST be very comfortable with Flash and ActionScript coding. Additional Web programming

RE: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Anderson
Hello All - thanks for the interesting input. For those who DO want to enable the RollOver and RollOut functionality, I did finally get it working - and all using code that already existed within the SimpleButton.as file. If you open up the file, and scroll way to the bottom, there are in fact

Re: [Flashcoders] Un-HQX, Burn in Mac, make ISO in PC, and make copies in PC

2006-03-28 Thread Ramon Miguel M. Tayag
Sorry for the late reply; I was out of town. Ok, thank you for all your comments. I'll check these out! :) On 3/21/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ramon, Why don't use hdiutil included on the mac to convert the image or cd into the correct format? I think even that you use

Re: [Flashcoders] Using onRollOver and onRollOut inside a Class File??

2006-03-28 Thread Charles Parcell
To respecfully debate the issue... All the examples you listed are all self aware events not broadcast level events. Broadcasting so that other components can respond is pointless for enter/leave events Charles P. On 3/28/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question to you would

Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

2006-03-28 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what are the pros and cons of other projectors? Flash Magazine did a comparison of projectors. http://www.flashmagazine.com/1095 http://www.flashmagazine.com/1097 It's a

Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

2006-03-28 Thread Grant Cox
We just did our first application with a projector app like this. Thankfully the target was only for Windows 2000 and XP, but it needed to support nice transparency with non-rectangular windows. First I gave Screenweaver OS a go, but it has some major bugs, and almost no development (well,

RE: RE: [Flashcoders] non breaking space in html textfield, Flash MX 2004

2006-03-28 Thread Ian Wood
Hi, I've been pulling my hair out over this one too, and I eventually found a solution (too late for the project I was working on, but good enough for the next one!). The problem is to get Flash to embed the font outline for the non breaking space. There is a file called :

Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

2006-03-28 Thread stacey
SWF Studio all the way. The customer support is amazing and the people who work there are both knowledgable and helpful- rare indeed. On 3/29/06, Gene Jannece [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been reading pros and cons of using Zinc, I started to wonder what are the pros and cons of other

Re: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

2006-03-28 Thread André Nachtigall Tessmann
Hello, I`ll start with the development of a big application next week, and we need to use these projectors. I`ll be a commercial product, so i think that it`s very important that i take the right way on the beginning. What you thing guys, should i develop it that i can easily change between

RE: [Flashcoders] If not Zinc, then what?

2006-03-28 Thread Robin Burrer
I agree, the swf studio support is just phenomenal. I have been using swf studio for over two years now and I never had any issues. It's just a great wrapper, which offers a lot of features. The pricing is very reasonable as well. It's not cross platform though. Robin -Original

[Flashcoders] Window Component doesn't close

2006-03-28 Thread Lieven Cardoen
I have a window component that doesn't close. It does trigger the click-event, but hintWindow.deletePopUp() or evt.target.deletePopUp() doesn't seem to have any effect. Inside the window component is a mediaplayback component, which works fine. How do I get rid of this popup