[Flashcoders] help with embedded fonts...

2006-07-11 Thread grimmwerks
It's got to be something stupid. I'm using the textformatter from netdrims -- I've got an input TextField that I only want Baskerville to be used - but the ability to set the bold or italic is needed. I've embedded the font in the field but when I set text as bold or italic, it disappears.

Re: [Flashcoders] help with embedded fonts...

2006-07-11 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi grimm, You need to embed the italic and bold versions of the font, too. Best bet is to stick all three in off-screen dynamic textfields somewhere (or exported in your library). HTH, Ian On 7/11/06, grimmwerks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's got to be something stupid. I'm using the

RE: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm

2006-07-11 Thread neo binedell
Try something like this http://www.cedesign.com/cefx/reviews/reviews1_avbros.html ~neo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guntur N. Sarwohadi Sent: 06 July 2006 03:15 AM To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] jigsaw

Re: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm

2006-07-11 Thread Guntur N. Sarwohadi
Thanks guys for the reply. Now I have a better understanding on how to achieve the effect. Currently i'm planning to provide vector puzzle pieces as mask templates first. Once that's done, I would try to start working on dynamically drawing the puzzle nubs and cutouts.. I like the review Neo

Re: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm

2006-07-11 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, with respect to the combining pieces, why would you use onEnterFrame to update the other pieces? Of course I dont know the details of your implementation, but it would seem that if you had puzzle clumps (in want of a better term), meaning groups of already combined pieces you could either

Re: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm

2006-07-11 Thread Guntur N. Sarwohadi
Hi Hans, Hmm.. I'm not sure what was I thinking when I was writing about onEnterFrame, coz like you describe earlier, I didn't use any onEnterFrame either.. gosh, this what happens when you don't have enough coffee with you after 2 days of no sleep :p.. well, anyway, in onMouseMove, I broadcast

Re: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm

2006-07-11 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, does it displace until you stop moving, or displace and screws it up completely? It sounds like either one of the updates you broadcast are not coming through, or the updates are based on the wrong offsets. I assume that if you move a group of 3, the 2 that should be moved automatically ARE

Re: [Flashcoders] Text Arching...

2006-07-11 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi Umesh, You sent this exact same question on the 26th of June, and got 19 replies... I'm not sure why you need to ask it again..? Old threads here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-June/168431.html and here:

[Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Chris McFadyen aka Grayson Carlyle
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how I can dynamically reference variables passed via a GET string into the swf using this. Hello :) in AS3 you use directly variables in global when you use a new .as ! package { static globalVariable = {} ; // your in topLevel !!!

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Charles Parcell
or what about stage[myVar] Charles P. On 7/11/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this[myVar] doesn't work?? Charles P. On 7/11/06, Chris McFadyen aka Grayson Carlyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how I can dynamically reference

[Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Chris McFadyen aka Grayson Carlyle
flash.display.Stage is a sealed class and can't contain swf-passed variables. QUOTE or what about stage[myVar] Charles P. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Derek Vadneau
Create an object in the global scope to contain your variables, let's call it _global. Then reference it as: _global[myVar]; Or if you don't like the idea of a global object, create a dynamic class to do the same. Derek Vadneau - Original Message - From: Chris McFadyen aka Grayson

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread eka
Hello :) in french : http://www.ekameleon.net/blog/index.php?2006/07/06/35--as3-le-_global-bien-cache- EKA+ :) 2006/7/11, Derek Vadneau [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Create an object in the global scope to contain your variables, let's call it _global. Then reference it as: _global[myVar]; Or if you

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Chris McFadyen aka Grayson Carlyle
That however requires putting those variables into the global object (which I don't have a problem with), but I don't know the names of these variables... that's why I need dynamic variable references. On 7/11/06, Derek Vadneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Create an object in the global scope to

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Derek Vadneau
No, you don't need to know the name of the variable. myVar isn't the name of the variable, it's a variable that holds the name of the variable. So: function getVar(myVar) { return _globla[myVar]; } getVar(variableDelta); You need to know the variable name at some point to create it and to

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Chris McFadyen aka Grayson Carlyle
Aha! The solution is to have the global object on the stage AS code: var global = this; Simple enough, but I was always trying to do it within an as file: package { var global = this; class MyClass() { } } Which will cause a compile error for referencing this outside of a class. Thanks

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Juan Anorga
Hi, You may want to check out flash.display.LoaderInfo[1]. It has a property parameters that has all the variables passed to the swf via querystring and flashvars. The DisplayObject at the top of the display list will have a loaderInfo property with an instance of the LoaderInfo class. Hope

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Chris McFadyen aka Grayson Carlyle
That's the one! Thanks :D On 7/11/06, Juan Anorga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, You may want to check out flash.display.LoaderInfo[1]. It has a property parameters that has all the variables passed to the swf via querystring and flashvars. The DisplayObject at the top of the display list will

Re: [Flashcoders] Output to Text File

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Boutin
I believe you would need to use something such as php for this. kelly snyder wrote: I am trying to find a way to get my Flash file read from and write to ASCII text files. I would like to run the swf or exe file on my local machine, with an input test file and an output text file in the same

RE: [Flashcoders] Creating Custom Documentation MXP

2006-07-11 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
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RE: [Flashcoders] help with embedded fonts...

2006-07-11 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Hi grimm, You need to embed the italic and bold versions of the font, too. Best bet is to stick all three in off-screen dynamic textfields somewhere (or exported in your library). Old school Flasher trick - works like a charm. Nice suggestion for all these code monkeys who forget (or never

Re: [Flashcoders] Output to Text File

2006-07-11 Thread Adrian Park
You can do it with something like Zinc ( http://www.multidmedia.com/ ) or Jugglor (http://www.flashjester.com/). There is also the open source Screenweaver (http://screenweaver.org/) which can do this I think. There are also other similar solutions - try

Re: [Flashcoders] Text Arching...

2006-07-11 Thread Bernard Poulin
uhoh... potential help vampire identified! - Just want to add a detail you did not mention: The Nike uniform builder text style has two different types of arching: #1- normal (letters simply rotated individually following a path) #2- shear (vertical lines stays vertical) -- #1 is easy

Re: [Flashcoders] help with embedded fonts...

2006-07-11 Thread Weyert de Boer
Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: Old school Flasher trick - works like a charm. Nice suggestion for all these code monkeys who forget (or never learned) Flash stuff and for all the newbies who are still learning. :) I just go nuts with all the font issues I have with Flash on the Mac. It's not

Re: [Flashcoders] list of files in a directory using FileReference or FileReferenceList

2006-07-11 Thread Jeff Jonez
Or you could use PHP or another scripting language. Jeff On 7/10/06, Marcos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can´t dynamic list all files, but you can popup a browser window, asking to the user select all files on the folder. This is for security reason. On 7/10/06, jordan robinson [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Php Host

2006-07-11 Thread Suzanne Harmon
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Re: [Flashcoders] Php Host

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Boutin
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RE: [Flashcoders] Problem while trying to connect to webservice...

2006-07-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
This is an old thread now, I was out all last week, but I see nobody responded to you. If you're still having this problem, then are you sure the wsdl is SOAP formatted correctly? Also, what happens when you paste the url to the wsdl in your browser - do you see the soap form of the wsdl?

Re: [Flashcoders] list of files in a directory using FileReference or FileReferenceList

2006-07-11 Thread Marcos Neves
You your application will be desktop(not online throught the browser), you always can embed the swf inside a application that would list the files for you and do the communication using the external API. On 7/11/06, jordan robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes i want to list the files in a

RE: [Flashcoders] help with embedded fonts...

2006-07-11 Thread Palmer, Jim
On a side note, use setNewTextFormat() as well as setTextFormat() seeing as it's an input field... TextField.setTextFormat(TextFormat); TextField.setNewTextFormat(TextFormat); and yes you need to embed all the font glyphs, bold and italic. -- Jim Palmer ! Mammoth Web Operations -Original

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Chris Allen
For compile time checks, just use a private constructor. As ActionScript allows one to access a private (not really private) super constructor in a subclass this works perfectly. At least this is what I do when I need an Abstract class in ActionScript. E.G. class

Re: [Flashcoders] help with embedded fonts...

2006-07-11 Thread Iv
Hello grimmwerks, http://www.sharedfonts.com/eng/faq.html#include -- Ivan Dembicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.design.ru ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Php Host

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RE: Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Geoffrey Williams
AS3 doesn't support private constructors. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Allen Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:06 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3? For compile time checks, just

Re: [Flashcoders] list of files in a directory using FileReference or FileReferenceList

2006-07-11 Thread jordan robinson
yes zinc was the other software that was hinted in doing the job ( http://www.multidmedia.com/support/learning/help/HTML/zinc/2.5/ index.html?filesystem_getfilelist().htm ). jordan On Jul 11, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Pedro Furtado wrote: I use zinc myself and it works just fine for most things.

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2006-07-11 Thread phaedrus
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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread eka
Hello ;) In AS3 the private keyword it's removed !! ;) You can't use this keyword for your constructor :) EKA+ :) 2006/7/11, Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For compile time checks, just use a private constructor. As ActionScript allows one to access a private (not really private) super

Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Cédric Néhémie
Chris, from the latest AS3 Language Reference (http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/index.html), in compile-time errors section : 1153 - A constructor can only be declared public I don't understand why Adobe do that ? If somebody have an idea, I'ld be buyer ? Chris Allen wrote: For

Re: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Chris Allen
Yep, Just realized you guys were talking AS3. My bad. -Chris On 7/11/06, eka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello ;) In AS3 the private keyword it's removed !! ;) You can't use this keyword for your constructor :) EKA+ :) 2006/7/11, Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For compile time checks, just

RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Mike
That does seem stupid and completely pointless. I use private constructors all the time. Is there an official rationale for this? -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cédric Néhémie Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:30 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread eka
private constructor is not ECMAScript ! to create a Singleton you can use a simple object inherit internal class, it's more clean :) links about this subject : http://blog.jasonnussbaum.com/?p=112 french discussion about this subject :

Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread eka
yes but i speak very badly in english !!! i can't explain you easily this change :( EKA+ :) 2006/7/11, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That does seem stupid and completely pointless. I use private constructors all the time. Is there an official rationale for this? -- T. Michael Keesey -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Mike
Yeah, but what if you're doing an enumeration class, like so: class TransitionState { private function TransitionState() { } public static var NOT_PLAYED_IN:TransitionState = new TransitionState(); public static var PLAYING_IN:TransitionState = new

Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Cédric Néhémie
I'm agree with Mike concerning the ECMAScript rationale : From the ECMA specifications (http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ecma-st/ECMA-262.pdf) 7.5.3 Future Reserved Words The following words are used as keywords in proposed extensions and are therefore reserved to allow for

Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread eka
Hello :) Yes for an enumeration you can use an internal class in your package and a Singleton namespace. private is good width a method and not a constructor. You can use throw error to limit your constructor or use internal keyworld, for me it's better ! EKA+ :) 2006/7/11, Cédric

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RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Francis Cheng
The official rationale can be found in Chapter 9 of the latest draft specification of ECMAScript 4th edition: quote Rationale: making a constructor always public reinforces the user model of classes, like functions, as constructors. While other languages allow constructors methods to be made

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RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Mike
I don't really care whether they allow private constructors or not, as long as they provide some way of accomplishing the same thing. Specifically, I want to be able to: 1) Limit the number of instances of certain classes (singletons, enumerations). 2) Have methods which are not attached to

Re: [Flashcoders] Security Sandbox issue ...

2006-07-11 Thread Josh Santangelo
You're getting this because there is no file at http:// my.abcnews.go.com/crossdomain.xml which specifies localhost as a valid host for connecting to its resources. If you work for Disney, perhaps you can ask them to sit this up for you (not likely I think, even if you do work for them).

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem while trying to connect to webservice...

2006-07-11 Thread Josh Santangelo
The WebServiceConnector component is used for connecting to SOAP- based web services. Make sure you are connecting to a service which is implemented in SOAP, and that you are using the URL to the WSDL version of the service. You can tell if the URL is correct because if you view it in a

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[Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello list, I´ve redesigned my preloader including the logic/code behind it. Each star represents a swf library being downloaded. It uses pixlib LibStack and GraphicLib to handle the loading of multiple swfs easily. I would really appreciate if you could take some of your time and visit my site

Re: [Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Weyert de Boer
I like it. Cool idea, maybe the precentage text could be smaller or something. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by

Re: [Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thanks for the reply Weyert! Did it load fine on your machine? On 7/11/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like it. Cool idea, maybe the precentage text could be smaller or something. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Steve Rachels
Loaded fine on both FF and IE. Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Hello list, I´ve redesigned my preloader including the logic/code behind it. Each star represents a swf library being downloaded. It uses pixlib LibStack and GraphicLib to handle the loading of multiple swfs easily. I would

Re: [Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thanks Steve :D -Marcelo. On 7/11/06, Steve Rachels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loaded fine on both FF and IE. Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Hello list, I´ve redesigned my preloader including the logic/code behind it. Each star represents a swf library being downloaded. It uses pixlib

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