The useWeakReference parameter of EventDispatcher.addEventListener()
does not seem to work. Also, the method has a bug, which is that the
event listner function cannot be deleted with the parameter set to true.
Flash 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview:
Does useWeakReference parameter of
Hi there,
I try to find some ressource of the best environnement for as coding on Mac
Intel.
Also Flex 2.
Eclipse seems to be the best way but I cannot find some good way to have as
3 / mxml autocompletion.
Maybe there is other / better ?
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Hello John,
On 9/12/06, John Axel Eriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You could look into Delegate or Proxy... makes these
I've looked up the Delegate and it is for Components
and I don't use them. And the Proxy is a bad keyword
for searching - could you please give me an URL?
I have put my
Hi,
Delegate is not only for components, it works for anycase where you wish to
run functions in another scope.
greetz
JC
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Hello John,
On 9/12/06, John Axel Eriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You could look into Delegate or Proxy... makes
ok, thats nice to know :)
any known solutions to this?
-Meinte
On 9/12/06, Fumio Nonaka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The useWeakReference parameter of EventDispatcher.addEventListener()
does not seem to work. Also, the method has a bug, which is that the
event listner function cannot be deleted
pardon me, it seems to be described in the thread.
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function callback(eventObject:Event):void {
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, callback, false);
// callback = null;
trace([this, callback]);
}
// callback.self = callback;
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,
Yeah, exactly. You can use it for anything. You should also check
this out:
http://www.person13.com/articles/proxy/Proxy.htm
A nicer version of Delegate.
What a Delegate/Proxy does is to execute a callback in another scope.
So instead you could do it
like this(I'm using Proxy, but you can
That's a good idea hadn't thought of that. Mind you, don't think we
can use FP8 but worth considering.
I'm still looking for the reason that it doesn't work straight from the
hard drive though. Is it a Flash player thing or a service pack thing?
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It seems that it's not possible to set the playHeadTime of an FLVComponent
unless it's streaming - is there any way to get it to work on a local file
running on a CD-ROM? I want to be able to scrub through the video using
code.
Danny
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gray scale. Is this possible using new functions in flash 8 ... like
copybitmap or anything? Has anyone tried this?
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Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone has already tried webcam color tracking
inside Flash 8 or 9...? So not the difference motion tracking that
you see everywhere but tracking one particular color. Or I should say
range of colors...
I started out with getColorBoundsRect but that doesn't
IT WORKS Wow. Those are some fine googlin skills you got there (why
didn't I think of that). Thanks for your help!
Stanford
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We wrote one recently for a client. You can download it from here:
http://www.view.uk.com/temp/video.player.zip
Jason.
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We wrote one recently for a client. You can download it from here:
http://www.view.uk.com/temp/video.player.zip
Wow, thanks Jason, that's really helpful.
Danny
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Hello everyone!
I have a huge problem. I have made a game which also
has a highscore feature, and I have some kid who is
always cheating and submitting fake scores. I was
checking this list and i have found a discussion on
this theme from 2003. I am just interested, has
anything changed since
Almin Sehic schrieb:
What is the best way to
protect the highscore?
don't put it online.
micha
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There was a pretty thorough discussion of this on the FlashGameCoders
list the other day - it might be worth you taking a look there.
HTH,
Ian
On 9/12/06, Almin Sehic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your sollution is good, but the other paramters dont
allow me to use it. It has to stay online.
S.
Hello everyone!
I have a huge problem. I have made a game which also
has a highscore feature, and I have some kid who is
always cheating and submitting fake scores. I was
checking this list and i have found a discussion on
this theme from 2003. I am just interested, has
anything changed
We wrote one recently for a client. You can download it from here:
http://www.view.uk.com/temp/video.player.zip
Wow, thanks Jason, that's really helpful.
I've been examining this and it's great, but it suffers the same problems
that my version did: it doesn't scrub the video to an exact
If a Flash application (on the web) would have access to your harddrive, Adobe
would be out of business in no time.
That goes for any web application really..
Muzak
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Thank you John, the Delegate has been just what
I needed - I've just replaced the 2 lines and it works:
listener.onLoadProgress =
Delegate.create(this, display_progress);
listener.onLoadInit =
Delegate.create(this,
Another method is to have the server send out a generated hash code of
some sort to the client (that expires after a set time); for the
client to encrypt the score using the code and send it back.
Yet another mentioned on FlashCoders is to do the above, but send
(along with score and name) game
From what I can see of the tweenies one it does upload the photo - it
just takes care of the where from bit with the text:
Create a folder on your c drive called temp and save the file here,
naming it me.jpg
I assume this triggers a php script or something similar to upload it
from that location
If the video is short, and is playing from a cd, why not make every frame a
keyframe when you encode the flv?
jimbo
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On 9/12/2006 at 1:18 PM Danny Kodicek wrote:
We wrote one recently for a client. You can download it from here:
Danny Kodicek schrieb:
We wrote one recently for a client. You can download it from here:
http://www.view.uk.com/temp/video.player.zip
Wow, thanks Jason, that's really helpful.
I've been examining this and it's great, but it suffers the same problems
that my version did: it doesn't scrub the
If the video is short, and is playing from a cd, why not make
every frame a keyframe when you encode the flv?
Because there's quite a lot of video and we don't want the filesize to bloat
(also we may want to put it online in the future)
Danny
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I just went through that nightmare myself related to UI components.
What I ended up doing was a kludgy workaround using setInterval, storing
the selection indicies:
//capture the selection span in the currently focused textfield and save
it for when other UI elements are focused .
//A kludgy
Just found this beutiful website. As a programmer that loves design, I found
this to be a valuable resouce to keep up to date with webdesign tendencies
and to study web/interface and design in general. Very cool!
Is there something like that for flash? What other websites about design
would you
Does anybody have a function to close all branches in tree
component???(V2 component Flash)
Thx, Lieven Cardoen
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On 9/12/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anybody have a function to close all branches in tree
component???(V2 component Flash)
Thx, Lieven Cardoen
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Here is my old code
Good luck!
function CloseAll() {
var i:Number;
var j:Number;
j = this.length;
for(i = 0; i j; i++) {
var oNode:XMLNode = this.getTreeNodeAt(i);
if(oNode != undefined this.getIsBranch(oNode)) {
this.CloseNode(oNode);
OUPS!
This code is attached to the tree instance!
;-)
A+
Éric Thibault a écrit :
Here is my old code
Good luck!
function CloseAll() {
var i:Number;
var j:Number;
j = this.length;
for(i = 0; i j; i++) {
var oNode:XMLNode = this.getTreeNodeAt(i);
if(oNode !=
Thx.
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Sent: dinsdag 12 september 2006 16:10
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Close all brances in tree component
OUPS!
This code is attached to the tree instance!
;-)
Thanks Zeh!
I understand the concept of what you're saying to do, but don't understand
how to apply it.
Right now I'm doing this:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
framePos = int(_xmouse / 200 *( _parent._totalframes));
if (framePos0) {
_parent.gotoAndStop(_parent._totalframes + ((framePos + 1) %
Hi,
If I use this code below without having a TextArea TextInput
component in my library the TextArea component creation fails.
import mx.controls.TextArea;
import mx.controls.TextInput;
clip.createClassObject( TextInput, newname, depth );
clip.createClassObject( TextArea, newname2, depth2
Gotta have the components in the library
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Subject: [Flashcoders] TextArea and TextInput differences in creation,
why?
Wade - I assume you have already, but have you also posted on the
Flexcoders list?
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
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And don't forget to post the location in your subject line!
-Scott
On 9/12/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wade - I assume you have already, but have you also posted on the
Flexcoders list?
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Hi Robert,
I only have TextArea in my Library and everything works.
Maybe TextArea contains everything TextInput needs to exist.
I just looked at the classes for both and they are quite different, I
don't have time to drill down through all the dependencies and
inheritance, but I imagine
that's the problem - they're hard to find. When I was at blitz, must have
interviewed everyone in Los Angeles that even thought about Actionscript /
flash. Good ones were extremely hard to find, and they were either already
working for us or 2-3 competitors.
there just aren't many out there.
Hello,
I have a strange certificate problem with Flash8.
I am building a flash app that runs on local computers. The app uses
LoadVars and sendAndLoad methods to send and load parameters to a distant
php page in HTTPS.
I have configured the global security panel of the flash player to add the
one thing I've been trying to champion is to embrace more telecommuters and
take an aggressive stance on it where they go after people not wanting to
relocate. I think when companies finaly come to grips with letting people
work from home, and learn how to filter out bad eggs (people who get
I have a flash banner on my site that is parsing xml and displaying a
navigation menu. I have recieved a couple of reports that some users
are unable to click through to the pages linked in the navigation.
Could as many as possible take a look at the site and tell me if the
navigation works. If
Working OK here - FF / PC.
On 9/12/06, Aaron Roberson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a flash banner on my site that is parsing xml and displaying a
navigation menu. I have recieved a couple of reports that some users
are unable to click through to the pages linked in the navigation.
Could as
I completely agree. I've seen hundreds of good job postings that I was
extremely interested in, but didn't apply because I have no need to
re-locate.
The fact that I worked at home (Canada, eh!) for a company in Chicago for
over two years really proved it to me. They got the type of geek they
I have been on this list for years and have seen all the job postings and
have posted some myself. I am looking to hire 5 Flex 2.0 and 3 flash
developers. I have tried posting on dice and monster and have yet to get
resumes that come close to the qualifications that I need. So I have to
ask
where
I have to install flash player 9... are those users having the problems
without administrator rights?
:-\
Aaron Roberson a écrit :
I have a flash banner on my site that is parsing xml and displaying a
navigation menu. I have recieved a couple of reports that some users
are unable to click
Once I installed flash 9 it worked fine.
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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:02 AM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Site Check Please
I have a flash banner on my site that
paul barnes-hogget had an argument about supply and demand in the
flex/flasharena which i thought is very apt. he stated that as flex and
flash is such a hot technology the demand is very high, thus with normal
market factors wages tend to rise. big companies want to use the technology,
but due
I'd look at doing an installer. That would probably be on of the easiest
routes and would be guaranteed to work.
!k
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I completely agree with Johannes approach. Knowledge of the ins and outs of
flash/flex/actionscript isn't half as important as an ability to pick up new
technologies, follow best practices and work effectively as a member of a
team.
I think if you ask if they can do something, and they can't
Yeh, it might be overkill to publish as Flash 9 just for a navigation
system.
On 9/12/06, Ryan Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Once I installed flash 9 it worked fine.
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So... euhm.. no one?
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone has already tried webcam color tracking
inside Flash 8 or 9...? So not the difference motion tracking that
you see everywhere but tracking one particular color. Or I should
say range of colors...
I started out with
Hi,
Try this for checking if one string contains another:
public static function contains(str:String, val:String):Boolean {
return str.indexOf(val) != -1 ? true : false;
}
Also, try to avoid attaching your functions directly to buttons, as it makes
scoping tricky:
Yes I am trying to figure out how to do this. Any ideas ?
Do you know why a browser window running the application displays the
security pop-up windows whereas the flash player nor the zinc .exe does not
displays the same security pop-up, and don't even reach the https server ?
(I trace an
Why not just:
public static function contains(str:String, val:String):Boolean {
return str.indexOf(val) = 0;
}
?
A tad more concise (you don't need the ? true : false part), and
avoids the problem your function has that if str is null or undefined,
it returns true.
―
Mike Keesey
wierd...how do you suppose they did it here then?:
http://www.mambers.com/chat/preloader.swf
i thought about picking the string apart and piecign together some new
movieclips/text fields to display the content, but that would get crazy when
the text spans multiple lines. the link above handles
Good point! That function has been hanging around in my library for about 2
years and I never really thought much about it...
Thanks,
Jim
On 9/12/06, Mike Keesey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why not just:
public static function contains(str:String, val:String):Boolean {
return
I would agree with all that's been said - I couldn't have said it better
Finding the type of person has become the focus. We designed some
questioning that really helped us weed through the people that would most
likely be good candidates for coming up to speed. Then you get into work
ethic,
they use on textfield per line and just leave a space in the text itself
cleverly done. this can be seen by selecting the line of text
On 9/12/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
wierd...how do you suppose they did it here then?:
http://www.mambers.com/chat/preloader.swf
i thought
They measure the width of each character and then insert spaces where the
image should be placed. Then the image is attached onto a movieclip using
as a coordinates the sum of the width of all the characters in one line.
If the text spans into multiple lines, that´s no problem neither. You
I completely agree as well, but the initial problem remains: Finding someone
with those talents.
I consider myself extremely talented in those areas, but won't relocate.
Employers should definitely consider giving remote workers a chance to prove
themselves through contract work if they really
There needs to be creative agencies that works this way.
Clients can still deal with account managers and directors locally,
but they access their remote teams to get it done.
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On 9/12/06, Éric Thibault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have to install flash player 9... are those users having the problems
without administrator rights?
:-\
No, they have adminstrative rights. In fact, one of them told me they
had to install Flash 9 but once they did and returned to the
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion.html
On 9/12/06, Serge Jespers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So... euhm.. no one?
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone has already tried webcam color tracking
inside Flash 8 or 9...? So not the difference motion tracking that
you see
I really thought I was publishing as Flash 8. Is it possible to
publish for Flash 9 anyways? Perhaps is is just the detection script
that is requiring Flash 9, in which case the navigation system should
work without it.
Any ideas?
On 9/12/06, Mick G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeh, it might be
Yeah, I've done some work with it.
The trick is to apply some contrast filters to reduce the colour depth, and
be a bit more picky about getting your source colour. You can do the
getColourBoundsRect thing, but it's still pretty inaccurate though.
Alias
On 12/09/06, Serge Jespers [EMAIL
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So it didn't work without Flash 9? Do you know if you had Flash 7 or 8
Are you using swfObject? If not I would give it a look. The detection
works great.
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This maybe the component you are referring to:
http://home.tiscali.nl/~erikwe/component/TextFieldExtension.mxp
HTH,
-Keith
http://home.mn.rr.com/keithreinfeld
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can't I call a function inside a ns.onStatus ?
ie:
ns.onStatus = function(info) {
if(info.code == NetStream.Play.Start) {
trace(info.code);
callTheFunction();
}
}
the trace line executes, an any other event occurs normally, but the
callTheFunction() is never called?
not the difference motion tracking that you see everywhere but
tracking one particular color
Thanks tho...
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion.html
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Interesting...
So you didn't use getColorBoundsRect?
Did you 'walk through' all pixels then? Or how exactly do you search
for the color?
Serge
Yeah, I've done some work with it.
The trick is to apply some contrast filters to reduce the colour
depth, and
be a bit more picky about
its a scope issue, try delegating the onstatus function
On 9/12/06, Christian Pugliese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
can't I call a function inside a ns.onStatus ?
ie:
ns.onStatus = function(info) {
if(info.code == NetStream.Play.Start) {
trace(info.code);
callTheFunction();
Hi List!
I use FlashDevelop to write my classes, and I use MTASC as bug-checker
in FlashDevelop. I am working on a little 3d experiment and
(apparently), I use the flash.geom.Point class. (I guess the BitmapData
class uses the Point class, 'cause I'm not using it in my class...).
Now, the
it's a scope issue. ns object doesn't know about calltheFunction()
use Delegate
import mx.utils.Delegate;
...later in your code
ns.onStatus = Delegate.create(this, myCustomStatusMethod);
private function myCustomStatusMethod(evtObj:Object):Void
{
trace(evtObj.info);
f(evtObj.code ==
Hello :)
where is your function ? :)
var write = function ( message ) {
trace( + message) ;
}
ns.onStatus = function(info) {
if (info.code == NetStream.Play.Start)
{
write( info.code ) ;
}
}
???
EKA+ :)
2006/9/12, Christian Pugliese [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
can't I call a
Well... I need to be able to track a LED light.
I want to be able to track the position of the light to substitute a
mouse...
Serge
depending on what you want to do, I've converted stuff to black and
white
(thank you keith peters) for easier tacking. Alias' suggestion is
in the
same
Hey list,
I'm trying to port an app to IE running on Windows Mobile 5.0, but I'm
fighting with the IE renderer.
I can't seem to get something to open perfectly in the browser without any
scroll bars. I can size it just right so the vertical scroll bars aren't
visible, but anytime I try to
I totally agree with John. Either you put up with what your city has
to offer, try to get people to move, or you go after telecommuting
talent. I'm based in Boston and we have a pretty big pool of talented
Flash/Flex developers and it's still hard to find people that are
willing to change jobs or
It is really weird how developers either find or fix problems/ issues at the
same time as others... This should be a topic for research. -- I was just
dealing with this today, and after some poking around discovered that the
compiler is set to build to FP7 by default (even if you're not using
We're looking for a Flash/actionscript developer available now to
work on a short-term project.
Timing: Immediate, with a hard completion deadline of October 15, 2006.
Locale: We're located in the North American Pacific timezone (GMT
-8) but are willing to consider fluent English-speaking
Hi Erik,
I recently built a small Pocket PC application for IE. The only way I found
to eliminate both scroll bars is to set the View menu option in IE to One
Column otherwise I can't get rid of the horizontal scrollbar. I also
experimented with various size parameters and scaling to determine
I don't use browsers because it's supposed to be an .exe in the end, but
interestingly, I have tested on both Firefox and IE, and I have noticed that
when I install permanently the certificate with Firefox, then, when I run
the .exe there is no communication with the https page, and there's no
Hey thanks for the info Harald.
I fiddled around with it some more and on the Verizon XV6700 I got it pretty
locked at 240w x 245h running in default mode with leftMargin and topMargin
set to 0. Nice and tight all the way around the bottom and top nav bars.
It seems that there is some play in
that doesnt look like it does anything with inline images, that is a pretty
cool component.
On 9/12/06, Keith Reinfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This maybe the component you are referring to:
http://home.tiscali.nl/~erikwe/component/TextFieldExtension.mxp
HTH,
-Keith
There are none so blind...
-Keith
http://home.mn.rr.com/keithreinfeld
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I recently built a iTunes similar html/Flash hybrid site, where each song
result has an embedded flash object sample player, based on streaming FLVs.
Using the mediator pattern, I have created a single flash component that
manages the streaming audio, through a single netStream object. And each
Thanks, Scott! That did it :-).
slangeberg wrote:
It is really weird how developers either find or fix problems/ issues
at the
same time as others... This should be a topic for research. -- I was
just
dealing with this today, and after some poking around discovered that the
compiler is set to
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