[Flashcoders] modal dialogs go with depthmanager or?

2006-10-17 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi list, I'd like your to cents on this, I'm building an app with different layers, systemmessages, errordialogs, windows etc. Would you recommend using the DepthManager and the like in order to implement modal dialogs and stuff or would you implement your own mechanism? greetz JC

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE

2006-10-17 Thread David Buff
One way could be to draw a part of your image into a small BitmapData then do a getPixel, if the value is not 0, your image is loaded. I've a problem with IE and the flash loader too. But it's with request on cfm pages. After 200 requests, the connection come back with success, but the values

[Flashcoders] [Flash Mac Widget]Transparency

2006-10-17 Thread Oliver Müller
Hi, does anyone know how to make a swf transparent within a Mac widget? I only get white a white border though it works well in Safari. greetings, Olli this is my code: object classid=clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-44455354

RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Michael Trim
Oh man you're in for a treat. I've been using FlashDevelop for ages as an AS2 editor and wouldn't be without it now, but after following this thread I am trying to setup a project (something I have never done) and compile with MTASC... Got this working fine, retrofitting an old project(about to

RE: [Flashcoders] ppt to flash

2006-10-17 Thread Blumenthal, Peter
I looked into this recently, and trialled an number of solutions. the best I found was PowerCONVERTER by PresenationPro: http://www.presentationpro.com/Products/PowerCONVERTER.asp This does a great job of maintaining animations, slide transitions and audio. Pete This email may contain

[Flashcoders] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

2006-10-17 Thread Romain Ecarnot
Hi all and sorry for this quite not critic question ;) I'm currently search for an OpenSource Data charting framework,... unsuccessfully :( Google find some commercial products... but none OS. Have you any ideas about this ? or does I to add this on my TODO list ^_^ Thanks in addvance and have

RE: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

2006-10-17 Thread Toby
Can I recommend you subscribe to the SWFobject list and post this question there [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the point of the issue you are experiencing I would have thought this could have been also been influenced by browser behaviour and the installers behaviour, regardless of SWFObject, infact, I

[Flashcoders] flash synchronization

2006-10-17 Thread Wei Xiaobin
Dear Friends, We would ask a question about flash synchronization. We have 2 flash video files, which should be played in a synchronized way either within a flash container or two containers. Can you give us any hints and suggestions? Thank you very much for your attention! Sincere regards,

RE: [Flashcoders] flash synchronization

2006-10-17 Thread Pedro Furtado
Localconnection and cue points is the way to go :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wei Xiaobin Sent: terça-feira, 17 de Outubro de 2006 11:52 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] flash synchronization Dear

RE: [Flashcoders] ppt to flash

2006-10-17 Thread Alexander, Mary
Check out pdf2swf at www.swftools.org M. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Valério Guimarães Sent: Mon 10/16/2006 4:06 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] ppt to flash Hi all, I'm trying to convert ppt/pps to flash and I

RE: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

2006-10-17 Thread Kurt Dommermuth
HI Toby, Thanks for the comments. Can I get your opinion on something? I've gone the route of using express install because it seemed to be that at worst you wouldn't be redirected back. Are there other risks? Thanks, Kurt At 06:45 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote: Can I recommend you subscribe

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [osflash] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

2006-10-17 Thread Romain Ecarnot
Thanks Darren, I'll take a look in few hours... ;) Romain. ActionScript Developper. var myFramework : Fever http://code.google.com/p/as2fever/ = new Fever()http://code.google.com/p/as2fever/ ; ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Kurt Dommermuth
Hi, I think this has been pretty much said, but after having recently explored AS editor options I'd like to give my take. First, your needs are going to be based on how you work. I do a lot of scripting but I also mix in some hand animations and other frame based stuff. I'm not

Re: [Flashcoders] [Flash Mac Widget]Transparency

2006-10-17 Thread Geoff Stearns
you mean inside dashboard? i tried this when dashboard first came out, and I couldn't figure out how to get it working. On Oct 17, 2006, at 4:54 AM, Oliver Müller wrote: Hi, does anyone know how to make a swf transparent within a Mac widget? I only get white a white border though it

Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

2006-10-17 Thread Geoff Stearns
there's one other issue with expressinstall, and that is if you are using IE, and some other program on your system is using the flash player .ocx file, then when you finish the upgrade, and your original browser window closes and the new one opens, the page will still think that you have

RE: [Flashcoders] FLASC problem

2006-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
you're running any source control and have to check out the file, that could be the issue. I always get that error when I forget to close an already open swf-preview-window (the one that pops up after testing/compiling) Hmmm... thanks guys - however, I'm not running any source control - and the

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE

2006-10-17 Thread Andy Herrman
The problem we ran into happens both in IE 6 and 7. I'm guessing it's a bug in how the Flash plugin interfaces with IE. -Andy On 10/17/06, David Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One way could be to draw a part of your image into a small BitmapData then do a getPixel, if the value is not 0,

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [osflash] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

2006-10-17 Thread Michael Stuhr
Romain Ecarnot schrieb: Thanks Darren, I'll take a look in few hours... ;) Romain. ActionScript Developper. var myFramework : Fever http://code.google.com/p/as2fever/ = new Fever()http://code.google.com/p/as2fever/ ; please update your detectionscripts or use another, cause the preview links

[Flashcoders] Flashcoders Emails

2006-10-17 Thread Darren Cline
Am I missing something or is there not a way to link the titles at the top of the page to the actual e-mail? I am using Outlook (go figure) and can't seem to find a setting on the e-mail list home page. It's just that some of these are getting really long (especially when people leave in the reply

[Flashcoders] Re: [osflash] OpenSource Data Charting framework wanted ?

2006-10-17 Thread Darren Cook
I'm currently search for an OpenSource Data charting framework,... I've been working on such a library for a long time, with the intention to release as open source. I've a sourceforge page set up ( http://dcflash.sf.net/ ) and some demos (links and screenshots on the SF page), and am in the

Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Jörg Birkhold
hi michael, right-click your file in the project explorer and select always compile greetz joerg Michael Trim schrieb: What do I put in the IncludePackages Array? How do I force compilation of each class by adding it to the commandline? TIA, Michael

RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Michael Trim
right-click your file in the project explorer and select always compile Thanks joerg had found that, I'm downloading other examples of FDP's and examining their setup, almost there! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
I was just checking out the build options for a project in FlashDevelop, and it seems you can set it to compile with MTASC and/or inject code - so if that's true, would there be any reason to use FLASC when you're just writing code with FlashDevelop? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning

Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

2006-10-17 Thread Kurt Dommermuth
Hi Geoff, thank you for the clarification. so, as the creator of SWFobject, I'm sure you've put a ton of thought into this. (THANK YOU!) I want to do the best thing. would you say Basic Flash Embed with Express Install allowed is the best option? Or does it still succumb to the problem

Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

2006-10-17 Thread Geoff Stearns
most of my projects these days do have express install enabled, so i use the same code that is in the 'basic w/ express install' example. swfobject doesn't really do much in the way of express install - all it does is check to see if the user needs the upgrade or not, and then pass some

Re: [Flashcoders] Express Install (again)

2006-10-17 Thread Kurt Dommermuth
Thanks again Geoff. It means a lot coming from you as you've invested so much time thinking about it. Kurt At 10:10 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote: most of my projects these days do have express install enabled, so i use the same code that is in the 'basic w/ express install' example. swfobject

RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Pete Miller
I'm having the same problem and I don't think it was answered. How do I tell FlashDevelop/MTASC what/where my packages are? If my class path is MyDirectory, and I import components.* from MyDirectory/components, how do I add this to the setup? I've tried several combinations, but haven't hit

[Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

2006-10-17 Thread slangeberg
I know from reading this list that Steven is really into mProjector. I'm looking at acquiring a projector builder for Flash in our company. Our current task is to create executable CD apps / presentations, but it would be nice to have a system to create desktop apps (ala SpringBox), as well. How

Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Mark Winterhalder
On 10/17/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just checking out the build options for a project in FlashDevelop, and it seems you can set it to compile with MTASC and/or inject code - so if that's true, would there be any reason to use FLASC when you're just writing code with

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

2006-10-17 Thread Adrian Ionut Beschea
I used mProjector while developing an im chat client and I had little problems with it. Comes with loads of samples and support forum is prompt. I for one, think it has quite a good support for system windows and it's all synchonus meaning you don't have to add event listeners for anything.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

2006-10-17 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi Scott, As I've said a number of times on this list, the problem that I've had with Zinc is that they've twice broken (different) features in the product with new releases - features that I've relied upon. And whole version numbers have passed before they've released fixes to those newly

[Flashcoders] [JOB] Flash Developer: Domani Studios, Brooklyn

2006-10-17 Thread Corey Szopinski
Domani Studios seeks an inspired and motivated Flash developer to join our team. Responsibilities include creating and building experiential projects guided by a creative and technical lead. You will create games, animations, banners, sites, videos, and tons of other interactive components.

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

2006-10-17 Thread Blumenthal, Peter
I know there's a *big* difference in price, but lately I've been coming back around to using Director for Flash based apps that need decent OS level capability... Pete This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all

[Flashcoders] Problem with response of cfm pages especially with IE 7.0

2006-10-17 Thread David Buff
Hi FlashCoders ! Sorry again for my bad english... We've a big and curious problem with cfm pages, since one week, without finding a real solution. It seem's there is a problem beetween flash player and navigator especialy IE 7.0 We build online games, and this games make request to the server

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Passing SWF parameters with MovieClipLoader?

2006-10-17 Thread John Harding
I may not have been clear - I understand that if you actually want to _use_ the new clip, you need to wait for onLoadInit. What I was trying to do is set parameters on the new clip _before_ it gets loaded, similar to setting flashvars in HTML, or setting properties on an empty clip before

[Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

2006-10-17 Thread Chip Moeser
Hello All, I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an XML object. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this? Thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Passing SWF parameters with MovieClipLoader?

2006-10-17 Thread Alain Rousseau
Oh sorry for misunderstanding, To answer you question, I don't know if it is a garanteed behavior but if it works, that could be the case, because flashvars are set before the swf actually loads in your page. That onLoadComplete behaves in a similar way seems plausible. Further testing is

[Flashcoders] Disfunctional v2 Components in Player 9

2006-10-17 Thread Jason Lutes
What can I do about a UIScrollbar component that is (now) broken in a project that worked just fine until recently, when the client began using Flash Player 9? The Adobe support information does not give a solution except to say something to the effect of v3 components don't have this problem.

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

2006-10-17 Thread Cedric Muller
var xml:XML = new XML(); xml.ignoreWhite = true; xml.onLoad = function () { trace(this); } var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); lv.sendParam1 = bla; lv.sendParam2 = blo; lv.sendAndLoad(url, xml, POST); hth, cedric Hello All, I am trying to convert the return string of a loadvars to an

[Flashcoders] Problem with repsonse of cfm pages especially with IE

2006-10-17 Thread David Buff
Hi FlashCoders ! Sorry again for my bad english... We've a big and curious problem with cfm pages, since one week, without finding a real solution. It seem's there is a problem beetween flash player and navigator especialy IE 7.0 We build online games, and this games make request to the

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

2006-10-17 Thread Chip Moeser
Thanks! On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Cedric Muller wrote: var xml:XML = new XML(); xml.ignoreWhite = true; xml.onLoad = function () { trace(this); } var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); lv.sendParam1 = bla; lv.sendParam2 = blo; lv.sendAndLoad(url, xml, POST); hth, cedric Hello All, I

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

2006-10-17 Thread Chip Moeser
Is there a way to do this without specifying a URL in sendAndLoad? or without actaully sending it out anywhere? I have a php page which in an initial load vars sendAndLoad is sending back xml. SInce Flash see's it as a string I just want to convert it to an xml object without sending it

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Projectors - mProjector vs. Zinc

2006-10-17 Thread slangeberg
Peter, I had considered Director, as we have that here. What did you find in Director that was lacking in these other projector tools? Scott On 10/17/06, Blumenthal, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know there's a *big* difference in price, but lately I've been coming back around to using

[Flashcoders] Announcement: EuroTAAC eLearning 2007

2006-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
FYI - some on this list may be interested in going to this, or in presenting on Flash related topics (presenters have free admission). Please don't inquire to me directly. - EuroTAAC eLearning

RE: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

2006-10-17 Thread Alain Rousseau
If you do a sendAndLoad allready, you should try to define your xml in the onData event of the LoadVars. import mx.utils.Delegate; var xml:XML = new XML(); xml.ignoreWhite = true; lv.onData = Delegate.create(this, parseData); // onData returns the source of the file as a string so the

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars to XML object

2006-10-17 Thread Chip Moeser
That did it! Perfect. Thanks much! On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Alain Rousseau wrote: If you do a sendAndLoad allready, you should try to define your xml in the onData event of the LoadVars. import mx.utils.Delegate; var xml:XML = new XML(); xml.ignoreWhite = true; lv.onData =

[Flashcoders] simulating mouse clicks

2006-10-17 Thread Vishal Kapur
I'm trying to solve the problem of generically simulating mouse clicks in a running flash movie. So, I'd like to be able to write a function that when invoked with the targetPath of the flash object to be clicked, would be able to simulate a mouse click on that object as if a user had actually

RE: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
http://osflash.org/flasc You should also check out FLASC, a Flash panel MTASC compiler that is basically an easy to use GUI for MTASC. I often find myself with FlashDevelop and the Flash IDE open when making tests or working on projects with heavy design. I can make a code change in FD, hit

RE: [Flashcoders] hello, and interval management question

2006-10-17 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Check out Kenny Bunch's interval manager class. http://www.kennybunch.com/index.php?p=16 Might help. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

[Flashcoders] doLater not working

2006-10-17 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi list... I have a line of code on frame 1 of the _root: _root.panelBG.sp.doLater(_root, displayCorrectFrame); ...where sp is a scrollPane component inited in the panelBG mc. My doLater function is also on frame 1 of the _root, but it never gets fired. I can't figure out why. I think it might

[Flashcoders] Simple Sound Problem

2006-10-17 Thread Victor Gaudioso
Hey All, I have an empty MovieClip on stage and it is bound to a class called SoundManager. In the library I have the audio with linkage set to export in the first frame. I am trying to have my SoundManager Class attach a sound and play it. Here is the code for that: private function

Re: [Flashcoders] Simple Sound Problem

2006-10-17 Thread Victor Gaudioso
haha, I got it...I had to extend the class to Sound. Thanks anyway. :) V - Original Message - From: Victor Gaudioso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:03 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Simple Sound Problem

[Flashcoders] flash :: security

2006-10-17 Thread :: joshua
so i have a flash movie that is hosted on a clients server that i would like to load into an html page on my site. ive been looking at security issues with this and it seems that the getUrl functions etc are ignored. the flash file is flash 8. are there workarounds for loading external

RE: [Flashcoders] flash :: security

2006-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/fplayer8_security.html Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of :: joshua Sent: Tuesday,

[Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

2006-10-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
I've got a little project coming up that will require some flash/map integration. I know there's a lot of solutions out there, but one main requirement is that we use a pre-existing map graphic being supplied by the client. Anyone have something they can recommend for that? I've foudn this one

Re: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

2006-10-17 Thread Matthew Ganz
i was evaluating these guys when we were checking out some mapping solutions: www.flashmaps.com they've got some real slick transitions and nice national, state, and county displays. i'd definitely recommend checking them out. hth, matt. - Original Message - From: Rich Rodecker

Re: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

2006-10-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
they look pretty good, but it seems like you have to use thier maps...ar at least pay thme to change the map for you. On 10/17/06, Matthew Ganz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was evaluating these guys when we were checking out some mapping solutions: www.flashmaps.com they've got some real slick

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashcoders Emails

2006-10-17 Thread Count Schemula
Get a gmail account just for this (and other) lists. It's perfect for this stuff. On 10/17/06, Darren Cline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I missing something or is there not a way to link the titles at the top of the page to the actual e-mail? I am using Outlook (go figure) and can't seem to

Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-17 Thread Troy Rollins
On Oct 17, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: If you're a Mac user you should really check out TextMate. It's by and large the best coding tool out there and until FlashDevelop came out, it was better than any windows text editor. I don't know any coders on the mac who are

[Flashcoders] LocalConnection and Media Components?

2006-10-17 Thread Martin Scott Goldberg
Hey all, I'm trying to use LocalConnection to allow communication between two flash movies on the same page. One movie is a basic media player and the other one is a simple button that is being used to trigger the player (which will be expanded to actually send the location of the file). I

[Flashcoders] RE: LoadVars to XML object

2006-10-17 Thread Jack Doyle
This may be overkill, but feel free to use the XMLParser class I wrote which handles a bunch of stuff related to getting XML into and out of Flash without all the headaches. For example, you can: - Throw any object at the objectToXML() function and it'll translate it into XML. - Use the load()

Re: [Flashcoders] hello, and interval management question

2006-10-17 Thread Giles Bowkett
cheers! On 10/17/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out Kenny Bunch's interval manager class. http://www.kennybunch.com/index.php?p=16 Might help. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or

Re: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

2006-10-17 Thread Mindshare Media
I was just working on a project with these maps: http://www.flashimap.com/ Only complaint is that they were built in MX 2004 for Flash Player 7 and there were some problems getting them to work when publishing out of Flash 8. But the full source is available for customization. Best, -- Damian

[Flashcoders] scrollable dynamic text field

2006-10-17 Thread Doug Tangren
Can I here some opinions on what all of your experiences have been with creating scrolling dynamic text fields and what are the suggested best techniques that don't involve using the default flash ui scrollbar? Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] tracing function calls

2006-10-17 Thread Vishal Kapur
Thanks, these are all very useful suggestions. Unfortunately the 3rd-party swf did seem to break when I tried loading it into my own flash movie so xray may not work for me. xflas2 is interesting in that having a general reflection API would be useful in other contexts. -- Vishal On 9/29/06,