RE: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts, linkage and Arabic

2006-11-06 Thread Danny Kodicek
Hi, Michael Instead of using a Font symbol as the symbol to export for runtime sharing, use a MovieClip symbol containing a TextField that embeds the Unicode ranges of the font you wish to share. Yes, this is where I've ended up - although as I mentioned in a separate thread, this has

Re: [Flashcoders] [ot-ish] Screen recording software for Windows?

2006-11-06 Thread jaco - pixeldump
hi, try these: free as in beer http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ free as in freedom http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/ :) Jaco - pixeldump - Original Message - From: Millie Niss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday,

[Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV

2006-11-06 Thread Adrian Lynch
Hey all, I am trying to extract a small section of a larger flv file and was wondering the best way to do it. I thought that importing to a movie, expanding the timeline and cutting the frames out would work but alas no. Any pointers or ideas. Cheers. Adrian

Re: [Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV

2006-11-06 Thread Meinte van't Kruis
i'm using flvtool to auto-cut movies for me, its beta, but it works. Meinte On 11/6/06, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I am trying to extract a small section of a larger flv file and was wondering the best way to do it. I thought that importing to a movie, expanding the

[Flashcoders] class reloading

2006-11-06 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi list, you've probably had this scenario before, you are loading clip B into clip A and B defines some classes. Now you change B's classes, recompile and reload it into A, but since the old classes are still there, B wont function as it should, unless you restart A. Now I can remove the

Re: [Flashcoders] class reloading

2006-11-06 Thread John Grden
Hey Hans, are you talking about a situation where ClipA would still be running but you might introduce a new ClipB at runtime? IE: like, if you had a multiplayer game running, and you updated one of the avatar's swf's - you want that new SWF's code to be loaded and used without restarting the

Re: [Flashcoders] class reloading

2006-11-06 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, yes exactly. But it goes for different swf's as well. For example: I wrote a test in which I compiled a.swf with a class printing 1, and i compiled b.swf with the same but updated class printing 2. Now if i load a.swf and then b.swf into main, main will print 1 / 1 if I load b.swf and then

[Flashcoders] Metaliq components resources?

2006-11-06 Thread Alias™
Hi guys, I've recently purchased the developer's edition of the metaliq mCom ui components (developed by the ever-wonderful Grant Skinner), and I was just wondering if there were any mailinglists/forums/wikis/support groups for them? I'm generally quite happy with them, but as with all component

[Flashcoders] Q:HashMaps, Code Optimization and examples

2006-11-06 Thread moveup
Hi Recently started implementing the PixLib Application framework. There is something called a HashMap Class which as I understand it, is incredibly useful to manage large collections of objects, and as an alternative to iterating through an array. My question is, how many objects do you need

[Flashcoders] Searching for screensaver-maker

2006-11-06 Thread Roman Blöth
Hi folks, I'm currently looking for a tool for creating Win- (and possibly OS/X-) Screensavers out of Flash movies. The important thing here is: The tool should be able to create a subdirectory-structure with many files, since this time the Flash movie I shall make must read many XML-files

[Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi list, i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's, which im using again to request more info. However when i do (for example): var b:Number = 10; trace (b); it prints 1e+21 Now when I use this value as an argument to this webservice it seems to

Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Chris Benjaminsen
Hi Hans The numbers you are trying to store are way to large for Flash to handle as a number. If you however just thread the numbers as strings it should work perfectly. /Chris Hans Wichman wrote: Hi list, i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's, which im

[Flashcoders] Flash and DHTML menus

2006-11-06 Thread Perdue, Blake
We're building a Flash T1 (top story box) into a page redesign. Directly above the SWF we have a navigation bar that displays DHTML menus over the flash content. We want to support as many browsers on as many OSes as possible, but are running into problems. For example, Mac Safari displays DHTML

RE: [Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV

2006-11-06 Thread Adrian Lynch
Thanks for that. I'm having a play about with it. I can't get it to work with the following: C:\flvtool2_1.0.5_rc6flvtool2 -C -i 1 -o 2 Test.flv Test1_2.flv It produces the new shortened FLV but it only has sound, no video. Any ideas? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] FileReference LocalConnection/SharedObject issue

2006-11-06 Thread Lori Hutchek
Hi All, I am trying to send a FileReference object over a localconnection or through a sharedobject. In the second swf, which is expecting the data, its receiving the object but for some reason all of the properties of the fileReference object are undefined. Has anyone else experience this?

[Flashcoders] Lil' OOP direction needed

2006-11-06 Thread Marlon Harrison
I need to develop an on-demand video player that includes a category browser so that users can view a list of videos from a particular category (cooking, for example) or the user can create their own playlist of videos. My previous flash experience has been with procedural based actionscripting

RE: [Flashcoders] Lil' OOP direction needed

2006-11-06 Thread Ashvin Savani - Arckid
Marlon, You may need to create following classes: Playlist - to handle all about Playlist NetConnection - to handle all events of NetConnection including connect and disconnect NetStream - to handle all events of streaming Navigation - A complete class to handle all buttons (Play, Pause and all)

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib

2006-11-06 Thread Francis Bourre
hello ! pixlib isn't targeted on games devt for a while, maybe till the beginning. It's got an architectural framework inside too (mvc, frontcontroller, hashcode factory, moviecliphelper, modellocator ...) + lot of features (collections, xml, flv, sound, preloading, remoting package with no

[Flashcoders] ExternalInterface class and multiple getURL IE bug

2006-11-06 Thread moveup
Hi trying t justify use of Flash 8 to make use of ExternalInterface class. Does this class eliminate the errors associated with multiple getURL calls in IE? Thanks in advance Jim Bachalo [e] jbach at bitstream.ca [c] 416.668.0034 [w] www.bitstream.ca

[Flashcoders] Remoting Connection fault?

2006-11-06 Thread Diversity
Why can I not receive a connection fault? According to the docs I should be able to receive a fault import mx.remoting.*; import mx.rpc.*; import mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug; NetDebug.initialize(); // incorrect path on purpose to cause a fault serv = new

RE: [Flashcoders] Remoting Connection fault?

2006-11-06 Thread Robert Chyko
You don't get a fault if the connection fails. You would only get a fault if you make a call and the call itself fails for some reason. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diversity Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:05 PM To: Flash Coders

Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to 1.79769313486232e+308? Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have a little way to go before i max out:). Threading the number as a string isnt possible, since the webservice interface requires

[Flashcoders] ExternalInterface MySpace (Bug in Flash Player 9)

2006-11-06 Thread moveup
Hi Working on a project for a myspace profileso I can assume that the flashplayer will be 9. I read about a bug with using ExternalInterface with fp9...since this is a bug in an earlier version of fp9, I can't assume all users have upgraded... Has anyone found a workaround or should I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Player Issues

2006-11-06 Thread kevmc
Thanks for the pointers, the initialising was one source of a problem, Another appears to be some stray graphic elements caused by the use of the union/intersect/punch facility in the Flash 8 IDE. It would seem that one or other of these tools sometimes creates an empty graphic (no line, no

Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Jonathan Fung
That may be true, but flash and any other program is still limited by the IEEE floating point specs double precision limits. Flash cannot internally represent 21 digits without resorting to scientific notation. If you add a stray '1' to your 21 digit number as the least significant digit you'll

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface MySpace (Bug in Flash Player 9)

2006-11-06 Thread Claus Wahlers
I read about a bug with using ExternalInterface with fp9...since this is a bug in an earlier version of fp9, I can't assume all users have upgraded... Has anyone found a workaround or should I scrap using ExternalInterface altogether? ExternalInterface will be of no use if you plan to let

RE: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Merrill, Jason
According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to Don't believe everything you read in the help docs. ;) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Jonathan Fung
oops... i forgot to mention (and the above would be confusing without), 21 digits exceeds the maximum representable in 32 bits afterwhich flash resorts to floating point. (flash doesnt support int64 apparently, otherwise you'd have no problems) On 11/6/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for a good FlexCoders list

2006-11-06 Thread Troy Rollins
On Oct 30, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Muzak wrote: It is the place to be in regards to Flex. There's Adobe people there monitoring the list and answering questions etc.. I've been on yahoo lists for years and have helped moderating a few in the past and never had any issues with yahoogroups.

[Flashcoders] Q:wmode=transparent and alpha transparency

2006-11-06 Thread moveup
Hi I need to change the background color of a webpage containing an irregularly shaped flash movie with a drop shadow. Does wmode =transparent support alpha in your flash movie? Are there cross browser issues with wmode=transparent? Thanks in advance Jim Bachalo [e] jbach at bitstream.ca

Re: [Flashcoders] Remoting Connection fault?

2006-11-06 Thread Diversity
Would I get a fault if my connection didn't connect and a call was made? var pc:PendingCall = serv.getData(Id); pc.responder = new RelayResponder(this, Data_Result, Data_Fault); Robert Chyko wrote: You don't get a fault if the connection fails. You would only get a fault if you make a call

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib

2006-11-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
ihavent tried pixlib yet, but as for ARP, you'll get more mvc with a few extensions to the original arp package. There a few different versions of a ModelLocator out there (the official ARP release doesn't have a model implementation -- the commands queried a view for information to be passed to

RE: [Flashcoders] Remoting Connection fault?

2006-11-06 Thread Robert Chyko
Don't think so. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diversity Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:09 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Remoting Connection fault? Would I get a fault if my connection didn't connect and

Re: [Flashcoders] Remoting Connection fault?

2006-11-06 Thread John VanHorn
http://caleb.org/blog/?p=24 On 11/6/06, Diversity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why can I not receive a connection fault? According to the docs I should be able to receive a fault import mx.remoting.*; import mx.rpc.*; import mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug; NetDebug.initialize(); // incorrect path

RE: [Flashcoders] Copy Constructor

2006-11-06 Thread Mike Keesey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:39 AM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Copy Constructor Couldn't quite figure out your code Mike so have just

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:wmode=transparent and alpha transparency

2006-11-06 Thread Micky Hulse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there cross browser issues with wmode=transparent? Hi Jim, I think this article is still relevant: http://snipurl.com/m08r It should answer your questions... or give you better ideas for what to search for via google search. Good luck, Chers, Micky --

RE: [Flashcoders] OOP advice for game

2006-11-06 Thread Mike Keesey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cédric Néhémie Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 5:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP advice for game You may prefer a more common syntax for the singleton

RE: [Flashcoders] Have I got this OOP business right?

2006-11-06 Thread Mike Keesey
Looks pretty good to me! You might consider having the display classes dispatch an event instead of calling a single function when they close--then you can extend behavior more easily in the future, if several things need to happen based on the same event. ― Mike Keesey -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Mike Keesey
AS3.0 has Number.toFixed(): http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/Number.html#toFixed() Of course, that probably doesn't help you ― Mike Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: Monday,

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite - Could someone clarify?

2006-11-06 Thread Mike Krisher
Flash Lite is not available for Blackberry devices. The list of compatible devices can be found at the Mobile section of the Adobe site. There are some Nokia's shipping with Flash Lite installed, however most of your users would probably have to purchase the developers version from Adobe and

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for a good FlexCoders list

2006-11-06 Thread slangeberg
It's threaded, when you use gmail as your client! Scott On 11/6/06, Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Muzak wrote: It is the place to be in regards to Flex. There's Adobe people there monitoring the list and answering questions etc.. I've been on yahoo

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for a good FlexCoders list

2006-11-06 Thread Troy Rollins
On Nov 6, 2006, at 5:19 PM, slangeberg wrote: It's threaded, when you use gmail as your client! Yes, thanks. Can't really change my email client over one list. :-/ -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for a good FlexCoders list

2006-11-06 Thread slangeberg
Hal 9000 says: I think you can, Troy. Just passing on the message. -Scott On 11/6/06, Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 6, 2006, at 5:19 PM, slangeberg wrote: It's threaded, when you use gmail as your client! Yes, thanks. Can't really change my email client over one

[Flashcoders] AS 3.0 - dynamically create object from library class

2006-11-06 Thread Dave Geurts
I am trying to dynamical attach or create new objects from Classes that are linked in the library. In the library I did the linkage properties and it is using the Auto Generated Class feature. Before AS 3 days I would use attach and eval to get this working. any ideas?

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for a good FlexCoders list

2006-11-06 Thread Randy Troppmann
You don't need to change your email. I use my gmail account solely for lists like this. I never worry about deleting anything. It works great. On 11/6/06, slangeberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hal 9000 says: I think you can, Troy. Just passing on the message. -Scott On 11/6/06, Troy Rollins

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: exact match of flash background hex color and background color of html page

2006-11-06 Thread John Dowdell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've encountered issues in the past, where the identical hex colors in flash and in html were rendered slightly different, making it impossible to seemless merge the 2. Does anyone know if this isue been resolved? Usually depends on the display space... on 16-bit

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for a good FlexCoders list

2006-11-06 Thread Troy Rollins
On Nov 6, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Randy Troppmann wrote: You don't need to change your email. I use my gmail account solely for lists like this. I never worry about deleting anything. It works great. OK, good point guys. The google interface is certainly better than using the yahoo forum.

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface class and multiple getURL IE bug

2006-11-06 Thread John VanHorn
is your issue that a getURL call to javascript will overwrite a call made right before it? if so, then yes, you will not have to worry about this with ExternalInterface. it is synchronous. On 11/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi trying t justify use of Flash 8 to make use of

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: exact match of flash background hex color and background color of html page

2006-11-06 Thread Marc Hoffman
I believe if you use web-safe colors, they will look the same in both Flash and HTML on a 16-bit display. But this bears testing out. - Marc Hoffman At 03:34 PM 11/6/2006, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've encountered issues in the past, where the identical hex colors in flash and in

RE: [Flashcoders] Freelancer Class

2006-11-06 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Project 3:16 - For Client so loved the work, that he told his one and only Developer, that whosoever listens to him shall not finish, but have eternal changes. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

[Flashcoders] 3-6M Flash contract in Little Rock, AR

2006-11-06 Thread flashcoders
This is my first post. If I'm supposed to post Flash jobs elsewhere, please let me know. Thanks! -- If you are interested in this position, please send resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include your desired hourly rate as well. Please only reply if you

[Flashcoders] Where to add eventListners in UIComponent classes?

2006-11-06 Thread Wade Arnold
I have a component that has a couple Macromedia UI components used inside of it. I have found that if I add my event listeners inside of createChildren after I have added the UI components the events are not added. I have also tried to add the events inside of the draw method. In order to get the

Re: [Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV

2006-11-06 Thread Anthony Lee
You might want to try FLV Knife while you're at it: http://soenkerohde.com/software/flv-knife/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] 3-6M Flash contract in Little Rock, AR

2006-11-06 Thread John Grden
maybe we should hand write some job descriptions that make sense, and point recruiters to them to help qualify what they're really after and, to a greater degree, what they're able to realistically find. I re-read, thinking that maybe this was multiple positions, but no - it's for one: If you

[Flashcoders] bandwidth detector.

2006-11-06 Thread hbruyere
Hi, Does anybody have advice to do a simple bandwidth Detector (Without using any specific server - i.e Flash communication Server.) I found this: http://www.sonify.org/home/feature/remixology/019_bandwidthdetection/page2.h tml but was wondering if nothing better has been done ?

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to add eventListners in UIComponent classes?

2006-11-06 Thread Anthony Lee
This seems to work reliably for simple decoration and composition into homemade widgets. Don't know if it will help you with building Adobe style 'components'... function makeBtn():Void { btnV2 = Button(btn_mc.attachMovie(Button, btnV2, 0)); if (btnV2.initializing == true){

Re: [Flashcoders] AS 3.0 - dynamically create object from library class

2006-11-06 Thread Juan Carlos Anorga
I think you are looking for getDefinitionByName(name:String) in the flash.utils package. - juan On Nov 6, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Dave Geurts wrote: I am trying to dynamical attach or create new objects from Classes that are linked in the library. In the library I did the linkage

Re: [Flashcoders] 3-6M Flash contract in Little Rock, AR

2006-11-06 Thread Adam Pasztory
Darn. When I saw the subject, I thought 3-6m was the pay. ;) On 11/6/06, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maybe we should hand write some job descriptions that make sense, and point recruiters to them to help qualify what they're really after and, to a greater degree, what they're able to

Re: [Flashcoders] 3-6M Flash contract in Little Rock, AR

2006-11-06 Thread Carl Welch
me too. I thought it was a 3 to 6 million dollar contract... In my dreams... On 11/6/06, Adam Pasztory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darn. When I saw the subject, I thought 3-6m was the pay. ;) On 11/6/06, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maybe we should hand write some job descriptions that

Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation

2006-11-06 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, thanks all, so lemme get this straight, there is no way im gonna be able to provide a very large 64bit integer to a webservice. That's not good:). Ok well maybe i can get the developer to return/accept 2 32bit parts then. *twiddling thumbs* Thanks again! JC On 11/6/06, Mike Keesey [EMAIL