Re: [Flashcoders] changing a MovieClip instance class at runtime inAS2 ?

2006-11-27 Thread Dani Bacon
workz !!! thx RA + eka :) On 11/26/06, eka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello :) Don't forget to use the inherit in your class :) class classes.TestClass extends MovieClip { /** * Constructor */ public function TestClass() { trace( constructor : TestClass); }

[Flashcoders] SharedObject.onStatus not fired in browser

2006-11-27 Thread Christoph Atteneder
Hi all, I´ve tried recently to react on the onStatus method call of the SharedObject class but noticed that it was only called in the standalone player, but failed to be called if the plugin is nested in the browser. Are there any specific security settings I forgot to set for the usage in

RE: [Flashcoders] migrating to Flex

2006-11-27 Thread Nick Weekes
I use both (Flash 8 IDE and Flex Builder), so I don't see it as a linear upgrade path. Flex doesn't replace the Flash IDE, unless you were using Flash purely for AS apps (in which case you should probably be using Eclipse/Sepy/FlashDevelop etc). If you do any design work in the Flash IDE, then

[Flashcoders] Flash8: Duplicate Movie problem

2006-11-27 Thread Ricardo Portilho
Hello, I am trying to use a simple duplicate movie in Flash8 AS2, it works fine in FlashMX, but I can´t to translate it into AS2, Flah8: movie clip Duplicate Line Frame 1: //obs: line is the mc instance name setProperty(line, _y, getProperty(line, _y)+4); duplicateMovieClip(line, tope, t); t

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash8: Duplicate Movie problem

2006-11-27 Thread Janis Radins
That code is so retard, get moving away from flash 4 syntax, it's 2006 out there! Try this: line._y += 4; line.duplicateMovieClip(tope+t, t); t++; if(line._y 75) { stop(); } And frame loops are bad fasion btw. Use SomeMovieClip.onEnterFrame or setInterval() for timed loop. One more thing is

[Flashcoders] [ JOB ] Copenhagen, Denmark : Flash + GIS : 30-40days

2006-11-27 Thread Tor.Kristensen
Hey list, this job is still open, and a great opportunity to get some hands on work experience with some powerful flash mapping systems... An experienced freelance Flash Developer is required immediately for a 30 day (extendable to 40 day), on-site contract with a major European

Re: [Flashcoders] components are Evil?

2006-11-27 Thread Sam Thorne
I think the other important point about components is the usability factor. It's about having a consistent user experience across different Flash applications, which can only really happen we use the same components. Otherwise behaviours change from application to application and the user

[Flashcoders] Re: [Flickr] Your Photo Upload Failed

2006-11-27 Thread Sam Thorne
Hi, I just replied to a mailing list i'm subscribed to and got this message from Flickr. I don't have a Flickr account and my email had no images and was addressed to flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com, so I'm not sure what's happened. Seems someone may have subscribed your upload address

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [Flickr] Your Photo Upload Failed

2006-11-27 Thread Sam Thorne
Sorry list. (Though maybe someone can claim ownership? I keep getting these flickr bounces) On 27 Nov 2006, at 10:15, Sam Thorne wrote: Hi, I just replied to a mailing list i'm subscribed to and got this message from Flickr. I don't have a Flickr account and my email had no images and

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: [Flickr] Your Photo Upload Failed

2006-11-27 Thread Tor.Kristensen
Got the same behavior here post to flash coders, get msg back from flickr.com Disturbing. Has this happened to anyone else? Is it list-wide or just a few people? t ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: [Flickr] Your Photo Upload Failed

2006-11-27 Thread Nick Weekes
Yep, same here, and same for everyone posting I would think. Can the list moderators delete the flickr account? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 November 2006 10:45 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] Image as intro to FLV

2006-11-27 Thread Jason Ross
Hi - I had this same question a while back and never really found an answer via the list. What I ended up doing works very well, if what you want to do is get the first frame of the video to be the image. You can see the end result it in action here:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash8: Duplicate Movie problem

2006-11-27 Thread Ricardo M. Portilho
Well Janis, old fashion way, indeed, but works fine, at least in FlashMX, yours: line._y += 4; line.duplicateMovieClip(tope+t, t); t++; if(line._y 75) { stop(); } shows the same problem when in Flash8 AS2, but, thank you for try obs: /// will produce many MovieClips with same name, wich

RE: [Flashcoders] Image as intro to FLV

2006-11-27 Thread Jason Ross
Hi - I had this same question a while back and never really found an answer via the list. What I ended up doing works very well, if what you want to do is get the first frame of the video to be the image. You can see the end result it in action here:

[Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?

2006-11-27 Thread Sascha
Hi, Why is it when I use Math.random to generate 10 random integers I get the same pattern of numbers almost every time. Starting the SWF movie ten times and I have 6-8 times the same pattern of numbers. What's going on there? Almost looks as if the compiler sets pre-compiled numbers. Using this

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: [Flickr] Your Photo Upload Failed

2006-11-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
I got the same message when helping someone out on Flashnewbies this morning. Maybe they're on both lists. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick

Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?

2006-11-27 Thread Ron Wheeler
Math.random generates psuedo-random numbers. If you want to have something that looks more random, try calling Math.random a random number of times before using the numbers. Use a true random number to determine the number of times to call it in the initial run. Suggestion: the modulus 100 of

RE: [Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?

2006-11-27 Thread Danny Kodicek
Hi, Why is it when I use Math.random to generate 10 random integers I get the same pattern of numbers almost every time. Starting the SWF movie ten times and I have 6-8 times the same pattern of numbers. What's going on there? Most randomisation algorithms are based on a 'seed' value

[Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips

2006-11-27 Thread Ellen Sundh
Hi! I want to be able to change the url of my movie clip that is imported from a shared library in runtime. Instead of entering the url for runtime sharing in the authoring enviroment in hte Linkage dialouge box, I want to do it on the fly. Is this possible? Thanks in advance! Ellen Sundh .

RE: [Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?

2006-11-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
I've noticed that my random functions aren't nearly as random as I would like (I see annoying patterns all the time) - it seems the same set of numbers pop up frequently for each session. Good idea Ron. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash8: Duplicate Movie problem

2006-11-27 Thread Mike Mountain
Whichever way you want to do it, in flash 8 you need to instantiate t Try adding: var t= line.getNextHighestDepth(); To the begging of this line._y += 4; line.duplicateMovieClip(tope+t, t); if(line._y 75) { stop(); } Or: var t=0; To the beginning of the original Cheers M -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?

2006-11-27 Thread Sascha
Thanks Ron and Danny! I knew that the random numbers are not truly random and that the seed cannot be changed but the random number patterns I get now are pretty hefty, I think this wasn't like that in AS2 times. I will try to fumble with the date object to get a better seed. Sascha

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash8: Duplicate Movie problem

2006-11-27 Thread Mike Mountain
Sorry var t= this.getNextHighestDepth(); -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 27 November 2006 15:15 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash8: Duplicate Movie problem Whichever way you

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8: Code editors

2006-11-27 Thread Andy Herrman
The projects I'm working on are all done using editors other than the Flash IDE and I just open the IDE to build. As long as your code is in separate .AS files this would work fine. The way it's set up in my projects (done by the previous developer, so I may be missing some steps) is to have

RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips

2006-11-27 Thread Sönke Rohde
Hi, -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ellen Sundh Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:56 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips Hi! I want to be able to change the url

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash8: Duplicate Movie problem

2006-11-27 Thread Ricardo M. Portilho
var t= this.getNextHighestDepth(); THAT'S IT :p) Mike you went to the point, working fine in Flash8 thank you both Mike and Janis... Ricardo - Original Message - From: Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent:

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips

2006-11-27 Thread Ellen Sundh
Thanks! Looks interesting! Ellen ... Ellen Sundh | Flash Developer | Great Works Mobile: +46 73 200 40 73 | Office: +46 8 528 077 73 Address: Sveavägen 66 | SE-111 34 Stockholm www.greatworks.se Sönke Rohde wrote: Hi,

RE: [Flashcoders] SharedObject.onStatus not fired in browser

2006-11-27 Thread Christoph Atteneder
Hi, I tried to reduce my code to smalles amount for testing. I made a few tests with the example in flash 8 and had no Problem catching the onStatus method call if it´s placed on the first frame, but everytime I tried to simple wrap the exact same code into the constructor of a class the

[Flashcoders] fllickr

2006-11-27 Thread Marc Hoffman
I have notified the list-owner of the issues with flickr. Hopefully the flickr account (if there is one) will be removed from Flashcoders and Flashnewbie. Marc Marc Hoffman Poison Dart Frog Media Certified Flash Developer Online Portfolio: http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/portfolio

RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips

2006-11-27 Thread Sönke Rohde
Yes, just take a swf with set sharedlib, swfmill swf2xml, change the path in the XML, swfmill xml2swf And you got it ;) Cheers, Sönke -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ellen Sundh Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:12 PM To:

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips

2006-11-27 Thread Jake Prime
Hi Sönke, I had this problem on a project a while back. Unless I am missing something this solution does not appear to be making the path dynamic, but instead setting the path using swfmill rather than the Flash IDE. What I needed to do, and I think what Ellen needs here, is to be able to

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips

2006-11-27 Thread Ellen Sundh
Hi Jake! I found this solution, havn't got it to work yet though... http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000227.php I tried to call a phpscript intead of the url for the font swf but it does not say int the tutorial what to return, a new path or a swffile with Flash headers. Ellen

Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?

2006-11-27 Thread Jon Bradley
And yet another random number generator library (was posted at were- here.com a long long time ago). All open source, credit for use is nice though. :) This one is a linear congruential generator. I've never tested the output against anything, so at best, this may or may not work properly

[Flashcoders] Loading SWF and FLV in sync?

2006-11-27 Thread Jon Bradley
Haven't really done much work with cue points and FLV files lately, and I did some serious searching of the archives but came up blank. Any help is appreciated. I've got a 7 min. FLV file (one single file) which may or may not get broken up into separate FLVs for better interaction with

RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic url for shared movie clips

2006-11-27 Thread Sönke Rohde
Hi Jake, But you could use swfmill one the serverside as well I think,. Cheers, Sönke -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jake Prime Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 6:29 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders]

[Flashcoders] AS Project

2006-11-27 Thread Theo Kipnis
Hello! I'm interested in finding someone to assist with a Flash AS project. We're coding a simple internet game in jsp/ajax, and have decided we'd like a Flash front end. We've got graphics we like that are currently rendered in Flash, and our development team can put an API together to

Re: [Flashcoders] Image as intro to FLV

2006-11-27 Thread greg h
Not to detract in any way from Jason's excellent solution. I very much appreciate his sharing. And I love the fotoko.com UI. Very nicely done :-) Just as an fyi ... a solution is also provided in a January 2005 Devnet article by Lisa Larson under the heading Generating Dynamic Thumbnails:

Re: [Flashcoders] Upload speedometer without FileReference?

2006-11-27 Thread Timothee Groleau
I know upload has nothing to do with files. The only reason I mentionned files is because, as far as I know, only file upload in Flash tells you how much you have uploaded, and you can use that to determine an upload speed. How do you reliably measure upload speed of sending data in Flash?

[Flashcoders] Bounce test

2006-11-27 Thread Dave Watts
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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Upload speedometer without FileReference?

2006-11-27 Thread Jordan Snyder
one way is to send data to a FCS/FMS implementation and have the server send back the time it got your original message...compare that to when you sent the original message a few times and you have an idea of speed... that's the gist. On 11/27/06, Timothee Groleau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [Flashcoders] Upload speedometer without FileReference?

2006-11-27 Thread David Rorex
Other options are using Java, which has more flexibility, or perhaps using XML or LoadVars, and sending a specific amount of POST data. simply divide amount sent by time taken, to get the speed. On 11/27/06, Timothee Groleau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know upload has nothing to do with files.

Re: [Flashcoders] migrating to Flex

2006-11-27 Thread greg h
Millie, I think Dave and Kent pretty much answered your question about Flex cost. Since you mention education licenses, one thing I can add is that academic licenses for Flex 2 w/Components are a mere $79! Of course you have to be a student, teacher, professor, etc. One source here:

Re: [Flashcoders] Acronym for Actionscript/Flash/Flex

2006-11-27 Thread chris daubney
Flash is so much in the mindset of clients developers alike that as a core set of technologies it's difficult to imagine it being called anything else. But it did occur to me while I was writing and having to use Flash Flex within the same argument along with Actionscript, that it becomes

Re: [Flashcoders] Acronym for Actionscript/Flash/Flex

2006-11-27 Thread John Dowdell
chris daubney wrote: - is it a Flash project? - is it an Actionscript project? - is it a Flex project? - what do we say when the Flash/Flex IDE are out of the picture but still work with Actionscript using other tools? I like using verbs... delivered as SWF, created with Adobe Flex Builder,

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: [Flickr] Your Photo Upload Failed

2006-11-27 Thread Dave Watts
I just replied to a mailing list i'm subscribed to and got this message from Flickr. I don't have a Flickr account and my email had no images and was addressed to flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com, so I'm not sure what's happened. Seems someone may have subscribed your upload address to

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] migrating to Flex

2006-11-27 Thread Randy Troppmann
I recently started to work with Flex Builder 2 for OSx and I am very impressed. I found a perfect use of it in a website I am building and was able to put together an nice proof of concept together within hours. This rich internet application has the microsoft developers I work with drooling.

[Flashcoders] Scroll bar math question

2006-11-27 Thread Carl Welch
Hello All, I have a movieclip that I attach a varying number of other movieclip that are stacked vertically. I am trying to figure out some math that accounts for the varying height of the scrolled movieclip. I am having a problem with the math though. I am using something that looks like:

[Flashcoders] Right mouse button with Flex 2

2006-11-27 Thread Claude Hussenet
Is there a way to add an event listener with Flex 2 on the right mouse button as it's possible for the left button ? Thank you Regards Claude Hussenet - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.

[Flashcoders] Chart annotation and panning

2006-11-27 Thread Claude Hussenet
Is there an easy way to add an annotation to a chart in the local coordinate of the chart ? So,if the min,max of the vertical or horizontal axis is changed,the location of the annotation will be also changed.The type of annotations that I would like to addare instances of the

[Flashcoders] [JOB] Silicon Valley, Full-time, Flash, Flash Lite, Apollo, FDS, FMS

2006-11-27 Thread Rajat Paharia
We're one of the first companies funded by Adobe from their new $100 million fund. I'm looking for a kick-ass Flash developer to help design and code a new consumer product offering that we're creating for launch in early 2007. This is very cool work, and if I wasn't so busy with non-coding

[Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Weyert de Boer
Does anyone use gProject and if so what do you think of it? I might be planning to buy it, only I am not sure if it's any good. You can't get a limited demo either. Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread lincoln
blitz raved up and down about it. For OOP projects, they say it should have been part of flash. -lincoln On Nov 27, 2006, at 7:20 PM, Weyert de Boer wrote: Does anyone use gProject and if so what do you think of it? I might be planning to buy it, only I am not sure if it's any good. You

RE: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Derek Vadneau
Buy it. I don't have a lot of large projects, but I do have a lot of them and gProject has been a huge time saver. It helps organize your projects. I think some of the (seemingly) simple pieces are worth the dough. Things like exploring the directory where your project is when you need to move

Re: [Flashcoders] Scroll bar math question

2006-11-27 Thread Charles Parcell
Can I assume that you are offsetting your scroll dragger by 30 because you have arrow buttons at the top and bottom of the scrollbar? If so you need to change the +30 to -30. Otherwise you are just shifting the scroll area down rather than removing 30 from both ends. That might account for your

Re: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Charles Parcell
Yeah it is a winner. That fact that you can publish multiple fla files with one button is worth it as well. Charles P. On 11/27/06, Derek Vadneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buy it. I don't have a lot of large projects, but I do have a lot of them and gProject has been a huge time saver. It

Re: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah i bought it, i like it. Sometimes I actually forget to use it. my main gripe is all the clutter it adds with extra comments to the classes when it auto-generates them...but that's a small gripe. On 11/27/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah it is a winner. That fact that you

[Flashcoders] OT: gugateider.com WEBFólio

2006-11-27 Thread Gustavo Teider - Adobe Flash Developer
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Re: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Charles Parcell
There is a file you can edit, thus allowing you to customize the template for class files. This was one of my big issues too. I will have to find it again tomorrow at work and I will reply with the answer. Charles P. On 11/27/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah i bought it, i

[Flashcoders] can make the flv play to reverse?

2006-11-27 Thread hbbalfred
hello, everyone i tried to imported and embed the flv in swf,then used to the traditional reverse way to play the swf mc.gotoAndStop(mc._totalframes); mc.onEnterFrame = function() { if(1 == this._currentframe) this.stop(); else this.gotoAndStop(this._currentframe - 1); } well that works,but i

Re: [Flashcoders] can make the flv play to reverse?

2006-11-27 Thread T. Michael Keesey
It's because of how FLVs are encoded. It's far quicker to decompress it forward than backward. There's really not much you can do, aside from making a backward FLV (thus doubling download time). (BTW, you should set onEnterFrame to null once it reaches frame 1. Telling it to stop() does nothing,