Re: [Flashcoders] what ever happened to ritchfx?

2007-04-02 Thread Muzak
you mean richfx? (no 't') http://www.richfx.com/ regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Josh Santangelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 4:40 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] what ever happened to ritchfx? A

[Flashcoders] Re: The great CS3 Swindle

2007-04-02 Thread Joe Cutting
This sort of thing is not new. I remember way back in the 1990's when a colleague of mine was buying Authorware 4.0 and realised that the US version was over $1000 cheaper than the UK one. He complained to the mailing list and got several replies offlist. Most were from US based software

[Flashcoders] jsfl, removing interval-frames

2007-04-02 Thread Martin Klasson
Hi Coders, I would believe it is possible, as well as I have seen the jsfl-script somewhere, but I can not find it. It was a jsfl-script which could take selected layers, and remove every other frame from the timeline. Because I have long timelines with lotes of ONLY keyframes with lots

Re: [Flashcoders] jsfl, removing interval-frames

2007-04-02 Thread Snepo - Arse
I have a double frame script here: http://blog.snepo.com/articles/category/flash-jsfl You could easily modify it to remove every other frame (I'd give it a shot but don't have Flash in front of me). Keep in mind that it will not preserve tweens if you remove a key. Arse www.snepo.com

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-04-02 Thread John McCormack
If I buy an upgrade from a US store, for delivery to the UK FOR (Acrobat+Photoshop+Studio 8) TO Creative Suite 3 Web Premium Will the upgrade USA licence keys work with my UK licence keys? J ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] flash database - very conservative connections

2007-04-02 Thread Andy Herrman
I'm guessing you're using the version of IIS that comes with XP when running locally. That version has a very low limit on the number of concurrent connections it allows. It's possible that you're hitting that limit when running locally (Flash might not be completely closing the connections or

Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection security

2007-04-02 Thread Andy Herrman
Generally I think it's a good idea to come up with unique (dynamic) names for the local connections, but this requires sharing data between the SWFs in some other way. In my case they are both part of web pages served from the same source, so I can populate a parameter that's passed to both that

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF Only Loads Once

2007-04-02 Thread Andy Herrman
If I follow that code properly you're adding a 'no-cache' value to the headers. I'm not sure if that's the right way to do it. Try this. Add some query parameter to the end of your URL that has a unique value (like the current time in milliseconds). So something like:

Re: [Flashcoders] flash player 9 debugger version detection issues

2007-04-02 Thread Geoff Stearns
i adjusted the detection in swfobject to account for debug players in the last update (1.5) which may explain why my test site works and youtube doesn't. but they should still detect that you have a version 7 which is what all their videos are encoded for... are you using firefox or IE?

RE: [Flashcoders] about depth

2007-04-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
P.s: Would you mind to send me the url of the newbies List, I don't find it . Same place where you subscribed to this list: chattyfig.figleaf.com Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-04-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
My understanding is that the big reason for this feature is to be able to bring complex animations into Flex. Can you site where you heard that? I have never heard of that before. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal

2007-04-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Set enabled = false on the Popup window and it should be modal. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Ganz Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007

[Flashcoders] Sketch Recognition

2007-04-02 Thread Jörg Birkhold
Hi there, I want to implement some rudimentary sketch recognition like rectangles, circles, triangles etc. Does anybody know if there exist something similar in Flash or point me to a good starting place? Thanks Joerg ___

[Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread ChrisRM
Hey Everyone, I'm in the unfortunate position of developing in an environment where not everyone has the same version of Flash and remembering to Save As gets overlooked. Some have Studio 8, others have MX 2004. Is there a way to check the version of the FLA? I know there is fl.version, but

[Flashcoders] scale 9?

2007-04-02 Thread Dave Mennenoh
I have a clip, with a single pixel border to get an embossed effect. I have it set to 9 slice scaling... it works nicely when I simply place the clip on stage and scale it - such as I do for behind my fields. However, I also use it as the background for a dynamically loaded image - and the

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Holth, Daniel C.
If you check the Preferences in Flash 8, there is a 'Warnings' section and you can turn on Warn on save for Macromedia Flash MX 2004 compatibility Is that what your looking for? -DC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ChrisRM Sent: Monday,

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread ChrisRM
Unfortunately, that's not it. That warning will only show if you choose Save As MX 2004. I'm trying to find a method so when one of my Studio 8 users forgets to save down to 2004 that they'll get a message or when they run the JSFL batch compiler it'll detect it's saved version and auto-save it

Re: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal

2007-04-02 Thread Matthew Ganz
that kinda works in the sense that i can't interact with anything behind it but now i can't drag my window either and the close button also becomes disabled. - Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007

RE: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal

2007-04-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yes, that is true - that's a limitation of setting enabled = false. There is no other way around it I have found with the popup manager, so I have just accepted that fact. You can make your own close button if you choose, that's what I do. But it DOES make it modal wich is nice. Saves a ton of

RE: [Flashcoders] how to remove an event on a movie Clip( onEnterFrame)

2007-04-02 Thread Jesse Graupmann
Gustavo, Here is the link to the Flash Newbie discussion list. http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashnewbie found at http://training.figleaf.com/resources/ As for this timer issue... I just noticed your mixing intervals and onEnterFrames which there is really no good reason for.

RE: [Flashcoders] Sketch Recognition

2007-04-02 Thread Jesse Graupmann
Hola, Gesture Recognition Algorithm Demo http://www.gskinner.com/blog/assets/GRalgorithm.html Hand Writing Recognition http://nuigroup.com/log/comments/hand_writing_recognition/ Handwriting recognition with neural networks

[Flashcoders] One more AS3 question!

2007-04-02 Thread ben gomez farrell
So, I was wondering if there's anyway to do this I have some graphics in my SWF. I'm embedding them and compiling with the Flex SDK. The graphics are coming in as MovieClips, but I want a little more functionality, so I'd like to extend the clip and encapsulate that additional

[Flashcoders] Job Opportunity: Website Flash Image

2007-04-02 Thread Kenneth Bailey
All Programmers: I need someone to design a flash image of our high-tech product for our website. Need to depict a motorcycle rider traveling from left to right across screen and then back, passing through our imaging device as he rides. Pretty basic stuff. Anyone want to give us a hand for

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
The version is located in the XML Publish Settings file. It's been reported that changing this value using JSFL does not work (a bug). However, you CAN read it. Refer to my blog entry regarding the XML Publish settings file to see how to get the version number out of it.

[Flashcoders] Changing the highlight color inside TextInput

2007-04-02 Thread Jeff Wilcox
Hi peeps, Anyone know how to change the highlight color of the text when you click and drag inside a TextInput component (or non-component)? Default is white text with black background. I want to be able to change both the background and text color. Using Flash 8. Thx. Jeff

RE: [Flashcoders] scale 9?

2007-04-02 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Are you using a bitmap or vector in the slice 9 clip? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Derek Vadneau
The version of the FLA is in the XML Publish Settings file? I don't think that's the case. Afaik, there is no way to get this information from JSFL. JSFL implementation in Flash 7/8 is mediocre, imho. While there are some very useful things you can do with JSFL, it all feels like a hack. The

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Maybe I'm confused about what you're trying to do. Are you concerned with the published (swf) version or the source (fla) version? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: RE: [Flashcoders] PopUpManger window not modal

2007-04-02 Thread John Mark Hawley
You can poke around in mx.controls.Alert for some modal-making code, then extend Window using it. It's got another variation on the big-invisible-button-behind-the-clip trick. From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/04/02 Mon AM 10:18:46 CDT To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Hershell Bryant
I believe that the whole point is that the person wants to ensure that his FLAs are saved for version MX, so that the coder using only MX can pick up the baton from the coder with a v8 install. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau

[Flashcoders] [JOB] Flash Consultant, Los Angeles, CA | Rate: Open

2007-04-02 Thread Beau Gould
Flash Consultant, Los Angeles, CA | Rate: Open This is a full time, on-site, contract (paid hourly) position for at least 6 months. Applicants MUST reside within commutable distance to Los Angeles, CA. 90025. Primary Responsibilities: * Implement Flash-based user interface prototypes and

Re: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Derek Vadneau
Yep, that's why I mentioned: Afaik, there is no way to get this information from JSFL. I pointed out FLAVer as an option. If the user with Flash 8 also has Flash MX 2004 FLAVer will open the FLA in the correct version of Flash, instead of the default, which is to open the FLA with the version

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread ChrisRM
You're correct, Hershell. I have users who some have Studio 8 installed and a couple with just MX 2004, and we don't have enough licenses to go around at the moment. I did see FLAver and I can guess it reads the header of the file to get the version info. Other than that I think we're stuck and

Re: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread ChrisRM
Well, Derek. That's an awesome idea. Forgot about JSFL and that functionality. Personally, with the situation here, when the user runs the JSFL batch compiler it would notify them if any of their FLAs aren't of a specified version and nothing would compile till they save the file to the correct

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Derek Vadneau
Hi Chris, Holth, Daniel C. mentioned an option in the Flash 8 preferences: Warn on save for Macromedia Flash MX 2004 compatibility Instead of yelling at the users everytime, yell at them once to enable this option. Then when you try to save an MX04 doc in Flash 8 it will prompt you. If they

Re: [Flashcoders] scale 9?

2007-04-02 Thread Paul V.
I ran into the same problem, it happens because of the rescaling of the line width. As far as I know flash doesn't maintain the line you are resizing at its set numerical value. See, you are really rescaling the whole movieClip, in your case I think you said it was a rectangle. What I ended

RE: [Flashcoders] scale 9?

2007-04-02 Thread Patrick Matte | BLITZ
Why not use a bevel filter? BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200 x214 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul V. Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:38 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] scale 9? I ran into the

Re: [Flashcoders] JSFL - Saving FLAs

2007-04-02 Thread Muzak
That's another bugger that gets me too. You open a MX 2004 file in Studio 8 and when you go to save, it saves it as version 8. That's not the default behavior. The default behavior is to prompt you that you're trying to save an older format to a newer format. If it doesn't it means it has been

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-04-02 Thread Muzak
- Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 3:43 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced My understanding is that the big reason for this feature is to be able to bring complex animations into

[Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

2007-04-02 Thread Helmut Granda
Hi All, I have a little bit of a dilemma here. I have some Tweens that Im scripting and when they are done I want to trigger something else. but for some reasons I cant get the Delegate class to talk directly to the rest of the app. I can talk to the rest of the class directly such as

Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

2007-04-02 Thread T. Michael Keesey
On 4/2/07, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This myTween.onMotionFinished = function() { Delegate.create(this, record); } Should be: myTween.onMotionFinished = Delegate.create(this, record); -- T. Michael Keesey Director of Technology Exopolis, Inc. 2894 Rowena Avenue

RE: [Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

2007-04-02 Thread David Ngo
You're calling it incorrectly. Delegate returns a Function that is invoked on the object you specify. Here's the correct syntax: class Mover { var button_btn : MovieClip; function Mover() { _level0.button_btn._alpha = 0; init(); } function init() { var

Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

2007-04-02 Thread Helmut Granda
Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. No wonder for the life of me I couldn't get this to work. One more question since we are in scoping issues. As you can tell by my class I am refering to the button on the timeline directly. such as _level0.button_btn. But again this won't help me when the

RE: [Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

2007-04-02 Thread David Ngo
You're going to get an infinite loop out of that because you're instantiating a new instance of itself upon instantiation. What you need to do is pass a reference of the MovieClip to whatever class you're using it in: // timeline code var target:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(target,

RE: [Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

2007-04-02 Thread David Ngo
Sorry, that should be: var myClass:MyClass = new MyClass(target) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ngo Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:52 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

[Flashcoders] [JOB] Flash Developer, Los Angeles, CA (FT / Short Term)

2007-04-02 Thread Radley Marx
Development group seeking intermediate-to-advanced level Flash Developer. Must be experienced in Flash 8, AS2/OOP, XML mark-up/parsing, External Interface, flash video audio, and simple component development. Photoshop skills also required. Online portfolio should include examples of

Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate Scope Class Issues

2007-04-02 Thread Helmut Granda
Thanks David, I believe all is clear now, I was having difficulties in referencing objects on the stage but I figured out that I needed to insert my objects in the mc that the Class was being instantiated at. but if I wanted to reference to the items on the Stage I just had to do: var