Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket and problems

2007-06-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use AS2.0 / XMLSocket connections a lot and it's the onXML method I use to catch inbound stuff - not sure it this is your issue, but a thought anyhow Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 03/06/2007 23:28 To: Flashcoders mailing listflashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subj:

[Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-04 Thread Paul Steven
A client is reporting problems running a flash CDROM (packaged with Zinc) on windows vista so I need to upgrade to Windows Vista to enable me to debug the problem (I am currently on Windows XP Home edition). Just wanted to know if there are any general problems relating to upgrading to Vista I

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-04 Thread Johannes Nel
we are having some issues with flex builder's plugin version and eclipse 3.2and 3.3 on vista On 6/4/07, Paul Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A client is reporting problems running a flash CDROM (packaged with Zinc) on windows vista so I need to upgrade to Windows Vista to enable me to debug

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-04 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi Paul, The main problems we've had in migrating to Vista have all been to do with installation - where you can (or more specifically can't) write files to during the install process, and where you can write files to at application runtime. The latter is very restrictive. (Our disks write

[Flashcoders] Special font issue

2007-06-04 Thread Tom Huynen
Hi list, I'm developing a narrowcase project. The euro sign (€) in the external xml data is encoded in this way: #8364; I use Helvetica Light to display the content. It can display the eurosign perfectly when I create a static text field inb the fla. However soon as I embed the font and try to

[Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread Daniel Glue
Hey there, I am creating a custom class with a loadVars object that gets data from a web page. My problem is I can't get my loadVars object to load! I think I am setting the onLoad handler in the wrong place. Might anyone have any ideas how I set this inside my custom class? Thanks in advance

[Flashcoders] Record client's webcam without Flash Server

2007-06-04 Thread JulianG
Hi all! I 'd like to know if there is a way to record the client's webcam or mic input, and send it to the server without using the Flash Server or other open source alternative services. I mean, sending the video over HTTP. I need my users to record they webcam videos and send those videos

RE: [Flashcoders] Special font issue

2007-06-04 Thread Karina Steffens
Hi Ton, What character sets are you embedding? Have you tried including the euro sign in the field next to the autofill button? Karina -Original Message- From: Tom Huynen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 June 2007 14:54 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject:

Re: [Flashcoders] Special font issue

2007-06-04 Thread Tom Huynen
Hello Jason, Thanks for your reaction. I do embed the font as a library item. This normally always works. Today I discoverd however that some fonts to display the eurosign and some don't. The logical explanation would be that the sign isn't supported for those specific fonts. However, when I

Re: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread R�kos Attila
Where did you instantiate LoadVars? I don't see it anywhere. But it almost doesn't matter, since you will have scoping problems, look after some kind of delegation (eg. mx.utils.Delegate). Attila DG Hey there, I am creating a custom class with a loadVars object that DG gets data from a web

[Flashcoders] scrollwheel bug in AS3?

2007-06-04 Thread Adam Mark
I am migrating code from AS2 to AS3 and came across some unexpected browser behavior -- both the SWF and the surrounding web page are scrolling at the same time. The following examples are both running in 9,0,28,0 (IE 7 and Firefox 2). In AS2 (compiled to either v7 or v9), the

RE: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
Where is your new LoadVars() statement for the my_lv variable? Also, this: public function VersionCheck(xmlAddy:String { Should throw a compiler error Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread Daniel Portilla Heras
Hi Daniel, Don't you have this line in your code my_lv = new LoadVars(); ? If you don't have this, your loadvars will not work. Bye Daniel Portilla Heras ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search

RE: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread Alain Rousseau
To learn more about Delegate I'd suggest you read the following : http://osflash.org/flashcoders/as2 Alain -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rákos Attila Sent: 4 juin 2007 10:32 To: Daniel Glue Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Setting up

[Flashcoders] AS3.0 and C++

2007-06-04 Thread Bharat Varma
Hi, I am developing an application where I would like to use Flex to talk to some dlls / exe installed on the local machine, through a browser. The DLLs (and or) EXE will be installed using an installer. The workflow I would like working on the client machine is the swf (created by Flex)

Re: [Flashcoders] Special font issue

2007-06-04 Thread Tom Huynen
Hi Karina, I tried two ways of embedding: - Embedding trough the library making the font a library symbol. - Embedding by creating a dynamic textfield (all character sets and including the eurosign) the first one goes by the code below. Both don't seem to work Tom var root_p:MovieClip =

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-04 Thread nik crosina
ebuyer.com I find has reasonable prices and a good mix of versions (including OEM). scan.co.uk is another option. Nik On 6/4/07, Paul Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't find anywhere to download windows vista from. Microsoft only appear to allow you to download it if you are in the US - I

[Flashcoders] Flash Developer Needed

2007-06-04 Thread Rob Kingyens
Our company is currently seeking a Flash developer to work with us on a project (temp or contract basis). Candidates must have existing experience working with Actionscript, XML, CSS, sending data to a Windows Web Service and SCORM 1.2 compliance. Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if interested

[Flashcoders] Rotate in absolute center AS3

2007-06-04 Thread João Paulo Gino do Rego
Hey there, I need rotate Bitmap texture in AS3. I use object.rotate = 45 unhappyness the rotate is no absulute center. The rotate is corner high left. What is happends? How to set position pivot in center. I need the texture rotate in with the self center. Thank a lot

RE: [Flashcoders] Special font issue

2007-06-04 Thread Jason Law
Tom, 35 Helvetica Thin is the link identifier on the font symbol correct? That should work -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Huynen Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:16 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders]

RE: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread Fernando Castillo
Hi Daniel, Just something like this. code import mx.utils.Delegate; class VersionChecker{ private var my_lv:LoadVars; private var xmlAdd:String; private var browserType:String; private var ipAddress:String; public function VersionChecker(xmlAddy:String) {

[Flashcoders] External font loading - No shared libraries

2007-06-04 Thread Daniel Gregório
Does anybody has an ideia of how to load external fonts in ttf? or something else instead of shared libraries? thank you very much, -- Daniel Gregório Adobe Certified Professional ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

Re: [Flashcoders] Special font issue

2007-06-04 Thread Tom Huynen
Yes it is correct. But it doesn't work...The whole text is displayed correctly in the right font but euro signs are just leftout. while plain static text displays the euro sign perfectly.. On 6/4/07, Jason Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, 35 Helvetica Thin is the link identifier on the

[Flashcoders] commercial flash multi-touch projects?

2007-06-04 Thread Josh Santangelo
Hello list -- this may be OT or rule-breaking, but please don't kill me over it. I did a bit of work on the MS Surface project on a temporary basis and had a great time with it (see endquote.com for some info). Unfortunately due to some technology decisions in the group, Flash devs are not

[Flashcoders] Re: Special font issue

2007-06-04 Thread joe
Tom, Yes it is correct. But it doesn't work...The whole text is displayed correctly in the right font but euro signs are just leftout. while plain static text displays the euro sign perfectly.. I spent some time on this problem and eventually solved it. I can't remember the details but the

Re: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread Jolyon Russ
I tend not to use Delegate and go for this easier/cleaner alternative private var scope : ClassName = this ; this.my_mc.onRelease = function ( ) { scope.doSomething ( great! ) ; } function doSomething ( id : String ) { trace(what's my id: + id ) ; } On 6/4/07, Daniel Glue [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within custom class

2007-06-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
I tend not to use Delegate and go for this easier/cleaner alternative this.my_mc.onRelease = function ( ) { I now tend to not use anonymous functions like you have and use Delegate instead. Anonymous functions are bad practice in my opinion. I think your idea is actually messier than Delegate,

Re: [Flashcoders] commercial flash multi-touch projects?

2007-06-04 Thread ben gomez farrell
I'm answering despite not knowing really anything about how the technology works - but as the Microsoft Surface links got passed around a few days ago, one of the links was a DIY multi touch table. I only skimmed the forum link really, but it had some screen shots of the fingers being pressed

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 and C++

2007-06-04 Thread Holth, Daniel C.
You may want to explore Apollo. It allows for RIAs to be developed for the desktop. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/apollo/ Another option would be asking around on flexcoders. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ ~D.C. Holth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] commercial flash multi-touch projects?

2007-06-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
Curious, how are multi-touch events handled with Flash? Currently isn't even remotely possible is it? Or maybe with an ActiveX wrapper of some kind? Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Setting up loadVars onLoad handler within customclass

2007-06-04 Thread Muzak
That's how it was done before we had the Delegate class. Even though it works, the scope within the function is still not correct, meaning this returns the movieclip instance. There's no reason why you shouldn't use Delegate and plenty of why you should. regards, Muzak - Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] scrollwheel bug in AS3?

2007-06-04 Thread Patrick Matte|BLITZ
Yes I've noticed that too, same thing here. http://labs.blitzagency.com/?p=315 BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200 x214 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Mark Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:34 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] commercial flash multi-touch projects?

2007-06-04 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi Jason, As I understand it, some multitouch systems (no idea about MS!) use a process to track and broadcast multitouch data to listeners on a socket. There'd be nothing stop AS3 reading data from that socket, presumably... or (I guess) some container app interpreting the socket data and

[Flashcoders] Mac site check

2007-06-04 Thread Randy Tinfow
http://128.177.1.20/galvanic Please try logon with any username and password and see if you get an error message. Thanks, RT ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] scrollwheel bug in AS3?

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Stuhr
Patrick Matte|BLITZ schrieb: Yes I've noticed that too, same thing here. it seems you're not exactly correct here: to me it seems like when sthe scrolling container reaches maxScroll, the flashplugin seems to fire the scroll event (back) to the browser. at least this is what it seems to

RE: [Flashcoders] commercial flash multi-touch projects?

2007-06-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yeah, it's the event handling that would throw me for a loop - I mean making/responding to a custom event is easy, but detecting and then firing a USER created event that doesn't currently exist in the Flash player is where I don't follow how it would be possible without some third party solution.

Re: [Flashcoders] Mac site check

2007-06-04 Thread gerry
I didn't get a thing...it just stalled. http://128.177.1.20/galvanic Please try logon with any username and password and see if you get an error message. Thanks, RT ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or

RE: [Flashcoders] scrollwheel bug in AS3?

2007-06-04 Thread Patrick Matte|BLITZ
Well it seems you're right! BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200 x214 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Stuhr Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:05 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] scrollwheel bug in

Re: [Flashcoders] scrollwheel bug in AS3?

2007-06-04 Thread Adam Mark
So be it -- but this isn't how AS2.0 works. The behavior makes it virtually impossible to scroll within the SWF -- since the page keeps bumping up and down. Adam On Jun 4, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Patrick Matte|BLITZ wrote: Well it seems you're right! BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200

RE: [Flashcoders] Mac site check

2007-06-04 Thread Randy Tinfow
That's what I needed. Thanks, RT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:22 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Mac site check I didn't get a

Re: [Flashcoders] scrollwheel bug in AS3?

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Stuhr
Patrick Matte|BLITZ schrieb: Well it seems you're right! :-) micha ___ 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

[Flashcoders] Re: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 6, Issue 7

2007-06-04 Thread misa
I just want to thank you for all the advice regarding site structure. I'll check all the frameworks I got from the list and I'll choose the one that's closest to my working habits. Thanks again! Regards, Mihajlo Nikolic ___

RE: [Flashcoders] Mac site check

2007-06-04 Thread sean
Yup, stalled for me to sean That's what I needed. Thanks, RT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:22 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Mac site

Re: [Flashcoders] commercial flash multi-touch projects?

2007-06-04 Thread zehfernando
Hi Jason, As I understand it, some multitouch systems (no idea about MS!) use a process to track and broadcast multitouch data to listeners on a socket. There'd be nothing stop AS3 reading data from that socket, presumably... or (I guess) some container app interpreting the socket data

Re: [Flashcoders] Child Object positions

2007-06-04 Thread sean
I really don't think there is. You will have to move the labels to a new parent display list. S. Hi guys, I asked this in the newbie section since im new to actionscript. They tol dme to direct it here so here goes: I have a Sprite. The Sprite has several children who are also Sprites.

[Flashcoders] Child Object positions

2007-06-04 Thread Cary Ho
Hi guys, I asked this in the newbie section since im new to actionscript. They tol dme to direct it here so here goes: I have a Sprite. The Sprite has several children who are also Sprites. Think of it as a planet with lots of little moons. Now each of these moons have a Child thats a Label.

RE: [Flashcoders] commercial flash multi-touch projects?

2007-06-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
In relation to that, John Grden posted on his blog an experiment that can be seen as a multi-pointer control: he used two wiimotes (from the wii) with wiiflash and red5 to control two virtual pointers. With that he was able to play a virtual drum inside flash, using the wiimotes as if theu

Re: [Flashcoders] Mac site check

2007-06-04 Thread eric e. dolecki
ditto. you probably didn't need me to reply though ;) - eric On 6/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, stalled for me to sean That's what I needed. Thanks, RT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotate in absolute center AS3

2007-06-04 Thread sean
Presumably this is a programatically created bitmap. I don't know if you can set the registration point of the movieclip or sprite within which I assume it lives programatically within AS3 programatically (sorry, haven't looked into this since AS2), however, even if you can, the principal is the

RE: [Flashcoders] Record client's webcam without Flash Server

2007-06-04 Thread Ruslan Shestopal
Hi! Take a look at RED5 Red5 : Open Source Flash Server http://www.osflash.org/red5 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JulianG Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 5:21 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Record client's

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 and C++

2007-06-04 Thread John Dowdell
Bharat Varma wrote: I am developing an application where I would like to use Flex to talk to some dlls / exe installed on the local machine, through a browser. The DLLs (and or) EXE will be installed using an installer [snip] Are you asking How can a SWF in a browser talk to my native-code

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotate in absolute center AS3

2007-06-04 Thread Jobe Makar
Hi, The code below I copied from somewhere else and have saved it to eventually test. So, I cannot verify that it *definately* does the trick. However, using rotateAroundExternalPoint should allow you to rotate around the center. You'd just need to specify the clip's center. This example code

[Flashcoders] thumbnail panel

2007-06-04 Thread ben deroo
hi, I'm trying to create a simple sample thumbnail panel with movieclips, which i'll later modify, but there seems to be something wrong in the code code: // for (var i:Number = 0; i10; i++) { var t = attachMovie(box, box+i, i+1); var Xspacing:Number = 20; var Xreset:Number = 0; var

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 and C++

2007-06-04 Thread Bharat Varma
I have the Javascript to DLL communcation already working. I think I will just use ExternalAPI to talk between AS and Javascript. Thank you. Bharat Varma -- There are 2 kinds of people in this world - 1. Those who don't need closure. ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Record client's webcam without Flash Server

2007-06-04 Thread JulianG
Thanks! I downloaded it. And I will try it. So there's definitely no way to do this using just HTTP, right? Thanks! JulianG Ruslan Shestopal wrote: Hi! Take a look at RED5 Red5 : Open Source Flash Server http://www.osflash.org/red5 ___

Re: [Flashcoders] thumbnail panel

2007-06-04 Thread Paul V.
Ben, One problem I see with the code right away is this. You are only going to run your second level thumb nails though that if statement when the previous thumb_x is 400 That means after placing the first thumb on the second row, your if(){ code } doesn't get read. I would have a look at