[Flashcoders] Preloading mp3 - onLoad vs GetBytesLoaded()

2007-06-29 Thread Jiri Heitlager | dadata.org
Hello list, I have a question on preloading mp3's. When I start preloading the mp3 I set the isstreaming to false. Then I check the bytesloaded compared to bytestotal en when that is 100% procent it means all is loaded When I start preloading the sound, I also delegate the function onLoad of

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloading mp3 - onLoad vs GetBytesLoaded()

2007-06-29 Thread laurent untereiner
I've the same problem last week. To ensure that my game don't bug with these problem i've checked the two events: 100% + load in my mvc app. More infos to make the code cleaner would be apreciate ;) here is the game (in french): http://www.dontwalkalone.com/index.php?page_id=103#battle --

[Flashcoders] presentation remote controls

2007-06-29 Thread martin coulthurst
Hi All Has anyone used a wireless presentation remote control with Flash slides / presentations? I assume that there is a event that can be heard from the remote control and used in the same way as a mouse event? many thanks martin

AW: [Flashcoders] Turn image around effect?

2007-06-29 Thread Peter Oliver Geller
I know the card flip effect, but I think its more like the effect Jesse Graupmann posted. The question is how ja shows the image backside??? I have no idea how to combine the image distortion to switch from front to backside and vice versa? Any ideas? Peter -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-

Re: AW: [Flashcoders] Turn image around effect?

2007-06-29 Thread Cedric Muller
maybe by creating the illusion of only one image that is front and back ?? My guess is that there are two images flipped in the same time: one from visible to invisible and the other one from invisible to visible hth, Cedric I know the card flip effect, but I think its more like the effect

Re: [Flashcoders] presentation remote controls

2007-06-29 Thread Snepo - Arse
Remote controls generally trigger keyboard events are are programable so you can map them to whatever keys you want. a On 29/06/2007, at 7:08 PM, martin coulthurst wrote: Hi All Has anyone used a wireless presentation remote control with Flash slides / presentations? I assume that there

AW: AW: [Flashcoders] Turn image around effect?

2007-06-29 Thread Peter Oliver Geller
But when you use the image distortion effect (Bitmap Data) with a two image flip, it´s tricky to program your mask on the point of intersection where the image turns around, because on that moment you display the front and backside and I think group94 use another type of technique which is

Re: AW: [Flashcoders] Turn image around effect?

2007-06-29 Thread Matthias Dittgen
have you tried to contact their developer directly? ;-) 2007/6/29, Peter Oliver Geller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But when you use the image distortion effect (Bitmap Data) with a two image flip, it´s tricky to program your mask on the point of intersection where the image turns around, because on that

[Flashcoders] quick moviecliploader question

2007-06-29 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
hi folks just a quickie about the movieClipLoader class i'm doing the following //this is in a function to initialise the layout createEmptyMovieClip(bgImage_mc, 1); //this is in a function to load the layout (including a jpg image) function changeLayout(image:MovieClip):Void

Re: [Flashcoders] quick moviecliploader question

2007-06-29 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
now this is really wierd - it is only not working the first time it's called - the rest of the time it works fine - ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] quick moviecliploader question

2007-06-29 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
i had it as a string but it didn't work - changing it to a movieclip was something i tried in order to sort this problem out (didn't change it back) On 29 Jun 2007, at 13:36, Geoff Bower wrote: Hi. No idea if this is the problem, but I noticed the variable 'image' being passed into

[Flashcoders] [SOLVED] quick moviecliploader question

2007-06-29 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
i was trying to pass an array with a single item to the function (wierd it didn't give a type mismatch), instead of part of the array thanks guys :) On 29 Jun 2007, at 13:53, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote: now this is really wierd - it is only not working the first time it's

[Flashcoders] Buggy results with textfield.restrict attribute

2007-06-29 Thread Pete Miller
I needed a text field which only accepts letters, digits, spaces, or a dollar sign or underbar, so I set the restriction attribute as: textfield.restrict = A-Za-z0-9 _$ OK, then I needed to add accented characters, so I added: textfield.restrict = A-Za-z0-9 _$\u00C0-\u00d6 Now, the text

[Flashcoders] AntiAliasing and htmlText

2007-06-29 Thread freeman
So a buddy of mine and I have come across this issue, and I was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions. We've found that if you embed a font in a textField (or any V2 Component) and set the antiAliasType to advanced we get good crisp antialiasing EXCEPT on some specific colors. I've

Re: AW: [Flashcoders] Turn image around effect?

2007-06-29 Thread robert
Maybe it is some variation of the pageflip: http://www.iparigrafika.hu:16080/pageflip/ On Jun 29, 2007, at 4:12 AM, Jiri Heitlager | dadata.org wrote: Hmmm, i would also really like to know how they did that. It seems to be running in as2 FP8, so that probably rules out papervision.

[Flashcoders] Flix video conversion

2007-06-29 Thread Vaughn, David (Contractor) (J6B)
Hello all. We are in the process of getting FLIX for Flash video conversion. I'm wondering if others on this list have it and what you think about it. Any positive (or negative) experiences with using FLIX? Thanks! Dave ___

[Flashcoders] Intermittent buttons

2007-06-29 Thread Clive R Sweeney
This is not a *major* issue but it's really annoying. I have two buttons that navigate back and forth through a series of images. (Flash 8, AS2). They work fine when I first open the SWF. But on the same screen is an input textfield with which a user can add or change a title. The title change

RE: [Flashcoders] Intermittent buttons

2007-06-29 Thread Danny Kodicek
This is not a *major* issue but it's really annoying. I have two buttons that navigate back and forth through a series of images. (Flash 8, AS2). They work fine when I first open the SWF. But on the same screen is an input textfield with which a user can add or change a title. The

[Flashcoders] Re: Intermittent buttons

2007-06-29 Thread Clive R Sweeney
I have two buttons that navigate back and forth through a series of images. (Flash 8, AS2). They work fine when I first open the SWF. But on the same screen is an input textfield with which a user can add or change a title. The title change is saved when the textfield loses focus (via

[Flashcoders] create a movie clip out of an image and text overlay, then control both in AS

2007-06-29 Thread Byron Binkley
Hi - I need to programmatically create a series of boxes with labels. The goal is to make a custom set of Tabs that are configured by a list of tab names, can be clicked, etc. I'm a pretty basic AS / Flash user w/ a programming background, and inherited this project in the current state, which

RE: AW: [Flashcoders] Turn image around effect?

2007-06-29 Thread Jesse Graupmann
If you check the code they are using bitmap classes from http://www.group94.com/. Ask em about com.group94.graphics.TransformImage. It looks like its using triangles and texture bitmapFills. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Dittgen

AW: [Flashcoders] XML.load() and then build some buttons....

2007-06-29 Thread Cristo @ cryzto.ch
Hi Folks... Well my solution doesn't really work and my time's running up... I got two timelines: Preloader Configurator In the Preloader [frame 2] I've got a String-Variable [lang] with the name of the default XML-File [conf_de.xml]. In the Configurator [frame 2] I've got the

Re: [Flashcoders] Intermittent buttons

2007-06-29 Thread Muzak
if you're using any of the v2 components add this to the main timeline function onMouseDown(){ focusManager.enabled = false; } funtion onMouseUp() { focusManager.enabled = true; } should fix the problem. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Clive R Sweeney [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] gotoAndPlay Problem (replaying a nested clip)

2007-06-29 Thread Paul V.
Thanks for replying(if you do), Note:( I am excusing myself from double posting this one, because a: it has been 4-5 hours since I posted on flash newbies, and b:I think maybe it is better suited to the flash coders emails :) ) I feel like this one should have came to light a while ago, the

Re: [Flashcoders] gotoAndPlay Problem (replaying a nested clip)

2007-06-29 Thread Helmut Granda
On 6/29/07, Paul V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for replying(if you do), Note:( I am excusing myself from double posting this one, because a: it has been 4-5 hours since I posted on flash newbies, and b:I think maybe it is better suited to the flash coders emails :) ) A: 4-5 hours is a

[Flashcoders] how to call method in sub-class instace?

2007-06-29 Thread Andrew Sinning
How do you get a super-class instance to call an over-riding method in a sub-class? I'm using AS2. I'm parsing data into an object. The parser method is generalized, so it should be in the super-class, I think... But there are exceptions in the sub-classes. The call to start loading the

Re: [Flashcoders] how to call method in sub-class instace?

2007-06-29 Thread T. Michael Keesey
On 6/29/07, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you get a super-class instance to call an over-riding method in a sub-class? I'm using AS2. Just call the method. That's it. I recall it being more complicated in Lingo, but in pretty much every other OOP language (Java, C++, AS,

Re: [Flashcoders] how to call method in sub-class instace?

2007-06-29 Thread Mark Winterhalder
On 6/29/07, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you get a super-class instance to call an over-riding method in a sub-class? I'm using AS2. Hackish, but you could do SubClass.prototype.myMethod.call( this, arg1, arg2...); Anyway, you don't need this, because I think what you're

Re: [Flashcoders] how to call method in sub-class instace?

2007-06-29 Thread Andrew Sinning
I had a typo in the name of the overriding method in the sub-class! Once I figured that out it worked exactly as explained in by Moock.. Thanks. T. Michael Keesey wrote: On 6/29/07, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you get a super-class instance to call an over-riding method

RE: [Flashcoders] gotoAndPlay Problem (replaying a nested clip)

2007-06-29 Thread Jesse Graupmann
Click to start from frame 1 and play till frame 36. Click again at anytime to start from frame 36 and play to the end. -- init ( btn ); function init ( $:MovieClip ) { var _ = this; $.frameOff = 1; $.frameOn = 36;

Re: [Flashcoders] corrupt files in cs3

2007-06-29 Thread Count Schemula
No problems yet using CS3 on a Mac and on a PC using XP Pro. I'm just now starting to use CS3 on a Vista computer, so, I'll be saving versions frequently, a habit I'm already pretty used to for protecting me from myself, lol. I haven't read of other people having corruption issues either. :( On

[Flashcoders] adapt architecture to facilitate switching component sets

2007-06-29 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, we are looking into using another component set than the v2 architecture. However we don't want to switch over and over again, and frankly as the architecture developer I dont want anything to do with components at all. So I was thinking about a setup where I write component interfaces such