[Flashcoders] Handle Leaks in Flash, anyone can help?

2007-07-09 Thread Varun Soundararajan
Hi Flash Champs, I need help regarding handle leak issue. I have a Flash movie that parses XML from the server every 1 minute. The XML file that the SWF parses in every 1 minute interval is around 100- 200 KB. I m seeing that IE starts leaking handles (not sure if that is related to

Re: [Flashcoders] onPress events from within a Class

2007-07-09 Thread Muzak
One way is to create a MyButton clip in the library and attach a class to it. +1 Instead of Delegate, use the Proxy class from Person13.com. It will make you happy. -1 ;-) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] Seeking Experienced Developer for Connecting Flash to Databases with Java

2007-07-09 Thread Amir T Rocker
Hi , depends on what type of middleware you are using ... OPENAMF ? JRUN ? usually you would ask the flash client to connect to a server - java classes in your case I assume - thru something like OpenAMF or the macromedia / adobe Implementation Flash Remoting with JRun or similar... The

[Flashcoders] Opening links in new window from ListBox component

2007-07-09 Thread Dan Sherman and Bea Jackson
Hi all, I'm trying to get the links I have entered in a ListBox component to open in a new window. (think target=_blank) I used the following code which seemed to work fine on a Mac, but didn't work at all on a PC. function handler() { getURL(dropdown.getSelectedItem().data, _blank); }

[Flashcoders] MC height/width with mask problem

2007-07-09 Thread Johnny Zen
Hi all Sure this is a easy one but cant find the answer I have a container MC and within I have a MC and mask MC to contain contents within. eg. _root.container_mc _root.container_mc.contents_mc _root.container_mc.contentsMask_mc The problem I have is that if for example the container height

Re: [Flashcoders] MC height/width with mask problem

2007-07-09 Thread Thomas Nordahl
Is there any SWF downloader for mac? Den 9. jul. 2007 kl. 14.01 skrev Johnny Zen: Hi all Sure this is a easy one but cant find the answer I have a container MC and within I have a MC and mask MC to contain contents within. eg. _root.container_mc _root.container_mc.contents_mc

Re: [Flashcoders] MC height/width with mask problem

2007-07-09 Thread Dave Mennenoh
Why not use the height of the mask? Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] MC height/width with mask problem

2007-07-09 Thread Johnny Zen
ha! good point! On 7/9/07, Dave Mennenoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not use the height of the mask? Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO Question

2007-07-09 Thread Gustavo Duenas
Try using the meta tags in the html with your swf object, do not use the div section of the page to put links there and content, we did it and google banned us for like three weeks, now we are in the best places of our cathegory in yahoo, msn, and in the first 5 of google. Regards

[Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
I am having trouble calling a script on a server from the Flash IDE (CS3) using the following code. If I type the url into a browser it returns xml and this is what I want my flash movie to do. I have tested my code using the url of an xml file on my server http://www.mediakitchen.co.uk/output.xml

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks for the replies - this is really proving a bit of a nitemare especially as I have never really done any server side stuff of this nature before. I have asked the client to upload an xml file to the server and the strange thing is, when I use https in my flash file, I get the following

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Dave Burnett
With regards these security restrictions, I assume then because I am testing from the Flash IDE, this is treated as referencing an HTTPS URL where the movie that makes the request is not served over HTTPS? The cross-domain policy xml does not contain protocol references, so I'm not certain

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Dave With regards these security restrictions, I assume then because I am testing from the Flash IDE, this is treated as referencing an HTTPS URL where the movie that makes the request is not served over HTTPS? To allow me to test calling an HTTPS script from the Flash IDE, will using a

[Flashcoders] AS 2 CellRenderer question

2007-07-09 Thread Russ Ferguson
Hi, i have a cell renderer MC loading into a datagrid. and im loading images into the movie clip using loadMovie the problem seems to be that it only loads the first few images then repeats. im using a for loop to load all the image url's into the cell. is there some kind of refresh method i

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
Ok I have got to the bottom of the problem - it appears to be because the client signed the security certificate themselves. When I tested with a link to an xml file on another server with a https url, it worked fine. Ah well - at least I can move forward now. Thanks again for all the help Paul

[Flashcoders] AS3 Tween Class seems to have defects

2007-07-09 Thread asai
Has anybody noticed that with CS3, the Tween class seems to hang up if there's several simultaneous Tweens happening at the same time? I've been developing a small picture viewer, which when I try to Tween in ten 100x100 squares, the thing just stops in mid Tween. I've seen this with other

Re: [Flashcoders] WebServices support in AS3/FLCS3

2007-07-09 Thread Enrique Chávez
Hi John. Well, great news, you know, we are working to offer a API for people who want to develop applications in the http://desktoptwo.com base, desktoptwo is full flash and we really need the Webservice Support. And i dont want use flex. =) Thanks. John Dowdell escribió: Enrique Chávez

[Flashcoders] Setting Dynamic Text Help

2007-07-09 Thread Graham Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does anyone have resources on how to set a dynamic text box between scenes. I have defined a dynamic text box on scene 1 which I also want to have the same value on Scene 2. How can this be done with action script . -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 Tween Class seems to have defects

2007-07-09 Thread Patrick Matte|BLITZ
I've noticed that too when I was using frames. Try using seconds instead of frames. Or use Tweener. http://code.google.com/p/tweener/ BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200 x214 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of asai Sent: Monday, July 09,

Re: [Flashcoders] Setting Dynamic Text Help

2007-07-09 Thread gerry
Try setting the text as a variable string... --scene 1 -- var sameText:String = Some text that fills the textField; textField.text = sameText; -- scene 2 -- textField.text = sameText; I'm sure there are other examples you'll get. -Gerry -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO Question

2007-07-09 Thread Gustavo Duenas
well Dave, we just did as the information said, we place html content in the div instead of the message for the flash plug-in, the content was mostly text with links, like 12 or less, and that was everything we did, so then , the next day we've just seen how we were from page one 4 place

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO Question

2007-07-09 Thread Dave Mennenoh
do not use the div section of the page to put links there and content, we did it and google banned us for like three weeks... Well, you must've done something wrong as that is the accepted way to do it. Just using metatags are decidedly not the right way. Dave - Head Developer

[Flashcoders] Re: Handle Leaks in Flash, anyone can help?

2007-07-09 Thread Varun Soundararajan
Hi, can anyone give some hints on how to proceed? On 7/9/07, Varun Soundararajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Flash Champs, I need help regarding handle leak issue. I have a Flash movie that parses XML from the server every 1 minute. The XML file that the SWF parses in every 1

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Handle Leaks in Flash, anyone can help?

2007-07-09 Thread James Booth
Are you using EventDispatcher at all? If so, are you adding listeners at each interval? Make sure they're added and removed properly or they'll get lost and mount up. It's hard to help without seeing any code. Can you give a brief example of the code that runs at each interval? - James

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Tween Class seems to have defects

2007-07-09 Thread asai
For me it happens with seconds as well as frames...but thanks for the suggestion. Patrick Matte|BLITZ wrote: I've noticed that too when I was using frames. Try using seconds instead of frames. Or use Tweener. http://code.google.com/p/tweener/ BLITZ | Patrick Matte - 310-551-0200 x214

[Flashcoders] F8 AS2 component in livepreview going invisible

2007-07-09 Thread Mike Lyda
I have a component I've created that will disappear when clicked in livepreview. If I click it again it appears and will remain visible even after clicking on other objects on stage. I have the standard set of functions in the component class (based on Joey Lott's tute here

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO Question

2007-07-09 Thread Hans Wichman
i quote: div style=text-indent: -9000px; overflow: hidden; This is what is called Cloaking, in Search Engine terms; see Google Information for Webmasters http://www.google.com/webmasters/faq.html#: The term cloaking is used to describe a website that returns altered webpages to search engines

[Flashcoders] as3 scrollPane, add external SWF

2007-07-09 Thread Chmielewski yarek
I want to add some external movies: movie1.swf, movie2.swf to a scrollPanel component. I have done it this way, but I think it can be done easier and cleaner: sp is an instance of scrollPanel var numero:int=0; function drawBox(box:MovieClip,color:uint):void { box.graphics.drawRect(0, 0,

Re: [Flashcoders] WebServices support in AS3/FLCS3

2007-07-09 Thread Kevin Matzdorf
There's a chapter about remoting and webservices in the Actionscript 3.0Cookbook. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscpt3ckbk/toc.html http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscpt3ckbk/toc.htmlit chapter 21. not sure if there's a solution to your problem, I just remember looking it over. Hope this

Re: [Flashcoders] Skitch invite left

2007-07-09 Thread Peter Hall
Skitch is a drawing app for use under MacOSX (at the moment) It sounds like an STD ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Error Question AS3

2007-07-09 Thread Charles Parcell
Yeah, I feel dumb. Class scoping is set on the class identifier rather than the class constructor. I was looking at it the whole time. Charles P. On 7/7/07, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Error Question AS3

2007-07-09 Thread hermit
And my 1046 Error was solved by hitting the Delete ASO and Test Movie command. It sounds like a generic error (catch all and confuse). Yeah, I feel dumb. Class scoping is set on the class identifier rather than the class constructor. I was looking at it the whole time. Charles P. Hermit

Re: [Flashcoders] XML loading and parsing problem

2007-07-09 Thread Omar Fouad
hey thanks folks!!! On 7/9/07, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn, my secret's out :( - Original Message - From: Jesse Graupmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:36 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XML loading and parsing problem

Re: [Flashcoders] WebServices support in AS3/FLCS3

2007-07-09 Thread Muzak
There's no solution in the book. When it talks about webservices it talks about the Flex WebService API mx.rpc.soap.WebService The remoting part says: Use a NetConnection object And the example is similar to this: http://www.oscartrelles.com/archives/as3_flash_remoting_example regards, Muzak