[Flashcoders] File browse and Mac filetype

2009-04-15 Thread Romuald Quantin
Hi, I'm facing a really annoying problem on Mac Leopard 10.5.6. I built an app with AIR and it requires that I select the path of an existing application, let's say Flash. To select the path, I wanted to select the application use a file.browse(). It works well on Windows but on Mac the

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Andrews
I think one of the things that will determine whether you like Flex training from the source, is whether you want a book you can just read and later pick up and thumb through a section. Flex training from the source is arranged more as a series of hands-on exercises where the reader is told how

Re: [Flashcoders] soundchannel with timeline sound??

2009-04-15 Thread Olivier Besson
Hi, the Sprite class has a soundTransform property. You can control the volume of the timeline sounds using this property. laurent a écrit : Hi, got a sound on the timeline. Can I controle it with a soundchannel ? L -- Olivier Besson (gludion) - (33 1) 44 64 78 99 http://www.gludion.com

Re: [Flashcoders] How to smooth bitmap?

2009-04-15 Thread Pavel Repkin
Thanks, I've already written this code by myself. Unfortunately, it does not work because of security issues. You are not allowed to use BitmapData.draw to retrieve pixels containing media from a domain other than your own. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Ian Thomas i...@eirias.net wrote:

[Flashcoders] How much bytes ActionScript classes take in SWF?

2009-04-15 Thread Pavel Repkin
There are 500 KB of ActionScript code in our project (according to Flash size-report) That is a lot. I want to find the classes (packages) that take most space. And then to optimize them. And throw away classes that were linked by a mistake. So I want to find out how much space take individual

Re: [Flashcoders] How much bytes ActionScript classes take in SWF?

2009-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, In your Publish Settings there is a generate size report option or something similar. Tick the box and publish and it will create a text file detailing the contents and sizes of stuff in your SWF. Glen Pavel Repkin wrote: There are 500 KB of ActionScript code in our project

Re: [Flashcoders] How much bytes ActionScript classes take in SWF?

2009-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Sorry, misread your email and jumped the gun - the size report should tell you how big your classes are though... Pavel Repkin wrote: There are 500 KB of ActionScript code in our project (according to Flash size-report) That is a lot. I want to find the classes (packages) that take most

[Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Steven
I am making a game for a large organisation where the most common Flash player is version 6. I would appreciate any advice on how best I can test on this player version. Is this player version still available for download and if so where? Is there any clever apps/websites that allow me test on

[Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf

2009-04-15 Thread Dav
Hi guys! I'm having a problem accessing movieclips within an embedded SWF. Here is some code: ... [Embed(source = 'portfolio.swf')] public var Portfolio:Class; public function Main() { var portfolio:* = new Portfolio();

[Flashcoders] Add Child Failing in wrapped .NET code in IE7 only

2009-04-15 Thread Gregory Boland
Dear List, I have a strange one here... I am loading in external swfs and Bitmaps, and I am using them as a logo on a button. I put them inside a MovieClip from the library and linked to a class that gives it button functionality. Everything works fine before I integrate it into another

RE: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Dav
Hi, it's still available for testing purposes here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266 Dav -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 15 April 2009

Re: [Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf

2009-04-15 Thread Ian Thomas
Dave, Try: portfolio.x = 0; portfolio.y = 0; var child:DisplayObject=portfolio.getChildByName(a1); child.x=150; HTH, Ian On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Dav d...@funkdaweb.com wrote: Hi guys! I'm having a problem accessing movieclips within an embedded SWF. Here is some code: ...

RE: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Steven
Ah great - thanks Dav!! -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Dav Sent: 15 April 2009 13:23 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6 Hi, it's still

Re: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Adrian Ionut Beschea
Hi, you can try this link: http://www.google.ro/search?q=download+older+flash+player+versions+ie=utf-8oe=utf-8aq=trls=org.mozilla:en-GB:officialclient=firefox-a there is a firefox plugin that allows you to switch flash player version anytime you want but last time I used it (few years ago) it

RE: [Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf

2009-04-15 Thread Dav
No luck :( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 15 April 2009 13:36 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf Dave, Try: portfolio.x =

Re: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Charles Parcell
Isn't there some sort of FireFox plug-in that allows you to have multiple Flash Players and to easily switch between them? I have seen this on someone elses machine but I am not finding it when I Google search it. Charles P. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Adrian Ionut Beschea

Re: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Charles Parcell
Finally found it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5044 Charles P. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Charles Parcell pokemonkil...@gmail.comwrote: Isn't there some sort of FireFox plug-in that allows you to have multiple Flash Players and to easily switch between them? I have

RE: [Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions Development Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Charles Parcell
And of course the Mozilla site will not allow it to be updated for the current browser version. I did track down a link that does work. http://www.sephiroth.it/firefox/flash_switcher/#install Scroll down to the Install link. Charles P. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Charles Parcell

RE: [Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
: Property a1 not found on Main_Portfolio What is Main_Portfolio? that seems to be different from Main or portfolio or Portfolio. Does the compiler actually append class and property names together like that or is this a variable someplace else? Jason Merrill Bank of America Global

Re: [Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf

2009-04-15 Thread Ian Thomas
In which case you're doing something wrong. :-) That's definitely how it works in AS3 - I use it all the time. To find the child of a DisplayObjectContainer (i.e. a Sprite or a MovieClip) you use getChildByName(), pass in the instance name as set in the timeline. That returns a DisplayObject. If

Re: [Flashcoders] Access objects in embedded swf

2009-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, This is a guess, but is it possible that the clip has not had chance to init? I don't know what happens when you instanciate a movieclip like this with children, but if you load a SWF you usually have to wait until the onLoadInit event is dispatched before you can access properties and

Re: [Flashcoders] How much bytes ActionScript classes take in SWF?

2009-04-15 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
If you have a document class in place, it should be easy to compile your project with the flex SDK compiler. You could compile on the command line, which is not too hard or try some IDE like Flashdevelop (if you're on windows), where setting up a project is pretty stright forward. The extra

Re: [Flashcoders] How much bytes ActionScript classes take in SWF?

2009-04-15 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
PS: a couple of notes since my last message could be misleading: 1) By easy to compile I didn't mean that the result of using the SDK compiler will produce the same swf. I just mean it could be a good way to check what classes are included. 2) Any code in the fla will not be included, of course.

[Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Sorry to ask the question here, I know there is a FlashDevelop forum, but I need an answer quick, and they sometimes take 24 hours to respond there. I'm guessing someone here knows the answer. Yesterday, I don't know what I did, but in my Flex 3 project I am building, when I hit either F5 (test

RE: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Cor
ARRRGHHH, misread your mail!! Sorry. Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: woensdag 15 april 2009 15:59 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop

RE: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Nope - F6, F5, F8 all launch Flash CS3 Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions Development Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community -Original Message- From:

RE: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Cor
Try F6 instead of F5. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: woensdag 15 april 2009 15:59 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem Sorry to ask the

RE: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Charles -I downloaded the extension but unfortunately seem to be getting an error. I am on Vista Ultimate with Firefox 3.08. Perhaps not compatible? -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of

RE: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
That's what I thought too -but everything I have checked in my settings seem to be fine. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions Development Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - join the Bank of America Flash Platform

RE: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Cor
Did you check the Intrinsic Libraries in the FD props/Compiler Options Just guessing.. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: woensdag 15 april 2009 16:08 To: Flash Coders

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
I understand what you mean, but I am using the stand alone.  If Flexbuilder had been its own 100% Adobe-made application (meaning not coupled to Eclipse), having the stand alone version of Flexbuilder, I could still download and run Eclipse separately and use it for other things. Oh,

Re: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Have you messed up your settings?? Look in Tools-Program Settings and check that your AS2 and AS3 context are setup and not disabled, possibly have a root around in these context's. That's my limit... Glen Merrill, Jason wrote: Sorry to ask the question here, I know there is a FlashDevelop

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
This pattern repeats itself to the end of the book.  It's a terrible way to teach something.  We'll teach you the wrong way, then we'll tell you it's the wrong way after you already learned the lesson.  Do they know nothing about the learning process?  Apparently so. Actually, this approach

Re: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
You can try Kewbee Plugin Switcher which is standalone. It's a bit of a rigmarole setting up - you have to kill your browsers, run the Flash Player unininstaller and install one of the old players, then restart Kewbee browser each time you want to add a new one, but once it's set up it runs

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Just pick a version and stick with it. You don't have to upgrade Eclipse. Right, except in a case like this memory problem, you did say when we were trying to troubleshoot my problems: 1. Use a different (newer) version of Eclipse. 2. Use a different JVM with Eclipse. Another part of the

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
Just pick a version and stick with it. You don't have to upgrade Eclipse. Right, except in a case like this memory problem, you did say when we were trying to troubleshoot my problems: Well, that's no different from any other upgrade, though. If Dreamweaver CS4 works better than

Re: [Flashcoders] How to smooth bitmap?

2009-04-15 Thread Anthony Pace
Can you put the bitmap inside a movie clip, and get pixel data from a parent to make a new bitmapdata object? It seems like that would enable you to get around that problem; yet, again, I haven't played with this, nor do I have time to unfortunately, so I am not sure. Pavel Repkin wrote:

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Right, except in a case like this memory problem, you did say when we were trying to troubleshoot my problems: Well, that's no different from any other upgrade, And it'll have to go through the same approval process, I would think, right? Well yeah, but each time - so I got FB 3 approved,

FW: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
[Merrill, Jason] Right, except in a case like this memory problem, you did say when we were trying to troubleshoot my problems: [Watts, Dave] Well, that's no different from any other upgrade, And it'll have to go through the same approval process, I would think, right? Well yeah, but each

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
Well yeah, but each time - so I got FB 3 approved, but now that I have this memory problem, to fix it you're saying upgrade Eclipse.  Well guess what?  That means another lengthy approval process and review (time and resources) to approve a newer version of a piece of software that

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Dave, I'm really growing weary of this thread, I see we're not on the same side of the issue, and that isn't going to change, but I do have to respond to one last thing you said: So I'm at least aware of security issues within the enterprise. None of these things should be that big of a hurdle

RE: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yep, that was it, meant to post. Thanks! Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions Development Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
Dave, I'm really growing weary of this thread, I see we're not on the same side of the issue, and that isn't going to change, but I do have to respond to one last thing you said: I'm not really on a side here, I'm just trying to provide information. I'm not trying to antagonize you. But yeah,

Re: [Flashcoders] FlashDevelop problem

2009-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Check your Project Properties - on the Output tab, if the No output box is ticked, my Flex projects launch the IDE, but if I untick, they will run the compiler... Glen Merrill, Jason wrote: That's what I thought too -but everything I have checked in my settings seem to be fine. Jason

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
I'll be happy to help with any configuration questions you have I'm going to try and fix Flexbuilder this afternoon - I might if I run into problems. I appreciate the offer, thanks! Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions Development Monthly meetings on

Re: FW: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/072108-open-source-security-risk.h tml - and another take on the same article: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-123151.html the first paragraph reads, Open source software is a significant security risk for corporations that use it because in many

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
I'm going to try and fix Flexbuilder this afternoon - I might if I run into problems.  I appreciate the offer, thanks! Well, one nice thing that I neglected to mention earlier is that there aren't many ties between Eclipse and your OS - you can zip the whole thing up on one machine, and unzip

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Anthony Pace
Hello, I have to put my 2 cents in with regard to security. Open source is safer; for, I can scrutinize every line of code without having to jump through hoops. If there is an issue with open source in the enterprise, this is usually caused by licensing factors, not security. (BS

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
In fact, if it would be helpful, I can zip up a copy and put it somewhere. Yeah, but don't I need a legal copy? We purchased a license with charting. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions Development Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for

[Flashcoders] Flex Programmer Needed

2009-04-15 Thread Dominic Tancredi
Heya FlashCoders! Speaking of Flex... this is Dominic, long-time member, but haven't been to a meeting in a while (crazy busy). I'm looking for a Flex Developer who can come in for a week or two to help me out with some Flex / Flash / Coldfusion / AMFPHP work. Starts ASAP but I'm just

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ha. Well great, seems my eclipse.ini file is missing - could you send me a good one (meaning good settings - I have 2GB ram) or copy and paste the contents into a reply and I'll make one with notepad and add the .ini extension? Thanks. I had done this before with the Flexbuilder.ini file

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Programmer Needed

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Andrews
Dominic, you haven't said where you are.. - Original Message - From: Dominic Tancredi dominic.tancr...@gmail.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Cc: Amy Niebel anie...@tagworldwide.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flex Programmer Needed Heya

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
Ha.  Well great, seems my eclipse.ini file is missing - could you send me a good one (meaning good settings - I have 2GB ram) or copy and paste the contents into a reply and I'll make one with notepad and add the .ini extension?  Thanks.  I had done this before with the Flexbuilder.ini file

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Awesome, thanks Dave - great info, I appreciate your time spent writing all that up, and also for the files you send off list. I really appreciate it. I'll plug these in tonight and see if I get better results. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
In the case of the integrated install, FlexBuilder will by default use the JVM installed in c:\program files\adobe\flex builder 3\jre I looked in that folder, and all I see are license files, copyright, readme files, etc. and a bin and a lib folder. Is it installed in one of those or could I

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Dave Watts
I looked in that folder, and all I see are license files, copyright, readme files, etc. and a bin and a lib folder.  Is it installed in one of those or could I possibly be missing something there too?  What is the filename(s) of your JRE? That's all you should have. Java lives in the bin and

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
I compared differences between your Flexbuilder 3 directory and mine, the only differences I saw were related to log files: You have: FlashPlayerMergeModule_InstallLog.log and Adobe_Flex_Builder_3_InstallLog.log and I don't. I have: hs_err_pid10724.log, hs_err_pid7148.log, hs_err_pid4728.log

RE: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Oops - meant to send that offlist (Dave was helping me) Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services Solutions Development Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community -Original