RE: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-24 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Ron - that is another great idea. So I guess I could send a message after each level with the time elapsed and score at this point - then check at the end if all level messages have been received. I think my clients main concern with regards hacking was related to hackers being able to

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe AIR Mailing List?

2009-04-24 Thread Jiri
I will join to :) J Steve Mathews wrote: Start your own, I will join! :) On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Steven Sacks flash...@stevensacks.netwrote: Anyone know of an active Adobe AIR mailing list (like Flashcoders/Flash Tiger)? Apollocoders is basically dead, and all posts are

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe AIR Mailing List?

2009-04-24 Thread Rajiv Seth (Pixeldust)
me too. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com wrote: I will join to :) J Steve Mathews wrote: Start your own, I will join! :) On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Steven Sacks flash...@stevensacks.net wrote: Anyone know of an active Adobe AIR

[Flashcoders] SWF Child - Parent Comunication

2009-04-24 Thread Dav
Hi all! I have a problem with sending data between two SWF's. Basically I have the parent SWF that loads in a child SWF. On the child SWF there are several pictures that are clickable. Now let's say the user clicks picture 2. I need the child SWF to tell the main SWF that a picture was clicked,

Re: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-24 Thread Ron Wheeler
Dave Watts wrote: One of the possible tricks that you can use, is to send messages to your high-score server during the game so that you can verify that the person passed certain checkpoints. You can throw these away after the final score is recorded and validated. At the checkpoints, you can

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe AIR Mailing List?

2009-04-24 Thread Charles Parcell
OK so I made one. In an attempt to be modern and give the group a name like FlashTiger, I made Air-Tight. You can subscribe in one of two ways. 1. Send e-mail to air-tight+subscr...@googlegroups.com with the Subject of Subscribe. 2. Visit the group page at

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF Child - Parent Comunication

2009-04-24 Thread Ashim D'Silva
when you do dispatchEvent(new Event()); the presumption is that it is 'this' that is firing it. if you do mc1.dispatchEvent... mc2.dispatchEvent... depending on the clip that's clicked, that should work out nicely. Ashim The Random Lines My online portfolio www.therandomlines.com 2009/4/24

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF Child - Parent Comunication

2009-04-24 Thread Glen Pike
Try event.currentTarget rather than event.target Ashim D'Silva wrote: when you do dispatchEvent(new Event()); the presumption is that it is 'this' that is firing it. if you do mc1.dispatchEvent... mc2.dispatchEvent... depending on the clip that's clicked, that should work out nicely. Ashim

Re: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-24 Thread Ron Wheeler
Paul Steven wrote: Thanks Ron - that is another great idea. So I guess I could send a message after each level with the time elapsed and score at this point - then check at the end if all level messages have been received. And that sufficient time has elapsed. I think my clients main

[Flashcoders] TextBox not wraping properly

2009-04-24 Thread Ron Wheeler
This seems to be an old bug that still has not been fixed. If you have a textbox with wordwrap on, it breaks a hyphenated word such as decision-maker as decision -maker Seems a pretty stupid choice, at least for English. Has anyone found a fix for this? Ron

RE: [Flashcoders] Adobe AIR Mailing List?

2009-04-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
and give the group a name like FlashTiger, I made Air-Tight. Great name, I love it. 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] Adobe AIR Mailing List?

2009-04-24 Thread Steven Sacks
Rad. I've blogged and twittered about it. I suggest everyone else do the same! On Apr 24, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote: and give the group a name like FlashTiger, I made Air-Tight. Great name, I love it. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Shared Services

RE: [Flashcoders] Adobe AIR Mailing List?

2009-04-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Will do - I posted to the Flashelearning list and will tweet it as well. 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

Re: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-24 Thread Anthony Pace
Hello Paul, IMHO If you were programming a real time internet chess application, you would need to send moves (hopefully through an encrypted request) and track/validate/authenticate origin, for everything at the server, or cheating would be very easy; however, if you have a game that relies

Re: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-24 Thread Anthony Pace
I also want to add that when I say encrypted request, I mean to say that you would have the swf encrypt the data before sending it as a request; thus, even if the packet is intercepted, a modification would break it and make it unusable. (generated swfs and keys generated/embedded on the fly

Re: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-24 Thread Anthony Pace
Instead of so looking into mtasc might be a good idea, I meant to say look into server side swf generation in general. Anthony Pace wrote: I also want to add that when I say encrypted request, I mean to say that you would have the swf encrypt the data before sending it as a request; thus,

Re: [Flashcoders] Just a quick one

2009-04-24 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Just wanted to let everyone know I finally figured it out. Had to get the variable when it triggered the function onLoadInit() { Thank you all who contributed.. your input helped keep my wheels turning. Danka Shern Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Apr 18, 2009, at