Re: [Flashcoders] Flex sdk set up question

2009-04-28 Thread John McCormack
Dave, I use Flex Builder for AS projects all the time and it's great - especially the debugger. I am using Flex 3.02 (latest?) as an eclipse plug-in with the Flex 3.2 SDK - as it came in the Flex Builder update. I just had a look at Flex preferences and my project properties. It seems that

[Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Hi to all I use reflection effect for video. But I want to draw not horizontal line between video and reflection Mc. So I mask my video with shape: var distance:Number=20; function drawShapeMask(mc:MovieClip, startX:Number, startY:Number, w:Number, h:Number) { mc.beginFill(0xFF);

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi Natalia, I recently wrote a reflection class that takes masking into account, it takes masks into account, hope it helps: http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/11/23/visual-reflections-in-as2/ Gots lots of samples in the zip including video. greetz JC On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, natalia

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Yes, I saw these excellent examples and learned a lot. But it does not help with this situation. Do you have example where you have masked video? 2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com: that takes masking into account, it takes masks into account - some days I'm like a broken

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, no don't think so, there is an example in there of a masked clip, and a sample of video. I'm assuming you've tried my code with masked video and it didn't work, or are you asking me to try that for you? I wasn't quite sure;). Because I see no reason why it wouldn't work :) regards, JC On

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Yes I could not get correct rusult with masked video using neither your code nor my code. 2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com: Hi, no don't think so, there is an example in there of a masked clip, and a sample of video. I'm assuming you've tried my code with masked video

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread Hans Wichman
that takes masking into account, it takes masks into account - some days I'm like a broken record lol On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote: Hi Natalia, I recently wrote a reflection class that takes masking into account, it takes masks into

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread Hans Wichman
Hmmm, might be that some values end up negative while they shouldn't or as floats while they should be integers. To be honest, I don't completely understand what you are trying to do in the left image, the lower part has to have an angle in it? I'm not sure that's going to work without skewing of

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
I found that if I use layer mask reflection code works correctly http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/video_perspective.html If I try to use script mask over my video clip var videoMaska=this.createEmptyMovieClip(videoMaska,100); videoMaska._x=myVideo_mc._x; videoMaska._y=myVideo_mc._y;

[Flashcoders] effect of scaling on a loaded mc's filters

2009-04-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
We've build an interface for a 512x384 movie using an external skin movie built at 1024x768. We've actually been doing this for a number of years, but now that we're trying to improve the quality of our art, I'm noticing something for the first time. When the imported movie is scaled down,

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread Hans Wichman
nice find! I wonder what happens if you nest the video_mc and its coded mask into another parent clip and reflect that. regards, JC On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote: I found that if I use layer mask reflection code works correctly

Re: [Flashcoders] effect of scaling on a loaded mc's filters

2009-04-28 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, Possible workaround is to wrap the filtered movieclip inside another or, if you don't want to interact with it, draw this wrapped up movieclip into a bitmap and use that. Hope this helps. Glen Andrew Sinning wrote: We've build an interface for a 512x384 movie using an external

Re: [Flashcoders] effect of scaling on a loaded mc's filters

2009-04-28 Thread Olivier Besson
hi, yes, filters broke the important property of scalability of vector graphics. This has been around since flash 8. But surprisingly, your (justified) request is quite rare. Some hints: - ask Adobe to add a scale with movieClip checkbox in filter params (almost hopeless) - set up the

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
I did. It looks strange but result is the same wrong. If say about such simple code: var myBitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width, bounds.height, true, 0xFF); myBitmapData.draw(video); //this is a clip with code mask and video clip inside var

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
I should add that this is wrong because gives wrong line between clips. 2009/4/28 natalia Vikhtinskaya natavi.m...@gmail.com: I did. It looks strange but result is the same wrong. If say about such simple code: var myBitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width, bounds.height,

Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

2009-04-28 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Solved. I have clips: mainClip - myVideo_mc - clip with video I use code mask for mainClip For reflection I draw bitmap from nested myVideo_mc var myBitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width, bounds.height, true, 0xFF); myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc); var

[Flashcoders] Conditional statement in [Embed(source=... tag

2009-04-28 Thread Jiri
Hello list, i was wondering if it is possible to set a conditional statement in the EMBED tag. I would like to set the unicode range based on an id. Here is the class i have now: package { import flash.display.Sprite; public class ArialRoundedBoldFont extends Sprite

Re: [Flashcoders] Conditional statement in [Embed(source=... tag

2009-04-28 Thread Sidney de Koning
Hi Jiri, Why do you want to do that conditional there? Cant you call a var? Then in your main entry class you set that var depending on the lang you get in. Idea? Or if you work with some sort of MVC ( Model View Controller ) architecture you could do that conditional in your Model and in

[Flashcoders] Memory concerns

2009-04-28 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr
I know you have to implicitly remove objects to free up memory, but does that also apply to listeners? If you have many listeners in a loaded external movie and then you remove the movie are the listeners still in memory, which might cause problems later? Thanks in advance for any insights, John

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory concerns

2009-04-28 Thread Paul Andrews
- Original Message - From: John R. Sweeney Jr jr.swee...@comcast.net To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:35 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Memory concerns I know you have to implicitly remove objects to free up memory, but does that also

RE: [Flashcoders] Tab accessibility of buttons within dynamically displayed movie clip

2009-04-28 Thread Paul Steven
Just in case anyone else experiences problem with the tab index property set in the accessibility panel not working properly, I found that setting the tab index with code seemed to do the trick E.g instructionsBtn.tabIndex = 1; selectBtn.tabIndex = 2; highscoresBtn.tabIndex = 3;

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory concerns

2009-04-28 Thread Muzak
If you have many listeners in a loaded external movie and then you remove the movie are the listeners still in memory, which might cause problems later? Yes. AFAIK, that's a No. If there are no more references *to* the external movie, you should be fine. There are problems however with

[Flashcoders] Combobox not getting DataProvider

2009-04-28 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi list... I have a DataProvider that I'm trying to set to a combobox but it's not working. Cb.dataProvider = dpObjects.floor; // does nothing trace(dpObjects.floor); // DataProvider [[object Object] , [object Object] , [object Object] , [object Object]] What am I missing? Thanks, - Michael

[Flashcoders] RE: Combobox not getting DataProvider

2009-04-28 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Never mind. Silly mistake. Nothing to see here. Move along. Hi list... I have a DataProvider that I'm trying to set to a combobox but it's not working. Cb.dataProvider = dpObjects.floor; // does nothing trace(dpObjects.floor); // DataProvider [[object Object] , [object Object] , [object

RE: [Flashcoders] Conditional statement in [Embed(source=... tag

2009-04-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
I don't believe you can do conditionals with [Embed] statements. Those are compile-time directives for the compiler, not runtime player logic like an if/else. If the compiler accepts conditionals of some sort, I am not aware of it and don't think it's documented anywhere. I could be wrong, but I

Re: [Flashcoders] effect of scaling on a loaded mc's filters

2009-04-28 Thread Andrew Sinning
Thanks for clearing this up. I'm still in development, but right now I'm solving the problem by increasing the size of the parent movie and then scaling it down in the browser. Olivier Besson wrote: hi, yes, filters broke the important property of scalability of vector graphics. This has

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory concerns

2009-04-28 Thread Paul Andrews
- Original Message - From: Muzak p.ginnebe...@telenet.be To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Memory concerns If you have many listeners in a loaded external movie and then you remove the movie are

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory concerns

2009-04-28 Thread Muzak
So, you may be right but I'm not entirely convined about unload() sorting out event handlers. Well there's nothing to sort out if the external content only has events going on inside itself. - Original Message - From: Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com To: Flash Coders List

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory concerns

2009-04-28 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
I'm not sure that's true for Loader.unload() and event handlers.. I agree with Muzak. The thing with event listeners is that you're adding a reference to the subscriber in the dispatcher. Think of this: someDispatcher.addEventListener(someEvent,handler); Like equivalent to this:

Re: [Flashcoders] Conditional statement in [Embed(source=... tag

2009-04-28 Thread Ian Thomas
It does accept conditionals, sort of, using the mxmlc -define tag. I blogged about it somewhere (hunts around). Aha! http://code.awenmedia.com/node/34 HTH, Ian On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: I don't believe you can do