RE: [Flashcoders] Getting the line index at the caretIndex

2010-04-10 Thread Benny
After *appending* a character the caret is positioned after the last character input pointing to the next position it will accept input. Hence when you call getLineIndexOfChar(caret) you ask for info about a none existing character. This should work: var tf:TextField = new TextField(); tf.type =

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agr eement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhon e Compiler

2010-04-10 Thread Mario Gonzalez
Here's an interesting point I forgot about (not the timing but these specific repercussions): But they announced it within 3 days (!!!) of the Adobe CS5 release. Meaning Adobe has no chance to do anything about it - information about Flash on iPhone is all over CS5 boxes, webpages, press

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-10 Thread Matt S.
Anyone else sign up for the FlashInTheCity workshop on flash development for mobile? iPhone dev was definitely going to be a centerpiece, it'll be interesting to see how that goes now .m ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
But I wonder how much of this is based on the old MS vs Apple war - calculated on the fact there's probably more C++ than ActionScript developers out there. I don't really think that's the right comparison, though. AS3 is a lot more like Java and C# than C++ is, actually. The core syntax is

Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)

2010-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
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Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-10 Thread Henrik Andersson
Dave Watts wrote: ...AS3, Java and C# is different from ... C++ in many ways - primarily because you don't manage memory directly in the first three, I think. Yeah, you don't think that you need to manage memory in those. But you do. Just not as often.

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
Yeah, you don't think that you need to manage memory in those. But you do. Just not as often. And not in the same way, either. But yes, there are memory management concerns in VM languages too, you just don't typically get faced with them directly every time you do something. Dave Watts, CTO,

[Flashcoders] Recommended set-up for Flash Builder 4?

2010-04-10 Thread John McCormack
Which setup do you recommend for Flash Builder 4? Stand-alone or plug-in? If plug-in, which eclipse version? I would like to use fdt and FB4 in parallel. In this case, would you recommend separate stand-alone installations? John ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommended set-up for Flash Builder 4?

2010-04-10 Thread Kerry Thompson
John McCormack wrote: Which setup do you recommend for Flash Builder 4? Stand-alone or plug-in? If plug-in, which eclipse version? I would use the plug-in version. I've heard from very reliable sources that there are some issues with the standalone version--I'm not sure what the issues are,

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommended set-up for Flash Builder 4?

2010-04-10 Thread Steven Sacks
NDA? Flash Builder 4 is out. Nobody is prohibited from talking about it anymore. ;) On 4/10/2010 1:44 PM, Kerry Thompson wrote: John McCormack wrote: Which setup do you recommend for Flash Builder 4? Stand-alone or plug-in? If plug-in, which eclipse version? I would use the plug-in

RE: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreement Ba ns the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-10 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW)
Dave Watts: I don't really think that's the right comparison, though. AS3 is a lot more like Java and C# than C++ is, actually. The core syntax is very similar across all four of those languages, of course, but the way you approach problems in AS3, Java and C# is different from how you approach

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommended set-up for Flash Builder 4?

2010-04-10 Thread Kerry Thompson
Steven Sacks wrote: NDA? Flash Builder 4 is out. Nobody is prohibited from talking about it anymore. ;) Right. And Director will rise again. Allen told me. Now I have to go shoot myself for breaking my NDA ;-) Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___