[Flashcoders] [JOB] e-Learning Programmer (Newport News, VA)

2010-02-07 Thread Charles Parcell
This is a job posting that we have currently open for a position in my office. This person will be working directly with me. Please pass this on to anyone you may know with these skills or may know someone with these skills. The three skills that I think are most important are... 1. Flash

[Flashcoders] Adobe AIR 2.0 up on Labs!

2009-11-17 Thread Charles Parcell
I have not seen this surface in the group yet. I want to take this opportunity to again invite all Flash/Flex developers interested in Adobe AIR to going the AIR-Tight Google Group. AIR-Tight Links - You can join in one of two ways. 1. Send e-mail to

Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2

2009-11-17 Thread Charles Parcell
I agree that Colin's book Essential ActionScript 3.0http://books.google.com/books?id=gUHX2fcLKxYClpg=PP1dq=actionscript%203.0%20design%20patterns%20object%20oriented%20programming%20techniquespg=PP14#v=onepageq=f=falseis a must have for any AS3 programmer. If you are looking to get deeper into

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Cache in IE FF

2009-09-27 Thread Charles Parcell
You can append a query string to any URL and this forces a reload of the data from the CLIENT. For example, as someone has already pointed out. Main.swf?nocache=+(new Date()).getTime() You can also do this to your data file. myData.xml?nocache=+(new Date()).getTime() As you might have

Re: [Flashcoders] mathematics of an elipse

2009-06-18 Thread Charles Parcell
Hmmm Likely not, now that I am looking through it. I could have sworn it had a demo on angles and areas Charles P. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Charles Parcell pokemonkil...@gmail.comwrote: Does this help at all? Check the demo. http://code.google.com/p/bezier/ Charles P

Re: [Flashcoders] mathematics of an elipse

2009-06-18 Thread Charles Parcell
Does this help at all? Check the demo. http://code.google.com/p/bezier/ Charles P. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys I have have a maths problem that i'm having trouble solving, despite repeated attempts on

Re: [Flashcoders] Crossword generator advice

2009-06-01 Thread Charles Parcell
As Paul has stated, recursion is the answer to building this generator correctly. But just as a sanity check, have you traced out the combinations that your currect generator is attempting? That may put some light on where it was breaking. If for nothing else, it will help you understand where

Re: [Flashcoders] Crossword generator advice

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Parcell
Two suggestions. 1) Order your list of words from longest to shortest. Longer words have more letters to build off of for future word placement. Longer words are also harder to place within the grid size as additional words are added. 2) Starting your first word in the upper left limits how

Re: [Flashcoders] access individual items in combobox

2009-05-26 Thread Charles Parcell
This what you are looking for? myComboBox.getItemAt(1); Charles P. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Hi list... How do you access individual items in an AS3 component combobox? I can't seem to pick through the combobox.dropdown

Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function

2009-05-21 Thread Charles Parcell
But will Kevin make an honest file? :) Couldn't resist. Charles P. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Paul Steven paul_ste...@btinternet.comwrote: snip I really appreciate your time knocking up this file. Cheers Paul -Original Message- I've knocked up a quick example of moving a

Re: [Flashcoders] Window Shade Component for Flex?

2009-05-03 Thread Charles Parcell
that a bit like an Accordion with one single block?? Glen Charles Parcell wrote: Anyone know of a component that does a simple window shade? Window Shade One line of title text that when clicked, reveals a block of content under the title text. Charles P

[Flashcoders] Window Shade Component for Flex?

2009-05-01 Thread Charles Parcell
Anyone know of a component that does a simple window shade? Window Shade One line of title text that when clicked, reveals a block of content under the title text. Charles P. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

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] ui scroll bar

2009-04-23 Thread Charles Parcell
Player version? This happen on other machines? Charles P. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Gustavo Duenas gdue...@leftandrightsolutions.com wrote: Hi coders, I have a dynamic text and a UI scrollbar, no problem when I preview the movie in flash cs4. Problem is When I embed it on the

Re: [Flashcoders] ui scroll bar

2009-04-23 Thread Charles Parcell
, but it seems not to work both ways. thanks for your help Gus On Apr 23, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Charles Parcell wrote: Player version? This happen on other machines? Charles P. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Gustavo Duenas gdue...@leftandrightsolutions.com wrote: Hi coders, I have

Re: [Flashcoders] ui scroll bar

2009-04-23 Thread Charles Parcell
, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Charles Parcell wrote: Indeed there is not scroll tab in the scroll bar. One thing I did notice, not I think it is your issue, but in your HTML you have the player version set to 6.0.65.0. If you are indeed using AS3, then that player version will not play the SWF. You

Re: [Flashcoders] ui scroll bar

2009-04-23 Thread Charles Parcell
the addchild it wasn't text yet, so the bar was blank, once I've put it on the complete event, once the text field has the data it triggers the scrollbar. I felt so dumb, ciao and thanks for your help. Gus On Apr 23, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Charles Parcell wrote: HTML looks fine. Does this problem

Re: [Flashcoders] Favorite Flex book?

2009-04-17 Thread Charles Parcell
heh yeah your thread got hijacked. Charles P. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Todd Kerpelman t...@kerp.net wrote: By the way, in case anybody was wondering, I ended up picking up the O'Reilly Flex Cookbook over the Training From the Source one, primarily because the O'Reilly site had a

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] 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] Does Flash fire any event(s) when...

2009-02-04 Thread Charles Parcell
I am not aware of Flash making these event calls but JavaScript can (unLoad). Charles P. 2009/2/4 Andrew Murphy amur...@delvinia.com Hi. :) I was wondering if a .swf embedded in a web page fires and event(s) when... 1) ...the user navigates away from the page. 2) ...the user closes

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 - Code not working in FP10

2008-11-06 Thread Charles Parcell
Is there a live link that shows this and we can test our FP versions on it? Charles P. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:26 AM, FlashDev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah its just wired how it works in FP9 and not FP10 and I was wondering if it was this code or if it could be something else!? -

Re: [Flashcoders] XML optimization

2008-11-03 Thread Charles Parcell
I would log some of your PHP then. I would fully expect parsing to take way more time than loading. But given your latest bit of info I would lay my money on the dynamic generation of the XML. Charles P. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Matt S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, its definitely in

Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Parcell
All well and good, but the government wants business reasons and not technical abilities. As someone else noted, point out the security upgrades as a starting point. Then include tangible reasons such as better performance of course ware. More robust user experience because of better video

[Flashcoders] Error#1065

2008-09-22 Thread Charles Parcell
Having read numerous past posts on this list, I am still not clear on how to fix the issue I have. Basically, I have a document class and a class attached to a MC on stage that extends MovieClip. I have set Automatically declare stage instances OFF. I have imported MyBlock (the class attached

Re: [Flashcoders] Error#1065

2008-09-22 Thread Charles Parcell
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:08 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Error#1065 Having read

[Flashcoders] Re: Error#1065

2008-09-22 Thread Charles Parcell
and myTextField which is already on stage) public and not private. This seems a bit odd to me, but it might be a requirement for document classes? I will dig further into this one. But for now, this corrects my issue. It compiles and runs as expected now. Charles P. On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Charles

[Flashcoders] [OT] Director Next Roadmap Survey

2008-09-16 Thread Charles Parcell
Dean asked that I post this to this list in hopes that previous Director users who now use Flash, would take the time to fill out this survey. Likewise, Flash developers who have interest in other multimedia tools by Adobe are also asked to take part in this survey. Adobe is listening. :)

[Flashcoders] Testing

2008-09-16 Thread Charles Parcell
Testing my messages are not getting through I think. Charles P. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing

2008-09-16 Thread Charles Parcell
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Testing my messages are not getting through I think. Charles P. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Your Best CS4 Upgrade Guesstimate

2008-08-18 Thread Charles Parcell
I was going to suggest 50% to be very conservative. Charles P. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL, Greg, sounds like a good idea. Thanks Kerry too - I did a quick survey of upgrade prices on Adobe.com and found the % difference between upgrade

Re: [Flashcoders] 2D and 3D floor plans

2008-07-12 Thread Charles Parcell
FF3 FP10b Going to 3d view crashes the browser. The 2D builder is very nice. lots of time has obviously been put into this. Great job! Charles P. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Gert-Jan van der Wel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, Maybe a little spammy message, but I just wanted to

Re: [Flashcoders] [AS3] Problem with For loop

2008-05-02 Thread Charles Parcell
var summaryClick = function (ev:Event) { trace(i); // Outputs incorrectly (Outputs 5 on each MovieClip click) ??? } i does not exist within your loaded MovieClip. You need to trace a variable that is specific to the MovieClip. Charles P. On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:58 AM, SJM -

Re: [Flashcoders] tree component

2008-04-21 Thread Charles Parcell
You mean reordering of the tree elements? or do you mean dropping in external items to add new elements? Charles P. On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:03 AM, marcellouz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Does anyone know an as3 tree component with built-in dragdrop functionalities? I'd like to avoid using

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR publishing problems

2008-02-27 Thread Charles Parcell
The answer to your question is what this article is all about. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flash/articles/air_flash_developers.html Charles P. On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM, dave matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi All, FlashCS3 with the newly released AIR additions installed

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 creating sprite instances in a loop

2008-01-02 Thread Charles Parcell
I think the issue is that you are waiting until you exit the loop to do any addChild() calls. In that case you will only ever get one sprite added to the display list. This is because when the loop is done it only has a single reference to a sprite. You might want to do two things. First, and

Re: [Flashcoders] Software Patent Question

2008-01-02 Thread Charles Parcell
First off, I am by far not the person to answer this question. That patent is bunk in my book. There is NO invention as far as I see. All I see is process not IP. I would expect that patent to get dropped once reviewed because it is a next logical step process. Crap like that makes me sick and

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotating drowdown list component

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Parcell
What about putting the component in a MovieClip and setting _lockRoot = true Charles P. On Dec 20, 2007 3:24 PM, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jason. I think that finding the listcomponent inside the dropdown component will allow me to do the tweaking I need. On 12/20/07,

Re: [Flashcoders] target object under mouse-AS3 syntax?

2007-12-17 Thread Charles Parcell
Perhaps... event.currentTarget; private function mouseOverHandler(event:Event) { trace(event.currentTarget); } http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/events/Event.html#currentTarget Charles P. On Dec 17, 2007 1:10 PM, dave matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all,

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamically attaching a movie clip to a class/object

2007-09-12 Thread Charles Parcell
You are not defining what the movie should be attached to. Try: _root.attachMovie(signPost, myPost, _root.getNextHighestDepth()); Note that I removed this.getNextHighestDepth(). Because this does not exist on the stage yet, you can not get its next highest depth. Charles P. On 4/26/07,

Re: [Flashcoders] Text Editor Undo/Redo Stack

2007-09-05 Thread Charles Parcell
Yes, it is that simple. :) Charles P. On 9/4/07, James Marsden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, This is what I was thinking - I find it hard to conceptualise the time aspect of undoing and redoing actions, and how to capture events such as cut and paste... I guess cutting you just read

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with BitmapData and nested movieclip

2007-09-05 Thread Charles Parcell
Make a BitmapData object that will be your thumbnail. Make a temp object that will do your scaling. Load each segment (one at a time) into this temp object and scale it down. Then copy the scaled down segment into your final thumbnail BitmapData object, placing each segment correctly as you go.

Re: [Flashcoders] Text Editor Undo/Redo Stack

2007-09-04 Thread Charles Parcell
Yes, command based. If you were to follow Omar's version you could end up with a memory hog. Imagine a 4000 character text field/document. Storing a snap shot if that x20 is overkill in a bad way. Copy/Paste/Delete are all fairly simple. You might want to enhance your undo feature when you type.

Re: [Flashcoders] [CS3 - AS3] Getting BitmapData from a Library image

2007-07-26 Thread Charles Parcell
in the constructor. If I remember correctly that will do it. Jobe Makar http://www.electrotank.com http://www.electro-server.com phone: 252-627-8026 mobile: 919-609-0408 fax: 919-882-1121 - Original Message - From: Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders

[Flashcoders] [CS3 - AS3] Getting BitmapData from a Library image

2007-07-26 Thread Charles Parcell
I am stumped. I have an image in my Library and I have set it to export to AS and in frame 1. I have given it the Linkage of Brick and the flash.display.BitmapData . With just that, I am able to build a SWF with no errors. But I want to use the image's BitmapData to build a larger image that

Re: [Flashcoders] Why is the CS3 IDE intercepting keypresses?

2007-07-23 Thread Charles Parcell
Are you running the Player in the IDE as a tab or as a window? Try it as a window. Charles P. On 7/23/07, Joshua Sera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why the devil is the IDE intercepting keypresses whike I'm testing a movie? Like, if I test movie, then hit Z, instead of sending that keypress to

Re: [Flashcoders] Error Question AS3

2007-07-09 Thread Charles Parcell
+constant On 7/6/07, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no answer for you. But I can say that I too am getting those errors, but in a completely different application. I have written a class and am trying to instantiate it from my Main document class. The code seems to be correct, yet

Re: [Flashcoders] Error Question AS3

2007-07-06 Thread Charles Parcell
I have no answer for you. But I can say that I too am getting those errors, but in a completely different application. I have written a class and am trying to instantiate it from my Main document class. The code seems to be correct, yet I am getting this error. I will keep watching this thread

Re: [Flashcoders] Grid / Math - getting neighbouring positions

2007-06-20 Thread Charles Parcell
Perhaps it is just me but your solution and does not get all the grid locations. All this does is get the grid locations in a direct horizontal, vertical and 45 degree angle from the starter grid. Go out 2 or 3 levels and you quickly find that there are grid spots missing. Charles P. On

Re: [Flashcoders] where are my buttons?

2007-06-19 Thread Charles Parcell
Where to start... First a few obvious things, but general. Flash 9 Beta?? I thought that timed out already. Besides it is a beta and it had limited capabilities. Copy and pasting code from Flash 9 to Flex is not a 1:1 conversion. Lastly, you code actually worked. Looking at your FOR loop, I

Re: [Flashcoders] how to get CDATA into an XML object

2007-06-19 Thread Charles Parcell
I believe the entire thing has to be inside the CDATA. var xmlRecord = new XML(![CDATA[html + some arbitrary string + /html]]); Charles P. On 6/20/07, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I load in a schema that has a CDATA node if AS2 doesn't support it? Where do I get the

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC question

2007-06-03 Thread Charles Parcell
Not sure if this made the trip. I got a bounce message. -- Original Message -- Perhaps you want to look at the Proxy pattern? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_design_pattern Charles P. On 6/1/07, Giles Roadnight [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Mouse suggestions?

2007-05-18 Thread Charles Parcell
I would separate the players character from the explicit mouseX and mouseY. I think the two previous posters ideas are both good, but on their own they are not complete. You need to apply a vector motion to the character as well as a speed variable. Build a vector that starts at the current

Re: [Flashcoders] Class structure

2007-05-17 Thread Charles Parcell
You know I see this sort of solution a lot but I wonder if you have considered having the second class be a decoration of the first. Simple example... class myCoreFunctions { private extendedFunctions:myExtendedFunctions; function myCoreFunctions(flag:Boolean){ if(flag){

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-04-03 Thread Charles Parcell
To be fair, it is your opinion that it is not right, unless you have a source that states otherwise. I vividly recall hearing one of the Adobe folks make the statement during a presentation online. I will add that this was a good 6 months ago (thus in beta) and could be a feature extent which

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-04-01 Thread Charles Parcell
My understanding is that the big reason for this feature is to be able to bring complex animations into Flex. Charles P. On 3/31/07, Jon Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I think it's a pretty bogus feature, one of those

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
Sorry late into this thread, but I wanted to comment on Fireworks. Adobe is taking Fireworks in a bit of different and one could say specialized direction. It is being pushed as a web interface design application. Charles P. On 3/27/07, Hairy Dog Digital [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saw that.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
On the note of the Export Timeline feature. Did you notice in the announcement event when he showed it, that the code was tag based! So, two things to take away from that. first, it can be dropped right in Flex. second, Flash CS3 will be able to use Flex tags. Charles P. On 3/27/07, Nick

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
No it won't. Contribute is a good application if YOU build templates for it to use. YOU have to build the architecture of the site and define all the templates and then pass out permissions of text, image, page creation. I would get the 30 day trial and try it out before you go recommending it.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Parcell
have advertised that. Flash CS3 will not be a flexbuilder AFAIK... Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Parcell Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11

Re: [Flashcoders] DirectX and standalone

2007-03-19 Thread Charles Parcell
Makes me think that they believe the DVD will run off a Video DVD Player. Meaning that it would run through Windows Media Player on a PC. You might want to check their expectations. Charles P. On 3/19/07, Magnus Askenbäck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, A client asked me what the minimum

Re: [Flashcoders] sharing a class with several movieclips, in AS3

2007-03-12 Thread Charles Parcell
Sounds like you are negating the whole purpose of classes. How about a little reengineering of the buttons. Build your single class and have multiple instances of the button on screen. Part of the class would be to load in the proper animation MC for display. Thus you have the single class that

Re: [Flashcoders] Creative Suite 3 To Be Announced 3/27

2007-03-12 Thread Charles Parcell
Yeah here is the link. http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/ps_psext_info.html Charles P. On 3/9/07, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/9/07, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hadn't seen it mentioned here yet. March 27th:

Re: [Flashcoders] trig? calculus? put me out my misery

2007-03-12 Thread Charles Parcell
Some simple Trig actually. As an example, name a movieClip myClip and rotate it. Then add this code to the frame. this.onEnterFrame = function(){ rads = myClip._rotation * (Math.PI/180); myClip._x += Math.sin(rads); myClip._y -= Math.cos(rads); } That should get you started. By the

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV issue within IE7?

2007-02-22 Thread Charles Parcell
, Arul Prasad M L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the HTML in the same folder as the SWF too? If not, are you using relative path(just the FLV file name) to target the FLVs from the SWF? On 2/20/07, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have suggestions on what I could possibly do to correct

[Flashcoders] FLV issue within IE7?

2007-02-19 Thread Charles Parcell
Anyone have suggestions on what I could possibly do to correct my FLVs not appearing in IE7? I have a project which loads in an FLV at runtime (same domain and folder even). When run in IE6, Flash Player 9, SWF version 8, it works as expected. In IE7, Flash Player 9, SWF version 8, the FLVs

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Help with custom button (AS3)

2006-12-24 Thread Charles Parcell
On 12/23/06, Reid Priedhorsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charles Parcell wrote: Hi Charles, Thanks for your help! I am not very versed on Flex Builder it self, but my first question is to ask why you are importing UICompnent? I can only guess that you have not pasted in all of your code

Re: [Flashcoders] Help with custom button (AS3)

2006-12-23 Thread Charles Parcell
I am not very versed on Flex Builder it self, but my first question is to ask why you are importing UICompnent? I can only guess that you have not pasted in all of your code here. Second, why not draw your arrow so that its center is at 0,0? Charles P. On 12/22/06, Reid Priedhorsky [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on Wii

2006-12-23 Thread Charles Parcell
As a potential work around, what version of Shockwave is in it? I am thinking perhaps embedding Flash i Shockwave to get a higher Flash version?? I know wishful thinking right?! Charles P. On 12/22/06, Josh Santangelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Wii's Internet Channel launched today, which

[Flashcoders] RegEx Tools?

2006-12-18 Thread Charles Parcell
All, I was hoping to get some insight on software tools to help build Regular Expressions. I have happened apon RegExBuddy and it seems very nice. But before I shell out $30 for it, I wanted to see what others use and see if there were any free alternatives. http://www.regexbuddy.com/

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-18 Thread Charles Parcell
Some people just don't read at times. This is the book that was noted in the original message. :) Charles P. On 12/18/06, Morten Reinholdt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns by Joey Lott, Danny Patterson :-)

Re: [Flashcoders] Attaching bitmap data to arbitary coords

2006-12-11 Thread Charles Parcell
Yeah, I think you are looking for the draw() method of BitmapData. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/1950.html See the comments as well. Charles P. On 12/10/06, Martin Jonasson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is what i use in i a project of mine: var myMatrix:Matrix = new

Re: [Flashcoders] Attaching bitmap data to arbitary coords

2006-12-11 Thread Charles Parcell
You can of course use copyPixels() as well. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/1948.html Charles P. On 12/11/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I think you are looking for the draw() method of BitmapData. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/1950

Re: [Flashcoders] Book: Flash 8 reference?

2006-12-05 Thread Charles Parcell
I just pick this book up a week ago and am about half way through it. I have to give it two thumbs up! http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-ActionScript-3-Design-Patterns/dp/0321426568/sr=11-1/qid=1165348093/ref=sr_11_1/103-7225829-0820628 You can also get the ActionScript 3.0 Definitive Guide from

Re: [Flashcoders] Orientation of dinamyc text

2006-12-05 Thread Charles Parcell
Do you mean as in AutoSize? or Rotation? or Reversing the strings characters? or Vertical vs. Horizontal? or Something else? Charles P. On 12/5/06, Raphael ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Somebody knows how can I chage orientation of dinamyc text using AS2 or higher? tks Djazz

Re: [Flashcoders] Scroll bar math question

2006-11-27 Thread Charles Parcell
Can I assume that you are offsetting your scroll dragger by 30 because you have arrow buttons at the top and bottom of the scrollbar? If so you need to change the +30 to -30. Otherwise you are just shifting the scroll area down rather than removing 30 from both ends. That might account for your

Re: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Charles Parcell
Yeah it is a winner. That fact that you can publish multiple fla files with one button is worth it as well. Charles P. On 11/27/06, Derek Vadneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buy it. I don't have a lot of large projects, but I do have a lot of them and gProject has been a huge time saver. It

Re: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Charles Parcell
like it. Sometimes I actually forget to use it. my main gripe is all the clutter it adds with extra comments to the classes when it auto-generates them...but that's a small gripe. On 11/27/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah it is a winner. That fact that you can publish multiple fla

Re: [Flashcoders] BitmapData size limit

2006-10-05 Thread Charles Parcell
It is a hard limit of object within Flash. It is similar to the hard limit of image sizes within Director as well. It has nothing to do with memory use but rather they way the app and player were programmed. Charles P. On 10/5/06, Dave Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your response

Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening ColorTransform objects?

2006-09-23 Thread Charles Parcell
I am going to point you to the API I was recently introduced to. Fuse Kit. http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/ Charles P. On 9/23/06, Dan Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Flashcoders, Has anyone here attempted to tween the Flash 8 ColorTransform class? I am having some strange issues

[Flashcoders] Replace MC Tween? (AS1)

2006-09-21 Thread Charles Parcell
I am looking to replace MC Tween which is written in AS1 and uses prototype to add methods to MovieClips. I want a version that is a class. I am aware of the Tween class that in the mx package. But it does not cover all aspects (ColorTransform for example). It also does not have all the easing

Re: [Flashcoders] Replace MC Tween? (AS1)

2006-09-21 Thread Charles Parcell
Actually no. It simply gives some work arounds to problems when using AS2. http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/as2_notes.html Thanks though. Charles P. On 9/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that MC tween is AS2 now (mc_tween2.as). Check out Zeh's site...

Re: [Flashcoders] Component Live Preview...

2006-09-21 Thread Charles Parcell
setSize(width:Number, height:Number); The IDE makes a call to it. Within the setSize() I have a call to my draw() function which does all the changing and moving of MC and such. Charles P. On 9/21/06, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya I had that - was hoping the same file being the

Re: [Flashcoders] Component Live Preview...

2006-09-21 Thread Charles Parcell
/21/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: setSize(width:Number, height:Number); The IDE makes a call to it. Within the setSize() I have a call to my draw() function which does all the changing and moving of MC and such. Charles P. On 9/21/06, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] a question of geometry

2006-09-20 Thread Charles Parcell
It is a great book! Plus, we have the added benifit of having access to the man here on the list! Charles P. On 9/19/06, Andreas R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whoa, thanks for pointing me to that book. Just ordered it :) sounds like exactly what i need. - A Charles Parcell wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] a question of geometry

2006-09-19 Thread Charles Parcell
This is why Danny is The Math Man! BTW, love your book Danny. Can't wait for the next. :) http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Physics-Programmers-Game-Development/dp/1584503300/sr=1-1/qid=1158676544/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0626050-4073525?ie=UTF8s=books Charles P. On 9/18/06, Andreas R [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] a question of geometry

2006-09-17 Thread Charles Parcell
I think your problem is not possible. Here is why (hope I am able to articulate). Some basic background info: - The diameter of a circle is the distance from one edge of the circle to the furthest edge. - A line of circles edge to edge, so that their diameters are used, makes a strait

Re: [Flashcoders] grab a bitmap region?

2006-08-04 Thread Charles Parcell
From http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/1959.html * Juise said on Feb 22, 2006 at 1:34 AM : * Seems that symbol has to be bitmap - loadBitmap cannot get movieclip´s bitmap data. Charles P On 8/3/06, jcarlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone has some links or directions

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - From BitmapAsset to BitmapData?

2006-07-31 Thread Charles Parcell
You don't attach BitmapData, you draw it. Look at the draw function in the BitmapData class. Charles P. On 7/30/06, Sascha Balkau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot Jim! That was the link I was looking for! Maybe you can give me a hint on another BitmapData problem: How do I attach a

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF player...

2006-07-25 Thread Charles Parcell
Wow wow! What are you asking for? A SWF player is the Flash Player. I think there is terminology issue here. Perhaps you are looking for a FLV Player? One that you can just point to a FLV file and it will play, etc. If this is the case then look in your components. There is an FLV player

Re: [Flashcoders] Random numbers?

2006-07-23 Thread Charles Parcell
It is the difference between floor and round. Charles P. On 7/23/06, Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone help me understand why the randRange function below doesn't return a random distribution, but the randRange2 function does? Here's some test code. thanks, - rajat var a

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3, BitmapData and domain security

2006-07-21 Thread Charles Parcell
What is you put the loaded image into an empty MC and then captured the BitmapData of the MC you created? Does the security traverse the MC tree checking for foreign domains? Charles P. On 7/21/06, Paul Neave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot Tom, that was just what I was looking for.

Re: [Flashcoders] scale9grid how to

2006-07-20 Thread Charles Parcell
Here are my thoughts. Based on the image you passed on in one of your previous postings, it looks like you are building a drop down list component. I would assume that you wanted slice9 so you could scale the component in the X direction for longer strings. Is this a correct assumption? You

Re: [Flashcoders] Book recommendations for AS2 and game development

2006-07-15 Thread Charles Parcell
Sounds like you need books on OOP rather than ActipnScript. You are not going to find a book on OOP with ActionScript at the moment. Rather you are going to have to branch out a bit. Here are some books that I would suggest. At the least they will get you looking in the right direction. Object

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Reference Library PDF?

2006-07-14 Thread Charles Parcell
with Flex. Charles P. On 7/3/06, John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charles Parcell wrote: Now that Flash Player 9 is officially released, does anyone know if there is a PDF of the AS3 Reference Library? While I know it is on LiveDocs, I like to thumb through actual paper. I'm not sure

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic access of top-level variables in AS3

2006-07-11 Thread Charles Parcell
or what about stage[myVar] Charles P. On 7/11/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this[myVar] doesn't work?? Charles P. On 7/11/06, Chris McFadyen aka Grayson Carlyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how I can dynamically reference

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 faster ??

2006-07-10 Thread Charles Parcell
What data types did you use?? int or Number? Charles P. On 7/10/06, Cédric Néhémie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Here some benchs I've made during the Beta 2, comparison between AS2's and AS3's basics operations. All have been mades on 10 iterations.

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 faster ??

2006-07-10 Thread Charles Parcell
Could you supply the code you tested with please. Charles P. On 7/10/06, Cédric Néhémie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Here some benchs I've made during the Beta 2, comparison between AS2's and AS3's basics operations. All have been mades on 10 iterations.

[Flashcoders] AS3 Reference Library PDF?

2006-06-30 Thread Charles Parcell
Now that Flash Player 9 is officially released, does anyone know if there is a PDF of the AS3 Reference Library? While I know it is on LiveDocs, I like to thumb through actual paper. Thanks, Charles P. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

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