RE: [Flashcoders] Fonts taking up too much space

2012-06-26 Thread Chris Foster
Using SoThink SWF Decompiler I examined your SWF and found 4 font items as follows: 'font 4' - containing the following characters: . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 B C I M Y [ ] a c d e f g h I k l m n o r s t u v w y 'font 12' - containing the following characters: H O U W Y [ a b d e f g h I l n o r s t

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Can Javascript Listen to Flash Events?

2012-05-22 Thread Chris Foster
I've got around the 'local security warning' issue in the past by running the content from a standalone webserver - check out Server2Go. You'll be able to fire off whatever ExternalInterface call you need. You'll have a pause of a few seconds while the server stats up, but otherwise it's a

RE: [Flashcoders] Updating to 10.3 or 11 External player in cs5.5?

2012-02-08 Thread Chris Foster
Maybe I'm missing something here - what is stopping you from keeping your SWF open in a browser window (with the debug Player of your choice) and simply hitting F5 after you've republished? C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] animation memory leak ... please help

2011-10-18 Thread Chris Foster
If you're already manually removing event listeners and deleting created objects, and you really wanna nail this and don't mind spending a few hours learning something new then I totally recommend the Temple Library for ActionScript 3 by MediaMonks http://code.google.com/p/templelibrary/

RE: [Flashcoders] array problem,loop.plot

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Foster
Nasim, As you already know, pre-calculating all those data points is too much work for Flash, and it's also way more points than any monitor can show at one time. Why don't you try calculating only the points you need, only when you need them? Tell your boss that 'having an array of points'

RE: [Flashcoders] Gaia Transitions

2011-04-13 Thread Chris Foster
] On Behalf Of Ryan P Sent: Friday, 8 April 2011 10:50 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Gaia Transitions Thanks dude!! I really appreciate your time on this! On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi Ryan, I posted a reply

RE: [Flashcoders] Gaia Transitions

2011-04-07 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Ryan, I posted a reply on the Gaia forums for you at: http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/index.php/topic,4035.0.html C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ryan P Sent: Friday, 8 April 2011

RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Foster
: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Marco Terrinoni Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2011 3:42 AM To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question Many thanks for the tip Chris, I decided to try and load the assets

RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question

2011-03-21 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Marco, I've always found it much easier to let the Gaia framework manage my loading by adding items (like SWFs, images, mp3, flv etc.) as assets to the Gaia page. It's easier because I don't have to write code to solve the kind of problem you're asking about... The Gaia documentation is

RE: [Flashcoders] FDT, version control and project files

2011-03-14 Thread Chris Foster
I work with a team of 3 developers and 4 designers. The developers all use the FDT Eclipse plugin version, and we use Subclipse to manage our Subversion repos. We never commit our project files (mainly to stop noobs from accidentally changing project settings unintentionally) and all our

[Flashcoders] IE not releasing memory after unloading Flash object

2011-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
Hi list, I'm using SWFObject 2.2 (dynamic embed) to display my Flash content. In IE7 on WinXP the Windows Task Manager shows that the 'iexplore' process isn't releasing memory after the window containing my Flash is closed. I've tried explicitly calling SWFObject's 'cleanupSWFs' and 'removeSWF'

RE: [Flashcoders] IE not releasing memory after unloading Flash object

2011-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
unloading Flash object Hi Chris, Do you have any listeners that look for the system? IE: system capabilities, monitor size, mouse position, etc, or just listeners in general. Try removing the listeners before garbage collection and unload. HTH, Karl On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Chris Foster

RE: [Flashcoders] IE not releasing memory after unloading Flash object

2011-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
3, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Chris Foster wrote: I *think* my listeners are all under control Karl - but I'm still interested in whether my assumption is correct or not - does closing the browser window Completely remove the Flash Player instance from the IE DOM and release the memory

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS5 - Component Live Preview Disapearing

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Karim, This might happen if your Live Preview is linked to an external SWF, rather than embedded in your component (see your Component Definition dialog box). C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On

RE: [Flashcoders] Subtle XML/Font loading/CSS issue, limited test capabilities - looking for suggestions

2011-01-15 Thread Chris Foster
, at 7:42 PM, Chris Foster wrote: No, thanks Karl, I haven't tried that... C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl DeSaulniers Sent: Friday, 14 January 2011 11:37 AM To: Flash Coders List

[Flashcoders] Subtle XML/Font loading/CSS issue, limited test capabilities - looking for suggestions

2011-01-13 Thread Chris Foster
. Thanks, Chris This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized

RE: [Flashcoders] Subtle XML/Font loading/CSS issue, limited test capabilities - looking for suggestions

2011-01-13 Thread Chris Foster
, at 6:07 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Folks, I'm currently working on a large eLearning project... hundreds of static (ugh!) screens. We're using the Gaia framework with great success. I've built a CS4 text display component that our designers use (uses

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on another server

2010-11-25 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Paul, Are you relying on the other server to return information for you to use in your game? Or are you simply required to send new subscriber information to the distant server? C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on another server

2010-11-25 Thread Chris Foster
, 26 November 2010 7:57 AM To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script onanother server Hi Chris I simply need to send the new subscriber information to the distant server I was given an html form by my client that had to be converted to Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on anotherserver

2010-11-25 Thread Chris Foster
:27 AM To: Flash Coders List Cc: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on anotherserver Thanks Chris I have never used externalinterface before but will google it now and give it a go. Thank you for your help - it is really appreciated. Thanks Paul

RE: [Flashcoders] Using an embedded font

2010-09-22 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Kerry, I think this is one that gave me headaches a while ago... My solution was to apply the textFormat AFTER the text has been applied to the textField. C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On

RE: [Flashcoders] Isometric Graphics Libraries

2010-09-08 Thread Chris Foster
Assuming that you're after AS3 libraries, go here: http://fluxdb.fluxusproject.org/ and type 'Isometric' into the 'Search' box in the top-right corner. C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of

[Flashcoders] AS3 library management tool

2010-07-08 Thread Chris Foster
by a GUI to download, manage and update your local version. If you're on GitHub you can 'watch' it at http://github.com/jasonm23/Fluxus/ And if you have time and skills, the project would love some help from the community. Chris www.flashgrind.com This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain

[Flashcoders] Loading external fonts into a CS4 Component LivePreview

2010-06-24 Thread Chris Foster
() method of the LivePreview to respond to IDE events? (this would help me with finding alternatives) Thanks in advance for ANY suggestions! :) Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile: +61 414 394 524 Catalyst

RE: [Flashcoders] RIA Secure Coding

2010-06-02 Thread Chris Foster
A while ago Hewlett-Packard released a tool (custom decompiler) for 'exposing Flash Application vulnerabilities'. It might make an easy starting point for further investigation. http://www.communities.hp.com/securitysoftware/blogs/spilabs/archive/200

RE: [Flashcoders] changing url without reloading page/swf in as2.0

2010-04-07 Thread Chris Foster
http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/ http://www.padizine.com/blog/swfaddress-tutorial-for-actionscript-2-0/ C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Amol Sent: Thursday, 8 April 2010 3:33 PM To:

[Flashcoders] Transition from AS2 to AS3... with minimum pain

2010-03-31 Thread Chris Foster
FWIW, I made the transition to AS3 about a year ago (eLearning lags a little behind the rest of the commercial world). Here's what made my journey easy... 1) Use the GAIA framework as a starting point for all my projects. 2) Watched Colin Moock's 'Lost Actionscript Weekend' DVDs 3) Purchased

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 3 newbie: how to use Sprite's, how to find parent's dimensions

2010-03-21 Thread Chris
...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for the explanations and - On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Chris zomgfore...@gmail.com wrote: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=ascomponents_advanced_2.html I've started to read it. But maybe someone can give me a start: If I have a Canvas

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 3 newbie: how to use Sprite's, how to find parent's dimensions

2010-03-20 Thread Chris
Hehe, that's a lot of questions, but I'll try to answer as many as i can. When porting a game to Flex for the purposes you mention, I'd recommend that you create a 'modular' extension of UIComponents. For example, for your main game, extend the main game view's class with UIComponent. If you

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Pop up window locally

2010-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
Don't call the 'window.open' method from Flash, write a function in the HTML page and call that function from Flash. Here's an example of the function on the HTML page: loadPopup = function(pageName, width, height) { var newPopupWindow; var left =

Re: [Flashcoders] can I get some recommendations for development tools?

2009-12-17 Thread Chris
A lot of people like Flex Builder and Flash Develop. I prefer a language-agnostic editor than something specific to Flash so I use jEdit. http://jedit.org Compiling with the Flex SDK in jEdit on mac is easy with fcshtl: http://hasseg.org/blog/?p=194 http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=146 Of

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 static var persisting when movie unloaded

2009-12-03 Thread Chris
I would recommend a couple paths: Add a removeInstance() method to your singleton(s) that will clear you singleton upon removing your application. Use the MultiCore version of PureMVC which is a 'multiton'. Then you can create a new 'core' and remove the old one if it exists. Essentially this is

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR: Application opened by someone else?

2009-12-02 Thread Chris
What you are mentioning sounds like the most logical course of action. You're basically implementing a 'lock' file within the application. The only issue with this approach is 'wedging' which can occur. If a user opens the application and their computer crashes, the file will be locked with no way

Re: [Flashcoders] Detect child parent

2009-11-22 Thread Chris
It sounds like what you are doing is correct. Perhaps your child isn't on the stage. Try something like this: if(child.parent){ child.parent.removeChild(child); } Which will only attemp to remove child if the parent exists. If you expect your child to always be parented, you might want to

[Flashcoders] GlowFilter vs. custom StrokeFilter?

2009-11-19 Thread Chris
started thinking about how I could make something faster, but was stumped. It seems that there is essentially no functional difference between a GlowFilter and a StrokeFilter, except the threshold, ie. strength. Is this correct? Thanks, Chris Hill

[Flashcoders] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...

2009-11-17 Thread Chris Foster
'. 'advanced' changes the textfield to 'antialias-for-reading', which I don't want. Anyone know how to change this to 'antialias for animation'? Thanks, C: Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au chris.fos...@kbr.com Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...

2009-11-17 Thread Chris Foster
, and if it's a text field then select it - that dropdown will affect all selected textfields. not exactly what you're looking for though, maybe someone else has a better solution. jared On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi, I'm using

RE: [Flashcoders] Placing sprites on the circumference of a circle

2009-11-09 Thread Chris Foster
hi Wyert, If this is the kind of thing you might do more than once then I strongly recommend checking out the 'hype' AS3 framework from Joshua Davis and Branden Hall. http://hype.joshuadavis.com There's a very approachable set of intro videos here: http://www.vimeo.com/channels/hype C:

RE: [Flashcoders] How to test URLVariables members

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Alex, You could use a 'try/catch' block... e.g. try { if (vars.myname != undefined){ // do something } } catch (e:Error) { trace(ERROR: your error info here); } -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] Job Postings OK?

2009-10-26 Thread Chris
I have not actively participated in this list for years, sorry :). I was wondering if it would be ok to put a job posting up? Thanks, Chris ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

[Flashcoders] Looking for Actionscripters

2009-10-26 Thread Chris
to be a great programmer. Bonus points for reading this far. You may respond to me at chill at soe dot sony dot com. Please do not reply with your private info to the list. :) Please reply with: Resume Availability Pricing/Rate info. Thanks, Chris Hill Sony Online Entertainment

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2 SharedObject with Red5

2009-10-14 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Andrew, This page might be helpful to you... http://www.zehnet.de/2008/04/11/red5-remote-sharedobject-experience-tips / Specifically: --- A Client can connect to a SO using the following Actionscript lines: // at first you need

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2 SharedObject with Red5

2009-10-14 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Andrew, Under Flash Communication Server (OK, it was a long time ago!) I'd do this using a Remote Shared Object. That would provide persistent stored information that could be accessed by multiple clients. Is that what you want to do? C: -Original Message- From:

RE: [Flashcoders] monitor outgoing http requests

2009-10-08 Thread Chris Foster
I like using 'Charles' - an HTTP sniffer from http://xk72.com/ C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Sinning Sent: Friday, 9 October 2009 8:28 AM To: Flash Coders Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 IDE reverting Use Device Fonts back to Anti-alias for animation

2009-10-08 Thread Chris Foster
Oops - forgot to include the thread I mentioned... http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=139754 C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of matt stuehler Sent: Friday, 9 October

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 IDE reverting Use Device Fonts back to Anti-alias for animation

2009-10-08 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Matt, I haven't experienced your problem, but (if it persists) then I'd recommend making use of JSFL to eliminate the time wasted by manually re-setting the textfields. This thread shows a couple of relevant examples, and I've attached a couple of short JSFL script I wrote to do a similar

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Foster
Hi T, No solution here, but this might relate to your current problem: http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.html C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of TS Sent:

Re: [Flashcoders] Searching all ActionScript in an FLA

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Velevitch
scripts on object instances will be ignored. Are you using Flash CS3 or Flash CS4? In CS4, the errors panel should be showing you location of the warning and you should be able to double click the message line to goto the action panel and see and edit the code in question. Chris -- Chris

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Cache in IE FF

2009-09-24 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Don, The conventional way to avoid loading cached content into Flash is to call a unique URL for the content every time. One way to do this is to append a random number or UTC timecode (in milliseconds) to your URL, for example (AS3): var l:Loader = new Loader(); var req:URLRequest = new

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Cache in IE FF

2009-09-24 Thread Chris Foster
Sorry - formatting got screwed up there... one more try... AS3 example of 'anticache' technique. - var l:Loader = new Loader(); var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(your url here); var vars:URLVariables = new URLVariables(); req.method =

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash speech-to-text

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Juju, You can't currently do speech-to-text in Actionscript. It's not that people are choosing not to answer you, there just aren't any useful solutions to your question. C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash speech-to-text

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Foster
: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of juju Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 3:01 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash speech-to-text Thanks Chris, not even with Ribbit? That's what

RE: [Flashcoders] FLV export - size(w, h) vs data rate

2009-08-25 Thread Chris Foster
Depending on how important your 'older machine' users are then you might also consider not using the On2 codec. It does a great job, but is very CPU intensive and often grinds on older/slower machines. The trade-off is quality - Sorenson encoded video will play back much faster on the older

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto problem in flash

2009-08-24 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Anna, Try getURL(mailto://n...@name.com;); C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of ana mock Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:50 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto problem in flash

2009-08-24 Thread Chris Foster
Hi again, My mistake... try this: getURL(mailto:n...@name.com;); C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of ana mock Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:50 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash security issue

2009-08-23 Thread Chris Foster
You could also use a standalone webserver - I've used 'Server2Go CD-ROM Webserver' before, it's quite customisable, and also gets me past all those annoying security issues. I like it as a solution because I don't need to do an extra version (as an .exe) of my projects, and I don't need to force

RE: [Flashcoders] Security Sandbox Violation: Tried to accessincompatible context

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Foster
No suggestion, just some additional feedback from my debug window... -- using receiverConnName:RN2MP NOT ROUTE using receiverConnName:MP2RN Error: Request for resource at http://www.mappingmainstreet.org/mmsquery.php?route=recent by requestor from

RE: [Flashcoders] as3 -re-dimensioning spirte but not its children

2009-07-30 Thread Chris Foster
Or you could create a new 'duplicate' sprite (instead of scaling the original) and re-parent the children to the new sprite using: newParent.addChild(objectToReparent); C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-03-21 Thread Chris Lucas
LinkedIn Flash, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Chris Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/527719995/tXIOXmOJ/ -- What is LinkedIn and why should you join? http://learn.linkedin.com/what

Re: [Flashcoders] Are you waiting ages for your copy of CS4?

2008-12-24 Thread Chris
that was a complete lie. I'm pretty sure there is something going on. It shouldn't take two months to ship out a cd, and they won't refund our money. Does this sound like you? Please email me on or off list... Thanks Chris Hill ___ Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] Are you waiting ages for your copy of CS4?

2008-12-23 Thread Chris
that was a complete lie. I'm pretty sure there is something going on. It shouldn't take two months to ship out a cd, and they won't refund our money. Does this sound like you? Please email me on or off list... Thanks Chris Hill ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Automatically Declare Stage Instances andinheritance.

2008-05-12 Thread Chris
can always make the class dynamic On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so I've done a bit of googling and found nothing. And the mailing lists search features are less than ideal (sorry). Apologies if this has been gone over before: I have created

Re: [Flashcoders] Undefined property in one fla, but not in the other.

2008-05-10 Thread Chris
-Flash-Actionscript 3.0 Settings. Thanks, Chris Hill On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 6:09 AM, jonathan howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's my guess: The classpath in your work fla is incorrect or the linkage is not actually pointing to the original PilotBase. Sounds like you copied the symbol

[Flashcoders] Automatically Declare Stage Instances and inheritance.

2008-05-10 Thread Chris
that this checkbox shouldn't exist and that all stage vars should be declared manually. I must be doing something wrong. What are the best practices here? Besides unchecking that box, is there any way to get around these errors? Thanks Chris Hill

Re: [Flashcoders] Is Adobe fixing this big FP9 problem?

2008-04-15 Thread Chris Hill
ON TOPIC: I can see that most of us feel very strongly about this bug. Adobe has made it clear that their formal channel to do something about it is to vote in their ticketing system for the bug. If there already is a bug, can someone link to it? Otherwise let's get a bug in there. And then

[Flashcoders] Re: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 5, Issue 32

2008-02-29 Thread Chris Wilcox
-- Bounce Digital Ltd 7 Greenland Street London NW1 0ND +44 (0)20 7209 3620 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:04:12 To:flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 5, Issue 32 Send Flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Re: [SYD-ANN] Sydney Flex and AIR Pre-Release Tour With Danny Dura

2008-01-15 Thread Chris Velevitch
Should had mentioned that Danny Dura will in Sydney to do this presention. On Jan 16, 2008 9:08 AM, Chris Velevitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thursday, 24th January. Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, Danny Dura from the Platform Evangelism Team will be specifically

[Flashcoders] Your new list server

2007-10-19 Thread Chris Ivey
reminder button doesn't seem to work. Can you please unsubscribe me? Chris Ivey ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Multilingual video with Flash

2007-09-14 Thread Chris Foster
For a guaranteed solution I'd recommend using separate videos, each with their own soundtrack. It'll completely remove any sync issues that would surface with separated audio tracks. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norman

[Flashcoders] Developers wanted.

2007-09-13 Thread Chris Hill
We are looking for quality flash developers for contract and full-time positions. Telecommute is ok. Please email me offlist with your resume and availability. Must be based in US, sorry. Thanks, Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

[Flashcoders] [Show] Flash game community

2007-09-04 Thread Chris Benjaminsen
will use a few mins to take a look! Thanks alot, Chris Benjaminsen ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software

[Flashcoders] Modifying Publish Settings with JSFL

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Hill
I know this has been talked about before but I figured I'd revisit it since CS3's been out: We're merging two subversion repositories, and I need to migrate about 20 or so flash files to export to a different directory. Of course I can go ahead and modify them all by hand, and I may do that

Re: [Flashcoders] Modifying Publish Settings with JSFL

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Hill
Great! Exactly what I'm after. I don't know why Google didn't hit that. Argh, that's annoying as we set our classpaths on a per-file basis quite often. Hmm...and no way to modify the classpaths of the files by jsfl, huh? Big piratey arrrgh. Thanks, Steve, Chris Steven Sacks wrote: I

Re: [Flashcoders] Intro to OOP using ActionScript

2007-08-21 Thread chris duke
I see it as something of a Math class (my degree is in math so bear with me). People aren't just going to be thrown into Calculus before at least learning algebra. There is some argument that teaching calculus sooner could be beneficial (i'm in that camp but theres a whole different set of issues

[Flashcoders] Need special 3D Charting / Graphing solution...

2007-08-20 Thread Mankowski, Chris
, or commercial implementation... Thanks! -Chris Notice: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged, legally privileged and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you

[Flashcoders] Flash Player and IT Security Policies

2007-08-15 Thread Chris Velevitch
A large corporate/government organisation's IT department has refused to update the flash player due IT security policy. Any ideas on why they would do that and what can be done to convince them to change? -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group m: 0415 469 095

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Watch vs listener/broadcaster

2007-08-11 Thread chris duke
I have used watch in the past to check for when a Boolean swaps between true and false and use that to trigger functions to make things visible/invisible. It allowed for a way to link a variable that changes (Number, Boolean, String) to a function without implementing a full listener. On 8/11/07,

[Flashcoders] keyboard shortcuts and flash v2 components

2007-08-06 Thread Chris Bare
of the v2 components will still see the keys if they have focus. They even mis-interpret things, like ignoring the ctrl key and just processing the v. Any pointers would be appreciated. -- Chris Bare [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working

2007-07-24 Thread Chris W. Paterson
simple String function like substr() or anything it doesn't work either! I'm sorta new at XML and Flash, I've been doing Flash for a while but I usually don't use XML. Any help would be very much appreciated Thanks! Chris

RE: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working

2007-07-24 Thread Chris W. Paterson
should use .nodeValue? Will that give me the entire node with ![CDATA[]]? Is it even possible to read the html value for html text? Thanks so much! -Chris --- Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XML: content![CDATA[Blah blah a href=somelink.comsomeLink/a b some bold text /b

Re: [Flashcoders] CDATA Html Text not working

2007-07-24 Thread Chris W. Paterson
Great! That works! Thanks so much!! I'll look into that XPath... Maybe not for this project since it's on a tight deadline, but for the future! Thanks! Chris --- Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris W. Paterson wrote: this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.childNodes[j

[Flashcoders] Setting symbolBackgroundColor for CheckBox

2007-07-23 Thread chris duke
Trying to setup a CheckBox component to show red/green when its checked correctly/incorrectly and I am having trouble setting the symbolBackgroundColor style to make it show red or green. If i understand the steps I'm taking are: Drag CheckBox onto stage and name it cb1. Goto File-import

[Flashcoders] webservices or SOAP help

2007-07-16 Thread Chris Tague
Hi guys, I'm a fairly adavanced flash programmer but i've been thrown into the deep end with some web services. I have no idea where to begin, i have looked at documentation..but nothing has helped so far. Below is the xml they have given me saying this is the request format, they will also

[Flashcoders] I'm a Shared library dumb dumb

2007-07-12 Thread Chris Bell
this shared library approach. The problem is, I've never used a shared library before and I just don't get it. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to set up a test for my main problem? Thanks, Chris Bell ___ Flashcoders

[Flashcoders] attachMovie fails on embedded clip in a movie, why?

2007-06-25 Thread Chris Bell
to a the chair2 movieClip inside template1 Template2.chair2.attachMovie(person1, person1, 101); //hardcoded depth here for clearness Is there some limitation to attachMovie that I'm missing? Any guesses, suggestions, ideas? Thanks, Chris Chris Bell IT Manager University

Re: [Flashcoders] Missing characters in XML

2007-06-22 Thread Chris Tague
you might have to go nodeValue.toString() first.. c. On 6/22/07, Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having trouble reading and writing some characters to XML. I've got a file with . characters and I'm trying to read them and swap them for arrows (u2192). But for some reason it's not

[Flashcoders] URLRequest caching XML problems AS3

2007-06-21 Thread Chris Tague
Hi people, I'm trying to load XML data from an RFID reader via HTTP(the reader has a webserver on it), if i use the xml.load method in CS2 it works absolutely fine. But trying to rewrite the code in CS3, i have come across what seems to be a caching problem, although there is something weird

[Flashcoders] attachMovie fails on embedded clip in a movie, why?

2007-06-21 Thread Chris Bell
); //hardcoded depth here for clearness Is there some limitation to attachMovie that I'm missing? Any guesses, suggestions, ideas? Thanks, Chris Chris Bell IT Manager University of Colorado Law School My home phone which forwards to me while I'm out of town: 303-443-9621 [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] flv problems, cpu usage

2007-06-17 Thread Chris Tague
Problem fixed...i was using some old html templates to display the swf in the browser...when i used CS3 with the new AC_RunActiveContent.js it fixed everything! CPU usage is down to about 11% fantastic...now i have another problem about the component not working if i export all my classes on a

[Flashcoders] flvplayback export classes to another frame

2007-06-17 Thread Chris Tague
Hey guys, Anyone worked otu how to export classes on a differnt frame of the timeline, but still have the flvplayback component working? thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

[Flashcoders] flv problems, cpu usage

2007-06-14 Thread Chris Tague
on the main timeline of the loaded swf, the cpu usage drops down to about 80-90% If i run the swf with the flv alone in the browser, the cpu usage is around 45%. Anyone experienced this, or have any idea how i can get around this? thanks chris

[Flashcoders] Contractors and Full-Time needed

2007-06-12 Thread Chris Hill
). If you have emailed me before, I'm sorry but I have lost all my contact information. Please email me again! Thanks, Chris Hill Director of Interactive Terralever 520 393 3240 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options

[Flashcoders] Dynamic E4X

2007-05-16 Thread Chris Hill
The as3 examples for XML show the following: var node:String = zip; trace(employees.employee[0].address[node]); // 98765 What I'd like to do is something like this: var node:String = zip; trace(employees..[node]); // 98765 ie: Find all nodes that are called 'zip' in the document, but do it

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic E4X

2007-05-16 Thread Chris Hill
, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Chris Hill wrote: The as3 examples for XML show the following: var node:String = zip; trace(employees.employee[0].address[node]); // 98765 What I'd like to do is something like this: var node:String = zip; trace(employees..[node]); // 98765 ie: Find all nodes that are called

[Flashcoders] Load flash content - version 9.0.45

2007-05-11 Thread Chris McCarthy
Hi everyone, Been working with flash a while now but recently been confused with something. It may be IE7 causing me probs or my flash knowledge fading away. I have a simple image loader below: //---CODE --- var loadingBar_mc:MovieClip; var loadBar_mc:MovieClip =

RE: [Flashcoders] Programatic anmation to Quicktime/AVI

2007-05-04 Thread Chris Daubney
Swf2video has always worked for me http://www.adshareit.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pedr browne Sent: 04 May 2007 10:34 To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Programatic anmation to Quicktime/AVI Hello,

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash / Java Communication with ExternalInterface

2007-05-03 Thread Chris Mitchell
Java 6 has a new Scripting engine /Script manager so you could use External interface and write some sort of javascript gateway to bridge Flash and Java -- maybe. Just a thought... http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/script/package-summary.html T. Michael Keesey [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] xmlsa with xmlsocket

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Tague
Does anyone know if it is possible to use XMLSocket xml with XMLSA, instead of laoding an XML file? How would i go about it? thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

[Flashcoders] flvplayback component skins for mp3 player

2007-04-11 Thread Chris Tague
Hi all, I've just spent a few hours redisgning a skin for an flv playback component. Now the next section of the website is an mp3 section, is there a simple way to use the skin i made for the flvplayback for an mp3 player? Or to use any of the flvplayback skins for an mp3 player? It's a

Re: [Flashcoders] Entities are Hell!

2007-04-04 Thread Chris Tague
try puttign this into your movie.. System.useCodepage = true; On 4/4/07, Steven Loe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm loading xml with special characters. These display as their entity codes i.e. as . If I put enitity codes in the xml, I still get entity codes displaying on screen. What am I

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