Re: [Flashcoders][OT] is the Flash9/CS3 delivered to anyone yet?

2007-05-08 Thread Cortlandt Winters
I know this is OT so I'm marking it so, but I DO want to offer the advice to anyone interested You may want to buy the boxed version. I only mention it because with MM and their site I got into the habit of purchasing the download version and later on, checking the also send a cd checkbox for

Re: [Flashcoders] Right Click disabling

2007-03-02 Thread Cortlandt Winters
suggestions though and if anyone feels like proving this DOES work then you'll find the entire flash community extremely grateful! Cheers Andy Jones Learning Consultant -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cortlandt Winters Sent: 28 February

Re: [Flashcoders] Right Click disabling

2007-02-28 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Hi Andy, Actually there is a way, though I think it's a metaphysical law that somebody has to say it's impossible before an answer appears. I had to do this so that folk could copy paste with ctrl-c ctrl-v and have the text modified before put in atext field but not allow a right-click-paste

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Laszlo

2007-01-30 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Warning William ... Brain Dump in Progress... First I want to mention that I try not to compare them too much on email lists because what invariably happens is that somebody somewhere reads the post, takes a line or two out of context and it becomes overemphasized. Or somebody compiles all the

Re: [Flashcoders] Launch an application from CDROM based projector

2007-01-30 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Hi Paul, I know that swf studio has a shell object that allows you to call an execute function and pass it parameters , but it's that application that will determine what it can receive. Generally if you launch an application with parameters after the app name they will get sent to the app, but

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Laszlo

2007-01-30 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Hi John, Yes, I watch the traffic too and find it interesting, but not really startling. I wouldn't read TOO much into it. Just so you know, at this time last year Flashcoders traffic was about the same as Flexcoders, but now it's about a quarter of Flexcoders traffic as well. I would trust,

Re: [Flashcoders] launching an exe?

2006-11-10 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Hi Adam, I think this is one of the rare opportunities to actually say definitely not possible. If you could do this it would be a major security flaw as the .exe could, say, wipe out a hard drive instead of doing something beneficial. If somehow you find any way to do this, please notify

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Stephen you're misreading the information on that link. MS still supports win2k they just don't sell NEW oem licences, that's a big difference. If and when they try to discontinue support, expect some serious legal reprecusions. They support it for good reason, if they don't do so (at least

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Sorry Steven, I can promise that I'm not burned up about anything. Just stating what I think is important. And I thought you were responding to Pete's comment more seriously than you apparently were. And I'm sorry to spell your name wrong. ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Book sequence...

2005-12-12 Thread Cortlandt Winters
I'd say Actionscript Cookbook. Though worthwhile, the topics in essential As2 is are too booring to read in December. December should be a fun month. a bit subjectively, -Cort • ActionScript for Flash MX The Definitive Guide • Essential ActionScript 2.0 • Flash Hacks • ActionScript 2.0

Re: [Flashcoders] Serious Problem with Big Loads... HELP ME , please... HELP ME

2005-12-11 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Hi Julian The good news is that there is definitely a way to fix this. The bad news is i'm not sure you have been able to describe what is going on well enough for folk to help you figure it out yet. First. A question. Is this 5MB swf an animation with graphs or interactive graphs? If it's an

Re: [Flashcoders] What is Flex?

2005-10-19 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Andreas said This is just my relatively uninformed opinion however, i'd love to hear counterargumentation when it comes to the usability issue. Hi Andreas, I enjoyed your rant's but in the end they are reactionary nonsense. Usability doesn't depend on the technology. It depends on design.

Re: [Flashcoders] What is Flex?

2005-10-19 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Hi Andreas, Yes I follow your gist. But what you are arguing for is simple design and ering on the side of caution, nothing more, nothing that I would dissagree with either, but having little relation to the Ajax vs Flash choice. Sure Flash gives you plenty of rope to hang yourself with, but it