RE: [Flashcoders] AIR native extension - Windows debugging

2014-09-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
idea. Does it have to go away completely to be dead? No, but it's certainly lost 90% of its relevance on the WWW, and that to me, is dead. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning 703.302.9265 -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] AIR native extension - Windows debugging

2014-09-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
Well that's great it's going well for you. I personally don't see a lot of Flash-based jobs out there anymore though. But great it's not dead to you. I do miss it. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning 703.302.9265 -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash to HTML

2014-06-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
New version of Flash just came out that claims to export to HTML5 Canvas and do Actionscript to Javascript translations. Worth checking out? https://helpx.adobe.com/flash/how-to/creating-publishing-html5-canvas-document.html Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America

[Flashcoders] RE: Modifying Sharepoint 2010 list from Flash

2013-11-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
Javascript libraries out there that call Webservices and even Sharepoint specific JS libraries. You can set up Javascript communication in Flash to talk to these libraries to send and receive Sharepoint list data. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning

[Flashcoders] Figleaf list for Javascript/HTML/CSS or other lists?

2013-05-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
Does Figleaf have a Javascript/HTML/CSS mailing list like this? I'd love to subscribe if there is. Or what lists are there out there for questions? I don't mean website forums, I mean e-mail lists - I find those easier to use, more accessible. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks guys! We narrowed down our recommendations to O'Reilley Fluent, FITC, and Adobe Max. I think I am leaning towards going to FITC. Fluent looks awesome but expensive! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h

[Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
for people in our industry that use these technologies? Bascially, we were Flash developers and now do most of our stuff with Javascript/HTML/CSS to build interactive simulations and games for learning. What would be the equivalent of Adobe Max? Thanks! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ha, well right now I am mostly just using Dreamweaver (don't ask, but to sum up, I can't install other tools myself on my work machine) for HTML/Javascript/CSS. I'm really more about learning the languages and techniques rather than the tools though, but good question! Jason Merrill

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks Randall! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Randall Tinfow Sent

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Great, that's good info Dave! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Dave Watts

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Oh, and as a side note, does Fig Leaf host a similar mailing list like this but for Javascript / AJAX'y stuff? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
OK cool - yeah I am in Charlotte, so only a 5 hour drive to that conference in Atlanta. And yeah, I miss this list too! It really dried up this past year sadly. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks Dave - I have found a few of my answers on Stack Overflow in the past, I like it. Is it web browser only or can you subscribe like a mailing list? I think I prefer that format. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Swift3D is a modeling tool and for Flash, it exports out as Papervision3D files/classes. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Also Away3D and Alternativa support hardware acceleration. I don't know about the others. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Google Pipwerks SCORM - nice classes and files to make your Flash communicate with an LMS via SCORM. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
http://pipwerks.com/laboratory/scorm/ Code, examples, and documentation there. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:00 PM To: 'Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
), seemed harder to get up and working when I tried it. That said, if it was me, I would probably try out Away3D, even though I am well versed in Papervision. Second choice would be Alternativa. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-26 Thread Merrill, Jason
importing the above js file: var jason = new Person(Jason Merrill, 123 Smith Street); jason.sayHello(); Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h) ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-26 Thread Merrill, Jason
I hate to say it, but AS3 is kind of dying. It's the platform that is taking the big hit (Flash player) therefore AS3 is decreasing in use because the platform is decreasing in use. It's not because AS3 lost favorability, the player did. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
language but it has some pretty cool features. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h) ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h) ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ross P. Sclafani Sent

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
function() { gotoAndStop(divinedivers); }); Yeah, this is weird and unnecessary. Anonymous functions are recommended against in AS3. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h) ___ -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Plus, anonymous functions can throw off your scope, so your buttons could fail... Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h) ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ok, what's a good case to use them? Just curious, I have never found a situation where they were warranted. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning 703.302.9265 (w/h) ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
That still isn't an argument to use them in my opinion, personally I think the code is much more convoluted that way. Your argument is essentially it's a preference in coding style, not that there are situations that specifically call for their use. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3

2012-10-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Right, it's cool, we're on the same page, my only point is there is no functional reason to use them (no pun intended) and in my personal opinion, they have more potential to introduce problems. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
Make it an EMCA viable script language. Like Actionscript becoming Javascripts competitor. Make it so Actionscript can control and manipulate DOM. Just sayin.. THAT would be AWESOME and make me VERY HAPPY. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Integrating Flash with Sharepoint

2012-06-07 Thread Merrill, Jason
. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ted Lehr Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Integrating Flash with Sharepoint

2012-06-07 Thread Merrill, Jason
No problem! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ted Lehr Sent: Thursday

[Flashcoders] RE: Integrating Flash with Sharepoint

2012-06-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
I haven't seen any resources out there, but I have done a LOT of it and still do. Might be better off just asking your questions here. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Integrating Flash with Sharepoint

2012-06-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
) but it's also more complicated than just pulling the XML to set up and use. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun

[Flashcoders] RE: Grab Textfield Value from Javascript

2012-05-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yes. Javascript can call Flash functions. Flash functions can return data to Javascript. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

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

2012-05-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
You would have to add code to the .swf, but yes, Javascript can listen for Flash events and vice versa. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

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

2012-05-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
an ActionScript function. Pass arguments using standard function call notation. Return a value to the JavaScript function. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] Accessing FlashVars

2012-05-01 Thread Merrill, Jason
Weird because I used to do it that way all the time. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] Accessing FlashVars

2012-04-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
My memory is foggy, but I always thought you just access the FlashVars variable you created in the HTML straight away in the swf, in this case, appUrl. Have you tried a trace on appUrl? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC - ScreenManager

2012-03-26 Thread Merrill, Jason
I wouldn't put it in the controller, it a data thing. I create a class that loads in XML as a service class, and have the model load the service, dispatching an event when done that the controller picks up on. MVCS. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
(); } //In the view: public function update():void { //Do stuff to change the view } Hope that helps. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
It's the simplest form of MVC. I didn't say it was the best, I was just giving the man what he asked for. :) Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
Fair enough, but they do sell cigarettes with a health warning these days.. ;-) Trolling is so 2 years ago. :) Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-02-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Maybe I'm off, but I don't think the controller should manipulate data. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-02-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
No rules, you're right, just having the controller manipulate data just seems to go against the spirit of what MVC is all about. Controllers are usually used as communication busses in my experience. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
Karl DeSaulniers skriver: If I had anything to say about the future of flash, it would be, sell it back to Macromedia if you can't fill the position. Adobe didn't buy Flash. They bought Macromedia. And they bought Macromedia because Macromedia had Flash. :) Jason Merrill Instructional

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
Jason Merrill wrote: A new version of AS3 will be nice, Jason Merrill did NOT write that, that was JAMES Merrill... easy mistake :) just wanted to clarify... Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
Haha, no worries - when I first glanced at his post, I first thought, Did I write that? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
it the best option. Most of my friends in the interactive space tell me while they can do most Flash like stuff in HTML 5/Canvas/CSS3/Javascript, it takes about three times longer than it does in Flash/Flex/Actionscript and they don't get the same OOP benefits when programming. Jason Merrill

RE: [Flashcoders] MVC style

2012-02-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Calculations would not be in the controller, they would be in the Model. Sometimes you can justify them being in the view if it's related to the view. Calculations are also in a Service class if they are part of a service in some way. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II

RE: [Flashcoders] no posts since yesterday

2011-10-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Either everyone is busy or unemployed. I would guess it's both, plus the list has likely matured (many of have grown our skills enough and don't need as much help), and others have moved into other technology areas. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
row id=c / /row And row id=c / /row Are not valid XML. Therefore, I'm not clear on what you want to do. :) Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
This, what you are saying you want to turn it into: row id=c / /row That actually is valid, sorry, but you just want to have any empty node in there? Check out this thread: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?318159-AS3-XML-How-to-add-element-nodes Jason Merrill Instructional

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
for you and you need to stick with XML all the way, just ignore. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] Custom Event Question

2011-08-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yeah man, AS3Signals are awesome! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf

RE: [Flashcoders] Custom Event Question

2011-08-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
If you want to do bubbling with Signals, then read this post first: http://www.dehash.com/2010/03/07/as3-signals-bubbling-note/ You can do it, it's just not automatic. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ From: John

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call

2011-08-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
What I need it to target a specific sequence of nodes. You can do that with my function as well - just pass in the sequence you want to target. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call

2011-08-13 Thread Merrill, Jason
Then I think I hit on what Jason was suggesting: Not really. :) I think you're over complicating this. This is all I was suggesting you do from my original suggestion, it's pretty straightforward (this is a test case you could copy paste and run): //DUMMY DATA: var myXML:XML = data

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call

2011-08-13 Thread Merrill, Jason
Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Saturday, August 13

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call

2011-08-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
, passing in the child XML node as an argument, and does the count the node, adding to the _totalItems private class property. The function then does not call itself again if the XML node does not have any children. No switch statement would be needed. Make sense? Jason Merrill

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call

2011-08-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ingenious idea, but that would be limited to you hard coding the number of levels to go down to. If the XML gets larger and deeper, that function would fail... I think it would be better to check if the node has children, and if so, recursively dig deeper. Jason Merrill Instructional

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call

2011-08-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
specific levels. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ktu Sent: Thursday, August

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call

2011-08-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
responding to his request for something that does it better. So given that, I think both our approaches satisfy that request. :) Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] Signals in Robotlegs

2011-07-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
on my third Robotlegs project now). Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ From: David Wilcox [mailto:dwgoldfi...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:27 AM To: Merrill, Jason Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Signals in Robotlegs

RE: [Flashcoders] contract/FT position (Paris/Europe)

2011-07-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
/ asset id=d title=something/ /section /menu /topic That's not valid XML (fyi It's missing the /section closing tag on the third section node.) Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] contract/FT position (Paris/Europe)

2011-07-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
(fyi It's missing the /section closing tag on the third section node.) I meant the second node, not third... Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, July 22

RE: [Flashcoders] Signals in Robotlegs

2011-07-21 Thread Merrill, Jason
) and SignalContext instead of Context, and I set the signalCommandMap.mapSignalClass method inside of SignalContext to map Signals in my SignalContext. From there, everything works as you would expect for Signals and Robotlegs. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America

RE: [Flashcoders] PureMVC vs Cairngorm // who's better?

2011-07-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
I'll second that, Robotlegs is really nice - we love it here. We did an evaluation of AS3 frameworks to implement as a team, and for the moment, have decided to go with Robotlegs for all of our medium to large projects as a basis for architecture. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology

[Flashcoders] FXG's Interface: IGraphicElement?

2011-06-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
, but that doesn't appear to be the same thing. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -- This message w/attachments (message) is intended solely for the use

RE: [Flashcoders] PureMVC vs Cairngorm // who's better?

2011-06-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
Robotlegs +1 -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Joel Stransky Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 5:37 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] PureMVC vs Cairngorm // who's better? I

RE: [Flashcoders] PlayBook

2011-06-21 Thread Merrill, Jason
If you have a CS5 suite do you get a free upgrade to CS5.5? Can't help you with your other questions, but I do know the answer to that one is unfortunately no. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] PlayBook

2011-06-21 Thread Merrill, Jason
be just outside that window, but wouldn't hurt to contact them and ask (or maybe someone here knows). Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X: reading CDATA

2011-06-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
var kids = xmlData.children(); // gets me the CDATA content without the ![CDATA[ or ]] var kidscdata:String = kids[0].toString(); That seems unnecessary unless I don't understand your question. Wouldn't var kids:String = theXMLNode.text() work? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X: reading CDATA

2011-06-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
an unnecessary way around - like going out the front door of a house, walking around to the back and then going in the back door just to get to the kitchen. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X: reading CDATA

2011-06-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
= xmlData[0].text(); Can you post some sample XML? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] E4X: reading CDATA

2011-06-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yeah, I mean in that case, just call the text() node of the XML node. Much simpler and you'd get the same result. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

[Flashcoders] Spark BorderContainer.borderColor inconsistency?

2011-06-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
the borderContainer.borderColor property via Actionscript? Seems nuts - unless it's a known bug or I am missing something obvious. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] using this in AS3 classes?

2011-06-08 Thread Merrill, Jason
When you work in the Flash IDE though (sorry Jason) Ugh. :) I agree though, using this has an advantage of code hinting for the class, in other tools tool like Flashbuilder. However, I never use it, it's redundant and agree with Moock it only adds visual clutter. Rarely is using

RE: [Flashcoders] XML Gallery Viewer

2011-06-07 Thread Merrill, Jason
but I need to have the fla source file to modify the code I think a better approach is to: 1. Learn how to load XML and get the data. 2. Learn how to create display objects with code, animate and present them. 3. Learn how to load external images. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash AS editor preferences question

2011-06-02 Thread Merrill, Jason
/ Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ktu Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 3:22 PM

[Flashcoders] Recommendations for isometric engines

2011-05-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
or Alternativa3D - I'm talking about isometric game engines. Thanks, Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -- This message w/attachments (message

[Flashcoders] RE: Recommendations for isometric engines

2011-05-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
Oh, and to add on to that requirements list, a 6th item would be: 6. Community support/popularity and documentation/tutorials Thanks, Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
Once you have the XML instance, just call the namespace method with the prefix to get the correct Namespace instance to use. Or even simpler, create the Namespace object directly from the used url. If you followed the thread, that's what I was doing and it wasn't working. Jason Merrill

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
= xmlString.replace(new RegExp('xmlns=','gi'),'xmlns'+replacementCharacter+'='); return XML(xmlString); } Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning -- This message w

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
You've never heard of the color (:)? Kinda inbetween fuschia and midnight blue. ;) Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
Cool - thanks Peter. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Peter Ginneberge

RE: [Flashcoders] How make an SWF run on IPad?

2011-04-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
MP4 does not support Actionscript, so that won't work. Any interactive buttons you have seen on similar sites are built with something else other than Flash. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] How make an SWF run on IPad?

2011-04-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
are compatible. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Thursday, April

[Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
: GetUserProfileByNameResponse xmlns=http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/UserProfileService...; ?? Any help is MUCH appreciated. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
Nope - complex content just refers to nodes that contain child nodes. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
/PropertyData Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl DeSaulniers Sent: Thursday

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLList Namespace Madness

2011-04-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
/Values /PropertyData ...etc. OK, need to get to bed. Thanks for your ideas! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] How to access MovieClip declared in one function in an event listener

2011-04-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
application, if that makes you feel any better. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning -- This message w/attachments (message) is intended solely for the use of the intended

RE: [Flashcoders] Why doesn't this work addChild() removeChild()

2011-04-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
, but it would be better to cast it as Mort. The following works for me: import mortsPackage.Mort; function createAndDestroyMortJustForFun():void { var mort:Mort = new Mort(); addChild(mort); removeChild(mort); } createAndDestroyMortJustForFun(); Jason Merrill

RE: [Flashcoders] What is up with adobes documentation?

2011-04-22 Thread Merrill, Jason
I miss the good old days when Adobe's local help was easy to access and find information. I find better results with Google. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-21 Thread Merrill, Jason
would it really be necessary from an architectural point of view? I see what you are trying to accomplish technically from in your original post, but the broader architectural question comes into play and something may be off if you're trying to go this route. That's just my thought. Jason

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem embedding and using a font variant

2011-04-12 Thread Merrill, Jason
of those instead. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Monday

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem embedding and using a font variant

2011-04-12 Thread Merrill, Jason
to know! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Jens Struwe Sent: Tuesday, April 12

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem embedding and using a font variant

2011-04-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
I have found every now and then certain fonts don't play well with Flash and there isn't much you can do if they don't work. There are a few fonts I have which simply don't embed, and the failure is silent. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem embedding and using a font variant

2011-04-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
Well, the textField as library symbol will work fine - I believe the font embedding works differently with library symbols, but I could be wrong. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From

[Flashcoders] Flex 4 Skinning 9-Slice Scaling of Bitmaps

2011-04-06 Thread Merrill, Jason
=100% height=100%/ tag and embed metadata: [Embed(source=assets/images/panel1_titleAreaWithTab.png, scaleGridTop='17', scaleGridBottom='19', scaleGridLeft='175', scaleGridRight='485')] What am I missing? Thanks, Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect

RE: [Flashcoders] F4V progressive download?

2011-04-01 Thread Merrill, Jason
I believe F4V is for H.264 video, AAC or MP3 audio only. Could that be the reason? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders

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