Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [OT] Improve my design skills

2007-08-30 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
! Marcelo. On 8/19/07, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/18/07, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, How would we call someone who likes both coding and graphics (design) ? A Graphics Coder ? Deseloper... http://www.deseloper.com/ http

Re: [Flashcoders] Big size Image and Thumbnail

2007-08-23 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
If you are using Flash 8+ you could use the Bitmapdata datatype to copy it to a new movieclip and scale it to thumbnail size I think. On 8/23/07, Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: julian atienza wrote: To avoid loading twice times the image (first in 100% and second in thumbnail

Re: [Flashcoders] Big size Image and Thumbnail

2007-08-23 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I think he wants to load the big image and then load it again but resize it. If that's what you want, just load image with loadMovie or MovieClipLoader and once it has been cached, load it again (the same url) to a redimensioned MovieClip. On 8/23/07, Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] difference between coding in classes and in root directly

2007-08-23 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
You didn't mention where you are initializing this class in the FLA. Are you just creating an instance of it in the first keyframe ? On 8/23/07, Tom Huynen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My goal is to play an FLV and use the setInterval method without problems at the same time. This works

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: difference between coding in classes and in root directly

2007-08-23 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
This is the same code you sent in your first message. You can't have a class in a keyframe's code if you're using AS2, so, what I would like to know is where in your FLA you are creating this class' instance. You might be creating it in the first keyframe, like this: Keyframe1: var teste = new

[Flashcoders] Re: [OT] Improve my design skills

2007-08-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
, it makes it easy and obvious this aspect of design and code being inter-mixed). On 8/17/07, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello folks, I'm currently mainly a coder, but I also love graphics design and design in general. I would love to improve my overall design awareness. Does

[Flashcoders] [OT] Improve my design skills

2007-08-17 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello folks, I'm currently mainly a coder, but I also love graphics design and design in general. I would love to improve my overall design awareness. Does anyone have any book (or any other resource such as website, magazine, mailing list, whatever) to recommend ? If so, I would be grateful!

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] Improve my design skills

2007-08-17 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thank you all for thee help, and also for the software engineering suggestion :), actually I've already heard head first dp is really good, I might look into it soon! I've also found that FriendsofEd has many good books that focus on (graphics/web) design subjects. Regards, Marcelo. On

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] Improve my design skills

2007-08-17 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thanks a lot Bassam. These tips were really helpful! Marcelo. On 8/17/07, bassam mohaisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this link will help http://www.computerarts.co.uk/ Bassam - Original Message From: Joe Cutting [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] PreLoading Multiple SWFs

2007-08-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
The use of LoadVars to pre-load data is really interesting (and undocumented feature), more if you take into account that it was not designed to be used that way (or was it?). On 8/16/07, John VanHorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/downloads check out the

[Flashcoders] Fuse is adding up instead of tweening the difference

2007-08-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey guys, I'm having a really weird issue here. If someone could help me, I would be really grateful. I'm using the Fuse Kit (and ZigoEngine) to do the tweens of my AS2 Ria. I've a MovieClip which gets stretched up and then after some seconds, needs to get to its original size. If I put the

[Flashcoders] Re: Fuse is adding up instead of tweening the difference

2007-08-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Oh.. then it must be it... thanks for the tip On 8/8/07, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, I'm having a really weird issue here. If someone could help me, I would be really grateful. I'm using the Fuse Kit (and ZigoEngine) to do the tweens of my AS2 Ria. I've

Re: [Flashcoders] Fuse is adding up instead of tweening the difference

2007-08-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
absolute positions and string values mean relative positions. This is a documented feature :) Attila =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From:Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Programatically create flv players

2007-08-04 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thank you Rákos, I will do that. Marcelo. On 8/4/07, Rákos Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MdMS I guess one possible solution would be to create a MovieClip with this video MdMS object instance and then attach it programmatically via AS. Yes, exactly this is the only solution in versions

[Flashcoders] osflash.org down!?

2007-08-03 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello folks, Does anyone know what happened to osflash.org ? I can't access it ! (Server timeout). Marcelo. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

[Flashcoders] Programatically create flv players

2007-08-03 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello, I consider myself an intermediate to advanced flash developer. It has been almost 3 years since the first time I played with it. However, I never really dived into video with flash and or flash video (flv) - and I ask myself - why haven't I studied and tested it earlier, now things start

[Flashcoders] Re: Programatically create flv players

2007-08-03 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
with this video object instance and then attach it programmatically via AS. What do you think ? Thanks, Marcelo. On 8/1/07, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I consider myself an intermediate to advanced flash developer. It has been almost 3 years since the first time I

Re: [Flashcoders] Wave effect

2007-04-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi Jesse, Quite good stuff there! Thanks for the link ;) Marcelo. On 4/27/07, Jesse Graupmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/ has a ton of info on this and more. Check out: http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=356

Re: [Flashcoders] Wave effect

2007-04-27 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Very well made site btw... inspiring! I liked the mac dock effect even though it's said to be the new fashion among designers. On 4/27/07, Robert Brisita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is MAC only. :) That's funny. Michael Stuhr wrote: Parvaiz Patel schrieb: Hi, Anybody knows how to create

Re: [Flashcoders] Wave effect

2007-04-27 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Wave effect I tell you marcelo, I've seen it every whereEven one with that idea won in thewfa.com, course not exactly at the mac is, but the spirit is in it. Regards Gustavo Duenas On Apr 27, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Very

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 CS3 - Key questions

2007-04-26 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I would be very interested on more informations about these points too... anyone ? On 4/3/07, Austin Kottke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Zeh, Yea, and I've done it before. The way of doing it in flex is a lot more elegant and extremely useful. I just want to make sure that if someone

[Flashcoders] We need some help: Server space offer

2007-03-04 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi list, I don't mean to spam the list with server offering or something like that. Don't get me wrong, please. I'm on a urgent need of money to pay my server rents. This month's revenue wasn't what we* exptected and we aren't able to pay our dedicated server's bill for much longer. So I

[Flashcoders] Pretty impressive Flash website

2007-02-06 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
http://www.rr.com/flash/ I think it's a very good example of a full-blown flash website. An AJAX-killer maybe? (Don't get me wrong, I do like Ajax, I'm not fanatic kind of person :) Does anyone know who made this website (which company or person)? And could someone guess which technology was

Re: [Flashcoders] Incremental compilation workflow

2007-01-29 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi Steven! Thanks for the reply. Don't get me wrong, Flasc seems great, but I don't really want to leave FDT. Can this functionality be somehow implemented on other enviroments? Marcelo. On 1/29/07, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: er, apparently it's a bizarro monday for me.

[Flashcoders] Incremental compilation workflow

2007-01-27 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello, How would you go on implementing incremental compilation workflow on Flash 8/AS2? I mean, compiling only the modified classes into their correspondent swfs. Let's say you've got a really big project and that you are constantly messing with code and recompiling it. ANT build files are

[Flashcoders] How to achieve this line open/close effect?

2007-01-15 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello! I'd like to achieve a masking effect similar to the one present on this template: http://www.templatehelp.com/preset/pr_preview.php?i=10712pr_code=3Q2P7g93F4eju93em4J52LUq1hYM59 The two horizontal lines that move vertically to show up the initial background, then they get together and

Re: [Flashcoders] What is better mx.transitions.Tween or mx.effects.Tween ?

2007-01-03 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi Mauricio, I don't know, I don't use mx packages anymore for Flash 8 development :P I'm sure somebody else will answer your question, but I'd like to suggest you some other (better) libraries for dealing with tweens on AVM1: * Fuse (incredible timeline-like tweening engine, uses the

Re: [Flashcoders] getters and setters and the with statement

2007-01-03 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Does MTASC support the with statement...? I'm not sure but I guess the last time I tried to compile an AS2 class with with statements, MTASC didn't like it at all... of course, it doesn't mean I like it less... MMC is awful :) On 1/3/07, Kalani Bright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi chris, with

Re: [Flashcoders] What is better mx.transitions.Tween or mx.effects.Tween ?

2007-01-03 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey Rich, thanks for the link, didn't know about this site ( actionscriptclasses.com). However, I think I should give a quick note here: Mauricio's question wasn't about better tweening classes but rather about the differences (if any) between mx.transitions.tween and mx.effects.tween. I don't

Re: [Flashcoders] Pretty cool flash8 video app!

2006-12-20 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi James. What didn't you understand ? On 12/20/06, James Tann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure what I am supposed to be doing on this. Can someone explain it to me please? Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo de Moraes

Re: [Flashcoders] Pretty cool flash8 video app!

2006-12-20 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Guys, it isn't self-promotion, I don't work for this company. I just received a email sent from this app and liked the thing. I know it's a simple thing to do on the flash video world (just a textfield over the flv) but it creates a really cool effect. Sorry for that, I won't send anymore emails

[Flashcoders] Pretty cool flash8 video app!

2006-12-19 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey guys, you've gotta see this flash8 website, the flv thing is awesome... it's from a brazillian beer company... it really inspired me and showed me the endless possibilities of flash video! http://www.antarctica.com.br/tatuagemdaboa/tatuagem.asp If you want you can play this little joke on

Re: [Flashcoders] V2 components too heavy

2006-12-06 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Don't use v2 components. They're indeed tooo heavy and clumsy. Just create your smart-clips or use ASWing, for example. On 12/6/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the ghostwire components. http://www.ghostwire.com They're AS1 but they work in Flash 7 and 8 alongside

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-29 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
that consists of a client (flash) and a server written in another language? A trac enviroment for both of them? * About the syntax highliting, is there support for AS2/AS3? Marcelo. On 11/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steven, Mantis seems to be a good alternative to Trac

[Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey guys, We've got our own web development company (pretty small at moment, but that's not the question really :)) and we are looking forward to a good SCM/Project Management tool for all of our project managent needs. We would like to know what other fellow osflasher's use and maybe share some

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
www.masputih.com I N D O N E S I A Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Hey guys, We've got our own web development company (pretty small at moment, but that's not the question really :)) and we are looking forward to a good SCM/Project Management tool for all of our project managent needs. We

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
. Cheers, Ian On 11/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, We've got our own web development company (pretty small at moment, but that's not the question really :)) and we are looking forward to a good SCM/Project Management tool for all of our project managent

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
(probally not). On 11/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ian, thanks for the reply! Is it overkill to setup multiple projects in trac ? I mean, does it take too much time and system resource to do so? We are not sure wether we go with trac or basecamp... I didn't really

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Ian, I wonder how trac handles binary files with its SVN interface. I ask this becouse we still use lots of FLA on our projects, of course, only for layout and graphic assets. On 11/28/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ian

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
special workarounds for binaries. HTH, Ian On 11/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian, I wonder how trac handles binary files with its SVN interface. I ask this becouse we still use lots of FLA on our projects, of course, only for layout and graphic assets

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
straightforward install. Cheers, Ian On 11/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Ian, thanks again :) I would like to know something else: What if you want to use trac as a ticket interface between you and your client. Clients could login and send tickets. However

Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] SCM/Project management tool

2006-11-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi Steven, Mantis seems to be a good alternative to Trac. It seems to have all the features trac has plus a bunch more and still is simple and effective. I'm having problems installing mod_pythin on my cpanel enabled server so I'm considering other tool to use, and Mantis is certainly attractive

Re: [Flashcoders] TAMARIN!!

2006-11-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
You're kind of late mate, tons of posts has been already made regarding this :) Nice news though! On 11/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow What great newsit seems Adobe has seen the light. http://www.kaourantin.net/2006/11/spidermonkeys-relative-tamarin-joins.html

Re: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript, book suggestion

2006-11-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I strongly suggest Application Design Solutions (FriendsOfED) which is a unique book about flash RIA development. Essential Actionscript 2 is also a good one. On 11/10/06, Millie Niss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at that XML book in the bookstore and dicovered its ghastliness in time. The

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib

2006-11-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I've done a project with arp and even though I learned a lot from it, I've also found arp to be somewhat limited and unflexible. I've started using pixlib for a few months now and I can say that it is one of the most well designed and pattern-based AS2 frameworks I've ever seen. It goes far

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib

2006-11-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
- From: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib I've done a project with arp and even though I learned a lot from it, I've also found

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib

2006-11-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey Jon, I currently also use CakePHP for the back-end and pixlib for the client-side :) Marcelo. On 11/8/06, Jon Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i gotta say, even though it makes it a little more difficult to pick one to go with, I'm really glad to see all these different frameworks out

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Flash frameworks, Caringorn vs ARP vs PixLib vs GuggaFF

2006-11-05 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I've used ARP for quite some time but recently discovered pixlib and have fallen in love with it :) On 11/5/06, Anthony Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jim, You might find this article interesting: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/swebster/archives/2006/08/why_i_think_you.cfm Tony

Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
ASDT is dead... :/ I would rather buy FDT or search for alternatives if I were on a mac of linux.. as I'm on windows, there's FlashDevelop, of course! On 10/18/06, Ron Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should be able to get Eclipse and asdt working pretty easily. osflash.org is the place to

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
FDT is great, no doubt. But it's way too, and I mean too expensive :( At least for us poor third-world human-beings, the price in euros turns out to become a fortune on our currency... Just my $ 0,02 cents On 10/18/06, Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FDT has been the best thing that

Re: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel

2006-10-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
FlashDevelop is by far the best open-source free AS2 IDE atm. On 10/16/06, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I haven't used Eclipse at all for Java. I've been using Netbeans for the last year or so, and before that stuck with Vim and command line tools. From what I hear,

Re: [Flashcoders] Project documentation... what workflow and file formats?

2006-10-12 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
for example) You can extend it with your own notation if you have some ideas about visual representation. If you go to www.compendiuminstitute.org, you will find examples and the download. Ron Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Ok, this may be a silly question, but I would really like to know your

Re: [Flashcoders] Project documentation... what workflow and file formats?

2006-10-12 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi again Ron... Thanks for the tip, Compedium is really what I was looking for.. what a great piece of software :) Marcelo. On 10/12/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ron, thanks for the reply and the suggestion! Compedium seems very interesting indeed! Downloading

[Flashcoders] Project documentation... what workflow and file formats?

2006-10-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Ok, this may be a silly question, but I would really like to know your opinions on how you handle project documentation workflow. * What artifacts/tools and or file formats do you use to document your project? - I've got a personal journal where I keep several random thoughts on a day-to-day

Re: [Flashcoders] book suggestions?

2006-10-09 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Does anyone know if Flash Math Creativity have a ebook version for sale? I prefer the ebook over the paper as it's cheaper for me and ships instantly :) I've bought FAA as ebook.. it's amazing indeed... too bad I didn't have time to finish reading it yet... Marcelo. On 10/9/06, Ian Thomas

Re: [Flashcoders] Reload MC

2006-10-02 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
What do you mean? By seeing your code, and your explanation, I don't really get what you really want.. On 10/2/06, Bruno Mendoza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm learning actionscript programming laguage. I've a MC containing three instance of a button (name:buttonX) and 3 instances of a

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Repurpose flex to flash

2006-10-02 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Well, it's perfectly possible to do it on Flash 8, only the speed (both rendering and processing) would be slower I think (this is indeed an amazingly fast demo) On 10/2/06, Kevin Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm don't have the tiny details to answer your question, but I do know that the

Re: [Flashcoders] Controlling a swf loaded into a movieclip

2006-09-29 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I don't usually call methods directly on loaded SWF's. Try decoupling it more by creating some kind of interface or by dispatching events. Maybe you could make use of a MVC framework such as pixlib (the best for flash at the moment), this would make your app much more maintanable, flexible and

Re: [Flashcoders] Controlling a swf loaded into a movieclip

2006-09-29 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Kjel: Indeed, it can be confusing at beginning to creat this Flash IDE - MTASC integration mindset. But it's really quite simple, with mtasc you can really only inject as2 classes into Flash IDE pre-compiled swf's. I have a MVC framework for the application, but I am not sure how to add a

Re: [Flashcoders] Saluti alla ML

2006-09-29 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
There's luchyx from Argentina JulianG... :) Hey luchyx, are you around? On 9/29/06, JulianG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah! Brasil! I'm from Argentina. Alguien de Argentina? JulianG Marcelo Wolfgang wrote: I'm 2 :) been on this list for almost 3 years :) lurking and de-lurking when needed

Re: [Flashcoders] Saluti alla ML

2006-09-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
It's definetly itallian. Can't speak it though :P On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I parol Italiano un po ma non molto bene. e non lo so questa lista parlano italiano. Ma, come stai? Victor Haha, I hope she was speaking Italian, and for that matter I hope I was too. LOL

Re: [Flashcoders] Saluti alla ML

2006-09-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
: Hi everybody I've just subscribed Just want to say hello to all in the list but,well I don't speak Italian, never did any course either, so maybe it's all the opposite of what I've translated On 9/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's definetly itallian. Can't speak

Re: [Flashcoders] Hiding MD5 shared secret

2006-09-20 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I think SWF Encrypt could do the job in this case. Manually, you could keep the shared secret in an ecnrypted form and then decrypt it at runtime when needed. Or it could be loaded from a server... just some thoughts. On 9/20/06, Toon Van de Putte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm building a

[Flashcoders] Stylegala.com

2006-09-12 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Just found this beutiful website. As a programmer that loves design, I found this to be a valuable resouce to keep up to date with webdesign tendencies and to study web/interface and design in general. Very cool! Is there something like that for flash? What other websites about design would you

[Flashcoders] Re: Using a multiple layered movieclip as a mask

2006-09-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
No hints on that? :( On 9/10/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that you can't use a multi-layered MovieClip as a mask in Flash (I'm using Flash 8). When you try to use it, Flash only uses one of the layers as the mask and not the whole movieclip as I expected. Take

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Using a multiple layered movieclip as a mask

2006-09-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
(uses only one of the layers). Have you tried compiling it? Maybe there's something else that causes problems (ie, using layer masks instead of setMask), but I've already used multi-layered movieclips as masks several times. Zeh No hints on that? :( On 9/10/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] fuse cheat sheat?

2006-09-06 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I don't think so, but it would be nice to have one :) On 9/6/06, aaron smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone know if there is a fuse cheat sheat for using fuse. kinda like the actionscript 2 and 3 cheat sheats? word ___

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Recommendations for a credit-card processingservice for a subscription-based Flash app

2006-09-05 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 5:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Recommendations for a credit-card processingservice for a subscription-based Flash app Paypal maybe? On 9/4/06, matt stuehler

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Recommendations for a credit-card processing service for a subscription-based Flash app

2006-09-04 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Paypal maybe? On 9/4/06, matt stuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I'm thinking about turning a few of the Flash-based web-apps I've developed into a subscription-based service, which means that I'll need to set up some sort of credit-card processing service that handles recurring payments.

Re: [Flashcoders] Using assets from external SWF

2006-09-02 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
there. Good luck, Marcelo. On 8/28/06, Anthony Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: No you can´t unless it´s a RSL and you're using the sharepoint trick (if you don´t know what it is just do a quick search on google about rsl and sharepoint). Hi Marcelo, I did

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OOP methodology and flash. I'm loosing my faith...

2006-09-02 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Meinte, AS3 allows prototyping as far as I know. On 8/31/06, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure prototyping can be done in as 3.0 since it does introduce sealed classes and such and is pretty strict oop as far as i can tell. But perhaps I've overlooked something, it would

[Flashcoders] Re: [osflash] ImageVue - good app, bad architecture

2006-08-29 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
... ImageVue has personality and works like a charm and also downloads very quickly. On 8/28/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, nobody ever got into imageVue? It's a very impressing RIA and an example of what can be done with legacy flash technology (lightweight and very

[Flashcoders] Best books about design

2006-08-24 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi list, I now this is a coding list, but I bet there are many design-oriented programmers around... and we know that the flash world is unique in which the line between design/logic seems to blur! I´m mostly a programmer but now I´m looking into interface design and overall design material.

Re: [Flashcoders] Best books about design

2006-08-24 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
] On Behalf Of Brian Mays Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:09 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Best books about design On 8/24/06 1:04 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the line between design/logic seems to blur! LOL

Re: [Flashcoders] OOP methodology and flash. I'm loosing my faith...

2006-08-24 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
OOP and Flash is indeed tricky to fully grasp. It has become easier and more natural to implement OOP techniques on AS3 though. @Neo: Completely agree with you. On 8/24/06, neo binedell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll tell you a little secret about OOP. Don't sweat it. Sometimes the model

[Flashcoders] ImageVue - good app, bad architecture

2006-08-24 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Has anyone ever heard of ImageVue? It´s a damn cool flash app, a online gallery to be more specific. However, if you eventually buy the sources and try to learn from them you will be disappointed - it's damn hard to understand even how the application is put together. And why? Simply becouse it's

Re: [Flashcoders] Using assets from external SWF

2006-08-22 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
can use anything in the loaded swf as if it was in the main movie. Sammi Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Hmmm... it seems that AVM2 has solved the classic problem we had with Flash that forced us to use RSL to do this kind of thing? I mean, we couldn´t just load a swf and use it´s

[Flashcoders] How does registerClass() / registerClassAlias() work internally?

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
It always intrigued me how this method worked internally. First, when I register this (AS2): Object.registerClass('mylinkageid_or_myobjectname',myclass); 1)How does flash knows that each time I create a new instance of the object/movieclip symbol it should attach it to the class specified? Is

Re: [Flashcoders] Using assets from external SWF

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hmmm... it seems that AVM2 has solved the classic problem we had with Flash that forced us to use RSL to do this kind of thing? I mean, we couldn´t just load a swf and use it´s assets on the parent context and vice-versa... is it possible with flex 2? Marcelo. On 8/21/06, Samúel Jónasson [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 compiler Qs

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thanks for the valuable information Nicolas. I strongly think you should write a book on Flash Player internals! This would be the missing piece for mastering the flash platform... I really miss this kind of information and a good dummie introduction to them (There's isn't such a book

[Flashcoders] CakePHP (CakeAMFPHP) ValueObjects

2006-08-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I´ve been using CakePHP through CakeAMFPHP with great success lately. However, on my last projects with Cake and Flash, I haven´t used Value Objects. My next project is a big one and so the use of VO´s really be something important but I just don´t know where to start. Some questions I would like

[Flashcoders] 195 ms versus 57 ms ping time

2006-07-24 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Well... I have my flash website hosted outside my country... the ping average time is 195ms. Another site like mine hosted locally (on my city) takes an average 57ms to ping. Does the 138ms of difference really makes difference? Does this justifies changing the host? Do you think I should search

Re: [Flashcoders] 195 ms versus 57 ms ping time

2006-07-24 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
think it's a real problem. Just my 2 cents... Bernard -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Verzonden: dinsdag 25 juli 2006 0:53 Aan: Flashcoders mailing list Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] 195 ms versus 57 ms ping time

Re: [Flashcoders] sequential tweens ?

2006-07-23 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi João! Have you taken a look at Fuse or animationpackage? It makes sequential tweens much easir and straitghforward... Cheers, - Marcelo. On 7/23/06, jcarlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes .. I think it´s going to work .. I will try - Original Message - From: John VanHorn [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode

2006-07-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I´ve been having some weird problems with my website and among them were rendering problems, slowdown, data downloading stopping without any reason (you may have seen my previous posts about this one) and so on. I struggled to find out that all these were side-effects of the massive use of

Re: [Flashcoders] Moving from Flash to Flex

2006-07-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I´m quite happy with flash (MTASC) and my RIA is big. It all depends on what frameworks and tools (as well as your knowledge) you use. Never used Flex, so, can´t say anything about it. On 7/18/06, blists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am a flash developer, with basic understanding of OOP,

Re: [Flashcoders] Loading issue: Downloading just stops without reason!

2006-07-17 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
visited your site last week (or two) and it worked like a charm! But now, it just stops loading... Have you done any modifications in the loading sequence since then? Good luck! Éric. Marcelo de Moraes Serpa a écrit : Hi Keith. Have you looked at the site? Did it load ok for you? Actually I´m

[Flashcoders] Loading issue: Downloading just stops without reason!

2006-07-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I´m having a really serious issue with my flash website. I´m using pixlib LibStack to load several library SWF´s at the initial preloader. The problem is that sometimes the loading just stops without any apparent reason. Many of users are complaining about that and I don´t know what could be

Re: [Flashcoders] Loading issue: Downloading just stops without reason!

2006-07-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
size a person can load through HTTP at a time anyone? I had this same problem before and I fixed it by waiting for each asset to load before starting to load another asset. --Keith H -- Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: I´m having a really serious issue with my flash website. I´m using pixlib

Re: [Flashcoders] Php Host

2006-07-12 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Has anyone around ever used imhosted? (www.imhosted.com) On 7/12/06, valters boze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I`m using dreamhost.com as it is really cheap for the offer (20gb, unlimited domains, more, more more for ~9$/month). Sometimes the ping is slower, but its best for the buck! P.S. enter

[Flashcoders] Integrating Flash with PhpAdsNew

2006-07-12 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Has anyone ever managed to create a class, component or something that use the great PhpAdsNews ad-server features from a Flash/Flex Application? -Marcelo. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] Php Host

2006-07-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
www.imhosted.com I´m hosting my websites with them for almost 2 years now and service quality is very good as well as their support which is very fast and responsive. I couldn´t recommend it more :) Marcelo. On 7/11/06, Phil Glatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd recommend www.dreamhost.net.

[Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello list, I´ve redesigned my preloader including the logic/code behind it. Each star represents a swf library being downloaded. It uses pixlib LibStack and GraphicLib to handle the loading of multiple swfs easily. I would really appreciate if you could take some of your time and visit my site

Re: [Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thanks for the reply Weyert! Did it load fine on your machine? On 7/11/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like it. Cool idea, maybe the precentage text could be smaller or something. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] New preloader feedback

2006-07-11 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thanks Steve :D -Marcelo. On 7/11/06, Steve Rachels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loaded fine on both FF and IE. Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Hello list, I´ve redesigned my preloader including the logic/code behind it. Each star represents a swf library being downloaded. It uses pixlib

[Flashcoders] [OT] Art of stress-free productivity

2006-07-06 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello List! Have anyone around ever read (or is reading) any of David Allen´s books? I´m currently reading The Art of stress free productivity and it is being vital for my routine as I have a very strong tendency to procastinate things... this book and it´s method is helping me to change many

[Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)

2006-07-05 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I´ve been trying to find the holy grail of Shared Fonts but with no success. I then decided I just wanted it to work. I´ve have done this way: - Packing all the fonts I´m using in my application in a separate SWF, setting them to Export For Runtime Sharing and also to Export for AS. - Loading

Re: [Flashcoders] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat

2006-07-05 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Order of operation does matter for this kinda thing, you have to embed fonts before setting the text and set the textFormat after, I believe. For example, I know this works: Hmmm... Maybe that´s the reason why I´m having inconsistencies... oh Flash programming and it´s little hidden

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared Fonts puzzle (hell)

2006-07-05 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Thanks for the article Iv. I guess the way I´m doing is right as I don´t need this kind of control over what characters I would need to embbed. I´ll test when I get home, but I guess this issue is happening becouse I´m not setting the embedFonts property in the right place. On 7/5/06, Weyert de

Re: [Flashcoders] embedFonts vs. setTextFormat

2006-07-05 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
just don't get why that AS term exists. Neither do I On 7/5/06, Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all... Thanks for the responses. It was indeed a case of setNewTextFormat. I just don't get why that AS term exists. Thanks! - MM

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