Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally..

2013-05-21 Thread Matt S.
You can get Moock's book for $26 on Powells: http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780596526948-6 Its been out for a while now though, so I would hit your local used bookstore, I'm willing to bet there's a few copies out there, you can probably score it for $10 or something. Not that Moock doesn't des

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future

2013-05-08 Thread Matt S.
gt; > John R. Sweeney Jr. > Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer > OnDemand Interactive Inc > Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 > > > > > On May 8, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Matt S. wrote: > > > It's effectively dead in the browser, > > _

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future

2013-05-08 Thread Matt S.
It's effectively dead in the browser, except for some niche markets (game dev, children's content, educational), but it will survive for a long time, and has some potential in App and Game development across platforms. The real problem is that in the tech world, being perceived as last-years techn

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Matt Gitchell
I was a big FDT user, but 5.5 really started to mess with my flow. I never was a big fan of Flex/Flash Builder. I switched to IntelliJ IDEA for AS and have just continued that through now as I'm doing almost zero Flash work in lieu nearly all HTML now. I really like the tool, and to be able to use

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

2012-05-22 Thread Matt S.
could you load the SWF into a shell, and add the FLV event listeners at the shell level? That would require knowing the name of the flv player within the SWF, but maybe you could figure it out with a decompiler? That's just a random idea, not sure if it would work... .m On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11

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

2012-02-22 Thread Matt S.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: > If you ask me, Adobe needs to get the animation part back on track > before the competition runs past them. > Everything Adobe is doing suggests that they think that particular horse has already kicked the gate down and bolted, and that t

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

2012-02-22 Thread Matt S.
Fwiw, that site is actually a Flash/HTML5 hybrid, mostly HTML5, with Flash apparently handling the weak spots, eg video, audio etc. But yeah, even just judging the HTML-only elements that's a beautiful site. .m On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:52 PM, James Merrill wrote: > Another major concern of min

Re: [Flashcoders] I invite everyone to troll Apple's support forums

2012-01-13 Thread Matt S.
+Like. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:43 AM, Ima Newsletta wrote: > Yes, until html5 will do a lot of damage to the web. > I'm sorry but I think that the only ones that do a damage to the web are > the poor creatives and the poor programmers, not a specific technology. > __

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR to iOS question

2012-01-12 Thread Matt S.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Space filling Algorithm help

2012-01-04 Thread Matt Perkins
Thanks! This gives me lots to think about ... On Jan 4, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packing_problem > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailm

[Flashcoders] Space filling Algorithm help

2012-01-04 Thread Matt Perkins
Need a little nudge/help for a project. I've got a set of X number of items (5-300+) than I need to display in a constrained area (ex: 1000x600). I need to calculate how many rows, columns and at what scale to make them so that they all fit. I'm having a bad mental block and can't get moving on

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe is my down-ass chick

2011-12-29 Thread Matt S.
Since September 9th, 2010? Applications Created in Adobe Flash CS5 Are Allowed to iPhone http://cs5.org/?p=1247 On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Karina Steffens wrote: > ios apps? Since when does the apple store allow apps compiled from Flash? If > only... __

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe was my girl

2011-12-28 Thread Matt Perkins
That's awesome! +1 Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Nathan Mynarcik wrote: > I couldn't put my feelings into words, but Jason, you did

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: SCORM development and packaging for LMS

2011-12-19 Thread Matt Perkins
free account on SCORM cloud to use to develop your core tracking code. It's a life saver for me! http://scorm.com/scorm-solved/scorm-cloud/ Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Karina Steffens wrote: &g

Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM development and packaging for LMS

2011-12-15 Thread Matt Perkins
ers-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- >> boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt Perkins >> Sent: 15 December 2011 4:17 >> To: Flash Coders List >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM development and packaging for LMS >> >> Yeah a scorm package is

Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM development and packaging for LMS

2011-12-15 Thread Matt Perkins
27;s a good primer. On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Karina Steffens wrote: > Jason, Matt, Nathan - thanks for the pipewerks endorsement. I've already > downloaded the AS3 classes and the JavaScript wrapper, and it's good to know > that the code is solid. > > But how do I g

Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM development and packaging for LMS

2011-12-15 Thread Matt Perkins
You can do it easily with flash - if you're comfortable with as. Take a look at the pipwerks scorm adapter (google it) for as3. You'll need to hit up the adl's scorm site to get the API PDFs too. I've got examples on my site too http://udon.nudoru.com Biggest question is if it needs to be scorm 1

Re: [Flashcoders] Switching to HaXe?

2011-11-30 Thread Matt Perkins
Yep, on Windows, FlashDevelop is much better for haXe than FDT. Haven't had luck with refactoring yet ... Maybe I'm doing it wrong since I'm used to FDT for AS3. -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Nov 30, 2011, at 2:05 PM, "Merrill, Jason" w

Re: [Flashcoders] Switching to HaXe?

2011-11-30 Thread Matt Perkins
h apps while getting out of AS3 and learning new skills as I look to move into JS/HTML5/native later on. -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Andrew Sinning wrote: > Jumping into this discussion. > > Is anybody concerned that HaXe will d

Re: [Flashcoders] Switching to HaXe?

2011-11-30 Thread Matt Perkins
It's only been three days but haXe seems to be able to use all of AS3 intermingled with haXe syntax, so I'm thinking of it as AS3++. (maybe that's a stretch) -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:53 AM, "Merrill, Jason" wrote: &

Re: [Flashcoders] Switching to HaXe?

2011-11-29 Thread Matt Perkins
There's NME for haXe that fully replicates the Flash display list. I'm still looking into all of it but it seems pretty sweet. It'll allow you to target SWF, native c++, HTML5, iOS. Http://www.haxenme.org -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Nov 29, 2

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe ceases development on mobile browser Flash

2011-11-09 Thread Matt S.
well, that explains why people I know who work at Adobe were posting "moving on to the next opportunity" status updates on FB yesterday... ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashco

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

2011-10-18 Thread Matt S.
"Hours"? Is that supposed to be minutes? Or is it really running that long nonstop? .m On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:39 PM, [p e r c e p t i c o n] < percepti...@gmail.com> wrote: > what i'd like to know is why after so many hours (8-24) ___ Flashcoders ma

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Matt S.
Yep, I agree, I'm not the original question-asker though, just tryin to help :) .m 2011/9/21 Cédric Muller : > ok, but overlaying a container over another container in Flash is somewhat > straightforward. What isn't is the way the 2 SWFs could/must communicate ... > > thanks for the precisions >

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Matt S.
I think we're specifically talking in HTML here. I meant that Flash isnt really designed to display while overlapping multiple swf objects embedded in an html page. .m 2011/9/21 Cédric Muller : > SWF on top of another SWF: in Flash or in HTML ? ___ Fla

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Matt S.
You're pretty much guaranteed some weirdness in the display. I was able to get this working, in a few latest-greatest browsers, but even there if you had motion happening in both layers at once I was getting some odd artifacts and overlaps. I dont think the browsers, or Flash for that matter, are r

Re: [Flashcoders] job posting ok here?

2011-07-03 Thread Matt S.
FlashcodersNY asks that job post Subject lines include [jobs] so people can filter easily, maybe that should be added here as well? .m ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoder

Re: [Flashcoders] scrolling webpage with flash

2011-06-30 Thread Matt S.
m, if you click around in the different sections, the flash embed gets longer or shorter depending on the section and the browser scrollbar is triggered or hidden depending on whether it's needed. .m On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Cor wrote: > Thanks Matt, > > Swffit works fine... when

Re: [Flashcoders] scrolling webpage with flash

2011-06-30 Thread Matt S.
will > show. > > > Best regards, > Cor > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt S. > Sent: donderdag 30 juni 2011 17:33 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Fl

Re: [Flashcoders] scrolling webpage with flash

2011-06-30 Thread Matt S.
Not sure what you need exactly, but SWFFit is a nice little utility for various flash resizing needs: http://swffit.millermedeiros.com/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoder

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 load and unload swf from different movies

2011-06-14 Thread Matt Perkins
Thanks for sharing all of that Ben! I think this addresses some issues that I'm having on a project now. Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Ben Sand wrote: > While the below shows it is tec

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

2011-06-02 Thread Matt Perkins
I love "Consolas" Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Creighton, Gerry wrote: > Whatever works for you. I use the default. > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent

2011-05-05 Thread Matt Folkard
05/2011 16:50, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: childnode.parent().@group Thanks, Matt. Well, I'm getting stuck on finding the correct node then. How do I find the node in the xml, given the node I have? var myPet:XML = I get errors with a statements like these: pets..(pet.toXMLString() == my

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent

2011-05-05 Thread Matt Folkard
parent() should do it, as in: childnode.parent() Cheers matt *__ **Plastic Martians Ltd.* email: m...@plasticmartians.co.uk web:www.plasticmartians.co.uk mobile: 07763 986 485 phone: 01434 382 973 On 05/05/2011 16:32, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent

2011-05-05 Thread Matt Folkard
would help if I answer the question: childnode.parent().@group *__ **Plastic Martians Ltd.* email: m...@plasticmartians.co.uk web:www.plasticmartians.co.uk mobile: 07763 986 485 phone: 01434 382 973 On 05/05/2011 16:42, Matt Folkard wrote: parent() should

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

2011-04-28 Thread Matt S.
really? I thought I'd heard something about that, I seem to recall some gaunt turtlenecked guy pointing his bony finger at me and telling me Flash would never be allowed on an iOS device...but in retrospect that just sounds like a weird fever dream... .m On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Steve Aba

Re: [Flashcoders] How to Make SWF work on IPad

2011-04-28 Thread Matt S.
If its an actual SWF, aint gonna happen. You need to use packager for iOS in CS5. .m On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Steve Abaffy wrote: > Something I forgot to mention SWF will be delivered over the web. > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcode

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

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Perkins
Thanks Glen! That did it! I was named "Myriad Pro Cond" This is the little snip of Actionscript that I used: http://snipplr.com/view/15835/list-registered-font-files/ And, Jason, it is an OTF font. Matt On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Glen Pike wrote: > Have you tried "

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

2011-04-11 Thread Matt Perkins
___ > > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto: > flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt Perkins > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 2:25 PM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: [Flashcoders] Problem embed

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

2011-04-11 Thread Matt Perkins
ote: If you use AS to overwrite the text in a TF, > you have to use something like the following or you will lose Bold and > Italics: > >tf.setNewTextFormat(tf.getTextFormat()); > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Matt Perkins > wrote: > > I'm using

[Flashcoders] Problem embedding and using a font variant

2011-04-11 Thread Matt Perkins
field symbol in the library to use (which would work). Also, this is an AS3/CS5 project. The TLF TextLayoutFormat has a font style property, but not sure if it would work - but the last time I tried to use TLF my FLA wouldn't compile because of some error with m

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2011-02-03 Thread Matt S.
I KNEW mTropolis sounded familiar!! I hate to admit this because it reveals my age, but when I was in college I had a professor who was obsessed with mTropolis and convinced it was the future of multimedia. Needless to say it never unseated Director and faded into obscurity pretty quickly, although

Re: [Flashcoders] [Job] Activescript 3 development

2011-02-01 Thread Matt S.
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote: > Just curious, what's Activescript? > That's the core language for the pirated versions of Flash that you can buy down in Chinatown. Doesnt work very well though, your SWF's come out looking like somebody filmed your monitor with a cheap cam

Re: [Flashcoders] Screen rendering problem

2011-01-27 Thread Matt Folkard
Yeah, I agree with Roger, sounds like something to do with cacheasbitmap and moving/placing things in fractions of a pixel rather than whole pixels. Possibly try rounding the clips pixel positions? Cheers Matt "Roger Persson" wrote: >Hello, > >Could it have something

Re: [Flashcoders] Automagically create an interface from a given AS3class?

2010-12-20 Thread Matt Perkins
That's an awesome find! That little utility works great! The output file needs little bit of tweaking but it's well worth it. SourceMate for Flash Builder does this too, but free beats $80! Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com O

Re: [Flashcoders] Automagically create an interface from a given AS3class?

2010-12-20 Thread Matt Perkins
Thanks, I'll try that out. Found Soucemate for Flash Builder can do this also - http://www.elementriver.com/sourcemate/features/extract-interface But free beats $80! :) Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:

Re: [Flashcoders] Automagically create an interface from a given AS3 class?

2010-12-20 Thread Matt Perkins
Thanks Jaun! I'll goolge around. Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Juan Pablo Califano < califa010.flashcod...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is usually called "extract interface". In

[Flashcoders] Automagically create an interface from a given AS3 class?

2010-12-20 Thread Matt Perkins
aces as types rather than the classes. I have a good list of interfaces to create. Thanks! Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://c

[Flashcoders] perspectiveProjection - remove or drag an mc on a transformed sprite

2010-12-16 Thread Matt Perkins
the perspectiveProject from the sprite after the transition-in animation is completed (the only reason that I'm using it). I've tried setting it to undefined, but that doesn't work. Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com http://udon.nudoru.com ___

Re: [Flashcoders] My first code.

2010-12-16 Thread Matt S.
Spyder, you should order Colin Moock's book toute suite: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596526946/ref=nosim/moockorg It's essential reading for anyone interested in learning AS3. .m On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:38 AM, spyder spyders wrote: > Thank You So Much! :D    I

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe software used to build Wired magazine

2010-11-17 Thread Matt S.
For the iPhone, or the iPad? I know (via friends in the magazine industry who are involved in various iPadization efforts at their respective publications) that the solution they provided for the Wired iPAD app is a solution that ties into inDesign and is available for licensing. I've heard that it

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-11-04 Thread Matt S.
Yep, I knew it was gonna be something dead-simple ;) . Thanks Taka! .m On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Taka Kojima wrote: > You would do xml..product.(@prodCode == id); > > Yep, that simple. > > Taka > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Matt S. wrote: > >> I kno

[Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-11-04 Thread Matt S.
I know this is easy, but I'm having trouble finding the answer: if I'm iterating through XML like so: return xml.category.(@name == cat[0]).subcategory.subcategory2.(@name == cat[1]).product.(@prodCode == String(id)); where "cat" is an array, eg cat = ["men","shirts"] but what I want to do is se

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to Powerpoint

2010-10-22 Thread Matt S.
Honestly, I dont know if you're going to find an easy way to do that. Perhaps a PHP script, where you would export all the JPGs, pass them to the script, and then generate a PPS, but some cursory googling doesnt turn up anything to that effect. I suspect this is one of those things that sounds easy

Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)

2010-10-21 Thread Matt S.
Wow, I had no idea such hot-button political topics would be discussed on this list! .m On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:59 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > i'm on the fence > > On 21 October 2010 09:41, Henrik Andersson wrote: > >> John Goodman skriver: >> >>> >>>

Re: [Flashcoders] correct path

2010-09-28 Thread Matt S.
.getChildByName("childOneMC").getChildByName("grandchild"); On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Matt S. wrote: > Woops, that should be: > > childOne.getChildByName("grandchild") > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Matt S. wrote: >> Did you try:

Re: [Flashcoders] correct path

2010-09-28 Thread Matt S.
Woops, that should be: childOne.getChildByName("grandchild") On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Matt S. wrote: > Did you try: > > childOneMC.getChildByName("grandchild") > > ? > > You're already defining the variable childOneMC at the top level, so

Re: [Flashcoders] correct path

2010-09-28 Thread Matt S.
Did you try: childOneMC.getChildByName("grandchild") ? You're already defining the variable childOneMC at the top level, so there's no reason to reach down into holder to get it. Just my 2¢, hth... .m On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Lehr, Theodore wrote: > holder.getChildByName("childOneMC"

Re: [Flashcoders] PureMVC or RoboLegs ?

2010-09-13 Thread Matt Gitchell
the goal is to get the MVC patterns & usage down correctly, that is. In practice I'm definitely finding RL faster to develop with (particularly with AS3 Signals), though with the caveat that handing off an RL project to a dev not familiar with it can spawn its own set of annoyances. --Mat

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple changes their guidelines

2010-09-10 Thread Matt S.
I think O'Reilly has a book on this topic: http://building-iphone-apps.labs.oreilly.com/ On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Brian Mays wrote: > Random thoughts that may spark some ideas for some here: > > Something that I've begun looking at recently has been web apps. Using a > line of code you ca

Re: [Flashcoders] startDrag stopDrag problem

2010-09-08 Thread Matt S.
Check out the AS3 "onReleaseOutside" hacks, that should fix it for you: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=as3+onreleaseoutside&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 .m ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf

[Flashcoders] Re: Flash CS5 ColorPicker: Grayscale?

2010-09-07 Thread Matt S.
Never mind, figured it out. In case anyone else needs it, the "colors" property gives you access to the color array, so you can do eg: colorpicker.colors.push(0x11); to add 0x11 to the swatch. .m On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Matt S. wrote: > I need a basic color pi

[Flashcoders] Flash CS5 ColorPicker: Grayscale?

2010-09-07 Thread Matt S.
since this one is doing the trick, but I guess I might have to. Anyone know a way to add grayscale? thanks, Matt ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] OT: is there a similar list for JavaScript programming?

2010-08-18 Thread Matt Perkins
Sorry for the off topic message, but can anyone recommend a list similar to this one for JavaScript? Googled but didn't find anything promising. Thanks! Matt ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figlea

Re: [Flashcoders] image issue

2010-08-16 Thread Matt Perkins
Make sure its on the stage at even x and y positions, no decimal places. That's gotten me a few times. -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Aug 16, 2010, at 8:49 AM, "Lehr, Theodore" wrote: > smoothing is off I tried to fool around with the j

Re: [Flashcoders] fileReference failing silently

2010-08-10 Thread Matt S.
ethod. After the method returns, since there's no > other reference to it, it's eligible for collection. So it might stick > around or not. In your case, it seems it doesn't. Try storing the fileref in > an instance variable instead. It should fix it, I think. > > Cheers

[Flashcoders] fileReference failing silently

2010-08-09 Thread Matt S.
save...nothing. No errors, no files, just nothing. Here is the code I'm currently using (with puppy photo substituted for actual content). This is failing both locally and when uploaded to the server. Any suggestions much appreciated, I've been googling but havent found a solution. tia,

Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM Q - Strategies for saving large suspend data strings

2010-07-28 Thread Matt Perkins
I found this same solution searching around the net - looks like it'll work perfectly. Thanks for suggesting it also! -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Jul 28, 2010, at 9:53 PM, Juan Pablo Califano wrote: > PS: Just made a quick test with a rather big xml and

Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM Q - Strategies for saving large suspend data strings

2010-07-28 Thread Matt Perkins
Thanks, I'll look into that strategy -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Jul 28, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Taka Kojima wrote: > The JSON encoder class might do it automatically by passing an XML object to > the constructor, idk, look into it maybe. > > It's

Re: [Flashcoders] SCORM Q - Strategies for saving large suspend data strings

2010-07-28 Thread Matt Perkins
Right, learn was probably a strong word. Just meant that I'd never used it before. Is there an automated was to convert the XML to JSON with AS3? -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Jul 28, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Taka Kojima wrote: > There isn't really any

[Flashcoders] SCORM Q - Strategies for saving large suspend data strings

2010-07-28 Thread Matt Perkins
try to compress the string with ByteArray and see if that helps, but I'm not sure if the "special characters" will mess with the LMS communication - I've had that happen many times before with just HTML page text. Other option is to learn JSON and do it that way. Have anyone els

Re: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way

2010-07-22 Thread Matt S.
Yeah that was my question, albeit expressed in a much more convoluted way. In the end its just a right/wrong quiz. .m On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Taka Kojima wrote: > Seeing as you have specific abbreviations, I don't understand why Regular > Expressions are entering into this. > > You shou

Re: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way

2010-07-22 Thread Matt Perkins
ashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listi

Re: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way

2010-07-22 Thread Matt S.
> These wrds are txt at its f len. I will wr a sec sent here! > > One thing to know is that in military abbreviation, we do not use dots like > in normal writing. > > > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcode

Re: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way

2010-07-22 Thread Matt S.
Can you give us two actual String samples, of text A and text B, that you're trying to compare? .m On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Cor wrote: > Hi List, > > I am trying to find how to best compare 2 strings(word by word). > I have 2 texts, one fully written and one abbreviated. > The texts have

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-13 Thread Matt S.
Consider yourself blessed to be working somewhere where you can worry about convincing the C Levels of the value of a Flash *Conference*. Alot of us are spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to convince them of the continuing value of *Flash*, period. ;) .m __

Re: [Flashcoders] Reverse Compiling

2010-06-22 Thread Matt Perkins
course) and my hard drive crashed. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Matt Perkins http://www.nudoru.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Fla

Re: [Flashcoders] Upgrading from Master Collection Cs4 -> just Flash Cs5?

2010-06-21 Thread Matt S.
Frankly, I think it borders on false advertising. When one buy a Suite, or the Master Collection, obviously you're getting some kind of bundled deal, but it still feels like you're buying a set of *individual* applications all at once, not a single product consisting of components. I think most peo

Re: [Flashcoders] Job Openings at Bank of America for US/Canada

2010-06-21 Thread Matt Perkins
:-) My AS3 is solid, but the world is changing so fast that it's hard to keep up with everything else. True, and Matt's pretty awesome. It is pretty hard to break in some companies without the formal education, but if you're able to pick up on-the-job experience lik

Re: [Flashcoders] Upgrading from Master Collection Cs4 -> just Flash Cs5?

2010-06-21 Thread Matt S.
Frankly, I think it borders on false advertising. When one buy a Suite, or the Master Collection, obviously you're getting some kind of bundled deal, but it still feels like you're buying a set of *individual* applications all at once, not a single product consisting of components. I think most peo

Re: [Flashcoders] Upgrading from Master Collection Cs4 -> just Flash Cs5?

2010-06-20 Thread Matt S.
their lucky stars for anyone who bothers to upgrade to Flash Cs5, by whatever channel, given the ongoing shooting war with Apple. Was the return process easy at least? .m On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Keith Reinfeld wrote: > Matt, > > Based on my personal experience the answer to your

[Flashcoders] Upgrading from Master Collection Cs4 -> just Flash Cs5?

2010-06-19 Thread Matt S.
If you've purchased the Master collection of CS4, is it possible to just upgrade Flash to CS5 without upgrading the whole Collection? Adobe has all sorts of "upgrade eligibility" crap on their site but its not clear whether there is a way to just upgrade single products within a Suite. Anyone here

Re: [Flashcoders] Job Openings at Bank of America for US/Canada

2010-06-18 Thread Matt Perkins
, several of us are artists in their spare time and have Master's degrees in instructional technology. It's a hard mix to find, but those people are out there. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashco

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting mc

2010-06-11 Thread Matt S.
Can you post more of your code? Specifically the code that creates the intended target in the first place. .m On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Lehr, Theodore wrote: > I think it is a matter of scope the mc I am trying to affect > (this["details"+e.currentTarget.name]) is a texfield created

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting mc

2010-06-11 Thread Matt S.
whats the basic structure? is there an MC named "details", and within that is the MC you're trying to target? the concatenation of "details"+ e.currentTarget.name seems bizarre, since you're taking an already existing name and then modifying the name by adding "details" on the front. .m On Fri,

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex generative art???

2010-06-10 Thread Matt Perkins
You may want to look at HaXe also. Supposed to generate much faster SWFs for stuff like this. -- Matt Perkins - http://www.nudoru.com On Jun 10, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Glen Pike wrote: > Hi, > > I have not done much generative stuff with Flash for a long time, but I c

Re: [Flashcoders] Build your own multitouch device

2010-06-02 Thread Matt S.
Weird, I just clicked on it within the thread and it worked for me. Try accessing it from Notcot: http://www.notcot.org/post/31191/ On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Link is 404 > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Matt S. wrote: > >> this is cool: >> h

[Flashcoders] Build your own multitouch device

2010-06-02 Thread Matt S.
this is cool: http://sumitpaul.com/work/interactive/understanding_multitouch/flash/gswm.html ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Smokescreen: Flash without the plugin

2010-06-01 Thread Matt S.
Interesting. Does it only work with timeliner flash? Or can it handle something entirely code-built? .m On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Joe Minkiewicz wrote: > This has begun making the rounds recently but I didn't see it posted here > yet: http://smokescreen.us/. > > Check out the demos, it's p

Re: [Flashcoders] ticker

2010-05-28 Thread Matt S.
Are you using a Tween Engine like TweenMax? Most have a yoyo function built in which endlessly loops back and forth. .m On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Lehr, Theodore wrote: > That's what I love about this list - there is ALWAYS help available but it is > often cryptic... ;-) > >

Re: [Flashcoders] Funny, Code Worked Before...

2010-05-27 Thread Matt S.
does it work differently locally vs when uploaded to the server? .m On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:43 AM, John Singleton wrote: > Hi; > I have this code: > >        function completePreloader() >        { >            navigateToURL(new URLRequest('index.py')); >            trace('yep'); >        } >

Re: [Flashcoders] Oh the irony

2010-05-16 Thread Matt S.
Absolutely. Where HTML5 can replace Flash, it should. I have no problem with that. I actually think HTML5 is pretty cool. I just dont think it needs to be an either/or question, and find the struggle-to-the-death approach that Jobs is championing ludicrous, and find alot of the "Flash is dead becau

Re: [Flashcoders] Oh the irony

2010-05-15 Thread Matt S.
that being said, I just looked at it from a different computer and it was using so I'll just go ahead and put the mud on my own face ;) . Apparently on the previous computer it rolled back to Quicktime for some reason. .m On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Matt S. wrote: > On Sat, May

Re: [Flashcoders] Oh the irony

2010-05-15 Thread Matt S.
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Kerry Thompson wrote: > I don't see anything ironic about using QuickTime. It's one of Apple's > big success stories. > > I can kind of see them pushing HTML5 over Flash, for business reasons. > But why would they want to use HTML5 over their own product? Of cours

Re: [Flashcoders] Oh the irony

2010-05-14 Thread Matt S.
the other irony: When you watch the iPad ad, it plays with the Quicktime plugin, at least for me, despite my being in Safari, which ostensibly supports HTML5. Apparently some plugins are better than others... http://www.apple.com/ipad/gallery/#ad ___ Fla

[Flashcoders] Oh the irony

2010-05-14 Thread Matt S.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/H1314LL/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY Not that I would expect them to remove it, but it is funny to see in the Apple store... ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listin

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing CSS of HTML page from swf

2010-05-11 Thread Matt S.
Look into using Javascript to change the background of the page, then use externalInterface to call that Javascript. .m On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Lehr, Theodore wrote: > Is it possible to change the background-image of my HTML page from a .swf? > _

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread Matt S.
The real problem is not market share but "mind share". That is, even if the proportion of users viewing your site via an iPad is small, the reaction from clients when they realize their content isnt viewable on the magical device will be disproportionally large. It becomes stickier still when you c

[Flashcoders] LuigiBormioli.com: a good HTML5 case study

2010-05-07 Thread Matt S.
http://www.luigibormioli.com/ On the one hand, its undeniably a beautiful site, and manages to incorporate flash-level interactivity smoothly and effectively. This is an excellent proof of concept for the power of jQuery. On the other hand, it doesnt work in the iPad. Relying as it does on draggi

Re: [Flashcoders] One Video, multiple Audio tracks?

2010-05-07 Thread Matt S.
Thats definitely a possibility. It seems like keeping the audio and video synched would be tricky, but its worth a try. thanks, Matt On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Gerry Beauregard wrote: > Hi Matt, > > You could probably put the 8 other languages into mp3 files, which you can &g

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