Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with auto-play {Director v. Flash??}

2006-03-20 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 20, 2006, at 2:04 AM, Jim Tann wrote: I reguarly use flash for projects like this. I don't like director, just a personal thing. I never feel my assets are organized when using it I hate Lingo. But I guess what it comes down to is what you are used to. I love flash hate director. I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with auto-play {Director v. Flash??}

2006-03-19 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 19, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Charles Parcell wrote: Something else to be specific about is your note of Full Screen. Do you mean that the projector should stretch to fill the current monitor resolution or do you mean that the app should resize the users screen resolution to the size of the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with auto-play {Director v. Flash??}

2006-03-19 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 19, 2006, at 3:57 AM, Kent Humphrey wrote: Michael Bedar wrote: Just for the record, there is no autoplay on OSX, if you are supporting mac. It's also worth noting that Autoplay on Windows is able to be turned off - and many people do, therefore you cannot rely on it being on. You

[Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with auto-play {Director v. Flash??}

2006-03-18 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi, The subject-line pretty much says it all... I have an upcoming project that requires me to build an interface for playing 4 videos... this will then be burned onto a CD - a major requirement for this CD is that it goes full-screen as soon as the user puts it in their machine. My

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with auto-play {Director v. Flash??}

2006-03-18 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Ramon Miguel M. Tayag wrote: Director is really made for CD authoring, however, for what you want to do, Flash is sufficient. Sounds good, thanks. :) Got any links relating to Flash and CD authoring? Tuts? Examples? Many thanks. M

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with auto-play {Director v. Flash??}

2006-03-18 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Michael Bedar wrote: Just for the record, there is no autoplay on OSX, if you are supporting mac. Ah, good to know hmmm, I think most users will be PC, but Mac is not an impossibility. Thanks for pointing that out/giving me the heads-up, :) M

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX2004, Video CD with auto-play {Director v. Flash??}

2006-03-18 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 18, 2006, at 8:08 PM, Michael Bedar wrote: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_13374 This technote is for Director, but applies to flash projectors as well. Also, here is a good article about burning a hybrid CD, should you choose to go down that road.

Re: [Flashcoders] [SOLVED] Start/stop function - not working as AS2.0?

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 26, 2006, at 6:30 PM, Shy Aberman wrote: Try passing in the function name as a string. Ah, thanks for the tip. :) Got it working now! On top of what you mentioned above I had to change a few other things I over-looked... see comments below: /* Update: Changed second argument to a

[Flashcoders] Navigating between labels? Scripting help:

2006-02-26 Thread Michael Hulse
Hey all... I need some help with the below code... I am trying to set-up a dynamic way to jump from label to label on the main timeline of my animation... Well, here is what I got so far... Still working on it, and it prob is not optimal, but maybe you all will have some suggestions: /*

Re: [Flashcoders] [SOLVED] Navigating between labels? Scripting help:

2006-02-26 Thread Michael Hulse
Adrian, André, and Barn, You guys ROCK! Thanks so much for you replies, I am very appreciative of your help. :) On Feb 26, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Byron Canfield wrote: Also, I notice that one of your comments describes these as scene labels, but note that scene labels can only be targeted from

Re: [Flashcoders] How often do you use components? Or do you use it at all?

2006-02-26 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 26, 2006, at 3:17 PM, MocaLoca wrote: I have been very curious to know if most designers/developers use them or not.and how often. When it comes to flash, I would definitely consider myself on the designer-end of spectrum (although, I do code decent enough in other languages, like

Re: [Flashcoders] How often do you use components? Or do you use it at all?

2006-02-26 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 26, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: Another issue I have with components is component management. I would say I have a zillion components installed... Not that the current way MX2004 manages things is bad, but I just think it could be better. Put on my wish-list: Automatic

[Flashcoders] Start/stop function - not working as AS2.0?

2006-02-26 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi, Is it ok for me to pass a built-in function as argument of another function (see example below)? For some reason, the below code does not stop nested movie-clips... It was working when things were not AS2.0... /* Attach function to stop button: */ _root.stopButton.onRelease =

Re: [Flashcoders] Start/stop function - not working as AS2.0?

2006-02-26 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 26, 2006, at 4:48 PM, jim wrote: I havnt tested this but it looks like it should work. Hi jim! Thanks for you quick response, I really appreciate the help. Below is my updated code: _root.stopButton.onRelease = function() { startStopMovies(_root, stop); }; /* Attach function to