[Flashcoders] AS2Doc not working - no reponse from Mirell

2007-09-04 Thread Mike Lyda
I still have to create documentation for the Flash IDE from ActionScript 2 classes and have been using AS2Doc from Mirell without a problem. However it's quit working and gives this error when I attempt to Generate docs: [ERROR]: Error transforming XSL. File: C:\Program

Re: [Flashcoders] Tips and advice for online bugtracking

2007-07-10 Thread Mike Lyda
another option.. flashtracer for firefox (from Alessandro Crugnola) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3469 you need the flash player debug version installed, but flashtracer can be very handy and entertaining.. (browse the web and see what others are tracing out of their SWFs..)

[Flashcoders] F8 AS2 component in livepreview going invisible

2007-07-09 Thread Mike Lyda
I have a component I've created that will disappear when clicked in livepreview. If I click it again it appears and will remain visible even after clicking on other objects on stage. I have the standard set of functions in the component class (based on Joey Lott's tute here

Re: [Flashcoders] load image in livepreview?

2007-06-26 Thread Mike Lyda
Sorry.. AS2, loading from external file --- John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when you say load are you talking externally? or embedded in the component swc? are we talking AS3? is this a new FLA based component for AS3 or swc? AS3 wraps the component at designtime with a

Re: [Flashcoders] load image in livepreview? [solution]

2007-06-26 Thread Mike Lyda
the hint from John Grden was good.. the path to the external file has to be absolute to load the image in during livepreview. Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web

[Flashcoders] flash 8 components from scratch?

2006-12-13 Thread Mike Lyda
I'm relearning components and came across a somewhat recent thread http://www.mail-archive.com/flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com/msg21869.html that lead me to this statement regarding xch from Eric D.. What do I need to put in my component class to allow updates on the Stage of the component

Re: [Flashcoders] flash 8 components from scratch?

2006-12-13 Thread Mike Lyda
k.. what you said jives with other things that I've been reading, but I can't get it to work and it doesn't match up to what I'm finding in the docs or the IDE settings. In Component DefinitionLive Preview there's No live preview, Live Preview in external .swf file, and Live Preview with .swf

Re: [Flashcoders] Escape and

2006-09-27 Thread Mike Lyda
not sure where you're using this, etc.. but maybe something like: myString = where in the world is it? myString = myString.split(?).join(\?) --- Laurent CUCHET [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I try to save text in DB When I save I escape text but it doesnt work whith �� If someone save a text

[Flashcoders] detect request from Flash Player?

2006-06-19 Thread Mike Lyda
I can use PHP ( echo($_SERVER[HTTP_USER_AGENT]); ) to detect a request from the Flash IDE or from Central. Both show a user agent of Shockwave Flash. However, when I open a standard Flash SWF in the web browser either embedded in an HTML page or just opening the SWF directly in the browser

[Flashcoders] write out a ByteArray (ActionScript 3) ?

2006-05-27 Thread Mike Lyda
I have a ByteArray that I can't seem to get a decent output from.. I've tried writing out to a textField like so res.text += \n myByteArray = + myByteArray.toString(); and quite a few other things that I thought would give me a decent output, but nothing seems to be working. myByteArray has a

Re: [Flashcoders] ads inside a SWF

2006-05-07 Thread Mike Lyda
well.. anything is possible with a little magic. I'm wondering if someone has already done it, if it's legal, etc.. in all seriousness, I think I've figured out how to do it, but I'm kind of lazy like and not wanting to get a reprimand from the big Google man. --- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] ads inside a SWF

2006-05-06 Thread Mike Lyda
I'd like to include ads (Google ads) inside of a SWF.. with hopes of having the SWF end up on other sites. But is this u legal with Google? And has someone already done something similar? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the

[Flashcoders] unicode escaped via JavaScript - display in Flash

2006-01-13 Thread Mike Lyda
anyone know how to display a unicode (japanese characters) string that has been escaped via JavaScript and sent into the SWF via SetVariable? unescape() works just dandy for the English text, but the JP text just comes out as #65533;92ª#65533;1A¹#65533;9202C6#65533; (boxes, garbage). I could

[Flashcoders] update to Flash - JavaScript API since FP5?

2006-01-09 Thread Mike Lyda
I'm trying to confirm that the API used to communicate with the Flash Player (via JavaScript for example) hasn't changed since this document was created: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/publishexport/scriptingwithflash/scriptingwithflash_03.html I know about the Flash Integration kit

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 and CDATA XML

2006-01-09 Thread Mike Lyda
you mean like text![CDATA[stuff?]]/text --- tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With Flash 8, can you now create XML objects that contain CDATA within Flash? I know last time I researched this topic I was using Flash MX and the answer was no. Just curious to see if that's changed.

Re: [Flashcoders] ****************** Unicode Input ***************************

2005-12-15 Thread Mike Lyda
umm.. it kind of sounds like you want Flash to automatically map the characters to the keypress? i.e. if someone with an English keyboard/system, types into your input field the characters will show up as Chinese? ... it might be possible to have them actually typing into an offscreen/hidden

[Flashcoders] sortable list? anyone?

2005-12-14 Thread Mike Lyda
Has anyone seen AS2 code to accomplish this: http://tool-man.org/examples/sorting.html It's doable, and so figure somebody has already done it.. and I'm feeling lazy and not wanting to re-invent the wheel. ;) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?

[Flashcoders] load assets from memory stream?

2005-10-26 Thread Mike Lyda
ok, this is way off the beaten path, but does anyone know of a way to load assets (XML, JPG, etc) with a SWF if the SWF is loaded purely from memory (via the Flash Player in a VB wrapper rather than via the browser). Basically in this situation the SWF and all assets need to be unpacked in memory

Re: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

2005-10-26 Thread Mike Lyda
Or Central..? --- JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flash cannot write to the local file system; it can read. To write, you'll need a 3rd party projector (mProjector, SWFStudio, Zinc, Screenweaver [open source]), or Macromedia Director. - Original Message - From: Nick Weekes