RE: [Flashcoders] Flipping Effect...

2007-07-11 Thread Nick Weekes
That’s not the effect the OP was after. (Either im experiencing déjà vu, or didn’t we have another question asking for exactly this sort of effect recently, and didn’t someone also post the link to the pixelfumes class?) In any case, this very useful link was put up and I think its closer to the

RE: [Flashcoders] Tips and advice for online bugtracking

2007-07-10 Thread Nick Weekes
Flashtracer doesn't work with the latest version of the debug player (according to the link below). Shame, as it's a nice idea. xRay is really the debugging tool you should use, its of such a high quality. Did you look at the video tutorials:

RE: [Flashcoders] OT but please help. Need a .NET C# list LIKE THIS ONE!

2007-07-01 Thread Nick Weekes
Try here: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp/topi cs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alberto Florentin Sent: 01 July 2007 13:09 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] OT but

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Happy Easter

2007-04-10 Thread Nick Weekes
This is beyond OT its not even funny. Im sure the OP didn't mean to cause offence, but that's exactly what he's done. Think about it next time dude... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul V. Sent: 10 April 2007 04:15 To:

RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-29 Thread Nick Weekes
Its put a massive downer on what should have been an exciting week. Im moving into video editing etc so was considering the Production premium CS3 suite, but a 200% markup is criminal. And as Mike said, for a digital download, wtf indeed. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-29 Thread Nick Weekes
So how would one legally go about buying Adobe software in the US (by legally I mean not from ebay)? And r.e. the lack of european support or upgrade, wouldn't you still be elligible for a US upgrade if you bought the software from there? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] How to find yesterday?

2007-03-27 Thread Nick Weekes
Try this: var CurrentDate:Date = new Date(); trace(CurrentDate); var SubtractedDate:Date = new Date(CurrentDate.getTime() - 1*24*60*60*1000); trace(SubtractedDate); -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of natalia Vikhtinskaya Sent: 27 March

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-27 Thread Nick Weekes
That's right Ian. From Adobe Labs: The Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview is the only planned preview release of the next version of the Flash authoring tool before the final version ships in 2007 The private beta would have included things such as the Export Timeline to Actionscript

RE: [Flashcoders] User Centred Design

2007-03-21 Thread Nick Weekes
One of my favourite books on this subject, About Face 2: Essentials of Interaction Design: http://www.amazon.co.uk/About-Face-2-0-Essentials-Interaction/dp/0764526413/ ref=sr_1_7/202-5343986-8502251?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1174494929sr=8-7 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] fauxpenGL library for AS2

2007-03-13 Thread Nick Weekes
I think http://www.papervision3d.org/ are already doing this? Not sure if its AS2/AS3 though, and apologies if its already been mentioned. They have an excellent demo here of a 3d game: http://www.paperworld3d.com/demos/obstaclecourse/ObstacleCourse.html -Original Message- From:

RE: [Flashcoders] Extending buttons interface

2007-03-12 Thread Nick Weekes
I disagree. 'Current' infers 'final release', not preview beta's. For me (and many of my peers) Current AS version is 2 for Flash. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 12 March 2007 17:41 To:

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Royalty Free Video Footage

2007-02-15 Thread Nick Weekes
Free Video Footage Try http://www.istockphoto.com/video.php Francis On 2/15/07, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im looking for some footage for my next project, and I don't normally do a great deal with video. Does anyone have a good recommendation for sites they use to buy

[Flashcoders] Flex Chart swf + Flash

2007-02-13 Thread Nick Weekes
Hi, Is it possible to use a swf generated with the Flex 2.0 framework/Flex Builder 2.0 in Flash 8/9? Id specifically like to embed/link a Chart mc created with the Flex charting components in to Flash, and then create a Flash projector (thus bypassing the need for the latest flash player). I

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash diagnostic tools

2007-02-02 Thread Nick Weekes
http://www.rockonflash.com/xray/flex/Xray.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of slangeberg Sent: 02 February 2007 15:17 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash diagnostic tools Sorry if this is redundant, but is

RE: [Flashcoders] OpenSource System layer for FlashPlayer7 for PocketPC

2007-01-18 Thread Nick Weekes
Bit of a guess Matthias, but what about the .net compact framework? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Dittgen Sent: 18 January 2007 10:37 To: Flashcoders mailing list; Open Source Flash Mailing List Subject: [Flashcoders] OpenSource

RE: [Flashcoders] migrating to Flex

2006-11-27 Thread Nick Weekes
I use both (Flash 8 IDE and Flex Builder), so I don't see it as a linear upgrade path. Flex doesn't replace the Flash IDE, unless you were using Flash purely for AS apps (in which case you should probably be using Eclipse/Sepy/FlashDevelop etc). If you do any design work in the Flash IDE, then

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: [Flickr] Your Photo Upload Failed

2006-11-27 Thread Nick Weekes
Yep, same here, and same for everyone posting I would think. Can the list moderators delete the flickr account? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 November 2006 10:45 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] connecting excel spread sheet to Flash

2006-11-23 Thread Nick Weekes
be printed. Pretty ambitous rject I am beginning to realise! Thaks, Nik On 11/22/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of interest, whats the architecture of your Excel/Flash app? Is it Excel for data and Flash for reporting? Do you need the Excel file to be an Excel file (i.e. xls

RE: [Flashcoders] connecting excel spread sheet to Flash

2006-11-22 Thread Nick Weekes
Look into the possibilities of using xml with Excel (by either saving the file as xml or exporting sheets/ranges as xml). This can then be used as the data source for Flash. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nik crosina Sent: 22 November

RE: [Flashcoders] Is it possible to expand work area in flash?

2006-11-09 Thread Nick Weekes
Not much you can do if you need more than the 2880 max stage size. Sounds like you need to move to actionscript based animation... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of André Hedetoft Sent: 09 November 2006 08:21 To:

RE: [Flashcoders] Simple Flash player detection without versioning?

2006-11-09 Thread Nick Weekes
Maybe you could use swfobject (pretty much industry standard detection script), and then pass in the RequiredVersion var of 0? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 09 November 2006 18:53 To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] WinFX...heard of it?

2006-10-12 Thread Nick Weekes
Victor, Check http://channel9.msdn.com, it's the M$ equivalent to Adobe Labs. Lots of info on all the net framework techs (WinFX Is now .Net Framework 3.0 btw). And the main tech you will want to look into is Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the M$ rival to flash player. -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] Projector Wrapper

2006-10-03 Thread Nick Weekes
...and throw in any Apollo facts that are available, and yeah, that would be a very useful comparison. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 03 October 2006 09:28 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders]

RE: [Flashcoders] Profanity - (to Lieven especially)

2006-10-02 Thread Nick Weekes
If this was a forum, that would be a sticky for the n00bs. Practical advice with a sense of humour, you don't get that everyday... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: 02 October 2006 18:45 To: Flashcoders mailing

RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height

2006-09-29 Thread Nick Weekes
Get a Life you mean. And dude, if you swear in your emails they will likely be blocked by corporate email servers, so nobody will be able to help. So right back atcha... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: 29 September

RE: [Flashcoders] Datagrid

2006-09-25 Thread Nick Weekes
Check out the CellRenderer API in the Flash docs. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurent CUCHET Sent: 25 September 2006 11:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Datagrid I try to put a button in a row of a datagrid for

RE: [Flashcoders] SWF or MovieClip in an Email

2006-09-22 Thread Nick Weekes
In fact on most systems (Windows anyway) ActiveX content in emails Is disabled by default. So its generally a bad idea. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut Granda Sent: 22 September 2006 15:54 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re:

RE: [Flashcoders] SWF or MovieClip in an Email

2006-09-22 Thread Nick Weekes
: 22 September 2006 16:16 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] SWF or MovieClip in an Email Is there a way to check for the ability and display a normal signature if ActiveX is off? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nick Weekes

RE: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb drive

2006-09-07 Thread Nick Weekes
Couldn’t you use the _url property of the parent MC to return the fully qualifed path to the swf (including the drive letter)? Then do a _url + relativePathtoFLV? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut Granda Sent: 07 September 2006 16:22

RE: [Flashcoders] make the Window component not moveable?

2006-08-30 Thread Nick Weekes
my_win.enabled = false; Should do the trick. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Boyne Sent: 30 August 2006 13:26 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] make the Window component not moveable? That is a very good

RE: [Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay

2006-08-18 Thread Nick Weekes
to accommodate this). - e.d. On 8/17/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like to dynamically show/hide from an html page. The overlay is not a problem using DIV and Z depth, but is there anyway of controlling the parent (background) html

[Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay

2006-08-17 Thread Nick Weekes
Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like to dynamically show/hide from an html page. The overlay is not a problem using DIV and Z depth, but is there anyway of controlling the parent (background) html in a way similar to the Flex effect when showing dialog boxes etc, i.e. make the

RE: [Flashcoders] Blur background html with flash overlay

2006-08-17 Thread Nick Weekes
, blur no. You don't have the HTML as a bitmap source to blur, but you could overlay a large semi-transparent mc over the HTML (the .swf would need to be large enough to accommodate this). - e.d. On 8/17/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Im playing with a flash menu that Id like

RE: [Flashcoders] Does anyone have a link to the apple imitation donein flash?

2006-08-12 Thread Nick Weekes
Mani, I havent seen an Apple desktop, but Ive seen this: http://desktoptwo.com/ Is that what you meant? Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manuel Saint-Victor Sent: 12 August 2006 19:09 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] Cairngorm 2.0 tutorials

2006-08-08 Thread Nick Weekes
Alex Uhlmann has some good sample applications using Cairngorm 2 here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/07/cairngorm_2_for_1.cf m#more Cheers, Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Burrer Sent: 08 August 2006

RE: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash

2006-07-21 Thread Nick Weekes
Is this technique of any use (see the 'Javascript communicating with Flash' bit): http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/fscommand/index.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: 21 July 2006 10:45 To: Flashcoders mailing

RE: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Application Framework

2006-07-19 Thread Nick Weekes
There still hasn't been a decent reason in this thread why the existing frameworks (such as arp + cairngorm) are not suitable? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Smeets Sent: 19 July 2006 08:43 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE:

RE: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Application Framework

2006-07-19 Thread Nick Weekes
mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Application Framework Sorry Nick I was simply unaware of them. Now that I am I will be trying them out. On 7/19/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There still hasn't been a decent reason in this thread why the existing frameworks

Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Application Framework

2006-07-19 Thread Nick Weekes
:) Grt, Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Weekes Sent: woensdag 19 juli 2006 10:21 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Application Framework no problemo. In case nobody has posted the links

RE: [Flashcoders] Output to Text File

2006-07-17 Thread Nick Weekes
Kelly, Did you decide on an approach to this? Id be interested to hear it. Cheers, Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kelly snyder Sent: 11 July 2006 17:51 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Output to Text

RE: [Flashcoders] Output to Text File

2006-07-17 Thread Nick Weekes
! The new {mdm}ScriptT 2.0 is a doddle to use and really well integrated and with just a few short lines of code I was able to build the functionality I needed. Cheers Adrian On 7/17/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kelly, Did you decide on an approach to this? Id

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Nick Weekes
Given that MS no longer support 2000 themselves, why are you still using it? Just curious... Pete Hotchkiss wrote: Whilst I realize this up date to the Flash 8 IDE in sonly an Alpha - I'll be somewhat pissed if the final release delivers the same message I just received. 'Adobe Flash 9

Re: [Flashcoders] [Ann] Tonight: World's Largest Flex Application

2006-07-03 Thread Nick Weekes
I disagree. I dont know the full demographic breakdown of the members of this list so I can't comment on the 'screaming majority', but even if there are 1 or 2 aussie coders interested in this I would consider it useful. Andreas Rønning wrote: I wish people wouldn't advertise local events

Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class?

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
This is at the footer of every flashcoders email: To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Alison Gurry wrote: please take me off mailing list ALISON GURRY From: Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
The latest version of Flash Player on the Adobe site is 9. It is released today (wherever you are in the world). Merrill, Jason wrote: So maybe I spoke too soon, but something is screwy - I had Flash 7 installed (I verified before I started), so I clicked the link to install Flash 9 from

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
More info in case anyone not aware of this url: http://www.flex.org/ Merrill, Jason wrote: Seems the Adobe Flash 9 player is now officially released?No official announcement or anything? It's on the site under downloads. However, I need to install the Flash 8 player for testing,

Re: [Flashcoders] Issue running local swfs in IE in Windows XP SP2

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
Steven, I think there are two possible areas of IE config that you want to check (cant remember exactly which one is causing this problem but Ive definitely seen it). Firstly, check the Security settings for IE (and click the custom level button), and ensure that Automatic Prompting for

RE: [Flashcoders] flashcoders google search

2006-06-17 Thread Nick Weekes
Excellent idea Muzak, good work fella. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Muzak Sent: 17 June 2006 04:16 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] flashcoders google search Put together a little Flash app that will search the

Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position

2006-06-09 Thread Nick Weekes
I dont see the problem with them keeping the job email short, and saying get more info from our website? Ettwein, Josh wrote: Heh.. That's exactly what I was just thinking. Wow...where do I sign up? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2.0 and database

2006-06-06 Thread Nick Weekes
You can if you use the appropriate middleware (php/asp.net/Flex Data Services etc). Head on over to http://labs.adobe.com/flexproductline/ for details on flex and data services, and a better newsgroup for flex queries is Flexcoders (register at www.flexcoders.org). Cheers, Nick Ferran

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 Release Date?

2006-06-02 Thread Nick Weekes
Would it be an option to design/build with beta 2 (or at the very least prototype), then recompile and deliver to client with the release version of Flex 2? Im guessing there wont be significant differences between the two (other than bug fixes). Adam Pasztory wrote: I'm starting a new

Re: [Flashcoders] unsubscribe me please...too many emails

2006-06-01 Thread Nick Weekes
Theres always one, isnt there. Dude, as is kindly written at the footer of your email, click here to change subscription options: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders john chabak wrote: please take me off your mailing list..i am getting a bombardment of emails its

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Nick Weekes
imho it seems there are enough interested people on this list to warrant having the discussion here. The only thing I could suggest is posting which country you work in when discussing pricing, as it varies wildly from country to country. Brian Mays wrote: I would be interested as well.

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Nick Weekes
Ah, the rich learning curve of life. Weve all been there. And having been in the 'Im being screwed by the client' seat, its made me a better negotiator, and also a better communicator with regard to project pricing/benefits to client etc. Im also not afraid to walk away from bad business

RE: [Flashcoders] Preloading classes

2006-05-31 Thread Nick Weekes
, at 12:47 PM, Nick Weekes wrote: Hi all, I have a swf that uses several external classes (the built in tween classes and some of my own), and when I test the movie I notice that this code is compiled in frame 1 of my movie. So a preloader isn't going to be 100% accurate

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: 3d Navigation done in Shockwave

2006-05-31 Thread Nick Weekes
Ive definitely seen this done before in flash. Anybody got any public source/algorithms for this kind of navigation in actionscript? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A really beatiful 3d nav with transparency and transformation http://interact10ways.com/usa/emotion_interactive.htm Although done

Re: [Flashcoders] Full time opening for a Flash component developer

2006-05-26 Thread Nick Weekes
Guys, take it off list please. Lee McColl-Sylvester wrote: What location? Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manuel Saint-Victor Sent: 26 May 2006 16:29 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Full time opening for a

Re: [Flashcoders] Full time opening for a Flash component developer

2006-05-26 Thread Nick Weekes
Thanks Mani. Manuel Saint-Victor wrote: Sorry Nick. You're right. Please use the email provided above for any correspondence. On 5/26/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, take it off list please. Lee McColl-Sylvester wrote: What location? Lee -Original Message

Re: [Flashcoders] Class Newb Question

2006-05-25 Thread Nick Weekes
Essential Actionscript 2.0 : Colin Moock. Thats all you need... Marlon Harrison wrote: I've been asked to build increasingly more complex flash-based pieces for my employer - and I would really like to begin to componentize my code as much as possible to minimize me having to reinvent the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash IDE

2006-05-25 Thread Nick Weekes
With Flex 2.0, there is no need for a server, the swf's can be deployed in the same way as Flash swf's. Adobe are even going to release a command line compiler if you dont want to pay the (rumoured) $1000 for Flex Builder 2.0. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been too busy developping in

Re: [Flashcoders] OOP 101: Is import really necessary?

2006-05-25 Thread Nick Weekes
I think Ian stated that Importing a class will not affect the swf, but instanciating an object contained in the class will. So: import MyCoolNewClass; does not affect swf var MyCoolNewClass:MyCoolNewClass = new MyCoolNewClass(); does affect swf Merrill, Jason wrote: The 'import'

Re: [Flashcoders] WAV to SWF Audio

2006-05-24 Thread Nick Weekes
Why not batch convert the WAVs into mp3 using any tool you can get your hands on (Nero, MS Encoder etc), then use a bit of actionsctipt in a single SWF to determine which MP3 to load. Lewis, Chuck wrote: I have over a thousand audio (WAV) files that I need to convert each to SWF. Does

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Great bit of Director work, FPS with bots, network play etc.

2006-03-17 Thread Nick Weekes
That is a stunning piece of work...didnt realise director could interface with DirectX. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 17 March 2006 12:28 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Great bit of

RE: [Flashcoders] FP8 AS2 color picker and comboBox

2006-03-08 Thread Nick Weekes
Good link, looks like a nice component. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yotam Laufer Sent: 08 March 2006 11:07 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FP8 AS2 color picker and comboBox This seems to be a fine piece of

RE: [Flashcoders] trace inside the browser

2006-03-07 Thread Nick Weekes
I use Xray: http://www.osflash.org/xray -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Guerra Sent: 07 March 2006 15:16 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] trace inside the browser hi, i'm trying to figure out a way

RE: [Flashcoders] FF Seattle Report

2006-03-06 Thread Nick Weekes
Sounds like you havent really come across a project that needs a flex solution rather than a flash solution. Flex is a great tool for fairly specific implementations (RIA's, dashboards, etc etc), whereas flash is more general (but that comes at a price in terms of dev time). And circa $1000

RE: OT: RE: [Flashcoders] RIA patent granted

2006-03-02 Thread Nick Weekes
Perhaps im being ignorant, but has anyone actually investigated this patent? Ive had a look, and Its very specific, and doesn't deal with RIA's, but rich media hosting web sites. A load of fuss about not much at all, imho. Ps kudos to aral for pointing out how weak this patent is (and its also

RE: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Internet Explorer update and consequencesfor Flash

2006-03-02 Thread Nick Weekes
(if anyone wanna join my monologue, feel free to do so) Hehe I admire your persistence Morten. Am currently updating XP too. What behaviour did you notice after install? Cheers, Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Morten Barklund

RE: [Flashcoders] loading swf with embedded fonts.

2006-02-28 Thread Nick Weekes
Hmm...I think this was discussed yesterday. Check the archives for specific circumstance with shared library fonts. Cheers, Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magnus Askenbäck Sent: 28 February 2006 10:36 To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] loading swf with embedded fonts.

2006-02-28 Thread Nick Weekes
fonts. ah, true. tnx mate, will have look into this... =) .m Nick Weekes wrote: Hmm...I think this was discussed yesterday. Check the archives for specific circumstance with shared library fonts. Cheers, Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Flashcoders] outlook need to be oppened from Flash

2006-02-27 Thread Nick Weekes
Look up getURL in the Help docs. You don't open a specific application (e.g. outlook express), but create an email message using the local machines default mail client. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bharat Group Sent: 27 February 2006

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto is not working

2006-02-27 Thread Nick Weekes
Is the click event firing? Have you traced the code in this event? Maybe you have instance naming issues. Does it fail in both 'Preview in browser' and 'test movie'? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bharat Group Sent: 27 February 2006

RE: [Flashcoders] Easing equations - explanation of parameters

2006-02-27 Thread Nick Weekes
I use these references for tweening/easing: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tween.htm http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/tweening.html Cheers, Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Salisbury Sent: 27

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto is not working

2006-02-27 Thread Nick Weekes
: [Flashcoders] mailto is not working No, click event is not firing, it does nothing on clicking. and it fails in both - Original Message - From: Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: RE

RE: [Flashcoders] Easing equations - explanation of parameters

2006-02-27 Thread Nick Weekes
want to use the tween class, i just need to use the easing methods directly, so i just need some documentation on the parameters. On 2/27/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use these references for tweening/easing: ___ Flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto is not working

2006-02-27 Thread Nick Weekes
on clicking doing any thing. - Original Message - From: Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:26 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] mailto is not working Ok, you have problems with your instances

RE: [Flashcoders] Cool Navigation

2006-02-24 Thread Nick Weekes
What do you mean mike, 'mystery buttons'? I like the scrolling nav on this site, if there is a generic class etc available I would also like to see it. Cheers, NIck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 24 February 2006

RE: [Flashcoders] only keynote?????

2006-02-22 Thread Nick Weekes
Is this because its open source (and free), or is actually better functionality-wise than ppt? Are there any scripting tools, like vba with ppt? And what sort of swf exporting support is there? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike

RE: [Flashcoders] only keynote?????

2006-02-22 Thread Nick Weekes
, so can't comment on how good they are. HTH, Ian On 2/22/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this because its open source (and free), or is actually better functionality-wise than ppt? Are there any scripting tools, like vba with ppt? And what sort of swf exporting support

RE: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect

2006-02-21 Thread Nick Weekes
Glad you got to the bottom of the problem. This might be useful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q152460/ http://tinyurl.com/kmdlk And if you ever need to do something similar, ms visual studio.net has much friendlier support for writing windows services. Means learning C# or VB.Net

RE: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect

2006-02-21 Thread Nick Weekes
To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect Nick Weekes a écrit : Glad you got to the bottom of the problem. This might be useful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q152460/ http://tinyurl.com/kmdlk And if you ever need to do something

RE: [Flashcoders] a powerpoint alternative

2006-02-21 Thread Nick Weekes
up a mini though :) On 2/21/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not much use to non-Mac people though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: 21 February 2006 13:29 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re

RE: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect

2006-02-20 Thread Nick Weekes
Dude, why are you running a projector (which is a gui) as a service (has to be no gui)? Services are designed for pieces of code that run permanently, not a transient user interface... Maybe you need to separate some of your logic from presentation... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect

2006-02-20 Thread Nick Weekes
to the srvany.exe hack? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flapflap Sent: 20 February 2006 12:47 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect Nick Weekes a écrit : Dude, why are you running

RE: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect

2006-02-20 Thread Nick Weekes
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flapflap Sent: 20 February 2006 13:06 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Projector running as a service can't connect Nick Weekes a écrit : Have you traced out the exact error/failure in your AS? Not yet. It might

RE: [Flashcoders] [Off Topic] Adobe web site

2006-02-09 Thread Nick Weekes
Its your connection dude. You tried other high profile sites? Got any bandwidth limiters accidentally turned on? Any way of testing your download speed? (here in the uk there are plenty, for example http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp) -Original Message- From:

RE: [Flashcoders] opportunity - paypal flash cart

2006-02-09 Thread Nick Weekes
Good advice... Tempted to try the 'confused shrug' next time mr big shot corporate client wants to argue with my costs ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan MacDougall Sent: 09 February 2006 16:23 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject:

[Flashcoders] TV Card input

2006-01-27 Thread Nick Weekes
Im looking into the feasability of building a kiosk type media app that incorporates swf/rss feeds and a realtime video link via analog/digitial hardware connection. Swf and rss are no problem, but is realtime video anything that flash can handle? Im guessing that its a DirectX/DirectShow

RE: [Flashcoders] TV Card input

2006-01-27 Thread Nick Weekes
generally seems to pick /dev/video as the source. good luck, Jeremy On 1/27/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im looking into the feasability of building a kiosk type media app that incorporates swf/rss feeds and a realtime video link via analog/digitial hardware connection. Swf and rss

RE: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

2006-01-25 Thread Nick Weekes
Hehe no ;-) Its pretty buggy too, so Id wait for a more stable build before evaluating... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Stuhr Sent: 25 January 2006 09:02 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Microsoft

RE: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

2006-01-25 Thread Nick Weekes
David, I tend to agree with what your saying. Although Im definitely in the RIA camp, it seems ridiculous to criticise the development of a technology such as this simply because of what the 'average consumer' wants. How about using the games industry to make my point? If this technology is

RE: [Flashcoders] Font Preview In ComboBox

2006-01-23 Thread Nick Weekes
Even if you are more streamlined in how you choose a font (i.e. have the combo not preview, but load either a preview image or live textbox after the change event of combo), arent you going to have to include all 500 fonts in your swf at compile time? Correct me if Im wrong, but is that good

RE: [Flashcoders] Font Preview In ComboBox

2006-01-23 Thread Nick Weekes
network connections. Any other ideas are welcome bt live preview is a must Regards Rishi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Weekes Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:31 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Font

RE: [Flashcoders] Font Preview In ComboBox

2006-01-23 Thread Nick Weekes
Typo, should read '...does the preview have to occur in the combo?' -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Weekes Sent: 23 January 2006 15:18 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Font Preview In ComboBox But doesn't

RE: [Flashcoders] Stolen content

2006-01-19 Thread Nick Weekes
Yeah, looks like frantos links have been copied and pasted into other blogs. I can see the frustration, but it’s a blog, not a commercial piece of software etc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Tayag Sent: 19 January 2006 13:00

RE: [Flashcoders] Job Opportunity in Madrid (Spain)

2006-01-13 Thread Nick Weekes
;-) very good gag. 21000 euros is about 14 grand English money. Mcdonalds pay more. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: 13 January 2006 15:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Job Opportunity in Madrid

RE: [Flashcoders] Job Opportunity in Madrid (Spain)

2006-01-13 Thread Nick Weekes
not a worldwide tendency! ;-) Nick Weekes wrote: ;-) very good gag. 21000 euros is about 14 grand English money. Mcdonalds pay more. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: 13 January 2006 15:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject

RE: [Flashcoders] Dowloading Flex 2 alpha

2006-01-11 Thread Nick Weekes
I think its your connection, I get around 300kb/s from Macromedia using 2Mb dsl here in the uk...maybe use a download manager to recover broken connections? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rui Duarte Silva Sent: 11 January 2006 08:57 To:

RE: [Flashcoders] flash frame-rate in windows form applications

2006-01-11 Thread Nick Weekes
Ralph, I haven't done a great deal of testing, but I found that an EXE compiled with vis studio.net 2005 performed much better with embedded swf's than 2003. However, I also found a big difference in two machines of comparable spec, so I need to do a great deal more testing. What are you

RE: [Flashcoders] Bug in Macromedia's flash detectioncodewheninstalled player is either 6.0.22, 6.0.23 and 6.0.29 ?

2006-01-06 Thread Nick Weekes
I wonder what sites they actually permit, given that js is disabled. in my experience, the interweb just don't work properly without it... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes Sent: 06 January 2006 15:17 To: Flashcoders mailing list

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