[Flashcoders] Flash IOS Enterprise distribution on a PC

2012-09-25 Thread Paul Andrews
Anyone know of a guide to making an enterprise distribution on a PC? Thanks, Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Andrews
On 18/09/2012 10:48, Cédric Muller wrote: Jon Bradley wrote : The problem of flash for mobile is as much about politics and protecting the Apple appstore than anything else -it seems to me that flash was a threat by allowing apps to be produced bypassing Apples appstore. It is the problem of

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Andrews
The web standards comittee already squashed Adobe's attempt to get ecmascript 2 adopted as a browser standard - making actionscript and javascript compatible. Adobe is never going to try and make Flash compete with javascript as a DOM manipulator. Adobe is going to concentrate on markets

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Andrews
On 18/09/2012 18:49, Gustavo Duenas wrote: what program did you use for creating apps for android and ios? Btw I didn't left Flash, I use it for making Android and iOS apps and it works very well. Gus On Sep 18, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Ima Newsletta wrote: Actionscript can manipulate DOM...

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-17 Thread Paul Andrews
On 17/09/2012 22:10, Jon Bradley wrote: Just look up the storage and memory needs of a vector point (plus it's animation) and compare that to an RGB triplet. It's pretty easy to find what you are looking for. I don't think it's easy at all. A complex image with a lot of irregular detail may

[Flashcoders] Catfish adverts

2012-05-24 Thread Paul Andrews
I have been asked to work on some flash catfish adverts. Does anyone know of any references about how they should behave? I can't find much online about them - specifically the close functionality. Thanks, Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Catfish adverts

2012-05-24 Thread Paul Andrews
of ExternalInterface.call(); Hope that helps. On 24 May 2012 09:30, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I have been asked to work on some flash catfish adverts. Does anyone know of any references about how they should behave? I can't find much online about them - specifically the close functionality

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

2012-05-22 Thread Paul Andrews
I think you're doomed if you don't have the fla. On 22/05/2012 16:43, Ted Lehr wrote: So I have a swf that needs to run locally and make an ExternalInterface.call ... I am unable to make settings changes to the users Flash Players ... so as of now it seems unpossible! My thoughts was to see

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

2012-05-22 Thread Paul Andrews
Just get a flash event handler to call a javascript function. You probably don't have the security setting for the project set right - network access only. Paul On 22/05/2012 17:06, Ted Lehr wrote: Oh - yes - I have the .fla... I just am running into issues when I try to have the swf call

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

2012-05-22 Thread Paul Andrews
in the publish tab in the IDE. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com on behalf of Paul Andrews Sent: Tue 5/22/2012 12:15 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Can Javascript Listen to Flash Events? Just get a flash event

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-07 Thread Paul Andrews
On 07/03/2012 15:37, Ross Sclafani wrote: yay me! Indeed! Your MVC introductory example was superb. Paul Ross P. Sclafani design / technology / creative http://ross.sclafani.net http://www.twitter.com/rosssclafani http://www.linkedin.com/in/rosssclafani [347] 204.5714 let go of even

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-06 Thread Paul Andrews
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: maandag 5 maart 2012 13:31 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction On 05/03/2012 10:26, Cor wrote: @Karl, I just created my first MVC and it is still in progress... Lots of fun! This video helped me

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
On 05/03/2012 10:26, Cor wrote: @Karl, I just created my first MVC and it is still in progress... Lots of fun! This video helped me a lot! http://pv3d.org/2009/02/11/actionscript-3-model-view-controller-mvc/ Unfortuneatly the tutor mentions Controller can update View, but that example is

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
)); } Ofcourse the Controller would then have a listener : view.addEventListener( View.MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, callback_function); Correct??? Regards Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
The dependency with this is that any changes to the UI - additional views being added or removed, requires that the controller be changed too. Any change to a view could cause the controller to become broken. For this reason, I would say it's bad practice. On 05/03/2012 13:57, Merrill, Jason

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:11 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
I think a view can handle it's own rollover without concerning a controller. A controller is only there to manipulate the model on behlaf of the view. It has no interest in visuals. On 05/03/2012 14:36, Ross Sclafani wrote: i prefer to have the model update the views. preferably via event

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
On 05/03/2012 14:43, Merrill, Jason wrote: Fair enough, but they do sell cigarettes with a health warning these days.. ;-) Trolling is so 2 years ago. :) I don't know why you consider the comment trolling. The OP wanted to know about how to do a technique and it's seems reasonable enough

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
On 05/03/2012 14:36, Ross Sclafani wrote: snip I could see a scenario where one such rollover needs to cause changes in multiple views, and this approach could be implemented, but i would normally rout these types updates through a submodel dedicated to UI. Do you have an example? I've

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
+ Model triads A view dispatches events to which the presenter listens. Presenter talks to view via its interface. View doesn't know the presenter, Presenter doesn't know the view, only its interface. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com To: flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
, but doesn't necessarily directly update the view (though that's who's job it is). In iOS these kinds of controllers are actually called view controllers - for maybe obvious reasons. :-) Kevin N. On 3/5/12 7:31 AM, Paul Andrews wrote: I don't think the controller should be updating the view

[Flashcoders] Algorithm ideas

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
Lets imagine I have 100 sprites scattered around the stage - no regular pattern, but generally spread evenly. My task is to remove 40 of them. That's easy, but I want to remove them as evenly as possible, so the density thins but is reasonably consistent across the stage. Any ideas? I don't

Re: [Flashcoders] Algorithm ideas

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Andrews
On 05/03/2012 23:12, Paul Andrews wrote: Lets imagine I have 100 sprites scattered around the stage - no regular pattern, but generally spread evenly. My task is to remove 40 of them. That's easy, but I want to remove them as evenly as possible, so the density thins but is reasonably

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-02-27 Thread Paul Andrews
I don't think that it makes sense to categorise every class in terms of the MVC trinity. Classes that implement the MVC pattern, sure, but not everything else. There's no need to put a sound processing class within the view class hierachy, even if the view uses it to play audio from the

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-02-25 Thread Paul Andrews
On 24/02/2012 15:15, Merrill, Jason wrote: Maybe I'm off, but I don't think the controller should manipulate data. Who is then? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flashcoders] Fwd: MVC

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Andrews
Excellent job. I have one small point, on a practical level. For the views, in particular, I don't usually pass arguments to the constructor. It's not such a big deal for code-only examples, but in my flash world I mix my components between stuff created dynamically and things created in the

Re: [Flashcoders] Fwd: MVC

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/02/2012 10:54, tom rhodes wrote: traditional vanilla MVC tends to use composition like the example given, check out robotlegs if you don't like it :) then you inject dependencies instead of passing them around and everything gets a bit more loosely coupled... It's not a question of not

Re: [Flashcoders] Fwd: MVC

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/02/2012 11:11, Paul Andrews wrote: On 16/02/2012 10:54, tom rhodes wrote: traditional vanilla MVC tends to use composition like the example given, check out robotlegs if you don't like it :) then you inject dependencies instead of passing them around and everything gets a bit more loosely

Re: [Flashcoders] Fwd: MVC

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Andrews
) } I definitely agree that Ross' example is the most succinct MVC example I've ever seen. Top job. On 16 February 2012 12:21, Paul Andrewsp...@ipauland.com wrote: On 16/02/2012 11:11, Paul Andrews wrote: On 16/02/2012 10:54, tom rhodes wrote: traditional vanilla MVC tends

Re: [Flashcoders] Large Images with Alpha Channel

2012-02-14 Thread Paul Andrews
On 11/02/2012 05:43, Ben Sand wrote: I'm working on a game with some large images (up to 4k x 4k) I might look at paging images that size - I guess they're backgrounds of some sort? For the transparency, I'd probably look at creating a shape to act as a mask, then you can create a MC or

Re: [Flashcoders] Large Images with Alpha Channel

2012-02-14 Thread Paul Andrews
On 14/02/2012 22:01, Ben Sand wrote: On 14 February 2012 21:17, Paul Andrewsp...@ipauland.com wrote: On 11/02/2012 05:43, Ben Sand wrote: I'm working on a game with some large images (up to 4k x 4k) I might look at paging images that size - I guess they're backgrounds of some sort? Yes,

Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash

2012-02-12 Thread Paul Andrews
On 12/02/2012 15:02, Dave Watts wrote: Has anyone heard of or has done this before? I have a client that wants a Flash app and one of the requirements is to be able to pull PDF's into the interface. There are some 80 different PDFs and he use to have a app built in Director using the PDF Xtra

Re: [Flashcoders] Stability of flash debug plugin

2012-02-10 Thread Paul Andrews
Thanks for the tips. FF10 does seem better! On 07/02/2012 17:55, Dennis Ernst wrote: It's been pretty bad. FF 10 seems to have improved the situation. To debug you have to think in short spurts or disable/lengthen the timeout on the plugin-container. See

Re: [Flashcoders] Updating to 10.3 or 11 External player in cs5.5?

2012-02-08 Thread Paul Andrews
On 08/02/2012 18:38, Steven Hargrove wrote: Hi all, I've configured my cs5.5 IDE to compile to FP 10.3 11. The problem is, when I test movie and run my SWF in the External test player - its still using 10.2. It compiles the SWF to the proper version, but it just makes it more difficult to

Re: [Flashcoders] Updating to 10.3 or 11 External player in cs5.5?

2012-02-08 Thread Paul Andrews
On 08/02/2012 22:44, Peter Ginneberge wrote: Cos then you're not really debugging. In order to get trace output you'd have to start a Remote Debug Session. So instead of just doing CTRL+Enter you'd have to: - Publish (ALT+SHIFT+F12) - start Remote Debug Session (no shortcut) - switch to

[Flashcoders] Stability of flash debug plugin

2012-02-07 Thread Paul Andrews
I'm running the flash debug player - 11.1.102.55, usually on FF. It seems particularly prone to crashing when it comes across an error. It often dies whilst remote debugging. Anyone else see this? ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] nextFrame doesn't work

2011-11-14 Thread Paul Andrews
on seperate frames - the code above would let me access all children, but only of the current frame. My problem was an inability to change frame. Paul HTH, Best, Karl On Nov 14, 2011, at 3:08 AM, Paul Andrews wrote: On 14/11/2011 09:00, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Hi Paul, Can you tell it instead

[Flashcoders] Tween

2011-11-07 Thread Paul Andrews
I'm just thinking about the best way to do this (OK, the laziest way to do this). I have a MC at point A and want to tween it to point B. OK, no problem. But really, I don't want my MC to move in a straight line, I want it to oscillate - I guess as a damped (attenuated at both ends) sine

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

2011-10-18 Thread Paul Andrews
On 18/10/2011 21:46, Chris Foster wrote: If you're already manually removing event listeners and deleting created objects, and you really wanna nail this and don't mind spending a few hours learning something new then I totally recommend the Temple Library for ActionScript 3 by MediaMonks

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/10/2011 10:06, Kenneth Kawamoto wrote: Here's one way: var xml:XML = my_xml row id=a parent=a / row id=b parent=a / row id=c parent=a / row id=d parent=d / row id=e parent=d / row id=f parent=d / /my_xml; var ids:Array = [a, d]; for each (var s:String in ids){ xml.row.(@id ==

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/10/2011 13:01, Paul Andrews wrote: On 16/10/2011 10:06, Kenneth Kawamoto wrote: Here's one way: var xml:XML = my_xml row id=a parent=a / row id=b parent=a / row id=c parent=a / row id=d parent=d / row id=e parent=d / row id=f parent=d / /my_xml; var ids:Array = [a, d]; for each (var

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/10/2011 14:16, Kenneth Kawamoto wrote: It's getting rather interesting :D var xml:XML = my_xml row id=a parent=a / row id=b parent=a / row id=c parent=a / row id=d parent=d / row id=e parent=d / row id=f parent=d / row id=g parent=e / row id=h parent=e / row id=i parent=h / /my_xml;

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-14 Thread Paul Andrews
On 11/10/2011 14:53, Paul Andrews wrote: What's the best way to turn this: myXMLNode = my_xml row id=a / row id=b / row id=c / /my_xml; into: my_xml row id=a row id=b / row id=c / /row /my_xml Using some E4X? It's not so much a case of adding b and c as children

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-12 Thread Paul Andrews
row id=a parent=a row id=b parent=a/ row id=c parent=a/ /row /my_xml as you say deletion was the problem. Paul Hope this helps. Glen On 11/10/2011 16:54, Paul Andrews wrote: On 11/10/2011 16:33, Merrill, Jason wrote: row id=c / /row And row id=c / /row Are not valid XML

[Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Andrews
What's the best way to turn this: myXMLNode = my_xml row id=a / row id=b / row id=c / /my_xml; into: my_xml row id=a row id=b / row id=c / /row /my_xml Using some E4X? It's not so much a case of adding b and c as children of a, but of removing them so I don't end up with: my_xml

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Andrews
...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:53 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation What's the best way to turn this: myXMLNode = my_xml row id=a / row id=b / row id=c / /my_xml; into: my_xml row id

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Andrews
___ -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:54 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation On 11/10/2011 16:33

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X XML manipulation

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Andrews
On 11/10/2011 17:38, Merrill, Jason wrote: Just trying to help. :) Yes, I appreciate it. Thank you. I don't know if this helps what you're trying to do, but I have found it much easier to parse XML data into value objects and vectors, then doing the data manipulations from there, rather

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF size reduction

2011-09-17 Thread Paul Andrews
On 17/09/2011 10:48, Gerry Beauregard wrote: Thanks for the quick feedback. Is there any way to tell the compiler that the SWF won't be loaded by another SWF, and that it's therefore safe to strip out unreferenced features? I think you're flogging a dead horse, on this one..

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling native code from Flash

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Andrews
On 19/07/2011 08:15, Gerry Beauregard wrote: Hi folks, Does anyone know whether there's a way to call native code from a Flash SWF or AIR app, for example to call functions in a DLL? Something like Java's JNI but for Flash? I have never heard of anyone doing that and I know of no direct

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling native code from Flash

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Andrews
workarounds I know of really aren't efficient for real-time calls and the overhead would outweigh the benefit. Be interesting if anyone suggests a method. -Gerry On 2011-07-19 , at 15:25 , Paul Andrews wrote: On 19/07/2011 08:15, Gerry Beauregard wrote: Hi folks, Does anyone know whether there's

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling native code from Flash

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Andrews
or could compromise the flash player in any way. I don't think Air offers a gateway either, but I may be wrong. On 19/07/2011 09:06, Paul Andrews wrote: On 19/07/2011 08:46, Gerry Beauregard wrote: Hi Paul, thanks for the quick response. The use case would be to call some CPU-intensive audio

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling native code from Flash

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Andrews
false; } ? HTH, Best, Karl On Jul 19, 2011, at 3:06 AM, Paul Andrews wrote: On 19/07/2011 08:46, Gerry Beauregard wrote: Hi Paul, thanks for the quick response. The use case would be to call some CPU-intensive audio signal processing code, most likely written in C++ and packaged as a DLL

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling native code from Flash

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Andrews
to grab from. Best, Karl On Jul 19, 2011, at 3:58 AM, Paul Andrews wrote: On 19/07/2011 09:48, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Hi Gerry, Can you utilize php as a mediator? Flash-PHP-DLL I think there would be a huge latency, which would defeat the purpose. The fastest alternative I know would

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling native code from Flash

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Andrews
On 19/07/2011 17:18, David Cohn wrote: Gerry, If you can go with an app, check out Zinc. It offers several system interfaces, including invoking DLLs directly: http://www.multidmedia.com/support/livedocs/ --Dave It attracted some poor comments at one time - I don't know if that has changed.

[Flashcoders] Library asset rename

2011-07-12 Thread Paul Andrews
I'm using Flash CS5.5 and recently imported about 200 mp3 samples. I needed to create instances of these on demand so I had to create classes without the suffix .mp3. It was a PIA renaming the MP3 files, so did I miss a trick about how to import large numbers of mp3 files and avoid renaming

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OTish MP3 files for a piano scale

2011-07-12 Thread Paul Andrews
I thought I should give an update about what I actually did. I used Audacity Nyquist to synthesise the notes I needed. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rbd/doc/nyquist/part15.html That allowed me to generate the piano samples I needed. ___ Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] Detecting if line crosses movie clip

2011-06-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/06/2011 13:58, Paul Steven wrote: Working on a game where the player must draw around some colored balls on screen by dragging the mouse to create the polygon that surrounds the objects. The polygon is created by drawing a series of lines every time the mouse moves. If one of these lines

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange button behavior

2011-06-10 Thread Paul Andrews
On 10/06/2011 03:49, Steve Abaffy wrote: Hello, I have a flash button that when it is played on IE9 works. It calls an off site website, but when I try it on IE8 the mouse over actions that the button is supposed to have work, but when pressed nothing happens. The entire application was written

Re: [Flashcoders] Touch Events

2011-05-29 Thread Paul Andrews
:51, Paul Andrews wrote: I've been using Flash CS5.5 targeting the IOS platform. I have been writing a small application that relies on things being dragged around - can't really say much more right now. I need to know when dragging starts, so on the thing that's being dragged I add a listener

[Flashcoders] Touch Events

2011-05-26 Thread Paul Andrews
I've been using Flash CS5.5 targeting the IOS platform. I have been writing a small application that relies on things being dragged around - can't really say much more right now. I need to know when dragging starts, so on the thing that's being dragged I add a listener for

Re: [Flashcoders] cloning custon events

2011-05-06 Thread Paul Andrews
On 06/05/2011 08:03, Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW) wrote: I've an app that passes events outside of the DisplayList from one class to another. In my extended CustDataEvent class: public var param:*; public function CiustDataEventç(type:String, bubbles:Boolean = true, cancelable:Boolean=false,

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

2011-05-02 Thread Paul Andrews
On 02/05/2011 20:37, Steve Abaffy wrote: I guess I am just blind or something I have CS5 but don't see where or how to package as an app I'm sure there is a RTFM answers coming but I have done that, and either I don't understand what I am reading or I am missing something. Cunningly disguised

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

2011-04-28 Thread Paul Andrews
On 28/04/2011 21:21, Steve Abaffy wrote: I have been searching the web for about an hour now, and I can't find a SWF to MP4 convert that will allow the actionscript (i.e. buttons etc..) to work. What I am trying to do is convert my flash presentation to something that will run on an IPad. I

Re: [Flashcoders] test swf on slow machines

2011-04-27 Thread Paul Andrews
On 27/04/2011 08:40, Vedanayagam G wrote: Hi In flex mobile project how to execute sql update and insert query for play book tablet cos in simulator its working but not update and insert query working in playbook tablet.. any body do me a favour for this my query You give so little

Re: [Flashcoders] For solution needed........

2011-04-27 Thread Paul Andrews
On 27/04/2011 08:49, Vedanayagam G wrote: Hi In flex mobile project how to execute sql update and insert query for play book tablet VMware player cos in simulator its working but not update and insert query working in playbook tablet VMware player.. any body do me a favour for this my

Re: [Flashcoders] 360 degree rotation

2011-04-25 Thread Paul Andrews
On 25/04/2011 08:47, a...@yonearth.com wrote: thanx Cor But i need like this http://www.somersetdesign.co.uk/3drotator.php regards amol It's not that complicated. 1) put object on turntable. 2) rotate turntable X degrees 3) If object is not fully rotated, goto 1 Flash loads all images in

Re: [Flashcoders] 360 degree rotation

2011-04-25 Thread Paul Andrews
On 25/04/2011 12:51, Paul Andrews wrote: On 25/04/2011 08:47, a...@yonearth.com wrote: thanx Cor But i need like this http://www.somersetdesign.co.uk/3drotator.php regards amol It's not that complicated. 1) put object on turntable. 2) rotate turntable X degrees Oops, TAKE PHOTO! 3

Re: [Flashcoders] 360 degree rotation

2011-04-25 Thread Paul Andrews
On 25/04/2011 12:56, Paul Andrews wrote: On 25/04/2011 12:51, Paul Andrews wrote: On 25/04/2011 08:47, a...@yonearth.com wrote: thanx Cor But i need like this http://www.somersetdesign.co.uk/3drotator.php regards amol It's not that complicated. 1) put object on turntable. 1b Err

[Flashcoders] test

2011-04-24 Thread Paul Andrews
Traffic seems to have abruptly stopped.. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] test

2011-04-24 Thread Paul Andrews
On 24/04/2011 14:48, Cor wrote: Got it. Thanks Cor. I guess the list is exceptionally quiet. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Why doesn't this work addChild removechild

2011-04-23 Thread Paul Andrews
On 22/04/2011 18:35, Steve Abaffy wrote: Quick update Function{ Var Mort: MovieClip = new Mort(); Try{ removeChild(Mort); }catch(e:Error){ // Do nothing; } addChild(Mort); } This function is called multiple times and each time it adds the child

Re: [Flashcoders] Archives?

2011-04-15 Thread Paul Andrews
On 15/04/2011 19:06, Micky Hulse wrote: Hello, Sorry to bug the list with this... When I go to visit the list archives, it looks like the most recent archive is from 2007. Maybe I am missing something? Anyone know where I can go to search through more recent archives? I would like to find a

Re: [Flashcoders] test swf on slow machines

2011-04-10 Thread Paul Andrews
I would think that very few people have such slow machines and while they are out there do they really form part of your target audience? What exactly are you doing to exercise the machines heavily? Last year I worked on a project that involved animating 150+ avatars on screen together (with

Re: [Flashcoders] Thought some one would like this online book

2011-02-27 Thread Paul Andrews
On 27/02/2011 02:17, spyder spyders wrote: ww.scribd.com/Flash-As3-Programming/d/19382007 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Also available via the copyright

Re: [Flashcoders] Anybody Want to Work in Dubai?

2011-02-17 Thread Paul Andrews
On 17/02/2011 20:39, Kerry Thompson wrote: Cor wrote: WHAT! No kissing AND no drinking... I am gone Aw, Cor, you're so Dutch. No, you can't smoke _that_ in Dubai either. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] OTish MP3 files for a piano scale

2011-02-08 Thread Paul Andrews
Hi Guys - I go out for the afternoon to chat with the client and the list is alive with info about pianos! This is a low budget thing and not an attempt at emulating a Steinway. The actual project I can't really say much about but this is just a proof of concept thing that will decide what

[Flashcoders] OTish MP3 files for a piano scale

2011-02-07 Thread Paul Andrews
I'd like to make a piano keyboard, but trying to find a set of notes in MP3 format is leading to website link hell. Anyone know of any downloads for the individual notes? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] OTish MP3 files for a piano scale

2011-02-07 Thread Paul Andrews
Thanks guys. This doesn't have to be a particularly accurate thing - I just want it to sound something like a piano. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] 'trace' executes function

2011-02-02 Thread Paul Andrews
On 02/02/2011 10:12, Wenzler, Thomas wrote: Hi List, I just made a little experiment with this code... function setMovieClipX(mc,desiredCoordX):Boolean { var updated:Boolean=true; (desiredCoordX!=mc.x)?mc.x=desiredCoordX:updated=false; If the x posn isn't the right one move

Re: [Flashcoders] core Math functions in flash vs the browser

2011-01-11 Thread Paul Andrews
On 11/01/2011 17:51, Anthony Pace wrote: Why are the implementations of Sin and Cos s slow? Even a very basic MacLauren series can trump the Flash's current Math.cos or Math.sin, and that is when they wrapped in function calls. Although the rendering performance is poor in the browser,

Re: [Flashcoders] massive problems with cs5 not compiling/ corrupt fla/xfl files...

2010-12-20 Thread Paul Andrews
On 20/12/2010 13:30, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: I've been going through the exact same horrible situation, and I feel your pain, Tom. My issue seems to have worked itself out as of late. For some insight, check my thread swf not compiling, originating on December 10th. Ultimately, I kept

Re: [Flashcoders] My first code.

2010-12-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/12/2010 07:38, spyder spyders wrote: Thank You So Much! :DI have been researching for over a month!! I am guessing that the 'this' is pointing to the symbol or _mc I attach the class to? I ended up doing away with all of the this because I was receiving an

Re: [Flashcoders] My first code.

2010-12-16 Thread Paul Andrews
On 16/12/2010 14:54, Matt S. wrote: 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. It is, but http://www.learningactionscript3.com/ is a much gentler

Re: [Flashcoders] My first code.

2010-12-15 Thread Paul Andrews
On 15/12/2010 23:53, spyder spyders wrote: HELLO FlashCoders! I am trying to write a ToggleButton Class.I can get it to work as a document class and as as3 on timeline. But how to I use it as a symbol class? Everywhere you have toggleButton replace it with this or remove it

Re: [Flashcoders] stop caching

2010-12-10 Thread Paul Andrews
If this is a web project, just have a local server on your PC and test using that, then deploy to the remote server. You can always clear the browser cache. Paul On 10/12/2010 14:56, Lehr, Theodore wrote: so if it is local - anyway to get around caching?

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: swf not compiling

2010-12-10 Thread Paul Andrews
I did once get some really bizarre behaviour with a project that had a MovieClip in the library linked to a class but with a misspelt class name. Things just weren't happening and the IDE had conveniently constructed a class for me that did nothing. Meanwhile I was trying to work with classes

Re: [Flashcoders] How to iterate through arrays

2010-11-13 Thread Paul Andrews
On 13/11/2010 15:17, Cor wrote: I am trying to create a menu with 5 levels deep submenus. Sounds like a UI nightmare for the user. My best guess is to do this with an array with a bunch of arrays in it, which also contain arrays, etc. And now I have to iterate through all the levels of the

Re: [Flashcoders] How to iterate through arrays

2010-11-13 Thread Paul Andrews
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: zaterdag 13 november 2010 17:14 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to iterate through arrays On 13/11/2010 15:17, Cor wrote: I am trying to create a menu with 5 levels deep submenus. Sounds like a UI

Re: [Flashcoders] How to iterate through arrays

2010-11-13 Thread Paul Andrews
On 13/11/2010 16:44, Cor wrote: OK, I think I figured it out. function findIndex (psdArray:Array, psdButton:Object, psdLevel:uint):void { for (var i:uint=0; i psdArray[psdLevel].length; ++i){ var curBtn:uint = psdArray.indexOf(psdButton); if(curBtn ==

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS5 and photoshop import and TLFTextfield

2010-10-19 Thread Paul Andrews
On 18/10/2010 19:27, Patrick Matte wrote: In fact, not only is there no options to create regular TextField instead of TLFTextField but all the fonts are wrong in the TLFTextFields. I opened Flash CS4 and imported the same PSD file and every TextField had the correct font. Thumbs down Adobe

Re: [Flashcoders] Any good references for swarming/flocking/fractal algorithms?

2010-10-18 Thread Paul Andrews
On 18/10/2010 06:48, mika wrote: You could have a look at Flint Particle system also http://flintparticles.org/examples/flocking-3d Excellent. Thank you. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Any good references for swarming/flocking/fractal algorithms?

2010-10-18 Thread Paul Andrews
On 18/10/2010 08:45, John McCormack wrote: Paul, There are some useful things here, mostly(?) java but the approach is helpful: http://www.red3d.com/cwr/steer/ http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ http://www.red3d.com/cwr/ http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/boids/pseudocode.html

[Flashcoders] Any good references for swarming/flocking/fractal algorithms?

2010-10-17 Thread Paul Andrews
Any good references for swarming/flocking/fractal algorithms? Thought I'd have a play. Doesn't have to be flash-only. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Any good references for swarming/flocking/fractal algorithms?

2010-10-17 Thread Paul Andrews
://www.hypeframework.org/02_examples/swarm/content/01_swarm/ Not used either of these - but Hype looks pretty comprehensive with tons of examples - post back if you get anywhere with it - be interested to hear... Thanks Tom. Paul Tom On 17 Oct 2010, at 15:47, Paul Andrews wrote: Any good references

Re: [Flashcoders] Left shifting input text as user types is unreliable

2010-09-24 Thread Paul Andrews
On 22/09/2010 20:25, Paul Andrews wrote: On 22/09/2010 19:18, Cédric Muller wrote: And, by any chance, are any fonts not embedded ? (another halfy dumb question) No, they are embedded. It's not that the text is not accepted it's just that typing more text doesn't cause the text to move

Re: [Flashcoders] Left shifting input text as user types is unreliable

2010-09-24 Thread Paul Andrews
On 24/09/2010 16:11, Glen Pike wrote: Is this happening because you are using the CHANGE event - is that firing when you change modify the character also? Have you tried using the TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT event - this might work, but I am not sure. The only other suggestion may be out of

Re: [Flashcoders] Left shifting input text as user types is unreliable

2010-09-24 Thread Paul Andrews
://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 24/09/2010 15:36, Paul Andrews wrote: On 22/09/2010 20:25, Paul Andrews wrote: On 22/09/2010 19:18, Cédric Muller wrote: And, by any chance, are any fonts not embedded ? (another halfy dumb question) No, they are embedded. It's not that the text is not accepted it's just

[Flashcoders] Left shifting input text as user types is unreliable

2010-09-22 Thread Paul Andrews
I've been working on an AS3 project with some input text - using CS5 targetting FP 9. It works nicely but I have a few text input fields, but one of them has a problem on some computers. I have tried it on three computers and only one shows the problem and the other input fields do not show

Re: [Flashcoders] Left shifting input text as user types is unreliable

2010-09-22 Thread Paul Andrews
On 22/09/2010 17:26, Cédric Muller wrote: Out in the wild (read: dumb question): Do you have some player version detection in your tests ? (it could be that the third computer has not FP9 installed?) Fair question. Machine in question is running FP10! (as are the other two) hth, Cedric

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