Re: [Flashcoders] snap to guide AS code?

2008-11-24 Thread Rich Rodecker
it to a pixel or to the nearest x pixel if you knew where your guide was already placed. You could as well as do some testing if you wanted to snap to an invisible movieclip or sprite that was to be used as a sort of guide. On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flashcoders] snap to guide AS code?

2008-11-24 Thread Rich Rodecker
may need to weight one rule over another. On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: kris - no meant snapping ti a line created in the swf. Same idea as the IDE, but in a swf. hans - yeah something like that. I was hoping someone had some code flushed out

[Flashcoders] snap to guide AS code?

2008-11-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
I'm looking for some code that can pull of 'snap to guide' in actionscript. I've found some snap to grid code, but all of them are in AS2, so I'm wondering if there might be a better way to do it in AS 3 as well? ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] snap to guide AS code?

2008-11-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
, Rich Rodecker wrote: I'm looking for some code that can pull of 'snap to guide' in actionscript. I've found some snap to grid code, but all of them are in AS2, so I'm wondering if there might be a better way to do it in AS 3 as well

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 class libraries

2008-07-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
'Best' is going to be a relative term :) You may want to check out www.actionscriptclasses.com, there's a lot of classes there...though there's no ranking or anything. On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Corban Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to put together a list of some of the

Re: [Flashcoders] Why is amfphp cool?

2008-07-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
Just a few off the top of my head: - Speed - you're usually sending much less data back and forth with AMF then with xml (amf is the data format for flash remoting), so loading times are sometimes drastically reduced. - Ease of use - you can work with objects in your native languages

Re: [Flashcoders] custom map image geocoding service?

2008-06-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
don't find service that will help you. Greetings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:05 PM To: Flash Coders List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Flashcoders] custom map image geocoding

[Flashcoders] custom map image geocoding service?

2008-06-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
I'm building a flash app which requires some mapping functionality. It's relatively simple, so I'm not sure that it needs all the bells and whistles that come with using google's or yahoo's map services. Basically we have a static U.S./Canada map image (no pan or zoom) that has some interactive

[Flashcoders] Re: Flash CS3: CellRenderers in loaded swfs don't work if the parent swf exports a cellrenderer?

2008-05-31 Thread Rich Rodecker
ok...i think i was wrong on that. I wound up having to add the custom cell renderer to the parent swf's library for now. I'd still love to figure thisout if anyone has any ideas. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Figured it out...it was due to hacking

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Flash CS3: CellRenderers in loaded swfs don't work if the parent swf exports a cellrenderer?

2008-05-31 Thread Rich Rodecker
to track down an answer to this one, too... Ian On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok...i think i was wrong on that. I wound up having to add the custom cell renderer to the parent swf's library for now. I'd still love to figure thisout if anyone

[Flashcoders] Flash CS3: CellRenderers in loaded swfs don't work if the parent swf exports a cellrenderer?

2008-05-30 Thread Rich Rodecker
I have a situation where I have a swf, let's call it child.swf, contains a List component which makes use of a custom cell renderer, CustomCellRenderer, which extends CellRenderer. On it's own, everything works fine. My problem is trying to load it into Main.swf, which also has a List in it's

[Flashcoders] Re: Flash CS3: CellRenderers in loaded swfs don't work if the parent swf exports a cellrenderer?

2008-05-30 Thread Rich Rodecker
Figured it out...it was due to hacking UIComponent: http://www.visible-form.com/blog/one-note-about-hacking-cs3s-uicomponent-to-fix-eventrender/ On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a situation where I have a swf, let's call it child.swf, contains

[Flashcoders] flash cs3 - getting button's current mouseState?

2008-05-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
Hello, I'm creating some UIScrollbar skins, and i'm trying to find a way to have one skin for the up/down arrows, and just draw them differently depending on which mouse state they represent. I know that the states are just the backgrounds of a BaseButton, and BaseButton has a 'mouseState'

[Flashcoders] Re: flash cs3 - getting button's current mouseState?

2008-05-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
i wound up just making a BaseScrollArrow class and putting all of the logic in that. Then i created a subclass for each state that just sets parameters to help decide how to draw the skins. On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm creating some

[Flashcoders] getting point size of text field within a scaled movieclip

2007-03-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
Anyone have any idea on how to get the actual point size of a textfield within a movieclip that has been scaled? Example: my_txt is insidec textFieldHolder_mc, with a point size of 12pt. textFieldHolder_mc is scaled to 300%. How would i figure out the actual new point size inside the text

Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript switch/default syntax and interpretation

2006-12-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah, that technique is called a fall-through, it's very handy, I use it all the time. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1244.html On 12/21/06, T. Michael Keesey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/21/06, Julien

Re: [Flashcoders] Good External Actionscript Editor for Mac?

2006-12-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
oh yeah, good point. On 12/20/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (pc - that term is a bit oldskool IMO) Apple doesn't seem to think so. ;) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript switch/default syntax and interpretation

2006-12-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah it seems feels delibrately awkward to leave off the last break...sorta like writing a one line if. On 12/21/06, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea, the last break is unecessary, but I think it's a good idea to put there. Just to have the habit of already remembering to put breaks

Re: [Flashcoders] Good External Actionscript Editor for Mac?

2006-12-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
shift-enter will compile and run in Flash. Quick switching between class files. Randy On 12/21/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh yeah, good point. On 12/20/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (pc - that term is a bit oldskool IMO) Apple doesn't seem to think so

Re: [Flashcoders] Senior Developer Posisition

2006-12-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
um, yeah, 35-40k is some seriously junior developer, maybe even production artist money. not criticizing, just saying, be careful what you wish for. On 12/20/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are currently looking for a senior flash developer The Salary is between 35K -

Re: [Flashcoders] Good External Actionscript Editor for Mac?

2006-12-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
heh, yeah i just use 'pc' because it's easier to type, and the meaning comes across the same. anyway, i haven't used flashdevelop on the pc. maybe once I pick up an intel mac, i could check it out with parallels or something. On 12/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (even so mac

Re: [Flashcoders] Senior Developer Posisition

2006-12-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
ah, i didnt realize the difference was that great. On 12/20/06, nelson ramirez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 40k GBP ~= 78k USD On 12/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, good luck with that. It's a seller's market right now. I wouldn't take a senior level position for less

Re: [Flashcoders] Senior Developer Posisition

2006-12-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
well, really it's up to the individual to decide if they want to accept that salary or not, so really there's no point in arguing about it. On 12/20/06, hank williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/20/06, Mark Winterhalder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reverse the math from London at $80K.

Re: [Flashcoders] gProject

2006-11-27 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah i bought it, i like it. Sometimes I actually forget to use it. my main gripe is all the clutter it adds with extra comments to the classes when it auto-generates them...but that's a small gripe. On 11/27/06, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah it is a winner. That fact that you

Re: [Flashcoders] as 2 email validation class

2006-11-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
I found this when I was adding stuff to actionscriptclasses.com : http://www.robgonda.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/3/1/actionscript-regular-expression-class the download has an email validation example. On 11/17/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However it seems to think an

[Flashcoders] polymorphism, with singletons

2006-11-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
What's a good way to go about hanlding a situation where you need polymorphism, yet would still like be able to access that object via getInstance()? I have a Model class that has two subclasses...XMLModel and URLModel. I'd like to be able to access either of those classes via getInstance(), but

Re: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing being ignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
/AS2/trunk/bin/test/asgard/config/ (and bin/test/system) For me ... XML is slow and don't keep the typing ! EKA+ :) 2006/11/16, Julien Vignali [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Rich, could you provide some sample code of your Settings class and your xml processing ? 2006/11/16, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing being ignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
; break; } } } Hope it helps, Julien 2006/11/16, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: julien: sure here's a sample: class com.mysite.model.Settings { private static var instance = null; public var custom_color_3:String; public var background_image:Boolean

Re: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing being ignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
Of course not, because you use the array syntax again (childNodes[0] there you go! I was overlooking the array syntax in the assignment. Thanks! On 11/16/06, Rákos Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When saying the compiler has no type information I mean that it doesn't know, that the

Re: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing being ignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
ok well maybe i spoke too soon: If you try it by the following way, you'll surely get a compile error: settings.settings_id = settingsBranch.firstChild..firstChild.nodeValue; // nope, no error settings.settings_id = settingsBranch.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue; On 11/16/06, Rich

Re: Re[4]: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing being ignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
plus if i try to assign a string literal i do get an error. On 11/16/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yuyp, in the superclass, so its an inherited property var settings:Settings; On 11/16/06, Rákos Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RR // nope, no error RR settings.settings_id

Re: Re[4]: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing being ignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
there you go, you are correct, i missed strong typing that variable. thanks again! On 11/16/06, Rákos Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, looking again into your earlier posts I noticed this line: RR var settingsBranch = app_xml.firstChild.firstChild; You didn't set the type of

Re: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing beingignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
yes it is purely academic, it's not causing me problems. And I manage my time quite well thank you :) as a matter of fact, the project is done...but I'd still like to discuss it, maybe i'll learn something. On 11/16/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm coming in late

Re: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typingbeingignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
A winky emoticon denotes sarcasm or a joke. right, i got that part, which is why you got a smiley in return. a smiley indicates a good vibe. the reasoning for making Object the return type for pop() is obvious...but i se what you mean by your example. On 11/16/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ

Re: [Flashcoders] why are my class property's strongtypingbeingignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
heh, funneh On 11/16/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: emailBody:String = Strict typing is kind of an all or none thing. If you only partially strict type, which I have done plenty of in the past, then you'll only partially get compiler errors. However, in preparation for

Re: [Flashcoders] why are my classproperty's strongtypingbeingignored?

2006-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
you can, but you need to use 'var'. On 11/16/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can't put strict typing like that in the timeline. ( ^^) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Wahlers Sent: Thursday,

[Flashcoders] why are my class property's strong typing being ignored?

2006-11-15 Thread Rich Rodecker
Hello, I've got a class named 'Settings' which has a number of properties. Those properties are strongly typed to various types...string, number, boolean, etc. I'm loading in xml in a separate Model class, and then parsing the xml and assigning the that various values in the xml to the

Re: [Flashcoders] Job Board or List

2006-11-12 Thread Rich Rodecker
actionscript.org has a pretty active one. On 11/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know of any Flash specific job boards or jobs list? Please let me know. Thanks, Dave ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

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

2006-11-09 Thread Rich Rodecker
if they dont have flash player, then they won't have the required version number anyway, so wouldn't the version detection scripts still work? On 11/9/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might be a dumb and simple answer, but is there any way to simply detect the presence of the

Re: [Flashcoders] Need help from PHP coder

2006-11-09 Thread Rich Rodecker
there is a native php function, but i dont remember it, but you may want to take a look at the DOMIT class. On 11/9/06, Pete Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Learn PHP is still on my to-do list, and now I'm fumbling my way through a few simple PHP scripts. I simply want to send an XML object

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib

2006-11-08 Thread Rich Rodecker
i gotta say, even though it makes it a little more difficult to pick one to go with, I'm really glad to see all these different frameworks out there. On 11/8/06, eka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello :) the documentation is in progress (en english with javadoc) and i think finish it in the

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Framework ARP vs PixLib

2006-11-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
ihavent tried pixlib yet, but as for ARP, you'll get more mvc with a few extensions to the original arp package. There a few different versions of a ModelLocator out there (the official ARP release doesn't have a model implementation -- the commands queried a view for information to be passed to

Re: [Flashcoders] XPath

2006-10-28 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah, i used the w3schools to learn the syntax, and i get by with that. On 10/28/06, Joseph Balderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Found this, not too detailed though. Hope it helps. http://www.skylab.ws/?p=85 __ Joseph Balderson, Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader, onLoadInit: not working properly / bug

2006-10-28 Thread Rich Rodecker
hmm...you said the external swf's are 6 and 7...do youknowif it's only the version 6 swfs giving you the propblem? or is it both? just trying to isolate. On 10/28/06, Drew Shefman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've run into an issue with MovieClipLoader, that I haven't been able to find an

Re: [Flashcoders] doLater not working

2006-10-18 Thread Rich Rodecker
i think it might be a case that the component is not yet intialized when you are assigning the doLaterso you might need to wait a frame for the component to initialize. you can also just do an onEnterFrame that runs just once: this.onEnterFrame = function(){ this.displayCorrectFrame();

[Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

2006-10-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
I've got a little project coming up that will require some flash/map integration. I know there's a lot of solutions out there, but one main requirement is that we use a pre-existing map graphic being supplied by the client. Anyone have something they can recommend for that? I've foudn this one

Re: [Flashcoders] best tool for flash and maps

2006-10-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
transitions and nice national, state, and county displays. i'd definitely recommend checking them out. hth, matt. - Original Message - From: Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:40 PM Subject

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector Wrapper

2006-10-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
oh man... mProject does rock. Well, at least it did like about a year and a half ago, thats the last time I used it. cant vouch for any of the other ones. mike mountain - just say it and stick by it. don't apologize and act like you didnt mean to say it. you're allowed your opinon just as

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector Wrapper

2006-10-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
oh yeah, one thing i will mark against mProjector was application transparency on the mac. at the time there was a flaky kludge solution, not sure if it's still the same. On 10/3/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh man... mProject does rock. Well, at least it did like about a year

Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Nested MCs?

2006-10-02 Thread Rich Rodecker
just add the map._visible = false part to after the tween ends. If you're using the built in Tween class there is an onMotionFinished event handler you can use on the tween, and pretty much most of the other tweening engines have something comparable. On 10/2/06, Kevin Cannon [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] Has anyone had any experience with Bit Components?

2006-10-02 Thread Rich Rodecker
for skinnability, they are great. there are some wierd issues you'll encounter here and there, I would check over the products forums for some examples. One such example is that I dont think you can change the animation of the accordion pane. The documentation is decent enough, I don't have any

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:LoadVars send WITHOUT refreshing the browser

2006-09-26 Thread Rich Rodecker
don't worry, that's not an unusual request, that's pretty much always been a feature of flash. Like muzak said, use sendAndLoad(). You don't absolutely have to catch any return values from the server if you don't want to, but most people would at least like to check to make sure that everything

[Flashcoders] combobox label not displaying any text

2006-09-25 Thread Rich Rodecker
I have a combobox that I am using in a CellRenderer for a datagrid. For some reason the text for the selected item in the comboobox wont display. If i trace out the value of the text, it shows the right value, so I know its being set. I am setting embedFonts to true for the TextInput and

Re: [Flashcoders] combobox label not displaying any text

2006-09-25 Thread Rich Rodecker
(the main movie of the list was, actually, the _root). []'s andrei On 9/25/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a combobox that I am using in a CellRenderer for a datagrid. For some reason the text for the selected item in the comboobox wont display. If i trace out the value

Re: [Flashcoders] combobox label not displaying any text

2006-09-25 Thread Rich Rodecker
also, all the items in the combobox's dropdown display fine...its just the TextInput that shows the cb's selected item. On 9/25/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am embedding the font through a dynamic textfiled on the main timeline, since adding a font symbol takes up way more

Re: [Flashcoders] combobox label not displaying any text

2006-09-25 Thread Rich Rodecker
i also notice if i set the DG's editable property to true, i cant enter any tex into the input field...wtf? On 9/25/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: also, all the items in the combobox's dropdown display fine...its just the TextInput that shows the cb's selected item. On 9/25/06

Re: [Flashcoders] Right-MouseClick

2006-09-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
heh that guy's right click menu is pretty smart actually. On 9/22/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Setting wmode as transparent makes the context menu not show up in a browser. Setting wmode as transparent causes a major performance hit on all browsers on all computers

Re: [Flashcoders] Replace MC Tween? (AS1)

2006-09-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
there's a few Tween classes up at http://www.actionscriptclasses.com/category/tween/ , though im not sure if any of them handle color tweens. gotta add the Fuse one there too. On 9/21/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Highly recommend you try out Fuse for Actionscript based

Re: [Flashcoders] Close/exit browser AS event?

2006-09-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
I use the javascript method, except i use the swfobject/javascript integration kit...works fine for me. On 9/21/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only way I know to do it is from javascript, and then call to flash using ExternalInterface, which is synchronous, thus the browser

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling Actionscript from PHP

2006-09-18 Thread Rich Rodecker
I think we can probably help you o ut better if we had a better idea of what you were trying to accomplish. As prviously stated, actionscript is always going to execute inside, when you are dealing with the flash player. Sockets can be one way of dealing with the issue, but it may be

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea

2006-09-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
heh...did i just completely overlook something there? On 9/12/06, Keith Reinfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are none so blind... -Keith http://home.mn.rr.com/keithreinfeld -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker Sent

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea

2006-09-12 Thread Rich Rodecker
it pretty well though. On 9/8/06, Marcelo Volmaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can´t do that because flash doesn´t support images as in-line elements, only as block elements. On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:30:43 -0300, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks...its not the text thats going

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea

2006-09-12 Thread Rich Rodecker
multiple lines. the link above handles it pretty well though. On 9/8/06, Marcelo Volmaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can´t do that because flash doesn´t support images as in-line elements, only as block elements. On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:30:43 -0300, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] Penner AS2 ProFMX: Complete

2006-09-08 Thread Rich Rodecker
cool, nice work. you might want to offer them all packaged up into one zip file too. On 9/8/06, Mark Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just wanted to let everyone know that I finally completed converting all of Robert Penner's AS1 classes from his book to AS2. You can view the last post

[Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea

2006-09-08 Thread Rich Rodecker
hmmm..anyone? i know i've seen it done a couple of times, but I'm pretty stuck. On 9/7/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok, i know working with images in a text area is only going to lead me to heartache, but I've seen this done and if anyone can point me in the right direction

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Q:Reduce file size of mx.transitions.Tween ??

2006-09-08 Thread Rich Rodecker
hey jacki tried downloading that zip but the link doesnt seem to lead anywhere? On 9/7/06, Jack Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is exactly why I wrote the TweenLite class. It only adds about 2k to your file and has some features that the Tween class doesn't. You can download it at

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea

2006-09-08 Thread Rich Rodecker
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 12:55 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea hmmm..anyone? i know i've seen it done a couple of times, but I'm pretty stuck

Re: [Flashcoders] Job postings ok?

2006-09-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
hmm...why does posting a job about flash programming on the flashcoders list not seem to bother me at all? maybe because its totally relevant? On 9/7/06, bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if you have a job, then you might be upset by job postings!! if you don't have a job, then you're

[Flashcoders] inline images in a textarea

2006-09-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
ok, i know working with images in a text area is only going to lead me to heartache, but I've seen this done and if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be awesome. I have a chat app that im building with support for emoticons. everyhting works great except the smiley image

Re: [Flashcoders] XML id attribute shortcut not working?

2006-09-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
it should work...try using qutes maybe? trace(myXML[3]); On 9/7/06, Rifled Cloaca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, It seems to be due to a bug in the base XML class definition. If you want to use idMap in Flash 8, you'll need to edit your XML.as class to add the attrib. Thanks again! On

Re: [Flashcoders] Using TransitionManager..?

2006-09-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
hmmm...i use the transition manager frequently, never really had a problem with it, bit ive never tried using it with the bitmap filters. It's probably just a misprint in the email, but you for your first doTrans() call you dont have the mc's name in there right. On 9/7/06, slangeberg [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] File upload : getting Flash to know the new name

2006-08-25 Thread Rich Rodecker
as far as I've seen there's no way to return any values from a file upload. There was something I saw where you could return different HTTP header codes back to flash to get some sort of control over what was sent back, but even that still wouldnt send back any data. jeroen's suggestion might

Re: [Flashcoders] Madobe certified professional - still recommend?

2006-08-12 Thread Rich Rodecker
andre - i'm not sure if I would agree with taking the exam in Flash MX instead of flash mx 04. Actually, is the flash mx testing still available? anyway, the reason I say that is, as I'm sure you know well, so much changes with each version of flash, and I think it would be better to show that

Re: [Flashcoders] Madobe certified professional - still recommend?

2006-08-12 Thread Rich Rodecker
propably start a new rush on Flash 9/Flex 2... [1] http://www.adobe.com/support/training/certified_professional_program/retired _exams.html [2] http://www.donathgroup.com/macromedia/candidate/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 - (this) vs this

2006-08-11 Thread Rich Rodecker
(wow thats exactly what i was going to say steven) On 8/11/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a reason to wrap this in parentheses? (no) BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To

Re: [Flashcoders] tweening multiple properties simultaneously

2006-08-01 Thread Rich Rodecker
there is a class out there called TweenExtended...it works exaclty the same way as the Tween class, excpet you pass in arrays for the properties you want to tween, and their corresponding starts/finish values. http://www.sqcircle.com/downloads/ On 8/1/06, Matthew Ganz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] Mac IDE for AS !

2006-07-25 Thread Rich Rodecker
I use TextMate. I'd say it's the best text editor out there for mac. The built in actionscript bundle (sorta like a plugin) comes with some cool features, like command-enter for testing the movie in flash. it's also very extensible and easy to add functionality to a bundle...I've seen people

[Flashcoders] removing background from list component

2006-07-19 Thread Rich Rodecker
ok, ive searched everywhere for this, and can't find a solution that works. I jsut want to hide the background of a list component. making it semi-transparent would be even better, but at this point take whatever. i've tried: _global.styles.ScrollSelectList.backgroundColor = undefined;

Re: [Flashcoders] I want new Flash 8!

2006-07-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
errr..i have a a working copy of flash 8 an all of my macs. i actually dont think even even heard about any buginess in the flash 8 ide on macsespecially not to the level of needing an 8.2 release. what kinds of issues are you having? On 7/16/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: RE: [Flashcoders] Php Host

2006-07-11 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah, i back up dreamhost, but mostly because of the great plans and control panel. customer service is eh, and it's all email, which is really annoying. On 7/11/06, Bernard Visscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: www.bhosted.nl very good! -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Project feedback, anyone?

2006-07-08 Thread Rich Rodecker
as someone that has experienced the pain of taking on jobs that other developers abandonded and having to work with what they left, I would absolutely not have a problem with what you left...i may not agree with how you've done everything, but there is nothing there to say that this code is

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Remoting Inquiry

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
On 7/7/06, Graham Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am having an issue with flash remoting and would like to understand what is going on so I can resolve this issue. The code below works with the proper results. import mx.remoting.Service; import

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Remoting Inquiry

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
is it a scoping issue? maybe trying delegating the click to a function in the same scope as the service... sendMessage.click = Delegate.create(this, onButtonClick) function onButtonClick() { pc = smsFlashRemoting.SendMessage(siteID, LicenseKey); pc.responder = new RelayResponder(this,

[Flashcoders] problems selecting the first item in a combobox

2006-07-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
im sure this issue has been covered somewhere before, but ive done a lot of searching and didnt come up with anything. i am using a recordset to populate a combobox (using DataGlue.bindFormatStrings...but i dont think this problem has anything to do with remoting). The first item in the

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 and watch ...

2006-07-05 Thread Rich Rodecker
never...if i need to handle something when a property is updated then i usually broadcast an event. -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephen Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 5, 2006 6:27 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] AS2 and watch ... To: flashcoders flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] ServiceCapture or Charles?

2006-07-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
ive used both, and although i like the way service capture does its thing, i prefer charles. i've actually had to communicate with both of the developers for issues with the app (actually both reagrding parsing of the amf data)...the were both responsive, with the charles guy coming out a little

Re: [Flashcoders] MX 2004 Developer Exam Actionscript versions

2006-06-28 Thread Rich Rodecker
you could still use Object.register class if you were using Flash Remoting, and wanted to tie data you are receiving to a particular class. On 6/28/06, Andrew J Kirkham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I note that the sample questions provided by Macromedia for the MX 2004 Developer exam

Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread Rich Rodecker
ridiculous? not really, i think its kind of slick, the idea to use flash as your xml parser rather than the browser. Overblown? defintely. i think i can actually hear those guys stroking themselves from here. On 6/23/06, hank williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well... not really. Of

Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components gonebad)

2006-06-23 Thread Rich Rodecker
wow, those drumbeat ones look prety nice, good job. On 6/22/06, judah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While not trying to pimp my own stuff I'd like to add http://drumbeatinsight.com to the list. It is a small set of components that covers what I think were missing most from the V2 components. They

Re: [Flashcoders] Junior Developer Flash/Flex Salary?

2006-06-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
30 k is pretty low...but yeah it depends on location. you say you have extensive IT experience, but do you have proven flash/flex expereince? that would make a big difference as well. On 6/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geography is a huge factor though - where is the job

Re: [Flashcoders] The Delegate class ...

2006-06-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
the Delegate class is useful whenever you are trying to control the scope of a method call. Normall, when you do something like: //code on _root my_mc.onPress = function(){ trace(this); } the onPress function is assigned to my_mc. this means that when you use this inside code inside the

[Flashcoders] anyone using mCom?

2006-06-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
anyone out there have any experience with using the mCom component set from Metalliq? Just looking for some feedback...performance issues, comparison with v2, wierdness, extending, etc. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

Re: [Flashcoders] anyone using mCom?

2006-06-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
. HTH, Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] anyone using mCom? anyone out there have any experience with using the mCom component set

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: anyone using mCom ?

2006-06-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
alrighty then, good thing i asked. the only reason i was considering them was because of their smaller footprint, since I feel like there's just too much bloat to ue the v2 comps on a regular web site (as opposed to an application). there's always the bit components, i guess. On 6/7/06,

Re: [Flashcoders] self published.

2006-05-30 Thread Rich Rodecker
ah, i think i am going to have to correct you mike. a LocalConnection is for allowint two swf's running in two separate windows on the same machine to talk to each other. On 5/30/06, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but it would be possible to make

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

2006-05-25 Thread Rich Rodecker
ok its early for me but I think you dont actually need to import if you provide the full classpath for your datatypes: private var myVar:com.blah.MyDataType will work just fine, without an import, i beleive. however, if you wanted to do: private var myVar:MyDataType; then you would need to

Re: [Flashcoders] Can form based nested screens be delayed if not external

2006-05-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
you could probably change the loading frame for your classes in the export settings, so that they arent loaded in frame 1. On 5/22/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the only way to delay loading of child forms in an form based app-if the swfs are externally loaded? I have a

[Flashcoders] formatted xml in a textarea component

2006-05-19 Thread Rich Rodecker
is there an easy way to get formatted xml into a textarea component? right now I am setting the textarea's text property to xml.toString(), but that's just one long string. i could probably go through each node and add some tabs or something, but i probably don't want to do that.

Re: [Flashcoders] formatted xml in a textarea component

2006-05-19 Thread Rich Rodecker
Effectiveness Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 2:59 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] formatted xml in a textarea component is there an easy way to get

[Flashcoders] datagrid inside an accordian

2006-05-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
I have an mc that i add to an accordian via accordian.createSegment(); the mc I attach has a datagrid inside of it, but there's two problems with it: 1. none of the items can be selected in the datagrid...no rollover events even. 2. the cell renderer I am using for one of the columns does not

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