Re: [Flashcoders] datagrid inside an accordian

2006-05-17 Thread Rich Rodecker
Troppmann On 5/17/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [Flashcoders] scrollpane, dynamic forms, and refreshPane issues

2006-05-15 Thread Rich Rodecker
hmm still stuck with this little weirdness...anyone have any idea? On 5/13/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i should say i am using flash 8, but exporting to flash 7. On 5/13/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im using flash 8. i am embedding the fonts by doing a setStyle

Re: [Flashcoders] scrollpane, dynamic forms, and refreshPane issues

2006-05-13 Thread Rich Rodecker
im using flash 8. i am embedding the fonts by doing a setStyle() on the TextInput's global style definition, and exporting the font in the text field on the stage. On 5/12/06, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: refreshPane reloads the content of the pane. This is different than it used

Re: [Flashcoders] scrollpane, dynamic forms, and refreshPane issues

2006-05-13 Thread Rich Rodecker
i should say i am using flash 8, but exporting to flash 7. On 5/13/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im using flash 8. i am embedding the fonts by doing a setStyle() on the TextInput's global style definition, and exporting the font in the text field on the stage. On 5/12/06

[Flashcoders] scrollpane, dynamic forms, and refreshPane issues

2006-05-12 Thread Rich Rodecker
I am building a dynamic foom inside of a ScrollPane. I am actually using ScrollPane.contentPath and setting it to a blank clip from the library, and then targeting that blank clip to build the form in by using ScrollPane.content. So I build the forms fields and assign some default text for the

Re: [Flashcoders] XML-PHP-FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
well, yes i would recommend you look at amfphp, but while it's great and I use it often, sometimes that could be overkill depending on your needs. the thing with sending xml to flash is that you have a nicely structured object to deal with (as opposed to sending flash a url-encoded string and

[Flashcoders] anyone know mProjector?

2006-04-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
i have someone looking for a quick fix to an exisiting project, need to tweak a couple of lines of code and expot an exe from mProjector. anyone interested? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] anyone know mProjector?

2006-04-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
ah sorry jesse, saw your email one too late, i think i got it covered. On 4/20/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm familiar with it; what's up? - Original Message - From: Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent

[Flashcoders] images not loading on japanese site

2006-04-18 Thread Rich Rodecker
check out these two urls: http://steve.buzznet.com/user/syndflash/ - US site (works) http://steve.buzznet.jp/user/syndflash/ - Japanese Site (doesn't work) the sites are pulling in an rss feed, http://steve.buzznet.com/user/rss10.xml http://steve.buzznet.jp/user/rss10.xml I added the

Re: [Flashcoders] Thinking about upgrading to Flash 8

2006-04-11 Thread Rich Rodecker
now that you bring it up, i do remember some sort of new functionality concerning frame labels in flash 8, but I cant remember what it was...but as far as I can tell it wasnt a label list. On 4/11/06, Zeh Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A quick question before taking the plunge. Has

Re: [Flashcoders] can a dataset be a memebr of a nonvisual class

2006-04-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
thats col, iw as thinking about doing something verys imilar...i think it may be that the dataset component needs to be int he library, not necessarily on stage, but im not sure about that. On 4/7/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a class that is nonvisual - a ProjectModel

Re: [Flashcoders] createEmptyMovieClip for flash player 7

2006-03-31 Thread Rich Rodecker
no,createEmptyMovieClip has always returned a reference to the newly created clip. createTextField didn't, and it confused a lot of people, maybe thats where you are getting caught up? On 3/30/06, Peter O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: createEmptyMovieClip shouldn't return a mc for Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] createEmptyMovieClip for flash player 7

2006-03-31 Thread Rich Rodecker
by the way: Peviously in flash7 i used to always attachMovie with an empty mc in the library, which i'll continue to do, thats the same exact result as creating an empty movie clip on stage with createEmptyMovieClipexcpet with attach movie you have to make sure that you have the symbol in

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation on good AS 2.0 framework code?

2006-03-31 Thread Rich Rodecker
there are a few extensions to arp that make it a little easier, my favortie being Grant Davies system controller/command controller extension: http://theresidentalien.typepad.com/ginormous/2005/10/extending_arp.html also you would probably want to search the archives for 'ModelLocator', which

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation on good AS 2.0 framework code?

2006-03-31 Thread Rich Rodecker
/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there are a few extensions to arp that make it a little easier, my favortie being Grant Davies system controller/command controller extension: http://theresidentalien.typepad.com/ginormous/2005/10/extending_arp.html also you would probably

Re: [Flashcoders] Multiuser A/V Chat ? Which Server?

2006-03-26 Thread Rich Rodecker
its not a server per se, but maybe you can check out some of the solutions over at userplane.com On 3/26/06, Julien Vignali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may try the open source Red 5 stream server : Red5 is a server that not only streams content to the Flash plugin, but it can push calls and

Re: [Flashcoders] Using Flash with Ruby on Rails

2006-03-23 Thread Rich Rodecker
i remember some talk somewhere that Patrick Mineault was working on something that combined cake (the php framework) and amfphp...i dont know if anything is coming of that though. On 3/23/06, Ettwein, Josh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, a RoR port of remoting would be dope. Hmm...

Re: [Flashcoders] Wherefore the evils of _global?

2006-03-23 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah its yuck, though i use it myself here and there for the cheap hack that it can be. i think generally most programming languages (or the prgrammers using those languages) look down upon global vars. i think the idea is that it pretty much destroys encapsulation and object-oriented principles.

Re: [Flashcoders] How soon do Flashvars become available ?

2006-03-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah they are available as soon as the movie loads, so you can grab them right away. On 3/22/06, Janis Radins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: flashVars are loaded before first frame, get vars start to in first frame 2006/3/22, Robert Chyko [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You can use them right away.

Re: [Flashcoders] Re:Global search-and-replace for Linkage/ComponentDefinition?

2006-03-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
there is also jsfl script on jessewarden.com that you can grab and modify to change the linkage names. It doesnt include the component name, but frm the looks of it it should be pretty easy to figure out. it looks like his site is down at the moment though... On 3/22/06, Keith Takayesu [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Multiuser - which backend?

2006-03-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
On 3/22/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Partly as something of an experiment, but mainly as a testbed and proof-of-concept for something else entirely, I'm looking at throwing together a (non-commercial) multi-user game with a Flash interface. It should be fairly

Re: [Flashcoders] Multiuser - which backend?

2006-03-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
the only one I have played with is ElectroServer, and I can recommend that one. It was easy to set up and get started working with. Afew people recommended oregano...i dont think red5 is that far along yet. On 3/22/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/22/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Re:Global search-and-replace for Linkage/ComponentDefinition?

2006-03-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
(); On 3/22/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is also jsfl script on jessewarden.com that you can grab and modify to change the linkage names. It doesnt include the component name, but frm the looks of it it should be pretty easy to figure out. it looks like his site is down

Re: [Flashcoders] bubbling up

2006-03-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
maybe this would help?: http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000144.html theres a few posts there on that subject. On 3/22/06, Cole Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone gotten bubbling up functionality to work? as2. I am sure someone has. Dispatching a msg from a buried child

Re: [Flashcoders] Custom V2 Components - Compiled vs. StandardComponents.fla

2006-03-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
i just asked recently on this list about using the uncompiled component clips from the StandardComponents.fla instead of the compiled clips in my custom component (like it says to do in the documentation). the answer i got was to just use the precompiled clips anyway. I've been using them and

Re: [Flashcoders] Browse folders from flash

2006-03-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
as far as I know you cant just select a folder...flash needs to create a FileReference object for each file in a directory, and it will only do that for each individual item that the user selected. Why they couldnt just create one for every file in a directory I don't know, but I would imagine it

[Flashcoders] activating the rollover/selection animations of a list row when using selectedIndex

2006-03-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
I am using a cell renderer in a DataGrid column, which contains an image that a user can click on to select that row. I can set the selected row using listOwner and selectedIndex, but doing that just sets the row to fully hilighted, no animation. Is there a way to activate that animation, and to

[Flashcoders] loading images into in cell renderer datagrid

2006-03-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
i have a datagrid that uses a cell renderer for one of the columns. This cell renderer uses a Loader component to an load image into it. For most of the rows in the dg, that works fine, but some rows just refuse to load the image...and it's always the same images. I thought that the images

Re: [Flashcoders] When is destroyObject() actually done?

2006-03-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
i always thought it was code execute, update graphics... On 3/16/06, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that the GC needs a frame or two to go through and clean house. Depending on your frame rate, a quick setTimeout could work. FYI - I think the runtime Flash cycle consists of

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO for Flash .....

2006-03-15 Thread Rich Rodecker
have you tried google? On 3/15/06, Stephen Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any good links or advice for optimising Flash for search engines. Please let me know if anyone can advise on this or if some research has been done in this area. Thanks,

[Flashcoders] Re: using onLoad() in components

2006-03-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
is flashcoders dead? On 3/12/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have a component which is made up of other components. Right now, I have an onLoad() set up that will set up the main component to listen for some events of the subcomponents. It works fine, but I'm just wondering

[Flashcoders] using onLoad() in components

2006-03-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
i have a component which is made up of other components. Right now, I have an onLoad() set up that will set up the main component to listen for some events of the subcomponents. It works fine, but I'm just wondering if this is the preferred way of doing it.

[Flashcoders] using onLoad() in components

2006-03-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
i tried posted this before but wanted to bump it now that the list is back up, im not sure it went through the first time: i have a component which is made up of other components. Right now, I have an onLoad() set up that will set up the main component to listen for some events of the

Re: [Flashcoders] Contaminated list?

2006-03-11 Thread Rich Rodecker
This list is archived online. I suggest that you use a gmail account for all your lists. how does that help? i do that and just get spam to my gmailstill have to deal with it. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

Re: [Flashcoders] advanced flash AS 2.0/3.0 book?

2006-03-11 Thread Rich Rodecker
well, you mentioned you were up on your components, so I don't know how 'advanced' this book would be for you...but I am reading a

Re: [Flashcoders] Contaminated list?

2006-03-11 Thread Rich Rodecker
really? I've got 5 emails in my spam folder from flashcoders right now. On 3/11/06, murder design [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: never had a false positive regarding spam with gmail. always filters PERFECT. dont even waste your time opening up the spam folder... -edward

Re: [Flashcoders] The almighty duplicateMovieClip?

2006-03-10 Thread Rich Rodecker
right, that's referered to as re-parenting a movieclip...changing the parent of a clip. can't do that in AS1 2. the usual solution is to attach a clip from the library at the spot where the clip you were dragging is dropped. pretty much a slight-of-hand trick. On 3/10/06, Bob Leisle [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] components within custom components

2006-03-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
i posted this q on my blog, but wnated to ask here too: So, I'm taking my frist foray into building a legit flash component, and it uses some standard v2 components. I read in the documentation that you should use the component mc's instead of the compiled clips for the v2 components, but I

Re: [Flashcoders] components within custom components

2006-03-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
graphics) as well as the classes are exported into the SWF. If you are not creating them dynamically, and actually using them on frame 1, there is no reason for an assets layer frame then. - Original Message - From: Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] moving components on stage

2006-03-07 Thread Rich Rodecker
I have a bunch of components on stage. I'd like to be able to set their position on stage depending on some values. The way it looks like I have to do it now is add a listener to each component named move, and then do a component.move(x,y) to move it...is this the simplest way? it looks like

[Flashcoders] getting the actual width of a scaled child clip

2006-02-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
wierd that i've never hit this before, but I'm running into an issue with getting the width of a clip's children after the parent clip has been scaled down. So, I say parent clip name holder_mc. I create 4 movieclips inside holder_mc and load movie into them. Each of the loaded clips are 600

Re: [Flashcoders] getting the actual width of a scaled child clip

2006-02-22 Thread Rich Rodecker
}; inner._parent.localToGlobal(topleft); inner._parent.localToGlobal(bottomright); trace(inner from: + topleft.x + , + topleft.y + to: + bottomright.x + , + bottomright.y ); /// Rich Rodecker wrote: wierd that i've never hit this before, but I'm

Re: [Flashcoders] Object copy

2006-02-21 Thread Rich Rodecker
http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/000148.cfm On 2/21/06, Aaron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that didn't seem to work.. Sam Shrefler wrote: Aaron: try changing a line in ObjectCopy.as its line 15...change it to: I know there was a change i made, I think its the

Re: [Flashcoders] Autosave Feature in Flash?

2006-02-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
there already is one... http://www.flashguru.co.uk/extensions/ On 2/16/06, Dwayne Neckles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know JSFL but they say its good to create extensions with it. Is it possible to create a feature that allows the files to be auto saved every or 2 minutes.. I ask

Re: [Flashcoders] multiuser flash games

2006-02-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
. Rich Rodecker wrote: Jobe - sorry, I meant no more than 5 users at a time in a room..i would imagine that there would be more than 1 game being played at time. But yeah, from what little experience i did have with electroserver i loved it, thought it was really easy to set up and use. I saw

Re: [Flashcoders] multiuser flash games

2006-02-15 Thread Rich Rodecker
it for a multi-user isometric rpg and so far so good! ;) Rich Rodecker wrote: im considering making a multiuser game in flash, which involves multiple users (no more than 5 at a time probably) chasing each other around a room. I have dabbled with electroserver before and liked it, but only

Re: [Flashcoders] Using Cairngorm, good idea?

2006-02-13 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah...i havent checked out cairngorm, but from what i hear its mostly directed towards flex apps. ARP is generally more for flash apps...though I dont know if there's anything stopping you from switching the two if you wanted. On 2/13/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i would use ARP

Re: [Flashcoders] opportunity - paypal flash cart

2006-02-08 Thread Rich Rodecker
check out flashkart. On 2/8/06, stone larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking to hire someone for a fully functional apparel based flash cart using paypal as the merchant. Key needs: XML powered, easily updateable. If interested please hit me back, I'm not looking to spend over

Re: [Flashcoders] serviceName property being added to Flash Remoting Data

2006-02-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
i beleive that is something internally in the flash player itself, and as far as I know there is no way to stop it. On 2/6/06, Sam Shrefler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone ever noticed when using PendingCall and Responder with Flash remoting that an extra property: serviceName gets

Re: [Flashcoders] Is podcasting possible with Flash MX 2004 Pro ?

2006-02-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
not sure exactly what you are asking. 'Podcasting' generally means using a special tag (i'm pretty sure the tag name is 'enclosure' but im not 100%) in an rss feed which indicate a path to a file (mp3 generally. Programs like itunes 'subscribe' to that rss feed (meaning they listen for new

Re: [Flashcoders] As2 Event Broadcasting for fp 6.0

2006-02-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
does EventDispatcher not compile to fp 6? i thought it did. On 2/3/06, Giles Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'm trying to figure out the best way to do events in as2 published for fp6.0. Something like Brandon Halls EventBroadcaster would be perfect, but in as2 obviously. Does

Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag

2006-02-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it to all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. damn, i always thought prepend was a real word. anyway, I dont know of a way to set the BASE tag in actionscript, and this sounds like the solution i would go with. PREPEND all

Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag

2006-02-03 Thread Rich Rodecker
for turning any English word into a computer term. http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/prefix On 2/3/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it to all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. damn, i always

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 Method for Resizing Screen

2006-01-29 Thread Rich Rodecker
well..for one, the error message is telling you exactly what is wrong with your code. the Stage object doesnt haave an event named 'addEventListener'..it's just 'addListener'. And since you are trying to delagate to a class's function, I'd imagine there would be no reason for the creation of a

Re: [Flashcoders] component resource

2006-01-27 Thread Rich Rodecker
jesse warden's blog has some good info on working with components. he's pretty good at blogging about issues taht arise when working with stuff: www.jessewarden.com On 1/27/06, Greg Hamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The docs are good. Online at: livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/index.html

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV Encoders

2006-01-27 Thread Rich Rodecker
does flix pro use the on2 codec? On 1/27/06, Duncan Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm using Flix Pro and have no complaints so far, the interface isn't as pretty as squeeze, it kind of reminds me of cleaner XL. I probably won't go back to Sorenson Squeeze, throughout the dot updates

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV Encoders

2006-01-27 Thread Rich Rodecker
heh, yes they are, as flix is now being distributed by on2. On 1/27/06, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does flix pro use the on2 codec? On 1/27/06, Duncan Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm using Flix Pro and have no complaints so far, the interface isn't as pretty

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: AMFPHP for commercial projects

2006-01-26 Thread Rich Rodecker
yeah that quote was from probably the very first apeparance of amfphp way back when. There was also a quote somewhere (it used to be a link on the old amfphp.org site, but its not there anymore) saying somethign to that effect that macromedia 'was aware' about it but had no plans to do anything

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Site Statistics RIA

2006-01-26 Thread Rich Rodecker
the only one i've ever seen was this one: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/amfphp.html i'm pretty sure that is not going to be the one you're looking for though..it's pretty old school. On 1/26/06, Kevin Aebig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About a month ago, I saw a blog post from

Re: [Flashcoders] Gotcha: F8 Security Model

2006-01-26 Thread Rich Rodecker
i believe thats been around since flash 7...can't load data from different subdomains. I wish they could have excluded www. from counting as a differetn subdomain, but this is one case where i really dont mind the extra security, it's kind of needed if flash is going to be taken seriously by the

Re: [Flashcoders] [Fwd: AMFPHP Error]

2006-01-13 Thread Rich Rodecker
chek for any syntax errors in your script, and remove any spaces before and after the opening and closing php tags, see if that helps. On 1/13/06, David Serrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, anybody know why I have this error in NetDebugger console? exceptionStack (Array): 0 (Object):

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 and Rosetta -- MacIntel

2006-01-10 Thread Rich Rodecker
i would imagine it would...thats what the emulator is for. The mroe important question is will it run well? On 1/10/06, dls [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know if Flash8 will run on the new Intel-based Macs? If you haven't heard the news, visit apple.com --dan

Re: [Flashcoders] Files in directory?

2006-01-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
here's a sample from the php docs: ?php if ($handle = opendir('.')) { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { if ($file != . $file != ..) { echo $file\n; } } closedir($handle); } ? you could just modify that to return the number instead of echoing a

Re: [Flashcoders] Any good 3rd party penetration numbers for v8 yet?

2006-01-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
I dont have any numbers, but have you thought about using the express install feature? then maybe you wouldnt have to wait for the penetration numbers. On 1/6/06, ryanm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any references to 3rd party Flash 8 player penetration numbers? I have some

[Flashcoders] site carching when loading a particular xml file

2006-01-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
got a wierd problem. this site we built, www.catherineledner.com, is crashing when we load a particular xml file into it, but only in firefox, and only on mac. If you check out the site, go to the tears section, and you browser will probably crash. We are actually loading a different xml file for

Re: [Flashcoders] site carching when loading a particular xml file

2006-01-06 Thread Rich Rodecker
which text isnt readable..the xml? yeah its not formatted to well. i've been copying the source into dreamweaver and doing a command-apply source formatting to read it. anyway, yeah i did try it in firefox 1.5 and its the same issue. On 1/6/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting

2006-01-05 Thread Rich Rodecker
i've run into a simlar issue before: http://www.visible-form.com/blog/000190.html you might need to wait a few frames before getting the correct width and height properties. On 1/4/06, Jason Lutes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need some brain help this morning. I want to position a button ten

Re: [Flashcoders] dataProvider questions

2006-01-02 Thread Rich Rodecker
http://www.jessewarden.com/archives/2005/10/using_dataselec.html http://www.jessewarden.com/archives/2004/07/how_to_get_data.html - Original Message - From: Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 4:55

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: calling a static method on dynamically namedclass?

2005-12-30 Thread Rich Rodecker
]; } } import com.packageName.MyClass; trace(MyClass.create()); - Original Message - From: Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:35 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Re: calling a static method

[Flashcoders] calling a static method on dynamically named class?

2005-12-29 Thread Rich Rodecker
I know you can instantiate objects by doing: var myObj = new _global[className](); var className = TestClass; but is it possible to call a static method of a class in a similar way? Im trying these two ways, and its not working for me: _global[iconName].create() _global[iconName]().create()

[Flashcoders] Re: calling a static method on dynamically named class?

2005-12-29 Thread Rich Rodecker
hmm i tried storing a reference to the class in a variable, like var myClass = com.packageName.MyClass myClass.create() and i got this message: Static members can only be accessed directly through classes there's gotta be a way to pull this off. On 12/29/05, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] aseditor discussion

2005-12-27 Thread Rich Rodecker
I always have issues running SEPY on os x...actually it's been a while since ive tried it becasue i gave up on it. I think i remember hearing that there was a pretty new build out there for os x though. Anyway, you may want to try TextMate..that's not too bad. On 12/27/05, Mark Ribau [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Re: why cant i gotoAndPlay with a movieclip subclass?

2005-12-19 Thread Rich Rodecker
yep, i was doing something retarded. i didnt extend MovieClip in the class i was running that loop in, threw everything off. On 12/19/05, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must be doing something completely retarded. I have a movieclip subclass, Ringtone. then I have a loop in which

[Flashcoders] why cant i gotoAndPlay with a movieclip subclass?

2005-12-19 Thread Rich Rodecker
I must be doing something completely retarded. I have a movieclip subclass, Ringtone. then I have a loop in which i am creating new instances witha create() method, then start a timer that will make the buttons appear: function buildRingtones(recordset:Object){ trace(ringtones

Re: [Flashcoders] got an app development question, about Model

2005-12-19 Thread Rich Rodecker
they are going to do in 2; probably allow binding to statics in a later build I hope. - Original Message - From: Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] got an app

Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Portfolio Guidelines ???

2005-11-16 Thread Rich Rodecker
i dont know if there any standards when it comes to a portfolio...i think you're jsut generally focusing on the work you think is best and that you would want to show other people (namely potential clients/employers). If youre going mroe for actionscript then focus on some of the apps and other

Re: [Flashcoders] New Hire Resources list. Input needed.

2005-11-15 Thread Rich Rodecker
Design Patterns: Head First Design Patterns http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfdesignpat/ On 11/14/05, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Books: essential actionscript 2.0 (eas2) http://www.moock.org/eas2/ Flash Remoting (AS1 I think though) http://www.flash-remoting.com/

Re: [Flashcoders] Questions Using MVC Pattern with Flash

2005-11-11 Thread Rich Rodecker
Design patterns are just a way of doing things... I once posted on my blog after reading the Head First Design Patterns book (which I think is a must-read for people getting into DP's) that you might know how to play some notes on a guitar (this is would liken to creating some variables), and you

Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex?

2005-10-28 Thread Rich Rodecker
I was saying the same type of stuff...a few days of playing with the flex alpha has blown me away. I really couldn't grasp it from what everyone was talking about, after running through the few quick start tutorials I could plainly see how much time was being wasted building apps in flash (or

Re: [Flashcoders] When migrate to Flash 8?

2005-10-28 Thread Rich Rodecker
tabbed windows on the mac...that's worth the price of admission for me. Hell any improvement on the mac version was worth it. On 28 Oct 2005 15:07:51 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded as they increased the stage size in the IDE, for example when designing for 1000

Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: FIXED

2005-10-28 Thread Rich Rodecker
i dont know about the bug but you should look into flashObject for the detection: http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/ On 10/28/05, Buck Ruckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for hijacking the list with this problem today, folks. When we installed the Flash 8 Player on the broken

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