Re: [Flashcoders] Reading and parsng binary file formats

2008-04-16 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Im not sure fi this will work but try WinMerge www.winmerge.org - Original Message - From: Rich Shupe To: FlashCoders Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:16 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Reading and parsng binary file formats Can anyone definitely tell me that this isn't

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-15 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
List Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3] Replace that with: formatter.italic = !currentFormat.italic; The conditionals aren't necessary in that situation. :) On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] setting registration point via actionscript [AS3]

2008-04-14 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hi guys ive been trying to figure this out now for over a week, i want to dynamically set the registration point of a dynamically created movieclip. ive come across a class by Oscar Trelles (a re-written AS1/2 class) that does what im after but it does not seam to be very portable and can not

Re: [Flashcoders] setting registration point via actionscript [AS3]

2008-04-14 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
:05, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) wrote: Hi guys ive been trying to figure this out now for over a week, i want to dynamically set the registration point of a dynamically created movieclip. ive come across a class by Oscar Trelles (a re- written AS1/2 class) that does what im after

[Flashcoders] Problem when applying dynamic mask [AS3]

2008-04-10 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hi i have another problem this time its to do with masking an object, here is the code that creates a movieclip then loads an image into to... bannerArea = newMovieClip(0xff, 0, 0, 420, 173); addChildAt(bannerArea,0); banner.loadImage(banners/ +

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem when applying dynamic mask [AS3]

2008-04-10 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
classReference(); -jonathan On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi i have another problem this time its to do with masking an object, here is the code that creates a movieclip then loads an image into to... bannerArea = newMovieClip

[Flashcoders] [AS3] deselecting textbox

2008-04-07 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
How easy is it to deselect a textbox when clicking on anything other than the textbox using actionscript? SM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-04 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
:43 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3] Replace that with: formatter.italic = !currentFormat.italic; The conditionals aren't necessary in that situation. :) On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YAY! It works

[Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-03 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hi all im tring to write a button that changes the format of a textbox from normal to italic and back again. I have written the below code but i cannot seam to get it to work! var formatter:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); if (formatter.italic == false) { formatter.italic = true;

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-03 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
03, 2008 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3] var formatter:TextFormat = _selectedBox.getTextFormat(); On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all im tring to write a button that changes the format

Re: [Flashcoders] embedded fonts

2008-04-03 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
I too have a wierd problem with embeded fonts! When i set embededFont = true; it removes the text! :o( - Original Message - From: Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) To: flashcoders Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 4:50 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] embedded fonts wotcha i have

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-03 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
to access _selectedBox.formatter or something else invalid. Can you repaste your new code after the change? -jonathan On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks Jonathan for some reason i get this error when i change to your code

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-03 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
formatter:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); if (currentFormat.italic == false) { formatter.italic = true; } else { formatter.italic = false; } _selectedBox.setTextFormat(formatter); -jonathan On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flashcoders] Access

2008-04-02 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hello, I'm having some trouble with AS3, basically if I create a movieclip using the Flash IDE and give it an instance name of mc_one, I'm unsure how to access it from an external actionscript class. Currently on the root timeline I have... var _mainClass:mainClass = new mainClass(); Which

Re: [Flashcoders] Access

2008-04-02 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hi tried this but didn't work! here is my code in its most simple form... package { import flash.display.MovieClip; public class mainClass extends MovieClip { // Instantiate our classes public var banner:imageLib = new imageLib(); public function mainClass() {

[Flashcoders] TextFieldAutoSize [AS3]

2008-04-01 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hi All Is there any way to autosize the height of a textfield only? I want to manually set the width of a dynamic textbox but have the user increase the size of the text via a button. I currently have it working how i need but the textbox cuts off the bottom of the text when its bigger than

Re: [Flashcoders] TextFieldAutoSize [AS3]

2008-04-01 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Worked like a charm many thanks! :o) SM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] query string

2008-03-28 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
In as2... on( Release ){ getURL(home.php?location=boston, _blank) } in as3... locationLink.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, location_CLICK); function location_CLICK(ev:MouseEvent):void { var url:String = home.php?location=boston; var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);

Re: [Flashcoders] books for flash programming

2008-03-24 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
have purchased these following books... Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS3: The Art of Design and Animation Advanced Actionscript 3 with Design Patterns Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] need:: Flex 3 AS3 // tutorials, links, book recs.

2008-03-17 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
I have purchased these following books... Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS3: The Art of Design and Animation Advanced Actionscript 3 with Design Patterns

[Flashcoders] Recources for planning flash projects

2008-03-13 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hi all, i want to thoroughly plan a flash project before we start to save any messing later in the project. Can you point me to any sites that could give me some help with planning a flash project?? SM ___ Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] Extending Flash [AS3]

2008-02-29 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
Hi i need to convert text to a shape via actionscript i have come accross this while on my search... http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=3895.html Unfortunaly i get an errror when trying to use it 1180: Call to a

[Flashcoders] 3 questions

2008-02-28 Thread Stuart (FunkDaWeb)
1 - In AS3 is it possible to add a class to a dynamically loaded image? (like right clicking and viewing properties if it was in the library) If so can anyone point me to an example of how to go about it? 2 - Is there a simple way to convert text to a shape (break apart) using actionscript?