Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future

2013-05-08 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
And it will only get better with Flash Professional CC. :) http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On May 8, 2013, at 1:28 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: But they did

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future

2013-05-08 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Sorry, but when someone says that HTML5 is replacing what can be done in Flash, I can't take them seriously. Flash made what you built look and act the same in all browsers. HTML5 is going the same path as every previous version. Features working some the same, some differently, some not at all

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future

2013-05-08 Thread Kevin Newman
On 5/8/13 2:20 PM, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Please tell me another software that I can build an app that runs on PC/MAC/Linux/iPad/Android/Web (non-mobile)? NME / haXe, or with a bit of additional work, Xamarin (with the various Mono ports) - or Unity3D - based on the same tech. There are

[Flashcoders] jsfl

2013-05-02 Thread [p e r c e p t i c o n]
been a long time since i posted... qwik ques.. what's wrong with this MMExecute(fl.runScript(fl.configURI + 'Javascript' + '/browse_optimize_dirs.jsfl', 'batchOptimize', + iTxt + , + oTxt + );); error is: SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list TIA percy -- . :

Re: [Flashcoders] jsfl

2013-05-02 Thread erik mattheis
Looks like you're building your string wrong. Try putting one + per line to discover your mistake: str = fl.runScript( + var1 + , + ... etc. On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:33 PM, [p e r c e p t i c o n] percepti...@gmail.com wrote: been a long time since i posted... qwik ques.. what's

[Flashcoders] IOS packaging

2013-04-29 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Howdy all, I'm submitting an app for the iTunes store. I've seen examples in the store and on the iPad of a longer name in the store and a shorter name for the icon on the tablet. Example: Calculator Pro for free is the title in the iTunes store and the icon when installed is Calculator Pro.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to animated gif without looping

2013-04-26 Thread Cédric Muller
Hello, You simply cannot. What is possible is to export the images comprised in the GIF to single frame images, write a small JS that loads them and reads each image and plays them. Then you can set a loopCount or whatever. hth, Cedric Hi The client wants to convert flash animation to gif

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to animated gif without looping

2013-04-26 Thread Cédric Muller
…. or maybe Flash's older sister Photoshop (is that a girl ?) can handle it when you set the export options …. hth Le 26 avr. 2013 à 08:45, natalia Vikhtinskaya a écrit : Hi The client wants to convert flash animation to gif animation. Flash animation has stop() at the end. This is simple

[Flashcoders] Flash to animated gif without looping

2013-04-26 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Hi The client wants to convert flash animation to gif animation. Flash animation has stop() at the end. This is simple task but I can not make gif stop and not looping. I tried solution that I found in Internet – when export to gif use animation 1 repetition. That does not help. I can not find

[Flashcoders] Re: Google Flash ads: Restrictions? Optimal publish settings?

2013-03-18 Thread Micky Hulse
Oops, I did not mean to copy/paste the below paragraph ... Sorry about that. On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.com wrote: I need to get a couple ads built for our Google campaign. Do you have the availability? It would be pretty simple. Basically the same ad in

Re: [Flashcoders] Google Flash ads: Restrictions? Optimal publish settings?

2013-03-18 Thread Roger Persson
Hi Micky, Short version: all animation must stop after 30 seconds, 20 fps, AS2/3, Flash Player 10.1 :) Here's a lot more useful info, I think you will find everything you need here: http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/176108 Read it all but these parts are most important: Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Google Flash ads: Restrictions? Optimal publish settings?

2013-03-18 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Roger! Thanks so much for you help, I really appreciate it!!! On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Roger Persson ro...@radiergum.com wrote: Short version: all animation must stop after 30 seconds, 20 fps, AS2/3, Flash Player 10.1 :) Here's a lot more useful info, I think you will find

RES: [Flashcoders] loadvar call to asp fail

2013-01-30 Thread Rodrigo Augusto Guerra
Hi karl, thanks for your inputs. It could be your users connection, computer or browser that isn't working properly also. I don't think so because we have the program running abt 2 yrs and just few months ago it started to fail this way Do you have error checks where the data is being send

[Flashcoders] loadvar call to asp fail

2013-01-29 Thread Rodrigo Augusto Guerra
hi all, I'm having some problems with a flash+asp app. it´s just a 30 questions quiz that EACH answer given by the user recorded in a sql table(tb1), and the sum of the corrected questions on a 2nd table (tb2). the code: I call the asp page using the following code:

Re: [Flashcoders] loadvar call to asp fail

2013-01-29 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Well remember. It could be your users connection, computer or browser that isn't working properly also. Do you have error checks where the data is being send and received? When the database is read, updated? Or when a certain part of the page loads? You can block entry yourself notifying the

Re: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-28 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Looks like its mature enough. It exports ActionScript for you at least. Probably a really good option if your into game development. Amazing graphic engine IMO. Only problem I see is the fact that your swf will play a little slower than a native Unity export. But if its giving you the code

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread Marco Terrinoni
Not too sure about conferences. We have UX in London but not sure how much focus is on JS. On the forum / educational side I have found the following resources invaluable: CSS www.css-tricks.com Chris Coyier's screencasts and blog posts are awesome for learning simple and advanced css authoring

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread John McCormack
Some great resources throughout these posts. Thank you so much. Personally, I hope Adobe come storming back with some new tools next iteration. John On 25/01/2013 13:03, Marco Terrinoni wrote: Not too sure about conferences. We have UX in London but not sure how much focus is on JS. On the

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread Ima Newsletta
Hello mates, I think that the list is missing one of the most important js library for flashist of of there, that is the createjs http://www.createjs.com/ As you all, I'm a flashist (10 years of experience) that had to (re)learn html and javascript. When I began to use createjs, in particular

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread Paul Steven
This is a really interesting thread. I have been creating Flash content for about 10 years, mainly online small games for clients. Recently I have noticed a real decline in the amount of work in this area no doubt as a result of such games not working on IOS devices. However I have not had any

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread Marco Terrinoni
Cheers IMA Will check out createjs for sure Marco Terrinoni - Director MULARAM  PRODUCTIONS web design // animation // illustration uk: +44 7876 652 643 e: ma...@mularam.com  w: www.mularam.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread Cédric Muller
Man!!! A DM demo, downloaded it, reading it. THANKS! (this is ... like the best opportunity for me to jump through demo code). Cedric Hello mates, I think that the list is missing one of the most important js library for flashist of of there, that is the createjs http://www.createjs.com/

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks guys! We narrowed down our recommendations to O'Reilley Fluent, FITC, and Adobe Max. I think I am leaning towards going to FITC. Fluent looks awesome but expensive! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h)

Re: [Flashcoders] Multilingual apps for Flash with as2

2013-01-25 Thread Alan Shaw
As2 lol On Jan 24, 2013 8:42 PM, Sumeet Kumar sume...@sebiz.net wrote: Hi All, I am creating a multilingual as2 app and the data for this app will come from XML. I need to target almost 17 language(including Arabic and urdu). I have heard that Arabic and urdu are very difficult to implement

Re: [Flashcoders] Multilingual apps for Flash with as2

2013-01-25 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Well hell. Javascript is like AS1 ;) John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Alan Shaw wrote: As2 lol ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-25 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
Have a look at grid 960 and keep the content flexible with CSS *Beatrix Kruemmer-Frau* Am 24.01.2013 20:10, schrieb Lee Marshall: I am thinking about switching to HTML 5. Simple question... How do you go about setting up a stage (size) in html5? Sent from my iPhone On 24 Jan 2013, at 19:01,

[Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
We're transitioning away from Flash mostly and into the HTML/Javascript/CSS world of interactive development. We used to attend Adobe Max, but since we're doing less and less with Adobe products, what conferences would you suggest? What is/are the biggest and best interactive design conferences

[Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Randall Tinfow
We're transitioning away from Flash mostly and into the HTML/Javascript/CSS world of interactive development. We used to attend Adobe Max, but since we're doing less and less with Adobe products, what conferences would you suggest? What is/are the biggest and best interactive design

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread John McCormack
Since this might also be about tools you might want to see on your visit, what do tools/IDEs you use (especially Javascript)? John On 24/01/2013 16:14, Merrill, Jason wrote: We're transitioning away from Flash mostly and into the HTML/Javascript/CSS world of interactive development. We used

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ha, well right now I am mostly just using Dreamweaver (don't ask, but to sum up, I can't install other tools myself on my work machine) for HTML/Javascript/CSS. I'm really more about learning the languages and techniques rather than the tools though, but good question! Jason Merrill

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks Randall! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Randall Tinfow Sent:

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Dave Watts
Our key learning event for 2013 will be O'Reilly's Fluent Conference in San Francisco in May I'd second Fluent, based on feedback I got about the last one. I didn't attend myself, though. Once you have a specific toolset, you might find other, more directed, conferences. For example, we do a

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Odie Bracy
I have switched to HTML5, from Flash, for my web apps as so many of my customers want to use iPad. My apps are medical in nature (use of them requires proper professional credentials) and so I don't want to put them on the App store. I charge a subscription fee for access to the apps and issue

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Great, that's good info Dave! Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Dave Watts

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Oh, and as a side note, does Fig Leaf host a similar mailing list like this but for Javascript / AJAX'y stuff? Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Matt Gitchell
I was a big FDT user, but 5.5 really started to mess with my flow. I never was a big fan of Flex/Flash Builder. I switched to IntelliJ IDEA for AS and have just continued that through now as I'm doing almost zero Flash work in lieu nearly all HTML now. I really like the tool, and to be able to use

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Interactive conferences

2013-01-24 Thread Lee Marshall
I am thinking about switching to HTML 5. Simple question... How do you go about setting up a stage (size) in html5? Sent from my iPhone On 24 Jan 2013, at 19:01, Odie Bracy obr...@mac.com wrote: I have switched to HTML5, from Flash, for my web apps as so many of my customers want to use

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Dave Watts
Oh, and as a side note, does Fig Leaf host a similar mailing list like this but for Javascript / AJAX'y stuff? We do not. I personally tend to just rely on StackExchange for JS questions. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Jon Bradley
The Sencha stuff is certainly worth looking in to, considering previous Flex/Flash evangelists are on the Sencha team now. Of course, that's a larger framework that comes with certain expectations as opposed to understanding the underlying technology and learning needed to excel in that field.

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
OK cool - yeah I am in Charlotte, so only a 5 hour drive to that conference in Atlanta. And yeah, I miss this list too! It really dried up this past year sadly. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks Dave - I have found a few of my answers on Stack Overflow in the past, I like it. Is it web browser only or can you subscribe like a mailing list? I think I prefer that format. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h)

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
FITC is a great conference, I love it for the different aspects of design and technology, and it comes fron the Flash side. I am living in europe and we have multi - mania in Belgium, a great conference and all free. http://www.multi-mania.be/2013/conference/ There are always lots of smaller,

[Flashcoders] Multilingual apps for Flash with as2

2013-01-24 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Hi All, I am creating a multilingual as2 app and the data for this app will come from XML. I need to target almost 17 language(including Arabic and urdu). I have heard that Arabic and urdu are very difficult to implement in flash. Can anyone guide me in right direction to implement these

Re: [Flashcoders] Multilingual apps for Flash with as2

2013-01-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, and a few other languages read right to left. They are actually called bi-directional, because quotes from an left-to-right language will appear left to right, in the middle of the r-l script. Things like periods and decimal points are difficult to deal with. But Flash does

[Flashcoders] AIR installer

2013-01-22 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Howdy all, Well its been so long since I had a machine that didn't have AIR on it and I didn't see specific info on the Adobe site, if a person has never installed an AIR file on their system before, when they try to run an .air file does the installer tell the user they need to install AIR on

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR installer

2013-01-22 Thread Henrik Andersson
Windows will show it as an unrecognized file type and present the usual shall we go to a website and fail to find anything useful? question. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compl

2013-01-16 Thread Oren B.
thanks... this mailing list is chasing me no matter what... On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Ross P. Sclafani ross.sclaf...@gmail.comwrote: are you actually talking to the mailing list as if it can understand your complaint? or are you talking to its members as if we are sending you the

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compl

2013-01-16 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi Oren, if there really is an issue you should take it up with the listowner, or as mentioned months ago: setup a filter in gmail, takes about 5 minutes and all your flashlist messages will automatically be trashed. That said, have you tried unsubscribing through:

[Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi list, assuming I have a flash movie which communicates with a custom CMS, what would need to be done to make it scorm compliant? As far as I can tell, I'll need some scorm as classes to communicatie with the wrapper, but how can I test whether everything works, etc, I have absolutely no

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Paul A.
I'm curious about this too. Scorm seems to be some magic fairy dust sprinkled upon software - I have yet to come across a definitive guide (though I haven't tried that hard). On 15/01/2013 11:03, Hans Wichman wrote: Hi list, assuming I have a flash movie which communicates with a custom CMS,

RE: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Have a look at http://scorm.com/ This is a good guide for someone starting scorm Regards Sumeet Kumar -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul A. Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:41 PM To:

RE: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Also, you can visit adl website for all the standards and specs. http://scorm.com also allows you to upload your package and test it for scorm compliance -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
To have an idea what SCROM and LMS are, I recommend to read some explanation in the moodle (as the most common LMS) docs: http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Creating_SCORM_Content When its only about video or flv:

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Swift3D is a modeling tool and for Flash, it exports out as Papervision3D files/classes. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Also Away3D and Alternativa support hardware acceleration. I don't know about the others. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Google Pipwerks SCORM - nice classes and files to make your Flash communicate with an LMS via SCORM. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Hans Wichman
Ok tnx all for the links/insights, I'll look into it! On 15-1-2013 17:59, Merrill, Jason wrote: Google Pipwerks SCORM - nice classes and files to make your Flash communicate with an LMS via SCORM. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Paul A.
On 15/01/2013 17:51, Hans Wichman wrote: Ok tnx all for the links/insights, I'll look into it! +1 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compl

2013-01-15 Thread ITSCO
Hans, The ADL test suite will only verify that your SCORM application is packaged correctly. To simulate an LMS, however, you will need another software, or get access to the actual LMS. I do happen to have a copy of a simple LMS simulator which served me very well. If interested,

RE: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compliant

2013-01-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
http://pipwerks.com/laboratory/scorm/ Code, examples, and documentation there. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America  Global Learning  703.302.9265 (w/h) -Original Message- From: Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:00 PM To: 'Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compl

2013-01-15 Thread Oren B.
will you EVER stop sending me this? i put myself out of the list a few times already. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] making as3 movie scorm compl

2013-01-15 Thread Ross P. Sclafani
are you actually talking to the mailing list as if it can understand your complaint? or are you talking to its members as if we are sending you the mails ourselves? take this up with the list administrators and refrain from spamming the members that use the list. On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:13 PM,

RE: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-14 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Regarding this point: - use a profiler to see what your app is doing with respect to object creation/memory [can someone suggest a profiler to use with CS6...i have searched but not able to find one] Regards Sumeet Kumar -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-14 Thread Hans Wichman
Sumeet, check these out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-scout/id562450748?mt=8 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashruntimes/articles/adobe-scout-getting-started.html hth jc On 14-1-2013 8:02, Sumeet Kumar wrote: Thanks Hans and Deepanjan for your guidancei will try these methods and

Re: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-14 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
Hi Sumeet, you can use the FlashBuilder, FlashDevelop or FDT Profiler. In the past I used theMiner: http://jacksondunstan.com/articles/1763 Actually I like to work with Monocle, as it is best to check performance on Stage3D...

Re: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-14 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
yeeah, cool, its also included in the game dev tools bundle for free on adobe cloud, found it! Am 14.01.2013 14:15, schrieb Hans Wichman: ps monocle is now called scout... On 14-1-2013 13:42, Beatrix Krümmer-Frau wrote: Hi Sumeet, you can use the FlashBuilder, FlashDevelop or FDT Profiler.

Re: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-14 Thread Hans Wichman
ps monocle is now called scout... On 14-1-2013 13:42, Beatrix Krümmer-Frau wrote: Hi Sumeet, you can use the FlashBuilder, FlashDevelop or FDT Profiler. In the past I used theMiner: http://jacksondunstan.com/articles/1763 Actually I like to work with Monocle, as it is best to check

[Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Randall Tinfow
Know little about 3D for AS3, so I'm struggling to decide where to focus my efforts. What's the recommendation for a library that will build a 3D model and animate in realtime from input text? Papervision3D Away3D Sandy3D Alternativa3D? Hopefully the learning curve will not bury me. Thanks,

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
Papervision3D - fantastic library, very capable, but dead. Away3D - fantastic library, active community, still being supported (last I heard) Sandy3D - smaller, less capable as far as I know, not sure if it's still in development Alternativa - very capable, still being supported (I assume),

Re: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, Also checkout FIVe3d http://five3d.mathieu-badimon.com/ It's been around a whileand looks like the code was last updated in 2011, but for just rendering text in vector format, I found it was really nice and simple to use. There are some examples on that page to check outand some of

Re: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread JC Wichman
I completely agree, Away3d or Alternative is a safe bet. Away3d is part of the adobe gaming development kit, together with starling and scout etc. I don't think the learning curve will bury you, but that probably depends more on setting realistic expectations than anything else ;) On Jan

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Frank McGuire
I agree with Jason. Away3D is well-documented. Alternativa is faster but not much documentation. Take a look at http://wonderfl.net/ and http://www.flashandmath.com/ for some interesting samples in both. Frank McGuire Flex/Flash Developer e-learning/mobile/AIR -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
Away3D is the right choice, its easy to use and has a TextFiled3D Class. Together with a TextExtrusion Class you can make realy nice stuff. *Beatrix Kruemmer-Frau* Director Actionscripthero.org Master of Arts in Designer | Developer | CEH-LPIG www.actionscripthero.org | @ASHero_org | @birikini

Re: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
I agree with the guys here on considering Away3D as a first choice. However, let me also include another library, very similar to away3D Alternativa regarding specs and benchmarks, but also including a cleaner 3D asset integration pipeline: Flare3D. Let me know if you have more questions.

Re: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Has anyone tried Unity 3D? Do you know if it works with flash. I have that one and was wanting to try it out, just hadn't yet. Worth the time or no? There is also Swift 3D which has been updated recently (I believe). Swift 3D works with vectors well as far as I could tell. Best, Karl On Jan

RE: [Flashcoders] 3D engine for dynamic text

2013-01-14 Thread Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
I've did it. You have a Flash exporter in Unity. Is not as mature as you would expect, but it works. However, take into account that you'll need to avoid using certain Unity classes, etc if you target Flash. Definitely worth it, but also consider the learning curve as well. Claudio M. E. Bastos

RE: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-13 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Thanks Hans and Deepanjan for your guidancei will try these methods and then post where I reached. Thanks again. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: Friday, January 11,

[Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-11 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Hi All, I am creating a very basic IPAD app. Adobe says we need to build the app with code optimization. I have completed development of the app. For code optimization, I am removing listeners, using sprites instead of movieclip, clearing Timers etc...what else I can do to optimize my

Re: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-11 Thread Deepanjan Das
Have a look at all possible ways of optimization: https://deepanjandas.wordpress.com/category/code-optimization/ Best Deepanjan Das On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Sumeet Kumar sume...@sebiz.net wrote: Hi All, I am creating a very basic IPAD app. Adobe says we need to build the app

Re: [Flashcoders] IPAD App code optimization

2013-01-11 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi Sumeet, some stuff is much more important than other stuff: - DRY - don't repeat yourself: cache calculations (sinus tables, array lengths, radian conversion etc) - Create as few objects as possible, eg use ObjectPooling - try to stay away from movieclips and sprites, use bitmaps and

Re: [Flashcoders] weird issue with flash only 1st frame exporting / playing in cs6

2012-12-18 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Howdy, Well I'm curious if anyone can help me with this one. I've built for a client a presentation tool. It consists of 45 slides (jpegs) and some of them get customized with dynamic text fields and imported logos. They build presentations, selecting the slides they want, the order of display

Re: [Flashcoders] weird issue with flash only 1st frame exporting / playing in cs6

2012-12-18 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
I'm terribly sorry everyone. I didn't change the subject line, before I posted this request. My bad… :) John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Dec 18, 2012, at 5:14 PM, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Has anyone

[Flashcoders] Printing to a PDF from Flash

2012-12-18 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Howdy, Well I'm curious if anyone can help me with this one. I've built for a client a presentation tool. It consists of 45 slides (jpegs) and some of them get customized with dynamic text fields and imported logos. They build presentations, selecting the slides they want, the order of display

Re: [Flashcoders] Printing to a PDF from Flash

2012-12-18 Thread erik mattheis
Do they want to give them a PDF or a printed page? If a printed page, you could save out a PNG ( http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/source/browse/trunk/src/com/adobe/images/PNGEncoder.as ) which they could print. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 5:26 PM, John R. Sweeney Jr. jr.swee...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Printing to a PDF from Flash

2012-12-18 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
The client wants a multiple page PDF of their specific custom presentation. John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Dec 18, 2012, at 10:57 PM, erik mattheis wrote: Do they want to give them a PDF or a printed

Re: [Flashcoders] weird issue with flash only 1st frame exporting / playing in cs6

2012-12-18 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, AlivePDF can be used offline with air as well as far as I know. regards JC On 19-12-2012 0:14, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Howdy, Well I'm curious if anyone can help me with this one. I've built for a client a presentation tool. It consists of 45 slides (jpegs) and some of them get

Re: [Flashcoders] weird issue with flash only 1st frame exporting / playing in cs6

2012-12-17 Thread Sebastian
Thanks Erik, Very weird local issue then… sigh. Any ideas as to why it might not want to preview/play when I hit cmd+enter on small sized flash files? -- Sebastian Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:29 PM, erik mattheis wrote: It

[Flashcoders] weird issue with flash only 1st frame exporting / playing in cs6

2012-12-14 Thread sebastian
Hi there, So I'm getting a weird issue and I'm wondering if it is a setting that is off, or if it is expected behavior or some kind of bug. I have a flash file, this is cs6, if the movie is 60 by 72 pixels and I hit cmd+enter it only plays the first frame. If I export, it also only exports

[Flashcoders] Realaxy demo

2012-12-14 Thread ITSCO
Ivan, Nice demo. Would love to get more information on how we can implement this for walk-through applications with Stage 3d. R, Dan _itsco@aol.com_ (mailto:it...@aol.com) In a message dated 12/14/2012 9:00:58 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, flashcoders-requ...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] weird issue with flash only 1st frame exporting / playing in cs6

2012-12-14 Thread erik mattheis
It exported fine at 60x72 and 32x32 in CS 6 when I tried to duplicate your issue, trying a few SWF versions. On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, sebastian infora...@gmail.com wrote: Even if you can confirm that for you it plays / exports fine at that size, that would be useful information as then

[Flashcoders] Re: Exhibition type kiosks

2012-12-01 Thread Randall Tinfow
On 12/1/12 12:00 PM, flashcoders-requ...@chattyfig.figleaf.com wrote: The Intel boards don't playnice with dual-head GFX though. We had lots of fun trying to do the Flash App on a touchscreen and play video on a huge display Same. The way I've solved that is by using a Flash front end that

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Exhibition type kiosks

2012-12-01 Thread Paul A.
Thanks for all the input guys, I'm going to have to consider this very carefully. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Long running tablet apps

2012-11-30 Thread Kevin Newman
I have a task server running on AIR (for generating images and other static website assets - it's part of a CMS) running on a local machine that stays up for weeks. You'll have to find and fix any memory leaks, or infinite event loops (and event handler build ups, etc.), and things like that.

Re: [Flashcoders] Long running tablet apps

2012-11-30 Thread Kevin Newman
I'm running an AIR based task server on Windows XP - for weeks at a time (only patch Tuesday knocks it down). So this can be done. :-) Kevin N. On 11/23/12 7:23 AM, Hans Wichman wrote: I wouldn't put too much time into it, noone realistically expects windows to run for a couple of weeks, let

[Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Paul A.
Following on from the tablet question earlier, I've been asked to quote on a kiosk app and suggest some hardware. What kinds of hardware are people using for kiosks these day? It'll be used by kids and in use all day. A tablet may be a bit on the small side and a full-blown PC might be a bit

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
The touchscreens I've done recently have to on 50 screens, mostly in a vertical orientation. It's ironic that gestures and touch/swipe was brought to us by Apple and all the screens have PC drivers only. :) Go figure. The hardware is dependent on what your program will be doing. I've had some

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, In my previous role, I built kiosk PC's to control an animated robot- http://www.robothespian.co.uk/ The kiosk computer for this ran an AIR 2.5 application on Ubuntu Linux Oneiric usinga Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mini-itx board:

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Henrik Andersson
Glen Pike skriver: We built an AIR shell loader so we could run the App in browser etc. Tell me more. I have not heard how to do this. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, Sorry, I was getting mixed up with a previous EXE based app that I wrote. The AIR onewe published to AIR, but used the same SWF in the browser. It had some functionality that disabled itself if AIR was not running - File API's etc. :# Glen On 30/11/2012 23:41, Henrik Andersson wrote:

[Flashcoders] Long running tablet apps

2012-11-23 Thread Paul A.
I've been asked about making a long-running app for a Samsung android tablet. In the past, I made one for a windows tablet but there was clearly a memory leak (not that I could find it in my code) and after being active for many, many hours it would hit a problem. We looked at automating a

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