Re: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?

2006-03-11 Thread murder design
Hopefully next month my job title will be flash designer. until then its waiter :P ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you

Re: [Flashcoders] Contaminated list?

2006-03-11 Thread murder design
never had a false positive regarding spam with gmail. always filters PERFECT. dont even waste your time opening up the spam folder... -edward ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] best flash actionscript book/reference

2006-03-10 Thread murder design
thanks alot folks, starting out with essential actionscript, then going from there!!! btw: anyone out there working with 100% one frame actionscript sites? just curious- -edward ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamically naming sound objects?

2006-03-10 Thread murder design
paths are ok, playing them without dynamically loading and placing into arrays is fine. the trace of the array results in: [Object Object] four times, however no play. here is my complete code, no errors, but no results: when i give each sound object the same name, does that matter if there is a

[Flashcoders] oop[s?]

2006-03-10 Thread murder design
coming from a C/ASM background, and today is my first day trying to convert all of the hundreds upon hundreds of lines of code i use daily to a component/classes. i want to organize it, so i have my main file in the root directory (mysite.com) importing with: // begin code import

[Flashcoders] preloader issue

2006-03-09 Thread murder design
well, the preloader does display load status, then simply repeats, instead of deleting itself, it just repeats the loading ... any ideas??? i just want the swf it loads to not play or start until it is fully loaded, and the label_txt is deleted etc ... onClipEvent(load) {

[Flashcoders] dynamically naming sound objects?

2006-03-09 Thread murder design
I am trying to create a reusable function to load sound objects, dynamically naming them in sequence, and dynamically placing them into an array to hold a pointer to them. however, they do not seem to be being created. any ideas? // begin code var mySounds:Array = new Array(); var sPath:String =

[Flashcoders] best flash actionscript book/reference

2006-03-09 Thread murder design
so after not having coded in flash for about 5 years (lots of changes) and getting hardcore back into actionscript, and ESPECIALLY this list :P (love you all!) ... whats a good reference with examples for all flash as2.0 etc methods objects properties etc. whats the best all around intermediate or

[Flashcoders] preloader issue?

2006-03-07 Thread murder design
I have posted this before, and gotten some feedback, this is the result, yet i still cannot get the clip to display the load progress of bigfile.swf inside the label_txt. the swf loads inside of _root.target_mc ... any ideas here people? // - begin code target_mc.loadMovie(bigfile.swf);

Re: [Flashcoders] preloader issue?

2006-03-07 Thread murder design
this code does work, however the percent displays something like 15 places ... onClipEvent (load) { this.loadMovie(bigfile.swf); } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { tBytes = this.getBytesTotal(); trace(tBytes: +tBytes); bLoaded = this.getBytesLoaded(); trace(bLoaded:

[Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread murder design
this fills up my dynamic txt field. then just stops. it should keep producing a random string of 19 characters (the length of the txt field), then replace it every frame with a new string of random characters. instead it just fills up, then stops. ugh! - ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e,

Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread murder design
well, i have localized x in the for loop, and changed the value in the single number generator from x to singleLetter. that seems to have been a giant part of the problem. however now, the code produces one solid string. blinks out. no text, then freezes up. ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f,

Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread murder design
great fix! thx guys(or gals): ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, !, @, #, $, %, ^, ); function random1() { singleLetter = ascii[random(ascii.length)]; return singleLetter; } function random2() { yy =

[Flashcoders] referencing movieclips in an array ..

2006-03-06 Thread murder design
i am trying to dynamically create 20 movieclips. i want to name them dynamically, and reference the clip within an array. is this the best way to go about it? will this even work?... // array to hold dynamically created movieclips within myItems = new Array(); // add a movie clip function

[Flashcoders] custom preloader progress bar ...

2006-03-02 Thread murder design
for some reason, my bar does not scale, and the percent is not visible in the text bar with the percent loaded ... // function to load an external .swf function ploader() { // swf file to load loadMovieNum(bigfile.swf, 1); _root.onEnterFrame = function() { tBytes = getBytesTotal();

[Flashcoders] oop question?

2006-03-01 Thread murder design
my main flash file only contains: #include mLoader.as var mLoader1:mLoader = new mLoader( ); ... while my .as file only contains: class mLoader { } but i get the following error: **Error** Z:\design\murderdesign.com\reusable\loader\mLoader.as: Line 1: Classes may only be defined in

[Flashcoders] prototypes?

2006-03-01 Thread murder design
i found a prototype on a website for easing. it works in their fla... i am trying to get it work here. when i load the swf, nothing happens... the object i am trying to ease is ball1 is the instance. the name in the library is test. Movieclip.prototype.scrollme = function(xPos, yPos) { cX =

Re: [Flashcoders] multi-threading / xml progress meter solutions?

2006-03-01 Thread murder design
i am trying to convert that to a regular preloader, for some reason, it does not work ... any ideas??? // function to load an external .swf function ploader() { // swf file to load loadMovieNum(bigfile.swf, 1); // bar dimensions var barWidth:Number = 100; var

[Flashcoders] scrollbar script

2006-02-27 Thread murder design
semi working flash movie: http://198.104.154.25/ here is my fla: http://198.104.154.25/scroller.fla OK this is the most perplexing action script problem i have ever had. i am desperately trying to solve this problem. my scroller works, but goes up too far, and does not act correctly. if someone

[Flashcoders] scrollbar issue

2006-02-26 Thread murder design
OK this is the most perplexing action script problem i have ever had. i am desperately trying to solve this problem. my scroller works, but goes up too far, and does not act correctly. if someone can point me in the right direction, i will be VERY happy. // // scroller.fla //