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

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

2012-12-14 Thread sebastian
if you can confirm that for you it plays / exports fine at that size, that would be useful information as then I would know at least that this is a local-machine issue and not some application bug, or missing parameter in my preferences. Thanks!! Sebastian

Re: [Flashcoders] reading a css from www?

2010-04-17 Thread sebastian
sweet thanks Benny, this replacement method worked! yaay! btw, as far as i can tell, the flash file tries to load the files relative to the path of the current URL, and not the path relative to the SWF itself... so if if the HTML file is in: http://mysite.com/somefoloder/index.html and you

[Flashcoders] reading a css from www?

2010-04-16 Thread sebastian
Hello coders, Simple question I think... I have a SWF file, but its location on my server is not fixed, so I am having to call and load files using full URL paths. I'm having an issue with loading the CSS file based on whether the domain being loaded is typed with, or without the www in

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

2010-01-25 Thread sebastian
Hi everyone, thanks for all the advice and suggestions. I'm going to try John's replacement suggestion, as this seems very promising! Thanks! Sebastian. John McCormack wrote: Sorry, In my application the scores file would have the same name as the SWF program, and so progam.swf becomes

[Flashcoders] problem with paths

2010-01-22 Thread sebastian
Hello flash coders, Simple question I believe, but I'm having problems with a delivery of a flash file. My flash file loads an external XML and then from the external XML it loads images, videos text etc. It works fine locally and on our test server, however at the client's server, which

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

2010-01-22 Thread sebastian
20 to 30 times with them on file versions until they get fed up. Having you do it without being able to test is like having you code blindfolded with yours hands tied. --Original Message-- From: sebastian Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

2010-01-22 Thread sebastian
! Sebastian. *ex: http://blabla.com/foldername/subfolder/actual_file.php p.s. As for the carpenter analogy... I know, we keep asking them for access... I think if I can't solve it today, they may permit me to come to their office and login from there to access the files [but they wont give me remote xs

[Flashcoders] quick FLV skin question

2009-12-16 Thread sebastian
Hello folks, hoping to get a quick reply, if you know. :) Is there anyway to embed a FLVPlayer skin into the library so that it loads it all from the SAME swf and therefore there is no external second SWF that needs to be loaded? Thanks for any help you can offer! Seb.

Re: [Flashcoders] what is the current 3D best-practice?

2009-08-10 Thread sebastian
Hello flashcoders, I was wondering if anyone had any feedback to my 3d inquiry? Because I have not received any input from the group. Thanks! Sebastian. On Aug 7, 2009, at 12:01 PM, sebastian wrote: Hello everyone, Long time no speak! I've been out of the flash loop for about 9 months

Re: [Flashcoders] what is the current 3D best-practice?

2009-08-10 Thread sebastian
is: Lightwave] Thanks for any further comment or insight, best regards, Sebastian. On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Matt Gitchell wrote: PV3D's pretty good, tho there's a little bit of a curve to learning it. I haven't done any Away3D stuff but I've heard good reports about that too.You

[Flashcoders] what is the current 3D best-practice?

2009-08-07 Thread sebastian
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-21 Thread sebastian
??? This is totally not a valid comment, either I don't understand the term liquid, or other's don't know how to implement it. Cedric Muller wrote: and that's when you don't do liquid layout in Flash ;) Yep - but to be honest the .fla still contains all the links to the external assets.

Re: [Flashcoders] Text Stroke?

2008-11-21 Thread sebastian
haha, nice one. Well, honestly the glow can be 'massaged' to look acceptable. :P Elia Morling wrote: LOL - Original Message - From: Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:40 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread sebastian
Notoriously, version control systems are bad at handling differences/resolving differences between binary files, and the .fla format is binary. With all due respect, and without getting in the middle of the 'war' that is taking place here: I code in AS3 very heavily and nearly 0% of my code

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread sebastian
Yep - but to be honest the .fla still contains all the links to the external assets. Erm, Ian, all you need to reference in the FLA is ONE Class file; and that class file can then contain ALL the references to all the subclasses; so you never need to edit the FLA after day1 unless the stage

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread sebastian
Well said. Paul Andrews wrote: Having come from a background of bespoke database-driven development where bare functionality is the primary consideration above gloss, I can say that Flex is a breath of fresh air. For many companies flash is dismissed as a serious contender for serious work

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread sebastian
that they can re-use. Sincerely, Sebastian. Ian Thomas wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Elia Morling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The language itself lends itself to spaghetti coding, because MXML can easily turn into nesting hell. , unless the coders know what they are doing. The benefits of Flex

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread sebastian
use Flash over Flex, and vice versa, and what might be the technical reasons for doing so. I think we've drifted. MXML isn't Flex. AS3 isn't Flash. Oh we've totally drifted! But that it was interesting to read all the emotions... ;) Always love your contributions Ian, All the best, Sebastian

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread sebastian
. Definitely better for this utility than using Flash to do the same because of the standards we can share. :) Best, Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] frameworks and flash

2008-11-15 Thread sebastian
I think we just wrote about this, though it may have been on a different list. Apparently this is a hot subject lately... Whether to use a framework or a pattern like MVC really depends on a case-by-case assessment. The whole reason why someone invented design patterns was to address

[Flashcoders] Good CMS options?

2008-11-14 Thread sebastian
could part with some cash. Thanks for any advice you may offer, Best, Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Good CMS options?

2008-11-14 Thread sebastian
a difference. I already have lots of PHP scripts to generate pages in HTML that parallel the flash, or just for the robots [SEO] etc-etc. So really the only missing aspect I have right now is a good solid CMS front-end for the client. :) Thanks for any help! Sincerely, Sebastian. Ian Thomas

Re: [Flashcoders] How much would you charge?

2008-11-14 Thread sebastian
. Experience will answer these questions. Good luck, Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV: reliable heightwidth dimensions

2008-11-10 Thread sebastian
Hi, just a little comment, but if the size reported results in 0 by 0 pixels, you can always set a condition that sets it to a minimum/default size... hopefully the aspect-ratio is not also a variable. good luck! Seb. Meinte van't Kruis wrote: I found the post. It would be nice to have

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV: reliable heightwidth dimensions

2008-11-10 Thread sebastian
Potentially wrong suggestion, but what happens if you just don't specify a size, won't it default to the FLV's inherent size? I don't have the time to test this myself to see if its true, but I could imagine this being the case. If the size is then too big, you can check this on a condition,

Re: [Flashcoders] Easing a selection

2008-11-07 Thread sebastian
it. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:38 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erm, I am not sure I understand; so let me paraphrase: You want to scroll one area based on the position of a mouse in another, right? If so, just measure the bounds [x/y difference] from some center range and apply a Tween

Re: [Flashcoders] Edit SWF file server side via PHP

2008-11-07 Thread sebastian
As far as I know, a SWF won't store variables. You can however store variable inside a separate text/XML file or write variables to a server [via PHP or some other lang]. SharedObjects would work if it was all local, but from what you write, it is not. Seb. Mick G wrote: My users want to

Re: [Flashcoders] Easing a selection

2008-11-06 Thread sebastian
recommend against using timers to apply movements; I've seen far too much code written that uses timers incorrectly and it's a real pain in the *** Stick to simple tween calls; like: TweenLite. With kind, Sebastian. Eric E. Dolecki wrote: I was thinking about this the other day... easing

Re: [Flashcoders] Easing a selection

2008-11-06 Thread sebastian
(); slightly longer pause class.increment(); even longer pause... until stop So I would be providing a UI of selected items via visual easing. I think I have this nailed down... just wanted to get some other ideas on how best to approach it. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:38 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - SWFAddress - problem linking to /

2008-11-06 Thread sebastian
Hi I had this issue a couple of years ago too. It's hard for me to remember exactly, but I believe that I changed the onChange function to simply set a variable with the page name, instead of calling the page event immediately -- and then used a different event to read the set variable when it

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 - Code not working in FP10

2008-11-05 Thread sebastian
Hi, I'm sure someone else can give a reason, cause I wouldn't know; but short of that, you could use a tween engine to center it. AS2 has several good tween engines available. Seb. FlashDev wrote: Hi guys, ive got a bit fo code that works fine in flash player 9 but in 10 it completely

Re: [Flashcoders] FW: [Flash_Tiger] Outsourcing and Actionscript specs

2008-11-05 Thread sebastian
Open the discussion with them, tell them where you are confused and have them explain things to you. If they can't explain it to you in a quick conversation; have them document it. gModeler seems good [first time I saw it was 5 seconds ago!], or any other UML-esque program that can build

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Authortime vs Runtime children

2008-11-05 Thread sebastian
oh very sorry, my misunderstanding. :) jonathan howe wrote: I don't think this is really Glen's problem. You should not have to addChild() an object placed on the stage via the authoring environment. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:27 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you don't do addChild

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Authortime vs Runtime children

2008-11-04 Thread sebastian
to call addChild for these surely? Glen sebastian wrote: forget to addChild()? The problem I have run into is that when I instanciate an AppScreen symbol from my library - it's not on stage - and add it to the stage I handle the ADDED_TO_STAGE event for wiring the components up

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Authortime vs Runtime children

2008-11-03 Thread sebastian
forget to addChild()? The problem I have run into is that when I instanciate an AppScreen symbol from my library - it's not on stage - and add it to the stage I handle the ADDED_TO_STAGE event for wiring the components up. ___ Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] back in job hell

2008-11-02 Thread sebastian
You can give clients more than they ask for, but just tell them clearly that you are. I've done this numerous times before and it hasn't led me into bad expectations the next time. It's all about being clear. Calculating efforts, communicating them for your and your client[s] benefits [before

Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

2008-10-24 Thread sebastian
It's one of those things where 'abuse' comes to mind. Short of not allowing flash to do such a thing, if such an overwrite of the clip-board is occurring there should be a warning to the user, otherwise they might wonder why they can't use copy-paste anymore! I wonder what it is that would be

Re: [Flashcoders] open word document from flash

2008-10-23 Thread sebastian
h i doubt natively. Save as XML and then look at the result, you will get a lot of junk this way, so its not ideal - otherwise, just export the excel files as comma deliminated, and then you can parse it as any text file - but thats more work than reading an XML file because you will have

Re: [Flashcoders] Disabling Print Screen key

2008-10-23 Thread sebastian
naughty! Pedro Taranto wrote: In AS2 I used to create an onEnterFrame loop to overwrite the clipboard content using the System.setClipboard(string) function, it still works in AS3 Bests, -- Pedro Taranto Andrew Murphy wrote: Hi. :) I'm attempting to disable using the Print Screen button

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Code problem, can anyone help?

2008-10-22 Thread sebastian
Assuming the form is also in the same flash file: I see no reason to use 'Event.ENTER_FRAME' Just have the other parts of your code 'activate' when you click the 'submit' button. Sebastian jonathan howe wrote: But he wants the button to be disabled until it passes validation. Maybe it's

Re: [Flashcoders] ComBox Box - Font Issues

2008-10-19 Thread sebastian
Maybe the font is being embedded in your code AFTER you are displaying the other fields that also use the font [which means the initial fields are un-embeded]? Or it could be you forgot to make the 'embed' setting true on all fields...? Also, the order of 'embed' and then setting the text is

[Flashcoders] good place to buy pre-made flash 3 games [full-use license + source-code]?

2008-10-15 Thread sebastian
an event in the frame work, and highscores are also going to need to be stored in our DB and if we think of any other kinds of future integration, it has to be possible. We are looking for 8 to 12 games of various types. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sebastian

Re: [Flashcoders] Optimizing complex motion and effects

2008-10-12 Thread sebastian
aha, cool, thanks for the correction and clarification! appreciated. :) Ian Thomas wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:15 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi Pedro, bitmapcaching would make it MORE processor intense, not less. Sebastian, As far as I'm aware, that's only true

Re: [Flashcoders] Optimizing complex motion and effects

2008-10-11 Thread sebastian
it maybe be faster to enter some values of colors in an array and them chose one of them, instead of calculation a new random each time? Any more help appreciated. *Pedro D. Kostelec* [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:15 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi Pedro, bitmapcaching

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: masking w/o using bitmapCaching = true?

2008-10-10 Thread sebastian
Edwardo: very interesting idea! Will try that out. Keith: Great idea to do an inversed gradient w/o masking, unfortunately that won't work visually in this scenario though because there are animations at the edge where alpha fades, that need to be seen. Laurent: Unfortunately the problem with

Re: [Flashcoders] Optimizing complex motion and effects

2008-10-10 Thread sebastian
hi Pedro, bitmapcaching would make it MORE processor intense, not less. Visited your web page, but I can't seem to download... is this option only possible if I am registered? You might just want to give a link to a zip file instead - simpler. Things to check in general: 1. how you are

[Flashcoders] Re: masking w/o using bitmapCaching = true?

2008-10-09 Thread sebastian
Hello good folks, I was wondering if the silence to this email was an indication that there is no workaround/solution? :( Thank you kindly, Seb. sebastian wrote: Hello folks, quick question, I have a scrolling menu here and in the current design it has 'bitmapCaching = true' for the entire

[Flashcoders] masking w/o using bitmapCaching = true?

2008-10-08 Thread sebastian
a mask assigned to it w/o using bitmap caching? Or, is there a way to use bitmapCaching w/o slowing down the whole sink with it? Thanks! Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman

Re: [Flashcoders] working with getPixel32 and setPixel32,

2008-10-07 Thread sebastian
2008/10/6, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: hi Glen, Kudos for the shift 1 operation, knew that was a faster operand. However, this code is still now working, now it simply doesn't change anything... :( var val:uint = getPixel32(x,y); var a:uint = (val 24) 0xff; var rgb:uint = val 0xff

[Flashcoders] working with getPixel32 and setPixel32,

2008-10-06 Thread sebastian
: setPixel32(x,y,val); Thanks for your help! Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] working with getPixel32 and setPixel32,

2008-10-06 Thread sebastian
ou le reproduire. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 3:18 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] working with getPixel32 and setPixel32, hi folks, can any one shed some light to me

Re: [Flashcoders] working with getPixel32 and setPixel32,

2008-10-06 Thread sebastian
); screendata.setPixel(stars[i][0]+160,stars[i][1]+120,0xFF); } } } } Regards, Sebastian. Glen Pike wrote: Hi, I think you need to shift by 24 for alpha, you also need to shift then mask the value. RGB is just

Re: [Flashcoders] Textarea

2008-09-26 Thread sebastian
If both the text and the image need to scroll, put both of them in a MC that is itself scrollable and remove the scrolling from the nested text field. Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) wrote: 1 sounds a little more involved than I want to get... 2 was my first approach, but I end up with a

Re: [Flashcoders] [AS3] TextField Bug: Text outside of the TF

2008-09-26 Thread sebastian
Check alignment and check how you are creating the text fields. This sounds like an issue with how you are placing and coding the text fields. Benicio del Toro wrote: hi, I ve'got an input TextField. What I want to do is to reset the TF content and put some prompt text inside, which I set

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to export a .swf or .flv from a .swf running in the player (without a streaming media server)?

2008-09-26 Thread sebastian
captured from a portion of the stage what does that mean? are you making these screen shots yourself? or do you expect the code you write to also take screen shots of its own output? BOYD SPEER wrote: I am just getting into AS3 and would like to know if it is possible to programmatically

Re: [Flashcoders] Pause/Play a swf

2008-09-24 Thread sebastian
Yes it is, but, erm, it's really hard to answer your question because there is no one way to implement it and, I have no idea how your scripted movie clips are running themselves... If each of your sub movies has a function that starts/pauses the playback, then you can simply have the parent

Re: [Flashcoders] Pause/Play a swf

2008-09-24 Thread sebastian
this wrong. On Sep 24, 2008, at 5:03 PM, sebastian wrote: Yes it is, but, erm, it's really hard to answer your question because there is no one way to implement it and, I have no idea how your scripted movie clips are running themselves... If each of your sub movies has a function

Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] OT - Detecting flash versions for a large site

2008-09-18 Thread sebastian
Hi again Susan, There are several ways, you can write your own Javascript or search google for an example]. Or, you can use SWFObject, and then rip out the version it finds in the externally loaded swfobject.js file: deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.getPlayerVersion(); Or, you can load a flash SWF

Re: [Flashcoders] OT - Detecting flash versions for a large site

2008-09-16 Thread sebastian
Hi Susan, This might help you a little: http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html In google you can find more stats by using some or all of these words: flash player penetration version statistics and to make your own stats:

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: generating arrays of overlapping sets

2008-09-11 Thread sebastian
- that most forum questions that mention arrays of arrays would be a lot easier to solve if the questioner had an array of objects. Most questions would never have got to the point of needing help. I suggest giving it a moments thought at least. Ron sebastian wrote: ok I found a solution, though

Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page

2008-09-10 Thread sebastian
Batch converting to FLV's is how I've done it. You get a tool that does just that in the flash install-application folder. :) Seb. Steve Abaffy wrote: Hello, I have a client that has a .wmv movie and wants to know how you can get it to play directly in the browser window

Re: [Flashcoders] converting TextArea's scroll and bottomScroll to substring

2008-09-10 Thread sebastian
HI Michael, A quick check of the class in the help file: TextField Class Shows me that no such method or property exists, even though I suppose it might be a useful one - however in all my years of using flash I've never found this to be an obstacle you can't circumvent. The way I would go

Re: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations

2008-09-10 Thread sebastian
If you are using AS2, check our FUSE as an alternative animation engine; I swear by it, learn it once and it will forever animate your work on all projects with kind simple powerful beautiy... ;) On AS3 there isn't as good a package as fuse around [yet?]; I'm using Tweener on AS3 which is

Re: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations

2008-09-10 Thread sebastian
Ooops on the simple solution for a relative rotation [my bad]! Much better than my suggestion... :P Why Fuse? - Sequencing, passing writing animation objects. It is true for small applications, like banners; it's overkill when kbs are in dire need. But for web 2.0 application development, a

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 dynamic text fields and img

2008-09-09 Thread sebastian
hmmm, have you tried: textFieldName.text += img... if that is not working, then try building it all in one sentence: imgAtEnd = img... segment1 = some value + imgAtEnd; //segment2 = same as segment 1 and 3 and 4 only with new different values textFieldName.text = segment1 + segment2 + segment3

Re: [Flashcoders] Coding question...

2008-09-08 Thread sebastian
BTW if all you want to do is temporarily disable the button, you might want to leave the event listener and just make the visible property false instead... kinda depends on the circumstances. removing the listener is good garbage collection though! sebastian. Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] What is a practical limit for System and/or Cache Memory

2008-09-08 Thread sebastian
In my experience different browsers makes an impact on the memory impact as well; processors speeds seem to affect things more than ram in my experience. Loading times may be affected by large amounts of data, while it is certainly interesting to wonder what the maximums are, another approach

Re: [Flashcoders] firefox 3 and swfobject 2

2008-09-08 Thread sebastian
just tested a site that I am 100% certain is using swfobject and swfaddress on mac osx 10.5.4 with FF 3.1 and it works fine... so not sure what your issue is... :( seb. Hudson Ansley wrote: Not having luck searching, so hoping someone here might have an idea on this. I want to upgrade from

Re: [Flashcoders] fun with embedFonts - NOT

2008-09-06 Thread sebastian
. allandt bik-elliott wrote: that's awesome guys - thanks for the tips are there any file size issues with linking the font from the library as opposed to having a text field off screen? a On 5 Sep 2008, at 19:27, sebastian wrote: nice tip, but it's not absolutely necessary to get them

Re: [Flashcoders] getURL and ExternalInterface

2008-09-06 Thread sebastian
in AS2 externalinterface is your friend and it works PERFECT with swfaddress and swfobject. There are some strange issues with IE though, so make sure you test well on that platform. read this for more information and a working example on all OS/platform combos I know of:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashcoders archive

2008-09-06 Thread sebastian
not only do i get the same issue, but all the links are 'broken' failed to connect and private archive not found are the errors I get. :( Juan Delgado wrote: Hi Dave list, I'm trying to workout if one of my messages made it to Flashcoders, but i'm having problems accessing the archive.

Re: [Flashcoders] fun with embedFonts - NOT

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
resolution, ;) Sebastian. allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: Hi guys I'm in AS2 and trying to create a textfield, embed fonts in and apply a stylesheet - if i use embedfonts it doesn't render but if i omit it, everything renders fine (but the fonts aren't embedded so won't render

Re: [Flashcoders] fun with embedFonts - NOT

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
nice tip, but it's not absolutely necessary to get them to work, though it may be 'faster' than trying to do it the 'right' way [whatever that means, fonts are really precarious]. Bob Wohl wrote: Hello, Have you tried to place a text field off screen/stage and embed the font family (each

Re: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
Or this book, which is specifically concerning design patterns in AS: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528461/ Alternatively, 'Friends of Ed' also make GREAT books, and they have several on the subject of AS, OOP design patterns. They are more like 'classes in a book' that you can later

[Flashcoders] generating arrays of overlapping sets

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
arrays... but that seems convoluted...? Thank you so much, Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Re: generating arrays of overlapping sets

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
in case it was not clear, I have no problem getting to this point: A = [A,B,C] B = [A,B,C] C = [A,B,C,D,E] D = [C,D,E] E = [C,D,E] where I am stumped is making that into: A = [A,B,C] B = [A,B,C] C = [[A,B,C],[C,D,E]] D = [C,D,E] E = [C,D,E] :) seb. sebastian wrote: Hiya, I'm trying

Re: [Flashcoders] Spinning world..

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
because the droptlets of liquid seem to always be in the same location when you are at a specific x,y,z location, I'm guessing they exported a gazob of frames from a 3D program and then just selected the frame to play based on a matrix... but yeah, no idea really - looks nice! seb. Paul

Re: [Flashcoders] Spinning world..

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
yeah, I'm pretty sure its all just frame based; very well done. sebastian wrote: because the droptlets of liquid seem to always be in the same location when you are at a specific x,y,z location, I'm guessing they exported a gazob of frames from a 3D program and then just selected the frame

[Flashcoders] Re: generating arrays of overlapping sets

2008-09-05 Thread sebastian
the maximum steps I need to iterate through the master array, but it will always be at least length-1. Maybe this was interesting to someone... :P Sebastian. sebastian wrote: in case it was not clear, I have no problem getting to this point: A = [A,B,C] B = [A,B,C] C = [A,B,C,D,E] D = [C,D,E] E

Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3

2008-09-04 Thread sebastian
Thank you everyone for all of your great help, I think I know now enough to be able to resolve the issue. Complexities arise in my MC because I need bitmapcaching on to get correct alpha's to work, so I'm thinking up solutions and workarounds... :P All the best, Sebastian. Zeh Fernando

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield

2008-09-04 Thread sebastian
yes, but you do it by making the container MC it is located within react to the mouse/scroll bar, which in-turn moves the nested MC. :) Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) wrote: Is there a way to make a textfield created via: createTextField scrollable through actionscript? Ted

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield

2008-09-04 Thread sebastian
for AS3 check out this scroll bar source code: http://www.flashscaper.com/blog/?p=3 if someone knows of the same kind of scroll bar, but also with standard OS functionality of 'clicking between scroll bar button area in emptey area moves you 1 page up/down', please advise. :) seb. Merrill,

[Flashcoders] adding MC's directly to timeline generates compile errors in AS3

2008-09-04 Thread sebastian
obviously missing something simple...? :P Thanks, :) Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] adding MC's directly to timeline generates compile errors in AS3

2008-09-04 Thread sebastian
aha! perfect! thanks! :D phew! Raphael Hamzagic wrote: Hi Sebastian, Take a look at Publish Settings - AS3 settings. Make sure that you have unchecked Automatically declare stage instances. I think that you have spitfire declared as member of nexus external class file. When you declare

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Perspective movement: Back button problem

2008-09-03 Thread sebastian
hi Rajiiv, nice movement so far. :) Don't have the time to dig into all your code, so if you could perhaps refine the problem to just one problematic equation/function/question, I (we) might be better [ more quickly] able to assist you. :) Sebastian Rajiv Seth (Pixelated) wrote: Hi

Re: [Flashcoders] Complex Hittest

2008-09-03 Thread sebastian
hi Merrill, Doing hit tests of nested objects is simply a question of referencing the right child within the hierarchy instead of the parent MC, who's x and y are potentially different. You can prove this to yourself by doing hit tests on a test stage with MC's in different MC trees and

Re: [Flashcoders] State Machines and user interaction

2008-09-03 Thread sebastian
Sure many times, There are different ways to implement it, depending on the applicaiton. State machines can be used to load Objects that load the subroutines [useful for things like changing AI behavior of a sprite], or for simply switching elements on/off, or for triggering an event [wide

[Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3

2008-09-03 Thread sebastian
as frames and cross fading! which would be ridiculous and over-size the file so not possible]. Maybe I just need to turn on something somewhere? I can't remember where if that's the case... Thanks!! Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3

2008-09-03 Thread sebastian
? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the problem? Thanks, Sebastian. Zeh Fernando wrote: I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break

Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3

2008-09-03 Thread sebastian
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing something simple here... hmmm sebastian wrote: Thanks Jack and Zeh, I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the library, and I also

Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3

2008-09-03 Thread sebastian
of a square on the timeline is: http://www.fountain-city.com/archives/test/testMotion.zip Can anyone help me fix this? Much appreciated! thanks! seb. sebastian wrote: also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am

[Flashcoders] Re: saving local (XML) files, two projectors talkin'

2008-08-28 Thread sebastian
localPath to share between SWFs and AMF0 encoding to share between AS3 and AS2, but I am on my way to success... quite the hassle, lost hours, but I think this is the only way? Thanks, Sebastian. sebastian wrote: Hello, Been searching for answers and I was wondering what options

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: saving local (XML) files, two projectors talkin'

2008-08-28 Thread sebastian
... // If anyone can help I would be very grateful, not getting any joy here... :( Sebastian. Ian Thomas wrote: Sebastian, You can achieve file writing and reading using one of the many available flash wrappers. I'd take a look at Northcode's SWFStudio: http://www.northcode.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: saving local (XML) files, two projectors talkin'

2008-08-28 Thread sebastian
an AS2 SO //and then I was calling: mySO.addEntry (entryValue); //where entryValue is a new item to add to the array [see code below] PHEW!!! Seb. sebastian wrote: Thank you Iam for the information. Seeing as I was already half done portiong over my XML reader into a SharedObject reader, I

[Flashcoders] saving local (XML) files, two projectors talkin'

2008-08-27 Thread sebastian
foresee file corruption if both flash files try and write to a file at the same instant. Thanks for your insight!! With kind, Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flashcoders] textField fed htmlText renders title

2008-08-27 Thread sebastian
Looks cool, but any chance you could replace your micro-variable names with real-world words for easy reading? Reminds me of moments when I decide I need to run for coffee at work... ;) H wrote: Hey Mike, public static function stripTag(s:String, t:String):String {

Re: [Flashcoders] calling a JSP page from a different server location SWF

2008-08-19 Thread sebastian
And for those interested, for security purposes in the final version I have also moved the login name/pw form the flash file to hard-coded in the PHP. :) Juan Pablo Califano wrote: No worries, I'm glad it worked for you. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2008/8/18, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flashcoders] how many coders here actually have a degree related to computer science?

2008-08-19 Thread sebastian
depends where in the world you are, and what kind of work you are doing and for who. if you can freelance and/or if you are talented and you also have a good portfolio... then in the USA, UK and NL you can find work without a degree in flash/flex/AS just fine. But try that in France and you

Re: [Flashcoders] how many coders here actually have a degree related to computer science?

2008-08-19 Thread sebastian
sets a good pattern for completing other projects/goals in life instead of leaving ends untied sebastian wrote: depends where in the world you are, and what kind of work you are doing and for who. if you can freelance and/or if you are talented and you also have a good portfolio

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