RE: [Flashcoders] Newbie question: SHIFT+TAB

Lol. The problem seemed to be with my use of the FocusManager. I was creating an instance of it and passing into drawing functions that were creating the TextInput1 fields: objFocusManager = new FocusManager(); Then use the nextTabIndex to set fields tabIndex: txtUsername.tabIndex =

Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie question: SHIFT+TAB

that was really newbie:p Great it is fixed - Original Message - From: Neil Gibbons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:01 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Newbie question: SHIFT+TAB Lol. The problem

[Flashcoders] dispatching events through a chain of objects

How do you guys handle the following situation: I have a class, let's say Dog that holds an instance of the class Leg. Outside of Dog I have another class called Street that holds the dog. Anyway, now I want street to find out whenever the dog's leg has moved. The only way I can figure out how to

[Flashcoders] XML driven ticker tape

I would like to create a ticker tape style text display along the bottom of my flash movie. I would like the text to be read in from an xml file. The text would basically just scroll from left to right across the screen. Any tips / advice / code etc much appreciated. Thanks Paul

[Flashcoders] How to dynamically change background color of a DataGrid Row ?

Hello, I try to dynamically change the background color of a DataGrid row , i'm using already cellrenderer to have multiline rows and icons , but on my dataset , i have a parameter that can be true or false, if its true i want that my datagrid row have another background color, it have to be

[Flashcoders] Character sets embedding

Hey Guys, I was wondering what the character sets are to embed if you want to display Polish Text. And if someone might have a site with a list what languages uses which character sets in Flash. Many Thanx Dennis I Sioux B.V. Verlengde Zuiderloswal 4 1216 BX Hilversum T. +31 (0) 35

FW: [Flashcoders] Ajax and Flash

I'm skeptical of abstract technology discussions, unattached to a real world need. Amen, but you have to keep up with the abstract discussions in order to best deal with the real world problems. If you keep forcing new solutions out of the same mould, your probably not creating the best

[Flashcoders] JSFL and Component Definition

Hi Is there any way I can set the AS2 class in the component definition of a symbol via JSFL? I've had a look through the docs and I can only see how to set the linkageClass. This is not enough for what I'm trying to do unfortunately. I'm writing a script which will turn a textfield into a

[Flashcoders] transparent color

What would be the best and most appropriate (blend?) method/mode to give a grey-rendered (so shadow-and gradient rich) 3D object the closest and correctly visual matching hex or rgb color skinned over it? The paint should look like naturally applied, and not too much lighter or darker. How

[Flashcoders] blank text bug in v2 components ?

I seem to have a problem with v2 components, and I cannot get to the bottom of the problem. I have a medium sized app with Datagrid, TextArea and ComboBox components poulated by PHPAMF data. Certain sequences of events, eg. click on this1_mc and then this2_mc will make the TextArea and ComboBox

[Flashcoders] Resizing Imported Images

Is there anyway to resize an image imported via loadMovie - not resizing the mc it is loaded into - but the image itself? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Character sets embedding

I would like to state that I am VERY interested in this as well. So please do share your knowledge! / martin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis - I Sioux Sent: den 8 november 2005 11:59 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject:

Re: [Flashcoders] Resizing Imported Images

no, once its loaded in the mc is the image. you can always use another mc as a container if you require it. martin Lehr, Theodore M. wrote: Is there anyway to resize an image imported via loadMovie - not resizing the mc it is loaded into - but the image itself?

Re: [Flashcoders] gotoAndStop(..); then accessing a movieclip.

On your local frame, you'd have the money.amount.text field present, but either set _visisble=false with AS, or change the alpha to 0 in the property inspector. Then, when the playhead gets to remote, you'd change to _visible=true or the alpha back to 99.9 in the property inspector for the text

RE: [Flashcoders] Resizing Imported Images

Load it into a nested MC and resize that instead? Why don't you want to resize the MC it's being loaded into? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lehr, Theodore M. Sent: 08 November 2005 14:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL and Component Definition

Currently there is no way to access the component definition properties through JSFL. But please go and request this for this on the macromedia site. The more people request this the more likely we are to see it in flash 9 http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform Julian

RE: [Flashcoders] Resizing Imported Images

I don't mind resizing the one it is loading into but I can not get it to work... I tried but it remains the size of the image... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:24 AM To: Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] Character sets embedding

These may help: http://www.unicode.org/ http://www.unicode.org/charts/ http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/csettables.html http://www.biega.com/special-char.html regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Dennis - I Sioux [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] XML driven ticker tape

Should be easy. Reading XML is simple. The scrolling direction seems odd but you can probably figure out how to do it easier than someone can figure out how to read it. http://www.developingwebs.net/flash/marquee.php Ron Paul Steven wrote: I would like to create a ticker tape style text

Re: [Flashcoders] XML driven ticker tape

http://www.coolfocus.com/relocate.asp?page=flash/freestuff/marqueedesc.asp another example Ron Paul Steven wrote: I would like to create a ticker tape style text display along the bottom of my flash movie. I would like the text to be read in from an xml file. The text would basically just

Re: [Flashcoders] gotoAndStop(..); then accessing a movieclip.

thanks for the help. for the next project i'll tell the designer that's how i want it done. problem is that i'm already 90% done with the project and i was hoping for a solution that didn't involve the designer at this stage. i could change everything myself but at this point it's too much

Re: [Flashcoders] Resizing Imported Images

*sigh* var mcl:MovieClipLoader(); should be var mcl:MovieClipLoader=new MovieClipLoader(); Ian ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] jsfl and xml

Can't you use a flash panel to parse it for you then execute the JSFL based on that? Ah - that makes sense. I knew there was some value in those windows! :) Danny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] JSFL and Component Definition

Damn. There goes that idea then. On 08/11/05, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope :/ - Original Message - From: Dan Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:12 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] JSFL and

[Flashcoders] [ANN] FlashDevelop 2.0 beta5

FlashDevelop 2.0 is a highly customizable script editor providing: - advanced ActionScript 2 completion without any project configuration, - Flash 8 and Flash MX2004 compatibility, - MTASC code checking, building preview, - integrated socket logger, - easy plugin extensibility. FlashDevelop 2.0

Re: [Flashcoders] Client editable Flash exe as opposed to powerpoint

It can be done offline for sure . The easiest way would be to make the client save the slides as jpgs in a folder next to the flash projector in a consistent resolution from photoshop ,maybe with numbered names like slide_1,slide_2.(or you could use the flash8 file upload dialog to make the

Re: [Flashcoders] gotoAndStop(..); then accessing a movieclip.

Let the MC hold the state of the money and the dynamic text field reference it when needed since it doesn't persist. In the MC declare the var: var money:String; Then set the dynamic text field's var to money To make the change: MC.money = $100; MC.gotoAndStop(remote); JOR [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] [ANN] FlashDevelop 2.0 beta5

wow, nice editor. never seen it before. code completition is sweet and the editor is only 1.5 Mb's big. Philippe wrote: FlashDevelop 2.0 is a highly customizable script editor providing: - advanced ActionScript 2 completion without any project configuration, - Flash 8 and Flash MX2004

[Flashcoders] file upload with flash 8 weirdness

Hello all, i think my prob is in my php, but i'm uploading a file to the server, everything goes aok as far as flash is concerned, onProgress and onComplete both fire away happily. but the file he no end up on server :( why would flash say everything is cool and the file not end up there?

Re: [Flashcoders] file upload with flash 8 weirdness

ah, ignore me, i panicked, no trailing slash on the directory. *crawls back into dark place* - Original Message - From: Tom Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:09 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] file

Re: [Flashcoders] [ANN] FlashDevelop 2.0 beta5

yeah. after writing that i did find a couple of bugs so i might not make the switch just yet. :) eric dolecki wrote: Its a decent start :) ed On 11/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wow, nice editor. never seen it before. code completition is sweet and the editor is only 1.5

[Flashcoders] Combobox stop working after resize

The combobox seems to stop working (but I still receive the event) after an element been selected and the ComboBox.setSize() method is called. If no selection been made before setSize, the combo is working just fine. Is there a workaround other than re-attaching a new combo box? See the

Re: [Flashcoders] jsfl and xml

ok i got it now.. makes more sense anyway.. so i can have a ui to choose the xml file, then let flash parse it and execute jsfl commands using MMExecute... On 11/8/05, Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you guys elaborate on that one? We're talking about creating a separate window

Re: [Flashcoders] passing mouse event

I must appologise to you H. because your droptarget solution works... the only thing was that the mouse pointer must be within the target to trigger the doptarget property! It will be much easier to do that then test all the movieclips on the stage at every mousemove! Thanks again 8-)

[Flashcoders] scrollbar actionscript issue

i have a script which *should* take any clip named 'scrollable', and scroll it. the scrollbar is named 'scrollbar' the range of motion for the scrollbar is defined as 'gutter'. the mask is named 'mask'. for some reason, the script does nothing. no errors, just does not do anything. all instance

[Flashcoders] Offline/Online Security in FP8

Hello Flash Gurus... We've run into what seems to be a pretty big issue with Flash Player 8. We have an application (swf) that is loaded from our website and plays flv files from the client's CDROM. This worked fine in version 7, but is broken in version 8 due to the new security model.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash interaction with C

Hi all, I just stumbled upon a site which provides a fairly good information on flash interaction with C. Please have a look at these: - http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=47 - http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=39 Thanks to acmesystems http://www.acmesystems.it for these articles. Cheers! Sandeep

Re: [Flashcoders] Resizing Imported Images

Most of MovieClip's properties are initialized when an external file is loaded into it. But some properties including _x, _y, _xscale, and _yscale will hold their value. Of course if you would like to calculate its scales based on the external file's actual size, you should do it after it is

[Flashcoders] AsUnit XULUI alpha released!

As it turns out, I got a spare 1/2 hour this evening which was combined with a miraculously simple fix for a problem that I thought would take hours... With that - we're ready to announce the public alpha for the AsUnit XUL UI! This is a completely tool-agnostic desktop application built on top

[Flashcoders] AsUnit needs you!

Hey Folks, I just posted an announcement for the XUL UI and wanted to follow up with this request... We have put in countless hours of development designing, building and supporting AsUnit over the past couple of years. We are looking for a couple of motivated individuals to help us with the

Re: [Flashcoders] ROTATION - ROTATION

- load the image into a child clip - when done, move the child clip: child_mc._x = - (child_mc._width / 2); child._mc._y = - (child_mc._height / 2); - Original Message - From: Manuel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:53

Re: [Flashcoders] scrollbar actionscript issue

_root.scrollbar.StartDrag() StartDrag -- startDrag Muzak ps: get rid of _root ;-) - Original Message - From: Ed Hotchkiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] scrollbar actionscript issue i have a

Re: [Flashcoders] Detecting when a swf loses focus

Mmmm, mind explaining the buggy, unstable and CPU hogging? If you have any problems with screenweaver you can always join the mailing list or visit the forum: http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/screenweaver_osflash.org http://www.screenweaver.org/forums/index.php regards, Muzak - Original

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

CDATA should be no problem, even for the schema. It should be listed as String. Make sure your xml is valid. The following simple xml: ?xml version=1.0 ? content node ![CDATA[Some cdata text.]] /node node ![CDATA[Some cdata text.]] /node node ![CDATA[Some cdata text.]] /node node

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

Hi Muzak, Very interesting... I plugged in your sample xml and it worked. After looking for significant differences between yours and mine, I found that ?xml version=1.0 ? content node ![CDATA[Some cdata text.]]/node node ![CDATA[Some cdata text.]]/node node ![CDATA[Some cdata text.]]/node

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

I should add that with the space betwen the node and ![CDATA it works in the schema editor, but still does not work when viewing data. Used the same exact data to edit the schema as is being used when testing live. Going to try the method that Miles Thompson recommended in the morning.

RE: [Flashcoders] XML and CData

Maybe something to do with the ignoreWhite parameter? Phil Douglas Flash Developer direct: +61 2 9024 2655 mobile: 0423 691 722 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +61 2 9211 4344 fax: +61 2 9211 6566 web:

Re: [Flashcoders] sound fadeOut

I made this object to take care of this autofade. You init it with the sound mc and update interval i ms. You can then call it with (target volume, length of fade time and delay) Hope you find it usefull: class SoundAuto extends Sound{ private var intervalId:Number private var