RE: [Flashcoders] Speech recognition with AS3 possible?

2008-02-01 Thread Tenney Julian
AS3 isn't going to be the issue. I played around with speech recognition a lot and found that: - For it to be anything approaching reliable, you need a very quiet room. Any background noise really starts to make the reliability fall away. A room full of young kids who can't read well strikes me

Re: [Flashcoders] How to call class method from a movieclip?

2008-02-01 Thread Irene Johansson
Thanks people for all replies. Need to stop thinking in old AS1 way :) On 1/31/08, Jesse Graupmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny! Your mom said the same thing to me last night... ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks

[Flashcoders] FLVPlayback

2008-02-01 Thread Irene Johansson
Hello! I am having a FLVPlayback component inside a movieclip. Now when video is playing and i click on main menu to go to a different section, the video is not displayed but it is still playing. How can I detect that video is not anymore on stage and stop playing it? Thanks Irene :)

Re: [Flashcoders] loadMovie from subdirectory - change base path

2008-02-01 Thread Glen Pike
Can you use the base attribute in the params to set somewhere that you can then use relative paths. |param name=base value=http://www.example.com/pages/; http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_04157sliceId=2

Re: [Flashcoders] FLVPlayback

2008-02-01 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
Just fire FLVPlayBackInstance.stop(); when you are leaving the current frame. Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ Irene Johansson wrote: Hello! I am having a FLVPlayback component inside a movieclip. Now when video is playing and i click on main menu to go to a different section,

Re: [Flashcoders] FLVPlayback

2008-02-01 Thread Irene Johansson
Thanks on your reply, but have a function connected to main menu which tells flash to go to a different frame for different sections. If i put this (FLVPlayBackInstance.stop()) inside that function, it will work if the video is played-if i am in that video section, but if i am in different

Re: [Flashcoders] loadMovie from subdirectory - change base path

2008-02-01 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, i think this applies to using an html file in location a loading an swf from location b. Seeing Amanda has two different basepaths, setting the base to nr 1 will confuse nr 2 and vice versa. Copying everything to the same directory like Bob said seems a good and simple solution though:).

[Flashcoders] dynamically including MC's

2008-02-01 Thread Ted Lehr
I want to have a folder where I can throw in some swf's then have another mc that will dynamically display these mc's. So what I need is a way to dynamically display a file structure, I guess. Kind of like FileSystemObject in .asp. Something that will dynamically loop through a set of files give

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamically including MC's

2008-02-01 Thread Jer Brand
I don't think Flash can do this on it's own. You'll need something server side to do the folder transversal. One solution is to send Flash an XML file replicating that structure. The file will have to be built in ASP or PHP or whatever flavor you're working with on the server. On Feb 1, 2008

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamically including MC's

2008-02-01 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
In AIR you can use File.getDirectoryListing() or File.getDirectoryListingAsync() - but I presume you are talking about SWF in browser... Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ Ted Lehr wrote: I want to have a folder where I can throw in some swf's then have another mc that will

Re: [Flashcoders] static vars / constatnts in Movie Clips - Flash CS3

2008-02-01 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
the code works fine for me... I just added the package declaration package { import SectionButton; public class SomeClass { public function SomeClass() { trace (SectionButton.ON_PRESS) } } } package { import flash.display.MovieClip; public class SectionButton

Re: [Flashcoders] Animating sprite.graphics.lineTo

2008-02-01 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
I already suggested that. The function would be: private var v:Object; private var a:Number; private var b:Number; private function initLine(x1:Number, y1:Number, x2:Number, y2:Number):void { a = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1); b = y1 - a * x1; v = {x:x1};

Re: [Flashcoders] Animating sprite.graphics.lineTo

2008-02-01 Thread Leandro Ferreira
You could do it sending and object to TweenLite and monitoring its variables to create lines from A to B. Leandro Ferreira On 1/29/08, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tried on another Flash list without any luck, so I'll try here. I'm trying to see if there is a way to combine

Re: [Flashcoders] Animating sprite.graphics.lineTo

2008-02-01 Thread Glen Pike
Not sure about TweenLite, but there is some useful stuff here: http://www.reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=254 and here: http://labs.zeh.com.br/blog/?p=104 Leandro Ferreira wrote: You could do it sending and object to TweenLite and monitoring its variables to create lines

RE: [Flashcoders] LoadVars maximum?

2008-02-01 Thread Kevin Heppell
There are problems using LoadVars and POST in a frameset in IE too (a problem I am working on a workaround for) I don't know if you are using a frameset but this might confuse matters -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Bradley Sent: 31

Re: [Flashcoders] getting char positions with dynamic text

2008-02-01 Thread Mike Duguid
On Feb 1, 2008 1:39 PM, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Working in AS2. Since the TextSnapshot class is limited to static text, I don't think there's any way to do this, but I hope I'm wrong. I need to be able to take an arbitrary string of text, for example: You can see more

[Flashcoders] static vars / constatnts in Movie Clips - Flash CS3

2008-02-01 Thread Robin Burrer
Hi All, I want do declare a constant in a class that extends the Movieclip class. That all works fine in Flexbuilder: public class SectionButton extends MovieClip { // events public static const ON_PRESS:String = onPress; }

Re: [Flashcoders] static vars / constatnts in Movie Clips - Flash CS3

2008-02-01 Thread Robin Burrer
Works fine for me... How are you creating SomeClass instance? like this - it's all really basic package { import flash.display.MovieClip; import de.formDivision.fdCD.view.slidePlayer.SectionButton; public class Test extends MovieClip {

Re: [Flashcoders] AddEventListener and DispatchCustom Events AS3

2008-02-01 Thread Helmut Granda
You are correct, that is the part that I was overlooking. For some odd reason I was feeling like I couldn't dispatch that information from within the component. Thanks... On 1/31/08, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that I look at it, it's more an architecture issue than a custom

Re: [Flashcoders] static vars / constatnts in Movie Clips - Flash CS3

2008-02-01 Thread Robin Burrer
I found the mistake. I set the id in linkage properties to SectionButton and the base class to de.formDivision.fdCD.view.slidePlayer.SectionButton as well. If I change the id to SectionButton1 it compiles fine. Thanks for your help everybody! Robin On 01/02/2008, at 3:41 PM, Juan

Re: [Flashcoders] static vars / constatnts in Movie Clips - Flash CS3

2008-02-01 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
I'm creating the instance in the timeline of the .fla, with this line: var c:SomeClass = new SomeClass(); Have you tried that? Just to see if it works from the timeline and check if you can compile and run the code without errors... ( As I said, the code I pasted compiles fine and it traces the

Re: [Flashcoders] AddEventListener and DispatchCustom Events AS3

2008-02-01 Thread Helmut Granda
Interesting approach.. Thanks Jer On 1/31/08, Jer Brand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are probably a hundred other ways to do this, but an easy one (off the top of my head) would be to make your holder variable a custom element that extends sprite, but has it's own variables, like: class

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamically including MC's

2008-02-01 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, if it runs from a server you could do exactly that, write some kind of script that returns the contents of the folder in xml format. It's not supported in flash to loop through a set of files without such a script. greetz JC On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Ted Lehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Flashcoders] jpeg manipulation

2008-02-01 Thread [p e r c e p t i c o n]
Hello Experts, I'm loading an arbitray number of jpgs that are pretty hefty in size...roughly 650X400 or in other words between 15 and 40k. I'm wondering if there's a way i can make them smaller other than using jmagick or something similar before-hand...meaning before i load them into my

Re: [Flashcoders] jpeg manipulation

2008-02-01 Thread Helmut Granda
Im not familiar with jmagic but how about php? having the image resize the first time its hit and making a duplicate, then after that you can use either the original or the resized image. On 2/1/08, [p e r c e p t i c o n] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Experts, I'm loading an arbitray number

[Flashcoders] alpha problem in fl.transitions.Iris (AS3)

2008-02-01 Thread Filipe Silvestrim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey people! I'd know if someone already had this problem and if yes, what did to solve. I have an MovieClip that contains 3 MovieClips (those have alpha property set to 0.5), but when I use the Iris transition the alpha do not work (already tried do an cacheAsBitmap, but

[Flashcoders] Creating a Projector for the Mac on a PC, and dealing with file references

2008-02-01 Thread matt stuehler
All, A few questions about creating a Projector for the Mac on a PC, which I plan to burn to a CD. 1.My application reads data from several XML configuration files. Those files are stored in a folder named xml, so, in actionscript, I tell Flash to look in the relative path ./xml/ for those

Re: [Flashcoders] Creating a Projector for the Mac on a PC, and dealing with file references

2008-02-01 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
On Mac, .app is an application bundle, and a bundle is a directory acts like a single file. Therefore you can treat .app as a single file like .exe on PC. PC/Mac hybrid CDs are normally created on Mac using Toast. You do not have two sets of identical files (such as your XML files) on PC and

Re: [Flashcoders] jpeg manipulation

2008-02-01 Thread [p e r c e p t i c o n]
That's a great suggestion...thanks! On Feb 1, 2008 8:58 AM, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im not familiar with jmagic but how about php? having the image resize the first time its hit and making a duplicate, then after that you can use either the original or the resized image. On

RE: [Flashcoders] Creating a Projector for the Mac on a PC, and dealing with file references

2008-02-01 Thread Rob Emenecker
2. Is it possible to burn a CD for the Mac on a PC? Yes, but not without going through a lot of gyrations. Using Nero on the PC, you can burn *separate* Mac and PC partitions onto a CD, however to do so you need to have the Mac partition mounted on the PC. This can be done by via a SCSI

[Flashcoders] getting char positions with dynamic text

2008-02-01 Thread Andrew Sinning
Working in AS2. Since the TextSnapshot class is limited to static text, I don't think there's any way to do this, but I hope I'm wrong. I need to be able to take an arbitrary string of text, for example: You can see more Info or Proceed to the Next Page. And then render this out so

Re: [Flashcoders] static vars / constatnts in Movie Clips - Flash CS3

2008-02-01 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
Works fine for me... How are you creating SomeClass instance? Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ Robin Burrer wrote: Hi All, I want do declare a constant in a class that extends the Movieclip class. That all works fine in Flexbuilder: public class SectionButton extends

Re: [Flashcoders] jpeg manipulation

2008-02-01 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
Yes, it's almost trivial to resize an image with php if the server has installed the gd / gd2 library (which is the case in most hosting services, in my experience); just a few lines of code. The are lots of examples in the net of how you can do that, and a lot of custom php classes that have

[Flashcoders] Delegate question...

2008-02-01 Thread [p e r c e p t i c o n]
Howdy, Quick question...How can I pass vars if i'm using delegates for handlers I have it set up like so... someMC.onRelease = Delegate.create(_level0, doSomething); what i want to be able to do is know which instance of someMC actually called it... thanks p

Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate question...

2008-02-01 Thread Steven Sacks
You don't. Therein lies the rub with Macromedia's Delegate class. Use Big Spaceship's Improved Delegate class http://labs.bigspaceship.com/blog/?p=9 [p e r c e p t i c o n] wrote: Howdy, Quick question...How can I pass vars if i'm using delegates for handlers I have it set up like

[Flashcoders] LoadVars and SQL Query issue

2008-02-01 Thread Omar Fouad
I am doing an application where I'm writing some classes that sends queries to a php file by using LoadVars.send(). var toSend:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); var myQuery:String = select * from users where Name = 'Omar Fouad' ; toSend.query = myQuery; // tracesselect * from users where Name =

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars and SQL Query issue

2008-02-01 Thread Dave Mennenoh
You can escape() the string in Flash, then use urldecode() on it in PHP. Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] Creating a Projector for the Mac on a PC, and dealing with file references

2008-02-01 Thread Rob Emenecker
PC/Mac hybrid CDs are normally created on Mac using Toast. You do not have two sets of identical files (such as your XML files) on PC and Mac sectors on CD because you can share them using aliases. On important thing to keep in mind if you create custom hybrid PC/Mac CDs is that the file

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars and SQL Query issue

2008-02-01 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
This isn't a Flash issue really. Depending on the installed version, php defaults to a setting called magic quotes. This automatically escapes any quotes received by an http request (either post or get methods) with a backslash. http://ar2.php.net/magic_quotes You can disable that setting or

Re: [Flashcoders] jpeg manipulation

2008-02-01 Thread MO
Hi Percepticon, Have you heard about http://www.faststone.org/download.htm ? ( FastStone Image Viewer 3.5 Freeware 2008-01-15) Hope this will help. All the best, Marie - Original Message - From: Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] Flash 8, AS 2.0. I want to use symbols from child movie in parent movie. Possible?

2008-02-01 Thread Donald Trump
Wow, how I could I miss this feature?.. It seemed useless for me at first. Now I see its power. Thanks so much, Deepanjan Das, that is just exactly what I was looking for! You can use runtime shared libraries for this case I guess. ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Delegate question...

2008-02-01 Thread Muzak
You don't and should never have to. Create a custom button (MovieClip+Class) that dispatches an event (e.g. release), rather than using a generic Button/MovieClip symbol. So instead of: someMC.onRelease = Delegate.create(_level0, doSomething); you'd then use: function