Re: [Flashcoders] API Interface in SWC...

2008-05-29 Thread EECOLOR
API's tend to be exposed through Interfaces. This allows you to program
agains an interface, keeping the implementation (concrete class) out of
sight.

You wrote:

*sumTwoNumbers(numA, numB)
{
   baseApp.sumTwoNumbers(numA,numB)
}*

You should make sure that baseApp is typed as an interface (for example
IBaseApp). Make sure that the BaseApp class implements IBaseApp. The
IBaseApp would look like this:

*public interface IBaseApp
{
   function sumTwoNumbers(numA:Number, numB:Number):Number;
}*

I hope this helps you.


Greetz Erik


On 5/27/08, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I am creating a SWC file that will be given to the client with the basic
 API
 that they can use to reference to the main application.

 It all makes sense in my mind and in writing (create the methods that
 delegate to the main application).

 I have a basic format working but in order for it to work I have to include
 the classes that will handle all the process and that is what I am trying
 to
 avoid since we want full control of the base methods used within the
 application.

 For example:

 API:
 sumTwoNumbers(numA, numB) {
 baseApp.sumTwoNumbers(numA,numB)
 }

 but in order for this to work i need to import baseApp class or else i will
 get compile errors. My second option would be to dispatch events when
 necessary:

 sumTwoNumbers(numA, numB){
 dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent ( CustomEvent.sumTwoNumbers, numA, numB))
 }

 But i am not sure if this is the appropriate approach. Could some one that
 has dealt with similar situations share some wisdom here?

 TIA
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[Flashcoders] Powerpoint to swf

2008-05-29 Thread Paul Andrews
What are my best options for encoding individual slides (the complete 
presentation) to separates swfs?


Would my options change if the controlling code were in As2 or AS3?

Currently I realise that loading a converted AS2 swf into an AS3 project 
won't allow me to pause the swf mid-flight.


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RE: [Flashcoders] Cross domain AS3

2008-05-29 Thread Romuald Quantin
I guess you need a crossdomain.xml file on your server:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer9_security.html

Romu

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Hi Guys

My question; Is it possible in an XML file, to have an absolute link to an
image ie. /banner/flash/uploadedimage/45/sunset.jpg. 

I  need the url to be capable of being absolute and to contain the domain
e.g. http://www.mydomain.co.uk/banner/flash/uploadedimage/45/sunset.jpg

I currently have it set up but the image does not show. It only shows if the
url is relative ie. uploadedimage/45/sunset.jpg

SJM
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[Flashcoders] Cross domain AS3

2008-05-29 Thread SJM
Hi Guys

My question; Is it possible in an XML file, to have an absolute link to an 
image ie. /banner/flash/uploadedimage/45/sunset.jpg. 

I  need the url to be capable of being absolute and to contain the domain e.g. 
http://www.mydomain.co.uk/banner/flash/uploadedimage/45/sunset.jpg

I currently have it set up but the image does not show. It only shows if the 
url is relative ie. uploadedimage/45/sunset.jpg

SJM
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[Flashcoders] RE: SALE 86% OFF

2008-05-29 Thread VIAGRA INC

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[Flashcoders] Flash banner / layer on top - clickthrough?

2008-05-29 Thread Sander Schuurman
Hi all,

 

What's the latest status on transparent flash banners/layers? Can you
click through them to the underlaying HTML?

 

Thought it wasn't possible, but came across an example that worked in
IE7. On Firefox it wasn't possible, although I thought sometimes it
showed some kind of behaviour that would suggest clickthroughs.

 

So what's the status?

And how does the Flash layer needs to be embedded... I thought wmode was
a key element...

 

Sorry for me being lost here...

 

Regards,

 

Sander

 

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Assets quality Question.

2008-05-29 Thread Omar Fouad
it's the same, when I use small vector assets, they use to be blurry, and I
think they are the reason of less performance when doing motion tweens.

On 5/28/08, Glen Pike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Could you not use vector assets?

 Omar Fouad wrote:

 What do you mean by Crisp.

 On 5/27/08, leolea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Make sure your graphics are on full pixels. Not ony the graphics, but
 also
 their containers and the containers of their containers, and so on.

 ex:
 You have navMc.pixelButtonMc ( pixelButtonMc is contained in navMc )

 pixelButtonMc.x = 10;

 ... but navMc.x = 5.6;

 result: pixelButtonMc will not be crisp.


 Also, make sure your PNG or JPG is crisp at the source. Drawing in
 photoshop
 using the pencil tool with a 1px brush size helps.




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 Why no one is answering to me

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 wrote:


 List,
 I was Checking out this site www.nalden.net and I found out how clear


 are


 the assets used in it. I tried to create similar assets but they always


 look


 blurry or ruined. I tried PNGs and JPGs but I get the same result. I use
 pixel fonts, and I put them in rounded x and y in order not to get them
 blurry. But how can I do this with assets? Look at the site, it sounds


 like


 some of the assets like the bootom bar buttons or the buttons in the


 upper


 hidden menu, are made of pixels just like pixel fonts, so they look so
 perfect and pleasant. What is the trick? How can I get a similar
 result?

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[Flashcoders] AS3 - Dynamic Variable?

2008-05-29 Thread SJM - Flash
Another one for you...

I am having some trouble with dynamic variables, basically I expect 
this['xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW' + 1] to mean xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW1, but 
it seems it does not?

// VALUES
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW1 = 120;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW2 = 1220;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW3 = 3;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW4 = 23;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW5 = 222;

for (var i = 1; i = 5; i++)
{
trace( this['xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW' + i] );
}

// OUTPUT SHOULD BE
120
1220
3
23
222

xmlData is type XML in the class xmlClass, it is set as public and tracing 
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW1 works so I know I can access the value, I just need 
a method that will loop through all of the variables and trace them.
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Dynamic Variable?

2008-05-29 Thread Cedric Muller

for (var i=1; i=5; i++) {
trace(this.xmlClass.xmlData[RecImageW+i]);
}

should work

hth,
cedric




Another one for you...

I am having some trouble with dynamic variables, basically I expect  
this['xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW' + 1] to mean  
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW1, but it seems it does not?


// VALUES
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW1 = 120;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW2 = 1220;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW3 = 3;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW4 = 23;
xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW5 = 222;

for (var i = 1; i = 5; i++)
{
trace( this['xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW' + i] );
}

// OUTPUT SHOULD BE
120
1220
3
23
222

xmlData is type XML in the class xmlClass, it is set as public and  
tracing xmlClass.xmlData.RecImageW1 works so I know I can access  
the value, I just need a method that will loop through all of the  
variables and trace them.

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[Flashcoders] Letter spacing in input fields, is it possible?

2008-05-29 Thread Sidney de Koning

Hi List,

Does anyone know if it is possible to have letter spacing in an input  
field (a field where you type in text) in AS3.

I know you can do it on a dynamic or a normal textfield.
I also tried in the IDE, but that does not work. (with embedded font)
The code i have is this, it all works except the letterSpacing:

searchFieldCountry_txt = new TextField( );
searchFieldCountry_txt.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
searchFieldCountry_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
searchFieldCountry_txt.embedFonts = true;
searchFieldCountry_txt.border = false;
searchFieldCountry_txt.x = 340;
searchFieldCountry_txt.y = 38;
searchFieldCountry_txt.width = 175;
searchFieldCountry_txt.height = 25;

var formatInput:TextFormat = new TextFormat( );
formatInput.font = AvantGardeLight;
formatInput.color = 0x00;
format.letterSpacing = 1;
formatInput.size = 14;

searchFieldCountry_txt.defaultTextFormat = formatInput;

I hope somebody has experience with this,
Thanks in advance,

Sidney
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Re: [Flashcoders] Letter spacing in input fields, is it possible?

2008-05-29 Thread Glen Pike
I am not 100% on whether letter-spacing works as I have not tried it, 
but you may have to reapply the format each time the text in the input 
field is changed.


Add a change listener

Sidney de Koning wrote:

Hi List,

Does anyone know if it is possible to have letter spacing in an input 
field (a field where you type in text) in AS3.

I know you can do it on a dynamic or a normal textfield.
I also tried in the IDE, but that does not work. (with embedded font)
The code i have is this, it all works except the letterSpacing:

searchFieldCountry_txt = new TextField( );
searchFieldCountry_txt.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
searchFieldCountry_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
searchFieldCountry_txt.embedFonts = true;
searchFieldCountry_txt.border = false;
searchFieldCountry_txt.x = 340;
searchFieldCountry_txt.y = 38;
searchFieldCountry_txt.width = 175;
searchFieldCountry_txt.height = 25;
   
var formatInput:TextFormat = new TextFormat( );

formatInput.font = AvantGardeLight;
formatInput.color = 0x00;
format.letterSpacing = 1;
formatInput.size = 14;

searchFieldCountry_txt.defaultTextFormat = formatInput;

I hope somebody has experience with this,
Thanks in advance,

Sidney
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RE: [Flashcoders] Understanding Error 2036

2008-05-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
%SYSTEMROOT%:\Documents and Settings\username\Application 
Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs

hmm yeah, not on my machine, and I have the flash 9 debug player.  I
also saw the Adobe article to fix it if the log file isn't being
created, but I'm not going to mess with all that on my system to test
Helmut's example.  Let us know what you find out.

Is there a reason you need to use the log file instead of the IDE
debugger messages?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash banner / layer on top - clickthrough?

2008-05-29 Thread Helmut Granda
Could you show us the example you came across? You can always set up your
SWF to talk to JS and then to the underlying HTML.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Sander Schuurman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi all,



 What's the latest status on transparent flash banners/layers? Can you
 click through them to the underlaying HTML?



 Thought it wasn't possible, but came across an example that worked in
 IE7. On Firefox it wasn't possible, although I thought sometimes it
 showed some kind of behaviour that would suggest clickthroughs.



 So what's the status?

 And how does the Flash layer needs to be embedded... I thought wmode was
 a key element...



 Sorry for me being lost here...



 Regards,



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[Flashcoders] Flex or Flash better for this?

2008-05-29 Thread Ali Drongo
Hi there, I'm starting work on a project that displays information  
from a database, generating text fields and loading swf clips and  
pngs dynamically with the layout defined in the data passed from the  
database (this will specify an xml file from a library that holds the  
layout for the page that will display the content).


I was going to build this using a bunch of classes in Flash in AS3  
and have started planning this out but then wondered if it might be  
simpler to do this in Flex as it uses XML to define the layout  
(though I am thinking of using a library of xml files containing  
spefic layouts for each page). I have little experience of using Flex  
and lots of experience using Flash AS2  3.


I imagine that it's possible to update the MXML on the fly to  
generate new text fields and specify their properties as well as  
loading SWFs dynamically.


My questions are;   

1) is it easy to update the MXML dynamically to generate textfields  
and movieclips that display loaded SWFs /PNGs?

2) if so, can anyone point me to some tutorials that might help?
3) what are the benefits of doing this in Flex rather than Flash CS3?

Cheers guys and girls,
Ali

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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash banner / layer on top - clickthrough?

2008-05-29 Thread Sander Schuurman
This is the example.

http://www.bandbreed.nl/client/clubmed/

takes quit a while to load!

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Granda
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash banner / layer on top - clickthrough?

Could you show us the example you came across? You can always set up
your
SWF to talk to JS and then to the underlying HTML.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Sander Schuurman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi all,



 What's the latest status on transparent flash banners/layers? Can you
 click through them to the underlaying HTML?



 Thought it wasn't possible, but came across an example that worked in
 IE7. On Firefox it wasn't possible, although I thought sometimes it
 showed some kind of behaviour that would suggest clickthroughs.



 So what's the status?

 And how does the Flash layer needs to be embedded... I thought wmode
was
 a key element...



 Sorry for me being lost here...



 Regards,



 Sander



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Re: [Flashcoders] Understanding Error 2036

2008-05-29 Thread Helmut Granda



 hmm yeah, not on my machine, and I have the flash 9 debug player.  I
 also saw the Adobe article to fix it if the log file isn't being
 created,


You can also just create the folder and an empty file flashlog.txt and that
should fix the issue.


 but I'm not going to mess with all that on my system to test
 Helmut's example.  Let us know what you find out.


No problem, thanks for trying though.




 Is there a reason you need to use the log file instead of the IDE
 debugger messages?


Most of the stuff I work on ends up on the web or uses some type of server
side communication where I can only test on a server. In those cases I can
still catch some trace statements from the browser by looking at the
flashlog file and see where the application needs some adjustment or if
everything has been successful.

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RE: [Flashcoders] Flex or Flash better for this?

2008-05-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
1) is it easy to update the MXML dynamically to generate 
textfields and movieclips that display loaded SWFs /PNGs?

Sure you can build MXML on the fly with a server app,  but you still
have to compile the MXML into a .swf... so unless you automate that
(which you can, but it's overkill for what you're doing) that's not a
good option for you.  However, you can use repeater elements in MXML to
generate dynamic numbers of textfields, .swfs, etc. with dynamic
properties.  

3) what are the benefits of doing this in Flex rather than Flash CS3?

If you can pick up Flex, laying out the UI can be much easier, and the
databinding in Flex is awesome (imagine, in flex, if the dataprovider
changes, it automatically adds or removes textfields or whatever to
relfex the data).  However, you've got a learning curve with Flex.  It
really depends on how ready you are to pick up Flex and learn it.   

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RE: [Flashcoders] Understanding Error 2036

2008-05-29 Thread Merrill, Jason
You can also just create the folder and an empty file 
flashlog.txt and that should fix the issue.

Nope.  I did that, created a flashlog.txt in the folder described by
Glex, created new Flash file with your sample code, put a png file next
to it called layout.png and when I run the .fla, my Flash IDE crashes
completely.  I think the better course of action is to follow the
directions on Adobe's site to fix the log file issue.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Understanding Error 2036

2008-05-29 Thread Helmut Granda
ouch I didn't know you would get that reaction from flash. Sorry for
giving you misleading information for your case. At work that is what we all
do when the flashlog is created and never had that issue.
Thanks for the heads up!

I let you all know what I find out.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Merrill, Jason 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 You can also just create the folder and an empty file
 flashlog.txt and that should fix the issue.

 Nope.  I did that, created a flashlog.txt in the folder described by
 Glex, created new Flash file with your sample code, put a png file next
 to it called layout.png and when I run the .fla, my Flash IDE crashes
 completely.  I think the better course of action is to follow the
 directions on Adobe's site to fix the log file issue.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flex or Flash better for this?

2008-05-29 Thread Paul Andrews
Flex mxml is compiled into a swf and that is run - the mxml is not normally 
deployed, so dynamic updating of mxml is not normally done (there are 
server-side solutions to do that, but I wouldn't recommend them).


Given what you've said about your application, unless you are able to use 
the flex components for your interface (by that I mean UI widgets from the 
component library), there's little to be gained from using Flex. If the UI 
that you are constructing from the XML could use the layout managers from 
Flex, then you could save yourself a lot of hassle rolling your own layout 
manager.


So it all depends on how you plan to construct the UI - if you can use the 
layout managers from Flex and better still use the UI widgets, then Flex 
will help you. If your just constructingan interface with simple components 
placed at absolute positions then Flex won't help that much.


I'm not sure if that helps or not. Take a look at the Flex component 
explorer ( http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/componentexplorer/explorer.html ) 
and see if you can make use of anything there in your application. Anything 
that can be done using MXML can be done in actionscript with Flex.


If you are familiar with flash, but not Flex, it's going to take longer 
first time around if you're learning flex on this job.


Paul


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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:03 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Flex or Flash better for this?


Hi there, I'm starting work on a project that displays information  from a 
database, generating text fields and loading swf clips and  pngs 
dynamically with the layout defined in the data passed from the  database 
(this will specify an xml file from a library that holds the  layout for 
the page that will display the content).


I was going to build this using a bunch of classes in Flash in AS3  and 
have started planning this out but then wondered if it might be  simpler 
to do this in Flex as it uses XML to define the layout  (though I am 
thinking of using a library of xml files containing  spefic layouts for 
each page). I have little experience of using Flex  and lots of experience 
using Flash AS2  3.


I imagine that it's possible to update the MXML on the fly to  generate 
new text fields and specify their properties as well as  loading SWFs 
dynamically.


My questions are;
1) is it easy to update the MXML dynamically to generate textfields  and 
movieclips that display loaded SWFs /PNGs?

2) if so, can anyone point me to some tutorials that might help?
3) what are the benefits of doing this in Flex rather than Flash CS3?

Cheers guys and girls,
Ali

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Re: [Flashcoders] Letter spacing in input fields, is it possible?

2008-05-29 Thread Matheus Gorino
Maybe a typo error?

Check your code:
var formatInput:TextFormat = new TextFormat( );
formatInput.font = AvantGardeLight;
formatInput.color = 0x00;
format.letterSpacing = 1;
formatInput.size = 14;
searchFieldCountry_txt.defaultTextFormat = formatInput;

See that you used format instead of formatInput for letterSpacing.


On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Glen Pike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I am not 100% on whether letter-spacing works as I have not tried it, but
 you may have to reapply the format each time the text in the input field is
 changed.

 Add a change listener

 Sidney de Koning wrote:

 Hi List,

 Does anyone know if it is possible to have letter spacing in an input
 field (a field where you type in text) in AS3.
 I know you can do it on a dynamic or a normal textfield.
 I also tried in the IDE, but that does not work. (with embedded font)
 The code i have is this, it all works except the letterSpacing:

 searchFieldCountry_txt = new TextField( );
 searchFieldCountry_txt.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
 searchFieldCountry_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
 searchFieldCountry_txt.embedFonts = true;
 searchFieldCountry_txt.border = false;
 searchFieldCountry_txt.x = 340;
 searchFieldCountry_txt.y = 38;
 searchFieldCountry_txt.width = 175;
 searchFieldCountry_txt.height = 25;
   var formatInput:TextFormat = new TextFormat( );
 formatInput.font = AvantGardeLight;
 formatInput.color = 0x00;
 format.letterSpacing = 1;
 formatInput.size = 14;

 searchFieldCountry_txt.defaultTextFormat = formatInput;

 I hope somebody has experience with this,
 Thanks in advance,

 Sidney
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[Flashcoders] FLV playing faster than it should

2008-05-29 Thread Matheus Gorino
Hi!

I'm having a strange issue with FLV in 3 recent projects and I don't
have any idea about why this is happening.
The problem is that when I pause a FLV stream and then unpause it, it
plays much faster then it should until certain point, and then
normalize. Seens that it plays fast until it reachs the point that it
should be if it wasnt paused, and then it normalizes and plays
normally.

The most weird thing is that I'm using 3 diferent ways to play the FLV
in each project:
1. AS3 NetStream;
2. AS2 NetStream;
3. AS2 FLVPlayback component (original component, no subclass).

The problem happened on the 3 situations above and the all the 3 FLVs
was compressed using the on2vp6 encoder of the Adobe Flash CS3 Video
Encoder.

Have anybody gone through this before?

Thank you!
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[Flashcoders] SOLVED: Letter spacing in input fields, is it possible?

2008-05-29 Thread Sidney de Koning

Been working to much and too long!
Thanks for the tip, it worked :)

Cheers,

Sid
On May 29, 2008, at 7:23 PM, Matheus Gorino wrote:


Maybe a typo error?

Check your code:
var formatInput:TextFormat = new TextFormat( );
formatInput.font = AvantGardeLight;
formatInput.color = 0x00;
format.letterSpacing = 1;
formatInput.size = 14;
searchFieldCountry_txt.defaultTextFormat = formatInput;

See that you used format instead of formatInput for letterSpacing.


On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Glen Pike  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not 100% on whether letter-spacing works as I have not tried  
it, but
you may have to reapply the format each time the text in the input  
field is

changed.

Add a change listener

Sidney de Koning wrote:


Hi List,

Does anyone know if it is possible to have letter spacing in an  
input

field (a field where you type in text) in AS3.
I know you can do it on a dynamic or a normal textfield.
I also tried in the IDE, but that does not work. (with embedded  
font)

The code i have is this, it all works except the letterSpacing:

searchFieldCountry_txt = new TextField( );
searchFieldCountry_txt.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
searchFieldCountry_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
searchFieldCountry_txt.embedFonts = true;
searchFieldCountry_txt.border = false;
searchFieldCountry_txt.x = 340;
searchFieldCountry_txt.y = 38;
searchFieldCountry_txt.width = 175;
searchFieldCountry_txt.height = 25;
 var formatInput:TextFormat = new TextFormat( );
formatInput.font = AvantGardeLight;
formatInput.color = 0x00;
format.letterSpacing = 1;
formatInput.size = 14;

searchFieldCountry_txt.defaultTextFormat = formatInput;

I hope somebody has experience with this,
Thanks in advance,

Sidney
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[Flashcoders] full screen

2008-05-29 Thread sense co moh
Hi Everbody
can anyone tell me how to make button from flash to make the movie fullscreen 
and in same time hide thr bars like title bar and the address bar like this 
site http://www.asylum.fr/#/accueil/ in this site there is btn down when click 
on it all the bars will hide .
Bassam


   
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Re: [Flashcoders] full screen

2008-05-29 Thread eric e. dolecki
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/full_screen_mode.html

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:57 PM, sense co moh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Everbody
 can anyone tell me how to make button from flash to make the movie
 fullscreen and in same time hide thr bars like title bar and the address bar
 like this site http://www.asylum.fr/#/accueil/ in this site there is btn
 down when click on it all the bars will hide .
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Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9

2008-05-29 Thread Dan Wade
Turning on popup blocker shouldn't block user initiated clicks that call a
js function to open a new window. Or, popup blocker should allow for a
simple getURL(url, _blank). I'm finding these calls are being blocked
some cases in Firefox on PC's with flash player 9.

-d


On 5/28/08 4:46 PM, Robert Leisle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 This is probably not what your client wants to hear but the question has to
 be asked. Isn't Firefox popup blocker there for a reason? When blocking is
 active there is a message when a popup is attempted. Users have the choice
 to block or not, or to white-list your popups. I recommend allowing them
 that choice.
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Wade
 Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:22 PM
 To: Flash Coders List
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9
 
 I'm having problems with Fireox blocking my popup windows. I've tried
 everything I can think of. It seems to happen on Windows running Firefox but
 I can't replicate the issue on all machines I've tested(it works on most
 machines but not all).
 
 Here is the class I'm using:
 
 package {
 
 import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
 
 public class URLUtil{
 
 protected static const WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION : String =
 window.open;
 
 public static function openWindow(url : String, window : String =
 _blank, features : String = ) : void {
 ExternalInterface.call(WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION, url, window,
 features);
 }
 
 }
 
 }
 
 
 //being called this way
 function recholder1Release(event:MouseEvent) {
 URLUtil.openWindow(res1link);
 }
 
 
 Any ideas?
 
 TIA,
 
 -D
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9

2008-05-29 Thread Viktor Hesselbom

Hi Dan,

Firefox blocks popups that aren't user-generated.
Firefox's blocker only opens popups that tries to open on a onRelease  
event.

So not automatic not onPress. Only onRelease

/ Viktor H

On Fri, 30 May 2008 00:09:42 +0200, Dan Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Turning on popup blocker shouldn't block user initiated clicks that call  
a

js function to open a new window. Or, popup blocker should allow for a
simple getURL(url, _blank). I'm finding these calls are being blocked
some cases in Firefox on PC's with flash player 9.

-d


On 5/28/08 4:46 PM, Robert Leisle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

This is probably not what your client wants to hear but the question  
has to
be asked. Isn't Firefox popup blocker there for a reason? When blocking  
is
active there is a message when a popup is attempted. Users have the  
choice

to block or not, or to white-list your popups. I recommend allowing them
that choice.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Wade
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:22 PM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9

I'm having problems with Fireox blocking my popup windows. I've tried
everything I can think of. It seems to happen on Windows running  
Firefox but

I can't replicate the issue on all machines I've tested(it works on most
machines but not all).

Here is the class I'm using:

package {

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

public class URLUtil{

protected static const WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION : String =
window.open;

public static function openWindow(url : String, window : String  
=

_blank, features : String = ) : void {
ExternalInterface.call(WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION, url, window,
features);
}

}

}


//being called this way
function recholder1Release(event:MouseEvent) {
URLUtil.openWindow(res1link);
}


Any ideas?

TIA,

-D

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Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9

2008-05-29 Thread Glen Pike

Have you read the comments on the blog post:

http://skovalyov.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-prevent-pop-up-blocking-in.html

allowScript access may need setting as an attribute when you embed Flash

You may need to specify a full URL

wmode may have an effect.

some more there too.


Dan Wade wrote:

Turning on popup blocker shouldn't block user initiated clicks that call a
js function to open a new window. Or, popup blocker should allow for a
simple getURL(url, _blank). I'm finding these calls are being blocked
some cases in Firefox on PC's with flash player 9.

-d


On 5/28/08 4:46 PM, Robert Leisle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  

This is probably not what your client wants to hear but the question has to
be asked. Isn't Firefox popup blocker there for a reason? When blocking is
active there is a message when a popup is attempted. Users have the choice
to block or not, or to white-list your popups. I recommend allowing them
that choice.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Wade
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:22 PM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9

I'm having problems with Fireox blocking my popup windows. I've tried
everything I can think of. It seems to happen on Windows running Firefox but
I can't replicate the issue on all machines I've tested(it works on most
machines but not all).

Here is the class I'm using:

package {

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

public class URLUtil{

protected static const WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION : String =
window.open;

public static function openWindow(url : String, window : String =
_blank, features : String = ) : void {
ExternalInterface.call(WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION, url, window,
features);
}

}

}


//being called this way
function recholder1Release(event:MouseEvent) {
URLUtil.openWindow(res1link);
}


Any ideas?

TIA,

-D

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Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox popup blocker and flash 9

2008-05-29 Thread Claus Wahlers

Dan Wade wrote:


Turning on popup blocker shouldn't block user initiated clicks that call a
js function to open a new window. Or, popup blocker should allow for a
simple getURL(url, _blank). I'm finding these calls are being blocked
some cases in Firefox on PC's with flash player 9.


The Flash Player is a browser plugin (and presumably looks like a black 
box to the browser), so when e.g. Firefox gets a request to open a new 
window from the Flash Player, it probably can't tell whether this 
request is user initiated (thus legit) or not, so the blocker kicks in 
and blocks it. At least that's my theory (i definately don't know the 
technical details), so someone please correct me if i'm wrong.


Cheers,
Claus.
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