Re: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations
yeh - i love Tweener but the performance increase from using TweenLite / TweenMax cannot be denied and as the lightest engine, TweenLite just seems to make it's way into my work more often these days a On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your generalizations are interesting to say the least. Web 2.0 application development has nothing to do with the demands on a tween engine, I'm building a social networking app and the way the interface renders, a lightweight tween engine is essential. But if my interface was not as demanding, Fuse might be OK (though way more K than I would prefer). It really depends on how the animation is used. Web 2.0 has no relevance - apples to oranges. Greensock's tween engine does animation sequencing too. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:41 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations 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 few extra kb is insignificant. Check the last pages of this primer for what sets it apart when building complex or dynamic animation sequences: http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/speakernotes-mgunesch.pdf mind you i am now coding primarily only in AS3... and 'Fuse3: Go' doesn't do it for me [why would I want to write my own tweens? isn't that the point of using an engine, so i don't have to write my own tweens anymore?...] :P :) Seb. Merrill, Jason wrote: On AS3 there isn't as good a package as fuse around [yet?]; What does FUSE have over TweenLite and TweenMax? FUSE always bloated my projects and had problems in high stress situations. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] converting TextArea's scroll and bottomScroll tosubstring
Thanks Sebastian. I'll try this. The only concern I have is that the font populating the TextField isn't fixed width, so I can't really be sure what that cutoff point is, unless it could be suggested otherwise. I mean, if the font was fixed width, I would know that a specific amount of characters going across equals 1 line, and multiplied by so many lines. But, the font not being fixed width could have one line equal to say 100 lowercase i's or maybe only 67 m's. Any thoughts on that? - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] converting TextArea's scroll and bottomScroll tosubstring
Hi Michael, Take a look at the TextFormat method getTextExtent(). It's useful for working out how much space text takes up, and copes with non-fixed-width. Beware, though, that if you are using embedded antialiased fonts the getTextExtent() calculations are very slightly off (as the calculations are done using the non-antialiased version of the font). HTH, Ian On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Sebastian. I'll try this. The only concern I have is that the font populating the TextField isn't fixed width, so I can't really be sure what that cutoff point is, unless it could be suggested otherwise. I mean, if the font was fixed width, I would know that a specific amount of characters going across equals 1 line, and multiplied by so many lines. But, the font not being fixed width could have one line equal to say 100 lowercase i's or maybe only 67 m's. Any thoughts on that? - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] TweenMax subversion?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: generating arrays of overlapping sets
Wouldn't this be a whole lot easier if you used objects? I am coming to the conclusion - not a great theoretical concept or exhaustive examination of 6+ years of flashcoders posts - 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 it was more of a work-around than a direct resolution of the array comparing routine I was working towards. My solution is to add to a master array all the sub arrays that it finds, and adds them only if unique. I then have a list of all the sub-arrays together in one long 2D array. From this array I can then sort it based on the length of the second element. Then I iterate from the smallest sub array to the largest; but I don't need to do the entire array because by starting small I capture the actual shapes. Still need to refine how to calculate 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 = [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 to figure out a way to code my trigonometry so that collections of points are correctly associated with the right geometric objects. These objects are created dynamically [randomly] at run time so I can't know which points belong to which geometric shape. Where I am scratching my head is with the following, I have 5 points: A,B,C,D,E These 5 points all have little arrays that tell them who they are next to [ie who they should make a shape with]: A = [A,B,C] B = [A,B,C] C = [A,B,C,D,E] D = [C,D,E] E = [C,D,E] My problem is, I need to break C into two arrays: A = [A,B,C] B = [A,B,C] C = [[A,B,C],[C,D,E]] D = [C,D,E] E = [C,D,E] Which results in 2 shapes: [A,B,C] and [C,D,E] And there are not always 5 points, there could be any number of points, less or more, so it could also get more complex like this: A= [A,B] B= [A,B,C,D] C= [B,C,D,E] D= [B,C,D,E] E= [C,D,E,F,G,H] F= [E,F,G,H] G= [E,F,G,H] H= [E,F,G,H] In this second example, it should break into 4 different shapes/arrays: A= [A,B] B= [[A,B],[B,C,D]] C= [[B,C,D],[C,D,E]] D= [[B,C,D],[C,D,E]] E= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] F= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] G= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] H= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] which results in these 4 shapes: [A,B],[B,C,D],[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H] Can anyone think of a good way [not processor heavy] for me to correctly create sub-arrays that match the points being generated? The only way I can think of is doing some complex array compares, by building arrays from arrays of other 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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!
Second the recommendation. Great book - applies to ActionScript easily. Ron Steven Loe wrote: Check out Head First Design Pattens (oreilly). It's an easy to comprehend book on patterns and software design goodness. The book examples are in Java, so if you can read AS3 you'll be able to read sample code. It a great resource to learn not only what interfaces are, but why and when you want to use them. IMO its made EAS3 *much* easier going. Moock's interface / pattern explanations make much more sense after spending some time with Head First Design Pattens. -Steven Loe This could seem weird... But what the hell is an interface!!! I've read lots of books and posts without getting the answer. I bought Essential AS3 to read about interfaces and he says that helps for multi inheritance. In other places I read that it is a deal to ensure that a class has some methods and so on. But what is the real benefit that I can come out with using interfaces Maybe that is stupidity or I am not smart enough to get the concept but believe me... its is been two years now!! Please Help!!! -- Omar M. Fouad - Digital Emotions http://www.omarfouad.net This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!
Second the recommendation. Great book - applies to ActionScript easily. Wow. This really is the thread that keeps mutating won't die! Shoot me now! :) Check the dates people! LOL. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!
Read books will help to understand the concept, let's try an example:
Let's say you built a flash library and one of your class (ex: Main class)
needs another proper class to be instantiated (like a Config class).
Main class constructor:
Public function Main(config:IConfig):void {
}
IConfig is an interface because you want to be sure the guys are going to
pass a class as a parameter that implementing IConfig:
public class MyConfig implements IConfig
and then instantiate:
var main:Main = new Main(new MyConfig());
Why doing that?
You want to be sure that you will have the functions required in the Config
class passed as a parameter to make it work correctly.
The interface describe it:
public interface IConfig {
function init():void;
function get myPropertyNeeded():String;
function myFunctionNeeded():String;
}
If they pass a Config class that miss one of these functions/properties, you
won't be able to compile as you need to pass a proper IConfig
implementation.
Sorry if my example is not really good, I'm not an OOP wizard, neither a
teacher :) but I hope it helps.
Romu
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Second the recommendation.
Great book - applies to ActionScript easily.
Ron
Steven Loe wrote:
Check out Head First Design Pattens (oreilly). It's an easy to
comprehend book on patterns and software design goodness. The book examples
are in Java, so if you can read AS3 you'll be able to read sample code.
It a great resource to learn not only what interfaces are, but why and
when you want to use them. IMO its made EAS3 *much* easier going. Moock's
interface / pattern explanations make much more sense after spending some
time with Head First Design Pattens.
-Steven Loe
This could seem weird...
But what the hell is an interface!!! I've
read lots of books
and
posts without getting the answer. I bought
Essential AS3 to read
about
interfaces and he says that helps for multi
inheritance. In other
places I
read that it is a deal to ensure that a
class has some methods and
so on.
But what is the real benefit that I can come out with
using
interfaces
Maybe that is stupidity or I am not smart enough to
get the concept
but
believe me... its is been two years now!!
Please Help!!!
--
Omar M. Fouad - Digital Emotions
http://www.omarfouad.net
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Re: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!
I have most of these books and for me the ones that help the most are... http://www.amazon.com/Essential-ActionScript-3-0/dp/0596526946 http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-ActionScript-3-Design-Patterns/dp/0321426568 http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Object-Oriented-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0201633612 It's so easy to get confused by the jargon. An interface is just what is in-between - like the handle on a saucepan. The interface tells you know what the methods are. That's it. So then you know how to get hold of it, talk to it, call it, pick it up. And if something else has the same set of methods (same interface) then either one of them can be passed into some generic method (polymorphic - many forms, same interface) that's expecting an item with certain features. By the way, I am eternally grateful to you all for the thousands of comments of yours that enlighten me. Thank you! John (mutator) Ron Wheeler wrote: Second the recommendation. Great book - applies to ActionScript easily. Ron Steven Loe wrote: Check out Head First Design Pattens (oreilly). It's an easy to comprehend book on patterns and software design goodness. The book examples are in Java, so if you can read AS3 you'll be able to read sample code. It a great resource to learn not only what interfaces are, but why and when you want to use them. IMO its made EAS3 *much* easier going. Moock's interface / pattern explanations make much more sense after spending some time with Head First Design Pattens. -Steven Loe This could seem weird... But what the hell is an interface!!! I've read lots of books and posts without getting the answer. I bought Essential AS3 to read about interfaces and he says that helps for multi inheritance. In other places I read that it is a deal to ensure that a class has some methods and so on. But what is the real benefit that I can come out with using interfaces Maybe that is stupidity or I am not smart enough to get the concept but believe me... its is been two years now!! Please Help!!! -- Omar M. Fouad - Digital Emotions http://www.omarfouad.net This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: generating arrays of overlapping sets
Hi Ron, thanks for your input, my arrays are indeed arrays of objects, but this is not the problem, nor the solution. The solution is actually far more complex than I had originally thought, and I am still working it out!! I'll post it when I am done working out the math, as there is more than one solution [but only one best solution in terms of code-speed optimization]. Seb. Ron Wheeler wrote: Wouldn't this be a whole lot easier if you used objects? I am coming to the conclusion - not a great theoretical concept or exhaustive examination of 6+ years of flashcoders posts - 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 it was more of a work-around than a direct resolution of the array comparing routine I was working towards. My solution is to add to a master array all the sub arrays that it finds, and adds them only if unique. I then have a list of all the sub-arrays together in one long 2D array. From this array I can then sort it based on the length of the second element. Then I iterate from the smallest sub array to the largest; but I don't need to do the entire array because by starting small I capture the actual shapes. Still need to refine how to calculate 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 = [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 to figure out a way to code my trigonometry so that collections of points are correctly associated with the right geometric objects. These objects are created dynamically [randomly] at run time so I can't know which points belong to which geometric shape. Where I am scratching my head is with the following, I have 5 points: A,B,C,D,E These 5 points all have little arrays that tell them who they are next to [ie who they should make a shape with]: A = [A,B,C] B = [A,B,C] C = [A,B,C,D,E] D = [C,D,E] E = [C,D,E] My problem is, I need to break C into two arrays: A = [A,B,C] B = [A,B,C] C = [[A,B,C],[C,D,E]] D = [C,D,E] E = [C,D,E] Which results in 2 shapes: [A,B,C] and [C,D,E] And there are not always 5 points, there could be any number of points, less or more, so it could also get more complex like this: A= [A,B] B= [A,B,C,D] C= [B,C,D,E] D= [B,C,D,E] E= [C,D,E,F,G,H] F= [E,F,G,H] G= [E,F,G,H] H= [E,F,G,H] In this second example, it should break into 4 different shapes/arrays: A= [A,B] B= [[A,B],[B,C,D]] C= [[B,C,D],[C,D,E]] D= [[B,C,D],[C,D,E]] E= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] F= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] G= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] H= [[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H]] which results in these 4 shapes: [A,B],[B,C,D],[C,D,E],[E,F,G,H] Can anyone think of a good way [not processor heavy] for me to correctly create sub-arrays that match the points being generated? The only way I can think of is doing some complex array compares, by building arrays from arrays of other 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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page
Could be a mime setting on the file type .flv on server. This will cause an appearance of 404 when it is actually there. B. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Yes I did this. However I also found the if I go to the webserver and try to play the flv movie directly using the flash8 player nothing happens, the player opens up and remains blank. It appears as if the file is empty, however the file is 46KB in size. Not sure what is going on here. Like I said it plays fine from the Flash CS interface but not from the server through the browser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Beck Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:08 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Make sure your source is relative to your website and not a path like: DO: movie.flv DON'T: C:\foo\bar\movie.flv On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that using a FLVPlayback component will play the movie. I have converted the moive and it will play just fine when during development, however when I publish the swf to the webserver the movie does not play. It acts like it can't find the flv file. The file is in the same directory as the swf which shows up the skin shows up but not the movie. I have already adjust the source using the component inspector to point the the flv file. Not sure what else has to be done. Any help would be great. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:25 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page 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 without opening a helper app such as Windows Media Player. Does the movie have to be converted to a different format or how is this done. Basically he wants to emulate youtube where you click on a movie and it plays on the page. Thanks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page
What should the mime type be?? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Wohl Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:19 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Could be a mime setting on the file type .flv on server. This will cause an appearance of 404 when it is actually there. B. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Yes I did this. However I also found the if I go to the webserver and try to play the flv movie directly using the flash8 player nothing happens, the player opens up and remains blank. It appears as if the file is empty, however the file is 46KB in size. Not sure what is going on here. Like I said it plays fine from the Flash CS interface but not from the server through the browser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Beck Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:08 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Make sure your source is relative to your website and not a path like: DO: movie.flv DON'T: C:\foo\bar\movie.flv On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that using a FLVPlayback component will play the movie. I have converted the moive and it will play just fine when during development, however when I publish the swf to the webserver the movie does not play. It acts like it can't find the flv file. The file is in the same directory as the swf which shows up the skin shows up but not the movie. I have already adjust the source using the component inspector to point the the flv file. Not sure what else has to be done. Any help would be great. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:25 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page 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 without opening a helper app such as Windows Media Player. Does the movie have to be converted to a different format or how is this done. Basically he wants to emulate youtube where you click on a movie and it plays on the page. Thanks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page
Simply add the following line to the htaccess file: AddType video/x-flv .flv On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What should the mime type be?? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Wohl Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:19 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Could be a mime setting on the file type .flv on server. This will cause an appearance of 404 when it is actually there. B. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I did this. However I also found the if I go to the webserver and try to play the flv movie directly using the flash8 player nothing happens, the player opens up and remains blank. It appears as if the file is empty, however the file is 46KB in size. Not sure what is going on here. Like I said it plays fine from the Flash CS interface but not from the server through the browser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Beck Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:08 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Make sure your source is relative to your website and not a path like: DO: movie.flv DON'T: C:\foo\bar\movie.flv On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that using a FLVPlayback component will play the movie. I have converted the moive and it will play just fine when during development, however when I publish the swf to the webserver the movie does not play. It acts like it can't find the flv file. The file is in the same directory as the swf which shows up the skin shows up but not the movie. I have already adjust the source using the component inspector to point the the flv file. Not sure what else has to be done. Any help would be great. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:25 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page 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 without opening a helper app such as Windows Media Player. Does the movie have to be converted to a different format or how is this done. Basically he wants to emulate youtube where you click on a movie and it plays on the page. Thanks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] TweenMax subversion?
No, not *YET* Sorry. For now, you'll need to snag updates at www.TweenMax.com or www.TweenLite.com Jack -Original Message- From: allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:45 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] TweenMax subversion? Hi - does anyone know if there's a subversion link for TweenMax/Lite please? ta ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations
I've never used it, but from what I understand, Fuse is indeed very powerful in terms of sheer number of features. And in Moses' defense, he recognized the problems with Fuse (bloat, poor performance) and came out with GoASAP for AS3 in an effort to have a core lightweight engine that developers could build their own custom engines on top of. But lots of developers don't want to mess with building an engine, so it might not be a good fit for everyone. You could pick up a pre-built one based on GoASAP if you want, though, like HydroTween. There are several others too. http://code.google.com/p/goplayground/. Tweener is very powerful as well, and tons of people use it. That being said, you may still want to check out TweenLite and/or TweenMax because: - They're faster. In some cases by a WIDE margin. http://blog.greensock.com/tweening-speed-test/ - Obviously TweenLite is lighter weight (about 3k). Fuse is huge. - AS2 AS3 versions with virtually identical syntax features - If you're looking for features (sequencing, Bezier tweening, filter tweening, pause/resume, event dispatching, timeScale, etc.), check out TweenMax which does everything TweenLite does plus tons more. Same syntax. Easy to upgrade. There are several features in TweenMax, in fact, that no other tweening engine has (that I'm aware of). I'd encourage you to download several engines and give 'em a shot. You might be surprised what you prefer after using them for a project or two. TweenLite comes with TweenMax which can be downloaded here: www.TweenMax.com Just my 2 cents. Keep the change. Jack -Original Message- From: sebastian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:41 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations 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 few extra kb is insignificant. Check the last pages of this primer for what sets it apart when building complex or dynamic animation sequences: http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/speakernotes-mgunesch.pdf mind you i am now coding primarily only in AS3... and 'Fuse3: Go' doesn't do it for me [why would I want to write my own tweens? isn't that the point of using an engine, so i don't have to write my own tweens anymore?...] :P :) Seb. Merrill, Jason wrote: On AS3 there isn't as good a package as fuse around [yet?]; What does FUSE have over TweenLite and TweenMax? FUSE always bloated my projects and had problems in high stress situations. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page
Thanks, that fixed it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric e. dolecki Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:27 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Simply add the following line to the htaccess file: AddType video/x-flv .flv On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What should the mime type be?? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Wohl Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:19 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Could be a mime setting on the file type .flv on server. This will cause an appearance of 404 when it is actually there. B. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I did this. However I also found the if I go to the webserver and try to play the flv movie directly using the flash8 player nothing happens, the player opens up and remains blank. It appears as if the file is empty, however the file is 46KB in size. Not sure what is going on here. Like I said it plays fine from the Flash CS interface but not from the server through the browser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Beck Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:08 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page Make sure your source is relative to your website and not a path like: DO: movie.flv DON'T: C:\foo\bar\movie.flv On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Steve Abaffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that using a FLVPlayback component will play the movie. I have converted the moive and it will play just fine when during development, however when I publish the swf to the webserver the movie does not play. It acts like it can't find the flv file. The file is in the same directory as the swf which shows up the skin shows up but not the movie. I have already adjust the source using the component inspector to point the the flv file. Not sure what else has to be done. Any help would be great. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:25 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What kind of Movies will play directly in a Flash Page 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 without opening a helper app such as Windows Media Player. Does the movie have to be converted to a different format or how is this done. Basically he wants to emulate youtube where you click on a movie and it plays on the page. Thanks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
