RE: [Flashcoders] Timer object created twice in class

2010-05-05 Thread Karina Steffens
Could it be a mistyped i == 1 ? And for that matter: function checkPlaying(e:TimerEvent) : void if (1 == 1) { should be function checkPlaying(e:TimerEvent) : void { if (1 == 1) { Karina -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-

[Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread John Singleton
Hi; I have this in an external xml file: PAGE pg_name='index' DETAILSThis is some more of the home page./DETAILS /PAGE My objective is to use a switch statement like this: switch (xmlda...@page_name.tostring()) { case index:

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, Your switch uses page_name, but your XML says pg_name. Not sure about the other question at the moment, but it looks like you are repeating your self in the switch statement - if all your pages have DETAILS, do you need to switch? I am guessing you may have pages that differ? HTH a

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread Paul Andrews
On 05/05/2010 13:49, John Singleton wrote: Hi; I have this in an external xml file: PAGE pg_name='index' DETAILSThis is some more of the home page./DETAILS /PAGE My objective is to use a switch statement like this: switch (xmlda...@page_name.tostring()) {

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i'd also recommend having a root node and an xml type declaration at the start a On 5 May 2010 14:05, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: On 05/05/2010 13:49, John Singleton wrote: Hi; I have this in an external xml file: PAGE pg_name='index' DETAILSThis is some more of the home

[Flashcoders] Adding MC with some frames from library

2010-05-05 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Hi I met situation with AS3 that I can not explain or even understand where I should look answer. Simple example. In library I have simple movie clip with linkage class name nav. This mc has mc2 with two frames. In frame 1- stop(). On the stage I add this nav function init():void{ var

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread John Singleton
- Original Message From: allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com i'd also recommend having a root node and an xml type declaration at the start Right. Ok, here's my revised code: ?xml version=1.0? SITE PAGE pg_name='index' DETAILSThis is some more of the

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread jonathan howe
You forgot your break; statements, sir. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:12 AM, John Singleton johnsingleton...@yahoo.comwrote: - Original Message From: allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com i'd also recommend having a root node and an xml type declaration at the

[Flashcoders] ExternalInterface broken? chrome and safari on linux...

2010-05-05 Thread tom rhodes
anyone got ExternalInterface calls working in chrome/safari on linux? or know why mine might be failing? they work on everything else seemingly... tia, tom. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
Your switch statement doesn't work because it should look like this instead: PAGE pg_name='index' DETAILSThis is some more of the home page./DETAILS /PAGE switch (xmldata.pa...@pg_name) { case index: pageDetails =

[Flashcoders] stopping propagation of an event

2010-05-05 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi list... I have a TextArea component used for inputting text. Also, the stage has a key listener where something happens if the user keys i. The issue arises when the user starts inputting text into the TextArea. If she types i, the stage event fires. I don't want that to happen if the

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
It's not just about missing break, your switch statement fundamentally does not make sense (sorry ;) switch (xmldata.pa...@pg_name.tostring()) ... this evaluates to indexcontact as your trace shows, therefore none of your cases will pass the test. In order to make this work you have to iterate

RE: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface broken? chrome and safari on linux...

2010-05-05 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW)
http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/external/ExternalInterface.html Flash Player for Linux version 9.0.31.0 and later supports the ExternalInterface class in the following browsers: Browser Mozilla 1.7.x and later Firefox 1.5.0.7 and later SeaMonkey 1.0.5 and

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread John Singleton
- Original Message From: jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 11:23:25 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question You forgot your break; statements, sir. You're right, however it makes no difference

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface broken? chrome and safari on linux...

2010-05-05 Thread Glen Pike
Why would anyone in their right mind want to run Safari on a Linux box :'( On 05/05/2010 16:25, tom rhodes wrote: anyone got ExternalInterface calls working in chrome/safari on linux? or know why mine might be failing? they work on everything else seemingly... tia, tom.

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread John Singleton
- Original Message From: kennethkawam...@gmail.com kennethkawam...@gmail.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 11:53:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question It's not just about missing break, your switch statement fundamentally

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface broken? chrome and safari on linux...

2010-05-05 Thread tom rhodes
ok, currently got probs with firefox as well on linux. the swf thinks ExternalInterface is available but nothing gets called in the JS On 5 May 2010 18:00, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
Say for example you are in the home section and obtaining the data for it, you'd do: var pageData:XML = xmlData.PAGE.(@pg_name == index)[0]; Then build the page based on pageData XML. -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 5 May 2010 17:30, John Singleton

RE: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW)
I think you just need a root node. var xmlData:XML = new XML (rootPAGE pg_name='index'DETAILSpage/DETAILS /PAGE/root); trace(xmldata.pa...@pg_name.tostring() == index); // true var xmlData:XML = new XML (PAGE pg_name='index'DETAILSpageDETAILS /PAGE); trace(xmldata.pa...@pg_name.tostring() ==

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface broken? chrome and safari on linux...

2010-05-05 Thread Paul Andrews
On 05/05/2010 17:43, tom rhodes wrote: ok, currently got probs with firefox as well on linux. the swf thinks ExternalInterface is available but nothing gets called in the JS Maybe it's really a problem with the code. The most common error is trying to call Flash functions before the swf is

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread kennethkawam...@gmail.com
I think you just need a root node. No way. Your first example traces true just because there is only one pg_name attribute. Consider this: var xmlData:XML = root PAGE pg_name='index'DETAILSpage/DETAILS/PAGE PAGE

[Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Hi Is it possible to have mc1 manually placed on stage be over mc2 created dynamically mc2=new MovieClip(); addChild(mc2) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface broken? chrome and safari on linux...

2010-05-05 Thread tom rhodes
now i'm testign with a super simple test swf in AS2 like this... import flash.external.ExternalInterface; if(ExternalInterface.available) { statusTXT.text = External Interface is available; ExternalInterface.call(alert, Called from flash); getURL(javascript:alert('alternative JS call');); }

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread John Singleton
- Original Message From: kennethkawam...@gmail.com kennethkawam...@gmail.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 12:48:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question Say for example you are in the home section and obtaining the data for

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread Robert Leisle
Hi, //Assumes mc1 is on the stage and has linkage set to mc1 var mc2:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); addChild(mc2); addChild(mc1); hth, Bob -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of natalia

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW)
Look into getChildByName to get a reference to the MC on the stage, ie getChildByName('instanceName').x. _ _ _ Erik Mattheis Senior Web Developer Minneapolis T  952 346 6610 C 612 377 2272 Weber Shandwick Advocacy starts here. PRWeek Global Agency Report Card 2009 - Gold Medal Winner The

[Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4

2010-05-05 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
Quick question... my document class is in FB4 and it's linked with my FLA in Flash CS5. Every time I save the document class, it publishes the FLA in the IDE. Is there a way to turn that off (even temporarily)? Eric ___ Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
Now, how can I build a switch statement to determine which page? Did you read my reply? I didn't see a response to it. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread jonathan howe
My interpretation of the question was we want the depth of the added object to be lower than the object that is already on the stage. So I don't think the x coordinate is the answer. So the first answer where Robert re-addChilds mc1 technically works in the simple situation, but if you have other

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread Kenneth Kawamoto
If I understood you correctly, you want to filter the XML data according to a variable passed to the SWF. If so you'd do something like: var pageDetails:String = xmlData.PAGE.(@pg_name == loaderInfo.parameters.page).DETAILS; // page is the name of the var passed to the SWF here But I

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Thank you very much! That is exactly what I need. 2010/5/5 jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.com: My interpretation of the question was we want the depth of the added object to be lower than the object that is already on the stage. So I don't think the x coordinate is the answer. So the

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4

2010-05-05 Thread Henrik Andersson
Eric E. Dolecki wrote: Quick question... my document class is in FB4 and it's linked with my FLA in Flash CS5. Every time I save the document class, it publishes the FLA in the IDE. Is there a way to turn that off (even temporarily)? Eric Turn off automatic building.

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread Henrik Andersson
natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: Hi Is it possible to have mc1 manually placed on stage be over mc2 created dynamically mc2=new MovieClip(); addChild(mc2) My recommendation: create a holder mc on the timeline and add stuff to the holder instead. The holder can be given a proper layer in the IDE

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4

2010-05-05 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
Ok, I'll bite - where is that setting? Poking around in prefs right now. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: Eric E. Dolecki wrote: Quick question... my document class is in FB4 and it's linked with my FLA in Flash CS5. Every time I save the document

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4

2010-05-05 Thread Dave Watts
Ok, I'll bite - where is that setting? Poking around in prefs right now. Project ... Build Automatically. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4

2010-05-05 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
Found it Under Build - sorry for the noise :) On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I'll bite - where is that setting? Poking around in prefs right now. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: Eric E. Dolecki

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Please explain. Do you mean to create empty holder manually? How to add stuff to it? My first try was to add mc from the library with linkage class name. This is simple navigation bar with back next arrows. So in the library I have mc nav. Nav has two mcs (arrows). Each mc has two frames inside.

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread Henrik Andersson
natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: Please explain. Do you mean to create empty holder manually? How to add stuff to it? Create a new empty movielclip symbol. Do not give it any class. Do not put any content in it. Now place an instance of this symbol on the timeline. Give this instance an

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread jonathan howe
I would like to point out that use of empty clips is a polarizing technique in terms of public opinion. Some people find that they make projects difficult to maintain. -jonathan On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: Please

RE: [Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4

2010-05-05 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW)
Go me! What about just saying nav.btnBack.gotoAndStop(1); nav.btnNext.gotoAndStop(1); _ _ _ Erik Mattheis Senior Web Developer Minneapolis T  952 346 6610 C 612 377 2272 Weber Shandwick Advocacy starts here. PRWeek Global Agency Report Card 2009 – Gold Medal Winner The Holmes Report Global

[Flashcoders] Question about MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT

2010-05-05 Thread Donald Talcott
I have an AS3 fla file with a mc and stop() on frame 1 and different content on additional frames. When the swf is launched, I would like to have a MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER with a function to gotoAnd Play frame 2. Also I would like to have a MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT with a function to gotoAndSop on

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT

2010-05-05 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Please post your code if you can. It may be a problem with the way you have written it. Karl On May 5, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Donald Talcott wrote: I have an AS3 fla file with a mc and stop() on frame 1 and different content on additional frames. When the swf is launched, I would like to have a

RE: [Flashcoders] Question about MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT

2010-05-05 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW)
Instead of using a MC the size of the stage, you may want to try listening like - this.root.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, overHandler) and this.stage.addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_LEAVE, offHandler); _ _ _ Erik Mattheis Senior Web Developer Minneapolis T  952 346 6610 C 612 377 2272

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT

2010-05-05 Thread Donald Talcott
My file has two scenes. See code below. Originally the Mouse Events were MouseEvent.CLICK and they worked fine. Scene 1 Frame 1 stop(); playScene2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, playScene2); function playScene2(evt:Event) { gotoAndPlay(1, Scene 2); } Scene 2 Frame 1

[Flashcoders] SIP library in as3 for player 10.1

2010-05-05 Thread Anthony Pace
Anyone know of a working SIP library in AS3 for player 10.1? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Producing a random list with no repeats

2010-05-05 Thread Alan Neilsen
I am working in ActionScript 2. I want to create a quiz in which 10 questions are randomly selected from a block of 40 questions. I found the following code, but I can't work out how to stop it doubling up the questions. function randRange(min:Number, max:Number):Number { var

Re: [Flashcoders] Producing a random list with no repeats

2010-05-05 Thread Gerry Beauregard
It's probably best just to create an Array or Vector containing numbers 1 to 40. (Vectors are only available in AS3, not sure about Array). Shuffle the array, then choose the first 10 elements. A reasonably effective way to shuffle an array is to step through the array, and for each element

Re: [Flashcoders] Producing a random list with no repeats

2010-05-05 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Hi Allen, Just a thought, but maybe have the quiz numbers set in an array that the var n:Number is retrieved and have the min and max that the random code calls match the amount of items in the array. After selecting a question, remove it from the array, thus the array length (max) reduces

Re: [Flashcoders] Producing a random list with no repeats

2010-05-05 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
A simple way: Put all the candidate numbers in a list (in this case, 1 to 40). Then pick randomly from that array, one at the time, and make sure you remove that number from the candidates list, so you can't have duplicates. In code (untested): function getRandomList():Array { var