Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Is this a trick question? :) Karl Sent from losPhone On May 24, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Karl DeSaulniers wrote: ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? Why do you even think that this is cheating?

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread kindaian
On 24-05-2010 3:26, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? On May 23, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: Karl DeSaulniers wrote: You could count the different user agent strings. But browsers are known to lie about it once in a while. User agent

[Flashcoders] GPU, Direct or Normal?

2010-05-24 Thread Fahim Akhter
Hi, In a event driven game with lots of graphics (static essentially ) which mode would you suggest ? Direct/GPU or normal? Fahim Akhter Game Developer | White Rabbit Studios | http://apps.facebook.com/feline-frenzy/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Henrik Andersson
Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Is this a trick question? :) No, I truly fail to see how this could be used for cheating. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] as3 ttf encoding lib?

2010-05-24 Thread Anthony Pace
as3 ttf encoding lib...Does it exist? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] RE: NativeWindow options

2010-05-24 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW)
Solution was to listen for the NativeWindow's ACTIVATE event then set the HTMLLoader's width and height to that on the NaviveWindow. Same thing on RESIZE. _ _ _ Erik Mattheis Senior Web Developer Minneapolis T  952 346 6610 C 612 377 2272 Weber Shandwick Advocacy starts here. PRWeek Global

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-24 Thread Gustavo Duenas
any idea of how html 5 think to replace flash, is there a sample about how can I make an animation flash-like on html5 or is just conjectures? Gus On May 11, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... It seems to me that Flash might not be the tool most threatened by HTML5,

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-24 Thread Henrik Andersson
Gustavo Duenas wrote: any idea of how html 5 think to replace flash, is there a sample about how can I make an animation flash-like on html5 or is just conjectures? It is not formally out yet, and html does not in itself provide any animation features what so ever. It can't even change it's

[Flashcoders] swfObject, flashVars, loaded swf

2010-05-24 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi list... I'm having difficulty getting flashvars to work in a swfObject on a web page. I have a swf that loads another swf. I am trying to send some flashvars to the loaded swf but I can't seem to get that wired up. How does a loaded swf access flash vars on the root of the swf that loaded

[Flashcoders] AIR - ByteArray to BitmapData

2010-05-24 Thread Karim Beyrouti
Hi All do any of you how to convert a ByteArray (of a JPG) back into a BitmapData object? Actually - i just need to get the dimensions of the bitmap before trashing it. I know you can do 'myloader.loadBytes( byteArray )' - but i am avoiding that for now - as i just need to get the size of

Re: [Flashcoders] swfObject, flashVars, loaded swf

2010-05-24 Thread Karim Beyrouti
how you pass the flash vars to flash depends on the version of SWFObject you are using - however - from flash - you can access the variable like so (as3): stage.loaderInfo.parameters.myflashparam However - you might need to make sure the swf has been 'AddedToStage' - k On 24 May 2010, at

[Flashcoders] Astra chart issue

2010-05-24 Thread Lehr, Theodore
I am trynig to use the astra pie chart. It works fine locally - but when I upload it to a server, I get a #2007 error: Parameter must be non-null. Am I suposed to upload something else to the server? ___ Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] swfObject, flashVars, loaded swf

2010-05-24 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Yes, Karim, thanks, that was my problem. I wasn't accessing it from Flash correctly. Regards, - MM how you pass the flash vars to flash depends on the version of SWFObject you are using - however - from flash - you can access the variable like so (as3):

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR - ByteArray to BitmapData

2010-05-24 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
If you want to convert it back to pixels, I'd say go with the Loader approach. Other than that, you'd have to write a JPEG decoder (seems like a waste of time, considering you can already use a Loader, which would also be faster, probably). Now, if you are only interested in getting the width

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-24 Thread Gustavo Duenas
So how are they a thread to Flash?, if it is clearly not a replace to flash, what are the other technologies as simple and not complicated as flash(for us designers I mean) that the apple guys are pointing to. gus On May 24, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: Gustavo Duenas wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR - ByteArray to BitmapData

2010-05-24 Thread Karim Beyrouti
Perfect - thank you for the extended and most useful the answer - had started thinking along these lines but it's good to know there was no other way ( apart for the loader ) - as i just need width and height - think i am going to extract that from the ByteArray... thanks again... - k On

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-24 Thread Henrik Andersson
Gustavo Duenas wrote: So how are they a thread to Flash?, if it is clearly not a replace to flash, what are the other technologies as simple and not complicated as flash(for us designers I mean) that the apple guys are pointing to. What everyone is getting so excited about is the canvas

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
I see. Well I'm going to bow out of that conversation because it is OT and not the reason I posted the question. I was actually researching for someone else, but thanks for the input. Your point has been taken into consideration. Best, Karl On May 24, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Henrik Andersson

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Anthony Pace
You can prevent more that one login at the same time for the same account; yet, you always have to consider an MITM attack being possible unless you have a known pre-shared key system. In your DB, all you need to do is keep track of how many users on a given network are connected, or

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Anthony Pace
What if I have two computers? or what if I visualized the image and ran the app twice? or what if I snoop the protocol? or what if I etc... I could have a thousand sessions from one system and unless you track it in a db on the server the user is connecting to, you would never know it. On

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Anthony Pace
I would just spoof the headers. On 5/24/2010 5:17 AM, kindaian wrote: On 24-05-2010 3:26, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? On May 23, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: Karl DeSaulniers wrote: You could count the different user agent strings. But

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Anthony Pace
Damned spell checker... I meant to say or what if I virtualized the image and ran the app twice? On 5/24/2010 8:05 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: What if I have two computers? or what if I visualized the image and ran the app twice? or what if I snoop the protocol? or what if I etc... I could have

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 ttf encoding lib?

2010-05-24 Thread mika
The closest thing I found on that matter is the create font tool of Five3D. It takes a font file and then render it using vectors http://five3d.mathieu-badimon.com/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-24 Thread Dave Watts
What if I have two computers? or what if I visualized the image and ran the app twice? or what if I snoop the protocol? or what if I etc...  I could have a thousand sessions from one system and unless you track it in a db on the server the user is connecting to, you would never know it. I