[Flashcoders] Printing a screen area

Hi Is there a direct way to print a particular screen area in flash in an online application. I don't want to specify a movieclip. I want to print an area from the visible contents on stage at any Level. Also in addition I may have filters applied over to my Objects and I want the same

RE: [Flashcoders] DataGrid

Not sure about setting width of scrollbar -but I've used these in the past http://www.epresenterplus.com/ The documentation to it all leaves a little to be desired as it's all work in progress - but the framework these are based on is far more flexible than the MM versions -Original

[Flashcoders] How to solve SSS triangle?

I am having 3 movie Clips named point1_mc, point2_mc, point3_mc in the stage. They are arranged in such a way to form a triangle... Now how can i get those 3 angles and sides formed by these points.? Thank u -Pandian ___ Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] Xml manipulation crash player (7)

Hi there, We got a big trouble in a project that manipulate a lot some xml object : We came at point that if we do some manipulation (mostly appendChild) on xml object the player crash... It's a flash mx 2004 project. The thing that is very scary is that it's not crash every time with the

Re: [Flashcoders] flex 2 for games?

as soon as it's finished you mean ;) On 11/20/05, fla coder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that said, maybe it's worth looking at www.haxe.org, so as not to tie in with only one AS flavour. On 20/11/05, Meinte van't Kruis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the major advantage to as3 is the fact

RE: [Flashcoders] Movie seems to unload?

That was it (not properly uploaded by ftp manager) !! MANY MANY MANY thanks to all guys, Ragards, Stathis. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Muzak Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:38 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re:

[Flashcoders] Dynamically create named anchors

Hi, Is it possible to dynamically create named anchors as a user navigates through a website? So that the Back button can work as it does in any dynamic HTML website? Thanks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Array Madness - test yourself

i spoke too soon. the alternative methods listed here do not work inside my classes. they did work in tests on frame 1. i ran into this situation inside a class. does not work: array.slice(0) array.length = 0; array = []; works: //any loop array.pop()

RE: [Flashcoders] Array Madness - test yourself

Well... does not work: array.slice(0) Cos its splice not slice array.length = 0; Cos length is read only array = []; Cos your only changing what the call parameter references not the underlying object So like I said before use splice(0) Rob -Original Message-

RE: [Flashcoders] Array Madness - test yourself

Judah, You probably need to also to provide a bit more info about the class because you must be doing something odd if you are only able to use a static array, unless your function is static as well, and that then leads into a whole bunch of questions about what your function is doing and how it

RE: [Flashcoders] Array Madness - test yourself

Of cos array.length isnt really read only :-) I would suggest you post the whole function that you are using to do this as the lines of code people have suggested are correct and do work so the problem is not those lines of codes but something else and its difficult to figure this out in

RE: [Flashcoders] embedFonts oddity

You've not got Auto kern turned on by any chance - I find it monkeys with dynamic text boxes to the point that it's useless. M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judah Frangipane Sent: 18 November 2005 20:14 To: Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] Array Madness - test yourself

ooh, always beware of class prop array being initialized in declaration. if i remember correctly, with something like this: class bla{ private var arr:Array = [bli,bla]; function bla(){ } } arr would be treated as static prop of class. not a pleasant memory.. On

[Flashcoders] potentially unsafe howto

I have to put into a cd an entire flash-made website. For windows and mac versions i put the projector and I get no problems... but if I want to launch the swf via the html i get the boring potentially unsafe warning. I have to put an html version for linux users. I know, you go to the

[Flashcoders] bridge text

Hi I am trying to make bridge text in flash for which someone gave an idea to use displacement filter. I have achieved the desired out put in swf but I when I take printout for the same, the text box is straight. How can I take the output similar to that appears in the swf. The idea for

Re: [Flashcoders] Array Madness - test yourself

i think the problem was i was using slice instead of the more appropriate splice in the weee hours of the morning they look so much alike. :) i will post again when i awake with a clearer head Robert Edgar wrote: Of cos array.length isnt really read only :-) I would suggest you post the

Re: [Flashcoders] embedFonts oddity

Mike, I don't _think_ so - this is a dynamically created TextField object. I can't immediately find an AS property (rather than the UI's checkbox) to control kerning. Any pointers? Doesn't seem obvious under TextField or TextFormat... Cheers, Ian On 11/21/05, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] embedFonts oddity

Hi Judah, Thanks for that, but unfortunately I couldn't see any solutions in what you wrote. The embedding itself is working fine - the text is definitely appearing using the embedded font. The problem is simply that word-wrapping doesn't work when embedFonts=true - but does work when it's false.

RE: [Flashcoders] embedFonts oddity

Sorry, just read that you're using MX04 - the Auto kern checkbox is on the props panel for flash 8, I'll go back to sleep... M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 21 November 2005 11:24 To: Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] embedFonts oddity

Hi Mike, No, it is on the MX04 props panel too - just it's greyed out for dynamic fields. Cheers, Ian On 11/21/05, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, just read that you're using MX04 - the Auto kern checkbox is on the props panel for flash 8, I'll go back to sleep... M

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamically create named anchors

Hey Sajid!~ The following links will get you where you want to go! Using Deep Linking in all your nav. Best long term solution: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2005/06/ deep_linking_in.cfm http://www.flashguru.co.uk/effective-flash-navigation-presentation- files/ Little

Re: [Flashcoders] How to solve SSS triangle?

I am having 3 movie Clips named point1_mc, point2_mc, point3_mc in the stage. They are arranged in such a way to form a triangle... Now how can i get those 3 angles and sides formed by these points.? Sides are given by the lengths of the vectors between the points (eg: x = point1_mc._x -

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 and SCORM conformance test suite

Hi Brooks, That's some good info, I didn't realize that file even existed. I also figured out an alternate solution. Instead of running the test suite from my local drive, I simply uploaded it to a web server and ran it from there. The only modification I had to make was to remove a

Re: [Flashcoders] potentially unsafe howto

do not know, if this is the problem I have, but there is some configuration files, which can be copy to certain folder on user file system, and should have similar functionality... but for me it doesnt working... try to look at my post, there are links:

RE: [Flashcoders] Way to get URL of host page?

Haven't actually used this.. But it seemed pretty cool when I initially checked it out www.mochibot.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karthik Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 4:16 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re:

[Flashcoders] Copying an MC as a bitmap

I'm sure I used to know how to do this but it seems to be eluding me... Say I have an MC (may be made up of text, vectors and bitmaps) on the stage or in the library and I want to copy it as a bitmap into a holder mc on the stage - how do I copy the MC's bitmap properties? In pseudo code

RE: [Flashcoders] swapDepths not working in MovieClip subclass

Hi Kelvin - did you get anywhere with this? I seem to be having exactly the same problem. John Deans Maths Publisher Boardworks Ltd The Oxford Centre for Innovation, Mill Street, Oxford, OX2 0JX t: +44 8703 50 55 60 f: +44 8703 50 55 65

[flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash?

Hi All. I'm an advanced beginner, i know the basics, how the application works, a bit of actionscript... Now I was wondering how did the pro's/advanced users evolve from here? Did you use a book(s) or just a lot of tutorials and experimenting? (What book(s)?) Another big question is when to use

Re: [Flashcoders] reading 'loadedBytes' from MovieClipLoader onLoadProgress

hi dave. thanks for your response. i understand the problem. but i am now resetting currentWeight to 0 directly after i test what percentage i'm at and i'm still getting skewed values: here is my code: mclListener.onLoadProgress = function( targetMC, loadedBytes, totalBytes ) {

RE: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component

I'm also considering Joe's idea of overlaying the emoticons I'm getting dyslexic in my old age :-/ I meant Jobe - sorry for the mis-type... ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component

Of all the things I tried, when resizing of the chat field was required, I could not come up with a solution that didn't crush the Flash player. The resizing is what did it in. I had to recompute, etc. Perhaps AS3 will allow for something like a system, with text that can be highlighted copied

Re: [Flashcoders] Xml manipulation crash player (7)

What do you mean by crash? Ron Flapflap wrote: Hi there, We got a big trouble in a project that manipulate a lot some xml object : We came at point that if we do some manipulation (mostly appendChild) on xml object the player crash... It's a flash mx 2004 project. The thing that is very

RE: [flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash?

Well I think there's a lot of guys here who started using Flash before it was really that complicated. I personally started with Flash 3 and just kept learning new techniques as the versions progressed... My suggestion to anyone is to learn the basics, than patiently progress up. I think a lot of

Re: [Flashcoders] Way to trick cross-web browser for chromeless effect (MAC/PC)

Hello, I think it's clearly OT, but take a look to Innerdiv: http://www.innerdiv.net/index_ing.htm Bye! On 11/21/05, af a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I - always -have to do a cross-browser Mac/PC full-screen (chromeless exactly) project (YES, i told the client the drawbacks

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

You mean WAVE, right? If you mean WMV, then you got lucky this never happened in MX 2004. If video is already compressed, it'll confuse the codec compressing it, and usually you'll end up with a bigger file than you started with. If you don't, the video will usually worse. Unless you have

Re: [flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash?

Hi All. I'm an advanced beginner, i know the basics, how the application works, a bit of actionscript... Now I was wondering how did the pro's/advanced users evolve from here? Did you use a book(s) or just a lot of tutorials and experimenting? (What book(s)?) As someone said, most people

Re: [flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash?

I started early and have progressed over time. Take one aspect you'd like to learn more about, and beat on it. Read what you can, check other developer's sources, and most of all experiment with your own code. Overcoming your own bugs, pitfalls, etc. will help you learn a lot more than someone

Re: [Flashcoders] Xml manipulation crash player (7)

are you seeing script timeout? how large is the XML? Could the XML be streamlined at all? We need some more details. edolecki On 11/21/05, Flapflap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, We got a big trouble in a project that manipulate a lot some xml object : We came at point that if we do

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

Do you have a file handy for us to try out? Sure: http://cmt.icfconsulting.com/temp/test.zip Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent:

[Flashcoders] Contract Job: Flash/Web Video User Interface

Are you ready for a challenge? If you are a Flash application user interface expert and are passionate about video on the web, you'll *love* this project. The Opportunity -- - To create a new web medium of Video Markup for a startup in San Francisco - Technologies:

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

Yeah - I agree with the quality - I don't have access to the original unfortunately. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: Monday,

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

Yeah, I think I will just tell them to bite me. Not really, but something like that. Is this true of any video editing software? - that compressed WMV files get inflated when you try and convert them to another format because the codec freaks out - or is it just an anomaly/bug with Flash 8 and/or

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

I think both codecs did about the same. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 3:15 PM To: Flashcoders mailing

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

I used FFMPEG to do the encoding and got a 67MB file, so I doubt it's a problem with flash 8. Looks like you're SOL... Ted Grubb Interactive Developer Digital Wave Technologies, Inc. www.digitalwave.com Main Office: 215-544-1200 Direct Line: 215-544-1036 Cell: 267-625-9641 Fax: 215-359-1750

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

Codecs, standing for compression/decompression are mathematical algorithms to shrink overall filesize of assets. There are codecs for both video audio. Some image form compression algorithms translate to video, others do not, since video is just a bunch of images stitched together. RAW

Re: [Flashcoders] flex 2 for games?

Hi, i agree that it is running a lot faster, and building an app in general can be more robust as the language you use is more mature. Things that bother me though is: - macromedia seems to release a new AS version with almost every new flash version. Say what you will about java, but i feel

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 grossly inflates .flv file?

Thanks Jesse - I mean, I know what compression is, what codecs are, how you only want to compress once, etc... but the rest of the details you sent are very useful - thanks. Do I owe you for that? That was better than Moses! Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com

Re: [Flashcoders] reading 'loadedBytes' from MovieClipLoader onLoadProgress

I might do something like: (warning, not tested, but in theory it should work) var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var listener:Object = new Object(); listener.counts = {}; // keep track of each individual movieclip's progress listener.onLoadProgress = function(mc, loaded, total) {

Re: [Flashcoders] flex 2 for games?

Yeah, I would agree that jumping on the AS3 wagon would be a waste of time. Too many things can change before release. But what I don't get is why people are so quick to jump from AS 1.0 to 3.0. It really isn't like 3.0 is too much different from 2.0 as far as the basic language goes. Where is

Re: [Flashcoders] flex 2 for games?

Hey Hans, I also attended Spark and some of the topics/speakers got me really inspired too. I'm no AS3 guru, and like yourself I have a background in Java/J2ee/ColdFusion. I really like the way AS3 is shaping up. To be honest, I think you've answered your own questions just in this sentence

RE: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component

Hi Simon, It's working perfectly now, so maybe the server was down before, or I wasn't clicking the button properly. This truly rocks! I think this would be the best solution for my requirements. Is it ok for me to use the font? All I need to do then is figure out how to embed the fonts into the

[Flashcoders] FW: getURL() file download revisited

Previously referenced here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/htdig/flashcoders/2001-December/017709. html Has anyone else run into this and solved it? I have a SWF that calls javascript functions in the HTML file it's embedded in. When I first open the site, all the javascript functions

Re: [Flashcoders] Tabbing inside AS2 UIComponent

I think you might need to disable tabbing to the external component (containing). Actually it makes a lot sense. I'll tell that to the developer that has now the project in the hands. Thanks a lot, chr -- ___ { Christian

RE: [flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash?

Coming from a designing background I felt I stepped up a gear with the first app I built after reading Essentail Actionscript 2.0 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Arnold Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:54 AM To: Flashcoders mailing

RE: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component

Thats a cool technique simon. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Lord Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:04 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component Resizing the chat field with my font

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket OS X

Thanks guys, exactly what I was looking for! I actually think i discovered my problem, it might of not been with the On 11/20/05, erixtekila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Michael, If you want to dig inside XMLSocket implementation, you can investigate in Oregano java server. It is

Re: [flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash?

I'm not a pro, but speaking of influential books: OOPWAS! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735711836/002-9062480-9398441?v=glancen=283155n=507846s=booksv=glance I was doing procedural MVC with fusebox when I read / became obsessed with Object-Oriented Programming with Actionscript by Branden

Re: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component

Anyone can use the solution and font any way they like, so feel free to do whatever you want with the font Karina. The Mac and PC font should be in the archive. A font tool can uncork the TrueType files so you can edit them, I pretty much maxed out the available letters in this set so

Re: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component

Hi, firstly, it looks fantastic - great work :) secondly, (copying 'kludge-around') how about duplicating the text box over the top, the selectable text box having the smilies replaces with a smiliefont, suitable width, space character ? events triggering scroll updating etc ? doable maybe?

Re: [Flashcoders] Way to get URL of host page?

As far as I can tell, mochibot will tell you the URL of the host of your Flash movie, but not where it's being viewed. And unfortunately javascript isn't an option. It needs to be completely Flash. Sounds like I'm out of luck... - rajat On 11/21/05, Robert Chyko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Flashcoders] Cannot change color on extended TextInput

I have extended the TextInput class and I have not been able to set the color of the text. I can do it on the stage to a normal textInput with this code: red_btn.onRelease = function() { // works redTextInput_txt.setStyle(color, 0xFF); // does not work except if the text field is