Re: [Flashcoders] assigning the same class to multiple library objects

2005-12-20 Thread Sander
I'm attaching 2 different mc's, both menuItem class bound. No problem. Check what happens in your fla when you attach dynamically? On 21 Dec 2005, at 02:04, Kevin McCormick (iStyle) wrote: Hi Everyone, I've got a bit of an issue with Flash 8 at the moment. Basically I have a single frame m

RE: [Flashcoders] .NET SWF proxy

2005-12-20 Thread Bryngfors Nils
No, unfortunately not this time. It's a windows 2003 server where I have no rights to install the php engine. If there's no free/opensource alternatives I guess I have to try out ActiveSWF. /Nisse -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A3D Sent:

Re: [Flashcoders] generating documentation

2005-12-20 Thread JOR
I've been using AS2DOC which works pretty well so far. It creates both traditional HTML/DOC files as well as Flash Help files as MXP extensions you can install into Flash. Someone on the list mentioned development on it has stopped a while back tho. JOR __

[Flashcoders] assigning the same class to multiple library objects

2005-12-20 Thread Kevin McCormick (iStyle)
Hi Everyone, I've got a bit of an issue with Flash 8 at the moment. Basically I have a single frame movie with a number of movieclips on the stage that are dragged from the library. The library movieclips have all been extended using the same custom class via their linkage properties. My proble

Re: [Flashcoders] generating documentation

2005-12-20 Thread Jim Kremens
AS2API (via Ant) and Doxygen. Jim Kremens On 12/20/05, Johan Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've used Natural Docs too but I highly recommend Doxygen. > > I've used it on 3 commercial projects with great success. > > Although it doesn't officially support AS2, it works! > > Unlike other pa

Re: [Flashcoders] Wierd split

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Boutin
Thanks Adrian, your code works exactly like mine "should" but for some reason mine doesnt get the same results (though its the same code) ;) Mike Boutin Adrian Lynch wrote: Just took your code and plonked it in a new .fla and it works for me. Is anything else happening in the movie or any i

Re: [Flashcoders] Wierd split

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Boutin
The movie the script is in gets loaded into another movie. I can trace out _root.cat_color[0] etc... with no problems, even doing so in the for loop outputs proper values for _root.cat_colors[i]. If i trace out tempColor.length after the split, it always comes back undefined, thus the loop aft

RE: [Flashcoders] Wierd split

2005-12-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
Just took your code and plonked it in a new .fla and it works for me. Is anything else happening in the movie or any included movies? See it here: http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/temp/colours.fla Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Boutin

RE: [Flashcoders] Wierd split

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
I tried it like you said, putting them in different frames, and it works fine for me. Frame 1: _root.cat_colors = new Array(); _root.cat_colors[0] = "bob,john,betty"; Frame 3: for (i=0; i<_root.cat_colors.length; i++) { trace("String: "+_root.cat_colors[i]); var tempColor:Array = _root.

Re: [Flashcoders] Job Opportunity in Tucson

2005-12-20 Thread Chris Hill
Yeah, I've already gone and posted with the university. Perhaps I should say that its on a part-time project basis? I'm not really expecting anyone on this list to be available, but just in case. Chris Merrill, Jason wrote: On-site only and PART time? I sure hope you find someone! :) Migh

[Flashcoders] Wierd split

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Boutin
Im having a wierd problem with using .split on an array. I create an array 3 frames before in the same timeline like so: _root.cat_colors = new Array(); _root.cat_colors[0] = "bob,john,betty"; Then 2 frames down the timeline I run a loop like so: for (i=0; i<_root.cat_colors.length; i++) {

Re: [Flashcoders] generating documentation

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
I've used Natural Docs too but I highly recommend Doxygen. I've used it on 3 commercial projects with great success. Although it doesn't officially support AS2, it works! Unlike other packages, it also generates UML collaboration diagrams with all the trimmings, straight from your classes. I've

Re: [Flashcoders] CreateTextField question

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon Harrison
if you use myField.autoSize = "center"; That would keep the text field's width fixed while the text flows lower to increase it's height right? On 12/20/05, Steven Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, the person who told you to use just autosize has it wrong. If you > set a textfield to

Re: [Flashcoders] generating documentation

2005-12-20 Thread Brooks Andrus
I've used Natural Docs for ActionScript documentation in the past http://naturaldocs.org/ Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] generating documentation

2005-12-20 Thread ryanm
I've used a number of different auto-documentation generators before, but not with actionscript. I was wondering what everyone was using, if AS2Doc was the defacto standard, or if there are others that are as good or better for documenting actionscript. I'm tasked with writing a coding and d

RE: [Flashcoders] Job Opportunity in Tucson

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
On-site only and PART time? I sure hope you find someone! :) Might want to check with the local colleges/universities for fresh blood. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] > Webservices best practices

2005-12-20 Thread Jared Freeze
Not to confuse things but has anyone looked at JSON? I'm not a programmer (all the time ;) but I was wondering if it would have any relevance here since it returns data in flash's native format (ecmascript) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON Parser here: http://www.designvox.com/%7Eborys/JSON/JSO

[Flashcoders] Job Opportunity in Tucson

2005-12-20 Thread Chris Hill
Work is ON-SITE AND PART TIME in gorgeous Tucson, AZ. NO TELECOMMUTE. GUI PROGRAMMER Looking for a coder with quality OOP principles, understands layout management and a sense of design. Code will be written in Flash ActionScript. ActionScript experience is a major plus, but more important are

RE: [Flashcoders] CreateTextField question

2005-12-20 Thread Steven Sacks
Actually, the person who told you to use just autosize has it wrong. If you set a textfield to autosize, it will expand the right edge to fit the text, so unless you're putting linebreaks in your text manually, it won't adjust the height of the textfield. There's a kludge workaround for making te

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Just think of the Remoting Gateway as just the part of the ColdFusion Server software that allows remoting to happen on the server from a Flash file, that's all you really need to know. I mean you need to use the remoting components to connect to the gateway, but that's pretty simple and there

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>Doesnt XPath.selectNodes(myxml, "pathtocontent/text()"); return the text >>value as well? Sure, but I don't think that works on attribute values (as in my example in my post). Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipie

Re: [Flashcoders] What not to do

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
> Mattes, thanks... ;-) Doh! /Johan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Corban Baxter
Man I wish I understood l33t speak. Jason thanks but all this lingo is a bit over my head. I understand the AS2 Classes but gateway in Coldfusion MX 7. What is a gateway? Oh and to all that helped thanks. They FlashVars="etc..." worked for this project. When I get more time I am going to try a

Re: [Flashcoders] What not to do

2005-12-20 Thread ryanm
A while back, I think it was Ryan Matsikas (I hope I spelled his surname right) that said something really profound and which I try to apply to every Flash project I work on: Mattes, thanks... ;-) It's really not that profound, it's just that when all you have is a hammer, everything sta

Re: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Morten Barklund Shockwaved
Mike Boutin wrote: Doesnt XPath.selectNodes(myxml, "pathtocontent/text()"); return the text value as well? The documentation says, that selectNodes *always* returns an array of XMLNode-objects - and it does. Always. The "text()"-syntax is only used to get the XMLNode representing a text nod

Re: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Boutin
Doesnt XPath.selectNodes(myxml, "pathtocontent/text()"); return the text value as well? Doug Coning wrote: Could it be because the Xpath may return either a string or an array depending on how you structure your query? I agree that if there was a selectText type method where you pass in an

Re: [Flashcoders] Array like access to custom class?

2005-12-20 Thread ryanm
Can I provide array like access to a custom collection object? The easiest way would be to extend Array. Then you start with all the functionality of the Array object, and you can add or remove functionality as needed. ryanm ___ Flashcoders ma

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Doug Coning
Could it be because the Xpath may return either a string or an array depending on how you structure your query? I agree that if there was a selectText type method where you pass in an xpath where you expect only one (or the first) resulting text value would be great. Doug Coning Software Develo

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
That's using Flash's XML object with XPath to grab the node value - sure that works, and is good for nodes with CDATA, but overly complex - wrapping String() around it is easier. I was wondering just about the XPath implementation and why it doesn't return a native string, thanks though. Jason Me

Re: [Flashcoders] What not to do

2005-12-20 Thread Danton Chin
The Flash Player TechNote: How big can a Flash movie be? (http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?event=view&id=KC.tn_14437&extid=tn_14437) may give you some guidance here if you haven't read it already. Danton Mike Boutin wrote: Does anyone have any links on stuff "Not to d

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Doug Coning
Yes, I have come across this as well and always use: String(XPath.selectNodes(temp_xml,"myPath/text()")[0]) Doug Coning Software Developer FORUM Solutions, LLC > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Boutin > Sent: Tuesda

Re: [Flashcoders] Drawing dotted lines

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
Hi Eric, I think Aled Ulhmanns's animation package does this: http://www.alex-uhlmann.de/flash/animationpackage/ Also, I recall an old article on MMs dev site about this: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/adv_draw_methods.html HTH, /Johan On 12/20/05, Éric Thibault <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs OpenLaszo

2005-12-20 Thread JesterXL
Flex 1.5 and 2 allow you to compile stand alone SWF's. Flex 1.5, however, requires the Flex server to be installed on the box where the SWF is deployed to. - Original Message - From: "Mike Boutin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:0

Re: [Flashcoders] What not to do

2005-12-20 Thread JesterXL
I belive both the Flashcoders & Flashnewbie have 2 threads on this in the archives; good stuff. Thing to keep in mind is there are "don'ts" and there are "optimizations" which are 2 different things. - Original Message - From: "Johan Lopes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] What not to do

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
If you're working on large projects: A while back, I think it was Ryan Matsikas (I hope I spelled his surname right) that said something really profound and which I try to apply to every Flash project I work on: Just because Flash/ActionScript is getting more and more powerful and potent with eve

[Flashcoders] Flex vs OpenLaszo

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Boutin
Has anyone played with OpenLaszo as well as Flex? Does flex allow you to compile a stand-alone swf file such as OpenLaszlo does? Thanks! Mike Boutin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/l

[Flashcoders] Drawing dotted lines

2005-12-20 Thread Éric Thibault
Hi all. Is it possible to draw a dotted line between two points or do I have to custom something with a function? I have the nead for plain, dotted, double-dotted... Thanks a lot. -- === Éric Thibault Programmeur analyste Réseau de

re: [Flashcoders] Who's using AS2 Flash remoting with ServerSideActionscript?

2005-12-20 Thread Brian Lesser
Hi H, If you're asking about client-side AS3 in Flex 2 I highly recommend you try it out. It's the best way to get a sense of it. Download Flex 2 from here: http://labs.macromedia.com The help is remarkably good - even amazing for an alpha. I'm not a Flex 2/MXML expert but you can: 1. write

Re: [Flashcoders] What not to do

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
LOL. That's a great title for a Flash book. Quick, let's contact a publisher :) /Johan On 12/20/05, Mike Boutin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have any links on stuff "Not to do" in flash that maybe > cause the plugin to slow down or halt. Maybe even some best practices > when working

Re: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Boutin
Maybe something like this may help? myText=XMLNode((XPath.selectNodes(myxml,"myNodePath/mynode()")[0])).nodeValue; Mike Boutin Merrill, Jason wrote: AFAIK, XPath.selectNodes() returns an Array. How do you use Xpath to return node values then? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Soluti

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ralph, FYI - As per your suggestion, selectNodesAsString does not work. If I use that, I still have to cast it to String first. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>AFAIK, XPath.selectNodes() returns an Array. How do you use Xpath to return node values then? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Lopes >>Sent

[Flashcoders] What not to do

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Boutin
Does anyone have any links on stuff "Not to do" in flash that maybe cause the plugin to slow down or halt. Maybe even some best practices when working on large projects? Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http:/

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Very Interesting - thank you. I've had a hard time finding this kind of documentation. At least some that is readable. The w3c pages are pretty over-spec'd and impossible to me for the most part. Interesting to have to open the class files to find out what you can do. Thanks again! Jason Merri

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Remoting are AS2 classes you import and use in Flash, as well as the gateway built into ColdFusion MX 7. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corban

Re: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
Hmm. I now see what you mean. Maybe when you pass the value without casting it in the "raw", some V2 components such as textArea etc, does an auto cast toString and therefore can deal with it but the MediaPlayback component is expecting a proper String and doesn't no what to grab it if you pass MyV

Re: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
Hi Jason, AFAIK, XPath.selectNodes() returns an Array. /** 10 *selectNodes 11 * 12 *returns an array of nodes that match the given XPath 13 *expression using the the XMLNode (context) as the 14 *starting context for the expression

RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Ralph Caraveo
Hi Jason, I've noticed simliar behavior but I think it's just in how you are using it. Generally I think Xpath will return an array of XMLNode types unless you grab a small enough piece of information. If you look in the class files you can also use selectNodesAsString. This will force all your

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Robert Chyko
The Remoting Gateway is built into the ColdFusion application server. You use the Remoting components on the Flash side. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corban Baxter Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:50 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Corban Baxter
Is flash remoting a server side app I need like cfm or is it native in the flash player? Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Lopes Sent: Tuesday, December 20,

[Flashcoders] How to Handle Licensing for Flash Applications

2005-12-20 Thread John Giotta
Hello all, I'm looking for some information regarding licensing and how to apply some anti-piracy measures for Flash. I was recently approached to build a rather robust enterprise application and I'd like to protect the code from redistribution without consent.

[Flashcoders] test

2005-12-20 Thread Tom Haschenburger
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[Flashcoders] Running Locally vs on a Server - Testing (Kevin Cannon)

2005-12-20 Thread Cole Peterson
if (System.capabilities.playerType == "External") { //do something } Hope the above helps. cp : Cole Peterson : ZAAZ, Inc : Interactive developer : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : t 206.341.9885 x4867 : www.zaaz.com -- Message: 14 > Hi, > > Hopefully an easy one for

[Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype Oddity

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
I'm asking this more out of curiosity than necessity, but the responses to this thread may help be avoid some headaches in the future. Been using xfactorstudio's Xpath classes with great success. However, I have found an odd thing - sometimes I have to cast what I thought was already string, to

[Flashcoders] Franto's data loss

2005-12-20 Thread John Mark Hawley
If you're on WindowsXP, there's something funky with System Restore you might be able to exploit. Rolling back your system with System Restore is SUPPOSED to leave all your user data, files, etc. alone and only mess with the registry and related crud. However, I found on that, at least on my ma

Re: [Flashcoders] XML GALLERY

2005-12-20 Thread Jose Maria Barros
Ok..sorry to bother...but i have one question...its possible to insert this code in a movie clip? because ive tried.. putting _root in all..but it didnt worked. Ive wanted to put this in other movie because i wanted to this code load after and animation Thanks... On 12/20/05, Jose Maria Barro

Re: [Flashcoders] XML GALLERY

2005-12-20 Thread Jose Maria Barros
OK..ive found it..i forgot to put the "this" in the thumbHolder Variable... On 12/20/05, Jose Maria Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heelo---well ive made some "progress", but the problem is that it > only shows one thumbnail of the xml grid--..can anyone help me? > > > ///XML > myPhoto = new

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
Hi Corban, If you're looking for books I recommend the following: 1) Flash Remoting - The definitive guide (Tom Muck) (oldie but goodie) 2) Flash MX Professional 2004 for Server Geeks (Nate Weiss) - Demystifies quite a lot of things Otherwise checkout the tutorials on these sites for more: http

Re: [Flashcoders] Running Locally vs on a Server - Testing

2005-12-20 Thread Kevin Cannon
Thanks for all the great replies guys! Plenty of options for me to use! Happy Christmas! :) - Kevin On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:22:07AM +, Kevin Cannon wrote: > Hi, > > Hopefully an easy one for you. > > What's the best way to check if your flash file is running locally/ in the > Flash IDE

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Corban Baxter
Ok so if I know nothing about remoting but I could learn it fast what are some good resources to get on track and fast? Thanks! Corban Baxter  |  rich media designer  |  www.funimation.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [Flashcoders] XML GALLERY

2005-12-20 Thread Jose Maria Barros
Heelo---well ive made some "progress", but the problem is that it only shows one thumbnail of the xml grid--..can anyone help me? ///XML myPhoto = new XML(); myPhoto.ignoreWhite = true; myPhoto.onLoad = function(success) { //portfolioTag = this.firstChild; gridx = 58; gri

Re: [Flashcoders] > Webservices best practices

2005-12-20 Thread Weyert de Boer
> Really? I'm working on a project where most of my data is to be > supplied via webservices and it will most certainly be more than 2-3 > methods. I have got it fixed, i think it was a timing issue when I added a setInterval( this, "flightRequest", 1000 ); it works to trigger the 3-4 methods in

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Éric Thibault
OUPS BD => Base de données :: DB => DataBase A+ Jan Huzelius wrote: BTW, what's BD short for? On 20/12/05, Jan Huzelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Eric, Thanks for thinking out loud! :) Or are the seats "reservé" once a user registers (logged in or not)? Yes. Appar

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Jan Huzelius
Cool! Thanks Ian, and Eric for your suggestions! Cheers, Jan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Éric Thibault
If all the seats (manualy placed empty MC) have an id identifier, just use that id to store inside your DB! It's a direct connection between your user (databasewise) and that particular seat! then use myStadium[MyUserSeat].DoFonctionX(params); //(if your empty MC contains that particular fonct

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Ian Thomas
Surely all you need to do is just name the placeholder MovieClip instances appropriately? So if the database returns a seat identifier, then access a clip named seat_ with: var seatClip:MovieClip=myTimeline["seat_"+seatID]; where we assume seatID is a string returned from the database (e.g. "2A"

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Jan Huzelius
BTW, what's BD short for? On 20/12/05, Jan Huzelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > Thanks for thinking out loud! :) > > >Or are the seats "reservé" once a user registers (logged in or not)? > > Yes. Apparently, once they register they get a seat and they can't change > seats. they can

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Jan Huzelius
Hi Eric, Thanks for thinking out loud! :) >Or are the seats "reservé" once a user registers (logged in or not)? Yes. Apparently, once they register they get a seat and they can't change seats. they can reserve a seat though (expires after 24hrs) The reason why we've chosen to place the empty mov

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Ian Thomas
You could try using flashVars instead of appending the parameters to the end of the URL. I don't think flashVars has a limit. May be less hassle than switching to Remoting. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16417 Cheers, Ian On 12/19/05, Corban Baxter <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Mike Britton
Looks like you're running into the character limit of URL strings. I second Jason's recommendation of remoting. Either that or use coldfusion to write XML files. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figle

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Éric Thibault
OK! The empty MC (or component) placed on every seat representation by your Flash designer could have a load image fonction to place the avatar (jpg image outside your flash?) inside itself and scalled to fit? 1. the user logs in to your system 2. you tell the MC corresponding to his se

Re: [Flashcoders] Array like access to custom class?

2005-12-20 Thread Morten Barklund Shockwaved
someClass.elem(0) = myObj; Nope - of course not. elem is a function - you can't use it that way. You can do anything you like, though. Create your own function for instance: someClass.setElem(0, myObj); Or a general addElem, that doesn't take a position argument but just pushes to the end:

[Flashcoders] Scrolling Landscape by Mouse position

2005-12-20 Thread Kevin Aebig
Hey all, I've seen a few examples of a scenic landscape that is "scrolled" to view more by the mouse cursor and can't seem to find any references to them a la google. Does anyone have a clue where to find these sources or have an example handy? I've just gotten pinned by my boss to have th

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and cfm

2005-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Instead, use Flash Remoting to return an array. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corban Baxter >>Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:06 PM >>To: flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Jan Huzelius
Yeah, the users are allowed to choose their seat. And I can loop trough the avatar object and pull out his seatNumber but we need a good way to link that seatID in the db with the one onstage. Thanks Jan On 20/12/05, Éric Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a suggestion... > > Are your

RE: [Flashcoders] Array like access to custom class?

2005-12-20 Thread Dan Thomas
How do you implement assigning values to that array item? someClass.elem(0) = myObj; -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Thomas Sent: 20 December 2005 14:28 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Array like access to cust

[Flashcoders] How to force IE to let Flash receive the TAB key?

2005-12-20 Thread Kevin Boyd (MMCR)
I have a flash 6 movie running in IE6 and have disabled Flash's own Tabbing based highlighting on fields using this.focusEnabled=false this.tabEnabled=false this._focusrect = false So that I can control the Tabbing myself. Works fine in the player but in the browser IE seems to take the Tabbing

Re: [Flashcoders] Elastic ribbon

2005-12-20 Thread Jon Bradley
On Dec 20, 2005, at 5:58 AM, franto wrote: i just have this, but it's implemented in AS3 http://www.franto.com/blog2/as3-cloth-simulation-verlet-algorithm That's interesting. Only thing is that cloth doesn't stretch (unless it's spandex or something). :) Aside: a particle spring system is b

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Éric Thibault
Just a suggestion... Are your users choosing their seat or are you populating your stadium in a orderly fashion? One way or the other, when they register you attribute them their seat and store that info (the seat id) in a BD...And when they return to the stadium, just pullout the seat... (I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Jan Huzelius
Thanks Franto, and Johan. (Johan and I are working on this together). On 20/12/05, Johan Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi franto, > > Thanks for your reply. Dude, your english is not that bad :) > > The current idea I'm working on is to get the Flash designer to place > an empty MovieClip

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
Hi franto, Thanks for your reply. Dude, your english is not that bad :) The current idea I'm working on is to get the Flash designer to place an empty MovieClip on every seat of the stadium and name this empty clip with a unique ID (Tier1_Block1_Stand1_Row1_SeatNumber1). Pretty much as you sugges

RE: [Flashcoders] Array like access to custom class?

2005-12-20 Thread Dan Thomas
Thanks very much Morten DannyT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Morten Barklund Shockwaved Sent: 20 December 2005 13:15 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Array like access to custom class? Dan Thomas wrote: > Can I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread franto
it's hard to say, i think it depens of your 4 views :) can it be matematically told that you can assign ID to every seat by some math formulas? or you want just create your views after you will find a good way to populate them? (sorry for my english :) On 12/20/05, Jan Huzelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flashcoders] Flash webservice puzzle

2005-12-20 Thread Jan Huzelius
Hi list, I'm creating a 2D football stadium in Flash (4 views) which will be populated with avatars/users from a .NET webservice. The football stadium is illustrated - it's not 3D. The avatars are simple animated MovieClips. Every section of the stadium has a stand with a certain number of seats

Re: [Flashcoders] text warp in flash

2005-12-20 Thread GregoryN
rishi, If you have pre-defined curves for the arcs and embedded fonts, it's not a problem. I'd suggest to: 1) split user's text to individual letters 2) for each letter create text field or mc with textfield inside it 3) place the textfields/mc's along the curve (assumed it is described as

Re: [Flashcoders] text warp in flash

2005-12-20 Thread Bart Wttewaall
http://www.storyabout.net/typedrawing This is an application that uses bulging text in a static manner. It might give you an idea.. 2005/12/20, rishi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > > > I have been trying to achieve text warp , with all the technologies and > the skillset I possess, but to no succes

Re: [Flashcoders] Array like access to custom class?

2005-12-20 Thread Morten Barklund Shockwaved
Dan Thomas wrote: Can I provide array like access to a custom collection object? E.g. Class MyClass { private var myArray:Array; public function getArray():Array { return this.myArray; } } [snip] How can I change it so I can achieve the

Re: [Flashcoders] help the tabIndex

2005-12-20 Thread erixtekila
How do I enabled custom tab indexes? the following example doesnt seem to work for me user_movie.user_input.inputText.tabIndex = 1; pass_movie.pass_input.inputText.tabIndex = 2; tabEnabled = true ? --- erixtekila http://blog.v-i-a.net/ _

Re: [Flashcoders] XML GALLERY

2005-12-20 Thread Martin Wood
looks like your xml and your code dont match. the debugger says your xmlnode has attributes thmb and main, your code says 'swf' and 'link' ? maybe thats it. martin Jose Maria Barros wrote: ups..sorry..forgot..well...it doesnt download the thumbnails..here is the code in the debugger Vari

[Flashcoders] Array like access to custom class?

2005-12-20 Thread Dan Thomas
Can I provide array like access to a custom collection object? E.g. Class MyClass { private var myArray:Array; public function getArray():Array { return this.myArray; } } This would allow access to the array items as so: var someClass:MyC

Re: [Flashcoders] XML GALLERY

2005-12-20 Thread Jose Maria Barros
ups..sorry..forgot..well...it doesnt download the thumbnails..here is the code in the debugger Variable _level0.picHolder = [object #6, class 'XMLNode'] { } Variable _level0.thumbHolder = [movieclip:_level0.thumbnails.thumbnail8] Variable _level0.thumbLoader = undefined On 12/20/05, Morte

Re: [Flashcoders] > Webservices best practices

2005-12-20 Thread Johan Lopes
Really? I'm working on a project where most of my data is to be supplied via webservices and it will most certainly be more than 2-3 methods. I'm putting together a serviceLocator class (singleton) that takes care of all my webservice calls. You're not using the MX 04 web service connector are you

Re: [Flashcoders] XML GALLERY

2005-12-20 Thread Morten Barklund Shockwaved
Jose Maria Barros wrote: Hello! Im trying to do a portfolio gallery with a grid and small thumbnails with xml. I ve been doing some tutorials to help me..but this thing doesnt work. [snip] The xml file is made correctly and the path for the images is link="imagens/somepic.jpg" The problem is

[Flashcoders] XML GALLERY

2005-12-20 Thread Jose Maria Barros
Hello! Im trying to do a portfolio gallery with a grid and small thumbnails with xml. I ve been doing some tutorials to help me..but this thing doesnt work. i wanted this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The xml file is made correctly and the path for the images is link="imagens/somepic.jpg" And here is

Re: [Flashcoders] Elastic ribbon

2005-12-20 Thread franto
i just have this, but it's implemented in AS3 http://www.franto.com/blog2/as3-cloth-simulation-verlet-algorithm On 12/20/05, Serge Jespers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry... had no intention of sending this 3 times... actually... I > only sent it once... Must be a hick-up in the list I guess..

Re: [Flashcoders] CreateTextField question

2005-12-20 Thread Stan Sainte-Rose
Thanks, I ve seen this property after posting the question.. Just a quick question (sorry for my ignorance). Behind this texfield, I have a MovieClip (it's a rectangle), and I would like to adjust the height depending the textfield height (and I would like to preserve my size font). Right now, her

Re: [Flashcoders] .NET SWF proxy

2005-12-20 Thread A3D
Bryngfors Nils wrote: I need a proxy able to load images from remote servers and return them as SWF files. The SWF files also have to be in version 4 (you guessed it, Flash Lite...). Oh, and I have to use ASP.NET. The only tool I've found this far is ActiveSWF ( http://activeswf.com ) that seem

Re: [Flashcoders] Elastic ribbon

2005-12-20 Thread Serge Jespers
Sorry... had no intention of sending this 3 times... actually... I only sent it once... Must be a hick-up in the list I guess... So yeah... Still looking for input on this... Serge ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http:/

[Flashcoders] RE: Localconnect communication

2005-12-20 Thread Alan Skinner
You have to set up a local connection object in each swf movie with different names They are one way communications classes so you cannot talk in both directions via just one. So add another one to your other file. Cheers alan -- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential

RE: [Flashcoders] CreateTextField question

2005-12-20 Thread martin schioeth
Hi, You'll need to do this: createTextField("myField",depth,x,y,defWidth,defheight); //set the defWidth to the number you want defheight can be anything the //autoSize increases the height until all of the text can fit in the field myField.autoSize = true; myField.text = myText; -martin -O

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