[Flashcoders] flash bowling games
Hi, I am currently looking for a bowling game in flash that can be bought for customizing purposes. Due too severe time constrictions I don't have the time to make one from scratch so I am looking for alternative options. Anyone has an idea if there are services or persons avaiable who offer such services? Thanks. Yves ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect
Good morning (here..) everyone, I just read that Windows XP at installation sets the Level2 cache to 0 in the registry. I've changed it to my real L2 cache and had an improvement in speed of 40% with Sorenson encoding. So that's why I think it's interesting for all here. First open regedit (start-run-regedit) Then search the key: hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\memory management Then at the sub key secondleveldatacache you fill in your real L2 cache. Hex value 200 for 512kb, 400 for 1Mb etc.. Then reboot. DON'T fill in a larger value than the real L2 cache, it will result in a BSOD. If you don't know your L2 cache you can use this program: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-131.zip Good luck! Greetz, Bernard ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect
What is BSOD ? a - Original Message - From: Bernard Visscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:01 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect Good morning (here..) everyone, I just read that Windows XP at installation sets the Level2 cache to 0 in the registry. I've changed it to my real L2 cache and had an improvement in speed of 40% with Sorenson encoding. So that's why I think it's interesting for all here. First open regedit (start-run-regedit) Then search the key: hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\memory management Then at the sub key secondleveldatacache you fill in your real L2 cache. Hex value 200 for 512kb, 400 for 1Mb etc.. Then reboot. DON'T fill in a larger value than the real L2 cache, it will result in a BSOD. If you don't know your L2 cache you can use this program: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-131.zip Good luck! Greetz, Bernard ___ 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] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since
Ok, thanks. And what about the If-Modified-Since header? Is it honored by Flash's sendAndLoad()? Does anybody please have an AS-code snippet using that header? Regards Alex On 1/4/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I always understood about the working of the Flash player is that most requests (i..e not streams) get redirected to the browser to handle the downloading etc. I f this is correct you should be able to use messages compressed with gzip. Because this is supported by the browser. I'm new to Flash, but plan to develop an web-chat-alike Apache module which would communicate with a Flash client through sendAndLoad() (i.e. exchanging short messages in application/x-www-form-urlencoded format). From the docs/books I've understood that SSL communication is mastered by Flash transparently (i.e. just call https://... instead of http://... and the browser will handle it for you). Is it the same case for gzipped content (like coming from mod_gzip or if I gzip the messages myself in my Apache module)? Or would I have to use onData() or similar and uncompress gzipped content myself in the Flash application? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since
Hi Alexander, Ok, thanks. And what about the If-Modified-Since header? Is it honored by Flash's sendAndLoad()? Yes, I think Flash honors the caching magic of the browser, meaning that when If-Modified-Since is = to the previous cached one it will get the ol done. One of the reasons you sometimes need to add a timestamp to the requested url in Flash, otherwise you won't get the latest version. Does anybody please have an AS-code snippet using that header? // diable the caching... highscoreXml .sendAndLoad( highscorephp?timestamp= + new Date().getTime(), highscoreXml ); Yours, Weyert de Boer ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Php and flash lloader
There is an index.php where index.swf is. The swf got 4 buttons to load 4 different movies If i press an index.php?category=4 for exemple, does flash can read category var ? And how ? Thank you Laurent ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox bug?
Thank you... Enrico Tomaselli + web designer + [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metatad.it ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect
It's Blue Screen Of Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_screen_of_death -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of a / Sent: den 5 januari 2006 10:30 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect What is BSOD ? a - Original Message - From: Bernard Visscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:01 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Windows XP Level2 Cache mostly incorrect Good morning (here..) everyone, I just read that Windows XP at installation sets the Level2 cache to 0 in the registry. I've changed it to my real L2 cache and had an improvement in speed of 40% with Sorenson encoding. So that's why I think it's interesting for all here. First open regedit (start-run-regedit) Then search the key: hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\memory management Then at the sub key secondleveldatacache you fill in your real L2 cache. Hex value 200 for 512kb, 400 for 1Mb etc.. Then reboot. DON'T fill in a larger value than the real L2 cache, it will result in a BSOD. If you don't know your L2 cache you can use this program: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-131.zip Good luck! Greetz, Bernard ___ 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] Php and flash lloader
If index.php?category=4 is beneath button 4, which I understand is in the movie, that's the URL you would use as one of the parameters to the SendandLoad() function. I'd suggest sending the parameter to another script, so that the returned movie would load into Flash, if you send it to index.php you will force a reload of the page, rather than just loading the movie into the script. Macromedia has an example of how this is done, you can Google for flash PHP and get a remarkable number of hits. A visit to www.sephiroth.it would be worthwhile. Regards - Miles Thompson At 07:40 AM 1/5/2006, CARABUS+ wrote: There is an index.php where index.swf is. The swf got 4 buttons to load 4 different movies If i press an index.php?category=4 for exemple, does flash can read category var ? And how ? Thank you Laurent ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.13/221 - Release Date: 1/4/2006 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since
Hi, On 1/5/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: // disable the caching... highscoreXml .sendAndLoad( highscorephp?timestamp= + new Date().getTime(), highscoreXml ); thanks however I mean something different than your trick with the changing URL: 1) Can you sendAndLoad() from a flash applet, 2) then get the Last-Modified value from the returned HTTP-header 3) then prepare another sendAndLoad() call and set the HTTP-header If-Modified-Since from the 2)? Is that possible? Java applets can do this through the 2 methods getLastModified() and setIfModifiedSince() in java.net.HttpURLConnection. That would speed-up the Flash-to-backend communication (for ex. for webchat-applications or database queries) and save bandwidth. Regards Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] sendAndLoad() and If-Modified-Since
Hi I don't think is possible... maybe someone else knows it :) thanks however I mean something different than your trick with the changing URL: 1) Can you sendAndLoad() from a flash applet, 2) then get the Last-Modified value from the returned HTTP-header 3) then prepare another sendAndLoad() call and set the HTTP-header If-Modified-Since from the 2)? Is that possible? Java applets can do this through the 2 methods getLastModified() and setIfModifiedSince() in java.net.HttpURLConnection. That would speed-up the Flash-to-backend communication (for ex. for webchat-applications or database queries) and save bandwidth. Regards Alex ___ 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] Flashcomm server and IE
Hi List, I have a chat application that connects to the flash comm server (localhost, windows XP sp2) in order to work. When I connect it through the standalone player, it connects ok, but when published as html and viewed in Internet Explorer, it refuses to connect, although it definitely used to do that before. It does work in Firefox, though... When checking the Communication App Inspector, I found, again, that although it works from within the IDE and as a standalone, it refuses to connect to the server from the html environment in IE, although I use the same (stored) connection parameters. I'm still using MX 2004, and my standalone player is Flash 7, and the apps are all published to Flash 7, but the with flash 8 plugin for IE (8,0,22,0). But it seems that I never updated Firefox, so the plugin is still 7 (7,0,35,5). So it looks as if the Flash 8 plugin is the culprit here, but why would it do that, and is there any solution? Thanks, Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic creative technical new media design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.net ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] component rotation in LivePreview
Hello Flashcoders, I have a custom component in which I want to process changes in _rotation property. Everything is ok if you rotate it with code... But some weird problems arise in LivePreview. For example, if I use Free Transform tool or Ctrl+T and rotate it, rotation seems to be taken and appears in published SWF, BUT I can't catch it in LivePreview mode! Question: Where the rotation value is stored while in LivePreview? onSizeMulti() function passes only height and width to my setSize. Also, I can't find any prop. with _rotation != 0 at _root or _root.contents etc. What am I missing? -- Best regards, GregoryN http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash, Ant and the Mac
Hep, use swf2ant : http://osflash.org/ant?s=as2ant Works well on 10.3.9 Le 29 déc. 05, à 01:09, Chris Griffith a écrit : Just started a new project and unlike the past efforts (in Flash), this one has two developers. I would like to automate the build process. I do my work on a Mac and the other on a PC. Can we use FlashAnt on both platforms? I have installed Ant on my Mac, but an not quite sure on the next baby steps. --- erixtekila http://blog.v-i-a.net/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] flash bug or please help!
Hi list... It starts to make me mad... I encountered problem to load a very simple XML, like those we use all days since years... So I made a very simple class only to read my xml... Then flash started to talk to me about a class conflict error I have only one class with this name on the whole server... It's 200% sure that there is no conflict I put things out one by one, til I got no more error... I got my class totally empty, except its name and an empty constructor, and the conflict error still was there. I tried to change the class name, class path, package, the error was always here. I let my Computer alone 1 or 2 minutes, then come back and only hit ctr-enter, the error has disappeared !! So I rewrite all my ParseXML class, and got no error the first time... cool !! nope the 2nd time, without any change, the error came back. I wait a while, try again, error got away I try to delete the import mx.utils.Delegate line in my class, generate the swf (and got the logical Delegate.create unknown error), then rewrite the line and generate once more, the conflict error came back !! The only way I found not to have this error was to leave my package (wich is hold on a file server) and let the class in the same directory as the calling fla. In this case I can modify my class without error. Maybe it's a server problem, as I often saw that Flash is the software I use that has the more problems with server (i.e. : let photoshop opened on a server located psd, and flash on a server loc. fla, reboot the server and there's no pb for photoshop, but flash can't write anymore on the file) It really don't understand what happens, but as I got an error on an empty class, or got only sometimes the error on the same class, it lets me think about a flash bug... what do you think about it please? Thanks, PR ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Movieclip is created at the depth of -16383!
are you able to swap its depth to something you'd like? edolecki On 1/5/06, Ramon Tayag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help.. no matter what I do, my movieclip, created using createEmptyMovieClip, is created at -16383. I originally used getNextHighestDepth, then changed it to a constant, like 2, 3.. 40, etc, but the mc, when I trace the depth, is -16383. Help? Thanks, -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag ___ 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] Movieclip is created at the depth of -16383!
Negative depth have only movieclipse which are created on Stage not by AS... it's strange Franto On 1/5/06, Ramon Tayag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help.. no matter what I do, my movieclip, created using createEmptyMovieClip, is created at -16383. I originally used getNextHighestDepth, then changed it to a constant, like 2, 3.. 40, etc, but the mc, when I trace the depth, is -16383. Help? Thanks, -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- - Franto http://blog.franto.com http://www.flashcoders.sk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Movieclip is created at the depth of -16383!
Are you sure that you're not by mistake tracing a movieclip created in authoringtime? // j -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Tayag Sent: den 5 januari 2006 16:36 To: FlashCoders Programming Subject: [Flashcoders] Movieclip is created at the depth of -16383! I need help.. no matter what I do, my movieclip, created using createEmptyMovieClip, is created at -16383. I originally used getNextHighestDepth, then changed it to a constant, like 2, 3.. 40, etc, but the mc, when I trace the depth, is -16383. Help? Thanks, -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag ___ 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] Extending the XML class
I tried a different approach. I had performance problems with building a new XML object tree with objects subclassed from XMLNode (I didn't want to re-parse every node). I ended up writing a 'Wrapper' class (apologies if I have the pattern mis-named) that uses __resolve() to route calls from one class to another, simluating inheritance. The constructor takes a reference to the object to be wrapped. I made my variant of XMLNode a subclass of that class. When I run through an XML document, I create my flavor of nodes, each of which keeps a reference to its original XMLNode. It works pretty well for me. In my case, I keep character offsets of the beginnings of all the text nodes, so I can find my way around XHTML docs and insert 'virtual tokens'.' I use these for editing the markup, or for finding character screen locations using getTextExtent() -- at least for the time being--:). It is probably a risky thing to work with __resolve(), I know, but this way, I only use it in one place, so if the implementation changes, I only need to make one edit. Hope this helps. Bill G Message: 8 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:43:50 -0500 From: Frederic v. Bochmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Extending the XML class To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hey Rifled, Maybe I'm biting off more than I can chew for my first AS2 project... I think your chewing a bit, but that alright, that's what brains are made for :) Why not simply parse your loaded XML structure and recreate the organization with your EXML objects? For an answer to your question: can you override the XMLNode creation for your own implementation, I think the answer is Yes and No! at least for Flash Player 8.0 and lower. You can always use the xmlObject.onData method to override the actual moment when the XML String gets parsed, and eventually implement your own parser code that checks the player version to call different ASNative calls according to the version (very hard to maintain (example: XMLNitro)). Or you could parse the XML string by hand, but that's too hard on your CPU if you're using player versions under 8.5. Basically the answer is no. Don't try! :) The reason why, is this: The Flash Player has its own build-in (Native) SAX XML Parser that returns an array of objects representing the nodes parsed. The XML API we commonly use in ActionScript, uses this build-in SAX Parser to get an Array of Objects ordered in the order they are parsed (like a SAX parser works). The XML implementation we normally use takes this array and creates children of type XMLNodes on himself. It's quite easy to implement, but the problem is that the address of the ASNative call might change from version to version of the Flash Player. It's not suggested to use this method. PS: the ASNative call would look a bit like this: (This is old code) this.status = ASnative(300, 0)(str, tags, false); But BEWARE this might not work in all version of the player. Don't try ;) One thing you might want to try is to associate some custom prototyped functions on the XML object to method prototypes in your own class. For example: XML.prototype.yourCustomMethod = EXML.prototype.yourCustomMethod; and this way, you might be able to have some functionalities with your XMLNode objects that your handling. Be aware of the context of the execution of your methods by the way! (This is like backtracking AS2 to AS1, not suggested either) Anyways, I think you should try simply iterating threw the received (parsed) xml to recreate your own structure, or something like that. One thing that might be interesting is if (Adobe) would provide us with a SAXParser which supports our own custom ContentHandler's that could permit us to handle the data as its being parsed by the internal engine. I can see why they haven't implemented this in previous versions, but with upcoming versions, this sure would be nice to have, if possible. (but that's just my two little tiny cents) Good luck :) Fredz./ -- William Garr Sr. Educational Multimedia Developer Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 phone: 202-687-9119 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting
I need some brain help this morning. I want to position a button ten pixels in from the lower right-hand corner of the movie. I decided to use Stage.width and Stage.height, minus the respective width and height of the button, minus ten (each). I can't get this to work though, because Flash reports the Stage height always at exactly 100 pixels shorter than it really is. I'm stumped. The _width and _height properties of _level0 won't work either due to off-Stage assets causing the clip size to extend beyond the Stage boundary. - pixelTwiddler, a.k.a. Jason Respect yourself, and THINK about stuff. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] flash 8 Masking blurred BitmapData
Hi All (I'm not new to the list but was away for over a year, so hi to you all again) I am working with some new flash 8 features in actionscript, but ran into a problem (bug?) I am taking a snapshot from a mc wtih : snapshot = new BitmapData(200, 200); Then draw this into an emty mc with : mc.draw(snapshot ,new Matrix()) And apply a blur to the new mc with : mc.filters=[new flash.filters.BlurFilter(80,0,30)]; This all works fine but when i want to mask this blurred mc with : mc.setMask(_root.maskMc) There is no mask applied to the mc If i leave out the blur, the mask will show perfectly Anybody any ideas? Flash will be very limited when we can only use the one or two new methods etc. at the same time :-( grtz jan -- Jan Guichelaar --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.woedend.nl --- Woedend! Magna Plaza Spuistraat 139 J 1012 SV Amsterdam --- tel +31 [0]20 6764999 fax +31 [0]20 4714446 --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flash 8 Masking blurred BitmapData
Hi, have you tried: maskee.cacheAsBitmap = true; maskMC.cacheAsBitmap = true; http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/08/alpha-masking-goodness-in-flash- player.html Wille On Jan 5, 2006, at 18: 35, _jan Guichelaar [woedend] wrote: Hi All (I'm not new to the list but was away for over a year, so hi to you all again) I am working with some new flash 8 features in actionscript, but ran into a problem (bug?) I am taking a snapshot from a mc wtih : snapshot = new BitmapData(200, 200); Then draw this into an emty mc with : mc.draw(snapshot ,new Matrix()) And apply a blur to the new mc with : mc.filters=[new flash.filters.BlurFilter(80,0,30)]; This all works fine but when i want to mask this blurred mc with : mc.setMask(_root.maskMc) There is no mask applied to the mc If i leave out the blur, the mask will show perfectly Anybody any ideas? Flash will be very limited when we can only use the one or two new methods etc. at the same time :-( grtz jan -- Jan Guichelaar --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.woedend.nl --- Woedend! Magna Plaza Spuistraat 139 J 1012 SV Amsterdam --- tel +31 [0]20 6764999 fax +31 [0]20 4714446 --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Wille Frankenhaeuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flashcomm server and IE
Please change the IE plug-in to Flash and test it. If it does not work that would isolate the player as the culprit. I'd also ask if you could check your security settings with regards to IE. Just shots in the dark to see if one can narrow down the problem. I personally have had few problems making the shift on both platforms from 7 to 8 on IE Mozilla and NScape a - Original Message - From: Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flashcomm server and IE Hi List, I have a chat application that connects to the flash comm server (localhost, windows XP sp2) in order to work. When I connect it through the standalone player, it connects ok, but when published as html and viewed in Internet Explorer, it refuses to connect, although it definitely used to do that before. It does work in Firefox, though... When checking the Communication App Inspector, I found, again, that although it works from within the IDE and as a standalone, it refuses to connect to the server from the html environment in IE, although I use the same (stored) connection parameters. I'm still using MX 2004, and my standalone player is Flash 7, and the apps are all published to Flash 7, but the with flash 8 plugin for IE (8,0,22,0). But it seems that I never updated Firefox, so the plugin is still 7 (7,0,35,5). So it looks as if the Flash 8 plugin is the culprit here, but why would it do that, and is there any solution? Thanks, Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic creative technical new media design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.net ___ 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] getTextExtent and embedded images
I'm dynamically populating a textField with HTML and would like to get the entire height of the textField, including embedded images. Is there a method for determining the height of a textField that includes an embedded image? Both the textEntent and _height values do not take the image into account, even if I specify a width and height for the image. I did notice that the help docs for getTextExtent mentions that text is treated as plain text, not HTML text, so that would explain why textExtent doesn't work. Is there another way? Thanks, Josh ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Key Listeners array
Is there anyway of accessing the Key listeners? I dont want to change the listeners array, just need to see whos in it :) cheers Nick ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Key Listeners array
trace(Key._listeners); - Original Message - From: Nick Gerig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Key Listeners array Is there anyway of accessing the Key listeners? I dont want to change the listeners array, just need to see whos in it :) cheers Nick ___ 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] Key Listeners array
Great, thanks Jesse! JesterXL wrote: trace(Key._listeners); - Original Message - From: Nick Gerig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Key Listeners array Is there anyway of accessing the Key listeners? I dont want to change the listeners array, just need to see whos in it :) cheers Nick ___ 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] Get SWF Version
Does anybody know of a quick and easy way to get the version info on a published swf? I've got a swf that was published by the previous developers of a client's site, but no FLA to look at publish settings to see what version it's targeting. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] export from SWF to a vector format (flash 8)
Hi there - I was wondering if there was a way to export the contents of the stage to some kind of vector format? I am not talking in the IDE, but from a movie running in the flash 8 player. IE - I am running a movie in a browser or flash player and want to have a button that will save the contents as some kind of vector format (IE eps or something). I am using flash 8. Thanks in advance! d ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Get SWF Version
use flare (http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html) to decompile the swf. that'll tell you the version it was compiled to. On 5 Jan 2006, at 17:57, Josh Buhler wrote: Does anybody know of a quick and easy way to get the version info on a published swf? I've got a swf that was published by the previous developers of a client's site, but no FLA to look at publish settings to see what version it's targeting. ___ 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] weird Word behaviour?
Virus in the Word doc? Are there alot of large images in the Word doc, or something else that makes them processor intensive to open? Is the machine that's shutting down an older machine? Perhaps the Word document was created in a newer version of Word and the machine that's shutting down has an older version of Word? The alert asking you to Open in Word (or save to disk) is normal. If you say 'yes', it usually opens Microsoft Word for you and displays the Word doc. Hope this helps. Marilyn Hi There, I have a really weird problem. I have an app with a link to a Word Document. On one of my machines the link comes up with an alert asking me to Open in Word or save the document. On another machine the window opens and immediately shuts down. If I click on the link more than 3 times a browser window comes up saying the action is disallowed. Does anyone know what is going on?? a ___ 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] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader
Another related question - now that we can instance a class specified in an
XML document, how can
we dynamically associate this class with a MovieClip instance? It is my
understaning that Object.Register
class associates a class with a movieclip symbol (not an instance).
Thanks,
August
On 1/4/06, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ClassFactory - just what we were looking for. Thanks, August
On 1/4/06, Jim Kremens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or this:
class ClassFactory {
public static function getClass(name:String, args:Object):Object {
return new Function(eval(name))(args ? args : []);
}
}
/* USAGE
* //can be any referenced class
* var myClass = ClassFactory.getClass(
org.flashcodersny.style.GradientFill,
args);
*/
As long as the class you're trying to instantiate exists in the _global
namespace, the above will work. To make sure it exists, just say its
name:
class DeclareClassNames {
function DeclareClassNames() {
org.myClass1;
org.myClass2;
//and so on...
}
}
There have been a few threads on this subject recently...
Jim Kremens
On 1/4/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
no it needs to be a ref to the constructer function.
this can be solved however with this:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
_global[com][blackhammer][test][TestClass]);
On 1/4/06, August Gresens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello
We're new to flash, migrating over from Director. We're trying to
implement
a Java style class loader in Flash, but we are having some
difficulty
doing
this.
This is what we are trying to do:
1. Create an XML document with elements specifying the name of the
class,
a
movieclip instance and and some initialization parameters.
for example:
object class=com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
name=testClassInstance1
clipName=myTestClip
param name=param1 value=1 type=int/
/object
2. On startup, the Flash movie parses the XML file, instancing a
class
corresponding to the string name specifiied in the XML (associating
it
with
the specified MovieClip), and populates the newly created object
with
the
parameter values specified in the XML.
When we attempt to do this using RegisterClass, however, it appears
as
though the class name cannot be passed in as a string.
This works:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
);
This doesn't:
Object.RegisterClass(myClipSymbolName,
com.blackhammer.test.TestClass
);
Any clues?
Perhaps there is a more elegant way of doing this anyway, since
RegisterClass seems to associate all instances of myTestClip (the
symbol)
with the specified class. What we'd like to do is associate an
instance
of
a
class with an instance of a movieclip.
Thanks,
August
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Re: [Flashcoders] Get SWF Version
Thanks for reminding me about Flare - I forgot I could get the info from that. Just haven't used it in a while. That SWF Edit Jesse mentioned works out pretty good too. Thanks guys. - Josh On Jan 5, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Alisdair Mills wrote: use flare (http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html) to decompile the swf. that'll tell you the version it was compiled to. On 5 Jan 2006, at 17:57, Josh Buhler wrote: Does anybody know of a quick and easy way to get the version info on a published swf? I've got a swf that was published by the previous developers of a client's site, but no FLA to look at publish settings to see what version it's targeting. ___ 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] Get SWF Version
There are a few ways. The easiest is to load the SWF into another SWF and check the version: // After the SWF has been loaded: trace(child_mc.getSWFVersion()); Derek Vadneau - Original Message - From: Josh Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Get SWF Version Does anybody know of a quick and easy way to get the version info on a published swf? I've got a swf that was published by the previous developers of a client's site, but no FLA to look at publish settings to see what version it's targeting. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting
i've run into a simlar issue before: http://www.visible-form.com/blog/000190.html you might need to wait a few frames before getting the correct width and height properties. On 1/4/06, Jason Lutes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need some brain help this morning. I want to position a button ten pixels in from the lower right-hand corner of the movie. I decided to use Stage.width and Stage.height, minus the respective width and height of the button, minus ten (each). I can't get this to work though, because Flash reports the Stage height always at exactly 100 pixels shorter than it really is. I'm stumped. The _width and _height properties of _level0 won't work either due to off-Stage assets causing the clip size to extend beyond the Stage boundary. - pixelTwiddler, a.k.a. Jason Respect yourself, and THINK about stuff. ___ 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] Stage.height Misreporting
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RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash
thanks for the book suggestions, I ended up ordering a couple of books: Foundation PHP 5 for Flash Foundation ASP.NET for Flash Foundation XML for Flash Learning ActionScript 2.0 for Macromedia Flash 8 Using ActionScript 2.0 Components with Macromedia Flash 8 should keep me busy for a while :-) Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Potter Sent: dinsdag 3 januari 2006 21:49 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Can I third that? Not to be mean, but I saw them speak at flash forward and Joey Lott had to keep answering questions they didn't know. He (Joey) was really nice about it, but it was ugly. I would start in the docs and here: http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials.shtml http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscptckbk/index.html?CMP=IL7015 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscript2/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Lapasa Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:14 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash I heartily second this notion. Don't the get Jacobsen and Jacobsen book for all the same reasons. I just happened to gain a better insight from Flash's docs than the book. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:14 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Whatever you do, don't buy Flash and XML: A Developers Guide by Dov Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen - Addison-Wesley Press - besides being Flash 5, the book sucks. You get the impression these guys are much more into XML than Flash. If they even use Flash at all in their professional lives. Apologies in advance if you're on thist list and one of the authors. There's some good stuff in it, but for someone new to Flash or doing basic stuff, it's not the book for you. But even the advanced stuff lacks depth though. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Deroo Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:29 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Hi, The title says it all I guess. Are there any good books out there on the subject of Flash 8 and XML? I found one called XML in Flash from Que publications, but as far as I can tell it is for Flash 5 and was written in 2001. Is that still current? I am assuming not. What books should I read when just getting into this subject, again, using Flash 8 or Flash MX2004? Thanks for your help, Ben ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ 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] Flashcomm server and IE
I came across an article about security changes in Flash 8, but it didn't mention the FlashComm server, although it got me thinking. I mucked around the advanced security settings panels for Flash 8, and added localhost to the trusted locations in the global security settings panel. This solved my local problem - I can now connect to the server from IE. However, that led me to check the client's app, by trying to connect to the chat application on the server, and that doesn't work anymore, even if I add the remote domain to the safe list. According to my client, there were a couple of reports from people unable to connect, but they were too few for him to take notice. These must be the ones that upgraded to 8. Any ideas what I must do to get this to work? Would it possibly be the application path? I simply use something like - rtmp:/gth/assessment1 - which used to work both locally and remotely before. Is it simply a matter of changing the path to reflect the domain name? Karina -Original Message- From: a / [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 January 2006 17:14 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flashcomm server and IE Please change the IE plug-in to Flash and test it. If it does not work that would isolate the player as the culprit. I'd also ask if you could check your security settings with regards to IE. Just shots in the dark to see if one can narrow down the problem. I personally have had few problems making the shift on both platforms from 7 to 8 on IE Mozilla and NScape a - Original Message - From: Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flashcomm server and IE Hi List, I have a chat application that connects to the flash comm server (localhost, windows XP sp2) in order to work. When I connect it through the standalone player, it connects ok, but when published as html and viewed in Internet Explorer, it refuses to connect, although it definitely used to do that before. It does work in Firefox, though... When checking the Communication App Inspector, I found, again, that although it works from within the IDE and as a standalone, it refuses to connect to the server from the html environment in IE, although I use the same (stored) connection parameters. I'm still using MX 2004, and my standalone player is Flash 7, and the apps are all published to Flash 7, but the with flash 8 plugin for IE (8,0,22,0). But it seems that I never updated Firefox, so the plugin is still 7 (7,0,35,5). So it looks as if the Flash 8 plugin is the culprit here, but why would it do that, and is there any solution? Thanks, Karina Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic creative technical new media design http://www.neo-archaic.net/ www.neo-archaic.net ___ 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] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader
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Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.height Misreporting
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[Flashcoders] Flash Ant build for Flash IDE?
Hi all, Been trying to get a build.xml rolling with the flash 8 IDE in combination with coding in eclipse. Did anybody have succes with the setup coding in eclipse and using a build.xml that calls the flash 8 IDE to publish? I only get examples for mtasc, but I don't (can't) want to use that for the time being. The few build examples that do seem to be written for the flash IDE, only work in flash MX 2004 :( Any help is appreciated. Cheers, Ben ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] DV cameras and flash
Hi, iMovie can be used with any usb cam that a certain bit of software allows. The software is by IOXperts. Steve On 3 Jan 2006, at 21:53, Sander wrote: Weyert, can I say that when the camera works iMovie HD it will work with Flash too? I think iMovie is more restrictive, as it works only with DV camera's. iMovie wouldn't work with my analog source. Macrobe has this on their technote (seems to apply to Windows only): Video is captured by the Macromedia Flash Player. The Flash Player can acquire video from anything that has a WDM Video Capture Driver. This includes almost all web cameras, DV cameras and video capture boards. It even includes screen grab utilities like Camtasia. In fact, the Flash Player can even acquire from multiple video sources at the same time. For streaming video from your DVD player, all that is required is a video capture board that has a WDM Video Capture Driver. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16454 S ___ 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] Weird Flash 8 issue
Hello all! This one has been driving me nuts. We recently required our users to upgrade to flash 8 to take advantage of some of the new features. A few users are having some odd errors. These are only occurring under windows 2000, using IE 6. I have my scrollpanes set up to load a movie, into which the actual dynamic data is loaded. This was done to get rid of my scrollpane issue where dynamic data was spilling out of the sides. What is happening is the first movie will load, but then the next one won't load. It works perfectly on all windows XP machines, as well as firefox on windows 2000. I also have gotten it to work on my windows 2000 machine, so its not all of them either. Has anyone seen anything like this, or experience any odd problems with flash 8 in windows 2000 under IE? Thanks, Beth ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Ant build for Flash IDE?
just execute a jsfl file from the ant script and in the jsfl file publish the movie On 1/5/06, Ben Smeets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Been trying to get a build.xml rolling with the flash 8 IDE in combination with coding in eclipse. Did anybody have succes with the setup coding in eclipse and using a build.xml that calls the flash 8 IDE to publish? I only get examples for mtasc, but I don't (can't) want to use that for the time being. The few build examples that do seem to be written for the flash IDE, only work in flash MX 2004 :( Any help is appreciated. Cheers, Ben ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
It says it is £6 on the UK site, athough it appears as £5.99 in the cart =D It refunds the £5.99 though like in the US. On 3 Jan 2006, at 20:10, Sara Spalding wrote: Just to clarify: * fl2 is free for developers who download the flash pro update from labs. Note that this is limited time offer. For everyone else, it's $10, for all the reasons that jesse mentioned * we require the device id to prevent people from downloading it once and installing it on lots of phone. Have fun and show us what you build! I saw Jesse's flickr app and think it's great! -Sara -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:55 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 Thx Jesse - suppose it makes some sense when you put it that way. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:10 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 This is an ld debate. I can't find the context weblog links but basically: - normal consumers wouldn't buy FlashLite from the Macromedia.com store. It would come pre-installed on their phones like Flash Lite 1.1 does already on some. - Macromedia has a different business model around Flash Lite. They make bling licensing it; go check out their financial reports. - Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:01 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 Wow, they're *selling* the player? Stupid move IMO. Also the store download page before you purchase says: This product is not refundable. The player is offered as is. And, you have to give them the serial number of the phone in order to buy the player. Perhaps for good reason, but some people are probably going to be concerned with privacy issues. So much for penetrating the market any further. Really bizarre. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ 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] DV cameras and flash
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[Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.
Hi All
some code to look at first
function meth2()
{
var x:XML = new XML();
try{
x.onLoad =
function(success)//Delegate.create(this,handleXmlLoad);
{
throw new CustomError();
}
x.load(somefile.xml);
}
catch(e:CustomError)
{
trace(caught in child);
}
}
function handleXmlLoad(success:Boolean)
{
throw new CustomError();
}
i am not able to catch this error in either the anon function or the
function delegate.
has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception handeling
in flash?
thanks
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Re: [Flashcoders] Accordion Question
much thanks. --- bryan.rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 2:19 PM, coker todd wrote: Can someone point me to where i can find how to change which item in the stack is selected by default. I would point you to the help panel. : ) Look up Accordion.selectedIndex . blue skies, bryan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] getTextExtent and embedded images [RESOLVED]
Ok, I figure out that if I have wordwrap AND autosize set to true, then the _height property of the textField does take into account any width and height attributes you specify for the image. This is only a minor inconvenience, and much better than setting up an interval to check for when the image has loaded and then continuing on with my code. Josh On Jan 5, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Josh Gormley wrote: I'm dynamically populating a textField with HTML and would like to get the entire height of the textField, including embedded images. Is there a method for determining the height of a textField that includes an embedded image? Both the textEntent and _height values do not take the image into account, even if I specify a width and height for the image. I did notice that the help docs for getTextExtent mentions that text is treated as plain text, not HTML text, so that would explain why textExtent doesn't work. Is there another way? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash equivalent of a Java class loader
Again, thanks again for your help. Cheers, August On 1/5/06, bryan.rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Jim Kremens wrote: __proto__ The Rebel Alliance Live On. : ) In these days of the Flash Fracturization, I find that to be a very comforting thought. blue skies, bryan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- - August Gresens Technical Director Black Hammer Productions, NYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.
i am not able to catch this error in either the anon function or the function delegate. has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception handeling in flash? I don't think you can do what you're planning, there; it appears that XML.load() starts a new execution thread, which ignores the try/catch block in which it was invoked. Your best bet for error handling is to analyze the XML in your onLoad handler. If you detect an error condition, let the handler deal with it. This does mean that instead of generating an exception and catching it, you have to do some logic to check for errors, but it seems to be Flash's way. Since Flash is designed for the internet, functions which instigate a new HTTP request are always going to run asynchronously -- since there's just no telling when the heck they'll complete. It's a compromise. Personally, I'd love to have the option of a synchronous XML.load() method, since often I'm just reading from files in the same directory as the SWF. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.
well currently i am handeling my errors by dispatching them (take the same error object add a type property). this seems terribly inelegeant, since I use throw all over the place except in one of the places i need it most. since that exception is being traced out i would however imagine that it does somewhere. where is this and can i change the behaviour there to lend more consistency my code? On 1/5/06, Alan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am not able to catch this error in either the anon function or the function delegate. has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception handeling in flash? I don't think you can do what you're planning, there; it appears that XML.load() starts a new execution thread, which ignores the try/catch block in which it was invoked. Your best bet for error handling is to analyze the XML in your onLoad handler. If you detect an error condition, let the handler deal with it. This does mean that instead of generating an exception and catching it, you have to do some logic to check for errors, but it seems to be Flash's way. Since Flash is designed for the internet, functions which instigate a new HTTP request are always going to run asynchronously -- since there's just no telling when the heck they'll complete. It's a compromise. Personally, I'd love to have the option of a synchronous XML.load() method, since often I'm just reading from files in the same directory as the SWF. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.
On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Johannes Nel wrote:
has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception
handeling
in flash?
You need to do something more like this:
function handleXmlLoad(success:Boolean)
{
if (success) {
trace(Load successful.);
} else {
trace(Load NOT successful.);
//var error = new CustomError();
}
}
function meth2()
{
var x:XML = new XML();
//
x.ignoreWhite = true;
x.onLoad = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, handleXmlLoad);
x.load(somefile.xml);
}
meth2();
blue skies,
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Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.
no mate you are missing what i am trying to acheive.
On 1/5/06, bryan.rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Johannes Nel wrote:
has anybody have any idea of how to handle asynchranous exception
handeling
in flash?
You need to do something more like this:
function handleXmlLoad(success:Boolean)
{
if (success) {
trace(Load successful.);
} else {
trace(Load NOT successful.);
//var error = new CustomError();
}
}
function meth2()
{
var x:XML = new XML();
//
x.ignoreWhite = true;
x.onLoad = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, handleXmlLoad);
x.load(somefile.xml);
}
meth2();
blue skies,
bryan
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Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in async functions.
On Jan 5, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: no mate you are missing what i am trying to acheive. Sorry - misread your email. I don't think you can do it. Try...Catch and Xml.onLoad are like oil and water as far as I can tell. You will have to wait to load your xml before you start your try...catch block I think. blue skies, bryan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw in asyncfunctions.
same problem. all async functions are part of a different stack so all my exception handeling code go out of the window. On 1/5/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Late to the thread. Could you perhaps check if the onData actually contains any data, and if so, throw an exception if she does not there? That happens before onLoad. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- j:pn ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw inasyncfunctions.
You sound just like the Java guys who try Flex and wonder why it doesn't block. Sorry bro, async is like Bryan said, oil and water. - Original Message - From: Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] what happens to exceptions i throw inasyncfunctions. same problem. all async functions are part of a different stack so all my exception handeling code go out of the window. On 1/5/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Late to the thread. Could you perhaps check if the onData actually contains any data, and if so, throw an exception if she does not there? That happens before onLoad. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- j:pn ___ 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] Massive XML files and Flash
Does it have to stay in that format? Meaning, can you convert it and throw it into a database? Paging is still an effective methodology, and if you can throw it in a database, you can then do what Flash does best and load what you need on the fly. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash Hi, I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as well as numericals. I'm sure there are lots of more suitable applications and languages, but I the only one I know is Actionscript. Luckily, I know it very well and am more than confident at parsing XML; however, I've never delt with data on this scale before. So, I'm interested to know if anyone has any experience of dealing with this sort of build, and whether it is feasible to expect Flash to handle it. More on the data: I need to cross-reference and check data accross 3 xml files. They are all big, but the biggest, by way of an example in Excel form, has 25,000 records each with around 30 fields, often very string heavy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated? -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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] Flash Lite 2.0
I can't test because it's not compatible with my phone. :( I'm worried about the player performance. Does anyone have anything to say about it? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0
Player? Great. My phone? Slow, and no ram. My Alienware pawnz my Nokia 6680. 2 gigs of RAM vs. 1 meg just isn't a comparison really... I mean, it's not Flash's fault. The fact it actually runs pretty well in 1 meg of RAM cap is neat! Max fps I can get is 15. - Original Message - From: Flavio Ramos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0 I can't test because it's not compatible with my phone. :( I'm worried about the player performance. Does anyone have anything to say about it? ___ 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] Sound.loadSound --- when does streaming actually start?
If I load an external MP3 into the Flash player and set up Flash to load it as a streaming event, when does it start to play? In the AS2 language reference, it states : Streaming sounds play while they are downloading. Playback begins when sufficient data has been received to start the decompressor. So what is sufficient data? The reason I am asking is that I was trying to stream very low bitrate MP3s, but they were long (1+ minutes around). When I used the bandwidth testing in Flash for 56K modem, the MP3 had to almost entirely download before it started. - John ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sound.loadSound --- when does streaming actuallystart?
If you do a true to the 2nd parameter of loadSound, she should start downloading when the _soundbuftime value is met. _soundbuftime is global to the player, so you can set it anywhere. It defaults to 5 seconds. If you aren't seeing that, it could be latency confusing Flash maybe? - Original Message - From: John Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:06 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Sound.loadSound --- when does streaming actuallystart? If I load an external MP3 into the Flash player and set up Flash to load it as a streaming event, when does it start to play? In the AS2 language reference, it states : Streaming sounds play while they are downloading. Playback begins when sufficient data has been received to start the decompressor. So what is sufficient data? The reason I am asking is that I was trying to stream very low bitrate MP3s, but they were long (1+ minutes around). When I used the bandwidth testing in Flash for 56K modem, the MP3 had to almost entirely download before it started. - John ___ 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] Sound.loadSound --- when does streaming actually start?
Hello All. I'm new to the flash mailing list (as in, today) and relatively new to flash (about 2 months). I'm loving flash and excited to have found this great mailing list! ;o) John, I am a newbie to flash so please take my help lightly. ;o) But I think what you want is to set _soundbuftime . This is a property of every movieclip, but it is a global variable, Check for it in the Actionscript dictionary. ;o) Good luck. -Justin Bishop On 1/5/06, John Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I load an external MP3 into the Flash player and set up Flash to load it as a streaming event, when does it start to play? In the AS2 language reference, it states : Streaming sounds play while they are downloading. Playback begins when sufficient data has been received to start the decompressor. So what is sufficient data? The reason I am asking is that I was trying to stream very low bitrate MP3s, but they were long (1+ minutes around). When I used the bandwidth testing in Flash for 56K modem, the MP3 had to almost entirely download before it started. - John ___ 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] Massive XML files and Flash
Thanks Jester, but databases are not my forte, to do it quickly I'd like to just use ActionScript only. Is there anyway I can just load specific sections of the XML or do I have to load the whole file into memory? On 05/01/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it have to stay in that format? Meaning, can you convert it and throw it into a database? Paging is still an effective methodology, and if you can throw it in a database, you can then do what Flash does best and load what you need on the fly. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash Hi, I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as well as numericals. I'm sure there are lots of more suitable applications and languages, but I the only one I know is Actionscript. Luckily, I know it very well and am more than confident at parsing XML; however, I've never delt with data on this scale before. So, I'm interested to know if anyone has any experience of dealing with this sort of build, and whether it is feasible to expect Flash to handle it. More on the data: I need to cross-reference and check data accross 3 xml files. They are all big, but the biggest, by way of an example in Excel form, has 25,000 records each with around 30 fields, often very string heavy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated? -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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 -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash
I've found this as version of xpath very very handy.. easy to implement and use also.. http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ActionScript/AS2/XPath/ Thanks Jester, but databases are not my forte, to do it quickly I'd like to just use ActionScript only. Is there anyway I can just load specific sections of the XML or do I have to load the whole file into memory? On 05/01/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it have to stay in that format? Meaning, can you convert it and throw it into a database? Paging is still an effective methodology, and if you can throw it in a database, you can then do what Flash does best and load what you need on the fly. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash Hi, I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as well as numericals. I'm sure there are lots of more suitable applications and languages, but I the only one I know is Actionscript. Luckily, I know it very well and am more than confident at parsing XML; however, I've never delt with data on this scale before. So, I'm interested to know if anyone has any experience of dealing with this sort of build, and whether it is feasible to expect Flash to handle it. More on the data: I need to cross-reference and check data accross 3 xml files. They are all big, but the biggest, by way of an example in Excel form, has 25,000 records each with around 30 fields, often very string heavy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated? -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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 -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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] Massive XML files and Flash
Well, you can override the XML.onData. This is fired before XML's onLoad, and it'll give you the raw XML string data, unparsed. You can then manually parse this. Are these XML files created yet? Like, you say Excel document. If you can, creating a dictionary file that points to a series of XML files is tons better than 1 big beast. The problem is, even XML.onData still has that honkin' string in it, and using the String methods on it will still chug. Your best bet is to load in the index file, and only load those smaller files. Even if the the smaller file consists of thousands of records, you can simply wait a frame after she loads, use a String.indexOf on a certain node, say record and repeat over a series of frames to record indices of where all the nodes are. In the next pass, you could then break it up into chunks. Since strings are copy by value, you could make a copy of the string you want to parse, just parse that chunk, convert to something meaningful like an array full of objects, discard the string, and repeat on the next frame. You could even save those objects you've created as sharedobjects, eliminating them from memory. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash Thanks Jester, but databases are not my forte, to do it quickly I'd like to just use ActionScript only. Is there anyway I can just load specific sections of the XML or do I have to load the whole file into memory? On 05/01/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it have to stay in that format? Meaning, can you convert it and throw it into a database? Paging is still an effective methodology, and if you can throw it in a database, you can then do what Flash does best and load what you need on the fly. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash Hi, I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as well as numericals. I'm sure there are lots of more suitable applications and languages, but I the only one I know is Actionscript. Luckily, I know it very well and am more than confident at parsing XML; however, I've never delt with data on this scale before. So, I'm interested to know if anyone has any experience of dealing with this sort of build, and whether it is feasible to expect Flash to handle it. More on the data: I need to cross-reference and check data accross 3 xml files. They are all big, but the biggest, by way of an example in Excel form, has 25,000 records each with around 30 fields, often very string heavy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated? -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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 -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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] Massive XML files and Flash
XPath. Beautiful! I've been looking for something like that! Thanks, will give it a shot! -Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Johnston Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 11:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash I've found this as version of xpath very very handy.. easy to implement and use also.. http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ActionScript/AS2/XPath/ Thanks Jester, but databases are not my forte, to do it quickly I'd like to just use ActionScript only. Is there anyway I can just load specific sections of the XML or do I have to load the whole file into memory? On 05/01/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it have to stay in that format? Meaning, can you convert it and throw it into a database? Paging is still an effective methodology, and if you can throw it in a database, you can then do what Flash does best and load what you need on the fly. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash Hi, I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as well as numericals. I'm sure there are lots of more suitable applications and languages, but I the only one I know is Actionscript. Luckily, I know it very well and am more than confident at parsing XML; however, I've never delt with data on this scale before. So, I'm interested to know if anyone has any experience of dealing with this sort of build, and whether it is feasible to expect Flash to handle it. More on the data: I need to cross-reference and check data accross 3 xml files. They are all big, but the biggest, by way of an example in Excel form, has 25,000 records each with around 30 fields, often very string heavy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated? -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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 -- Jonathan Clarke 1976 Ltd http://19seventysix.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 ___ 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] Massive XML files and Flash
I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as well as numericals. When I found myself in this situation I did 2 things: 1. Don't use XML, it is way too heavy for this much data. I found that by using a double-delimeted or fixed-width data format, the file size was reduced by as much as 70%. In the end, I went with fixed width because I could parse it faster (by avoiding calling split() thousands of times). Now, I still used the XML object, but instead of letting it parse the file, I overwrote the onData event and used my own parsing function, which generated objects directly instead of parsing it out to an XML object. Essentially, the XML object just read the data in and dumped it to my parsing function. 2. Don't try to parse it all at once. What I did was dump it all into a buffer when it was loaded, and then fire off a parsing function that parsed 250 records per frame. I found that number through trial and error, you can find your own balance. The important thing was, the application didn't stop functioning while the records were being parsed, you could go to other areas of the app and use it normally, and when you went to the section that required the data, you got a progress bar showing how many records had been parsed. My parsing function was semi-complicated. It took the whole dataset in as a string and split it on my record delimiter, and this array became my buffer. This way I knew how many records there were to parse, and approximately how long it would take to parse them. It then sliced 250 records off the top of the buffer on every frame and passed them to the serialization function, which took them, serialized them, and inserted them into my database object. My parsing function also built several indexes while it was parsing the records, to make lookups faster once the database was ready. My application was a database of hotels, which were sortable by a number of criteria, so the parsing routine looked for those attributes of each hotel as it parsed, and when it saw a new value for one of those criteria, it made a new entry in the appropriate index for it. I made very heavy use of the object collection syntax, for example: Index[Location][USA][Texas][Dallas] ...referred to an array of hotel ids which were in Dallas, Texas, USA, which could be used to find a hotel like this: // 0 is the first index in the array of ids hotelID = Index[Location][USA][Texas][Dallas][0]; return(Database[hotelID]); In the end, it took about 5 times as much code to import, parse, and index the database than the whole rest of the application, but it worked, it was relatively fast, and it met the requirements I was given. I would've preferred for it to work from a web server, selecting what I needed from the database, but the client required that it work offline from a database that shipped with the cd, as well as be able to download an updated database from their website, and this was the best solution I could find in Flash that worked on both PC and Mac (no 3rd party wrappers). Unfortunately it had to parse the whole database every time you ran the app, but it would get the newest version from the web if you were online and it gave you the option to store it (in an ungodly-sized shared object) if you wanted to. Anyway, that's how I did it, whether or not it was successful is a matter of opinion. ;-) ryanm ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
