RE: [Flashcoders] vector to jpeg or png, php

2006-03-08 Thread Pete Hotchkiss
Your not going to get anywhere with the Bitmap data object if your resolutions need to be that big. The sheer size of the data will be so big it will bring the flash player to it's knees. However if you want to try it there is some good stuff here.

RE: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game

2006-03-08 Thread Mike Mountain
I've just scrapped my way of doing this in favour of a tile based approach, much more versatile. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] FP8 AS2 color picker and comboBox

2006-03-08 Thread Yotam Laufer
This seems to be a fine piece of software: http://www.awssoft.com/products.php?p=colorpickerpros=overview You need to register to d.l but it's free. On 07/03/06, Martin Weiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, i seek for color picker component (tried many, Illogiz, not working in

[Flashcoders] overlay swf over swf

2006-03-08 Thread Christian Giordano
Since the browsers render swfs in a top layer over the html, and the last swf updated is the one on top, the style z-index attribute is not enough to overlay a swf over another. Does anyone know if it is possible, and maybe how? Googling around I just found swf over html (so using z-index).

[Flashcoders] FLASH MEDIA SERVER HELP -----------------------------

2006-03-08 Thread Devendran I
Hi all, I am having one trouble in Flash media server2. I can't able to load a Application to the Application console HTML file(application manager). in View Application mode, i have selected one application to view its status. it unloads teh application and shows load application. (i

RE: [Flashcoders] FP8 AS2 color picker and comboBox

2006-03-08 Thread Nick Weekes
Good link, looks like a nice component. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yotam Laufer Sent: 08 March 2006 11:07 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FP8 AS2 color picker and comboBox This seems to be a fine piece of

Re: [Flashcoders] FP8 AS2 color picker and comboBox

2006-03-08 Thread Yotam Laufer
Yeah, I think so too, shame I missed that one before buying a crap component first. On 08/03/06, Nick Weekes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good link, looks like a nice component. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yotam Laufer Sent: 08

[Flashcoders] Enter-key in Test Movie

2006-03-08 Thread lieven.cardoen
Is it possible to disable this enter-key (==play) in testing movie-environment. I use the enter-key in my swf as a handler for function, so it's quite ennoying... Met vriendelijke groeten, Lieven Cardoen MULTIMEDIALOFT | POINT X Engelse Wandeling 2 K18v | 8500 Kortrijk | T +32 (0)56/36.11.97

Re: [Flashcoders] Enter-key in Test Movie

2006-03-08 Thread eric dolecki
From your test movie SWF top menu: Control Disable Keyboard Shortcuts (at the bottom of the menu) On 3/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to disable this enter-key (==play) in testing movie-environment. I use the enter-key in my swf as a handler for function,

RE: [Flashcoders] FLASH MEDIA SERVER HELP -----------------------------

2006-03-08 Thread Merrill, Jason
You may want to check out the Flashcomm list which topics and subscribers are specific to the Flash Communication Server, Flash Media Server (and fwiw, Flash Remoting.) http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/apache2-default/ Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com

[Flashcoders] Any news on the Macromedia MAX 2006???

2006-03-08 Thread Jason
Hi... :) Does anybody know if we are to have another MAX this year??? Anybody??? Any rumer lurking around??? Thanks... :) CyanBlue ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread Ron Wheeler
You could also implement a decimalNumber Class that does its arithmetic in decimal. You need to carry guard digits through calculations to ensure that rounding is done properly. You can make the numbers as large as you want with whatever precision you want. That was one of the winning

Re: [Flashcoders] getURL not working

2006-03-08 Thread Ron Wheeler
Beware that one of the methods (GET or POST) has a server dependent limit on the size of message that can be sent. It is very small usually. (2000 character range) Flash supports both methods except when you are testing. Then it only supports the wrong one. Read getURL docs for more

Re: [FlashCoders] textfield swapDepths

2006-03-08 Thread Tyler Wright
I have a DepthManager that will take care of this. It adds the .swapDepths() method to TextField and Button. More specifically, it replaces the MovieClip.removeMovie() and TextField.removeTextField() methods so that they work at whatever depth. The DepthManager is self-instantiating, but you have

Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread Jon Bradley
On Mar 8, 2006, at 12:13 AM, JesterXL wrote: Something about how certain numbers are only so big in Flash Player, and there was talk of porting BigInt from Java. Far as I know, number accuracy in Flash is +/- 1e16 and no better. I believe that's 32-bit precision. On Mar 8, 2006, at 10:10

Re: [Flashcoders] Z sorting multiple overlapping movie clips

2006-03-08 Thread eric dolecki
That class imports: import xt.core.*; which is nowhere to be found in the release :/ On 3/8/06, Tyler Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take a look at the XT DepthManager ( http://codext.com/code/6 ). It makes messing with depths like this really simple. Tyler On 3/2/06, Scott Pobiner

Re: [Flashcoders] interactive windowswf

2006-03-08 Thread John Grden
You can use Xray for this very thing - execute actionscript at runtime with your swf, use the property inspector to change property values etc. On 3/8/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you should look at xray www.osflash.org/xray On 3/8/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] interactive windowswf

2006-03-08 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
Jesse, So would you suggest a function in my windowswf that calls say a setDebugValues(); method in my actuall swf to set those values? Mani On 3/8/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, use LocalConnection. - Original Message - From: Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] interactive windowswf

2006-03-08 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
Thanks guys- I use xray and That would be okay for me - but what I'm working on is part of a customized solution in a panel embedded in flash so I guess it's essentially trying to reinvent the wheel. Mani On 3/8/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesse, So would you suggest a

[Flashcoders] Flash Web Browser Component

2006-03-08 Thread Greg Conover
Does anyone know of a Flash component that allows you to call up a URL and display a Web page? Standard components don't have that capability, it seems. Thanks. Greg Conover Knightworks Consulting www.knworks.com BLOCKED::http://www.knworks.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] BLOCKED::mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] interactive windowswf

2006-03-08 Thread John Grden
You can put the swf version in the windowSWF and load it as a panel. However, I've noticed that after a while, it seems to have some issues and I haven't fully tested it - so at your own risk ;) On 3/8/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xray is just a flash movie. any flash movie can

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Web Browser Component

2006-03-08 Thread eric dolecki
You mean getURL? Hehe, just kidding. You can't have native HTML like an active-x container, etc. inside Flash. You could research DENG though... - e.dolecki On 3/8/06, Greg Conover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a Flash component that allows you to call up a URL and display a

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Web Browser Component

2006-03-08 Thread Merrill, Jason
I actually have seen some components you buy or maybe it was third party tools that will help you create a browser/HTML viewer inside of Flash - can't find the links right now though. Maybe it was just a dream I had... Does Zinc do this? Can't recall... Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Web Browser Component

2006-03-08 Thread JesterXL
Yeah, Zinc lets you embed an IE ActiveX control; it basically positions it over top of your Flash. However, that's EXE only. - Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:27

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Web Browser Component

2006-03-08 Thread Johannes Boyne
But do you really want ActiveX in your Flash?! I think, it isn't in a SandBox like Flash or Java, so it is dangerous, right? And there, from my point of view, is the rub. And maybe some users don't like this security hole. And then they ask: Hey man why I must use ActiveX...? And that is a

Re: [Flashcoders] Any news on the Macromedia MAX 2006???

2006-03-08 Thread John Dowdell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know if we are to have another MAX this year??? Anybody??? Any rumer lurking around??? I haven't seen any announcements yet myself. I know that lots of people want advance notice for planning, but I'm still waiting to see word that a venue and date have

Re: [Flashcoders] overlay swf over swf

2006-03-08 Thread John Dowdell
Christian Giordano wrote: Since the browsers render swfs in a top layer over the html, and the last swf updated is the one on top, the style z-index attribute is not enough to overlay a swf over another. Does anyone know if it is possible, and maybe how? Googling around I just found swf over

[Flashcoders] targeting specific content in HTML file

2006-03-08 Thread Jeanna Lievsasy
Question. I'm working in Flash 8 and loading a CSS HTML file into a dynamically created text box. Is there a way to populate multiple dynamic text fields with specific content from the HTML file? I dont want the entire HTML file to load into each box, but i do want all my content in one file.

Re: [Flashcoders] Any news on the Macromedia MAX 2006???

2006-03-08 Thread Jason
Thanks for the reply, JD... :) I guess what I worry most is to know if we are really going to have another MAX or not... I hope we do have MAX this year, but it's somewhat uncertain after all that has happened and I really don't want to see it not happening... Know what I mean??? Looking

Re: [Flashcoders] Any news on the Macromedia MAX 2006???

2006-03-08 Thread Josh Buhler
I'd like to see a little more advance notice as well, but if I recall, it seems like MAX 2005 wasn't announced until a few months before it happened. Of course, I've got a terrible memory at times, so I could easily be wrong. - Josh On Mar 8, 2006, at 2:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Q:Problems with Tween class

2006-03-08 Thread bitstreams
Hi having some difficulty getting the handlers working with the built-in Tween class also, does the Tween class actually exist in more than one place? //CODE START import mx.effects.*; import mx.transitions.easing.*; function myTweenFunc(){ myMC.onTweenUpdate = function(value) {

[Flashcoders] proximity to a stage center scaling

2006-03-08 Thread eric dolecki
This should be pretty straightforward math, but I'm missing something. Desired effect: === I have a movieclip, and using XML, I am populating that movieclip with little dots... each representing an item - afterwards the main clip is centered on the stage. Now, run a function to check

[Flashcoders] Flash Developer

2006-03-08 Thread Jason Holloway
I am with Xelerate, LLC, we are a Recruitment Process Outsourcing firm (RPO) and we have partnered with a firm in McLean, VA. I am assisting them in finding them 2 individuals that comes from a Flash/Java/J2EE background for a Senior Developer position and a Senior Developer/Architect position.

RE: [Flashcoders] Any news on the Macromedia MAX 2006???

2006-03-08 Thread David Clarke
Rumour at the Adobe stand at WebDU last week was that MAX will be in Sydney this year - from memory in August... They were offering either a free webcam or $100 off your ticket to MAX at the time to attendees. David Clarke -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Re: Doh! Converting a floating point stringtonumberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread A.Cicak
If its going to be string anyway why bother with binary system, why dont make it decimal natively? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting specific content in HTML file

2006-03-08 Thread Weldon MacDonald
If different pieces of the file go to different text boxes, then it sounds like a job for xml. If you want to parse the html file and distribute it, then you'd have to write a parser to do it for you. A specific answer would require more details on what you want to do. On 3/8/06, Jeanna Lievsasy

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting specific content in HTML file

2006-03-08 Thread Miles Thompson
At 04:57 PM 3/8/2006, Jeanna Lievsasy wrote: Question. I'm working in Flash 8 and loading a CSS HTML file into a dynamically created text box. Is there a way to populate multiple dynamic text fields with specific content from the HTML file? I dont want the entire HTML file to load into each

Re: [Flashcoders] textArea background colour

2006-03-08 Thread Julius - XK
textAreaGuy.borderStyle = none; //should do the trick.. textAreaGuy.border_mc._visible = false; //should do the trick for the backgroundColor fill.. Hope this helps ya :) - Original Message - From: Simon Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Problems with Tween class

2006-03-08 Thread Helen Triolo
Yes, there are apparently multiple Tween classes in Flash 8 (and maybe MX 2004 -- I didn't check that). The one I've most often seen used is mx.transitions.Tween, not the one in mx.effects that you imported. Here is an example of your code (except I used 21 fps instead of 61 so I wouldn't

[Flashcoders] RE: getDepth: highest depth, middle depth, lowest depth

2006-03-08 Thread Scott Pobiner
Hey Mel, Take a look at the DepthManager. You can use it for exactly what you are trying to do. The catch is that you have to instantiate the MovieClips you want to use via actionscript with the DepthManager functions. Remember to do this because the DepthManager needs to keep track

[Flashcoders] image blurred edges

2006-03-08 Thread Ralph Guzman
In Flash 8, Im using loadMovie to load jpg's dynamically but all images are blurred around the edges like a low quality jpeg. in my publish settings i've set jpg quality to 100 but no luck. what's causing this and how i can fix this? thanks in advance.

Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread Ron Wheeler
Jon Bradley wrote: On Mar 8, 2006, at 12:13 AM, JesterXL wrote: Something about how certain numbers are only so big in Flash Player, and there was talk of porting BigInt from Java. Far as I know, number accuracy in Flash is +/- 1e16 and no better. I believe that's 32-bit precision. On

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: getDepth: highest depth, middle depth, lowest depth

2006-03-08 Thread judah
I've found very little info on the DepthManager class. afaik, you need to increment the kTop property when you use it: var new_mc = myMovie.createObject(__rowRenderer, new_mc, DepthManager.kTop++, {owner:this, styleName:this}); At the same time I find it useful to get the next highest depth

Re: [Flashcoders] image blurred edges

2006-03-08 Thread JesterXL
http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/12/dynamically-loading-bitmaps-with.html - Original Message - From: Ralph Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:22 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] image blurred edges In Flash 8, Im using loadMovie to

Re: [Flashcoders] image blurred edges

2006-03-08 Thread Ralph Guzman
thanks for the reply, however i need something that is backwards compatible with version 7 players. any suggestions? On 3/8/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/12/dynamically-loading-bitmaps-with.html - Original Message - From: Ralph Guzman [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Doh! Converting a floating pointstringtonumberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread Danny Kodicek
If its going to be string anyway why bother with binary system, why dont make it decimal natively? Because binary calculations are much quicker and more mechanical. On the subject of which, another method is to make use of an array of larger integers, and use bit-shifting/adding operations,