Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

[Daniel Cardenas]

So how can QuarkXpress offer such a utility?



Or FlightCheck?

I haven't done any print work in years - and I haven't yet had any 
*major* issues with Flash and font management, knock on wood. However I 
did pick up some good habits from when I did work in print, and I'm 
very impressed with the latest version of Suitcase -  "Suitcase 
Fusion". It's merged with Font Reserve now, so you can get rid of fonts 
throughout your system and let Suitcase manage them in one repository. 
And you can collect for output.


Adobe has more than enough expertise with fonts & font management (ATM) 
that they should be able to add it to the next generation apps.


I'm with you.

-Daniel


On Apr 13, 2006, at 6:40 PM, clark slater wrote:


So how can QuarkXpress offer such a utility? I don't think it would be
illegal to collect the fonts used in a FLA by using a utility in the 
Flash

IDE. It's up to the user to ensure that font licensing terms are met in
terms of subsequent distribution etc.

Clark


On 4/13/06, Shaw, Matt (MTVN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


This would be illegal unless the fonts included a license which 
allowed

copying them and sending them around. Unless the fonts were free...

But yes, I agree that it is annoying.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clark
slater
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:16 PM
To: [ExtendFlash]; [FlashCoders]
Subject: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for
years.
They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing
the source file to a bureau for print the exact same fonts are 
supplied

along with the artwork and layout.

I cannot begin to list all the times we have encountered major pain
because the designer who created a particular FLA has lost the fonts 
or
reinstalled their operating system or for whatever reason can no 
longer
get their hands on the fonts. It is such a phenomenal pain in the 
tits.

In terms of production time this is a VERY costly problem. We have
literally wasted hours screwing around with fonts trying to track down
the exact font used in a particular file. Sometimes the font might be
correct version - but different kerning table means it reflows
everywhere. Aggh.

Often made worse by the way that font names are handled differently in
Flash than in other programs using the exact same file. The scope for
confusion is enormous. Even using third party font management tools 
like

suitcase does not alleviate the problems because of the way that most
design applications will install their own dirty secret fonts into the
system fonts folder.

Given the number of FLA files that are shared from designer to
developer, agency to client to agency to freelancer etc. I simply 
cannot

understand why Macromedia never saw fit to implement a utility like
Quark has so it would be easy to collect all the fonts used in a
particular file for handoff to the next part of the production 
workflow.
The chance of font piracy is not a strong enough argument to explain 
why
this critical design feature has been left out. After all anyone 
wanting
to pirate fonts can just swap the contents of their system fonts 
folder

etc.

Clearly, I sincerely hope this is included in the next version of the
Flash IDE - but I'm not holding my breath as it's been a submitted
wishlist item since version 3 or 4! In the meantime it would be great 
if
there was a way to handle this with JSFL. Unfortunately I can't see 
any

way to access the fonts used property of a document.

I'm sure we are not the only agency nearly driven to dementia with 
these

kind of Flash font related issues. If anyone else out there shares our
anguish please speak up, we need to convince Adobe to include proper
font management in the next Flash IDE. And on the offchance that 
anyone
has found a funky solution to this most annoying of problems, I will 
at

the very least buy you a case of your favorite beer. And if anyone has
any insights to how this could be pulled off with JSFL I would be very
interested to discuss.

OK anyone that made it this far thanks for listening to my ranting.

Maybe we're the only Flash agency lame enough to be so badly affected 
by

such font problems coz I don't really see this discussed anywhere, or
maybe there's some really slick or simple solution that everyone else 
is

using...but I'm betting not. In which case it seems like an extension
that could fix this would be a *really* shit hot item for someone to
develop and offer to the Flash community as a whole.


Clark Slater
www.bayinteractive.com
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RE: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Jason Lutes]

> Consider using XPath, as in this example:
>
>   http://www.majordan.net/test/flashlinks/

Geez that's a shload of class files in that Zip file! [grin] I'm going to
explore XPath a little more when I free up some time.

I really appreciate everyone's willingness to help me out.

Let me outline what I ended up doing. I'm still refining things for
efficiency and re-purposability, but...

1. Tokenize the text field htmlText, creating an array whose elements are
either complete tags, or the extracted content that falls between (or
before or after) them. Obs: There is obviously quite a bit to this that I
left out for brevity.

2. Capture the hyperlink click location in the text field using
Selection.getCaretIndex(). Obs: The "selectable" property of the text
field must already be set to "true" at click time.

3. Cycle through the token array, concatenating non mark-up elements to a
string, whose length is compared (each time) to the caret position.

4. When the string length exceeds/equals the caret position, I have my
hyperlink content.

This presumes a couple of things about the HTML, and there are a few
things I also had to do in order to guarantee the correct text (necessary
to compensate for quirks in the Flash TextField hyperlink mechanism), but
that sums it up.

Thanks again.


-
pixelTwiddler, a.k.a. Jason

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[Flashcoders] comboBox overlap issues

[Radley Marx]

Hey all,

I'm using a few comboBoxes in my current project. The comboBoxes are  
all in child.swf which is loaded into the root.swf.


At first, the drop-downs wouldn't appear when the comboBox bar is  
pressed. Once I added a comboBox to the root.swf Library they  
appeared to work fine, except now I'm having overlap issues.


In the first case, the top bar is visible. When pressed, the drop- 
down menu somehow appears underneath everything else on the child.swf  
stage. Would this have anything to do with needing a comboBox in the  
root.swf library??


In the 2nd case, I have three combo boxes all together on the stage  
with a long comboBox about 150 pixels above the other two. When this  
comboBox is selected, the drop menu appears underneath the lower two  
comboBoxes, instead of above them.


Solution? What am I missing here??

thnx =)

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RE: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Michael A. Jordan]

Consider using XPath, as in this example:

http://www.majordan.net/test/flashlinks/

-- Michael


-Original Message-
From: JesterXL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 5:06 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

Assuming Highlander TextField:

function init()
{
 my_txt.htmlText = "Hello Jesse, 
how are you?";

 var str = my_txt.htmlText;

 var start = str.indexOf("", start);
 var endBracket = str.indexOf("", startBracket);
 if(endBracket == -1)
 {
  endBracket = str.indexOf("", startBracket);
 }
 var linkText = str.substring(startBracket + 1, endBracket);
 trace("linkText: " + linkText);
}

init();


- Original Message - 
From: "Jason Lutes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field


Is there a way to identify the contents of a link element in an
HTML-enabled text field? How can I pass the text of the link to a
function
invoked by the link?


-
Jason

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RE: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Steven Sacks]

> Is there a way to identify the contents of a link element in an
> HTML-enabled text field? How can I pass the text of the link 
> to a function invoked by the link?

Wait, you mean you want to pass the text of the link (inside the a tag)
via the function you're calling in the link?  You'll have to code that
into the link.  If you don't want to do that, there are possible
solutions.

One is to pass the link number in the method and have Flash reference
the htmlText again.  What I mean is, if you have 3  tags in your
htmlText, you pass which one it is, like myMethod(2).

Honestly, though, that's probably not what you're looking for, nor is it
very flexible.  So, the short answer to your question is no.


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RE: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Steven Sacks]

> > Assuming Highlander TextField:
> 
> There can be only one!

Flash likes to capitalize stuff and add TARGET to the href so here's the
fixed (and tested) code.

txt.htmlText = "McCloud";
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RE: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Steven Sacks]

> Assuming Highlander TextField:

There can be only one!

txt.htmlText = "";
a = txt.htmlText.split("")[0];
trace(a);

:P


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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to jpg

[Rajat Paharia]

Juan -

File > Export > Export Image

- rajat

On 4/13/06, Juan Anzaldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I need to export a vector image from flash to a jpg or
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Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

[clark slater]

So how can QuarkXpress offer such a utility? I don't think it would be
illegal to collect the fonts used in a FLA by using a utility in the Flash
IDE. It's up to the user to ensure that font licensing terms are met in
terms of subsequent distribution etc.

Clark


On 4/13/06, Shaw, Matt (MTVN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This would be illegal unless the fonts included a license which allowed
> copying them and sending them around. Unless the fonts were free...
>
> But yes, I agree that it is annoying.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clark
> slater
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:16 PM
> To: [ExtendFlash]; [FlashCoders]
> Subject: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button
>
> Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for
> years.
> They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing
> the source file to a bureau for print the exact same fonts are supplied
> along with the artwork and layout.
>
> I cannot begin to list all the times we have encountered major pain
> because the designer who created a particular FLA has lost the fonts or
> reinstalled their operating system or for whatever reason can no longer
> get their hands on the fonts. It is such a phenomenal pain in the tits.
> In terms of production time this is a VERY costly problem. We have
> literally wasted hours screwing around with fonts trying to track down
> the exact font used in a particular file. Sometimes the font might be
> correct version - but different kerning table means it reflows
> everywhere. Aggh.
>
> Often made worse by the way that font names are handled differently in
> Flash than in other programs using the exact same file. The scope for
> confusion is enormous. Even using third party font management tools like
> suitcase does not alleviate the problems because of the way that most
> design applications will install their own dirty secret fonts into the
> system fonts folder.
>
> Given the number of FLA files that are shared from designer to
> developer, agency to client to agency to freelancer etc. I simply cannot
> understand why Macromedia never saw fit to implement a utility like
> Quark has so it would be easy to collect all the fonts used in a
> particular file for handoff to the next part of the production workflow.
> The chance of font piracy is not a strong enough argument to explain why
> this critical design feature has been left out. After all anyone wanting
> to pirate fonts can just swap the contents of their system fonts folder
> etc.
>
> Clearly, I sincerely hope this is included in the next version of the
> Flash IDE - but I'm not holding my breath as it's been a submitted
> wishlist item since version 3 or 4! In the meantime it would be great if
> there was a way to handle this with JSFL. Unfortunately I can't see any
> way to access the fonts used property of a document.
>
> I'm sure we are not the only agency nearly driven to dementia with these
> kind of Flash font related issues. If anyone else out there shares our
> anguish please speak up, we need to convince Adobe to include proper
> font management in the next Flash IDE. And on the offchance that anyone
> has found a funky solution to this most annoying of problems, I will at
> the very least buy you a case of your favorite beer. And if anyone has
> any insights to how this could be pulled off with JSFL I would be very
> interested to discuss.
>
> OK anyone that made it this far thanks for listening to my ranting.
>
> Maybe we're the only Flash agency lame enough to be so badly affected by
> such font problems coz I don't really see this discussed anywhere, or
> maybe there's some really slick or simple solution that everyone else is
> using...but I'm betting not. In which case it seems like an extension
> that could fix this would be a *really* shit hot item for someone to
> develop and offer to the Flash community as a whole.
>
>
> Clark Slater
> www.bayinteractive.com
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash to jpg

[Adrian Lynch]

Take a look in the publish settings.

Adrian

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Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash to jpg


I need to export a vector image from flash to a jpg or
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RE: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

[Shaw, Matt (MTVN)]

This would be illegal unless the fonts included a license which allowed
copying them and sending them around. Unless the fonts were free... 

But yes, I agree that it is annoying.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clark
slater
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:16 PM
To: [ExtendFlash]; [FlashCoders]
Subject: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for
years.
They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing
the source file to a bureau for print the exact same fonts are supplied
along with the artwork and layout.

I cannot begin to list all the times we have encountered major pain
because the designer who created a particular FLA has lost the fonts or
reinstalled their operating system or for whatever reason can no longer
get their hands on the fonts. It is such a phenomenal pain in the tits.
In terms of production time this is a VERY costly problem. We have
literally wasted hours screwing around with fonts trying to track down
the exact font used in a particular file. Sometimes the font might be
correct version - but different kerning table means it reflows
everywhere. Aggh.

Often made worse by the way that font names are handled differently in
Flash than in other programs using the exact same file. The scope for
confusion is enormous. Even using third party font management tools like
suitcase does not alleviate the problems because of the way that most
design applications will install their own dirty secret fonts into the
system fonts folder.

Given the number of FLA files that are shared from designer to
developer, agency to client to agency to freelancer etc. I simply cannot
understand why Macromedia never saw fit to implement a utility like
Quark has so it would be easy to collect all the fonts used in a
particular file for handoff to the next part of the production workflow.
The chance of font piracy is not a strong enough argument to explain why
this critical design feature has been left out. After all anyone wanting
to pirate fonts can just swap the contents of their system fonts folder
etc.

Clearly, I sincerely hope this is included in the next version of the
Flash IDE - but I'm not holding my breath as it's been a submitted
wishlist item since version 3 or 4! In the meantime it would be great if
there was a way to handle this with JSFL. Unfortunately I can't see any
way to access the fonts used property of a document.

I'm sure we are not the only agency nearly driven to dementia with these
kind of Flash font related issues. If anyone else out there shares our
anguish please speak up, we need to convince Adobe to include proper
font management in the next Flash IDE. And on the offchance that anyone
has found a funky solution to this most annoying of problems, I will at
the very least buy you a case of your favorite beer. And if anyone has
any insights to how this could be pulled off with JSFL I would be very
interested to discuss.

OK anyone that made it this far thanks for listening to my ranting.

Maybe we're the only Flash agency lame enough to be so badly affected by
such font problems coz I don't really see this discussed anywhere, or
maybe there's some really slick or simple solution that everyone else is
using...but I'm betting not. In which case it seems like an extension
that could fix this would be a *really* shit hot item for someone to
develop and offer to the Flash community as a whole.


Clark Slater
www.bayinteractive.com
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[Flashcoders] Video Object in Runtime Shared Library

[Shaw, Matt (MTVN)]

I have a library which I am sharing via "Runtime Sharing". I am
importing a MovieClip which contains a Video object. The MovieClip
imports fine and appears on the stage but it is missing the Video
object. Are Video objects not sharable via runtime sharing?

Thanks,
Matt
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[Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

[clark slater]

Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for years.
They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing the
source file to a bureau for print the exact same fonts are supplied along
with the artwork and layout.

I cannot begin to list all the times we have encountered major pain because
the designer who created a particular FLA has lost the fonts or reinstalled
their operating system or for whatever reason can no longer get their hands
on the fonts. It is such a phenomenal pain in the tits. In terms of
production time this is a VERY costly problem. We have literally wasted
hours screwing around with fonts trying to track down the exact font used in
a particular file. Sometimes the font might be correct version - but
different kerning table means it reflows everywhere. Aggh.

Often made worse by the way that font names are handled differently in Flash
than in other programs using the exact same file. The scope for confusion is
enormous. Even using third party font management tools like suitcase does
not alleviate the problems because of the way that most design applications
will install their own dirty secret fonts into the system fonts folder.

Given the number of FLA files that are shared from designer to developer,
agency to client to agency to freelancer etc. I simply cannot understand why
Macromedia never saw fit to implement a utility like Quark has so it would
be easy to collect all the fonts used in a particular file for handoff to
the next part of the production workflow. The chance of font piracy is not
a strong enough argument to explain why this critical design feature has
been left out. After all anyone wanting to pirate fonts can just swap the
contents of their system fonts folder etc.

Clearly, I sincerely hope this is included in the next version of the Flash
IDE - but I'm not holding my breath as it's been a submitted wishlist item
since version 3 or 4! In the meantime it would be great if there was a way
to handle this with JSFL. Unfortunately I can't see any way to access the
fonts used property of a document.

I'm sure we are not the only agency nearly driven to dementia with these
kind of Flash font related issues. If anyone else out there shares our
anguish please speak up, we need to convince Adobe to include proper font
management in the next Flash IDE. And on the offchance that anyone has found
a funky solution to this most annoying of problems, I will at the very least
buy you a case of your favorite beer. And if anyone has any insights to how
this could be pulled off with JSFL I would be very interested to discuss.

OK anyone that made it this far thanks for listening to my ranting.

Maybe we're the only Flash agency lame enough to be so badly affected by
such font problems coz I don't really see this discussed anywhere, or maybe
there's some really slick or simple solution that everyone else is
using...but I'm betting not. In which case it seems like an extension that
could fix this would be a *really* shit hot item for someone to develop and
offer to the Flash community as a whole.


Clark Slater
www.bayinteractive.com
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Re: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...

[John Dowdell]

Mike Mountain wrote:

Are you going to update Flash 8 so it publishes flash/html that utilises
the new javascript methods?


Not me. ;-)

As for the Flash authoring team, I haven't seen any announcements from 
them. Lots of tools produce HTML markup for displaying SWF. The Flex 1.5 
hotfix is the only one I've seen word on for handling this new browser 
behavior:

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/

I think it would be possible for anyone to create their own HTML 
template which references an external JavaScript file, but I haven't 
proofed that idea this afternoon.


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[Flashcoders] Flash to jpg

[Juan Anzaldo]

I need to export a vector image from flash to a jpg or
gif format, is it possible?



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RE: [Flashcoders] crazy spacing issue -- was (no subject)

[Keith Reinfeld]

Hi, 
 
The 'crazy spacing issue' is due to how you are setting the movePos variable
in the checkState function.  
 
var movePos = menu["clip"+j]._x + (cliptoMove._width/2); 

The problem here (when you scrub the mouse) is that you are grabbing the
clip's _x in mid-animation. 
 
I suggest that you store an 'original X' property and a 'destination X'
property in each clip and use them instead.  
 
Add this to your init function: 
 
mitems._x = i * menuSpacing;// you already have this line 
mitems.origX = mitems._x; 
mitems.destX = mitems.origX; 
 
Add this to your checkState function: 
 
var movePos = menu["clip"+j].destX + (cliptoMove._width/2); 
cliptoMove.destX = movePos; 
 
And add this to to your moveBack function: 
 
var origPos = cliptoMove.origX;//j * menuSpacing; 
cliptoMove.destX = origPos; 

Flash seems to miss some onRollOut events with fast mouse movement so you
may want to incorporate a moveBack routine for items that are to the left of
whichever item the cursor is over. 

Also, this line: 

delete menu["clip"+j].onRollOver; 

as it stands, will never execute. But I don't see why you would ever want it
to anyway. 
 
And finally, you should be sure to delete the clip.onEnterFrame when the
animation is complete. 
 
HTH 
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[JesterXL]

Assuming Highlander TextField:

function init()
{
 my_txt.htmlText = "Hello Jesse, 
how are you?";

 var str = my_txt.htmlText;

 var start = str.indexOf("", start);
 var endBracket = str.indexOf("", startBracket);
 if(endBracket == -1)
 {
  endBracket = str.indexOf("", startBracket);
 }
 var linkText = str.substring(startBracket + 1, endBracket);
 trace("linkText: " + linkText);
}

init();


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To: 
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field


Is there a way to identify the contents of a link element in an
HTML-enabled text field? How can I pass the text of the link to a function
invoked by the link?


-
Jason

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RE: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Steven Sacks]

Could you get the .htmlText of the text field and using split to pull
the link out?

txt.htmlText = "";
var a = txt.htmlText;
var b = a.split("")[0];
trace(c);
// link

There are also regex methods for Flash is you hunt around for them.

HTH,
Steven


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Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio-

[John Mark Hawley]

They've been almost about to release that v12 for Flash for approximately 
eternity. It doesn't appear to be a high priority.

> 
> From: Éric Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/04/13 Thu PM 01:45:14 CDT
> To: Flashcoders mailing list 
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio-
>   .NET)
> 
> Did you know that INM is making a V12 database for Flash...
> 
> It's a Director movie that lunches your Flash App and from Flash you can 
> talk to the V12 database via Director...
> 
> here : http://www.inm.com/products/v12flash/
> 
> 
> Steven Sacks a écrit :
> > Well, mProjector is able to communicate to COM objects on PC and I'm
> > pretty sure there's a Mac equivalent.  But, it would probably take some
> > work to figure out how to make it work well.  Director w/V12 might be
> > your only choice unless you want to code your own DB, so to speak.
> >
> > What you might be able to do is launch an invisible Director movie
> > (offscreen) with a swf running in it that you would communicate with
> > from your main Flash app using LocalConnection for your db purposes.
> >
> > -Steven 
> >
> >
> >   
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> >> Of Lieven Cardoen
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:01 AM
> >> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> >> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and 
> >> Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)
> >>
> >> I mean reading and writing to a database that runs (running 
> >> is maybe not the right word) on Mac and Pc. Like V12 in 
> >> Director or Access by Zinc(only Pc, not Mac).
> >>
> >> lieven cardoen
> >>
> >> indiegroup
> >> interactive digital experience
> >> engelse wandeling 2 k18
> >> b8500 kortrijk
> >> T +32 (0)56/361 197
> >> // communicatie bij voorkeur op [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> >> Of Steven Sacks
> >> Sent: donderdag 13 april 2006 10:52
> >> To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
> >> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac
> >> (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)
> >>
> >> What do you mean by "support a cross platform database"?
> >>  
> >>
> >> 
> >>> -Original Message-
> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>   
> >> Behalf Of Lieven 
> >> 
> >>> Cardoen
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:54 PM
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> >>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac 
> >>> (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET)
> >>>
> >>> I've looked into mProjector and it doesn't seem to support a 
> >>> crossplatform database... of am I wrong?
> >>>
> >>> lieven cardoen
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Re: [Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Michael Bedar]

I don't think you can directly get the link text, but you can add  
parameters to asfunction calls, so maybe you can do it that way?



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On Apr 13, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Jason Lutes wrote:


Is there a way to identify the contents of a link element in an
HTML-enabled text field? How can I pass the text of the link to a  
function

invoked by the link?


-
Jason

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[Flashcoders] Accordion Component

[Rodrigo Schramm]

Hello,

I try to load a swf file into a child of Accordion component.
But didn't have success.
Somebody can help me?

[]s
Schramm
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Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting

[Dimitrios Bendilas]

Jester,

I second that for flashtampa.

I have been working with them for a couple of years with ElectroServer
and they've been doing a fine job.

Regards,
Dimitrios Bendilas
www.totaleclipsegames.com


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From: "Jobe Makar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Flashcoders mailing list" 
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting



Hi JesterXL

Flashtampa.com does a very good job at hosting ElectroServer and Unity at 
reasonable costs. There is also webgamehost.com , but I've heard mixed 
things about them. Other than those two places you might have to get a 
dedicated server or convince a web hosting company to trust one of the 
well established products out there.


Good luck!

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http://www.electro-server.com
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mobile: 919-610-5754
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From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting



Anyone know of any web hosts providing XMLSocket server hosting?

Doing a google search yeilds a lot of outdated links to services that no
longer exist.  I do not want to host it myself, but would rather pay a
hosting provider, like I pay Influxis.com for Flashcom hosting.

--JesterXL

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Re: [Flashcoders] Text effect actionscript library?

[Rajat Paharia]

Thanks Anggie, that looks very cool.
Anyone know of any others? Maybe something that works in FP7?

thanks, - rajat

On 4/13/06, Anggie Bratadinata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Check out Satori's TextScript at www.actionscript.com
>
> Here's a direct link to the file:
> http://www.actionscript.com/files/satori/TextScript.zip
>
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> > Hey all -
> >
> > I need to put together a SWF that pulls text quotes from an XML file on
> a
> > server and then sequentially animates them onto the screen in
> interesting
> > ways (typewriter style, fade in, etc). I was wondering if anyone knew of
> an
> > actionscript text effect library or a component of some sort that I
> could
> > use to do this. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
> >
> > best, - rajat
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Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting

[JesterXL]

I found them in a search 2 weeks ago, but was dumbfounded on how to actually 
sign up.  However, since you've recommended them, I've emailed them an 
inquiry about hosting.

Thanks for the leads!

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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting


Hi JesterXL

Flashtampa.com does a very good job at hosting ElectroServer and Unity at
reasonable costs. There is also webgamehost.com , but I've heard mixed
things about them. Other than those two places you might have to get a
dedicated server or convince a web hosting company to trust one of the well
established products out there.

Good luck!

Jobe Makar
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http://www.electro-server.com
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mobile: 919-610-5754
fax: 919-341-8104
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting


> Anyone know of any web hosts providing XMLSocket server hosting?
>
> Doing a google search yeilds a lot of outdated links to services that no
> longer exist.  I do not want to host it myself, but would rather pay a
> hosting provider, like I pay Influxis.com for Flashcom hosting.
>
> --JesterXL
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Re: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting

[Jobe Makar]

Hi JesterXL

Flashtampa.com does a very good job at hosting ElectroServer and Unity at 
reasonable costs. There is also webgamehost.com , but I've heard mixed 
things about them. Other than those two places you might have to get a 
dedicated server or convince a web hosting company to trust one of the well 
established products out there.


Good luck!

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http://www.electrotank.com
http://www.electro-server.com
phone: 919-609-0408
mobile: 919-610-5754
fax: 919-341-8104
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From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting



Anyone know of any web hosts providing XMLSocket server hosting?

Doing a google search yeilds a lot of outdated links to services that no
longer exist.  I do not want to host it myself, but would rather pay a
hosting provider, like I pay Influxis.com for Flashcom hosting.

--JesterXL

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[Flashcoders] XMLSocket hosting

[JesterXL]

Anyone know of any web hosts providing XMLSocket server hosting?

Doing a google search yeilds a lot of outdated links to services that no 
longer exist.  I do not want to host it myself, but would rather pay a 
hosting provider, like I pay Influxis.com for Flashcom hosting.

--JesterXL 

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Re: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue

[Weyert de Boer]

> Sounds like it might be worth it to wait. I do work with press files
> too so I would need the performance.

No problem, I am also waiting for CS3 to arrive before buying it. Too bad
my Powerbook G4 price dropping fast, while I bought it in November.

Yours,

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Re: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue

[Chad Mefferd]

Sounds like it might be worth it to wait. I do work with press files 
too so I would need the performance.


Thanks for the feed back. Sorry for getting OT.

-Chad


On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Weyert de Boer wrote:


Hello


Just wondering, are you using this macbook pro as a development
platform as well? I've been looking into getting one and was curious
about how well the studio apps run in rosetta. Or any of the adobe
products for that matter.


The Adobe software such as PhotoShop works quite nice under Rosetta I
tried it in the Apple Store, and at school. The performance isn't as 
good

as the Powerbook G4 but good enough as long you don't need to edit big
photoshop files, it's good for website. If you need to use PSDs for
advertisements ( >200dpi a4-3 size) its killing. But hey Flash sucks
anyway on the mac, for me. It crashed 24 times in three hours today.

Yours,

Weyert de Boer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Re: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)

[Éric Thibault]

Did you know that INM is making a V12 database for Flash...

It's a Director movie that lunches your Flash App and from Flash you can 
talk to the V12 database via Director...


here : http://www.inm.com/products/v12flash/


Steven Sacks a écrit :

Well, mProjector is able to communicate to COM objects on PC and I'm
pretty sure there's a Mac equivalent.  But, it would probably take some
work to figure out how to make it work well.  Director w/V12 might be
your only choice unless you want to code your own DB, so to speak.

What you might be able to do is launch an invisible Director movie
(offscreen) with a swf running in it that you would communicate with
from your main Flash app using LocalConnection for your db purposes.

-Steven 



  

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Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)


I mean reading and writing to a database that runs (running 
is maybe not the right word) on Mac and Pc. Like V12 in 
Director or Access by Zinc(only Pc, not Mac).


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What do you mean by "support a cross platform database"?
 



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Cardoen
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(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET)


I've looked into mProjector and it doesn't seem to support a 
crossplatform database... of am I wrong?


lieven cardoen
  

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Re: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue

[Weyert de Boer]

Hello

> Just wondering, are you using this macbook pro as a development
> platform as well? I've been looking into getting one and was curious
> about how well the studio apps run in rosetta. Or any of the adobe
> products for that matter.

The Adobe software such as PhotoShop works quite nice under Rosetta I
tried it in the Apple Store, and at school. The performance isn't as good
as the Powerbook G4 but good enough as long you don't need to edit big
photoshop files, it's good for website. If you need to use PSDs for
advertisements ( >200dpi a4-3 size) its killing. But hey Flash sucks
anyway on the mac, for me. It crashed 24 times in three hours today.

Yours,

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[Flashcoders] Retrieving Link Text in a Text Field

[Jason Lutes]

Is there a way to identify the contents of a link element in an
HTML-enabled text field? How can I pass the text of the link to a function
invoked by the link?


-
Jason

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Re: [Flashcoders] How to prevent cache of flash .swf file in web page?

[Arthur Debert]

just embed the swf with a query string appened to it at the end.
if  your swf is called myfile:
source="myfile.swf?randbits=012345" and also for the VALUE= tag...

AFAICT most browsers won't cache an url with a query string. if this
gets nasty write a script (server side or javascript on the client)
that appends a random query string at the end.
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[Flashcoders] How to prevent cache of flash .swf file in web page?

[BOYD SPEER]

Hope someone can help..

I have a login system that redirects the browser to login page which contains a 
.swf as a frontend to a database. Problem is that the embedded flash object 
doesn't always show when the page is loaded.. is there a fix for this about 
which I must not be aware??   

Any help would be enormously appreciated!

Thanks,
-Boyd

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[Flashcoders] Maximum String size?

[André Goliath]

Hi List,

just wondering if anyone knows the exact size (in chars) a String literal
may have?
I noticed that 3MB is definitly too big ;)

My App (OCX wrapped wihth SWF Studio) just quitted silently.
If I save the contents to disk and clear the literal from time to time it
works well.

Regards,

André

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RE: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...

[Steven Sacks]

> Are you going to update Flash 8 so it publishes flash/html 
> that utilises the new javascript methods?

I wouldn't hold your breath on that one.  ;)


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RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)

[Steven Sacks]

Well, mProjector is able to communicate to COM objects on PC and I'm
pretty sure there's a Mac equivalent.  But, it would probably take some
work to figure out how to make it work well.  Director w/V12 might be
your only choice unless you want to code your own DB, so to speak.

What you might be able to do is launch an invisible Director movie
(offscreen) with a swf running in it that you would communicate with
from your main Flash app using LocalConnection for your db purposes.

-Steven 


> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Lieven Cardoen
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:01 AM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and 
> Mac(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)
> 
> I mean reading and writing to a database that runs (running 
> is maybe not the right word) on Mac and Pc. Like V12 in 
> Director or Access by Zinc(only Pc, not Mac).
> 
> lieven cardoen
> 
> indiegroup
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> engelse wandeling 2 k18
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> T +32 (0)56/361 197
> // communicatie bij voorkeur op [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Steven Sacks
> Sent: donderdag 13 april 2006 10:52
> To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac
> (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)
> 
> What do you mean by "support a cross platform database"?
>  
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Lieven 
> > Cardoen
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:54 PM
> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
> > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac 
> > (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET)
> > 
> > I've looked into mProjector and it doesn't seem to support a 
> > crossplatform database... of am I wrong?
> > 
> > lieven cardoen
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Re: [Flashcoders] optimize lineTo algorithm

[Michael Bedar]

This kind of algorithm could be quite intense..   If you are just  
drawing it once, it may be faster to just draw the 500 points.   
Optimization would depend on any assumptions you can make about the  
data.


A brute force approach would be to just iterate through the points  
and compare 3 at a time, saying that if the middle point of each  
triplet was within a certain distance(tolerance) from the line formed  
by the outer 2, then you could disregard that point.





On Apr 13, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Mick G wrote:

Does anyone know of any way to optimize a whole bunch of lineTo  
points? Say
I have 500 points all fairly close that I'd like to reduce to fewer  
points.


I guess what I'm really after is an algorithm similar to the  
"Modify > Shape

Optimize" command in the Flash API. Has anyone seen what type of math

formula is used for this type of command that is quite common in most
drawing apps.
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[Flashcoders] (no subject)

[Flash guru]

Hey all,

I'm working on this nav system and it has one bug in it. I know there is
something wrong with my logic somwhere, I've just looked at it to long.
Basically the bug is if you roll your mouse from right to left to quickly
you get this crazy spacing issue.  Any help would be great.

To make the following code to work just create a rectangle 75x11 and make it
into a symbol with a linkage name of 'clip'. That's it you don't need
anything on stage and put the following code in frame 1.

Thanks again




init();
function init(){
//initialize menu items
_level0.createEmptyMovieClip("menu",-1);
_global.menuNum = 6; //number of menuitems
_global.menuSpacing = 85;//spacing
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RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Btw did I mention it also supports event bubbling?

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class com.qdc.events.QDispatcher
{
static var $instance:QDispatcher = undefined;
private var qDispatcher_listeners:Object;
private var qDispatcher_queues:Object;
public static var CLASS_NAME : String = "QDispatcher";

static function initialize(p_obj:Object):Void {
if ($instance == undefined) { $instance = new QDispatcher; }
p_obj.dispatchEvent = $instance.dispatchEvent;
p_obj.queueEvent = $instance.queueEvent;
p_obj.dispatchQueue = $instance.dispatchQueue;
p_obj.eventListenerExists = $instance.eventListenerExists;
p_obj.addEventListener = $instance.addEventListener;
p_obj.listAllListeners = $instance.listAllListeners;
p_obj.removeEventListener = $instance.removeEventListener;
p_obj.removeAllEventListeners =
$instance.removeAllEventListeners;
}

// internal function to locate listeners:
static function
$indexOfListener(p_listeners:Array,p_obj:Object,p_function:String):Number {
var l:Number = p_listeners.length;
var i:Number = -1;
while (++i < l) {
var obj:Object = p_listeners[i];
if (obj.o == p_obj && obj.f == p_function) { return
i; }
}
return -1;
}

static function
$dispatchEvent(p_dispatchObj:Object,p_listeners:Array,p_eventObj:Object) {

//_global.log.debug(
CLASS_NAME+".plisteners.length="+p_listeners.length );
//trace( CLASS_NAME+".plisteners.length="+p_listeners.length
);

// Note : Previous gSkinner code copitualted on me( noticed
when trying to destroy
// DetailsUI it only looped through 3 of 8 elements.
//var i:String;
// trick from MM: fixes problem with users removing items
from listeners while it executes.
//for (i in p_listeners) {

var len : Number = (p_listeners.length-1);
for ( var i : Number = len; i >= 0; i-- )
{
var o:Object = p_listeners[i].o;
var oType:String = typeof(o);
var f:String = p_listeners[i].f;
//_global.log.debug( CLASS_NAME+" i="+i+"
oType="+oType+" o.handleEvent="+o.handleEvent+" f="+f );
if (oType == "object" || oType == "movieclip") {
if (o.handleEvent != undefined && f ==
undefined) {
o.handleEvent(p_eventObj);
} else {
if (f == undefined) { f =
p_eventObj.type; }
o[f](p_eventObj);
}
} else { // function
o.apply(p_dispatchObj,[p_eventObj]);
}
}
}

/**
 * Make dispatcher a bubbling dispatcher
 * Given that dispatcher has a method dispatchEvent(evt), this
 * method is replaced by a method which additionally dispatches the
event
 * to the parent of dispatcher, unless evt.bubbles === false
 * @param dispatcher - a MovieClip with a EventDispatcher compatible
 * dispatchEvent method
 * @return the changed dispatcher
 */
public static function initializeBubbling( dispatcher:Object ) :
Void
{
var parentDispatcher = findParentDispatcher( dispatcher);
var oldDispatchEvent = dispatcher.dispatchEvent;
dispatcher.dispatchEvent = function( evt){
evt.currentTarget = dispatcher;
if( evt.eventPhase == undefined){
evt.eventPhase = 2; //at target
} else {
evt.eventPhase = 3; //bubbling
}
oldDispatchEvent.call( dispatcher, evt);
if( evt.bubbles !== false){
parentDispatcher.dispatchEvent( evt);
}
   }
}

/**
 * Return the next parent with a dispatchEvent method or null, if
not found
 * @param dispatcher - a MovieClip with a EventDispatcher compatible
 * dispatchEvent method
 * @return  - a parent of dispatcher with a EventDispatcher
compatible
 * dispatchEvent method or null, if none could be found
 */
private static function findParentDispatcher( 

RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)

[Lieven Cardoen]

I mean reading and writing to a database that runs (running is maybe not
the right word) on Mac and Pc. Like V12 in Director or Access by
Zinc(only Pc, not Mac).

lieven cardoen

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven
Sacks
Sent: donderdag 13 april 2006 10:52
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac
(Zinc-Director-SWFStudio- .NET)

What do you mean by "support a cross platform database"?
 

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Lieven Cardoen
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:54 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac 
> (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET)
> 
> I've looked into mProjector and it doesn't seem to support a
> crossplatform database... of am I wrong?
> 
> lieven cardoen

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Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Flash Object vs UFO for flash detection and as eolas workaround

[Kevin Newman]

I like this one :-D

http://www.unfocus.com/projects/source/
http://www.unfocus.com/projects/source/JavaScript/unFocus/Flash/Player.js

Yes that was shameless. ;-)

Kevin N.



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Hi
Was wondering what everyone is using for flash detection currently.
Is there and consensus as to which is better,

UFO
http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/
or

Flash Object methods
http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/

Thanks in advance!
Jim Bachalo 



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Re: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...

[John Grden]

ahh ... hold on a minute, gotta get my "village idiot hat" on again... ;)

Sorry about that, I mistook active content center to mean something about
how those pages are maintained with user comments and updates etc

I agree with you John, as a dev, you need to know that something IS the
latest and greatest.  Often times, I'm not sitting here cruising the content
center on my lunch break for kicks ;)  It's usually when I'm in a freak and
need an answer ASAP - a date stamp is the second thing I check after reading
the synopsis and skimming the content.  Without the date/time, I'm usualy
sitting there going "well what the...is it or isn't it current??".  So, if I
can help lobby that internally for you, let me know ;)

Thanks for the help John, much appreciated

JG



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>
> John Grden wrote:
> > I have to ask, now that I've gone out to see the active content center,
> > what's the active part?
>
> It's more like "active content" than "active center"... "active content"
> is a way to describe browser extensions such as Netscape Plugins,
> ActiveX Controls, and Java applets. It's not just a PNG that sits there;
> it can do things itself.
>
> (There's a second sense of "active content" in public discourse which is
> semi-related, about how browser extensions usually draw direct-to-screen
> and cannot be composited with other browser elements, except in the
> special case where WMODE compositing is supported by both browser and
> extension.)
>
>
> > One thing that's missing is a "last modified" date/time - how would
> > I know this is THE latest and greatest?
>
> This is something I've wanted for a long time too, but my internal
> lobbying for this comes up against arguments about having older material
> appear more dated than it actually is. I've not yet been sufficiently
> persuasive here, but I share your goal for full metadata too.
>
> jd
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] optimize lineTo algorithm

[elibol]

On the other hand though there might be a tool out there that does this,
I've lost count of the number of times I've offered to help someone and it
turns out that what they need help with has been solved 109213 million times
and there are 954054 million tools out there that solve it 203420 million
ways.

M.

On 4/13/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This is an awsome question. This type of optimization would have to
> function differently than the way the Flash IDE optimizes shapes, it would
> need to draw the graphics in its optimized state so there would need to be a
> whole new API that you would use in place of the drawing API.
>
> There are 2 things that would need to be considered, maybe more but I
> right off the top of my head I can think of just curves and a set of 3
> points or more that are parallel and have a line being drawn through all of
> them.
>
> The curves could done with the interpolation the curveTo function is
> capable of.
>
> Depending on the context, you might have to make optimizations for the
> applications of this newer API.
>
> I don't know of such a drawing tool for actionscript, but I will write
> this, I know it won't be ready for whatever project you're working on, so I
> should probably say that you probably shouldn't have 500 points drawing
> lines to each other.
>
> You should use low quality.
>
> If you tell me more about the context I can help you optimize it.
>
> M.
>
>
> On 4/13/06, Mick G < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know of any way to optimize a whole bunch of lineTo points?
> > Say
> > I have 500 points all fairly close that I'd like to reduce to fewer
> > points.
> >
> > I guess what I'm really after is an algorithm similar to the "Modify >
> > Shape
> > > Optimize" command in the Flash API. Has anyone seen what type of math
> > formula is used for this type of command that is quite common in most
> > drawing apps.
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Re: [Flashcoders] optimize lineTo algorithm

[elibol]

This is an awsome question. This type of optimization would have to function
differently than the way the Flash IDE optimizes shapes, it would need to
draw the graphics in its optimized state so there would need to be a whole
new API that you would use in place of the drawing API.

There are 2 things that would need to be considered, maybe more but I right
off the top of my head I can think of just curves and a set of 3 points or
more that are parallel and have a line being drawn through all of them.

The curves could done with the interpolation the curveTo function is capable
of.

Depending on the context, you might have to make optimizations for the
applications of this newer API.

I don't know of such a drawing tool for actionscript, but I will write this,
I know it won't be ready for whatever project you're working on, so I should
probably say that you probably shouldn't have 500 points drawing lines to
each other.

You should use low quality.

If you tell me more about the context I can help you optimize it.

M.

On 4/13/06, Mick G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of any way to optimize a whole bunch of lineTo points?
> Say
> I have 500 points all fairly close that I'd like to reduce to fewer
> points.
>
> I guess what I'm really after is an algorithm similar to the "Modify >
> Shape
> > Optimize" command in the Flash API. Has anyone seen what type of math
> formula is used for this type of command that is quite common in most
> drawing apps.
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[Flashcoders] Thanks! Where are you?

[Daniel Cardenas]

Hi List,

I'm new to the list and wanted to thank everyone who helped me out last 
night with my EventDipatcher question, especially Stacey, Mike, 
Johannes & Bjorn. I was a little overwhelmed - there were over 20 
replies in a little over 12 hours. Most of you really took a moment to 
try to understand the problem and help guide me. I couldn't have asked 
for more.


I'm amazed at  the level of activity here! People are posting at all 
hours - where is everyone? I'm in New York City.


Any Flashcoder drink nights in the NYC area?

Thanks again -

Daniel Cardenas


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RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

class com.qdc.events.QDispatcher
{
static var $instance:QDispatcher = undefined;
private var qDispatcher_listeners:Object;
private var qDispatcher_queues:Object;
public static var CLASS_NAME : String = "QDispatcher";

static function initialize(p_obj:Object):Void {
if ($instance == undefined) { $instance = new QDispatcher; }
p_obj.dispatchEvent = $instance.dispatchEvent;
p_obj.queueEvent = $instance.queueEvent;
p_obj.dispatchQueue = $instance.dispatchQueue;
p_obj.eventListenerExists = $instance.eventListenerExists;
p_obj.addEventListener = $instance.addEventListener;
p_obj.listAllListeners = $instance.listAllListeners;
p_obj.removeEventListener = $instance.removeEventListener;
p_obj.removeAllEventListeners =
$instance.removeAllEventListeners;
}

// internal function to locate listeners:
static function
$indexOfListener(p_listeners:Array,p_obj:Object,p_function:String):Number {
var l:Number = p_listeners.length;
var i:Number = -1;
while (++i < l) {
var obj:Object = p_listeners[i];
if (obj.o == p_obj && obj.f == p_function) { return
i; }
}
return -1;
}

static function
$dispatchEvent(p_dispatchObj:Object,p_listeners:Array,p_eventObj:Object) {

//_global.log.debug(
CLASS_NAME+".plisteners.length="+p_listeners.length );
//trace( CLASS_NAME+".plisteners.length="+p_listeners.length
);

// Note : Previous gSkinner code copitualted on me( noticed
when trying to destroy
// DetailsUI it only looped through 3 of 8 elements.
//var i:String;
// trick from MM: fixes problem with users removing items
from listeners while it executes.
//for (i in p_listeners) {

var len : Number = (p_listeners.length-1);
for ( var i : Number = len; i >= 0; i-- )
{
var o:Object = p_listeners[i].o;
var oType:String = typeof(o);
var f:String = p_listeners[i].f;
//_global.log.debug( CLASS_NAME+" i="+i+"
oType="+oType+" o.handleEvent="+o.handleEvent+" f="+f );
if (oType == "object" || oType == "movieclip") {
if (o.handleEvent != undefined && f ==
undefined) {
o.handleEvent(p_eventObj);
} else {
if (f == undefined) { f =
p_eventObj.type; }
o[f](p_eventObj);
}
} else { // function
o.apply(p_dispatchObj,[p_eventObj]);
}
}
}

/**
 * Make dispatcher a bubbling dispatcher
 * Given that dispatcher has a method dispatchEvent(evt), this
 * method is replaced by a method which additionally dispatches the
event
 * to the parent of dispatcher, unless evt.bubbles === false
 * @param dispatcher - a MovieClip with a EventDispatcher compatible
 * dispatchEvent method
 * @return the changed dispatcher
 */
public static function initializeBubbling( dispatcher:Object ) :
Void
{
var parentDispatcher = findParentDispatcher( dispatcher);
var oldDispatchEvent = dispatcher.dispatchEvent;
dispatcher.dispatchEvent = function( evt){
evt.currentTarget = dispatcher;
if( evt.eventPhase == undefined){
evt.eventPhase = 2; //at target
} else {
evt.eventPhase = 3; //bubbling
}
oldDispatchEvent.call( dispatcher, evt);
if( evt.bubbles !== false){
parentDispatcher.dispatchEvent( evt);
}
   }
}

/**
 * Return the next parent with a dispatchEvent method or null, if
not found
 * @param dispatcher - a MovieClip with a EventDispatcher compatible
 * dispatchEvent method
 * @return  - a parent of dispatcher with a EventDispatcher
compatible
 * dispatchEvent method or null, if none could be found
 */
private static function findParentDispatcher( dispatcher:Object ) :
Object
{
var o = dispatcher._parent;
while( o != null){
if( o.dispatchEvent != null) return o;
o = o._parent;
}
return null;
}

// functions

RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

[jim]

Ok, that's very nice but if you are going to give an example using it you
might want to give out the class as well otherwise the example isn't much
help.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjorn
Schultheiss
Sent: 13 April 2006 14:01
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

It's an eventDispatcher class based off Grant Skinner's GDispatcher '
http://gskinner.com/blog/'.
My class handles queues and dispatching queues nicer :) 


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jim
Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2006 9:09 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

But what is QDispatcher? Do you have a link to it?

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjorn
Schultheiss
Sent: 13 April 2006 05:19
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

This is better, more extensible

// on timeline


var myBall:Ball2 = Ball2.createInstance( this, 2 ).init();
myBall.addEventListener( 'ALL', this );

function onBallPress():Void {
 trace("onBallPress");
}

// Ball Class
import com.qdc.events.QDispatcher;
import com.dynamicflash.utils.Delegate;

class Ball2 extends MovieClip
{
// constants
public static var CLASS_NAME : String = "Ball2";
public static var SYMBOL_NAME : String = "testBall";

// methods
public function dispatchEvent() {};
public function addEventListener() {};

public static function createInstance( parent:MovieClip,
depth:Number, name:String  ) : Ball2
{
 if( depth == undefined) depth =
parent.getNextHighestDepth();
 if( name == undefined) name = SYMBOL_NAME + depth;
 return Ball2( parent.attachMovie( SYMBOL_NAME, name,
depth));
}

public function init() : Ball2
{
QDispatcher.initialize( this );

this._x = 100;
this._y = 100;
this.lineStyle(20, 0xff, 100);
this.lineTo(0,.2);

return this;
}

public function onLoad() : Void
{
aBall.onPress = dispatchEvent( { type : 'onBallPress' } );
}
}



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick
Matte
Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2006 1:12 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

I dont see exactly why use for the event dispatcher.
Wouldn't this be good as well ?


// on timeline

import Ball2.as;
import mx.utils.Delegate;

var myBall:Ball2 = new Ball2();

myBall.onBallPress = Delegate.create(this,onBallPress);
myBall.addEvents();

function onBallPress():Void {
 trace("onBallPress");
}


// ball class

import mx.utils.Delegate;
class Ball2 {

 public var onBallPress:Function;
 private var aBall:MovieClip;

 public function Ball2 () {
  // create a ball MC
  aBall = 
_level0.createEmptyMovieClip('testBall',_level0.getNextHighestDepth()  );

  // draw ball
  aBall._x = 100;
  aBall._y = 100;
  aBall.lineStyle(20, 0xff, 100);
  aBall.lineTo(0,.2);
 }

 public function addEvents():Void{
  aBall.onPress = Delegate.create(this,onBallPress);
 }

}

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Brou

[Flashcoders] optimize lineTo algorithm

[Mick G]

Does anyone know of any way to optimize a whole bunch of lineTo points? Say
I have 500 points all fairly close that I'd like to reduce to fewer points.

I guess what I'm really after is an algorithm similar to the "Modify > Shape
> Optimize" command in the Flash API. Has anyone seen what type of math
formula is used for this type of command that is quite common in most
drawing apps.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Macbook pro issue

[Chad Mefferd]

Good to see Adobe is moving forward with at least a preview version of 
the flash player for mac intel.


Just wondering, are you using this macbook pro as a development 
platform as well? I've been looking into getting one and was curious 
about how well the studio apps run in rosetta. Or any of the adobe 
products for that matter.


Thanks,

Chad

On Apr 12, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Patrick Matte wrote:


We have a performance issue here with the flash player on a brand new
macbook pro. Our latest site that uses flash 8 progressive download 
video is
running at less than 5 frames per second while it should play at 24 
fps...

Has anybody heard of any similar problem with that machine?


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RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

It's an eventDispatcher class based off Grant Skinner's GDispatcher '
http://gskinner.com/blog/'.
My class handles queues and dispatching queues nicer :) 


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jim
Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2006 9:09 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

But what is QDispatcher? Do you have a link to it?

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjorn
Schultheiss
Sent: 13 April 2006 05:19
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

This is better, more extensible

// on timeline


var myBall:Ball2 = Ball2.createInstance( this, 2 ).init();
myBall.addEventListener( 'ALL', this );

function onBallPress():Void {
 trace("onBallPress");
}

// Ball Class
import com.qdc.events.QDispatcher;
import com.dynamicflash.utils.Delegate;

class Ball2 extends MovieClip
{
// constants
public static var CLASS_NAME : String = "Ball2";
public static var SYMBOL_NAME : String = "testBall";

// methods
public function dispatchEvent() {};
public function addEventListener() {};

public static function createInstance( parent:MovieClip,
depth:Number, name:String  ) : Ball2
{
 if( depth == undefined) depth =
parent.getNextHighestDepth();
 if( name == undefined) name = SYMBOL_NAME + depth;
 return Ball2( parent.attachMovie( SYMBOL_NAME, name,
depth));
}

public function init() : Ball2
{
QDispatcher.initialize( this );

this._x = 100;
this._y = 100;
this.lineStyle(20, 0xff, 100);
this.lineTo(0,.2);

return this;
}

public function onLoad() : Void
{
aBall.onPress = dispatchEvent( { type : 'onBallPress' } );
}
}



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick
Matte
Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2006 1:12 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

I dont see exactly why use for the event dispatcher.
Wouldn't this be good as well ?


// on timeline

import Ball2.as;
import mx.utils.Delegate;

var myBall:Ball2 = new Ball2();

myBall.onBallPress = Delegate.create(this,onBallPress);
myBall.addEvents();

function onBallPress():Void {
 trace("onBallPress");
}


// ball class

import mx.utils.Delegate;
class Ball2 {

 public var onBallPress:Function;
 private var aBall:MovieClip;

 public function Ball2 () {
  // create a ball MC
  aBall = 
_level0.createEmptyMovieClip('testBall',_level0.getNextHighestDepth()  );

  // draw ball
  aBall._x = 100;
  aBall._y = 100;
  aBall.lineStyle(20, 0xff, 100);
  aBall.lineTo(0,.2);
 }

 public function addEvents():Void{
  aBall.onPress = Delegate.create(this,onBallPress);
 }

}

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RE: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...

[Mike Mountain]

John

Are you going to update Flash 8 so it publishes flash/html that utilises
the new javascript methods?

M 

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of John Dowdell
> Sent: 12 April 2006 19:34
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...
> 
> John Grden wrote:
> > I have to ask, now that I've gone out to see the active content 
> > center, what's the active part?
> 
> It's more like "active content" than "active center"... 
> "active content" 
> is a way to describe browser extensions such as Netscape 
> Plugins, ActiveX Controls, and Java applets. It's not just a 
> PNG that sits there; it can do things itself.
> 
> (There's a second sense of "active content" in public 
> discourse which is semi-related, about how browser extensions 
> usually draw direct-to-screen and cannot be composited with 
> other browser elements, except in the special case where 
> WMODE compositing is supported by both browser and
> extension.)
> 
> 
>  > One thing that's missing is a "last modified" date/time - 
> how would  > I know this is THE latest and greatest?
> 
> This is something I've wanted for a long time too, but my 
> internal lobbying for this comes up against arguments about 
> having older material appear more dated than it actually is. 
> I've not yet been sufficiently persuasive here, but I share 
> your goal for full metadata too.
> 
> jd
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Flash Object vs UFO for flash detection and as eolas workaround

[Jim Kremens]

My only reservation with FlashObject is that it's written in a style
that makes it pretty un maintainable.  Take a look inside
FlashObject.js... should you ever want to change or modify anything in
there, it might get weird...

Jim Kremens

On 4/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
> Was wondering what everyone is using for flash detection currently.
> Is there and consensus as to which is better,
>
> UFO
> http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/
> or
>
> Flash Object methods
> http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Jim Bachalo
>
>
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[Flashcoders] Q: Flash Object vs UFO for flash detection and as eolas workaround

[bitstreams]

Hi
Was wondering what everyone is using for flash detection currently.
Is there and consensus as to which is better,

UFO
http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/
or

Flash Object methods
http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/

Thanks in advance!
Jim Bachalo 


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RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

[jim]

But what is QDispatcher? Do you have a link to it?

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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

This is better, more extensible

// on timeline


var myBall:Ball2 = Ball2.createInstance( this, 2 ).init();
myBall.addEventListener( 'ALL', this );

function onBallPress():Void {
 trace("onBallPress");
}

// Ball Class
import com.qdc.events.QDispatcher;
import com.dynamicflash.utils.Delegate;

class Ball2 extends MovieClip
{
// constants
public static var CLASS_NAME : String = "Ball2";
public static var SYMBOL_NAME : String = "testBall";

// methods
public function dispatchEvent() {};
public function addEventListener() {};

public static function createInstance( parent:MovieClip,
depth:Number, name:String  ) : Ball2
{
 if( depth == undefined) depth =
parent.getNextHighestDepth();
 if( name == undefined) name = SYMBOL_NAME + depth;
 return Ball2( parent.attachMovie( SYMBOL_NAME, name,
depth));
}

public function init() : Ball2
{
QDispatcher.initialize( this );

this._x = 100;
this._y = 100;
this.lineStyle(20, 0xff, 100);
this.lineTo(0,.2);

return this;
}

public function onLoad() : Void
{
aBall.onPress = dispatchEvent( { type : 'onBallPress' } );
}
}



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick
Matte
Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2006 1:12 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Need help understanding EventDispatcher

I dont see exactly why use for the event dispatcher.
Wouldn't this be good as well ?


// on timeline

import Ball2.as;
import mx.utils.Delegate;

var myBall:Ball2 = new Ball2();

myBall.onBallPress = Delegate.create(this,onBallPress);
myBall.addEvents();

function onBallPress():Void {
 trace("onBallPress");
}


// ball class

import mx.utils.Delegate;
class Ball2 {

 public var onBallPress:Function;
 private var aBall:MovieClip;

 public function Ball2 () {
  // create a ball MC
  aBall = 
_level0.createEmptyMovieClip('testBall',_level0.getNextHighestDepth()  );

  // draw ball
  aBall._x = 100;
  aBall._y = 100;
  aBall.lineStyle(20, 0xff, 100);
  aBall.lineTo(0,.2);
 }

 public function addEvents():Void{
  aBall.onPress = Delegate.create(this,onBallPress);
 }

}

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Re: [Flashcoders] rss feed

[Tim Braeckman]

Isn't the URL of the XML file for the RSS-feed always the same?
Than you can write a php script which creates that xml file and link to it
from the flash movie...


On 4/6/06, MetaArt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have dev a full Flash website, and I need to add the chance to access to
> RSS for users.
> So, what I need is a 'clean' way to give (quickly) the feed rss URL within
> Flash movie.
> Any suggest?
>
> Enrico Tomaselli
> +> web designer <+
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RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET)

[Steven Sacks]

What do you mean by "support a cross platform database"?
 

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Lieven Cardoen
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:54 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Making a cd for Pc and Mac 
> (Zinc-Director-SWFStudio - .NET)
> 
> I've looked into mProjector and it doesn't seem to support a
> crossplatform database... of am I wrong?
> 
> lieven cardoen

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Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicating a MovieClip that contains Sub-Clips

[Sam Thorne]

Yes, duplicateMovieClip duplicates the clip and all it's subclips.

On 13 Apr 2006, at 09:20AM, Mike Anderson wrote:


Hello All,

If you duplicate a MovieClip that happens to contain children sub- 
clips,

does the newly created MovieClip also contain all the identical
sub-clips?

If this is not the case, how would one go about doing that?  Duplicate
the MovieClip, but then loop through all the sub-clips that the  
original

MovieClip originally contained?

If any of you could clarify this topic, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Mike
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Regards,

Sam Thorne
Interaction Design

Web: http://www.native.com/
Tel: +44 (0)207 588 7970
Fax: +44 (0)207 588 7971


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[Flashcoders] Duplicating a MovieClip that contains Sub-Clips

[Mike Anderson]

Hello All,

If you duplicate a MovieClip that happens to contain children sub-clips,
does the newly created MovieClip also contain all the identical
sub-clips?

If this is not the case, how would one go about doing that?  Duplicate
the MovieClip, but then loop through all the sub-clips that the original
MovieClip originally contained?

If any of you could clarify this topic, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Mike
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[Flashcoders] textbox+htmlText+css(on rollover of link the format of text changes)

[Tarjinder Kumar]

Hi,

Iam using a dynamic textbox with autosize true.i am also using css to
with rollover and normal color to text links.
I am loading data from xml file,the text also conatin img tags for
images.
I am attaching images in the textbox along with text.

the problem is when i rollover the links the format of text changes.

Code:

The textNode in the xml file

""



my CSS sheet contains:


Code:
a:link {
  color: #ff;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

a:active{
  color: #66;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.bullet {
list-style-position: inside;
list-style-type: disc;
color:#ff;

}
my Code 


Code:
mytext.autoSize = true;
mytext.styleSheet = myCss;
mytext.htmlText = xmlText;
Another problem is if i make autosize property of textbox true then
images are not loaded in the textbox,so i place textbox with porper
height so that whole text covers in the textbox.

pls help
Thanks in advance.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Text effect actionscript library?

[Anggie Bratadinata]

Check out Satori's TextScript at www.actionscript.com

Here's a direct link to the file:
http://www.actionscript.com/files/satori/TextScript.zip

--
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Malang - East Java
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http://design.ibshastautama.com


Rajat Paharia wrote:

Hey all -

I need to put together a SWF that pulls text quotes from an XML file on a
server and then sequentially animates them onto the screen in interesting
ways (typewriter style, fade in, etc). I was wondering if anyone knew of an
actionscript text effect library or a component of some sort that I could
use to do this. Any pointers would be much appreciated.

best, - rajat
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Re: [Flashcoders] Instantiate a class by string - SOLVED

[Ian Thomas]

Sorry, that's what I meant when I said...
"such as the declaration of a variable or the creation of an
object"

I should have provided a concrete example. :-)

As Scott says, working with .swfs is more like working with .jars than
you might think - particularly when you are working with MTASC/Swfmill
rather than the IDE. You can pick and choose which classes get built
into a given .swf in much the same way as you can with Java - if
you're so inclined.

Ian

On 4/12/06, Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 12-apr-2006, at 19:59, JesterXL wrote:
>
> > To force a class to be imported even if no one uses it:
> >
> > import com.company.project.YourClass;
> >
> > static private var depend:YourClass;
>
> Ok, now this looks classy! Forces the class to be burned in and yet
> shows why it's there.
>
> Thanks a bunch!
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