Re: [Flashcoders] relative target from external AS class file [dnk]

2006-04-20 Thread dnk
>I am having a problem trying to > figure out what is the best way to code my paths and still maintain > portability Ok - I have come up with a way, but I am wondering if this is the best way to do it... I call my class with: var myBlog:BlogData = new BlogData(this); So I pass in the

[Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work

2006-04-20 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
It was only a matter of time :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Burrer Sent: Friday, 21 April 2006 3:39 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work Actually it just

RE: [Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work

2006-04-20 Thread Robin Burrer
Actually it just happened again - I hate v2 components (and components which are based on them) :-). I'm going to write my own Loader now - all I need is movie clip that scales a loaded jpeg and dispatches an event when the loading process is finished... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PR

RE: [Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work

2006-04-20 Thread Robin Burrer
That's it! No with the IELoader everything works fine :-) Great stuff! Cheers Robin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rajat Paharia Sent: Friday, 21 April 2006 2:24 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] loader component

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Geoff Stearns
setting display:none won't stop anything from loading, so it will load twice. (or load part way and then load again, etc.) On Apr 21, 2006, at 1:08 AM, Kevin Newman wrote: I change it so that it might work on all Objects. :-) http://www.unfocus.com/projects/PatentMagic/ I took care of tha

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Newman
I change it so that it might work on all Objects. :-) http://www.unfocus.com/projects/PatentMagic/ I took care of that loading forever bug too. Does anyone know if setting display:none on an object prevents it from loading? If not, then double loading is the only thing left to take care of.

RE: [Flashcoders] Multidimensional Array

2006-04-20 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
Yes it is legitimate The correct method would depend on what for mat your data previously existed in before placing it in the array -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CK Sent: Friday, 21 April 2006 11:13 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subjec

[Flashcoders] relative target from external AS class file [dnk]

2006-04-20 Thread dnk
Hi there.. Out of my personal preference, I preferto avoid absolute paths and use relative paths in my actionscript (easier to port in movies and movie clips, etc). Now in my current project I have been having a go with a custon class I wrote (which obviously resides in an external AS file)

Re: [Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work

2006-04-20 Thread Rajat Paharia
It might also have something to do with the problem detailed here: http://jeff.mxdj.com/loader_component_and_internet_explorer.htm I use IELoader all the time now instead of the v2 Loader. best, - rajat -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.com On 4/20/06

RE: [Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work

2006-04-20 Thread Robin Burrer
I'll give that a try thanks. Each of these Loader components is embedded in a movie clip which is invisible by default. Setting the scaleContent property after it finished loading could do the trick though. Cheers Robin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work

2006-04-20 Thread JesterXL
Turn it invisible while it's loading: loaderRef.visible = false; loaderRef.load(); When your complete event fires, try: doLater ( this, "laterStuff" ); function laterStuff() { loaderRef.scaleContent = true; loaderRef.visible = true; } - Original Message - From: "Robin Burrer"

[Flashcoders] loader component - scaleContent does not always work

2006-04-20 Thread Robin Burrer
Hi there, I'm having trouble with the v2 Loader component. The scaleContent does not always work. Every 20th time or so the loaded jpeg image is not scaled. This happens rather randomly which is a bit of a pain. Here's a code that I'm using to initialize a loader component. Note that I'm creati

[Flashcoders] Multidimensional Array

2006-04-20 Thread CK
Hi All, Experimenting with Multidimensional Arrays, would the following be the correct method for populating? [code] //Personal data multidimensional array. var pData:Array = [["lname", "fname"], ["age", "location"]]; // //trace(pData); // //trace(pData[0]); // //trace(pData[1]); pData[0][0]

Re: [Flashcoders] anyone know mProjector?

2006-04-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
ah sorry jesse, saw your email one too late, i think i got it covered. On 4/20/06, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm familiar with it; what's up? > > - Original Message - > From: "Rich Rodecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006

Re: [Flashcoders] anyone know mProjector?

2006-04-20 Thread JesterXL
I'm familiar with it; what's up? - Original Message - From: "Rich Rodecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] anyone know mProjector? i have someone looking for a quick fix to an exisiting project, need to t

[Flashcoders] setNewTextFormat() woes

2006-04-20 Thread Andreas Rønning
Ok i'm confused. fmtOne = new TextFormat("Arial",20); fmtTwo = new TextFormat("Arial",40); blah = _root.createTextField("myField",10,0,0,100,100); blah.autoSize = true; blah.setNewTextFormat(fmtOne); blah.text+="First "; blah.setNewTextFormat(fmtTwo); blah.text+="Second"; In my mind, based on wh

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface

2006-04-20 Thread eric dolecki
http://edolecki.livejournal.com/ I have a nice shortcut for using ExternalInterface there. - e.dolecki On 4/20/06, Jon Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. I got it working. > > On 4/19/06, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry about the crappily-formatted code - I'm writi

RE: [Flashcoders] Zoom effect

2006-04-20 Thread Keith Reinfeld
Contact me offlist. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Keith http://home.mn.rr.com/keithreinfeld ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Broug

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: New wrinkle in IE activation issue

2006-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
> I think ryann is saying that it does not work under certain > circumstances. > There is no known solution (FlashObject, UFO, plain external > .js file or script-disabling checkbox). He's suspecting a bug > in MS patch. He said he tested it with many different setup > and machines. There are

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Adobe Licensing - FAO John Dowdell, Mike C hambers et al.

2006-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
> Yep :) It works fine with version 6 player for the PPC. They just released version 7 for PPC, actually: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer_pocketpc/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instructi

[Flashcoders] anyone know mProjector?

2006-04-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
i have someone looking for a quick fix to an exisiting project, need to tweak a couple of lines of code and expot an exe from mProjector. anyone interested? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: h

Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface

2006-04-20 Thread Jon Robert
Thanks. I got it working. On 4/19/06, Mike Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry about the crappily-formatted code - I'm writing it in GMail! > > FLASH: > > import flash.external.ExternalInterface; > > class blah > { > var instance:Object = new Object(); > // Function alias for Java

RE: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Ettwein, Josh
Lol... I was there for 3 weeks surfing last summer and became obsessed with the language - it's very fun to learn and speak. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:33 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
Merrill, Jason wrote: I forgot I was writing to the list in indonesian though... My bad! :) Yeah, don't sweat it, I almost make the same mistake every day myself. You almost forgot you were writing to the list? or you almost forgot you were writing in Indonesian? :-D -- Anggie Bratadinata

Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
Well, when I replied to your query, I mistakenly put your name in the "TO:" field (... I definitely need more sleep). I found it out when I saw your response in this list, hence my apology. And, yeah, Satori's TS is kewl. :) -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang -

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: New wrinkle in IE activation issue

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
Hmm, It's because of people like me. Personally, there are so many things I've got to read about that I never get around to reading the news. I end up wasting other peoples time just to get caught up. I will pay attention to try and find things out on my own in the future. M. On 4/20/06, John Dow

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread dancedrummer
This issue applies to all three activeX controls i use + Flash. On 4/20/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've modified it to transfer FlashVars > > http://anticipatechange.com/huseyin/patentMagic/ > > > On 4/20/06, Kevin Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > All I'm doing to try and kee

RE: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>I forgot I was writing to the list in >>indonesian though... My bad! :) Yeah, don't sweat it, I almost make the same mistake every day myself. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privil

RE: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Ettwein, Josh
Sorry, I forwarded it to the list, I figured everyone might want those resources you mentioned. I forgot I was writing to the list in indonesian though... My bad! :) I tried the second one, works pretty well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Anggie Bratadinata
Sama-sama, Mas Josh :) Dan, maaf saya tidak sengaja mengirim email langsung ke alamat Mas Josh, bukan ke Flashcoders. -- Anggie Bratadinata Web|Graphic|Flash Jl. Raya Langsep 21 Malang - East Java I N D O N E S I A http://design.ibshastautama.com Ettwein, Josh wrote: Mas Anggie, Terima ka

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
Sweet presentation man. On 4/20/06, Geoff Stearns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If anyone is interested, I gave a presentation to the minnesota flash > user group last night about FlashObject, and it included a bit of > Eolas info in it. > > it was basically a general rundown of the benefits of u

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: New wrinkle in IE activation issue

2006-04-20 Thread John Dowdell
Bernard Poulin wrote: I can't reproduce the problem myself, but others experienced it. Still sounds like the "MS script debugger" issue, described in the article "Activating ActiveX" at the original resource page: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/ I'm amazed at the amount of ro

RE: [Flashcoders] Zoom effect

2006-04-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ammor
Oh, yes that's may be complete... I may change some mouse functions too... Cool, but where can we have the source ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Reinfeld Sent: jeudi 20 avril 2006 18:49 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
I've modified it to transfer FlashVars http://anticipatechange.com/huseyin/patentMagic/ On 4/20/06, Kevin Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All I'm doing to try and keep the objects from loading is defining all > objects with display:none - is there a more reliable way to prevent > objects f

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Emergency! Bad buttons!

2006-04-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Glad you got it working and reported back that the code worked - I always hated that bug more than just about any other. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>Jason - thank you thank you THANK YOU!! i am elated. The combination >>of changing the problem button even

[Flashcoders] RE: Emergency! Bad buttons!

2006-04-20 Thread Ryan Creighton
Jason - thank you thank you THANK YOU!! i am elated. The combination of changing the problem button events to onPress, and adding that odd Selection.setFocus code did the trick. Everything reacts beautifully now! i appreciate your help IMMENSELY. Now i can sleep soundly tonight! Julian - tha

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Geoff Stearns
If anyone is interested, I gave a presentation to the minnesota flash user group last night about FlashObject, and it included a bit of Eolas info in it. it was basically a general rundown of the benefits of using FlashObject and a primer for getting started using it. view it here: http:/

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: New wrinkle in IE activation issue

2006-04-20 Thread Bernard Poulin
We are certainly not reinventing the wheel. (yes, some people are still learning about this whole issue, but this is not the main point of this thread). If you carefully read the first message in this thread (and subsequent messages from from ryanm): I think ryann is saying that it does not work

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic sound generation in 8.5?

2006-04-20 Thread Johannes Nel
someone told me that there is a limitation with the byte array and sound object whereby you cannot reconstruct a sound object from a byte array. this is heresay, but from a knowledgable fellow. On 4/20/06, David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has any progress been made in the area of dynamic

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Bernard Poulin
Another drawback: (that might be problematic in some cases). This technique has the "double run" problem. I mean, the flash movie might start running, before the javascript had a change to do its magic of "replacing it". Depending on what the flash movie is doing and timing, the result might do a "

[Flashcoders] Re: New wrinkle in IE activation issue

2006-04-20 Thread Steve Killingbeck, MMCP, ACE
Wow I am surprised you guys keep talking about this subject (Re: New wrinkle in IE activation issue) Just use flashobject: http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject Its very robust, easy to use... Its not perfect but pretty darn close, and its code base has been tested by many people and platforms o

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Bernard Poulin
Yes absolutely. http://www.unfocus.com/projects/PatentMagic/ In this example, at least on my machine, it drops the "flashvars" for the ( is fine). You can see for yourself if you carefully read the alert box text: the tag has its flashvars but the does not have it (value is an empty string).

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Newman
All I'm doing to try and keep the objects from loading is defining all objects with display:none - is there a more reliable way to prevent objects from loading in the background? I took a quick look on msdn for some ActiveX magic method, but wasn't able to find anything. It looks like it does

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Newman
Do you have a link to someplace that I can check out those other scripts, or discussion of them? It'd be better to pool the effort rather than working individually. By the way, if I add an alert to take a look at what gets returned when I access the outerHTML property, it shows a lot of params

[Flashcoders] Server-side animated GIF to SWF?

2006-04-20 Thread Rajat Paharia
My Flash 7 content running at various framerates needs to load in Animated GIFs on the fly and show them with the proper timing. The best way I can think of to do this is to have a server proxy that actually requests the GIF and converts it into a SWF on the fly and returns it. I'd like to write th

[Flashcoders] Dynamic sound generation in 8.5?

2006-04-20 Thread David Rorex
Has any progress been made in the area of dynamic sound and/or music generation? A couple of months ago there was a couple of big threads, one on possible MIDI support in the flash player (which seemed to be largely ignored by Macromedia), another about the possiblity of dynamicaly creating a Byte

[Flashcoders] Re: Get actual stage size when scaleMode = "showAll"?

2006-04-20 Thread Rajat Paharia
In case anyone is interested, the way I worked around this was something like below. You can see a sample of it in action here: http://www.bunchball.com/blog/samples/colors-sizes/ - the games are scaled to different sizes, but the ad shows up at the correct scale. - rajat var oldMode = Stage.scale

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.

2006-04-20 Thread David Rorex
Instead of creating a reference to your flash movie and storing it, I get it every time. JS Code: function getMovie(movieName) { if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) { return window[movieName] } else { return

[Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Ettwein, Josh
Mas Anggie, Terima kasih banyak... ini sempurna! Josh -Original Message- From: Anggie Bratadinata [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:43 AM To: Ettwein, Josh Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation A friend of mine uses this pretty flash plugin: ht

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Dave Mennenoh
FlashObject seems to work well.. Just downloaded and Installed IE7 - my site still works without having to activate it, which is a relief, but I have to click to activate anything at macromedia.com. The aforemention hgtv.com also works without activation. One odd thing after installing IE7 - m

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread ryanm
Maybe it's time for Adobe to start promoting the use of Firefox/alternative web browsers... Why? ActiveX is a far superior plugin framework to Mozilla plugins. You're only one step from the slashdotters, who say you should just stop using Flash alltogether. ryanm ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Zoom effect

2006-04-20 Thread MBDI ICSC Rodrigo E. Curiel Salazar
Woow ! nice effect, any chance to get the source ? Rodrigo On 4/20/06, Keith Reinfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have a look at my 'Dynamic Zoom' piece and see if it is what you are > looking > for (URL below). > > Click 'Gallery' then select 'Dynamic Zoom' from the 'Effects' menu. > > > > >

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
I've been drinking far too many energy drinks today, we stocked the office with Red Bull you see... Somebody stop me. On 4/20/06, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who put acid into Elibol's tea? > > - Original Message - > From: "elibol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing

RE: [Flashcoders] Zoom effect

2006-04-20 Thread Keith Reinfeld
Have a look at my 'Dynamic Zoom' piece and see if it is what you are looking for (URL below). Click 'Gallery' then select 'Dynamic Zoom' from the 'Effects' menu. -Keith http://home.mn.rr.com/keithreinfeld -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread CK
Hi, The How-To page spits 404, any other sources on using XML-RPC? CK On Apr 20, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Shaw, Matt (MTVN) wrote: Or don't write any XML at all. All the kids are using XML-RPC with Flash - it's the neatest! http://xmlrpcflash.sf.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTEC

[Flashcoders] OT: New Flash Video Classes

2006-04-20 Thread Steve Drucker
Please forgive the interruption, but Macromedia/Adobe has released a new Flash Video course which is currently being taught by Fig Leaf Software. At the following URL, you will find information about the course, as well as links to the application that you build during the instructor-led traini

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Geoff Stearns
there's been a couple other people sending scripts around that do the exact same thing as yours, but IE handles inner/outerHTML very poorly, so I think it drops the param tags inside the object tag... or something like that. On Apr 20, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Kevin Newman wrote: You know, I ac

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
It doesn't seem to Geoff, I tested it with a 100%x100% object: http://anticipatechange.com/huseyin/shifty.html The object tag has noscale params, there is one problem though, it seems as if the replaced objects appear to still be loading from the browsers perspective. Besides this, seems like a

RE: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Shaw, Matt (MTVN)
That is true. There's mucho overhead with serializing things to XML. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ettwein, Josh Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:25 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH If you're al

RE: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Shaw, Matt (MTVN)
I believe JSON relies on the ability to eval a string into an object, which flash can't do without some help. Eg: eval('{ key: "value" }'); Won't work in Flash, you'd have to parse the string - then why not parse XML -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Newman
The problem is the automatic interaction of embedded objects within the current document. As long as the object doesn't allow interaction automatically from within the current document it doesn't violate the patent. Which is why you have to embed the object from an external source (a linked js

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Newman
You know, I actually didn't check it out that thoroughly. I'll take a look some time. Why would it break params, if you happen to know off hand? Thanks. :-) Kevin N. Geoff Stearns wrote: doesn't this method break flashvars and other params? On Apr 20, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Kevin Newman wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread JesterXL
Extremely time consuming, and even worse, the more flexibility you give the designer to use it, the more time you have to spend - Original Message - From: "Ettwein, Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:00 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcod

RE: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Ettwein, Josh
Oh yeah, I totally agree with you. If the packets of data are small, no reason against just using XML/Xpath. I meant use AMFPHP for larger datasets, where XML's verbosity becomes an issue. Personally, I use AMFPHP for everything, but that's only because I've been using it for several years, and I'v

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread JesterXL
Who put acid into Elibol's tea? - Original Message - From: "elibol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue... How about we come up with a way to hack the windows updating se

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
Would it make sense for this to work with all Active X Objects? The idea is to override object activation by rewriting the objects after the document is loaded? Is this a hole in the activation process, where it will only force activation when the page is being initialized? Objects written after th

RE: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Ettwein, Josh
Ahhh, that's pretty slick, Jesse. Nice. Like you said though - it's time-consuming to say the least. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Rich Rodecker
well, yes i would recommend you look at amfphp, but while it's great and I use it often, sometimes that could be overkill depending on your needs. the thing with sending xml to flash is that you have a nicely structured object to deal with (as opposed to sending flash a url-encoded string and pars

Re: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread JesterXL
JSFL if you have the patience: http://www.jessewarden.com/archives/2004/09/jsfl_jxlwithrow.html - Original Message - From: "Ettwein, Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:28 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation Just cur

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
How about we come up with a way to hack the windows updating server and dispatch a hot fix to override the active object activation? We could have the hotfix include a procedure which replaced the windows server updaters server locator to lookup servers at some arbitrary domain that maps to our ow

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Geoff Stearns
doesn't this method break flashvars and other params? On Apr 20, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Kevin Newman wrote: I didn't want to have to redefine all the stuff that has already been defined in the html object. So I made this: :-) http://www.unfocus.com/projects/PatentMagic/ A super tiny js file in

[Flashcoders] Swish-type text animation

2006-04-20 Thread Ettwein, Josh
Just curious... I haven't endeavored to use a 3p tool like this in years, so I'm wondering what, if anything people are using to generate text effects nowadays? Short of hand-animating it yourself, of course. Josh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Newman
I didn't want to have to redefine all the stuff that has already been defined in the html object. So I made this: :-) http://www.unfocus.com/projects/PatentMagic/ A super tiny js file include and a stylesheet takes care of all object activation. It's a bit brute force, but it should get the jo

RE: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Ettwein, Josh
If you're already using PHP on the server side, I can't see why you wouldn't use AMF - it's binary, where xml is not, and is far more verbose to send across the pipe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shaw, Matt (MTVN) Sent: Thursday, April 2

Re: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread CK
Hi, I got the idea from "Foundation Flash MX Applications," is my understanding of the text in err? CK On Apr 20, 2006, at 9:38 AM, Steve Webster wrote: After browsing the Kirupa.com XML tutorial written by Senoculor, it appears that given the awkward way the AS XML Object works that

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Adobe Licensing - FAO John Dowdell, Mike C hambers et al.

2006-04-20 Thread Weyert de Boer
I'm still interested in where I can get the ActiveX control for Win CE from as that could be a quick fix for us You can download a CAB file from the Macromedia site. This is an installer for Flash Player 7 on Pocket PC. You should be able to extract the ActiveX control from the CAB fi

[Flashcoders] Expose-like placement implementation

2006-04-20 Thread Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov
I had googled and googled but couldn't find anything remotely like it. Was there an attempt to implement placement akin to Apple's expose in AS? -- Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov please send all personal mail to me at julik.nl ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.f

Re: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov
On 20-apr-2006, at 18:43, Shaw, Matt (MTVN) wrote: Or don't write any XML at all. All the kids are using XML-RPC with Flash - it's the neatest! http://xmlrpcflash.sf.net And what about JSON? Did it make any inroads into Flash yet? Seems much more terse and useful for bare-struct juggling

[Flashcoders] FP 8.5 MovieClipLoader bug?

2006-04-20 Thread eric dolecki
I am working on an application where I am loading images into a clip using a MovieClipLoader. The SWF is embedded in Python. After about 100 images are loaded into the same clip (over time - about 1 every 1-2 seconds), the images fail to load. Sometimes it happens after about the 40th image, but it

RE: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
> Microsoft has taken their own initiative to include Active X, > Object, Embed activation in their latest IE patch. > > Has nothing to do with a court ruling. > > Can only be an attempt to make life more difficult for > Adobe. That's absurd. They lost a suit to Eolas. Microsoft had several

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Adobe Licensing - FAO John Dowdell, Mike C hambers et al.

2006-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
> We've finally been contacted - thanks for any time invested > in this John, although I think the contact was due to some > persistant phone calls from our project manager. > > I'm still interested in where I can get the ActiveX control > for Win CE from as that could be a quick fix for us

RE: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Shaw, Matt (MTVN)
Or don't write any XML at all. All the kids are using XML-RPC with Flash - it's the neatest! http://xmlrpcflash.sf.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CK Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:05 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Fl

RE: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
> Maybe web developers should stop making sites that work with IE. Good luck with that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, N

Re: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Steve Webster
After browsing the Kirupa.com XML tutorial written by Senoculor, it appears that given the awkward way the AS XML Object works that using PHP to parse XML then pass the PHP variables to flash may be less intense. Could someone enlighten? I'd disagree with this, unless you're using somethin

Re: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread CK
FLASH 8 I have xFactor studio XPath. No harm did, my question meagerly served as hypothesis Respectfully, CK On Apr 20, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Yotam Laufer wrote: I have to completly disagree with you. Use XML in Flash, I really can't think of a better method. I don't know what version of Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Geoff Stearns
you could do this with flashobject really easily. just call fo.write() whenever you want and it will replace the object you target with your flash movie. On Apr 20, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Kevin Newman wrote: I prefer solutions that try to hide IE's lack of conformity, like Dean Edwards's IE

Re: RE:[Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Zeh Fernando
Maybe Microsoft took their own initiative, but it is still a reaction to Eoals. If Eolas wasn't pushing their bogus patent, Microsoft would not have done this. Its silly to say they did this to hurt Adobe as it affects all active x objects including Microsoft's own windows media player. The on

Re: [Flashcoders] Error in the Point.as comes and goes

2006-04-20 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
I just figured it out. I had moved my Core MM classes around for using MTASC and then I also moved it in Flash and that was causing some issues when compiling Flash 7 swfs. Thanks, mani On 4/20/06, Lee Probert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > might just be your ASO files. I sometimes get an error

Re: [Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread Yotam Laufer
I have to completly disagree with you. Use XML in Flash, I really can't think of a better method. I don't know what version of Flash you're using, but you can use XPathAPI or xfactor studio XPath to make you life easier. I will hurt at first, no doubt, but it's the best way. Good luck. Yotam. ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Error in the Point.as comes and goes

2006-04-20 Thread Lee Probert
might just be your ASO files. I sometimes get an error telling me that the Textfield object doesn't exist and I have to delete the ASO files to get rid of it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 20/04/2006 15:13:24: > Has anyone been experienceing any errors with the Point class file? I get > the error

[Flashcoders] XML->PHP->FLASH

2006-04-20 Thread CK
Hi, After browsing the Kirupa.com XML tutorial written by Senoculor, it appears that given the awkward way the AS XML Object works that using PHP to parse XML then pass the PHP variables to flash may be less intense. Could someone enlighten? Respectfully, CK ___

RE:[Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Steve Krichten
Maybe Microsoft took their own initiative, but it is still a reaction to Eoals. If Eolas wasn't pushing their bogus patent, Microsoft would not have done this. Its silly to say they did this to hurt Adobe as it affects all active x objects including Microsoft's own windows media player. The o

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
Thanks for the resource Kevin, this looks like a useful library. On 4/20/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > =] > > For your question, this article seems relevant: > http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/dynamicCSS.php > > M. > > > On 4/20/06, Kevin Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
=] For your question, this article seems relevant: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/dynamicCSS.php M. On 4/20/06, Kevin Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I prefer solutions that try to hide IE's lack of conformity, like Dean > Edwards's IE 7 script: > http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/ >

Re: [Flashcoders] Emergency! Bad buttons!

2006-04-20 Thread Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov
On 20-apr-2006, at 16:28, Ryan Creighton wrote: Hi everyone. Please visit this link: http://www.ytv.com/gamepad/play/games/mcdonalds2006/game.html This thing launches next week. The buttons act unpredictably. I know this is OT but this thing rocks (with the exception of the Md' style).

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Newman
I prefer solutions that try to hide IE's lack of conformity, like Dean Edwards's IE 7 script: http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/ There are just too many installations to realistically ignore them. Speaking of hacking on IE, is there a way to prevent an object from loading? By that I mean, I want to

RE: [Flashcoders] Emergency! Bad buttons!

2006-04-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
I've seen this bug before - is it Flash 7 or below? Read this: http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/54.html Some of the suggested fixes: 1) Decrease the stress placed on the player by reducing the number of components on-screen at one time, and removing/optimizing idle processes. I'm not s

RE: [Flashcoders] "grab and twist" rotary controller

2006-04-20 Thread chris
Euh, i mean gimbal... -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: donderdag 20 april 2006 16:46 Aan: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Onderwerp: RE: [Flashcoders] "grab and twist" rotary controller Google for grimbal lock... --

Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-20 Thread elibol
Maybe web developers should stop making sites that work with IE. On 4/20/06, Chad Mefferd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ditto > > On Apr 20, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Zárate wrote: > > > Maybe it's time for Adobe to start promoting the use of > > Firefox/alternative web browsers... > > > > Bye! > > > > O

RE: [Flashcoders] "grab and twist" rotary controller

2006-04-20 Thread chris
Google for grimbal lock... -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Andreas Rønning Verzonden: donderdag 20 april 2006 16:24 Aan: Flashcoders mailing list Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] "grab and twist" rotary controller I have some light issues with a U

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