RE: [Flashcoders] getTextExtent weirdness

2006-06-23 Thread Ville Walveranta

Responding again to my own posting... :-) 

I tried what I was thinking of below, and it works perfectly! Pixel-accurate
width is correctly returned every time. The same method can be used for
multiple entry fields, even with different typefaces or type styles as long
as those style parameters are passed to the auto-sized, off-stage
"measurement" field. 

Ville


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I was recently working on a project where .getTextExtent() would have come
handy, but like for others, it did not work for me. I dropped the issue at
that time, but have been thinking of trying to create an auto-size field off
the stage with the same text style parameters as the textInput component,
then copy characters (from the input component as they're typed) to the
auto-sized field, then measure the width of the auto-sized field. If the
width exceeds the maximum allowed pixel-width, then disallow further typing
into the component. I think it should work... has anyone tried this?

Ville


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[Flashcoders] FileReference and actionscript 2.0

2006-06-23 Thread human ghaderyan
Hi list
I try to use FileReference class in a actionscript 2.0 project. the browse 
and upload methods work fine but it seems that this class designed for AS 1.0 
(???). I can't find any AS 2.0 sample and don't know what to do for catching 
events . I think this class has bad architecture. for example I need to put the 
uploaded file in database and return its ID to client. FileReference do the 
transfer by a POST but it seems that there is no way to catch a response from 
server for this POST Action. any body has some experience to do the uplad with 
flash remoting?  
 
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RE: [Flashcoders] Numeric Stepper - limiting field length?

2006-06-23 Thread Ville Walveranta

Never mind.. :) maxChars appears to work for Numeric Stepper the same way it
does for TextInput even though it's not in the documentation.

Ville

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Subject: [Flashcoders] Numeric Stepper - limiting field length?

Does anyone here happen to know a way to limit the field length in the V2
numeric stepper component? In TextInput the same can be accomplished fairly
easily as every keypress within it broadcasts a "change" event. Numeric
stepper doesn't appear to do so; a change is broadcast only when the focus
is lost, or when the up or down arrow is clicked. Nor are "keyUp" or
"keyDown" events broadcast on every keypress. I'd like to limit keyboard
entry to two characters. Validation will, of course, reset the value to the
maximum allowed on loss of focus but for clarity's sake - especially since
Numeric Stepper's display window is pretty small - it would be nice to
prevent users from entering more digits than what can be displayed.

Thanks!

Ville

 

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[Flashcoders] TextField behaves differently in player v7 and v8

2006-06-23 Thread GregoryN
Hello Flashcoders,

I've found substantial differencies in TextField behavior when the
movie is played in Flash Player v7 (7.0.19.0) and v8(8.0.24.0).

Moments I have problems with are:
- IMG tag with external swf (or clip from library) embedded
- .maxscroll property

I'd like to avoid "version-specific corrections" (using
System.capabilities.version)...

Have anyone some relevant experience to share?

Thanks in advance.
  

-- 
Best regards,
 GregoryN

http://GOusable.com
Flash components development.
Usability services.

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[Flashcoders] Numeric Stepper - limiting field length?

2006-06-23 Thread Ville Walveranta
Does anyone here happen to know a way to limit the field length in the V2
numeric stepper component? In TextInput the same can be accomplished fairly
easily as every keypress within it broadcasts a "change" event. Numeric
stepper doesn't appear to do so; a change is broadcast only when the focus
is lost, or when the up or down arrow is clicked. Nor are "keyUp" or
"keyDown" events broadcast on every keypress. I'd like to limit keyboard
entry to two characters. Validation will, of course, reset the value to the
maximum allowed on loss of focus but for clarity's sake - especially since
Numeric Stepper's display window is pretty small - it would be nice to
prevent users from entering more digits than what can be displayed.

 

Thanks!

 

Ville

 

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Re: [Flashcoders] Can Flash for Pocket PC interface external devices?

2006-06-23 Thread Zárate

Hi,

I have a Flash application inside a C wrapper to gain access to the
PDA file system (mostly read and write txt/xml files) without major
problems.

We´re communicating both applications via XMLSockets (you cannot use
ExternalInterface because player the Flash PPC player is player 7),
which is not beautiful but does the work.

HTH

On 6/23/06, Ettore Paolillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi all!
I am considering the possibility of using Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC to
build the client-side (PDA-based) user interface of an application
communicating via GPRS with a server. In addition to UI and GPRS
communication handling, the PDA needs to interface an RFID-reader module
installed in the Compact Flash slot of the PDA itself.
My concern is mainly related to interfacing external devices (RFID reader,
GPRS communication module etc.) from Flash.
Can this be done? Are there any 3rd-party tools facilitating this task? Can
anyone point me to relevant document/articles?
TIA

Ettore Paolillo
COSI srl
Viale Sondrio, 7
Milano - Italy
www.cosi.it





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[Flashcoders] Can Flash for Pocket PC interface external devices?

2006-06-23 Thread Ettore Paolillo
Hi all!
I am considering the possibility of using Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC to
build the client-side (PDA-based) user interface of an application
communicating via GPRS with a server. In addition to UI and GPRS
communication handling, the PDA needs to interface an RFID-reader module
installed in the Compact Flash slot of the PDA itself. 
My concern is mainly related to interfacing external devices (RFID reader,
GPRS communication module etc.) from Flash.
Can this be done? Are there any 3rd-party tools facilitating this task? Can
anyone point me to relevant document/articles?
TIA

Ettore Paolillo
COSI srl
Viale Sondrio, 7
Milano - Italy
www.cosi.it 


 


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Re: [Flashcoders] Physics Engine?

2006-06-23 Thread Ian Thomas

Thanks Franto - my mistake for skipping that discussion. The other one
mentioned is:
http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/tutorials.html

However, the last discussion was about free physics engine, whereas
I'll happily take a look at anything commercial out there as well - if
anyone's got any commercial suggestions, please let me know.

Cheers,
 Ian

On 6/23/06, franto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

it was discussed last wekk or 2 weeks ago, try to search in archives. There
were another engine (at least 1:)

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Re: [Flashcoders] Applying transformations to text?

2006-06-23 Thread aklist_flash




I think you'd need to use bitmapData and some filters on it... like
displacement mapping, etc. Not a small task.


I took a look at the BitMapData class and the displacementMapFilter and I'm 
not sure if it can do what I want or not. I looked at the PerlinNoise filter 
as well and I don't see any way of creating a simple, symmetrical distortion 
with it.


Is it possible to take a regular bitmap shape (say, a "bulging" square) and 
map a MC or image to it?





On 6/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> Hi All: I'm bringing this question over from flash-newbie at the
> suggestion of the list.
>
> I'm looking for insight into applying transformations to text (or
> vectorized text) such as Adobe's "warp" functionality, where you can
take
> an object and make it bulge, arc, squeeze, spherize, etc. in flash.
>
> Is it possible, or has anyone already done it? The goal would be to 
> have

> an interface where a user could input a line of text and then apply one
of
> several "distortion effects" to it.
>
> TIA, AK

OK...please LART me if I'm asking this question wrong!

I see that I can take a line of text, break it apart, and then grab the
envelope controls in the IDE and distort it however I want...but is there
a
way to programmatically control the envelope controls?

What I'd like to do is:

1) Create an interface where the user can type in a line of text, hit
enter,
and have the text appear as a draggable symbol (I can do that).

I think I would store the strings in vars, so I can manipulate them
destructively but be able to go back to the original text if necessary.

2) Have a combobox with all the system fonts in it, and have the user
select
the font they want to apply to the text/symbol (I think I can do that).

3) Make the symbol "scalable" so the user can position it however they
want
against a reference shape (I can do that).

4) Have a combobox or radio array of "envelope distortions" that the user
could apply to the text/symbol one at a time. I imagine that I could 
write

a
function that would take an object and apply some predetermined envelope
modifications to create a desired effect, like "arc" or "bulge"

Is step 4 possible?

TIA, AK



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Re: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer

2006-06-23 Thread Thomas Marbois

ah

yea...

but IF the server is JUST a meeting spot -- could Flash clients  
actually host data?  As long as the server is just doing the mapping  
of other clients its okbut what I was thinking about was having  
them all hold data somehow.   Like - what is the internal limit for  
Flash plug in - receiving data?  Is it browser limit? etc...


Thanks

Tj


On Jun 23, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Mark Lapasa wrote:

It's possible to do it with the help of a 3rd party wrapper like  
Northcode's

UDP/TCP API or even using Python Simple Socket Server.

It's impossible to do a Flash Player to a remote Flash Player directly
because you need some external common meeting place (like a server)  
to tell
you that somebody is waiting to connect. Also there is nothing in  
Flash
Player 8 or less that would let you host incomming connections as  
all it can

do is pull stuff into the player via LoadVars or XML or XMLSocket.

So I think the minute you introduce a server that acts as a  
directory or
lobby for Flash Players to connect, your back to the old Client- 
Server model

which is not really P2P.

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hi

has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash?  Anyone care
to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties?

thanks

Tj

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RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?

2006-06-23 Thread Palmer, Jim
Dave has it right - the only issue on browser dependency I've found was with
sending hefty packets via the xmlhttprequest... beyond the browser actually
supporting the call in the first place.

The biggest hurdle I found was the space character being presented as a "+"
character when using Safari.

Another bit - for debugging xmlhttprequest I found the "firebug" extension
for firefox to be very powerful.

--
Jim Palmer ! Mammoth Web Operations

> Yeah, pretty much. There's very little about using 
> XmlHTTPRequest that's
> browser-dependent. If you're doing anything significant with 
> the data you
> return via AJAX, that's where you're more likely to run into browser
> dependency issues, and this won't help with that.
> 
> Of course, one of the reasons for AJAX's current popularity 
> is that browsers
> are much more compatible than they used to be. We've been 
> writing apps that
> use the same sort of functionality for many years, but it's 
> only recently
> that you can do it without a lot of code explicitly to deal 
> with browser
> differences.
> 
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> http://www.figleaf.com/
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Re: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer

2006-06-23 Thread hank williams

It is not possible. Flash cannot connect to another flash peer for security
reasons. First of all, flash cannot accept incoming requests to connect. It
can only generate connection requests.

It is conceivable that Apollo will do p2p, but if my recollection serves me,
I read that while they are considering it, it would probably not be in a
first release.

Regards,
Hank

On 6/23/06, Thomas Marbois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


hi

has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash?  Anyone care
to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties?

thanks

Tj

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RE: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Lapasa
It's possible to do it with the help of a 3rd party wrapper like Northcode's
UDP/TCP API or even using Python Simple Socket Server.

It's impossible to do a Flash Player to a remote Flash Player directly
because you need some external common meeting place (like a server) to tell
you that somebody is waiting to connect. Also there is nothing in Flash
Player 8 or less that would let you host incomming connections as all it can
do is pull stuff into the player via LoadVars or XML or XMLSocket.

So I think the minute you introduce a server that acts as a directory or
lobby for Flash Players to connect, your back to the old Client-Server model
which is not really P2P.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Marbois
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:25 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] peer 2 peer


hi

has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash?  Anyone care
to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties?

thanks

Tj

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RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread Ville Walveranta

Yes.. why not use remoting instead? Much cleaner from both the Flash and
server perspective. Of course, perhaps with aid of AJAX Flash front-end can
be fitted to more back-ends.

Ville

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Seems like a hack to me, from both the AJAX programming and Flash
programming perspective.

Mike
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Re: [Flashcoders] Best Flash data access way opinions

2006-06-23 Thread Mick G

Hey no laughing - my point was that they support PHP, nothing more :P


On 6/23/06, Michael Stuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Mick G schrieb:

> You can build a fully blown database driven site in Dreamweaver (allbeit
not
> perfect code)

LOL


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RE: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Componentsgonebad)

2006-06-23 Thread Arnoud Bos

Check http://www.tufat.com/category3.htm
Dont know if they are good but really cheap and with AS2 source!
You can check the api and demo's as well.

Arnoud



-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
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Verzonden: vrijdag 23 juni 2006 20:50
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP
Componentsgonebad)

wow, those drumbeat ones look prety nice, good job.



On 6/22/06, judah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While not trying to "pimp" my own stuff I'd like to add
> http://drumbeatinsight.com to the list. It is a small set of components
> that covers what I think were missing most from the V2 components. They
> work with all the V2 components, extend them and fixes what I considered
> were the main problems with them. If you want, check them out. They are
> as up to date as one month ago, with version 3, and you can purchase the
> source code for them if you need it.
>
> Ville Walveranta wrote:
> >> The documenation is detailed, but there is so much stuff in the
> >> XP components that the documenation would have to be massive
> >> to cover it all.
> >>
> >
> > The XP Components documentation is mostly autogenerated (from code) with
> > AS2DOC and while it describes the classes' methods and properties fairly
> > well, IT HAS VIRTUALLY NO CODE EXAMPLES! That annoys heck out of me;
just
> > *one* simple this-is-how-you-instantiate-XP-Component-from-custom-class
> > example would have made my day (or, two weeks, rather). Instead all
examples
> > use their xp.system.Application.Run() mehtod. Perhaps this means that's
the
> > only way to use them, but why?
> >
> > They're in Hong Kong, I think.
> >
> > Ville
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd
Hivnor
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 16:57
> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components
> > gonebad)
> >
> > I just posted a similar question, look for the thread with subject line
> > "Best component set for Flash 8 / MTASC development?"
> >
> > Quickly, tho, I'm feeling the same way:
> >  There seems to be a lack of good component
> > sets these days.
> >
> > The XP components look very comprehensive,
> > and have good keyboard control. But they don't
> > seem to be under active development.
> > The lead developer has responded to my initial questions,
> > but seems to be in a far east timezone so responses
> > take full day to get. The documenation is detailed,
> > but there is so much stuff in the  XP components
> > that the documenation would have to be massive
> > to cover it all. I haven't spent too much time with them,
> > but haven't been able to get a lot done in the time
> > I've spent.
> >
> > There are a couple of open source projects under
> > development, but are in either alpha or beta state.
> >
> > Ghostwire has poor keyboard control.
> >
> > David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There seems to be a lack of good
> > component sets these days.
> >
> > Ghostwire: Maybe the best, but done in old-style AS1
> > mCom: Pretty good, but a couple showstopper bugs, little to no support
from
> > developer. poor documentation.
> > XP: see previous message
> > MM v2: bloated, bugs
> > Flex 2: requires flash 9
> >
> > What am I missing here? Are there any other full component sets I don't
know
> > about?
> >
> > -David R
> >
> >
> > -
> > Sneak preview the  all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just
> > radically better.
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RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?

2006-06-23 Thread Dave Watts
>  Lol. So the whole thing about their code eliminating the 
> differences between browsers is huey huh?!

Yeah, pretty much. There's very little about using XmlHTTPRequest that's
browser-dependent. If you're doing anything significant with the data you
return via AJAX, that's where you're more likely to run into browser
dependency issues, and this won't help with that.

Of course, one of the reasons for AJAX's current popularity is that browsers
are much more compatible than they used to be. We've been writing apps that
use the same sort of functionality for many years, but it's only recently
that you can do it without a lot of code explicitly to deal with browser
differences.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-23 Thread John VanHorn

two things you can do to remedy this problem:

1.pay attention to the bandwitdth profiler when you test your movie.it
sounds like the bulk of your movie is being loaded in the first frame. make
sure that the only thing on the timeline in the frame or frames where the
preloader works is the preloader. make sure classes are set to export in a
frame after the preloader. also if you have assets in the library set to
export for actionscript, by default, they load in the first frame. either
change that or store them off stage after the first couple of frames.

2. use a stub swf. you can make a very lightweight stub swf that contains
only the preloader and a blank movie clip in which to load your main movie.

On 6/22/06, Mike Boutin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hey everyone,

Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about
90% done loading the file.  I believe this is because my ui components
are exported to the first frame.  I tried unchecking "export to first
frame" with no difference.  I also tried changing the actionscript
setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to
change (the field is disabled).  Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks!



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Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components gonebad)

2006-06-23 Thread Rich Rodecker

wow, those drumbeat ones look prety nice, good job.



On 6/22/06, judah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

While not trying to "pimp" my own stuff I'd like to add
http://drumbeatinsight.com to the list. It is a small set of components
that covers what I think were missing most from the V2 components. They
work with all the V2 components, extend them and fixes what I considered
were the main problems with them. If you want, check them out. They are
as up to date as one month ago, with version 3, and you can purchase the
source code for them if you need it.

Ville Walveranta wrote:
>> The documenation is detailed, but there is so much stuff in the
>> XP components that the documenation would have to be massive
>> to cover it all.
>>
>
> The XP Components documentation is mostly autogenerated (from code) with
> AS2DOC and while it describes the classes' methods and properties fairly
> well, IT HAS VIRTUALLY NO CODE EXAMPLES! That annoys heck out of me; just
> *one* simple this-is-how-you-instantiate-XP-Component-from-custom-class
> example would have made my day (or, two weeks, rather). Instead all examples
> use their xp.system.Application.Run() mehtod. Perhaps this means that's the
> only way to use them, but why?
>
> They're in Hong Kong, I think.
>
> Ville
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Hivnor
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 16:57
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components
> gonebad)
>
> I just posted a similar question, look for the thread with subject line
> "Best component set for Flash 8 / MTASC development?"
>
> Quickly, tho, I'm feeling the same way:
>  There seems to be a lack of good component
> sets these days.
>
> The XP components look very comprehensive,
> and have good keyboard control. But they don't
> seem to be under active development.
> The lead developer has responded to my initial questions,
> but seems to be in a far east timezone so responses
> take full day to get. The documenation is detailed,
> but there is so much stuff in the  XP components
> that the documenation would have to be massive
> to cover it all. I haven't spent too much time with them,
> but haven't been able to get a lot done in the time
> I've spent.
>
> There are a couple of open source projects under
> development, but are in either alpha or beta state.
>
> Ghostwire has poor keyboard control.
>
> David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There seems to be a lack of good
> component sets these days.
>
> Ghostwire: Maybe the best, but done in old-style AS1
> mCom: Pretty good, but a couple showstopper bugs, little to no support from
> developer. poor documentation.
> XP: see previous message
> MM v2: bloated, bugs
> Flex 2: requires flash 9
>
> What am I missing here? Are there any other full component sets I don't know
> about?
>
> -David R
>
>
> -
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[Flashcoders] Oregano forum/mailing list/etc

2006-06-23 Thread ryanm
   Where can I find one? I'm getting some errors and I need an archive to 
search. ;-)


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Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread ryanm

Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as they say, and
if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to code then why not?

   Because it makes your web site dependant on the Flash plugin when it 
doesn't need to be. You're trading the effort of browser compatibility for 
the effort of Flash versioning, which are about equal to begin with. But 
browser compatibility doesn't require VBScript. :-P


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[Flashcoders] peer 2 peer

2006-06-23 Thread Thomas Marbois

hi

has anyone tried making a peer 2 peer client via Flash?  Anyone care  
to make an opinion about the possibilities or difficulties?


thanks

Tj

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Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread Steve Rachels
So on my machine all I get from that link other than the top banner in 
either FF or IE is:


"Error parsing XML Data"

First time that's happened.  WTH?


Rich Rodecker wrote:


ridiculous?  not really, i think its kind of slick, the idea to use
flash as your xml parser rather than the browser.

Overblown?  defintely.  i think i can actually hear those guys
stroking themselves from here.



On 6/23/06, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Well... not really.

Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as they 
say, and

if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to code then why not?

Hank

On 6/23/06, ryanm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.fjax.net/ 



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Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread mark . s . luker
"Error parsing XML data" .. LOL!

The Digg Effect strikes again.  Anyway, I don't think it's hard to use
conditional branching in your Javascript to account for browser
differences, but I think FJAX is a neat idea anyway.



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Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread Rich Rodecker

ridiculous?  not really, i think its kind of slick, the idea to use
flash as your xml parser rather than the browser.

Overblown?  defintely.  i think i can actually hear those guys
stroking themselves from here.



On 6/23/06, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Well... not really.

Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as they say, and
if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to code then why not?

Hank

On 6/23/06, ryanm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.fjax.net/
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Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?

2006-06-23 Thread hank williams


AJAX programming is not hard at all, as long as you know JavaScript and a
server-side programming language. There's no need to have your server-side
programming language return XML, either, so this is a solution in search
of
a problem.




Lol. So the whole thing about their code eliminating the differences
between browsers is huey huh?!

Thats funny. Well *they* seem to think they have done something really good.
At least they are amusing themselves. Of course I would love to hear their
defense.

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RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?

2006-06-23 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
AJAX is just a buzzword anyway.  The methodology has been around
forever.  

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RE: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone els e?

2006-06-23 Thread Dave Watts
> Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as 
> they say, and if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to 
> code then why not?

AJAX programming is not hard at all, as long as you know JavaScript and a
server-side programming language. There's no need to have your server-side
programming language return XML, either, so this is a solution in search of
a problem.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread Mike Britton

Seems like a hack to me, from both the AJAX programming and Flash
programming perspective.

Mike
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Re: [Flashcoders] Physics Engine?

2006-06-23 Thread franto

it was discussed last wekk or 2 weeks ago, try to search in archives. There
were another engine (at least 1:)

On 6/22/06, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi folks,
  Does anyone know if there's an Actionscript (preferably AS2) physics
engine out there other than Flade?

Thanks,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread hank williams

Well... not really.

Of course I am not an ajax programmer, but if its as hard as they say, and
if it makes it easier for ajax programmers to code then why not?

Hank

On 6/23/06, ryanm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


http://www.fjax.net/

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Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-23 Thread Mike Boutin
Hmm thanks for the tips.  I think ill just strip all the components out 
:) Thanks again!



Mike

Mick G wrote:

This is one of the reasons I avoid MM components unless I totally have to.

Most of the components will only work if you export in first frame so the
only option I''ve found is:
- Put your content in an external SWF (which also causes problems 
because of
a bug with the components needing an instance in the root library if 
they're
loaded into target MCs). So, you now need to create a Shared Library for 
the

components and preload them (or if you don't want the hassle of a shared
library, some components get around this bug if you put a _lockroot in the
SWF containing them).

I'd love to hear other peoples solutions to component preloading.


On 6/24/06, Mike Boutin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Here is an example of the preloader used placed on the first frame of
the movie.

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
var loaded:Number = this.getBytesLoaded();
var total:Number = this.getBytesTotal();
var percent:Number = Math.floor((loaded/total)*100);
load_txt.text = "Loading... "+percent+"%";
loadBar._xscale = percent;
if (percent == 100){
gotoAndPlay(2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
stop();


Mike


Mike wrote:
> Are you basing the percentage on the frames loaded (100 * _framesloaded
> / _totalframes) or bytes loaded (100 * getBytesLoaded() /
> getBytesTotal())? You should be doing the latter. If you are then 
... um

>  *tags someone else*
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
> Boutin
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:52 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about
> 90% done loading the file.  I believe this is because my ui components
> are exported to the first frame.  I tried unchecking "export to first
> frame" with no difference.  I also tried changing the actionscript
> setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to
> change (the field is disabled).  Am I missing something here? ;) 
Thanks!

>
>
>
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[Flashcoders] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread ryanm

http://www.fjax.net/

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[Flashcoders] onEnterFrame / SetInterval in a Class (with Delegate)

2006-06-23 Thread azsl1326-email
Hello All ---

I am trying to run an onEnterFrame or setInterval in a Class (which extends 
mx.core.UIComponent) and not having much luck. 
If I use onEnterFrame it runs once and then dies. I have even tried using 
Delegate with the onEnterFrame and still no luck. 
Likewise, I have tried using setInterval with Delegate and while it gets called 
it only seems to keep the scope passed from the 
Delegate the first time thru. The remaining calls, the scope is undefined.

Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong.

Thanks for any and all replies.


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Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-23 Thread Mick G

This is one of the reasons I avoid MM components unless I totally have to.

Most of the components will only work if you export in first frame so the
only option I''ve found is:
- Put your content in an external SWF (which also causes problems because of
a bug with the components needing an instance in the root library if they're
loaded into target MCs). So, you now need to create a Shared Library for the
components and preload them (or if you don't want the hassle of a shared
library, some components get around this bug if you put a _lockroot in the
SWF containing them).

I'd love to hear other peoples solutions to component preloading.


On 6/24/06, Mike Boutin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Here is an example of the preloader used placed on the first frame of
the movie.

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
var loaded:Number = this.getBytesLoaded();
var total:Number = this.getBytesTotal();
var percent:Number = Math.floor((loaded/total)*100);
load_txt.text = "Loading... "+percent+"%";
loadBar._xscale = percent;
if (percent == 100){
gotoAndPlay(2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
stop();


Mike


Mike wrote:
> Are you basing the percentage on the frames loaded (100 * _framesloaded
> / _totalframes) or bytes loaded (100 * getBytesLoaded() /
> getBytesTotal())? You should be doing the latter. If you are then ... um
>  *tags someone else*
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
> Boutin
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:52 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about
> 90% done loading the file.  I believe this is because my ui components
> are exported to the first frame.  I tried unchecking "export to first
> frame" with no difference.  I also tried changing the actionscript
> setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to
> change (the field is disabled).  Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks!
>
>
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] getTextExtent weirdness

2006-06-23 Thread michal jaworski

i had this problem a while ago. the text would be rendred exactly the
same on all platforms buth the numbers returned from textExtend varied
depending on os, browser, i don't know what else. with a tendency to
cut off lines/letters on mac.
i came up with the following: took a largish block of text of length
(L), set the field width to the one i needed and counted how many rows
it would take in a static field (R). now C = L/R is an approximation
of how many letters fits in a row. you can measure H the height of a
single row in pixels on a static field too.
then to display your string textString you need field of
height=(Math.ceil(textString/C)+1)*H
i add one because it's approximate and i prefer to have some extra
space than cut off text. it works quite weel for strings tha occupy
more than 5 rows.
you can easily adapt is to measuring width of a single row of text too.
cheers,
michal


I've noticed a post about this in the archives, but it was described
as a
Mac issue and I'm getting it on a PC. I'm trying to use
TextFormat.getTextExtent() to do some image calculations, but I'm
getting enormous values. I suspect it's because my text includes
newline characters, but that's just a guess.

The docs say the function is deprecated, but the liveDocs
emphatically deny this. Anyone got any suggestions?

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RE: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-23 Thread stacey
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/000104.html
Check out the preloading. You could also create a shell and preload in
that swf.



> Are you basing the percentage on the frames loaded (100 * _framesloaded
> / _totalframes) or bytes loaded (100 * getBytesLoaded() /
> getBytesTotal())? You should be doing the latter. If you are then ... um
>  *tags someone else*
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
> Boutin
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:52 PM
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> Subject: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about
> 90% done loading the file.  I believe this is because my ui components
> are exported to the first frame.  I tried unchecking "export to first
> frame" with no difference.  I also tried changing the actionscript
> setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to
> change (the field is disabled).  Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks!
>
>
>
> Mike
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Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-23 Thread Mike Boutin
Here is an example of the preloader used placed on the first frame of 
the movie.


this.onEnterFrame = function(){
var loaded:Number = this.getBytesLoaded();
var total:Number = this.getBytesTotal();
var percent:Number = Math.floor((loaded/total)*100);
load_txt.text = "Loading... "+percent+"%";
loadBar._xscale = percent;
if (percent == 100){
gotoAndPlay(2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
stop();


Mike


Mike wrote:

Are you basing the percentage on the frames loaded (100 * _framesloaded
/ _totalframes) or bytes loaded (100 * getBytesLoaded() /
getBytesTotal())? You should be doing the latter. If you are then ... um
 *tags someone else*

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
Boutin
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:52 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

Hey everyone,

Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about 
90% done loading the file.  I believe this is because my ui components 
are exported to the first frame.  I tried unchecking "export to first 
frame" with no difference.  I also tried changing the actionscript 
setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to 
change (the field is disabled).  Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks!




Mike
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