Re: [Flashcoders] Programmatically instantiating a class that extends MovieClip.
Hello :)
it's easy, you must use __proto__
AS2 - MyClass extend MovieClip !!!
MyClass extends MovieClip {
// o Constructor
public function MyClass() {
}
}
var mc = createEmptyMovieClip(myInstance, 1) ;
mc.__proto__ == MyClass.prototype ;
MyClass.call(mc) ;
EKA + :)
2006/6/29, Scott Hyndman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
That's exactly what I mean. As a result you can do cool things like
reparenting -- like moving a button from one window to another. It
handles the MovieClip creation itself.
A code example really isn't too easy, because the framework that
allows this to be possible is quite large. If you were really
interested, you could look at the code. Here's a link:
http://tinyurl.com/jqtwv
It's a gigantic class...so it might be difficult to work through. The
important method is createMovieClips(), which is called when a view
(the type of object that encapsulates movieclips) moves to a new
superview.
Scott
On 29/06/06, Jim Kremens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why not subclass object instead? Both ActionStep and ASwing work this
way, then create movieclips on the fly. It's very nice to work with.
So you never really subclass movieclip, you use composition instead. In
other words, your class has a movieclip, but it isn't a movieclip.,,
Is that what you mean, or am I missing the point? Can you give a small
code
example?
Thanks,
Jim Kremens
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Re: [Flashcoders] FLV or MP3 stops during tween
For the record... I think I finally figured out what the problem was with my FLV. It turns out to have less to do with Tweening functions and more to do with the fact that the NetStream class hates to be instantiated into a local variable. As a reference for anyone having trouble with NetStream, FLV and AS2, just remember a couple things: 1) NetConnection and NetStream instances should be stored as movieclip or object properties, not local variables. 2) If you instantiate NetConnection and NetStream in an AS2 class, make sure the class is not instantiated into a local variable, either. This behavior seems strange to me, and I'm not sure if it's already a known bug. If anyone can shed any further light on this topic, it would be appreciated :) -Dan On Jun 29, 2006, at 7:52 PM, Dan Rogers wrote: Hi there, first time on the list... I am working on a pretty intensive flash UI, which makes use of onEnterFrame events, Tween class animations, etc... and whenever I try to stream in an FLV or MP3, the playback completely stops after about 5-10 seconds. I can usually make it stop by rolling my mouse over a movieclip that uses a Tween to do an alpha fade. Has anyone had any experience troubleshooting this? I'm using Flash 8 and AS2... and am completely stumped at this point. I've tried both the mx.transitions.Tween and the ZigoTween engine, and they both bring the FLV to a halt. Thanks. -Dan ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs
If adobe would stop boycotting it, heh. Jk just waiting for photoshop at the moment.. On 6/29/06 1:46 PM, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, it sucks... but a reason to buy a mactel though ;-) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] very basic question: Help?
I want to understand which is the best/right way to concatenate movies which
are dependent on serInterval to finish their execution,
example
this is part of a very simple image slice movement, I can have n slices, but
just after the finish of the last one I´d like to know that it has finished
and then start another animation
for (var i = 0; i nTarjas; i++)
{
tarja[i] = this.attachMovie (mcTarjas, tarja + i,
this.getNextHighestDepth ());
tarja[i]._x = posXInicial + i * deltaX;
tarja[i]._y = 0;
tarja[i]._alpha = (100 - deltaX) + i;
intervalo[i] = setInterval (moveTarja, deltaTime, i, deltaX);
}
function moveTarja (atual, deltaX)
{
tarja[atual]._x -= deltaX;
if (tarja[atual]._x deltaX * atual)
{
clearInterval (intervalo[atual]);
}
}
stop ();
this code is on the timeline, is not attached to any AS 2 external class
I understand the callBack function concept but I don´t realize how to implement
it in this situation , like
myAnimation.onFinished = function()
{
// do another thing
}
thanks for any help
João Carlos
Brazil
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Re: [Flashcoders] trying to call a function passed as an argument
if the function-param in
public function doFirst(aString:String, bString:String,
aFunction:Function)
is a good reference to an existing function
you don't need to use the call()
to execute aFunction you can just use
public function doFirst(aString:String, bString:String,aFunction:Function) {
var newParam:String=pass it on!
aFunction(newParam)
}
If that is what you wanted to know...
If the aFunction would be a String you should indeed use call()
_root[func].call();
-Latcho-
John Mark Hawley wrote:
You can't pass a reference to a method call like you seem to be trying to do by
'bar.doLast'. You *can* pass functions around, but not object methods -- they
no longer know what object they are supposed to act on.
See:
var a:Array = [1, 2, 3];
a.shift(); // a = [2, 3];
var shiftMethod:Function = a.shift;
shiftMethod(); // a still equals [2, 3] - this did nothing
One solution would be something like this:
public function doFirst(aString:String, aBarInstance:Bar,
aBarMethodName:String) {
trace(the first string is +aString);
aBar[aBarMethodName]();
}
This is pretty nasty, though. You should probably let us know what the effect
you are going for is so someone can suggest a better way, probably involving
either untangling these two objects or using mx.utils.Delegate.
-mark hawley
From: Elie Zananiri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/06/29 Thu PM 02:21:47 CDT
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] trying to call a function passed as an argument
Hi all,
I have this method where I need to call a function passed as an argument
(kind of like in setInterval()) and I don't understand the documentation and
can't get it to work.
First of all, I don't understand how to pass the function as a parameter.
Am I passing a String or an actual Function object? Can I pass a Function
with parameters? Do I have to write the parentheses in the parameter?
Next, how do I call this function? The Function.call() function requires a
parameter but I don't get what it does...
Thanks for the help!
-Elie
Here is the structure I have:
class Bar {
public Bar() {
}
public function doLast(bString:String) {
trace(the second string is +bString);
}
}
class Foo {
var bar:Bar;
public Foo() {
bar = new Bar();
doFirst(hello, world, bar.doLast);
}
public function doFirst(aString:String, bString:String,
aFunction:Function) {
trace(the first string is +aString);
// call the second function here ???
aFunction.call(??);
}
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak
Hi, I was quite happy hearing about the performance until I went to play here: http://www.teagames.com/games/tgmotocross/play.php Please take a look to the performance playing with player 8 and playing with player 9. Then it's curious because the CPU usage remains under 50% at all times, even when the game is painfully slow. If this is the compatibilty we can expect for the new player. Anyone finding broken content? On 6/30/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice. I can't wait to see some of the cool demos people will make now that AS3 is officially out here's my performance stats: CPU: AMD Sempron 1.81GHz Firefox: 30fps 55% CPU usage IE: 49fps 100% CPU usage -David R On 6/29/06, neo binedell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: U can have a looky here: http://www.neoji.co.za/neo/taotest.html Framerate halves in the FireFox, only loses about 15fps in IE ;d -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of neo binedell Sent: 29 June 2006 10:23 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak I spent some time porting my flash AS2 3D engine over to AS3. Did some tests to see how they compare and: AS2: 1 cube 120 fps (max framerate) 16 cubes 34 fps AS3: 1 cube 120 fps (max framerate) 16 cubes 120 fps (max framerate) 25 cubes 120 fps (max framerate) 100 cubes 64 fps 400 cubes 24 fps WHOAH!! And the engine is not even optimized yet! Can't wait to push the envelope with a ton of other things. AS3/Player9 lives up to its promises for speed so far I'd say ;p ~neo ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] extends / super.function() bug
I'm having this (weird) problem:
(Not sure if it's Flash Player (8/Mac) related, or compiletime related (mtasc))
I have for example this code:
class A
{
public function A()
{
}
public function doSomething():Void
{
// all sort of code
}
}
class B extends A
{
public function B()
{
super();
}
public function doSomething():Void
{
super.doSomething();
// more code
}
}
class C extends B
{
public function C()
{
super();
}
}
And I for example do this:
var c:C = new C();
c.doSomething();
the doSomething() gets called 3 times!
First time the B version, which calls the A function (2nd one).
Next, the A function is called again... which should not be so!!! :(
When I do this:
class C extends B
{
public function C()
{
super();
}
// useless wrapper
public function doSomething():Void
{
super.doSomething();
}
}
The doSomething() is also called 3 times, but first the C, which calls
the B, which calls the A function. As it should...
Now I hate to have to include every override function in all the
classes, so is there a solution to this?? (or does anyone know what is
going on / wrong?)
thanks in advance!
Joeri
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak
If this is the compatibilty we can expect for the new player. Anyone finding broken content? Yes we have a problem with LoadVars.send and getURL. Looks like installing the Player 9 makes some changes into the security model, even when you run Flash 8 content. Nicolas ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak
Zárate schrieb: Hi, I was quite happy hearing about the performance until I went to play here: http://www.teagames.com/games/tgmotocross/play.php Please take a look to the performance playing with player 8 and playing with player 9. Then it's curious because the CPU usage remains under 50% at all times, even when the game is painfully slow. i just played motocross very nice game btw. ... and it was really ddead slow in FF (player 9) but in IE it has expected speed i guess. you should try it in both to see the diff. micha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] About OOP metodology
I've just started to work in a big internet communication agency. We have to make 2 or 3 microsites every week. Each of which uses a very similar form to get user data. All that changes from one to another is a couple of fields and the look of it. My question is: What's the best way to implement a re-usable class for this kind of work? Should I make a movieclip with all the fields and a class binded to it and modify the clip everytime I re-use it? Or should I make a class that loads different clips from the library? Do I explain myself? Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 9 Public Beta for Apple Intel-based Macintosh computers
It does. It's just been updated. The problem I was having was that SWT password boxes on Intel Macs wouldn't let me enter characters. I couldn't get or put anything into version control, making Eclipse pretty useless for me. If you write any JSP/Servlets/J2EE stuff, be sure to check out WTP. It makes life a lot easier. The deployment stuff is great. Scott On 29/06/06, hank williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh ok. Thats interesting. I run eclipse on a mac and pc and hadnt run into any problems on the mac yet. I am trying to transition to the mac, but at the moment I can only do my java stuff there, which is a bummer. I hope they can get their flex2 issues worked out soon. So does the new eclipse not use SWT? Hank On 6/29/06, Scott Hyndman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's the simultaneous new version rollout of 10 Eclipse projects. A lot of the projects are very cool, but the important one for me is Eclipse 3.2. The current version of Ecilpse has some problems on Intel Macs due to its reliance on SWT (which relies on native code). These should be resolved in this new version. I'm also looking forward to the new TPTP (a plugin for testing the performance of applications, and not just ones that are written in Java). It will not work on the Intel Mac, but since our servers are not running OSX it doesn't matter. Support for the Mac is planned for the next version too. Scott On 29/06/06, hank williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey scott, what is that callipso thing all about. I mean I went to the eclipse site and there seemed like alot of kind of esoteric stuff. But I am not sure. Can you explain? Thanks Hank On 6/29/06, Scott Hyndman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Awesome. This and the Eclipse Callipso release (which is compatible with Intel Macs) makes this a pretty good week. Scott On 29/06/06, hank williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yipeee!!! On 6/29/06, Francis Cheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Flash Player 9 Public Beta for Apple Intel-based Macintosh computers is now available: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/public_beta/ Francis ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 9 Public Beta for Apple Intel-based Macintosh computers
If you write any JSP/Servlets/J2EE stuff, be sure to check out WTP. It makes life a lot easier. The deployment stuff is great. That sounds great. I have a friend who uses netbeans and keeps teasing me about how much better it is for this stuff. And of course I couldnt switch if I wanted to, between flex, java, and C there's no way I could use netbeans, but it sounds like their deployment stuff kicks ass and I have been jealous. If WTP makes this smooth, I need to switch *today*. Hank ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak
I dunno, plays fine for me in both FF and IE with both players. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Stuhr Sent: 30 June 2006 12:55 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak Zárate schrieb: Hi, I was quite happy hearing about the performance until I went to play here: http://www.teagames.com/games/tgmotocross/play.php Please take a look to the performance playing with player 8 and playing with player 9. Then it's curious because the CPU usage remains under 50% at all times, even when the game is painfully slow. i just played motocross very nice game btw. ... and it was really ddead slow in FF (player 9) but in IE it has expected speed i guess. you should try it in both to see the diff. micha ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak
Hi, Is your game written in AS 3? If not then you shouldn't expect a tremendous increase in performance. Simply using the Flash 9 player won't do it. Jobe Makar http://www.electrotank.com http://www.electro-server.com phone: 252-627-8026 mobile: 919-609-0408 fax: 919-341-8104 - Original Message - From: Zárate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:32 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak Hi, I was quite happy hearing about the performance until I went to play here: http://www.teagames.com/games/tgmotocross/play.php Please take a look to the performance playing with player 8 and playing with player 9. Then it's curious because the CPU usage remains under 50% at all times, even when the game is painfully slow. If this is the compatibilty we can expect for the new player. Anyone finding broken content? On 6/30/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice. I can't wait to see some of the cool demos people will make now that AS3 is officially out here's my performance stats: CPU: AMD Sempron 1.81GHz Firefox: 30fps 55% CPU usage IE: 49fps 100% CPU usage -David R On 6/29/06, neo binedell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: U can have a looky here: http://www.neoji.co.za/neo/taotest.html Framerate halves in the FireFox, only loses about 15fps in IE ;d -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of neo binedell Sent: 29 June 2006 10:23 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak I spent some time porting my flash AS2 3D engine over to AS3. Did some tests to see how they compare and: AS2: 1 cube 120 fps (max framerate) 16 cubes 34 fps AS3: 1 cube 120 fps (max framerate) 16 cubes 120 fps (max framerate) 25 cubes 120 fps (max framerate) 100 cubes 64 fps 400 cubes 24 fps WHOAH!! And the engine is not even optimized yet! Can't wait to push the envelope with a ton of other things. AS3/Player9 lives up to its promises for speed so far I'd say ;p ~neo ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://www.zarate.tv ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] trying to call a function passed as an argument
This is how I do it:
var functA:Function = function(){
trace(A);
}
var functB:Function = function(){
trace(B);
}
function performFunctions(funct:Function){
funct();
}
performFunctions(functA);
performFunctions(functB);
Doug Coning
Senior Web Development Programmer
FORUM Solutions, LLC
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elie Zananiri
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:22 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] trying to call a function passed as an argument
Hi all,
I have this method where I need to call a function passed as an
argument
(kind of like in setInterval()) and I don't understand the
documentation
and
can't get it to work.
First of all, I don't understand how to pass the function as a
parameter.
Am I passing a String or an actual Function object? Can I pass a
Function
with parameters? Do I have to write the parentheses in the parameter?
Next, how do I call this function? The Function.call() function
requires
a
parameter but I don't get what it does...
Thanks for the help!
-Elie
Here is the structure I have:
class Bar {
public Bar() {
}
public function doLast(bString:String) {
trace(the second string is +bString);
}
}
class Foo {
var bar:Bar;
public Foo() {
bar = new Bar();
doFirst(hello, world, bar.doLast);
}
public function doFirst(aString:String, bString:String,
aFunction:Function) {
trace(the first string is +aString);
// call the second function here ???
aFunction.call(??);
}
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] very basic question: Help?
This is the perfect scenario for using any of the many tweening classes...
It might seem a bit confusing at first, but once you get familiar with them
you'll wonder how you ever lived without them.
I like...
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/
(has filter tweens which are nice, and I like the way the callback functions
work)
otherwise...
http://laco.wz.cz/tween/
(quite popular)
or Macromedia actually have some built in to Flash
(Search Flash help for About the Tween class).
On 6/30/06, jcarlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to understand which is the best/right way to concatenate movies
which are dependent on serInterval to finish their execution,
example
this is part of a very simple image slice movement, I can have n slices,
but just after the finish of the last one I´d like to know that it has
finished and then start another animation
for (var i = 0; i nTarjas; i++)
{
tarja[i] = this.attachMovie (mcTarjas, tarja + i,
this.getNextHighestDepth ());
tarja[i]._x = posXInicial + i * deltaX;
tarja[i]._y = 0;
tarja[i]._alpha = (100 - deltaX) + i;
intervalo[i] = setInterval (moveTarja, deltaTime, i, deltaX);
}
function moveTarja (atual, deltaX)
{
tarja[atual]._x -= deltaX;
if (tarja[atual]._x deltaX * atual)
{
clearInterval (intervalo[atual]);
}
}
stop ();
this code is on the timeline, is not attached to any AS 2 external class
I understand the callBack function concept but I don´t realize how to
implement it in this situation , like
myAnimation.onFinished = function()
{
// do another thing
}
thanks for any help
João Carlos
Brazil
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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak
Nicolas, Zarate, Did you file bugs for these in the beta period? If not, please send specifics of the problems you are having and I will forward to the team. -David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicolas Cannasse Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:45 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak If this is the compatibilty we can expect for the new player. Anyone finding broken content? Yes we have a problem with LoadVars.send and getURL. Looks like installing the Player 9 makes some changes into the security model, even when you run Flash 8 content. Nicolas ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] About OOP metodology
I generally prefer loading external SWFs for this sort of thing. That way the individual form SWFs are not dependent on the master SWF. And you avoid library bloat. You could create a template that is a starting point for building individual forms. -Adam On 6/30/06, Ricardo Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just started to work in a big internet communication agency. We have to make 2 or 3 microsites every week. Each of which uses a very similar form to get user data. All that changes from one to another is a couple of fields and the look of it. My question is: What's the best way to implement a re-usable class for this kind of work? Should I make a movieclip with all the fields and a class binded to it and modify the clip everytime I re-use it? Or should I make a class that loads different clips from the library? Do I explain myself? Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
Hey all, I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it out to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions. My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and open that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter data in this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the pdf settings but I haven't found the right combo yet. Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not trying to export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format? This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't found any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot. -=Mason ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Flash 9 - Speed Freak
Nicolas, Zarate, Hello David, Did you file bugs for these in the beta period? I didn't have enough free time to test the Flash Player 9 during the beta. The problem has been reported by some of our end-users and so we confirmed it today. I have been describing the problem clearly in a mail I sent today on the OSFlash list while asking of advices on how to fix it. Nicolas ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the Flash IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be made use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut down for file size and speed purposes. Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in the IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they support it. Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mason Wendell Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36 To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps Hey all, I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it out to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions. My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and open that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter data in this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the pdf settings but I haven't found the right combo yet. Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not trying to export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format? This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't found any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot. -=Mason ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] MX 2004 Listbox
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My question regarding this component is how can I test the value of
the data to make sure the user has selected at least 1 entry from this
list. I am able to retrieve the data value if the user has selected
one or more entries but if the user did not select any I am getting a
value of undefined and not sure how to test this value.
Anyone have resources where I can look I have tried
if(carbonCopyUsers_lb.getSelectedItems().data == undefined {
trace(User did not select an item); }
However the trace statement does not run.
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Northern Indiana Educational Services Center
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Voice (866) 254-5322 or (574) 254-5210 / Fax (574) 254-0148
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[Flashcoders] Smoothing dynamically loaded images in AS3
When Flash 8 was released there was a 'feature' that meant any dynamically loaded image could not have its pixels smoothed when resized, and an ugly workaround was needed to smooth the image using BitmapData. Tinic Uro blogged about the problem here: http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/12/dynamically-loading-bitmaps-with.html I assumed that the proper way to fix this would be to make it so setting the Flash movie's quality to BEST would force all images to be smoothed automatically by the Flash renderer (just as in every other release of the Flash Player), but in the end it looked like there was going to be a MovieClip.forceSmoothing accessor instead. Either way, unfortunately it seems this feature still hasn't been resolved. In the preview release of Flash 9 I tried the follow code: stage.quality = StageQuality.BEST; var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif;); var loader:Loader = new Loader(); loader.load(request); addChild(loader); When you zoom in on the Flash movie the image remains aliased and not smoothed. Please tell me I'm missing something, that there's a simple way to smooth an image once loaded in, and not that this issue still hasn't been fixed. Many thanks, Paul. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] About OOP metodology
Try a compositional approach. You might design a set of classes that reference movieclips and delegate events to the class; this would be contrary to extending movieclips. This way you can design movieclips specific to the site and design the code specific to the logic. You could even abstract the technical logic from the UI completely and write communicators/controllers that respond to events fired from the ui (movieclips). M. On 6/30/06, Ricardo Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just started to work in a big internet communication agency. We have to make 2 or 3 microsites every week. Each of which uses a very similar form to get user data. All that changes from one to another is a couple of fields and the look of it. My question is: What's the best way to implement a re-usable class for this kind of work? Should I make a movieclip with all the fields and a class binded to it and modify the clip everytime I re-use it? Or should I make a class that loads different clips from the library? Do I explain myself? Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and see what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any recommendations for a good decompiler or technique? On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the Flash IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be made use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut down for file size and speed purposes. Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in the IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they support it. Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mason Wendell Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36 To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps Hey all, I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it out to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions. My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and open that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter data in this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the pdf settings but I haven't found the right combo yet. Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not trying to export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format? This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't found any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot. -=Mason ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter (not tried w/filters). I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are applied at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library symbols without any of this information. Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files, Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your problem, sadly. Jolyon PS. First reply so :-P On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and see what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any recommendations for a good decompiler or technique? On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the Flash IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be made use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut down for file size and speed purposes. Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in the IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they support it. Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mason Wendell Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36 To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps Hey all, I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it out to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions. My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and open that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter data in this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the pdf settings but I haven't found the right combo yet. Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not trying to export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format? This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't found any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot. -=Mason ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
How about trying to print the _root as a pdf using {printAsBitmap: true}?
That's supposed to play well with transparency, innit?
From: Jolyon Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/06/30 Fri AM 10:39:24 CDT
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp
course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter (not
tried w/filters).
I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are applied
at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library symbols
without any of this information.
Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files,
Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your
problem, sadly.
Jolyon
PS. First reply so :-P
On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and see
what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any
recommendations
for a good decompiler or technique?
On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the Flash
IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be made
use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut down
for file size and speed purposes.
Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in the
IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they support
it.
Lee
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mason
Wendell
Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36
To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
Hey all,
I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and
bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it
out
to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since
everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions.
My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and
open
that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter
data in
this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export
those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the
pdf
settings but I haven't found the right combo yet.
Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not
trying to
export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format?
This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't
found
any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any
feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot.
-=Mason
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Re: [Flashcoders] How to japanese people embed fonts?
i have to get japanese characters into our application, but as i see it, there is no solution for this :( If you embed a Japanese font the file size will increase by 1.75MB or more per font, so I would not embed Japanese fonts for on-line delivery. I would use generic device fonts for dynamic texts. For static texts you don't need to embed fonts at all. Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader vs component
Hi to all on the list from a new sign-up. I'm also new to the whole AS thing, so do please bear with me if I ask questions that seem obvious or stupid to those with more experience then I (which will be all of you). The book that I used to teach myself Flash offered two ways of loading a SWF inside another movie; one was by using a movieClipLoader, and the other was by using a Loader component. The first way seems more complicated (needs for AS code), but I'm also wondering if it offers more control than the component option. What is generally considered to be the better way? Thanks in advance; -- Rick Lecoat ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] How to japanese people embed fonts?
I'd agree with Kenneth. If possible, use something like Verdana which definitely includes all the characters you need - not all fonts do. But, if you really do need to embed the fonts, then you can use a combination of your first two suggestions to acheive what you want. 1) create a font symbol, giving it whatever name you want to use to refer to your font. 2) create a text field on the stage and use that to force Flash to embed whichever characters you want. For different font weights, use more font symbols and text fields. As Kenneth warns, it can very quickly pump up your compiled swf size though. HTH Adrian P. On 6/30/06, Kenneth Kawamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have to get japanese characters into our application, but as i see it, there is no solution for this :( If you embed a Japanese font the file size will increase by 1.75MB or more per font, so I would not embed Japanese fonts for on-line delivery. I would use generic device fonts for dynamic texts. For static texts you don't need to embed fonts at all. Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Getter/Setter behaviour question
I checked the archives and Googled variations of this issue but I couldn't
find anything specific to this issue.
I created a component that contains some inspectable properties, which are
actually getters and setters. I simplified the class to demonstrate the
issue.
The inpectable prop is an array to let you specify paths to movieclips.
Because the array is made up of strings, the setter function is supposed
to run through the array and eval the strings. However, the setter is only
called once, and it's passed an empty array, even though there is a
default and the component properties panel contains data.
Here is the class:
class MyClass
{
private var _scrollTargets:Array;
function MyClass()
{
init();
}
public function init():Void
{
trace('init: '+_scrollTargets);
}
[Inspectable(type=Array,defaultValue=_level0)]
public function set scrollTargets(t:Array)
{
trace('set: '+t);
_scrollTargets = new Array();
}
public function get scrollTargets():Array
{
trace('get: '+_scrollTargets);
return _scrollTargets;
}
}
The array in the component properties panel is _level5, just so it's
different from the default _level0.
In the Output panel I get:
set:
get:
get:
init: _level5
What gives?
The setter is only called once but somehow the private property is set to
contain the value(s) I enter.
In the setter, if I don't make _scrollTargets = new Array(), then the
trace on the init is undefined, as I would expect.
How is the property being set without going through the setter? The
property being set isn't the same name as the getter/setter (it has an
underscore) so how is it being set?
I realize I can do this a different way, so I'm not looking for
alternatives, unless I'm doing something incorrectly, in which case please
let me know.
TIA,
Derek Vadneau
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Re: [Flashcoders] extends / super.function() bug
Joeri van Oostveen wrote:
I'm having this (weird) problem:
the doSomething() gets called 3 times!
First time the B version, which calls the A function (2nd one).
Next, the A function is called again... which should not be so!!! :(
It's a rather annoying but poorly documented bug that's been around for
quite a while--at least since since Flash Player 6 if I'm not mistaken.
If you search through the ChattyFig archives, you can find some of the
past discussions here:
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2003-February/064363.html
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2004-November/126203.html
In addition to this bug, the super pointer has traditionally been quite
problematic and buggy, particularly in atypical usages such as
referencing a method other than the currently overridden one from the
superclass, or within a with block.
In your case, the simplest solution would be to make sure that you
override the afflicted method in each class in your inheritance chain,
although this can get rather ugly very quickly, particularly with large
codebases.
I actually ran into this exact same bug myself a couple of weeks ago
while hacking together an AOP-based run-time profiler for ActionScript
2.0 and got myself quite confused for a while until I hit up a few
friends of mine whom helpfully refreshed my memory.
At that time, my friend and co-worker Sean Christmann recommended the
following fix from a previous project of his:
code
_global.superFix = function(curSuper) {
// arguments.callee is this function object
// set the super passed in so we can use it in __resolve
arguments.callee.__super = curSuper
arguments.callee.__caller = arguments.caller;
// return ourselves so the method gets called on us
return arguments.callee;
}
// Now, instead of calling super.myMethod(), do the following:
superFix(super).myMethod();
/code
Jim
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Re: [Flashcoders] How to japanese people embed fonts?
i have to get japanese characters into our application, but as i see it, there is no solution for this :( If you embed a Japanese font the file size will increase by 1.75MB or more per font, so I would not embed Japanese fonts for on-line delivery. I would use generic device fonts for dynamic texts. For static texts you don't need to embed fonts at all. Like Kenneth said, simply don't - use _sans or _serif as fonts so it will use the default system fonts. You will lose some control of the text - you won't know in advance the length it will have (it will change from computer to computer), and even how it will be rendered (with or without antialias - also change from computer to computer). The good thing is that although it's limited, you do have some control of it - you can still use effects (Flash 8+) for example. So it's simply a matter of dealing with it in a different way. - Zeh ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] FOSS, Science, and Public activism
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (Sorry if you get more than one copy of this message, but I felt that it was urgent to get this important info out.) The values of freedom and openness are crucial to understanding itself, so that civilization and public welfare now depend on them, as I argue below. These values may find their best expression in the free and open source software (FOSS) movement, and the foresightful example of FOSS developers should now be beneficially applied to many other disciplines in the context of a global and public Internet. It is crucial that we occasionally take time to discuss the reasons _why_ we release our source code, and this is one of those occasions. There are good reasons for the freedom and openness which are characteristics of FOSS development, reasons which should receive wider attention now that they can be readily communicated to other arenas. The consequences of doing otherwise are often catastrophic. For example, it incomprehensible that Genentech could consider withdrawing a cheap cure for blindness (ARMD) from the market. http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/random-bits/2006-june/001374.html The mechanism of this drug is public knowledge. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=14183567forum_id=6042 This abhorrent situation is a great example of the kind of thing that will happen if people don't get behind the values of freedom and openness that we are espousing. Please let Genentech know that you find what they are doing offensive. Publicize the mechanism so that new compounds can be obtained as replacements. For the future, continued vociferous public activism is required to prevent such outrages from occurring in the future. It becomes clear that the compounds which come from common roots, fruits, and vegetables are a shared human heritage and the free and open source of the future. Tannins are another interesting case in point, because as molecules, and as anti-oxidents, they are similar to resveratrol (resV), and that molecular mechanism has been anchored to the public domain via a prior art declaration. It is a so-called CR-memetic, which may increase healthy human longevity by many decades. Here are some links about it. Resveratrol mechanism posts from GNU-Darwin list http://proclus.gnu-darwin.org/gdposts.html CR protocol for human bodies http://proclus.gnu-darwin.org/bootstrap.html Here is some important recent news about it. http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=act=printclient=printerf=237t=10749 It is exciting to suppose that people can get off the pharmaceuticals that they are taking with calorie restriction or CR-memetics. I personally am trying to get off the cholesterol drug Pravachol, a statin compound, starting a few of weeks ago. Write me, and I'll let you know how it turns out. From the article... Fontana says ... evidence of younger hearts in people on calorie restriction, suggest that humans on CR have the same adaptive responses as did animals whose rates of aging were slowed by CR. I think that it is time to look at the tannins in tobacco leaves. There may be other treasures lurking there too. As you may be aware there is ample public research into any possible beneficial compounds that may be obtained from tobacco leaves. The mechanisms are there waiting to be discovered. If you want to post them, just reply to me and I'd be delighted to host them. The public establishment of prior art is a time-honed method of entering inventions into the public domain. We now have other methods at our disposal as well. If you are planning to establish prior art against future CR-memetic related patents, you might want to have a look at www.creativecommons.org. Perhaps it goes without saying at this point that you should please choose a license that provides for free and broad public access to your memetic. In that way you will assure that the public health is served by anchoring them to the public common, where they cannot be exploited by those who would withhold them for their own profit. The DRM situation is precisely analogous to this. Can you imagine doing science in a world where your ability to read and write your data is filtered through secret protocols that are hidden from you? I recommend the Defective By Design campaign to fight the outrage of DRM, which is incompatible with the scientific pursuit. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ It is clear that scientific tools must be demonstrably and penetratingly understood, or else our claims will likely be skewed and called into question. Free and open source software is a great example of how to make your science verifiable to the public. Establishing prior art against future patents is another good one, which is precisely analogous in method, making the result explicit to the public, free and open to all. Thank goodness for the free and open software movement, which gave us such a great example of how to serve
RE: [Flashcoders] FOSS, Science, and Public activism
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Re: [Flashcoders] How to japanese people embed fonts?
But, if you really do need to embed the fonts, then you can use a combination of your first two suggestions to acheive what you want. 1) create a font symbol, giving it whatever name you want to use to refer to your font. 2) create a text field on the stage and use that to force Flash to embed whichever characters you want. I'm not sure if this works for Japanese text, as a Font Symbol does not include Japanese font outlines even for a Japanese font. (This behaviour may be different on Japanese version of Flash IDE, but I don't know.) The only way I know is to embed fonts into TextFields manually. But then you can embed only one style per TextField and you cannot mix styles such as bold and italic in one TextField. (These issues were the points of the original poster if I understood correctly.) If you really want, you can create 3 extra dummy TextFields per font, and embed bold, italic and bold-italic styles. After that you can mix all these styles in one TextField. However this has a heavy penalty - about 9MB for just one font. Use _sans or _serif as in Zeh's post… Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Biased Random Particle Distribution
I wish there were more discussions like this...
I experimented a bit with this with some curving equations, this is what I
have to contribute:
import flash.geom.Point;
var particleAmount = 100;
var particles = [];
var radiusMin = 3;
var radiusMax = 100;
function createParticles(){
var i = -1, l = particleAmount, a = 0, rDiff = radiusMax - radiusMin;
while(++il){
a = Math.pow(2, 10 * (i/l-1));
//a = Math.sin((Math.PI/2)*i/l);
trace(a);
var radius = a*rDiff;
//var theta = Math.random()*Math.PI*2;
var theta = (i/l)*(Math.PI*2);
//var theta = 0;
particles.push(Point.polar(radius, theta));
}
}
function drawParticles(){
var i = -1, l = particles.length;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip('emc', 1);
_root.emc._x = Stage.width/2;
_root.emc._y = Stage.height/2;
_root.emc.lineStyle(1, 0x00, 100);
//trace(particles);
trace(particles.length);
while(++il){
var a = particles[i].x*3, b = particles[i].y*3, c = a, d = b + 1;
_root.emc.moveTo(a,b);
_root.emc.lineTo(c,d);
}
}
createParticles();
drawParticles();
Variable a is a set of different equations that will create curves, the
equation that uses pow uses an exponential curve. The Math.sin one uses a
simple sin curve. The theta can be swaped around too to check out the effect
the equations give.
I noticed you mentioned creating a bias on the right side of a rectangle
too, I think you can do this by using a range for the x property of a point
instead of the radius.
M.
On 5/26/06, clark slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to randomly distribute a series of particles in a 2D space with a
bias towards the zero point for both dimensions. I know how to create a
biased distribution towards the center (thanks Keith peters) by averaging
a
series of throws - but I am stuck on the zero bias distribution.
Any ideas? I guess I need something like an exponential decay curve?
Clark
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Now that Flash Player 9 is officially released, does anyone know if there is a PDF of the AS3 Reference Library? While I know it is on LiveDocs, I like to thumb through actual paper. Thanks, Charles P. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases
FYI, the (free) Flex SDK works fine for me on linux (since it's java based). Also the standalone player runs under Wine (even if a bit slow), so I can test simple apps. -David R On 6/29/06, Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any official word on whether a Mac and/or Linux version of Flex Builder 2 is going to be released? I would rather not have to use Windows to develop Flex applications. It is an Eclipse plugin after all, so this doesn't seem too far fetched of an idea to me. Thanks in advance for any insight. -Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases
Thanks for the reply David, What I'm really hoping for is the Eclipse IDE plugin AKA Flex Builder 2. I realize I can build Flex 2 applications without it, but I love using Eclipse for AS2 and Java development, so it's logical for me to want the AS3 editor and all the other tools it comes with. It looks like the Flex Builder plugin has some seriously useful features that hopefully users of other platforms can eventually take advantage of. Adobe, Anyone? -Chris On 6/30/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI, the (free) Flex SDK works fine for me on linux (since it's java based). Also the standalone player runs under Wine (even if a bit slow), so I can test simple apps. -David R On 6/29/06, Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any official word on whether a Mac and/or Linux version of Flex Builder 2 is going to be released? I would rather not have to use Windows to develop Flex applications. It is an Eclipse plugin after all, so this doesn't seem too far fetched of an idea to me. Thanks in advance for any insight. -Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
John: I just played around with this. Unfortunately it flattens all the
layers to screen resolution and I need to blow it up for print. It also
flattens it to the background, and Ideally I'm looking for a more flexible
solution.
Joylon: That's a good point about the pdf writer only having the ability to
pull the library assets, and not the runtime alterations. I hadn't put that
together. It explains why I had no luck with different pdf settings.
I'm downloading some decompiler trials, and hopefully I'll have more luck
with one of those.
On 6/30/06, John Mark Hawley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about trying to print the _root as a pdf using {printAsBitmap: true}?
That's supposed to play well with transparency, innit?
From: Jolyon Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/06/30 Fri AM 10:39:24 CDT
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp
course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter
(not
tried w/filters).
I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are
applied
at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library
symbols
without any of this information.
Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files,
Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your
problem, sadly.
Jolyon
PS. First reply so :-P
On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and
see
what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any
recommendations
for a good decompiler or technique?
On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the
Flash
IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be
made
use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut
down
for file size and speed purposes.
Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in
the
IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they
support
it.
Lee
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mason
Wendell
Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36
To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
Hey all,
I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf
and
bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending
it
out
to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but
since
everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions.
My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player
and
open
that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter
data in
this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my
export
those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting
the
pdf
settings but I haven't found the right combo yet.
Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not
trying to
export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format?
This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't
found
any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate
any
feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot.
-=Mason
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RE: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases
Hi, Expect a post on the Flex team blog ot Matt's blog in the near term. The team is hoping to provide some roadmap info on this as soon as possible. Bookmark www.flex.org and/or use the link to the Flex blog aggregator at the upper right of that page (which is really just a smart search on MXNA.) -David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Allen Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 2:42 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases Thanks for the reply David, What I'm really hoping for is the Eclipse IDE plugin AKA Flex Builder 2. I realize I can build Flex 2 applications without it, but I love using Eclipse for AS2 and Java development, so it's logical for me to want the AS3 editor and all the other tools it comes with. It looks like the Flex Builder plugin has some seriously useful features that hopefully users of other platforms can eventually take advantage of. Adobe, Anyone? -Chris On 6/30/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI, the (free) Flex SDK works fine for me on linux (since it's java based). Also the standalone player runs under Wine (even if a bit slow), so I can test simple apps. -David R On 6/29/06, Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any official word on whether a Mac and/or Linux version of Flex Builder 2 is going to be released? I would rather not have to use Windows to develop Flex applications. It is an Eclipse plugin after all, so this doesn't seem too far fetched of an idea to me. Thanks in advance for any insight. -Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader vs component
Rick, I use the MovieClipLoader object seeing as I'm anti-component usage, at least the stock components that come with the Flash IDE. The MovieClipLoader works well with great event handlers and a simple loadClip() method. I utilize the onLoadStart, onLoadProgress, onLoadComplete, and onLoadError events for each clip loaded. I use this class for every subclip to be loaded except for the parent clip's pre-loader which is neither a preloader component or an instantiation of the MovieClipLoader class, but that's a whole different discussion. The idea is to be concerned with the actual flash bytecode size of the exported movie in the end. That's essentially why I develop without using the stock flash IDE components and build all of my own via classes. On that note, I have not tested the difference in size of the exported movie for the loading of the preloader component opposed to the moviecliploader class. But an easy way to see the end result is to use the Generate size report in the publish settings which summarizes the size of your exported movie. Try with the component, and try with the class. -- Jim Palmer ! Mammoth Web Operations -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Lecoat Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:18 AM To: FlashCoders list Subject: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader vs component Hi to all on the list from a new sign-up. I'm also new to the whole AS thing, so do please bear with me if I ask questions that seem obvious or stupid to those with more experience then I (which will be all of you). The book that I used to teach myself Flash offered two ways of loading a SWF inside another movie; one was by using a movieClipLoader, and the other was by using a Loader component. The first way seems more complicated (needs for AS code), but I'm also wondering if it offers more control than the component option. What is generally considered to be the better way? Thanks in advance; -- Rick Lecoat ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
Going the PrintJob route is going to flatten everything no matter what, unless
your layers are in separate movieclips that you can print to PDF separately,
but you can always scale your clip up to the required resolution, print, then
scale back down again...
From: Mason Wendell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/06/30 Fri PM 01:50:07 CDT
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
John: I just played around with this. Unfortunately it flattens all the
layers to screen resolution and I need to blow it up for print. It also
flattens it to the background, and Ideally I'm looking for a more flexible
solution.
Joylon: That's a good point about the pdf writer only having the ability to
pull the library assets, and not the runtime alterations. I hadn't put that
together. It explains why I had no luck with different pdf settings.
I'm downloading some decompiler trials, and hopefully I'll have more luck
with one of those.
On 6/30/06, John Mark Hawley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about trying to print the _root as a pdf using {printAsBitmap: true}?
That's supposed to play well with transparency, innit?
From: Jolyon Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/06/30 Fri AM 10:39:24 CDT
To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp
course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter
(not
tried w/filters).
I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are
applied
at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library
symbols
without any of this information.
Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files,
Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your
problem, sadly.
Jolyon
PS. First reply so :-P
On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and
see
what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any
recommendations
for a good decompiler or technique?
On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the
Flash
IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be
made
use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut
down
for file size and speed purposes.
Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in
the
IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they
support
it.
Lee
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mason
Wendell
Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36
To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
Hey all,
I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf
and
bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending
it
out
to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but
since
everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions.
My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player
and
open
that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter
data in
this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my
export
those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting
the
pdf
settings but I haven't found the right combo yet.
Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not
trying to
export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format?
This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't
found
any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate
any
feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot.
-=Mason
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[Flashcoders] Slightly OT: New Flex 2 Courses!
Greetings everyone! The new Flex 2 instructor led courseware has just been released by Adobe and we have these new courses scheduled starting in July/August! You can view the curriculum and course dates at the following url: http://training.figleaf.com/Developing-Rich-Internet-Applications-with-Macro media-Flex.cfm Regards, Steve Drucker CEO Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com Adobe / Macromedia / Google / Paperthin Premier Consulting and Training Partner ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0
XHTML and CSS are much more suited to display and edit text than flash. I would take issue with that. You're leaving out the whole beauty of embedded (programmatically or otherwise) anti-aliased fonts in Flash! A big plus for me and my clients. :) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Getter/Setter behaviour question [SOLVED]
For anyone interested:
I figured something out and remember reading something about this,
although I can't find a link at the moment.
The getter is setting the property. The setter is ignored, and in fact
there doesn't need to be a setter, and the private property is set.
Example: (the same as my previous code except with the set function
commented out)
class MyClass
{
private var _scrollTargets:Array = new Array();
function MyClass()
{
init();
}
public function init():Void
{
trace('init: '+_scrollTargets);
}
[Inspectable(type=Array,defaultValue=_level0)]
/*
public function set scrollTargets(t:Array)
{
trace('set: '+t);
}
*/
public function get scrollTargets():Array
{
trace('get: '+_scrollTargets);
return _scrollTargets;
}
}
This traces:
get:
init: _level5
Mystery solved. Dumb, but at least it can be explained.
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Re: RE: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases
Thanks very much for the information David. I'm glad to hear that this is on the roadmap. Have a happy 4th of July. -Chris On 6/30/06, David Mendels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Expect a post on the Flex team blog ot Matt's blog in the near term. The team is hoping to provide some roadmap info on this as soon as possible. Bookmark www.flex.org and/or use the link to the Flex blog aggregator at the upper right of that page (which is really just a smart search on MXNA.) -David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Allen Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 2:42 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases Thanks for the reply David, What I'm really hoping for is the Eclipse IDE plugin AKA Flex Builder 2. I realize I can build Flex 2 applications without it, but I love using Eclipse for AS2 and Java development, so it's logical for me to want the AS3 editor and all the other tools it comes with. It looks like the Flex Builder plugin has some seriously useful features that hopefully users of other platforms can eventually take advantage of. Adobe, Anyone? -Chris On 6/30/06, David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI, the (free) Flex SDK works fine for me on linux (since it's java based). Also the standalone player runs under Wine (even if a bit slow), so I can test simple apps. -David R On 6/29/06, Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any official word on whether a Mac and/or Linux version of Flex Builder 2 is going to be released? I would rather not have to use Windows to develop Flex applications. It is an Eclipse plugin after all, so this doesn't seem too far fetched of an idea to me. Thanks in advance for any insight. -Chris ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] About OOP metodology
I think you could do this the MVC way (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_view_controller) The only thing that really changes is your view, the model and the controller are almost the same. You could even write a model, controller and view which holds all fields and logic that returns in all the forms. Then you extend those to meet the needs for this particular form. This is the same way edibol as wrote I see now... Quote: You could even abstract the technical logic from the UI completely and write communicators/controllers that respond to events fired from the ui (movieclips). Greetz, Bernard -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens elibol Verzonden: vrijdag 30 juni 2006 17:06 Aan: Flashcoders mailing list Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] About OOP metodology Try a compositional approach. You might design a set of classes that reference movieclips and delegate events to the class; this would be contrary to extending movieclips. This way you can design movieclips specific to the site and design the code specific to the logic. You could even abstract the technical logic from the UI completely and write communicators/controllers that respond to events fired from the ui (movieclips). M. On 6/30/06, Ricardo Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just started to work in a big internet communication agency. We have to make 2 or 3 microsites every week. Each of which uses a very similar form to get user data. All that changes from one to another is a couple of fields and the look of it. My question is: What's the best way to implement a re-usable class for this kind of work? Should I make a movieclip with all the fields and a class binded to it and modify the clip everytime I re-use it? Or should I make a class that loads different clips from the library? Do I explain myself? Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] RTSP in flash?
Wade Arnold wrote: I have a desktop application that I am working on that has one camera that it connects at: rtsp://127.0.0.1/livefeed I have scoured the web and do not see any way of natively accessing this stream from flash. Does anyone know of any third part flash players that allow you to connect to real time streaming protocol? You're probably best off seeing if it has a driver that'll play with the Flash Player's native camera support, seeing that it's running on the same machine (localhost). Failing that A long shot might be jumping over to ActionScript 3 and Flash Player 9 and doing it yourself by implementing the RTSP protocol and MPEG4IP codec entirely in AS3. While this is quite possible, if you go this way, be prepared for quite a bit of work and the possibility of lackluster performance given the complexity of decoding a video stream in real-time). For example of something similar, consider, Darron Schall's FlashVNC client that he built using AS3 in the fall of last year: http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/000192.cfm Alternatively, you could look into whether it might be possible to use Red5 with a transcoder like FFMPEG to convert the stream into FLV in a separate application before streaming it into your Flash Player. As far as I know, there hasn't been any announcements of such a beast, though there isn't anything stopping an enterprising and skilled coder from doing this. Jim ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0
I'm not trying to make you look foolish, it's just that overblown descriptions like that are what make real programmers delete the job posting without finishing the first paragraph. I'm in with that. IMO you should only say We need people! This is our portfolio, if you think you can help us give us a call! I think every good AS programmer can program javascript and thus AJAX sites (If they want to is another issue ;)). I'm just meaning to say, I really do think it's a bit useless to ask for experience in some kind of language. You did it rather nicely to only say AS or AJAX, but I see very much job postings with With a good knowledge of PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, XHTML, HTML, CSS, PERL, JS, SQL, C# etc etc... The best way IMO is getting to know people in a reallife conversation and maybe ask them a few logical questions that a good programmer can answer, not covering one (script)language. Greetz, Bernard ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] FOSS, Science, and Public activism
Thank you for getting back to me. As noted in the message, it is targeted to forums which are bound to find it interesting, although clearly not everyone in a given forum will find it so. You and I are both developers, and the current actions of the Apple corporation are deteriorating with respect to FOSS developers. I am also the list manager, so my judgment of what's OT carries a bit more weight than yours. Please don't do this again. Thanks! 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, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] RTSP in flash?
The Flash Player doesn't support the RTSP protocol (neither RTP, RTCP which are usually also required for proper RTSP) and it doesn't support decoding MPEG4 Video. So, currently there is no way for you to play such a stream natively in the player and I doubt it will be coming anytime soon if ever. The only other option would be for you to try to layer a quicktime player (if that player supports the version of mpeg4 your camera provides) or some media player on top of the Flash interface and have them communicate to each other, which essentially means you would fake the displaying of the video within Flash. My guess is you are trying to do this within a browser, if you have the option of distributing this application as a desktop application you might want to look into some methods of embedding media player within a desktop application or take a look at 3rd party projector tools which some will allow you to do this more easily if you have no experience in writing desktop applications HTH Chafic http://www.atellis.com blog: http://www.rewindlife.com On Jun 30, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Wade Arnold wrote: I have a desktop application that I am working on that has one camera that it connects at: rtsp://127.0.0.1/livefeed I have scoured the web and do not see any way of natively accessing this stream from flash. Does anyone know of any third part flash players that allow you to connect to real time streaming protocol? Thanks for any insight! Wade Arnold t8design.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0
Thanks for the correction. Your input has been beyond valuable. On 6/30/06, Bernard Visscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not trying to make you look foolish, it's just that overblown descriptions like that are what make real programmers delete the job posting without finishing the first paragraph. I'm in with that. IMO you should only say We need people! This is our portfolio, if you think you can help us give us a call! I think every good AS programmer can program javascript and thus AJAX sites (If they want to is another issue ;)). I'm just meaning to say, I really do think it's a bit useless to ask for experience in some kind of language. You did it rather nicely to only say AS or AJAX, but I see very much job postings with With a good knowledge of PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, XHTML, HTML, CSS, PERL, JS, SQL, C# etc etc... The best way IMO is getting to know people in a reallife conversation and maybe ask them a few logical questions that a good programmer can answer, not covering one (script)language. Greetz, Bernard ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0
but I see very much job postings with With a good knowledge of PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, XHTML, HTML, CSS, PERL, JS, SQL, C# etc etc... I could answer that ad, couldn't you? ;-) It's actually the part where they want all of those skills and the job only pays $30k that bothers me. Here's my sample job posting: - We're a small interactive agency woirking for top clients that we can't tell you about. It's a fun enviornment and we're like a big family. Requirements: PhD in Physics, 10+ years experience in aerodynamics and aircraft design, 8+ years working experience with particle accelerators, a doctorate in divinity, familiarity with the layout of the human genome, and PhotoShop CS. Pay: $23k Oh, and we need you to relocate to Dubai. - ;-) ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0
uh... you forgot the contact info. ryanm wrote: but I see very much job postings with With a good knowledge of PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, XHTML, HTML, CSS, PERL, JS, SQL, C# etc etc... I could answer that ad, couldn't you? ;-) It's actually the part where they want all of those skills and the job only pays $30k that bothers me. Here's my sample job posting: - We're a small interactive agency woirking for top clients that we can't tell you about. It's a fun enviornment and we're like a big family. Requirements: PhD in Physics, 10+ years experience in aerodynamics and aircraft design, 8+ years working experience with particle accelerators, a doctorate in divinity, familiarity with the layout of the human genome, and PhotoShop CS. Pay: $23k Oh, and we need you to relocate to Dubai. - ;-) ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] HashMap?
For some AVM1 and AVM2 flash representation of objects, fire up this breeze presentation about the flash player 9. http://seminars.breezecentral.com/p64058844/ Around minute 28 into the presentation, it talks about AVM1 and AVM2 representation of an object. Like I suspected, AVM1 uses a straight hash table. B. 2006/5/16, Ron Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bernard Poulin wrote: If you can not tune a HashMap it will be worse than an ordinary array. It will take more space and more processing time. This will of course depend on the size and usage - it *may* be more efficient with hashmaps. Do you really think we can generalize being it worse all the time? I will not be far wrong. If your primary allocation is to small, many array keys hash to the same spot and you have to search a long linked list. It is is too big, you waste a lot of space. It is not trivial to increase the size of the allocation dynamically since you must rehash all of the entries. Keeping an array ordered to be able to do binary searches can statistically cost a lot of copying at insertion time. You are only adjusting links unless you want a balanced tree. Binary searches may involves a lot more string comparison. In a binary search comparing the string hash value is of no use to know if the value is greater or lower (to decide for the next search direction). In hashmaps, the lookup in the chain after the hash jump can, most of the time, skip a string entry without even looking at the characters by comparing the 32bit integer hashes. String hashes are only useful for looking up a specific value. It is unlikely that the hashes are even stored since once you store the key/value you no longer have any need for the hash since the position in the main table is known and you can follow the links in the overflow back to the main table(usually). If you are hashed into the overflow, you have to examine each key since the hashes are identical for everyone in the list (otherwise they would not be in the list - they would be in another list of collided hashes). About Arrays (this is more than slightly OT) :-) I still believe Arrays are implemented as associative arrays. But this is just pure belief since I have no proof and it could easily change from one version of the VM to the other. Associative array is not a physical description of the implementation. It describes the logical way that an Actionscript programmer finds the value associated with a key. The implementation of Array probably involves a fairly simple linked list of key objects that point to value objects. Whether the keys are linked as a tree structure to speed up access is an interesting question which was raised earlier. var a:Array; a[0] = 'abc'; a[123456789] = 'high index value'; a[this is text] = 'non-integer index'; trace(a.length); /// should output 123456790 Sidenote: I often use this feature of Arrays to make an ordered associative array in one single object. This may look a bit like a hack - but it is perfectly valid. I can both traverse the keys in a fixed custom order and lookup one item with its key directly. Also you can retrieve quickly how many items there are using length. For example, when inserting a new entry, I do something like: a[key] = value; a[a.length] = key; I would really like to have insights into the flash VM implementation so I could do better choices regarding maps and arrays. Agreed regards, B. (--snip--rest of previous mail removed to keep it shorter---snip---) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
