Re: [Flashcoders] simple load vars function - why doesn't this work?

2006-12-28 Thread Mike Dunlop
Thanks Zeh - much appreciated. Best, Mike D . Mike Dunlop // Droplab [ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 28, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Zeh Fernando wrote: Mike Dunlop wrote: function loadMyVars(url,type) { (...) } This always returns false You are creatin

Re: [Flashcoders] AS to convert bitmap -> vector?

2006-12-28 Thread Mark Winterhalder
On 12/28/06, Matthew Pease <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone know of a tool to convert a bitmap -> vector on the command line in linux? I think nowadays it's getting more difficult to say "you can't do X with AS" -- since you can read colour values of pixels, you could of course write your own

Re: [Flashcoders] simple load vars function - why doesn't this work?

2006-12-28 Thread Zeh Fernando
Mike Dunlop wrote: function loadMyVars(url,type) { (...) } This always returns false You are creating events and expecting them to run at the same time; they won't. They're just skipped and it goes straight to "return false" after creating them. When creating your onLoads, you're just tel

[Flashcoders] simple load vars function - why doesn't this work?

2006-12-28 Thread Mike Dunlop
function loadMyVars(url,type) { if(type == "xml") { xml = new XML(); xml.ignoreWhite = true; xml.load(url); xml.onLoad = function(success) { if(success) return this;

Re: [Flashcoders] Multidimensional Object/Array Question

2006-12-28 Thread Mike Dunlop
Awesome Ron -- Thanks much!! Best, Mike D . Mike Dunlop // Droplab [ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 28, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Ron Wheeler wrote: Why would you not put this into an object and make your life simple? The list object has a single property -

Re: [Flashcoders] Multidimensional Object/Array Question

2006-12-28 Thread slangeberg
Yeah, i don't touch AS2's xml api any more than I have to. I know there are other systems out there, but I find XPath does the job for me about 100% of the time. Here's a little tute I threw together for XPath: http://criticalpile.com/blog/?p=4 -Scott On 12/28/06, Mike Dunlop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash adds seconds to audio clip

2006-12-28 Thread Marc Hoffman
From your description, it's not clear if the trace output is 32 seconds or 28.1 seconds. But either way, if the sound were being slowed down or sped up that much, you would likely hear a difference in pitch (especially if it's music). Try timing the audio with a stopwatch. I'm guessing it's th

Re: [Flashcoders] Multidimensional Object/Array Question

2006-12-28 Thread Ron Wheeler
Why would you not put this into an object and make your life simple? The list object has a single property - an array of cats. (list probably should be called cats but that is just a naming thing.) Each cat object seems to have a name property and a note property and an array of medium objects.

Re: [Flashcoders] Multidimensional Object/Array Question

2006-12-28 Thread Mike Dunlop
Thanks for the input Scott! I simply trying to find the easiest way to dump a 2D xml structure into an array/object that can be easily iterated through in a loop. Do you think there is a better way than what i am trying to do? I'm an experienced php/sql developer but still learning the rope

Re: [Flashcoders] Multidimensional Object/Array Question

2006-12-28 Thread slangeberg
item.mediums = new Array(); Should be fine, however: item.mediums[item.mediums.length]['id'] = m[i_m].attributes.id; Looks like you're trying to access a 2D array or Object in array, so you would have to do something like: var medium:Object = new Object(); medium.id = m[i_m].attributes.id;

[Flashcoders] Multidimensional Object/Array Question

2006-12-28 Thread Mike Dunlop
Hi gang, I'm having difficulty parsing an xml file into a multidimensional array and was wondering if anyone could see why the following isn't working... My guess is that an object variable can't be an array? XML Sample -

Re: [Flashcoders] AS to convert bitmap -> vector?

2006-12-28 Thread Matthew Pease
Anyone know of a tool to convert a bitmap -> vector on the command line in linux? Sorry if that is too off topic. Thanks - Matt On 12/28/06, Grégoire Divaret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: With Actionscript you can't convert a bitmap into a verctor graphic. You can only do this in flash with modif

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Game - Post Encrypted Score toserver sidescript

2006-12-28 Thread Max
Record the input for the game and transfer it to the server, then simply "play back" the winner to see if they earned it. I've done it, although not for a high scoreboard, and as long as you don't use Math.random() it works fine. If you need a random number generator you'd have to write your own a

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on Wii

2006-12-28 Thread Max
Hey, good news. The buttons on the Wiimote give out key events. http://wiinintendo.net/2006/12/27/wiimote-d-pad-works-in-javascript-or-flash-games/ On 12/25/06, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any key events? What about right-clicks or mouse scrolling? I'd do it myself but I'm facinated by this

[Flashcoders] help creating a a loader movie clip

2006-12-28 Thread Gustavo Duenas
Hi, this would be very dumb and easy for the flashcoders but I'm breaking my head with. Look I have a button inside a mask and inside a movie clip, the button have an on release order that creates a loader which loads a movie inside , the problem is that the loader and the movie load inside t

[Flashcoders] Using ExternalInterface to pop windows up in Firefox

2006-12-28 Thread T. Michael Keesey
Just solved a troubling issue that I couldn't find information about online. Thought I'd share: We are using ExternalInterface to call a JavaScript function that pops windows up. The JavaScript function looks like this: function popupWindow(href, page, width, height) { // ... typical Ja

[Flashcoders] Flash adds seconds to audio clip

2006-12-28 Thread Frank Dewey
Hello all, When I play a 30 second audio file in Flash (.wav or .mp3), it is taking flash 32 seconds to run it. To test this, I've made it real simple and only used one layer (The frame rate for the audio is 12 fps). The audio starts on the first frame and lasts until the 361st (30 seconds x 1

[Flashcoders] twilight zone: flvPlayback doesn't work if there are too many functions in the fla!

2006-12-28 Thread me myself
PROBLEMS SOLVED Both problems -- 2nd-video-not-playing and too-many-functions -- were fixed when I upgraded to the new flvPlayback component. Using NetConnection/Netstream also worked, but I'm going to stick with the component for a while. ONE MINOR PROBLEM LEFT When I was using the old version

Re: [Flashcoders] AS to convert bitmap -> vector?

2006-12-28 Thread Grégoire Divaret
With Actionscript you can't convert a bitmap into a verctor graphic. You can only do this in flash with modify>bitmap>trace bitmap so it won't be dynamic... Matthew Pease a écrit : Hey Flashcoders - It struck me that what I'm trying to do could possibly be better accomplished via first chan

[Flashcoders] AS to convert bitmap -> vector?

2006-12-28 Thread Matthew Pease
Hey Flashcoders - It struck me that what I'm trying to do could possibly be better accomplished via first changing the bitmap into a vector graphic. I'm wondering, is it possible to convert a bitmap -> a vector programmatically using Actionscript? That way I can convert the image into a ve

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Matthew Pease
Thanks to everyone who responded. It seems that if I want to do this I ought to use Sandy, or possibly Paperworks 3d. I had another idea which creates another question. So I'll post that now. Thank you- Matt ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To c

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Game - Post Encrypted Score toserver sidescript

2006-12-28 Thread Ron Wheeler
I still think that more server side logging will stop hackers more effectively than any thing you can do on the client side if you are going to have to give them the client code. Some server side logic will add to the difficulty without increasing your code very much. A small script that takes t

[Flashcoders] twilight zone: flvPlayback doesn't work if there are too many functions in the fla!

2006-12-28 Thread me myself
Hi. Thanks for the help with my last flvPlayback issue (2nd movie wasn't playing). Now I have a new one, and it's really freaky: the video was playing fine and then all the sudden it stopped playing. It stopped when I added a new function to my code. The weird thing is that the function had NOTHIN

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Game - Post Encrypted Score toserver sidescript

2006-12-28 Thread Steve Mathews
Everyone always underestimates hackers. Everything is hackable, it is just a matter of time. That isn't to say don't bother. You just have to find the right balance of time and effort vs. security. On 12/28/06, JulianG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree. Perhaps it's a good thing that once the

Re: [Flashcoders] Tweaking Full-Screen Mode in Flash Player 8

2006-12-28 Thread Kelly Smith
Thanks, below is the relavent AS code: function resizeToggle():Void { if(vidSize == 1){ with(vidWrapper){ _x = 72; _y = 38; _width = 600; _height = 440; } vidWrapper.vidDisplayPlate._visible = true; wrapper1._y = 488; wrapper1._x =

RE: [Flashcoders] Q:Simulate HTML anchors in html text

2006-12-28 Thread Jason Lutes
You must have your text specified somewhere in chunks. I usually bring mine in from XML, so it's already fashioned this way. Below I'm using a simplified data structure for the sake of this example. I'm also presuming there is a TextField instance on the Stage identified as "someScrollingTextFie

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread hank williams
> In that case have you considered just creating a box on the fly > something like this: > > http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/3dbox/example3.html This looks close. But i'd like to use my own image. Actually, you can use any image that you want with this component. I acutally boug

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread John Grden
http://www.roanesky.com/swf/test.html - (done in PV3D) this guy did it 2 different ways, yesterday, he had a building in a city scape clickable. Today he posted a question about this having planes that are clickable. Don't know if that helps, but there you have it ;) On 12/28/06, Zeh Fernando

RE: [Flashcoders] How to return with loadvars within a function?

2006-12-28 Thread Danny Kodicek
> Hi Coders > > I have problem with the following code. I cannot return the > value but i can trace inside the onload. I am mentioning the > dummyXML. Anyone can help would be appricated. > > function mloader(file, toobject) { > encLoad = new LoadVars(); > encLoad.onLoad = function(success)

[Flashcoders] How to return with loadvars within a function?

2006-12-28 Thread Berkay Unal
Hi Coders I have problem with the following code. I cannot return the value but i can trace inside the onload. I am mentioning the dummyXML. Anyone can help would be appricated. function mloader(file, toobject) { encLoad = new LoadVars(); encLoad.onLoad = function(success) { xmldata = encLoad.d

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Zeh Fernando
I'm trying to figure out which tool is best to 3d rotate an image on a plane. Something like this: http://karmapop.com/content/cardFlip.swf but with a dynamically loaded image on the "front" and another image on the "back" with a font superimposed on it. this is going to be a postcard. this

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Game - Post Encrypted Score toserver sidescript

2006-12-28 Thread JulianG
I agree. Perhaps it's a good thing that once the game is launched the contest for the prize won't last too long. So that might reduce the amount of hackers that eventually notice the game. I hope I'm not under estimating hackers, I guess they could crack the game in a few hours anyway. Thanks

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Grégoire Divaret
Helmut Granda a écrit : another more extended explanation by senocular: http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/transformmatrix/ On 12/28/06, Matthew Pease <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sounds like a request to Santa Claus. Heh. and i was a good boy this year too. > Did you say that a

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Helmut Granda
another more extended explanation by senocular: http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/transformmatrix/ On 12/28/06, Matthew Pease <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sounds like a request to Santa Claus. Heh. and i was a good boy this year too. > Did you say that all this has to be acompli

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Helmut Granda
Well, Fuse is more for linear animation with ActionScript, and for what I have seen PaperVision works only with Flash8 and 9 and you are targeting flash7 so that is out of the question. One thing that you have to keep in mind is that flash doesnt skew bitmaps as you want it but after looking at S

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Game - Post Encrypted Score toserver sidescript

2006-12-28 Thread Danny Kodicek
> Thanks Danny! > There is a prize involved, but no money. I mean users do not > pay for this. > > I'll take a look at the SHA-1 algorithm. > Of course hackers will be able to find the encryption string > by "decompiling" the SWF. > So I might need some code obfuscation, which I'm not a big fa

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Grégoire Divaret
Matthew Pease a écrit : This sounds like a request to Santa Claus. Heh. and i was a good boy this year too. Did you say that all this has to be acomplished dynamicly? So nothing has to be pre-rendered? Right. In that case have you considered just creating a box on the fly something like t

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Matthew Pease
This sounds like a request to Santa Claus. Heh. and i was a good boy this year too. Did you say that all this has to be acomplished dynamicly? So nothing has to be pre-rendered? Right. In that case have you considered just creating a box on the fly something like this: http://www.flashload

Re: [Flashcoders] Tweaking Full-Screen Mode in Flash Player 8

2006-12-28 Thread Helmut Granda
Can we some code you are using at the moment? Maybe it just needs some tweaking rather than starting from scratch. On 12/27/06, Kelly Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello - I am building a video application which requires a full-screen mode for flash 8 players. I want to pass along some set

Re: [Flashcoders] which tool to 3d rotate image?

2006-12-28 Thread Helmut Granda
This sounds like a request to Santa Claus. Did you say that all this has to be acomplished dynamicly? So nothing has to be pre-rendered? In that case have you considered just creating a box on the fly something like this: http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/3dbox/example3.html ...helmu