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Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
I had a similar problem a short while ago and the solution is quite easy.
1.) You have to turn smoothing on (for library symbol too by checking
the checkbox in the dialog) by dynamic Bitmaps using smoothing
property.
2.) You have to set PixelSnapping to NEVER for Bitmaps by code.
3.) and the most important: just scale your Bitmap and/or
MovieClip/Sprite to a value near but not equal to 1, e.g. scaleX =
scaleY = 0.99!
By scaling your MovieClip you'll force FlashPlayer to calculate
subpixels! That is doing the trick!
Good luck!
Matthias
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Zeh Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are two things wrong with that example:
One, the square image you have has an outline. Because of the way Flash
renders outlines, it'll always snap perfectly vertical and horizontal lines
to the pixel, hence producing what looks like a hard bitmap move. In fact,
if you cut a diagonal line on the square and try to move it, you'll notice
only the vertical and horizontal sides will snap, which is pretty odd (but
expected behavior). Turning on stroke hinting actually forces this same
behavior for all lines.
And two, you turned on bitmap caching (use runtime bitmap caching) for the
object, which forces it to render as a bitmap on round pixels and then
transfer to the screen. Your object acts like a bitmap with
smoothing/antialias off.
So if you turn bitmap caching off and remove the outline and it'll work.
Check it out:
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/misc/test.swf
These techniques are only good for this example scenario though, which
probably isn't the problem that you're facing on your actual work (specially
if you're using images or text), so you'll have to test to see what's up
with your specific case.
But what I can tell you is, don't use runtime bitmap caching as default. Not
only because it'll force your renders to be based on the pixel most of the
times, but because it'll mess with your movies in a number of different ways
like forcing a large use of memory and garbage collection when not needed.
Don't get me wrong, it's a great feature to have, but it has to be used
sparingly and there's a reason why it's off by default.
Zeh
sebastian wrote:
ok I don't normally ask this, but I have made a very simple test flash
file with just one vector graphic and with Tweener I am moving it across the
screen; it doesn't move smoothly.
The code you will find in my flash file is just this:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
//main timeline AS file:
public class testas extends MovieClip {
public function testas () {
setAnimation2 ();
}
private function setAnimation2 () {
Tweener.addTween (testMC, {x:-1800, time:8000,
transition:linear});
}
}
}
the file with my FLA, which like I said has only one vector-item of a
square on the timeline is:
http://www.fountain-city.com/archives/test/testMotion.zip
Can anyone help me fix this?
Much appreciated!
thanks!
seb.
sebastian wrote:
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it
STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing something
simple here...
hmmm
sebastian wrote:
Thanks Jack and Zeh,
I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the library,
and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use runtime bitmap
caching' but i STILL get staggered movement...
:(((
It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm
trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend mode
on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except for the
inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the bitmapCaching at
runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is helping...
Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the
problem?
Thanks,
Sebastian.
Zeh Fernando wrote:
I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener
class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation makes
the
image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and break the effect
I
am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle].
If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If
it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a loaded
bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias.
Zeh
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RE: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
Loose the tween.
Use the Timer class and update your x or whatever at a amount of
milliseconds.
Framerate is never reliable
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
ok I don't normally ask this, but I have made a very simple test flash
file with just one vector graphic and with Tweener I am moving it across
the screen; it doesn't move smoothly.
The code you will find in my flash file is just this:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
//main timeline AS file:
public class testas extends MovieClip {
public function testas () {
setAnimation2 ();
}
private function setAnimation2 () {
Tweener.addTween (testMC, {x:-1800, time:8000,
transition:linear});
}
}
}
the file with my FLA, which like I said has only one vector-item of a
square on the timeline is:
http://www.fountain-city.com/archives/test/testMotion.zip
Can anyone help me fix this?
Much appreciated!
thanks!
seb.
sebastian wrote:
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it
STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing
something simple here...
hmmm
sebastian wrote:
Thanks Jack and Zeh,
I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the
library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use
runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement...
:(((
It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm
trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend
mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except
for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the
bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is
helping...
Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the
problem?
Thanks,
Sebastian.
Zeh Fernando wrote:
I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener
class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation
makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and
break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle].
If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If
it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a
loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias.
Zeh
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Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
Modern tween engines (including the one used on his example) by default
do not use the framerate as the base for calculation but rather the time
spent since the animation has started (even if they only update on frame
events). Replacing it with a timer class will produce the same result.
His problem is with asset and not with calculation of the new position
or with time accuracy.
Zeh
Cor wrote:
Loose the tween.
Use the Timer class and update your x or whatever at a amount of
milliseconds.
Framerate is never reliable
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: donderdag 4 september 2008 5:04
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
ok I don't normally ask this, but I have made a very simple test flash
file with just one vector graphic and with Tweener I am moving it across
the screen; it doesn't move smoothly.
The code you will find in my flash file is just this:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
//main timeline AS file:
public class testas extends MovieClip {
public function testas () {
setAnimation2 ();
}
private function setAnimation2 () {
Tweener.addTween (testMC, {x:-1800, time:8000,
transition:linear});
}
}
}
the file with my FLA, which like I said has only one vector-item of a
square on the timeline is:
http://www.fountain-city.com/archives/test/testMotion.zip
Can anyone help me fix this?
Much appreciated!
thanks!
seb.
sebastian wrote:
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but it
STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing
something simple here...
hmmm
sebastian wrote:
Thanks Jack and Zeh,
I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the
library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use
runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement...
:(((
It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class, I'm
trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The blend
mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used except
for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the
bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is
helping...
Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the
problem?
Thanks,
Sebastian.
Zeh Fernando wrote:
I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener
class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation
makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and
break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle].
If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation. If
it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's a
loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias.
Zeh
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RE: [Flashcoders] Complex Hittest
You rock, that was it (plus needing to target the PARENT of the sprite instead of the sprite itself for converting localToGlobal coordinates) So your suggestion was ½ of the issue! The other half was I had a sprite within the sprite I was doing hittesting on, and since both extended sprite, I thought it didn't matter which one I targeted - I targeted the exact reference to the sprite containing the actual graphics and it worked - should have thought of that earlier! Thanks! As much as an expert I think I am, I spent two days debugging this (it's a very complex UI in Flex drawn with Actionscript - partially the reason to be fair to myself). Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:43 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Complex Hittest hi Merrill, Doing hit tests of nested objects is simply a question of referencing the right child within the hierarchy instead of the parent MC, who's x and y are potentially different. You can prove this to yourself by doing hit tests on a test stage with MC's in different MC trees and tracing the resulting X, Y and hit test point result. So it should really be possible and not present an obstacle you can't overcome, just reference the right MC in the tree and voila, it should work. You may want to consider encapsulating the testing objects hit test to some external class file that would handle the boolean check/return, but that's an optional code-optimization-extra. Hope this is enough info to get you further. :) Seb. Merrill, Jason wrote: I have two display object I want to check overlapping on - one of the object will be very odd shaped, so I need to take advantage of the ShapeFlag of the hitTestPoint method to be sure the object's shape is taken into account. The problem is, each display object is nested inside other many display objects - and each is nested in a different display list hierarchy. So global coordinates and local coordinates have to be accounted for otherwise, the hittesting is all messed up -meaning, the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping. The hitTestObject () method won't work because even though it compares the two objects, it doesn't have shapeFlag, which I need for at least one of the objects, which is an odd-shaped user-drawn polygon. HitTestPoint() works for the odd shape, but it only compares a point to an object - which is normally OK, but if I convert one of the objects down to global coordinates, the other is still using it's own local coordinates, so the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping. Colin Holgate on Flash_Tiger, when I asked earlier about a similar hittest problem, posted a link to this class: http://www.adventuresinactionscript.com/blog/15-03-2008/actionscript-3-h ittestobject-and-pixel-perfect-collision-detection but so far, it doesn't seem to be working with detecting collision between these two objects, I assume because of the same problem I am facing: they are in different display hierarchies and thus their discrepancies in local coordinates are messing up the detection. Any thoughts? Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/tlc/flash/default.as px Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/default. aspx subscribe blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/_layouts /SubNew.aspx?List=\%7b41BD3FC9-BB07-4763-B3AB-A6C7C99C5B8D\%7dSource=ht tp://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/Lists/Posts/Archive. aspx . ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
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RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
Set it to multlLine -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) Sent: donderdag 4 september 2008 18:20 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield Is there a way to make a textfield created via: createTextField scrollable through actionscript? Ted ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
Thank you everyone for all of your great help, I think I know now enough
to be able to resolve the issue. Complexities arise in my MC because I
need bitmapcaching on to get correct alpha's to work, so I'm thinking up
solutions and workarounds...
:P
All the best,
Sebastian.
Zeh Fernando wrote:
Modern tween engines (including the one used on his example) by default
do not use the framerate as the base for calculation but rather the time
spent since the animation has started (even if they only update on frame
events). Replacing it with a timer class will produce the same result.
His problem is with asset and not with calculation of the new position
or with time accuracy.
Zeh
Cor wrote:
Loose the tween.
Use the Timer class and update your x or whatever at a amount of
milliseconds.
Framerate is never reliable
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sebastian
Sent: donderdag 4 september 2008 5:04
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] smooth animations? AS3
ok I don't normally ask this, but I have made a very simple test flash
file with just one vector graphic and with Tweener I am moving it
across the screen; it doesn't move smoothly.
The code you will find in my flash file is just this:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
//main timeline AS file:
public class testas extends MovieClip {
public function testas () {
setAnimation2 ();
}
private function setAnimation2 () {
Tweener.addTween (testMC, {x:-1800, time:8000,
transition:linear});
}
}
}
the file with my FLA, which like I said has only one vector-item of a
square on the timeline is:
http://www.fountain-city.com/archives/test/testMotion.zip
Can anyone help me fix this?
Much appreciated!
thanks!
seb.
sebastian wrote:
also I tried replacing my PNG with a simple vector of a square, but
it STILL skips as it moves every pixel... surely I am still missing
something simple here...
hmmm
sebastian wrote:
Thanks Jack and Zeh,
I have the bitmap smoothing on on the image's properties in the
library, and I also turned on for every MC it is placed in 'use
runtime bitmap caching' but i STILL get staggered movement...
:(((
It's nothing complicated, aside from using the Tweener AS3 class,
I'm trying to move PNG's [with transparencies] over a BG image. The
blend mode on all layers is set to 'normal'. No alpha is being used
except for the inherent PNG's alphaness. I've also tried setting the
bitmapCaching at runtime to the holding MC, but none of this is
helping...
Any other suggestions? Am I still missing something? Is the PNG the
problem?
Thanks,
Sebastian.
Zeh Fernando wrote:
I have tried basic timeline motion tween, and also the AS3 Tweener
class; but in both cases I get the issue that the slow animation
makes the image do little 1 pixel jumps that are VERY visible and
break the effect I am going for [which needs to be extremely subtle].
If that's an image, set its anti-alias to antialias for animation.
If it's a bitmap, turn on smoothing on it (on the library). If it's
a loaded bitmap, turn on the Bitmap's antialias.
Zeh
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[Flashcoders] Using fscommand in AS 3 still legal??
I often use the fscommand feature to help debug but when I use this in AS 3 I get an error message --1061: Call to a possibly undefined method fscommand through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject. the offending line-- fscommand(Loading +target); any suggestions as to how to get fscommand working greatly appreciated...! Thanks to all! -Boyd ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
yes, but you do it by making the container MC it is located within react to the mouse/scroll bar, which in-turn moves the nested MC. :) Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) wrote: Is there a way to make a textfield created via: createTextField scrollable through actionscript? Ted ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Using fscommand in AS 3 still legal??
Have you done: import flash.system.fscommand; ? Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ BOYD SPEER wrote: I often use the fscommand feature to help debug but when I use this in AS 3 I get an error message --1061: Call to a possibly undefined method fscommand through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject. the offending line-- fscommand(Loading +target); any suggestions as to how to get fscommand working greatly appreciated...! Thanks to all! -Boyd ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
Thanks, but I am talking about having it scroll, not just be multilined... Ideally, I would like to do it as simple as a div does in html (style=overflow:auto; height:400px;) is there a simple way like this in as? Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cor Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:42 PM To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield Set it to multlLine -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) Sent: donderdag 4 september 2008 18:20 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield Is there a way to make a textfield created via: createTextField scrollable through actionscript? Ted ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Using fscommand in AS 3 still legal??
That was it! Thanks, Kenneth - Original Message - From: Kenneth Kawamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008 11:49 am Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Using fscommand in AS 3 still legal?? To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Have you done: import flash.system.fscommand; ? Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ BOYD SPEER wrote: I often use the fscommand feature to help debug but when I use this in AS 3 I get an error message --1061: Call to a possibly undefined method fscommand through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject. the offending line-- fscommand(Loading +target); any suggestions as to how to get fscommand working greatly appreciated...! Thanks to all! -Boyd ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Using fscommand in AS 3 still legal??
Hi, I think you have to import the fscommand function - have a look in the livedocs. Glen BOYD SPEER wrote: I often use the fscommand feature to help debug but when I use this in AS 3 I get an error message --1061: Call to a possibly undefined method fscommand through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject. the offending line-- fscommand(Loading +target); any suggestions as to how to get fscommand working greatly appreciated...! Thanks to all! -Boyd ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Using fscommand in AS 3 still legal??
When Flash CS3 was released the fscommand didn't work, so it hasn't been solved? Romu www.soundstep.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BOYD SPEER Sent: 04 September 2008 17:37 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Using fscommand in AS 3 still legal?? I often use the fscommand feature to help debug but when I use this in AS 3 I get an error message --1061: Call to a possibly undefined method fscommand through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject. the offending line-- fscommand(Loading +target); any suggestions as to how to get fscommand working greatly appreciated...! Thanks to all! -Boyd ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
On Sep 4, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) wrote: Thanks, but I am talking about having it scroll, not just be multilined... Ideally, I would like to do it as simple as a div does in html (style=overflow:auto; height:400px;) is there a simple way like this in as? TextFieldInstance.scroll and TextFieldInstance.maxscroll Only works if the field is set to multLine. You need to generate your own scrollbars, or if using AS2 link a UIScrollBar instance to it (or use a TextArea component). You don't get any automatic scrollbars with text fields in Flash, only text fields themselves. For anything with scrollbars you need to use components. cheers, Jon ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
is there a simple way like this in as? You sound like you're talking AS2 - please specify. Google be yer friend: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp .htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=2774.html Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] getURL and ExternalInterface
Hi, I read somewhere that using getUrl for javascript calls while using externalinterface at the same time will lead to problems (eg when using swfaddress). Can anyone tell me if opening an url through getUrl will cause these problems as well, or just javascript? Any work arounds? What is the exact nature of the problem? As2 btw! regards, Hans ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] code acting differently
I have this simple code:
createClassObject(mx.controls.TextArea, textArea, 0, {editable:false,
html:true, wordWrap:true, vScrollPolicy:auto});
textArea.setSize(250, 225);
textArea.move(25, 50);
textArea.text = bContent 1/bbrbrLorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros, tincidunt
eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque non
fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros,
tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque
non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh
eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque,
neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem
ipsum dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur
nibh eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras
scelerisque, neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, ;
trace(textArea);
On one machine it works fine and textArea traces to _level0.textArea
On another machine it does not work and textArea is undefined... is
there something I am missing to be able to create the object?
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RE: [Flashcoders] code acting differently
Never mind... I was not including the textarea in the library of the one
movie...
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Subject: [Flashcoders] code acting differently
I have this simple code:
createClassObject(mx.controls.TextArea, textArea, 0, {editable:false,
html:true, wordWrap:true, vScrollPolicy:auto});
textArea.setSize(250, 225);
textArea.move(25, 50);
textArea.text = bContent 1/bbrbrLorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros, tincidunt
eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque non
fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros,
tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque
non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh
eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque,
neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem
ipsum dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur
nibh eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras
scelerisque, neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, ;
trace(textArea);
On one machine it works fine and textArea traces to _level0.textArea
On another machine it does not work and textArea is undefined... is
there something I am missing to be able to create the object?
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RE: [Flashcoders] code acting differently
Different versions of the Flash player on each machine? Also, shouldn't
you set textArea.htmlText not textArea.text?
Also, could be differences in performance of the machines - you may have
to wait for the object to be completely instantiated.
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Subject: [Flashcoders] code acting differently
I have this simple code:
createClassObject(mx.controls.TextArea, textArea, 0, {editable:false,
html:true, wordWrap:true, vScrollPolicy:auto});
textArea.setSize(250, 225);
textArea.move(25, 50);
textArea.text = bContent 1/bbrbrLorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros, tincidunt
eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque non
fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros,
tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque
non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh
eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque,
neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem
ipsum dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur
nibh eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras
scelerisque, neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, ;
trace(textArea);
On one machine it works fine and textArea traces to _level0.textArea
On another machine it does not work and textArea is undefined... is
there something I am missing to be able to create the object?
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[Flashcoders] SOT: (Rant) Why is Adobe.com such a bad website?
As a designer and developer, I *envied* the design of macromedia.com. I studied it. Other companies copied it. I remember what a beautiful website MM once had, and at the time how Adobe's was the exact opposite - ugly, hard to use, thoughtless. When Adobe bought Macromedia, they immediately adopted the MM site. Brilliant move! But over the past couple of years, Adobe has really beat it down with the ugly stick. With the demise of Flashpaper, I came across this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/eod_faq/ This is probably one of the ugliest, thoughtless pages from a serious source I've ever experienced in my career. Aesthetically, it's depressing. Depression-era-chic depressing. As a utility, it's restrictive. I must click on each question to discover the facts, with many simply answering No. Functionality, it's ridiculously ironic. Topic: Flashpaper discontinued. First link: Buy online. Other rants / examples: 1) How does a developer download the debug player via the download page? There's no link! http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash Answer? It's actually down in Support / Flash Player. But most developers find it via a better source: Google search. 2) Link icons on the debugger download page have been wrong for *years*. The text links are right, but check out what happens if you use the actual download arrows. You may accidently get Flash 8, or Windows .exe instead of .dmg for Mac downloads. http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html (Note that I even managed to get an Adobe team member to forward these bugs to the web team. Was never fixed.) 3) Look at this product page: http://www.adobe.com/products/ Why does it look like an abandoned store? It looks like a outsourced Drupal project. Where's the flair? The edge? Adobe.com makes me want to submit a bid to fix it. What happened? I *REALLY* want to know! I just don't get it. My apologies to the list for this rant. I really hope this gets the attention of someone significant @ Adobe. thank you. -radley -- Radley Marx www.radleymarx.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] SOT: (Rant) Why is Adobe.com such a bad website?
drupal is not that bad On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Radley Marx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a designer and developer, I *envied* the design of macromedia.com. I studied it. Other companies copied it. I remember what a beautiful website MM once had, and at the time how Adobe's was the exact opposite - ugly, hard to use, thoughtless. When Adobe bought Macromedia, they immediately adopted the MM site. Brilliant move! But over the past couple of years, Adobe has really beat it down with the ugly stick. With the demise of Flashpaper, I came across this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/eod_faq/ This is probably one of the ugliest, thoughtless pages from a serious source I've ever experienced in my career. Aesthetically, it's depressing. Depression-era-chic depressing. As a utility, it's restrictive. I must click on each question to discover the facts, with many simply answering No. Functionality, it's ridiculously ironic. Topic: Flashpaper discontinued. First link: Buy online. Other rants / examples: 1) How does a developer download the debug player via the download page? There's no link! http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash Answer? It's actually down in Support / Flash Player. But most developers find it via a better source: Google search. 2) Link icons on the debugger download page have been wrong for *years*. The text links are right, but check out what happens if you use the actual download arrows. You may accidently get Flash 8, or Windows .exe instead of .dmg for Mac downloads. http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html (Note that I even managed to get an Adobe team member to forward these bugs to the web team. Was never fixed.) 3) Look at this product page: http://www.adobe.com/products/ Why does it look like an abandoned store? It looks like a outsourced Drupal project. Where's the flair? The edge? Adobe.com makes me want to submit a bid to fix it. What happened? I *REALLY* want to know! I just don't get it. My apologies to the list for this rant. I really hope this gets the attention of someone significant @ Adobe. thank you. -radley -- Radley Marx www.radleymarx.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] SOT: (Rant) Why is Adobe.com such a bad website?
What happened? Probably what happens with every internal project in any big company of the world: lack of actual resources, internal fights (if you your product is in the home, mine has too), products that have different needs but have to fit in the same corporate template, etc. etc. I don't think it's *that* bad anyway. Cheers! Juan On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Jason Van Cleave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: drupal is not that bad On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Radley Marx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a designer and developer, I *envied* the design of macromedia.com. I studied it. Other companies copied it. I remember what a beautiful website MM once had, and at the time how Adobe's was the exact opposite - ugly, hard to use, thoughtless. When Adobe bought Macromedia, they immediately adopted the MM site. Brilliant move! But over the past couple of years, Adobe has really beat it down with the ugly stick. With the demise of Flashpaper, I came across this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/eod_faq/ This is probably one of the ugliest, thoughtless pages from a serious source I've ever experienced in my career. Aesthetically, it's depressing. Depression-era-chic depressing. As a utility, it's restrictive. I must click on each question to discover the facts, with many simply answering No. Functionality, it's ridiculously ironic. Topic: Flashpaper discontinued. First link: Buy online. Other rants / examples: 1) How does a developer download the debug player via the download page? There's no link! http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash Answer? It's actually down in Support / Flash Player. But most developers find it via a better source: Google search. 2) Link icons on the debugger download page have been wrong for *years*. The text links are right, but check out what happens if you use the actual download arrows. You may accidently get Flash 8, or Windows .exe instead of .dmg for Mac downloads. http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html (Note that I even managed to get an Adobe team member to forward these bugs to the web team. Was never fixed.) 3) Look at this product page: http://www.adobe.com/products/ Why does it look like an abandoned store? It looks like a outsourced Drupal project. Where's the flair? The edge? Adobe.com makes me want to submit a bid to fix it. What happened? I *REALLY* want to know! I just don't get it. My apologies to the list for this rant. I really hope this gets the attention of someone significant @ Adobe. thank you. -radley -- Radley Marx www.radleymarx.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://zarate.tv http://dandolachapa.com http://loqueyosede.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] UIScrollBar and Style
OK, so I am using:
createClassObject(mx.controls.TextArea, textArea, 0, {editable:false,
html:true, wordWrap:true, vScrollPolicy:auto});
textArea.setSize(250, 225);
textArea.move(25, 50);
textArea.text = bContent 1/bbrbrLorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros, tincidunt
eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque non
fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros,
tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque
non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh
eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque,
neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem
ipsum dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur
nibh eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras
scelerisque, neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, ;
to create a textarea and scroll when necessary... I am able to style the
textarea the way I want to with:
textArea.setStyle(backgroundColor,0xcc);
How do I reach the UIScrollBar to set the style?
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Hi,
You can set styles globally for components, and/or you can skin a
component in your library:
Assuming this is AS2, the way I did the scrollbar skinning was to
make a library swf, put the components to be skinned in there and skin
them using the usual method, export for sharing and make sure you load
in the library swf to your main file... If you just want to skin a
scrollbar in your main SWF you can do this too - you will need to put
one on the stage somewhere.
You can change some of the scrollbar params with ActionScript
global styles - look in the Components reference in the help.
My project had separate SWF's for each page, with text fields on. I
found I could not attach the scrollbar at design time, so here is what I
did to get around the problem:
//mpadText is a text field put on stage at design-time
if(mpadText) {
var init = {_targetInstanceName:mpadText,horizontal:false};
attachMovie(UIScrollBar,mScrollBar,2,init);
mScrollBar._x= this.mpadText._x + this.mpadText._width;
mScrollBar._y= this.mpadText._y;
}
HTH
Glen
Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) wrote:
OK, so I am using:
createClassObject(mx.controls.TextArea, textArea, 0, {editable:false,
html:true, wordWrap:true, vScrollPolicy:auto});
textArea.setSize(250, 225);
textArea.move(25, 50);
textArea.text = bContent 1/bbrbrLorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros, tincidunt
eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque non
fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh eros,
tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque, neque
non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur nibh
eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras scelerisque,
neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, brbrLorem
ipsum dolor sit amet, Integer vitae quam. Aliquam vestibulum. Curabitur
nibh eros, tincidunt eu, imperdiet non, pulvinar vel, pede. Cras
scelerisque, neque non fermentum suscipit, nulla nisl varius risus, ;
to create a textarea and scroll when necessary... I am able to style the
textarea the way I want to with:
textArea.setStyle(backgroundColor,0xcc);
How do I reach the UIScrollBar to set the style?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield
for AS3 check out this scroll bar source code: http://www.flashscaper.com/blog/?p=3 if someone knows of the same kind of scroll bar, but also with standard OS functionality of 'clicking between scroll bar button area in emptey area moves you 1 page up/down', please advise. :) seb. Merrill, Jason wrote: is there a simple way like this in as? You sound like you're talking AS2 - please specify. Google be yer friend: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp .htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=2774.html Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] adding MC's directly to timeline generates compile errors in AS3
Hi everyone, still trying to get a grasp on some little nuances of AS3, I have some really cool code from a project that I am porting from AS2 to AS3, and I'm getting an issue with a number of the MC's that are in the timeline. I have a MC in the library called nexus, that is associated with an external class file. In the nexus external class file, all I do is import and extend the MovieClip class. Now inside of the nexus MC I have, on the timeline of the first frame, another MC that is inside of it only has some visual elements, some vector drawings inside of sub MC's with names given to them so that I can then reference them later on [for fading/on off/ control/motion etc]. The MC that holds all these vectors is called 'spitfire'. I add nexus to the stage via addChild() done by the root/Stage AS file: coreRoot.as Now without any code going on anywhere I get: ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property spitfire on com.geoSun.nexus. at flash.display::Sprite/flash.display:Sprite::constructChildren() at flash.display::Sprite$iinit() at flash.display::MovieClip$iinit() at com.geoSun::nexus$iinit() at com.geoSun::coreRoot$iinit() When I compile. Can anyone tell me why? I tried adding 'import flash.display.Shape;' to the nexus class file, but that didn't help. If I delete the spitfire graphics MC from the nexus's time line, it compiles just fine. And the nexus class initiates correctly its constructor. If I make spitfire totally an empty MC I still get the issue anyhow... how odd? Strangely another AS3 project I just finished never had this issue, and I had lots of MCs that I dragged straight onto the timeline of sub MC's and referenced them directly without any errors... hmmm... I'm obviously missing something simple...? :P Thanks, :) Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Hi Sebastian, Take a look at Publish Settings - AS3 settings. Make sure that you have unchecked Automatically declare stage instances. I think that you have spitfire declared as member of nexus external class file. When you declare assets that exist on timeline, you must uncheck this option. The compiler can't create this property because it's allready there ;o) Best regards! Rapha On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:39 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, still trying to get a grasp on some little nuances of AS3, I have some really cool code from a project that I am porting from AS2 to AS3, and I'm getting an issue with a number of the MC's that are in the timeline. I have a MC in the library called nexus, that is associated with an external class file. In the nexus external class file, all I do is import and extend the MovieClip class. Now inside of the nexus MC I have, on the timeline of the first frame, another MC that is inside of it only has some visual elements, some vector drawings inside of sub MC's with names given to them so that I can then reference them later on [for fading/on off/ control/motion etc]. The MC that holds all these vectors is called 'spitfire'. I add nexus to the stage via addChild() done by the root/Stage AS file: coreRoot.as Now without any code going on anywhere I get: ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property spitfire on com.geoSun.nexus. at flash.display::Sprite/flash.display:Sprite::constructChildren() at flash.display::Sprite$iinit() at flash.display::MovieClip$iinit() at com.geoSun::nexus$iinit() at com.geoSun::coreRoot$iinit() When I compile. Can anyone tell me why? I tried adding 'import flash.display.Shape;' to the nexus class file, but that didn't help. If I delete the spitfire graphics MC from the nexus's time line, it compiles just fine. And the nexus class initiates correctly its constructor. If I make spitfire totally an empty MC I still get the issue anyhow... how odd? Strangely another AS3 project I just finished never had this issue, and I had lots of MCs that I dragged straight onto the timeline of sub MC's and referenced them directly without any errors... hmmm... I'm obviously missing something simple...? :P Thanks, :) Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Raphael Hamzagic Atenção: As informações existentes nessa mensagem (incluido arquivos anexados) são confidenciais e para uso restrito, sendo seu sigilo protegido por lei. Caso não seja destinatário, saiba que leitura, retenção, impressão, uso, divulgação ou cópia são proibidos. Favor apagar as informações e notificar o remetente. O uso impróprio será tratado conforme as normas da empresa e a legislação em vigor. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] adding MC's directly to timeline generates compile errors in AS3
aha! perfect! thanks! :D phew! Raphael Hamzagic wrote: Hi Sebastian, Take a look at Publish Settings - AS3 settings. Make sure that you have unchecked Automatically declare stage instances. I think that you have spitfire declared as member of nexus external class file. When you declare assets that exist on timeline, you must uncheck this option. The compiler can't create this property because it's allready there ;o) Best regards! Rapha On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:39 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, still trying to get a grasp on some little nuances of AS3, I have some really cool code from a project that I am porting from AS2 to AS3, and I'm getting an issue with a number of the MC's that are in the timeline. I have a MC in the library called nexus, that is associated with an external class file. In the nexus external class file, all I do is import and extend the MovieClip class. Now inside of the nexus MC I have, on the timeline of the first frame, another MC that is inside of it only has some visual elements, some vector drawings inside of sub MC's with names given to them so that I can then reference them later on [for fading/on off/ control/motion etc]. The MC that holds all these vectors is called 'spitfire'. I add nexus to the stage via addChild() done by the root/Stage AS file: coreRoot.as Now without any code going on anywhere I get: ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property spitfire on com.geoSun.nexus. at flash.display::Sprite/flash.display:Sprite::constructChildren() at flash.display::Sprite$iinit() at flash.display::MovieClip$iinit() at com.geoSun::nexus$iinit() at com.geoSun::coreRoot$iinit() When I compile. Can anyone tell me why? I tried adding 'import flash.display.Shape;' to the nexus class file, but that didn't help. If I delete the spitfire graphics MC from the nexus's time line, it compiles just fine. And the nexus class initiates correctly its constructor. If I make spitfire totally an empty MC I still get the issue anyhow... how odd? Strangely another AS3 project I just finished never had this issue, and I had lots of MCs that I dragged straight onto the timeline of sub MC's and referenced them directly without any errors... hmmm... I'm obviously missing something simple...? :P Thanks, :) Sebastian. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] AS 3 connection calls populating multiple datagrids
I working on a project where you take 2 different product combine them
and make 1. I'm using amfphp 1.9 and flash AS3. I'm able to bring 1
product in fine but the part I'm having troubles with is loading in the
second one. For AS2 I used
var pc:PendingCall = svc.getDepartment();
pc.responder = new RelayResponder(this,
getDepartment_Result, onError );
var pc:PendingCall = svc.getArtDepartment();
pc.responder = new RelayResponder(this,
getArtDepartment_Result, onError );
Which worked well. The part I'm wondering is how to approach this with
AS 3.
Can I take getProducts_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendData);
rename it to getArtProducts_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
sendArtData); and then add another responder, refresh, and functions
for sendData and onResult? If I understand correctly, onResult is what
populating the datagrid. I tried to add another product_dg.dataProvider
= RecordSetDP.toDataProvider(result); in the onResult but I'm not sure
how(if possible) you would send a value to add an if statement to the
sendData function.to determine which connection.call to run. Does
anyone know of a solution or how to search for a solution for this? I
tried a couple of searches but only come up with a single item example.
Thanks for you time
Kevin
public function Main() {
getProducts_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendData);
responder = new Responder(onResult, onFault);
refresh = new Responder(refreshData, onFault);
connection = new NetConnection;
connection.connect(gateway);
refreshData(true);
}
public function sendData(e:MouseEvent):void {
connection.call(DepartmentService.getProduct, responder);
}
private function onResult(result:Object):void {
product_dg.dataProvider = RecordSetDP.toDataProvider(result);
}
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